SOLUTION: how would log6 1/4 be solved?

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Question 242305: how would log6 1/4 be solved?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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A couple of ways. You can always open a blank Excel spreadsheet and type =log(.25,6) and then hit Enter.

Lacking a spreadsheet, you can either use a scientific calculator or a table of logarithms to either base 10 or e along with the base conversion formula:



So:



You can do your own calculator work. By the way, the best you will ever be able to do is a numerical approximation.



John