SOLUTION: If the logs of two numbers are 1.7 and 2.0, by what factor do they differ? What are the two numbers?

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Question 340947: If the logs of two numbers are 1.7 and 2.0, by what factor do they differ? What are the two numbers?
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That depends. What base?

If you mean base 10, then they differ by roughly one-half.

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That's why a 0.3 increase in the Richter scale number means the earthquake was twice as big.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it