SOLUTION: can someone help me please
How much energy, Q, is released by an earthquake with a Richter rating, R, of 8.7? Use the function R = log[Q] - 4.4
Algebra.Com
Question 768215: can someone help me please
How much energy, Q, is released by an earthquake with a Richter rating, R, of 8.7? Use the function R = log[Q] - 4.4
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How much energy, Q, is released by an earthquake with a Richter rating, R, of 8.7?
Use the function R = log[Q] - 4.4
log(Q) - 4.4 = 8.7
log(Q) = 8.7 + 4.4
log(Q) = 13.1
Find the anti-log of 13.1
Q = 1.26(10^13) joules of energy
RELATED QUESTIONS
How much energy, Q, is released by an earthquake with a Richter rating, R, of 8.7? Use... (answered by Cromlix)
The earthquake with a magnitude 8 releases a million times more energy than an earthquake (answered by Theo)
the intensity of an earthquake is rated using the richter scale. the richter scale rating (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
M= log(E) - 11.8 / 1.5 26
1. A large earthquake is one that... (answered by Theo)
The magnitude R of an earthquake is given by R = log +40
Where E (in joules) is the... (answered by math_tutor2020)
Supposed that an earthquake released 10^6 joules of energy.What is the magnitude on a... (answered by CPhill)
Could someone please help me with a few log word problems?
1)An earthquake has an... (answered by stanbon)
On June 23, 2001, an earthquake in Arequipa, Peru, measured 8.1 on Richter scale. A quake (answered by fcabanski)
I have no experiences using a logarithm so I need help trying to figure out how this... (answered by stanbon)