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What is a common logarithm?
Logarithms can be taken to any base. Common logarithms are logarithms taken to base 10; it is sometimes abbreviated to lg. Natural logarithms are logarithms taken to base e (= 2.71828....); it is usually abbreviated to ln.
What is the base 10 logarithm called?
The base 10 logarithm is called the "common logarithm". * * * * * It is also called the 'Briggsian logarithm', named after Henry Briggs, who introduced his table of logarithms on base 10 at Oxford in 1624, much to the joy of navigators, astronomers, and others having tedious calculations to perform.
How do you express using the power of 10?
You could take logarithms to base 10.
What is the difference in the Natural Logarithmic Function and the Common Logarithmic Function?
Natural logarithms use base e (approximately 2.71828), common logarithms use base 10.
What is the logarithm of 589?
To which base? To base e (natural logarithms) loge 589 ~= 6.378 To base 10 (common logarithms) log10 589 ~= 2.77 To base 2 (a base I quite like) log2 589 ~= 9.202
