document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196716>Question 1196716</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Log10x=-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the basic definition of logarithms as exponents:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log%2810%2Cx%29=-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log%2810%2Cx%29=-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  -->  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=10%5E%28-2%29=1%2F10%5E2=1%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=10%5E%28-2%29=1%2F10%5E2=1%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explanation....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The logarithm is the exponent, so \"log base 10 of x equals -2\" means -2 is the exponent.  And clearly in that statement the base is 10, so x is the base 10, raised to the power of the exponent -2: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=10%5E%28-2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=10%5E%28-2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
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