IN YOUR OWN WORDS Construct a logarithmic scale. On a sheet of paper, draw a line \(10 \mathrm{in}\). long and mark it in tenths and hundredths. Place the edge of a second sheet along this line and use the first as a ruler to mark off logs on the second. At 0 , mark 1 , since \(\log 1=0\). Mark 2 at 0.301 because \(\log 2 \approx 0.301\). Mark 3 at 0.477 , and so on, until you have something similar to Figure 10.4.

Figure 10.4

Fill in the scale between 1 and 2 for every tenth, and the other units at least at the halves. Using two of these log scales, you can make a simple slide rule that you can use to multiply and divide. Explain how to do this and illustrate it to at least one other person.

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