OH! I KNOW THIS ONE.THE RICHTER SCALE IS A LOGARITHMIC SCALE USED TO MEASURE THE INTENSITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE
OH ME ON THE SECOND ONE PLEASE! THE FORMULA ISR=2/3 log E/10^4.40WHERE E IS THE ENERGY RELEASED BY THE EARTHQUAKE
EVERYONE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB SO WE'RE GONNA STEP UP THE GAME WITH A REAL-LIFE APPLICATION OF THE FORMULA
THAT'S ALL CORRECT!
SINCE EVERYONE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB SO WE'RE GONNA STEP UP THE GAME WITH A REAL-LIFE APPLICATION OF THE FORMULA
THAT'S ALL CORRECT!
AND BY THE WAY, YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT 10^4.40 IS THE ENERGY OF THE REFERENCE EARTHQUAKE
NOW FOR THE PROBLEM. SUPPOSED THAT AN EARTHQUAKE RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 10^6 JOULES OF ENERGY, WHAT IS THE MAGNITUDE ON A RICHTER SCALE? AND HOW MUCH MORE ENERGY DOES THIS EARTHQUAKE RELEASE THAN THE REFERENCE EARTHQUAKE?
ALSO TO MOTIVATE EVERYONE, THOSE WHO GET A CORRECT ANSWER WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL 5 POINTS FOR THE QUIZ NEXT WEEK
THE ANSWER FOR QUESTION NO.1 IS THAT WE SIMPLY NEED TO SUBSTITUTE 10^6 TO THE FORMULA AND SOLVE WHICH WILL RESULT TO:R=2/3 log 10^6/10^4.40R=1.06 IS THE MAGNITUTE IN RICHTER SCALE
AND FOR NO.2 WE WILL DIVIDE THE REFERENCE ENERGY TO THE GIVEN WHICH IS 10^6/10^4.40 = 10^1.6 AND 10^1.6 = 39.811 OR 40 IS HOW MUCH MORE ENERGY THE EARTHQUAKE HAS THAN THE REFERENCE
I DON'T KNOW THIS ONE
BY: STEM 11-CHARLES DARWIN GROUP 1
WELL THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY AND WE'LL FIRST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAF-