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document.write( "1. log base is 12 544 ? do I divide 544 by 12?\r\n" );
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document.write( "No. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the answer be x\r\n" );
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document.write( "log12544 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite using rule: logBA = C can be rewritten BC = A \r\n" );
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document.write( "12x = 544\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take logs base 10 of both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "log1012x = log10544\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use rule: logBAC = C*logBA\r\n" );
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document.write( "x*log1012 = log10544\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by log1012\r\n" );
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document.write( " x*log1012     log10544\r\n" );
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document.write( "  log1012      log1012\r\n" );
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document.write( "      1\r\n" );
document.write( " x*log1012     log10544\r\n" );
document.write( "----------- = ----------\r\n" );
document.write( "  log1012      log1012\r\n" );
document.write( "     1 \r\n" );
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document.write( "               log10544\r\n" );
document.write( "          x = ----------\r\n" );
document.write( "               log1012\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get your calculator and use the LOG key\r\n" );
document.write( "to figure the right side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          x = 2.534883653\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. log base .5 24?\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's done the same way. Answer: -4.584962501\r\n" );
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document.write( "Quicker way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "logBC  = log10C/log10B\r\n" );
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