What Is the Sum of the Richter Scale Measurement of an Earthquake

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Essay

What is the sum of the Richter Scale measurement of an earthquake which is 250,000 times the intensity of a zero-level earthquake and an earthquake with intensity twice the intensity of a zero-level earthquake? Write as an expression involving logarithms.Simplify by combining logarithms and then use a calculator to evaluate.

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