Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
The <em>Richter scale</em>, the standard measure of earthquake intensity, is a <em>logarithmic scale</em>, specifically logarithmic <em>base 10</em>. This means that every time you go up 1 on the Richter scale, you get an earthquake that's 10 times as powerful (a 2.0 is 10x stronger than a 1.0, a 3.0 is 10x stronger than a 2.0, etc.).
How do we compare two earthquake's intensities then? As a measure of raw intensity, let's call a "standard earthquake" S. What's the magnitude of this earthquake? The magnitude is whatever <em>power of 10</em> S corresponds to; to write this relationship as an equation, we can say
, which we can rewrite in logarithmic form as
.
We're looking for the magnitude M of an earthquake 100 times larger than S, so reflect this, we can simply replace S with 100S, giving us the equation
.
To check to see if this equation is right, let's say we have an earthquake measuring a 3.0 on the Richter scale, so
. Since taking 100 times some intensity is the same as taking 10 times that intensity twice, we'd expect that more intense earthquake to be a 5.0. We can expand the equation
using the product rule for logarithms to get the equation

And using the fact that
and our assumption that
, we see that
as we wanted.
Answer:
x=35/4
Step-by-step explanation:
S1- Divide both sides of the equation by the same term
-2100=-240x
-2100/-240=-240x/-240
S2- Simplify
DIvide #
Cancel terms
Move the variable to the left
x=35/4
Answer:
a)<em> k(x) = 5x - 2</em>
x = 5(y) - 2
5y = x + 2
y = (x+2)/5
<u>k-¹(x) = (x+2)/5</u>
b) <em>h</em><em>(</em><em>x</em><em>)</em><em> </em><em>=</em><em> </em><em>(</em><em>x</em><em>+</em><em>1</em><em>0</em><em>)</em><em>/</em><em>(</em><em>x</em><em>-</em><em>3</em><em>)</em><em> </em>
x = (y+10)/(y-3)
x(y-3) = y + 10
xy -3x = y + 10
xy - y = 3x + 10
y(x-1) = 3x + 10
y = (3x + 10)/(x-1)
<u>h-¹(x) = (3x+10)/(x-1)</u>
Answer:
-8
Step-by-step explanation:
Distribute the 2 and 5 to each of the parenthesis:
2(3 + 8) ====> 6 + 16 or 22
-5(4 + 2) ====> -20 - 10 or -30
Combine:
22 - 30 = -8