Logarithms

G11 GenMath

1 1
( )
log ( x + 2 ) + ⎡ log x 4 − log x 2 − x − 6 ⎤ as a single logarithm.
3 2
1. Express
3 2 ⎣ ⎦

2. Solve for the value of x that satisfies 2 log x = log 2 + log ( 3x − 4 ) .

3. A small lake is stocked with a certain species of fish. The fish population is modeled by the function

10
P = where P is the number of fish in thousands and t is measured in years since the lake
1+ 4e−0.8t
was stocked.
(a) Find the fish population after 3 years.
(b) After how many years will the fish population reach 5000 fish?

4. Prove that ( log b x ) ( log x a ) = log b a .

5. Find the exact value of log 3 ( 271 ) + log 4 8 .

⎛ p2q ⎞
6. Given ln p = a and ln q = b , express ln ⎜ 3 ⎟ in terms of a and b.
⎝ e ⎠

7. Solve for x: log 2 ( x + 2 ) = 1 + log 2

( x − 1) .

8. Show that log 3 7 × 2 log 7 x = 2 log 3 x .

9. Given log 4 x = p and log 2 y = q , express log x y in terms of p and q.

10. Solve exactly for x: 3x+2 = 21−x .