The Richter scale converts seismographic readings into numbers for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake according to this function M(x) = log
, where xo = 10-3.What is the magnitude of an earthquake whose seismographic reading is 7.6 millimeters at a distance of 100 kilometers from its epicenter?
A. 0.38808
B. 3.8808
C. 2.0281
D. 0.20281
Answer: B
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,
A. 12
B.
C. 0
D. 24
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-
+ . . . -
A.
B.
C.
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