Given that log N = - a, derive an expression for N the antilogarithm in scientific location.

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Simon Mckee

21 September, 21:33

Given that log N = - a, derive an expression for N the antilogarithm in scientific location.

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Rex Yang · Answer 1

Some people, by convention, use log to mean base 10. If that is the case then N = 10^-a

If we do not know the base, we can call it b and thus

N = b^-a