Answer:
-0.301
Step-by-step explanation:
Correct Question :-
If log 2 = 0.301 , find log 0.5
Solution :-
We are here given that the value of log 5 is 0.699 . Here the base of log is 10 .
[tex]\rm\implies log_{10}2= 0.301 [/tex]
And we are supposed to find out the value of log 0.5 . We can write it as ,
[tex]\rm\implies log_{10}(0.5) = log _{10}\bigg( \dfrac{5}{10}\bigg)[/tex]
Simplify ,
[tex]\rm\implies log _{10}\bigg( \dfrac{1}{2}\bigg)[/tex]
This can be written as ,
[tex]\rm\implies log_{10} ( 2^{-1})[/tex]
Use property of log ,
[tex]\rm\implies -1 \times log_{10}2 [/tex]
Put the value of log 2 ,
[tex]\rm\implies -1 \times 0.301 =\boxed{\blue{-0.301}} [/tex]
Hence the value of log (0.5) is -0.301 .
*Note -
Here here there was no use of log 5 in the calculation .
