Logarithmic Scale Flashcards

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What do you need to know for logarithmic scales?

A

nearly base 10 (logv10)
used for representing huge ranges of data
1-10-100-1000-10000
if you see logv10 on a graph axis, it represents a huge range in a scale

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How do you find out the real number?

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real number = 10^x

the bigger the ‘x’ the greater the actual number will be

10^6 = 1000000 = log10 (1,000,000) = 6

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