SOLUTION: One of my questions from my homework in MHF4U is as followed: A small town records a small earthquake of magnitude 3.2. One year later, the same town records another earthquake

Question 1137162: One of my questions from my homework in MHF4U is as followed:
A small town records a small earthquake of magnitude 3.2. One year later, the same town records another earthquake of magnitude 4.1. How much more intense was the second earthquake than the first?
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

=> times more intense

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