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    Washington and Oregon earthquake will be 158.489 times more intense than the Haiti earthquake was. If it is only half as intense as predicted we need to find how high on the Richter Scale the earthquake in Washington and Oregon will be.

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    Washington and Oregon earthquake will be 158.489 times more intense than the Haiti earthquake was. If it is only half as intense as predicted we need to find how high on the Richter Scale the earthquake in Washington and Oregon will be.

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    Explanation

    HaitiRichter=7.0
    PredictedRichter=9.2
    R
    10
    =Iso
    7.0
    10
    =10,000,000
    9.0
    10
    =1,584,893,192

    Forthisstepwearetryingtofindhowmuch
    moreintense(inafactor)theearthquakein
    WashingtonandOregonwillbethaninHaiti.
    Todosowefirsttakewhatweknow(both
    thenumbersontheRichterScale)andwe
    plugthemintoourhandydandylogarithm
    equation

    1,584,893,192
    10,000,000
    =158.489
    TheWashingtonandOregonearthquakewill
    be158.489timesmoreintensethantheHaiti
    earthquakewas

    Nowthatwehaveourpredictedintensityfor
    eachRichterScalenumber,weneedto
    dividethembothsothatwecandetermine
    howmuchgreaterthe9.2scaledearthquake
    willbethroughafactor

    1,584,893,192
    2
    =792,446,596
    Wetakethelogofthisintensity
    log(792,446,596)
    =8.89
    Theintensityofthisearthquakewillbe8.89
    ontheRichterScaleifitisonlyhalfas
    intenseaspredicted

    Nowthatweknowhowmuchmoreintense
    theWashingtonandOregonearthquakewill
    be,weneedtodeterminehowhighonthe
    RichterscaletheWashingtonandOregon
    earthquakewillbeifitisonly
    half
    the
    predictedintensity.Todosowefirstmust
    divideourpreviousintensityforthe
    WashingtonandOregonearthquakebytwo
    (tosignifythatitishalfwhatitwaspredicted)
    andthentakethelogofthatnumberbecause
    weknowthat
    log(I)=R

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