SOLUTION: HOW CAN I FIND LOGARITHM OF 0.003634 BY HAND?

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Question 888415: HOW CAN I FIND LOGARITHM OF 0.003634 BY HAND?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Completely by hand, use a table of common logarithms, or natural logarithms if you prefer.




Looking in the table of common logs for log((3.634)), find accuracy up to the hudredths place:

and


Use linear interpolation (which is much like using linear equation to find an intermediate value) to find a good estimation for 3.634.

Your result should be very very near or the same as .


REFERENCE ONLINE TO : http://www.sosmath.com/tables/logtable/logtable.html

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