Question

Evaluate the logarithm.
log 6 1/36

Answer 1

Homezone?

Answer 2

sorry i was in another window :)

Answer 3

ok can you help step by step?

Answer 4

do you mean log_6 (1/36) ?

Answer 5

I guess how its written up top is how it is

Answer 6

(1/36)=6^-2

Answer 7

log_6 (6^-2)=-2

Answer 8

ok for you ?

Answer 9

whered u get -2?

Answer 10

log_6(6)=1
log_6(6^2)=2
log_6(6^10)=10
log_6(6^-10)=-10

Answer 11

just as examples

Answer 12

you can rewrite 1/36 as (1/(6^2)) and then again as 6^-2

Answer 13

ok...

Answer 14

you don't get it ?

Answer 15

not really also whered u get =-2

Answer 16

do you get log_6(6)=1 ?

Answer 17

you can take the 6' logarithm to 6 once ergo log_6(6)=1

Answer 18

not really I don't really even know what log means in an equation

Answer 19

Log is a function, i'd advice you to read up on it.

Answer 20

if you can't even do 1/36=1/6^2=6^-2. you shouldn't do functions yet

Answer 21

ok well I need to do this I'm at log 6 (6^-2)

Answer 22

what do I do next?

Answer 23

Hi James can you help
and try to explain?

Answer 24

Can you please help?

Answer 25

Jdoe?

Answer 26

do you know what a negative exponent means?

Answer 27

no I need help with the problem at the very top

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http://mathb.in/12801

Answer 29

umm ok?

Answer 30

so... what would you get for the right-hand side?

Answer 31

-2??

Answer 32

-2? how so?

Answer 33

well 36 = 6^2 and its 1/36 so 6^-2?

Answer 34

http://mathb.in/12802

Answer 35

can you just help instead of the stupid link

Answer 36

I'd do it right here, sure
sadly the tools at this website are down, they've been down for about 3 days now, and is still unresolved, thus

the link shows the procedure, so, as you know a logarithm is a function returning an exponent

Answer 37

then type it out

Answer 38

depending on the material, that works, or may not work

Answer 39

well just try I don't wanna use links im running slow as it is

Answer 40

Don't you have a book or something to read in ?

Answer 41

no if I did I wouldn't be here

Answer 42

http://prntscr.com/2lpicx
here's some really basic rules, i scanned my booj about exponents

Answer 43

it's the top part