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Geek out old school: Virtual slide rules
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noonespecial
on April 2, 2008
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kalid
on April 2, 2008
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Shameless plug, but if you consider log(x) as "time needed to grow by x" it's very clear why log(a) + log(b) = log(ab)
http://betterexplained.com/articles/demystifying-the-natural...
jgrahamc
on April 2, 2008
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Ah. The beauty of logarithms.
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