 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.  Plane and Spherical Trigonometry - Page 13by Claude Irwin Palmer, Charles Wilbur Leigh - 1916 - 188 pagesFull view - About this book
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...may be briefly summarized as follows : (1) To multiply numbers, add their logarithms. (2) To divide numbers, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend. (3) To raise a number to a power, multiply the logarithm of the number by the exponent of the required... | |
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 | Fletcher Durell - 1911 - 396 pages
...antilogarithm of the sum. This ivill be the product of the numbers. II. 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. This will be the quotient. III. To raise a number to... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Naval art and science - 1911 - 450 pages
...logarithm of their quotient. Hence, to divide one number by another by means of logarithms: Rule. — Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the result will be the logarithm of the quotient. Example.— Divide 6,784.2 by 27.42. Solution.—... | |
 | Fletcher Durell - Logarithms - 1911 - 336 pages
...antilogarithm of the sum. This will be the product of the numbers. II. 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. This will be the quotient. III. To raise a number to... | |
 | Robert A. McMillan - Marine engineering - 1912 - 378 pages
...there are three figures before the decimal point, and the number is 207'9. Division. — To divide two numbers subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and find the number which has the result for its logarithm. Ex. Divide 173-2 by 6-854. Logarithm of... | |
 | Frederick Howland Somerville - Algebra - 1913 - 458 pages
...may be briefly summarized as follows : (1) To multiply numbers, add their logarithms. (2) To divide numbers, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend. (3) To raise a number to a power, multiply the logarithm of the number by the exponent of the required... | |
 | Claude Irwin Palmer, Charles Wilbur Leigh - Plane trigonometry - 1914 - 308 pages
...0.50703 /. product = 3.2139 Example. Process. 17. To divide by means of logarithms. — Property (5) tof Art. 6 gives the following: RULE. To find the quotient...difference. Example 1. Find the quotient of 27.634 -=- 5.427. Process. log 27.634 = 1.44144 log 5.427 = 0.73456 log of quotient = 0.70688 quotient = 5.0919... | |
 | Fletcher Durell - Algebra - 1914 - 606 pages
...antilogarithm of the sum. This will be the product of the numbers. II. 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. III. To Raise a Number to a Required Power, Multiply... | |
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