SOLUTION: What are the characteristics of the logarithms of the number in these following questions? 5)1.00 6)2520 7)2.7 8)0.0045

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Question 179390: What are the characteristics of the logarithms of the number in these following questions? 5)1.00 6)2520 7)2.7 8)0.0045
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Wow! I haven't heard that term for many years.
The "characteristic" of a log is the whole number
part of the log. The decimal part is called the
mantissa. Don't ask me why.
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5)1.00
Since the number is greater than 0 and less than 10 the characteristic is 0
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6)2520
Since the number is greater than 1000 and less than 10000 the char. is 3
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7)2.7
Same as problem #5; answer is 0
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8)0.0045
Answer is -3
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Cheers,
Stan H.