\begin{frame} \frametitle{Logarithmic Functions} We have the following cancellation equations: \begin{block}{} \begin{malign} \log_a (a^x) &= x \quad\text{for every $x \in \mathbb{R}$}\\[.5ex] a^{\log_a x} &= x \quad\text{for every $x > 0$} \end{malign} \end{block} \pause\bigskip \begin{exampleblock}{} \begin{talign} \log_{10} (10^{23}) = 23 \end{talign} \end{exampleblock} \pause\bigskip \begin{exampleblock}{} \begin{talign} 5^{log_5 7} = 7 \end{talign} \end{exampleblock} \end{frame}