document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=661786>Question 661786</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> use log 10^2=0.3010 and log 10^5=0.6990 to determine the logartithms of log 10^8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log(10^2)\ =\ 0.3010\"> makes no sense.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log\"> by itself (to me, not necessarily to anyone else) implies base 10, and because <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log_b(b)\ =\ 1\">, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log_b(a^n)\ =\ n\log_b(a)\">, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log\left(10^2\right)\ =\ 2\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log_{10}(2)\ \approx\ 0.3010\">, so that is what you must mean.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember, the caret mark means that you are raising to a power.  Please refer to <a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"http://www.purplemath.com/modules/mathtext.htm\">Formatting Math As Text</a>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 8\ =\ 2^3\">, hence <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log_{10}\left(8\right)\ =\ \log_{10}\left(2^3\right)\ =\ 3\log_{10}\left(2\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just plug in the given number and do the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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