The negative log of a number is the log of the
number's reciprocal ('1' divided by the number).
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No. log 20 is a positive number , so it you subtract it from log 5 you get less than log 5. However, log10 5 = 1 - log102 = 2- log1020 . or log 5 - log 20 = log 5 - log 4*5 = log 5 - (log 5 + log 4) = log 5 - log 5 - log 4 = - log 4 But we do not need to do all of these computations, because log 5 is different from log 5 - log 20 by the law of the equality that says two equals remain equal if and only if we subtract (in our case) the same thing from them.
9x = 27 log(9) + log(x) = log(27) log(x) = log(27) - log(9) log(x) = log(27/9) 10log(x) = 10log(27/9) x = 27/9 x = 3 This strikes us as the method by which the federal government might solve the given equation ... after appointing commissions to study the environmental impact and recommend a method of solution, of course.
The expression x = log3(100) is equivalent to 3x = 100. One way to calculate logs with a base of (b) is: logb(y) = log(y) / log(b). So in this case, you would have log(100) / log(3) = 4.192 [rounded to 3 decimal places]
Log 200=a can be converted to an exponential equation if we know the base of the log. Let's assume it is 10 and you can change the answer accordingly if it is something else. 10^a=200 would be the exponential equation. For a base b, we would have b^a=200
Not quite. The log(x/y) = log(x) - log(y) In words, this reads "The log of a quotient is the difference of the log of the numerator and the log of the denominator."