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    Additional practice questions

    10.1 Logarithms

    Practice 1
    1) Find the values of the following:
    a. log2 8 b. log2 256
    c. log2 1024 d. log2 0.25
    e. log2 0.0625 f. log2 0.015625
    g. log3 81 h. log4 64
    i. log5 625 j. log10 1 000 000
    k. log7 2401 l. log9 59 049

    2) Choose an appropriate base and calculate these:


    81×81
    a.
    243×9
    125×5
    b.
    625×25
    216×6
    c.
    36×36

    3) Express each of these as a single logarithm:


    a. log 3 + log 5 b. log 81 − log 3
    c. 2log 4 d. 3log 2 + 2log 5
    1
    e. 5log 2 − 2log 4 f. log 16 + 2log 3
    2
    g. 2log x + log y h. 3log xy − 2log y
    1
    i. log 2 + log y
    1

    Practice 2
    In these questions, if the answer cannot be written exactly, give it correct to 3 s.f.

    4) Solve these equations:


    a. 3x = 20 b. 4x = 55
    c. 5x = 200 d. 6x = 512
    e. 7x = 432 f. 12x = 2000

    5) Solve these equations:


    a. 2x + 2 = 3x−1 b. 42x = 5x+1
    c. 53x = 102x+3 d. 63x−1 = 42x+4
    e. 73x−1 = 92x−3 f. 12x = 25x−2

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    6) Solve these equations:
    a. 22x − 6 × 2x + 8 = 0
    b. 32x − 10 × 3x + 9 = 0
    c. 22x − 5 × 2x + 4 = 0
    d. 32x − 3x+2 + 20 = 0
    e. 42x – 5 × 4x+1 + 43 = 0
    f. 22x − 5 × 2x+1 + 24 = 0
    g. 32x − 3x+1 + 2 = 0
    h. 22x − 2x+3 + 15 = 0
    i. 52x – 7 × 5x + 12 = 0

    7) Solve these equations:


    a. 22x − 2x+1 − 3 = 0
    b. 32x − 4 = 0
    c. 52x − 5x + 12 = 0
    d. 42x − 4x+2 − 6 = 0
    e. 42x − 4x+1 − 5 = 0
    f. 32x + 3x+1 − 10 = 0

    8) Solve these equations:


    a. 22x+1 + 2x − 1 = 0
    b. 62x+1 – 7 × 6x + 2 = 0
    c. 3 × 42x+1 − 13 × 4x + 3 = 0
    d. 22x+2 − 9 × 2x + 2 = 0
    e. 3 × 52x + 4 × 5x − 4 = 0
    f. 10 × 42x − 4x − 3 = 0

    9) a. Show that (y − 1) is a factor of f(y) = y3 − 6y2 + 11y − 6.


    b. Hence factorise f(y) = y3 − 6y2 + 11y − 6.
    c. Hence solve the equation 43x – 6 × 42x + 11 × 4x − 6 = 0.

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    Answers

    Practice 1
    1) a. 3 b. 8 c. 10 d. −2
    e. −4 f. −6 g. 4 h. 3
    i. 4 j. 6 k. 4 l. 5
    1
    2) a. 3 b. c. 1
    25
    3) a. log 15 b. log 27 c. log 16
    d. log 200 e. log 2 f. log 36
    1
    g. log x2y h. log x3y i. log 𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 2

    Practice 2
    4) a. 2.73 b. 2.89 c. 3.29
    d. 3.48 e. 3.12 f. 3.06
    5) a. 6.13 b. 1.38 c. 31.0
    d. 2.82 e −3.22 f. 1.41
    6) a. {1, 2} b. {0, 2} c. {0, 2}
    d. {1.26, 1.46} e. {1, 2} f. {1, 3}
    g. {0, 0.631} h. {1.58, 2.32} i. {0.683, 0.861}
    7) a. 1.58 b. 0.631 c. No solution
    d. 2.02 e. 1.16 f. 0.631
    8) a. {−1} b. {−0.387, −0.226} c. {−0.792, −0.208}
    d. {−2, 1} e. {−0.252} f. {−0.368}
    9) b. (x − 1)(y − 2)(y − 3) c. {0, 0.5, 0.792}

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