Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 9 - Section 9.3 - Logarithmic Functions and Models - Exercises - Page 659: 65d

Answer

$E_{1}=10^{3R_{1}/2+11.8}$ $E_{2}=10^{3R_{2}/2+11.8}$ $\displaystyle \frac{E_{2}}{E_{1}}=\frac{10^{3R_{2}/2+11.8}}{10^{3R_{1}/2+11.8}}\qquad $(use the rule $\displaystyle \frac{a^{m}}{a^{n}}=a^{m-n} )$ $=10^{3R_{2}/2+11.8 - (3R_{1}/2+11.8)}$ $=10^{1.5R_{2}+11.8 - 1.5R_{1}-11.8)}$ $=10^{1.5(R_{2}-R_{1})}$

Work Step by Step

No extra steps. The exercise asked to show that the relation $\displaystyle \frac{E_{2}}{E_{1}}=10^{1.5(R_{2}-R_{1})}$ is valid.
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