Log Base 5 of 5

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What is log₅ 5?

Answer

log5 5 =
1

log5 is the log base 5.

log5 5 is the power you raise 5 to, to get 5: 5y = 5.

5¹ = 5 ✓

Oxy1

Answer point (5, 1).

The curve y = log5 x passes through (1, 0) and (5, 1) and rises: for x > 1 the log is positive, for 0 < x < 1 negative.

Log of 5 in different bases
BaseNotationValue
eln 5≈ 1.6094
10log 5≈ 0.6990
2log₂ 5≈ 2.3219
5log₅ 51

See Also

Log base 5 of nearby numbers

FAQ

What is log₅ 5?

log₅ 5 = 1

How to find log₅ 5 without a calculator?

Write 5 as a power of 5: 5 = 5¹. The exponent is the answer: log₅ 5 = 1.

What does log without a base mean?

At school and on a calculator, log x without a base is the common log, base 10: log 100 = 2. In Python, math.log(x) is the natural log ln x; in Excel, LN is the natural log and LOG is base 10.