document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=250605>Question 250605</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Evaluate the logarithmic equation for three values of x that are greater than -3, three values of x that are between -4 and -3, and at x = -3. Show your work. Use the resulting ordered pairs to plot the graph; submit the . State the equation of the line asymptotic to the graph (if any). Please help solve and I will graph it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -log4 (x + 4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Most calculators do not have a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \log_4\"> function.  Log tables for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \log_4\"> are pretty scarce as well.  You can calculate logarithms to any base you like using Excel.  The formula is =log(number,base), where \"number\" is the argument of the logarithm and \"base\" is any base you like.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Barring that you will need to do a base conversion to find values of base 4 logs.  Note that:\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)} = \frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(b)}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Allowing you to convert from base 4 to either base 10 or base <i>e</i>] for which you have either a calculator function or a log table.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For instance:  Let's say you select -1 as one of your \"greater than -3\" values.  Then:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ \ =\ -\log_4(x+4)\ =\ -\log_4((-1)+4)\ =\ -\log_4(3)\ =\ -\frac{ln(3)}{ln(4)}\ \approx -0.7925\">\r<BR>\n" );
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