SOLUTION: log base 7 (539), do not use the change of base formula and a calculator to evaluate the logarithm, correct to six decimal places. use either natural or common logarithms
539
/ \
7 77
/ \
7 11
Now use the change of base formula:
[Note: the instructions did not say not to
use the change of base formula at all. It
just meant not to use it on the original
expression.]
Round to 6 decimal places:
Edwin