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To: Swordmaker; Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Thanks NormsRevenge.

Richter scale numbers go up tenfold (6 is 10x a 5, for example), which means (I believe) each .1 is in increase by the 10th root of 10.


270 posted on 01/09/2010 7:25:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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each .1 is in increase by the 10th root of 10.

That hurt. You mention logarithms, and I'm hitting the abuse button.


273 posted on 01/09/2010 7:38:05 PM PST by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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damn.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2416419/posts?page=63#63


444 posted on 06/26/2010 5:57:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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