SOLUTION: When the east coast and Japan experienced that earthquake a couple years ago, what role did logarithms play?
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Question 746408: When the east coast and Japan experienced that earthquake a couple years ago, what role did logarithms play?
Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
log base 10 is used to calculate the MMS rating of an earthquake.
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