Precalculus Examples

$\frac{\log (0.3)}{\log (\frac{1}{2})}$

Step 1

Log base $10$ of $0.3$ is approximately $- 0.52287874$ .

$\frac{- 0.52287874}{\log (\frac{1}{2})}$

Step 2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{0.52287874}{\log (\frac{1}{2})}$

Step 3

Divide $1$ by $2$ .

$- \frac{0.52287874}{\log (0.5)}$

Step 4

Log base $10$ of $0.5$ is approximately $- 0.30102999$ .

$- \frac{0.52287874}{- 0.30102999}$

Step 5

Divide $0.52287874$ by $- 0.30102999$ .

$- - 1.73696559$

Step 6

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1.73696559$ .

$1.73696559$