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Chapter 10

Individual Research Projects Section 10.3

September 29, 2015July 15, 2015 by elaine

Project 10.3

Write a paper using population analysis.

To get you started, select five U.S. cities of different sizes. Find the population of these cites in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010.

  1. Which city seems to have the greatest growth rate
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Individual Research Project Section 10.2

September 29, 2015July 15, 2015 by elaine

Project 10.2

Write an essay on earthquakes. In particular, discuss the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes. What is its relationship to logarithms?… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 10, Individual Research Projects Tags Earthquake, Richter

Individual Research Project Section 10.1

May 21, 2024July 15, 2015 by elaine

Project 10.1

Historical Quest
Write an essay on John Napier. Include what he is famous for today, and what he considered to be his crowning achievement. Also Include a discussion of “Napier’s bones.”

Reference:
https://www.17centurymaths.com/contents/napier/jimsnewstuff/Napiers%20Bones/NapiersBones.html… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 10, Individual Research Projects Tags Napier

Video Links 10-3

August 11, 2015July 15, 2015 by elaine

Video:
This video models a populations example (time 9:27)
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Video Links 10-1

August 11, 2015July 15, 2015 by elaine

Video:
Solving quadratic-type logarithmic equations  (time: 8:15)
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Video Links 10-2

August 11, 2015July 15, 2015 by elaine

Video:

This video solves some logarithmic equations (9:22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExbzXBS5W-k… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 10, Video Links Tags Logarithmic equations

Reference Topics 10-3

May 21, 2024July 15, 2015 by elaine

There are many sites on earthquake readiness; one that shows recent quakes is listed here. You may be amazed that there are so many recent large quakes.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1999/fs151-99/

Earthquake Locator:
http://earthquaketrack.com/

These sites provide interesting decibel tests:
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html

The World … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 10, Reference Topics Tags Decay, Decibel, Growth

Reference Topics 10-1

May 22, 2024July 15, 2015 by elaine

These sites give an overview of logarithm:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbasehttps://www.dhttps://www.desmos.com/calculator/ewlhj8j9dfesmos.com/calculator/ewlhj8j9df/logm.html

 … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 10, Reference Topics Tags Logarithm

Reference Topics 10-2

July 15, 2015 by elaine

This site gives some examples of solving logarithmic equations:
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solvelog.htm

This site gives practice solving logarithmic equations:
http://www.analyzemath.com/LogEqTest/Tutorials.html… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 10, Reference Topics Tags Logarithmic equations

History 10-3

May 22, 2024July 15, 2015 by elaine

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled “The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.”
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/… See the whole entry

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