 | Benjamin Franklin Young - Business - 1925 - 778 pages
...to divide by means of logarithms we ( I ) find the logarithms of the dividend and the divisor, (2) subtract the logarithm of. the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and (3) find the number corresponding to the logarithm resulting from No. 2. This number is the desired... | |
 | Nels Johann Lennes, Archibald Shepard Merrill - Logarithms - 1928 - 300 pages
...is, log др = x - y = log M - log N. Hence, we have the rule: To find the logarithm of a quotient, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend. 40. Logarithm of a power. — The logarithm of a power of a number equals the logarithm of the number... | |
 | S. N. Forrest - Mathematics - 1947 - 444 pages
...a number which has been obtained in the form of a power of 10. To divide, numbers using logarithms. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend. As the logs are powers of 10, the subtraction of logs is the subtraction of indices. Example. 149-2... | |
 | 1981 - 440 pages
...a number which has been obtained in the form of a power of 10. To divide numbers using logarithms. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend. As the logs are powers of 10, the subtraction of logs is the subtraction of indices. Example. 149-2... | |
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To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference. 
