1967 AHSME Problems/Problem 26

Problem

If one uses only the tabular information $10^3=1000$ , $10^4=10,000$ , $2^{10}=1024$ , $2^{11}=2048$ , $2^{12}=4096$ , $2^{13}=8192$ , then the strongest statement one can make for $\log_{10}{2}$ is that it lies between:

$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{10} \; \text{and} \; \frac{4}{11}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{3}{10} \; \text{and} \; \frac{4}{12}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{3}{10} \; \text{and} \; \frac{4}{13}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{3}{10} \; \text{and} \; \frac{40}{132}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{3}{11} \; \text{and} \; \frac{40}{132}$

Solution

Since 1024 is greater than 1000.

log 1024 > 3

10 * log 2 > 3

and log 2 > 3/10.

Similarly, 8192 < 10000, so log 8192 < 4

13 * log 2 < 4

and log 2 < 4/13

Therefore 3/10 < log 2 < 4/13 so the answer is $\fbox{C}$

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