Re: Log Base 2


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Re: Log Base 2



On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Debbie Blasinsky wrote:


> Could someone PLEASE tell me how to get a TI-85 to calculate log base 2?


I don't think you can change the base that the [LOG] button uses; it
is always ten.  You can use the following property of logarithms:


              log x
    log  x = -------
       b      log b




For example:


              log 6
    log  6 = ------- = approx. 2.585
       2      log 2




        ~ Mark


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