document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=27681>Question 27681</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a)	Using a calculator, find log 1000 where log means log to the base of 10. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log b A =log A/Log b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this formula, log2 1000 find  .<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #15063 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=15063\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> to base10, log1000 = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "writing log to base 2 as log[2],<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log[2]1000 = log1000/log2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log[2]1000 = 3/log2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log[2]1000 = 9.96578 to 5dp\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon. </SPAN>\n" );
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