Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

[1] apply properties of logarithms to rewrite and simplify logarithmic expressions, including the product, quotient, and power rules and the change-of-base formula; [2] solve exponential equations using like bases and logarithms; [3] solve logarithmic equations using the definition of a logarithm and the one-to-one property of logarithms; [4] solve applications of exponential and logarithmic equations, including half-life and Newton's law of cooling; [5] differentiate between exponential growth and decay; [6] identify the key components of a logistic growth model; [7] build exponential and logarithmic regression models from data, and assess their fit