document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1010859>Question 1010859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A baseball player has been improving every season since making it to the big leagues. Below is a table of the runs he has scored. His manager wants to try to determine when he will score 256 runs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Season      runs<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 1            2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2             4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3             8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Explain how to create the exponential function that represents his run-scoring abilities. Then explain how to convert this function into a logarithmic function and why this can help the manager answer his question. please use details. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #626329 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=626329\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> His run total is 2^(season #)...thus 2^8 = 256...his eighth season...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since his total goes up by a factor of two each year, we have<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Taking the log to the base two of each side, we get<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By taking the log to the base two of 256, he gets 8. </SPAN>\n" );
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