Chapter 3 Answers

Exercise 3A

1 a

y

y
4

(1.7)x

y4

3
2

4 3 2 1 0

1 a
e
i
2 a
d
g

4 x

3
2.6

6.23
3.22
1.42
0, 2.32
0.631
x2

b 2.10
c 0.431
d 1.66
f 1.31
g 3.24
h 0.0617
j 0.542
b 1.26, 2.18
c 1.21
e 0.565, 0.712
f x0
h x  1

y
4

Exercise 3F

1 a 2.460
d 0.458
2 a 1.27
3 a 12, 512

y2

2
1
4 3 2 1 0
1.4

4 x

1 x  1, x  0
2 a 2 loga p  loga q

3 a

1p
4

4 a 9
5 b 2.32

6 x  232, y  2141
7

y

1
4 3 2 1 0

1x

1

3,

Exercise 3B
1 a
c
e
2 a

log4 256  4
log10 1 000 000  6
log0.2 0.008  3
24  16

c
e
3 a
f
4 a

9 3
105  100 000
3
b 2
1

g 1
2
625
b 9

1
2

4 x

b log3 (19)  2
d log11 11  1
b 52  25
d 51  0.2

c 7
h 2
c 7

d 1
i 10
d 2

e 6
j 2

Exercise 3C
1 1.30

0.602

3 3.85
5 1.04

4
6

0.105
1.55

7 0.523

3.00

Exercise 3D
2

a
d
a
d

log2 21
log6 (6841)
log28  3
log8 2  13

b
e
b
e

log2 9
log10 120
log6 36  2
log10 10  1

c 4.248
c 0.721
c 2.52

c log5 80
c log12 144  2

b loga p  4, loga q  1
b

b 12

8 13, 2
9 (4, 16) or (16, 4)
3

3

11 b x   , y  
4
2
12 b
 14,   32

b 3.465
e 0.774
b 2.09
b 116, 14

Mixed exercise 3G

b x  1.4
3

3 loga x  4 loga y  logaz

5 loga x  2 loga y
2  2 loga x
loga x  12 loga y  loga z
1
1


2  2 loga x

Exercise 3E

b x  2.6
2 a
y  (0.6)x

a
b
c
d
e

d 0.585

3p
4

1
c

1,
9