How do you calculate $log_5 (18)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-12T05:27:12

$log_5 18=1.7959$

Let $log_nm=x$

then $n^x=m$ and taking log to the base $10$ on each side

$xlogn=logm$ i.e. $x=logm/logn$

i.e. we can write $log_nm=logm/logn$

or $log_5 18=log18/log5=1.2553/0.6990=1.7959$

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