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#601 2014-09-26 04:05:02
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Re: Simplify the following:
Errr, okay - I see now.
Thank you Bobbym.
Please is it possible in the world of logarithm to have different bases at the same time? Like the following;
log5*log2 - the log5 is in base five and the log2 is in base two.
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#602 2014-09-26 04:07:19
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Re: Simplify the following:
You can always convert to the same base.
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#603 2014-09-26 04:19:31
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Re: Simplify the following:
Please I wish you solve and that I learn:-)
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#604 2014-09-26 04:35:04
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Re: Simplify the following:
The answer is 1.
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#605 2014-09-26 06:00:53
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Re: Simplify the following:
Please I beg of you to show working.
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#606 2014-09-26 06:22:27
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Re: Simplify the following:
What does
mean?In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
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#607 2014-09-27 07:38:50
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Re: Simplify the following:
It means log five base five.
But a log of the same base is equal 1
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#608 2014-09-27 07:47:30
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Re: Simplify the following:
When you say log of 5 to the base 5 you are really saying is what number must 5 be raised up to to get 5. There is only one number that can do that, what is it?
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#609 2014-09-27 07:51:52
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Re: Simplify the following:
That is 1.
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#610 2014-09-27 07:59:45
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Re: Simplify the following:
How about log of 2 to the base 2?
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#611 2014-09-27 08:02:08
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Re: Simplify the following:
But you did not talk of the log2 base two.
The log5 base five is multiplying the log2 base two.
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#612 2014-09-27 08:04:19
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Re: Simplify the following:
Please see post #610
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#613 2014-09-27 08:09:36
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Re: Simplify the following:
How about log of 2 to the base 2?
It is also 1.
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#614 2014-09-27 08:12:58
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Re: Simplify the following:
What is 1 x 1?
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#615 2014-09-27 08:15:24
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Re: Simplify the following:
Equal 1
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#616 2014-09-27 08:16:49
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Re: Simplify the following:
So what is the answer to your problem?
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#617 2014-09-27 08:18:40
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Re: Simplify the following:
One
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#618 2014-09-27 08:27:33
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Re: Simplify the following:
How about if the log of 5 had base 2 and the log of 2 had base 3, what would have been the answer?
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#619 2014-09-27 08:27:46
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Re: Simplify the following:
In the immortal words of Tony "Gorilla" Manzioni, "and that's that."
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#620 2014-09-27 08:33:09
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Re: Simplify the following:
I see, it can not be solved
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#621 2014-09-27 08:36:31
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Re: Simplify the following:
Oh, did not see your new post. Tony's remark is for the one we solved.
How about if the log of 5 had base 2 and the log of 2 had base 3, what would have been the answer?
To get the numerical answer would best be done with a calculator.
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#622 2014-09-27 08:43:46
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Re: Simplify the following:
Unfortunately, the calculator I am using does not have base 3 and the rest, but only base 10
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#623 2014-09-27 08:45:58
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Re: Simplify the following:
You would be solving 2^x = 5 and 3^y = 2.
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#624 2014-09-27 08:54:12
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Re: Simplify the following:
I think there is no number that 2 would raise to give 5, on the other hand, there is no number that 3 would raise to give 2
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#625 2014-09-27 08:56:20
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Re: Simplify the following:
There is no whole number but there is definitely numbers that do that.
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