Question 613796
what does the the answer to log (base 4, 12) mean? 
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A "log" is an exponent or a power.
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Your problem is asking you to find the power of 4 needed to
get the number 12.
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To get that answer you have to use a form called 
"the change of base formula".
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Here it is log4(12) = log(12)/log(4) = 1.0792/0.6021 = 1.7925
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That means 4^1.7925 is very close to being 12.
Very close because we limited those numbers to 4 decimal places.

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Cheers,
Stan H.