Logarithmic functions B. Use the equation to predict the Richter magnitude for The 1964 Alaska earthquake, one of the strongest on record, which released the energy of 5 billion tons of TNT ? An earthquake that would release the amount of solar energy Earth receives every day, 160 trillion tons of TNT Blasting done at a construction site that releases the energy of about 30 lb of TNT

WEB 4. Earthquake Problem: You can gauge the amount of energy released by an earthquake by its Richter magnitude, a scale devised by seismologist Charles F. Richter in 1935. The Richter magnitude is a base-10 logarithmic function of the energy released by the earthquake. These data show the Richter magnitude m for earthquakes that release energy equivalent to the explosion of x tons of TNT (tri-nitro-toluene). x (tons) m (Richter magnitude) 1,000 4.0 1,000,000 6.0 The director of the National Earthquake Service in Golden, Colorado, studies the seismograph display of a magnitude 75 earthquake. a. Find the particular equation of the common logarithmic function m - a + blog x that fits the two data points