SOLUTION: use log base 5 of 2=0.4307 and log base 5 of 3=0.6826 to approximate the value of log base 5 of 5/3

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Question 1084986: use log base 5 of 2=0.4307 and log base 5 of 3=0.6826 to approximate the value of log base 5 of 5/3
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log%285%2C+2%29=0.4307 and log%285+%2C3%29=0.6826
approximate the value of log%285+%2C5%2F3+%29:
log%285+%2C5%2F3+%29=+log%285+%2C5%29-log%285%2C3+%29...since log%285%2C+5%29+=+1, we have
log%285+%2C5%2F3+%29=+1-0.6826
log%285+%2C5%2F3+%29=+0.3174