log Ao () R %3D where A - the measure of the amplitude of the earthquake wave Ao the amplitude of the smallest detectable wave (or standard wave). An earthquake is measured with a wave amplitude 440 times as great as Ao. What is the magnitude of this earthquake using the Richter scale, to the nearest tenth? The earthquake registered on the Richter scale. Question Help: D Video Message instructor Submit Question
log Ao () R %3D where A - the measure of the amplitude of the earthquake wave Ao the amplitude of the smallest detectable wave (or standard wave). An earthquake is measured with a wave amplitude 440 times as great as Ao. What is the magnitude of this earthquake using the Richter scale, to the nearest tenth? The earthquake registered on the Richter scale. Question Help: D Video Message instructor Submit Question
Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions
Section6.3: Logarithmic Functions
Problem 66SE: The intensitylevels I of two earthquakes measured ona seismograph can be compared by the formula...
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Transcribed Image Text:R = log
Ao
where
A - the measure of the amplitude of the earthquake wave
Ao the amplitude of the smallest detectable wave (or standard wave).
An earthquake is measured with a wave amplitude 440 times as great as Ao. What is the magnitude of this
earthquake using the Richter scale, to the nearest tenth?
The earthquake registered
on the Richter scale.
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