10 Solve the equation

(i)

lg(2x) lg(x 3) = 1,

[3]

(ii) log3 y + 4logy 3 = 4.

[4]

Solve
(i) log
4 2 ! log
9 (2x ! 5) # log
8 64,

[4]

(ii) 9
y ! 5(3
y 0 10) # 0.

[4]

Solve

(i) log3(2x ! 1) # 2 ! log3(3x 0 11),

[4]

(ii) log4 y ! log2 y # 9.

[4]

(a) Variables l and t are related by the equation l = l0 (1 + )t where l0 and are constants.

Given that l0 = 0.64 and = 2.5 10 3, find the value of t for which l = 0.66.
(b) Solve the equation 1 + lg(8 x) = lg(3x + 2).
9

[3]
[4]

(a) Given that u = log4 x, find, in simplest form in terms of u,

(i) x,



16
(ii) log4
x ,
(iii) logx 8.

[5]

(b) Solve the equation (log3 y)2 + log3(y2) = 8.

5

(i) Express

[4]

as a power of 2.

[1]

(ii) Express (64) as a power of 2.

[1]

32
1
x

1
x

(64)
1
(iii) Hence solve the equation
.
=
x
32
2

[3]

(i) Given that log9 x = a log3 x, find a.

[1]

(ii) Given that log27 y = b log3 y, find b.

[1]

(iii) Hence solve, for x and y, the simultaneous equations

6log9 x + 3 log27 y = 8,
log3 x + 2 log9 y = 2.

[4]

Solve the equation

(i) 22x + 1 = 20,
(ii)

5 4 y1
25 y

[3]

125 y+3
25 2 y

[4]

(a) Solve the equation 92x 1 = 27x.

(b) Given that

a 2 b3

ab

= a pbq, find the value of p and of q.

[3]
[2]

10 (a) Given that logp X = 6 and logp Y = 4, find the value of

 

X2
(i) logp ,
Y

[2]

(ii) logY X.

[2]

(b) Find the value of 2z, where z = 5 + log23.

[3]

(c) Express 512 as a power of 4.

[2]

Given that logp X = 9 and logpY = 6, find

(i) logp X ,
(ii) logp

()

1
,
X

[1]

(iii) logp (XY ),

[2]

(iv) logY X.

[2]

Given that log8 p = x and log8 q = y, express in terms of x and/or y

(i) log8 p + log8 q2,

[2]

q
(ii) log8 ,
8

[2]

(iii) log2 (64p).

[3]

 

[1]

(a) Solve the equation (23 4x) (4x + 4) = 2.

[3]

, giving your answer in the form k 3 , where k is an integer.

(b) (i) Simplify 108 12
3
5 + 3 , giving your answer in the form a 5 + b, where a and b are integers.
(ii) Simplify
5 2

[2]
[3]

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n! .
where n is a positive integer and r =
(n r)!r!

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