Question

Please help! Find the common antilogarithm of (7.3139 - 10).

Answer 1

what does the -10 mean at the end?

Answer 2

it's the power to -10 which mean LN

Answer 3

??

Answer 4

\(7.3139^{ - 10}\) like that?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

Nope. My problem just states (7.3139-10) like how I posted it

Answer 7

@godorovg ?

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

It's not raised

Answer 10

what explain further?????

Answer 11

... If it was raised I would've ^-10. It's not raised. The problem states:
Find the common logarithm of (7.3139-10).
That's it.

Answer 12

\(7.3139 - 10=-2.6861\)

Answer 13

there are choices with answers

Answer 14

a. .00206
b. .0000206
c. .000206
d. .0206

Answer 15

this is a negative number and therefore does not have a common log

Answer 16

i guess i should just shut up because i clearly do not understand the question

Answer 17

:(

Answer 18

ooooh!!!

Answer 19

the -10 is creating a big trouble here, because of that the answer will be -2 or whatever.

Answer 20

you don't want the log, you want to raise the power of ten to this number!!

Answer 21

\(10^{-2.6861}=0.00206\)

Answer 22

i mean "raise ten to this power"

Answer 23

thanks so much I could not recall how to this it is has been a while

Answer 24

this must be some ancient history math written before they used calculators, when there were log tables
was your book written in like 1964?

Answer 25

THANK YOU SATELLITE! YOU ARE MY HERO. :) And thank you so much to @godorovg as well for taking the time to help me out!

Answer 26

not a problem

Answer 27

here is what i typed in
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=10^%287.3139-10%29

Answer 28

yw

Answer 29

I wish I could give more than one medal :( @godorovg You really deserve one

Answer 30

i sent him/her one for you

Answer 31

:)

Answer 32

@godorovg didnt i just tell you how to solve this? o.O

Answer 33

yes sir you dd I wasn't following I feel like a fool lol

Answer 34

lol =))

Answer 35

guess i didnt explain it well a while ago

Answer 36

Hey got to admit when you are wrong so I admit it..