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10. Explain why log328 is between 3 and 4.

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Answer:

See explanation.

(Before continuing reading, I took the base to be 3. Please tell me if you didn't want the base to be 3.)

Explanation:

I assume 3 is suppose to be the base. Let's list some values that can be written as 3 to some integer.

3^0=1

3^1=3

3^2=9

3^3=27

3^4=81

3^5=243

......

I could have also did negative integer powers, but this is all I really need to convince you that log_3(28) is between 3 and 4.

log_3(28) means the value x such that 3^x=28.

Since 28 is between 27 and 81 in my list above, that means 3^x is between 3^3 and 3^4. This means that x is a value between 3 and 4.

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