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document.write( "amounts to the following fill-in-the-blank problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2 raised to the ___ power is 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In both cases the number that goes in the blank is 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, a logarithm IS the exponent to which we must raise the\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. The result of the exponentiating is what the log is taken of.\r\n" );
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