Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 4 - Review - Concept Check - Page 388: 15

Answer

(i) $2$ (ii) $5$ (iii) $-4$

Work Step by Step

On a logarithmic scale numbers are represented by their logarithms. Basic property of logarithms: $\quad \log_{a}a^{x}=x$ (i) $\log 100=\log 10^{2}=2$ (ii) $\log 100,000=\log 10^{5}=5$ (iii) $\log 0.0001=\log 10^{-4}=-4$
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