SOLUTION: Please help.I having trouble with this problem. Logarithms: a) Using a calculator, find log 1000 where log means log to the base of 10. Answer: b) Most calculato

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Please help.I having trouble with this problem.
Logarithms:
a) Using a calculator, find log 1000 where log means log to the base of 10.
Answer:



b) Most calculators have 2 different logs on them: log, which is base 10, and ln, which is base e. In computer science, digital computers are based on the binary numbering system which means that there are only 2 numbers available to the computer, 0 and 1. When a computer scientist needs a logarithm, he needs a log to base 2 which is not on any calculator. To find the log of a number to any base, we can use a conversion formula as shown here:

Using this formula, find . Round your answer to the hundredth's place.
Answer:
Show work in this space.

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Please help.I having trouble with this problem.
Logarithms:
a) Using a calculator, find log 1000 where log means log to the base of 10. 
Answer: 



b) Most calculators have 2 different logs on them: log, which is base 10, and
ln, which is base e. In computer science, digital computers are based on the
binary numbering system which means that there are only 2 numbers available to
the computer, 0 and 1. When a computer scientist needs a logarithm, he needs a
log to base 2 which is not on any calculator. To find the log of a number to
any base, we can use a conversion formula as shown here:

Using this formula, find . Round your answer to the hundredth's place.
Answer: 
Show work in this space.

The formula is:

         log(X) 
logBX = --------
         log(B) 

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