The area of a rectangular farm is 7462m². The width of the farm is 82m. Use logarithm tables to determine the length of the farm.
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6 stepsState the formula for the area of a rectangle and rearrange it to find the length.
The area of a rectangle () is given by the formula .
Given and width .
We need to find the length .Express the division using logarithms.
To use logarithm tables, we convert the division into a subtraction of logarithms.
Find using logarithm tables.
The characteristic of is 3 (since ).
From logarithm tables, the mantissa for 746 is 0.8727. The mean difference for 2 is 1.
So, the mantissa for 7462 is .Find using logarithm tables.
The characteristic of is 1 (since ).
From logarithm tables, the mantissa for 820 is 0.9138.Subtract the logarithms.
Find the antilogarithm of 1.9590 to determine the length.
The characteristic is 1, which means the number has two digits before the decimal point.
From antilogarithm tables, the antilog of 0.9590 is approximately 9.099.
Multiplying by (due to the characteristic of 1):The length of the farm is approximately 90.99 m.
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