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94 Chapter 2 Engineering functions

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Figure2.36

Two-cycle log--lineargraph paper.

Useoflog–linearandlog–loggraphpaper

The requirement to take logarithms is a tedious process which can be avoided by using

specialgraphpaperscalledlog--lineargraphpaperandlog--loggraphpaper.Anexample

of log--linear graph paper isshown inFigure 2.36.

Note that on one axis the scale is uniform; this is the linear scale. On the other, the

scaleisnotuniformandismarkedincyclesfrom1to9.Thisisthelogarithmicscale.On

this scale values ofyare plotted directly, without first taking logarithms. On the graph

papershowninFigure2.36therearetwocyclesbutpapersarealsoavailablewiththree

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