document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=841570>Question 841570</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you graph this logarithm statement on a graphing calculator? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)= log_3.9 x+2 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And the x+2 are not in parenthesis . I know how you would graph it if the x+2 were in parenthesis which would be y= log(x+2)/log(3.9)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But since the x+2 is not in parenthesis, would this differ if it were in parenthesis? Thanks for any help.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "it's not very clear that way, so the used of the parentheses is preferred, but i would assume that the x+2 is the log they want you to take.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "there's 2 ways to interpret it without the parenthese.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that would be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log3.9(x+2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log3.9(x) + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if i put in algebra.com log(3.9,x+2), it will show me <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log%283.9%2Cx%2B2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log%283.9%2Cx%2B2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "as you can see, the x+2 is not in parentheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If I want to slow it in parentheses, I would have to make a special effort to place it in the formula generator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would then makes log(3.9,(x+2)) which would show up as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log%283.9%2C%28x%2B2%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log%283.9%2C%28x%2B2%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that the 3.9 is the base and is usually subscripted but a lot of people just type it after the log, like in log3.9 with the implication that the 3.9 is the base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not using the parentheses can lead to confusioon which is why I always use it even though I've seen other not.\r<BR>\n" );
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