document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=111602>Question 111602</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0536913331/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A recent earthquake in Chile was a 7 on the Richter scale and a recent <BR>\n" );
document.write( "earthquake off the west coast of the us was a 5 on the same scale. Which of the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "two quakes was more intense and how much more intense was it ?<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 #81412 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><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=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=81412\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Richter scale is a logarithm based scale of measurement of earthquake activity with increasing magnitude equal to increasing destruction potential. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Higher numbers are stronger earthquakes. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 number higher means 10 times stronger. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 numbers higher means 100 times stronger. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the 7 is the stronger of the quakes and is 100 times stronger than the 5.   </SPAN>\n" );
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