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I am not even sure how to plug this in to my calculator.
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document.write( "First of all what you thought was \"In\" was really \"ln\" which\r\n" );
document.write( "means \"natural logarithm\" or log_e where e = 2.718...\r\n" );
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document.write( "Secondly, you don't plug anything into a calculator.  The \r\n" );
document.write( "calculator is a nice tool for saving time, but it doesn't save \r\n" );
document.write( "you from having to learn the rules of logarithms, and they\r\n" );
document.write( "are all that are required here:\r\n" );
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document.write( "For (a) and (b) you need to learn the rule of logarithms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "For (b) you need to learn the rule of logarithms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the first rule above on the left side, we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the second rule above on the left side, we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we raise e to the both sides power:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the first rule on the left side, and\r\n" );
document.write( "erasing the 1 exponent on the right, we have:\r\n" );
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