ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY

Logarithms Worksheet

Name __________________________________ Section________ Score: _______

Use the properties of logarithms to write the

Rewrite the exponential equation in following as a single logarithm.
logarithmic form.
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1. 5  125 _____________________ 1.
ln x  ln 2  ____________________________
21
2. 6 
_____________________ 2. log4 z  log 4 y  ______________________
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3. e  20.085 _____________________
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3. 2 log 2 ( x  4)  ________________________
x
4. e  4 _____________________ 1
4. log3 5 x  ___________________________
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5. 8  64 _____________________
5. log3 ( x  2)  log3 ( x  2)  _____________
Rewrite the logarithmic equation in
exponential form.
1. log 2 8  x _____________________

Given: log x 2  0.3562 , log x 3  0.5646 ,

2. log5 625  4 _____________________
and log x 5  0.8271, Evaluate each of the
3. log x 13  5 _____________________ following.

1. log x 6  __________________________
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4. log 2  3 _____________________ 3
8 2. log x  __________________________
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Use your calculator to evaluate each 3. log x 25  __________________________
logarithm. Round to four decimal places. 4. log x 2  __________________________
1. log 68  __________________________
5. log x 40  __________________________

2. log 100  __________________________ Use the definition of the logarithmic

function to find x.
3. ln 9  __________________________
1. log5 x = 4 ;_____________________
4. log 10  __________________________ 2. log4 2 = x ;_____________________
3. logx 25 = 2 ;_____________________
5. ln 216  __________________________
4. log10 0.1 = x ;_____________________
Use the properties of logarithms to expand
5. log4 x = 2 ;_____________________
each of the following.

1. log 2 5 x  _____________________________
2. log8 x  _____________________________
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3. log3  ______________________________
x
4. ln z  _______________________________
5. ln z( z  1)  _________________________
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