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Multiplication by Adding Logs
Drag the orange locators with
coordinates
and
. The parallelogram adds the logarithms of
and
. The line parallel to the
axis intersects the graph of the logarithm at the point with
coordinate
.
Contributed by:
George Beck
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Multiplication by Adding Logs
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MultiplicationByAddingLogs/
Contributed by:
George Beck
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