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Recall the formula for calculating the magnitude of an earthquake, M = E One earthquake has magnitude 3.9 on the MMS scale. If a second earthquake has 800 times as much energy as the first, find the magnitude of the second quake. Round to the nearest hundredth. The magnitude of the second earthquake was Number

Recall the formula for calculating the magnitude of an earthquake, M = E One earthquake has magnitude 3.9 on the MMS scale. If a second earthquake has 800 times as much energy as the first, find the magnitude of the second quake. Round to the nearest hundredth. The magnitude of the second earthquake was Number

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