If the amount of energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale is x, what is the amount of energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 in terms of x?

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If the amount of energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale is x, what is the amount of energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 in terms of x?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-21T11:30:33

$x/10$

Explanation:

The Richter Scale is a base 10 logarithmic scale, which means that each integer point on the scale represents an energy 10 times larger than the the previous point.

If $x$ is the energy at point $7.0$ , the energy release at point $6.0$ is $x/10$

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If the amount of energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale is x, what is the amount of energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 in terms of x?

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