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What Are Logarithmic Scales?

By Liza Sulkin
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The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale that measures earthquake magnitude. The energy difference between earthquakes with integer magnitudes is a factor of 3131.

Suppose earthquake AA measures xx on the Richter scale and earthquake BB measures x+3x+3 on the Richter scale. Which of the following is (are) true?

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