SOLUTION: logarithm base 6 of 5 = 0.898 logarithm base 6 of 8 = 0.161 FIND logarithm base 6 of 10 without using a calculator.

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Question 598270: logarithm base 6 of 5 = 0.898
logarithm base 6 of 8 = 0.161
FIND logarithm base 6 of 10 without using a calculator.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Nope. Your numbers are wrong. It is impossible for



In fact, since ,



With all that in mind, I checked on a hunch:



Note that



so



so



Since the the log of the product is the sum of the logs and since 10 is equal to 5 times 2:



All that is left is to plug in the values and do the arithmetic.

John

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