document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=33371>Question 33371</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a) Using a calculator, find log 10000 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 based 10, and ln, which is based 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/she 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: log(b,a) = log a/log b.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this formula, find log(2,10000).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log(base 2)10000= [log10000]/[log2]= 4/0.301...=13.288<BR>\n" );
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