Real math help.
What is e?
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In math, 'e' isn't just a letter, it's an irrational number! This tutorial shows you how mathematicians use the letter 'e' to represent a specific value and how having a base of 'e' is called a natural base.
Background Tutorials
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Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion which repeats eventually into a rational number.
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What's an Irrational Number?
Is an irrational number just a way to describe a number that's lost its mind? Not really. :) An irrational number is simply a number that cannot be written as a fraction. Check out the definition, learn an important property of these special numbers, and take a look at some examples of irrational numbers.
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Use the properties of exponents to transform expressions for exponential functions.
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What's an Exponential Function?
Looking at an equation with a variable in the exponent? You have an exponential function! Learn about exponential functions in this tutorial.
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Further Exploration
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Understand the inverse relationship between exponents and logarithms and use this relationship to solve problems involving logarithms and exponents.
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What is a Natural Logarithm?
A natural logarithm is a logarithm that has a special base. In this tutorial, you'll be introduced to natural logarithms!
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