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Originally Posted by aimeemcdonald

Log10(x)=ylog10(3)+1
express y in terms of x

help?
explaination needed though

$\log_{10}(x)=y \cdot \log_{10}(3) + 1$

$\log_{10}(x)-1=y \cdot \log_{10}(3)$

$\log_{10}\left(\dfrac x{10}\right)=y \cdot \log_{10}(3)$

$\dfrac{\log_{10}\left(\dfrac x{10}\right)}{\log_{10}(3)}=y$

which can be simplified to:

$y = \log_3\left(\dfrac x{10} \right)$