document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=571283>Question 571283</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the smallest power of 0.917 that yields a value less than 0.10.  The answer book says 27 (rounded up).  How did they get that? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's set this up as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".917^x=.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you have a scientific calculator we can set up:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Log(.917).10=x (Note: .917 is subscript or base)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=26.574 round this up to 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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