Answer
4
Work Step by Step
Based on the definition of the common logarithm, we know that $log(x)=log_{10}x$.
Furthermore, recall that $log_{b}x=y$ is equivalent to the statement $b^{y}=x$ (where $x\gt0$, $y$ is a real number, and $b\gt0$ and $b\ne1$).
Therefore, $log(10000)=log_{10}10000=4$, because $10^{4}=10000$.