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If you take two values A and B, the rules of logs imply:
A * B = log A + log B = log (A+B)
To put it simply you find the of the two values, sum them and then find the value of the resulting log.
and addition is generally easier to perform than multiplication so the result of the logs can be added together. It was used more frequently before the use of pocket calculators and people used tables of logarithms to do multiplication.
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Are logarithms and anti logarithms same?
No, they are opposites, just like multiplication and division are opposites.
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Logarithm tables help you work with logarithms without using a calculator. Calculating a logarithm can be a long process. A table eliminates the need to perform extra math. If you need a specific logarithm, you simply look it up. The calculator was invented in the 1970's. Before that, people used slide rules or tables of logarithms. Using the tables of logarithms, you could perform multiplication, division, find roots or powers - and do all of that fairly easily.
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