SOLUTION: Can y'all show me step by step on how to do this word problem? it says An earthquake was recorded with an intensity which was 501,187 times more powerful than a reference level ear

Question 1005846: Can y'all show me step by step on how to do this word problem? it says An earthquake was recorded with an intensity which was 501,187 times more powerful than a reference level earthquake, or 501,187 x I0. What is the magnitude of this earthquake on the richter scale (round to the nearest tenth)? The magnitude on the Richter scale of an earthquake of intensity I is log10(I/I0).
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
, so the magnitude is
.

NOTES:
If the base of a logarithm is , we usually do not write it,
so .
You can calculate with most calculators.
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