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Re: [Phys-l] Help! An explanation for the laity
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: John Denker <
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>
Date
: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:11:09 -0500
On 12/04/2007 09:31 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
"Why is the natural log used?"
1) Because
ln(1.001) = .001 [1]
2) You can use any log you want, but unnatural logs
just make the formula more complicated-looking.
log10(1.001) = 0.00043 [2]
Which would you rather remember, [1] or [2]?
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