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On the Richter scale, which measures the total amount of energy released during an earthquake, a reading of x-1 indicates one-tenth the released energy as is indicated by a reading of x. On that scale, the frequency corresponding to a reading of 9 is how many times as great as the frequency corresponding to a reading of 5?

A. 40
B. 50
C. 10^4
D. 10^5
E. 10^6

f(x-1) = f(x)/10
f(x) = f(x-1) * 10

f(9) = f(8)*10 = f(7) * 10^2= f(6) * 10^3 = F(5) * 10^4

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Found the wording pretty confusing, so what it means is -
as the reading is increasing by + 1, so is the energy by 10

Suppose Reading at 5 is 10 (ENERGY)
Reading at 6 will be 100 (energy) , that is how reading at 5 becomes 1/10 of the energy at 6,

It was a simple exponential problem, the wording is what spirals it
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