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Algebra/Trig. I literally have no clue

Algebra/Trig. I literally have no clue-example-1
User Elias N
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Since the base of our logarithmic function is unknown, we can just call it:


f(x)=\log_k(x)

We are then given the point, (4,-2), so plugging in 4 for x and -2 for f(x) we get:


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So our base is 1/2.

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