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The two expressions below have the same value when rounded to the nearest hundredth.

log Subscript 5 Baseline b. log Subscript 9 Baseline 48

What is the approximate value of log b to the nearest hundredth?
0.93
1.23
9.16
65.53

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
We have log_5 b ≈ log_9 48. Take common (base-10) logs:
log b = log_10 b = log_10 5 · (log_9 48).

Compute log_9 48 = ln 48 / ln 9 ≈ 3.871201/2.197225 ≈ 1.7613.
Then log b ≈ 0.69897 · 1.7613 ≈ 1.2309 ≈ 1.23.

Answer: 1.23.