This exercise serves as a preview for the work on

Chapter 5, Problem 64

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This exercise serves as a preview for the work on logarithms in Section 5.3. Follow Steps (a)(f) to complete the table. (Notice that one entry in the table is already filled in. Reread Example 2 in the text to see how that entry was obtained.) (a) Fill in the entries in the right-hand column corresponding to x 1 and x 10. (b) Note that 4 and 8 are powers of 2. Use this information along with the approximation 100.3 2 to find the entries in the table corresponding to x 4 and x 8. (c) Find the entry corresponding to x 5. Hint: 5 10/2 10/100.3 (d) Find the entry corresponding to x 7. Hint: 72 50 5 10; now make use of your answer in part (c). (e) Find the entry corresponding to x 3. Hint: 34 80 8 10 (f) Find the entries corresponding to x 6 and x 9. Hint: 6 3 2 and 9 32 Remark: This tab