 If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.  Elementary Algebra - Page 383by Walter Randall Marsh - 1905 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Henry Johnstone - 1859 - 80 pages
...natural number have no integer places, then the characteristic is a negative quantity one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 31. Hence, referring to the table given above we shall find: log 295-24 = 2-4701752 log 29-547... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Trigonometry - 1882 - 232 pages
...the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. INTRODUCTION. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1883 - 186 pages
...the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. IV INTRODUCT1ON. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Plane trigonometry - 1885 - 96 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1886 - 168 pages
...the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. INTRODUCTION. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1887 - 206 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 550 pages
...more than the number of units in the characteristic. RULE 4. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. is 4, the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 380 pages
...more than the number of units in the characteristic. RULE 4. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the... | |
 | Louis Winslow Austin, Charles Burton Thwing - Physics - 1895 - 222 pages
...more than the number of units in the characteristic. (IV.) If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding fraction, one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1895 - 104 pages
...the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number... | |
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