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#1 2012-12-30 19:29:46

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Logarithm game!

If you don't know logarithms yet, please go here: http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/logarithms.html
Okay! Questions!
Fill in the blank.
1) log[sub]4[/sub](___)=3
2) log[sub]2[/sub](81)=__

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#2 2012-12-30 22:16:16

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
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I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#3 2012-12-31 02:09:33

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Re: Logarithm game!

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4 2012-12-31 02:25:33

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#5 2012-12-31 12:01:06

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Re: Logarithm game!

up 1=Agnishom, Bobbym
up 2=dunno
3) log[sub]3[/sub](8)=__
4) log[sub]__[/sub](64)=8

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#6 2012-12-31 12:07:28

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Re: Logarithm game!

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#7 2012-12-31 12:10:56

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Re: Logarithm game!

up 3=dunno
up 4=dunno
Okay!
5. log[sub]2[/sub](121)=__
6. log[sub]4[/sub](___)=5


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#8 2012-12-31 12:13:59

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Re: Logarithm game!

Hi julianthemath;

I think you mean for 5


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#9 2012-12-31 12:17:43

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Hey! What's wrong with my answer for 2? sad

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#10 2012-12-31 13:53:08

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up 5=11
up 6=625
Muxdemux, sorry about that. sad
Bobbym, I don't mean that! tongue
Muxdemux, I think that is not correct in 6. sad
Anyways,
7. log3(___)=5
8. log6(64)=__


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#11 2012-12-31 14:17:39

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I think bobby is right, man.

but
.

I'm getting

and
for Q7 and Q8, respectively.

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#12 2012-12-31 14:18:35

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@julianthemath


The correct formula is
, not log[sub]a[/sub](n[sup]a[/sup]) = n. This is what you seem to be confusing.

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#13 2012-12-31 16:15:15

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Okay, scientia. I might not do this well. Ask bobbym to close the thread.


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#14 2012-12-31 16:36:24

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Nah, come on! It's an easy mistake to make. Keep going! smile

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#15 2012-12-31 18:55:38

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Re: Logarithm game!

I am a bit shy! Just make a similar thread to this and I will join your topic. smile


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#16 2013-01-01 01:40:17

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Re: Logarithm game!

Hi julianthemath;

Okay, scientia. I might not do this well. Ask bobbym to close the thread.

I will keep it open a bit longer in case you change your mind.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#17 2013-01-01 08:37:55

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Re: Logarithm game!

julianthemath,  Have you see the fact that

  logy       logx
x        = y         which is still true for any positive base b (not 1) and positive x and y? 

One might get some interesting variations on these log problems using this fact.


Writing "pretty" math (two dimensional) is easier to read and grasp than LaTex (one dimensional).
LaTex is like painting on many strips of paper and then stacking them to see what picture they make.

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#18 2013-01-02 12:26:06

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Re: Logarithm game!

Whoops!
tongue


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