ASSIGNMENT 3 INDICES AND LOGARITHMS

1) Find the value of:

2

a) 164

b) 325

2) Show that:
16

b) 22+3 = 8 4

d) 5 25 = 5+2

a) 42 = 22
c) 23 = 2

3) Solve the following exponential equations:

a) 5 = 1

b) 2 = 64

c) 4 = 0.5

d) 22 9 2 + 8 = 0

e) 2 + 22 = 5

f) 2+3 = 21 + 15

4) Write in logarithmic form:

a) 42 = 16

b) 34 = 81

c) 103 = 0.001

d) 3 = 2

e) 7 = 21

f) 3 = 0.3

5) Find the value of if:

a) log 9 = 2

b) log2 = 3

c) log+1 27 = 3

d) log4 ( 2) = 3

e) log2 36 = 2

f) log3 = 1

6) Solve the following logarithmic equations:

a) log3 ( 3) + log3 ( + 3) = 3
b) log2 2 = 4 + log2 ( + 5)
c) 2 log3 = log3 ( + 6)
d) log2 (2 + 2) = 1 + 2 log2

7) If log = and log = , express (in terms of and ):

a) log 2
c) log

b) log
d)log

3
2

8) Solve the simultaneous equations:

log2 log2 = 4
log2 ( 2) = 5
9) Solve for (giving your answer to 3 significant figures if not exact):
a) 3 = 5

b) 21 = 7

c) 22+1 = 31

d) 53+2 = 761

10) Sketch the following graphs (on separate axes), clearly showing where they cut the axes:
a) =
b) =
c) = log