document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=242305>Question 242305</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how would log6 1/4 be solved? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A couple of ways.  You can always open a blank Excel spreadsheet and type <b>=log(.25,6)</b> and then hit Enter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lacking a spreadsheet, you can either use a scientific calculator or a table of logarithms to either base 10 or <i>e</i> along with the base conversion formula:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \log_b(x)\ =\ \frac{\log_c(x)}{\log_c(b)}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \log_6\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)\ =\ \frac{\log\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)}{\log(6)}\ =\ \frac{\ln\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)}{\ln(6)}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do your own calculator work.  By the way, the best you will ever be able to do is a numerical approximation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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