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.
Write an essay on earthquakes. In particular, discuss the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes. What is its relationship to logarithms?… See the whole entry
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:
http://www.mathsisgoodforyou.com/artefacts/napiersbones.htm… See the whole entry
Video:
This video models a populations example (time 9:27)
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Video:
Solving quadratic-type logarithmic equations (time: 8:15)
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Video:
This video solves some logarithmic equations (9:22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExbzXBS5W-k… See the whole entry
This is a delightful site on growth and decay.
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/exp/Q.exp.html
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:… See the whole entry
This site defines a logarithm and has practice worksheets.
http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/log.html
These sites give an overview of logarithm:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/logm.html
Review logarithms at this interactive site:
http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/rad_decay.pdf… See the whole entry
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
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