Question 946487: please instruct on how you can use a scientific calculator to solve log 0.75 to the base 5 Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, MathLover1:Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Depending on the type of calculator there might be a way to do it but with any calculator you can do the following.
"how do you calculate a log on a scientific calculator"?
the "log" is just the standard log (base_ 10), so typically you can just enter a number and press the "log" button to get its standard logarithm
if you had a different base you wanted to use, remember the rule ; this allows you to convert to whatever base you want, and thus lets you use the standard log for everything
so, change the base first in base
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now you type it in a scientific calculator, and you will get this answer:
