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document.write( "a) 	Using a calculator, find log 1000 where log means log to the base of 10. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) 	Most calculators have 2 different logs on them: log, which is base 10, and ln, which is base e. In computer science, digital computers are based on the binary numbering system which means that there are only 2 numbers available to the computer, 0 and 1. When a computer scientist needs a logarithm, he needs a log to base 2 which is not on any calculator. To find the log of a number to any base, we can use a conversion formula as shown here:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this formula,a=log a/log b, find log2 1000 . Round your answer to the hundredth's place.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Logarithms:\r\n" );
document.write( "a) 	Using a calculator, find log 1000 where log means log to the base of 10. \r\n" );
document.write( "Answer: \r\n" );
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document.write( "b) 	Most calculators have 2 different logs on them: log, which is base 10, and ln, which is base e. In computer\r\n" );
document.write( "science, digital computers are based on the binary numbering system which means that there are only 2 numbers available\r\n" );
document.write( "to the computer, 0 and 1. When a computer scientist needs a logarithm, he needs a log to base 2 which is not on any\r\n" );
document.write( "calculator. To find the log of a number to any base, we can use a conversion formula as shown here:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using this formula,a=log a/log b, find log2 1000 . Round your answer to the hundredth's place.\r\n" );
document.write( "Answer:  \r\n" );
document.write( "Show work in this space.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "<font color = red><font size = 4><b>b)</font></font></b> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28log+%282%2C+%28%221%2C000%22%29%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28log+%282%2C+%28%221%2C000%22%29%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log+%28%28%221%2C000%22%29%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log+%28%28%221%2C000%22%29%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log+%28%2810%5E3%29%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log+%28%2810%5E3%29%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283+log+%2810%29%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283+log+%2810%29%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > =  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%281%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%281%29%2Flog+%28%282%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2Flog+%28%282%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2Flog+%28%282%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <font color = red><font size = 4><b>9.97, approximately</font></font></b></PRE> </SPAN>\n" );
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