document.write( "Question 1066037: Of the numbers in the set { 3^5000, 4^4000, 5^3000, 6^2000, 7^1000}, the largest is: \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #681200 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! can take logs of these to compare \n" ); document.write( "5000 log 3 \n" ); document.write( "4000 log 4 \n" ); document.write( "3000 log 5 \n" ); document.write( "2000 log 6 \n" ); document.write( "1000 log 7 \n" ); document.write( "A calculator could be used here, although log 3 is 0.4771, log 4 is 2 log 2 or 0.6026, log 6 is log 3+log 2 or 0.8084; log 5 + log2=log 10=1, so log 5 is 0.6987. \n" ); document.write( "log 3/log 4 is 5000 (0.4771)/4000(0.6026), and log 4 is larger by comparison. \n" ); document.write( "compare log 5/log 4 and have 3000(0.6987)/4000(.6026). \n" ); document.write( "log 4 is larger \n" ); document.write( "log 6 with log 4 is 2000 log 6/4000 log 4 or 1*0.8084/2*0.6026 \n" ); document.write( " 4000 log 4 is the largest.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |