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Wed 28 Jul, 2004 03:26 pm
how do i put in the equation of y equals the log of base 3 of x in the graphing calculator to obtain the graph.
I dont have a graphing calc in front of me but for reason if i remember correctly you cant do logs of anything other than base 10 on the calculator unless you do it the manual way.
There is a way around.
Using one of four fundamental properties of Log
lob x (base b) = log x (base a) / log b (base a)
So
log x (base 3) = log x (base 10) / log 3 (base 10 )
Hope it helps