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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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