Not if you log transform your age first.
On 21/04/09 11:51 AM, "Randall Reetz" <[email protected]> wrote: > World changing. Too bad i am too old for a "Fields" prize nomination. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Terry Judd" <[email protected]> > To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> > Sent: 4/20/2009 6:23 PM > Subject: Re: convert to scientific notation > > Wouldn't that be 1/* ;) > > > On 21/04/09 11:18 AM, "Randall Reetz" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I found this symbol... "/" Very cool! Inverse of multiply! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Randall Reetz" <[email protected]> >> To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 4/20/2009 6:08 PM >> Subject: RE: convert to scientific notation >> >> I need to sleep or go back to grade 3. Sorry everyone. Dont report me to >> the >> math authorities! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Randall Reetz" <[email protected]> >> To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 4/20/2009 5:46 PM >> Subject: RE: convert to scientific notation >> >> You are correct brian. Sorry. But i know when i was younger and smarter i >> had an equasion that converted a number to scientific notation without >> counting digits. Used the power "^" function somehow. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Brian Yennie" <[email protected]> >> To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 4/20/2009 5:31 PM >> Subject: Re: convert to scientific notation >> >> Randall, >> >> You want the nth root and you are doing it correctly, but have a false >> assumption (the 10th root of 100 is NOT 2). I showed how to derive >> 10^x = 100, which is more relevant to scientific notation. Scientific >> notation does not involve taking the 10th root of a number, which I >> why I figure you are confused. >> >> Example: 2,098,000 = 2.098 x 10 ^ 6 >> >> No 10th roots involved, in fact you can just count digits. >> >>> Not confused by what i mean. How do i get the nth root of a number? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: "Brian Yennie" <[email protected]> >>> To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: 4/20/2009 5:03 PM >>> Subject: Re: convert to scientific notation >>> >>> Randall, >>> >>> I think you are confusing two different concepts. >>> >>> 10^2 = 100, not 2^10 = 100. >>> >>> What you want is something like this: >>> >>> Step 1) 10^x = 100 >>> Step 2) log 10^x = log 100 >>> Step 3) x log 10 = log 100 >>> Step 4) x = log 100 / log 10 >>> > > > [truncated by sender] > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
