How do you evaluate log1125?

1 Answer
Sep 10, 2015

log(1125)=2log(3)+33log(2)3.0511525225

Explanation:

It depends where you are starting from.

Suppose you know:

XXlog(2)0.30102999566

XXlog(3)0.47712125472

(See: http://socratic.org/questions/what-is-the-base-10-logarithm-of-2)

Then you can calculate a good approximation for log(1125)

1125=3253=32(102)3=3210323

So:

log(1125)=log(3210323)

=log(32)+log(103)log(23)

=2log(3)+3log(10)3log(2)

=2log(3)+33log(2)

20.47712125472+330.30102999566

3.0511525225