4B Ch7 Test Answers

Multiple Choice Questions (5 marks)

Question 1.
C

9 x = 12
log 9 x = log 12
x log 9 = log 12
log 12
x=
log 9

Question 2.
C
log 64
log 2 2 64 =
log 2 2
log 26
= 3
2
log 2
6 log 2
=
3
log 2
2
=4

Question 3.
A

∵ x = 8n

∴ log 8 x = n

 x3 
log 8   = log 8 x 3 − log 8 64
 64 
= 3 log 8 x − log 8 82
= 3n − 2

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Question 4.
B

6 x +1 = 7 x
log 6 x +1 = log 7 x
( x + 1) log 6 = x log 7
x log 6 + log 6 = x log 7
log 6 = x(log 7 − log 6)
log 6
x=
log 7 − log 6

Question 5.
B
1
log x − 1 = log 2
3
1
log x = log 2 + 1
3
1
log x = log 2 + log 10
3
1
log x = log( 2  10)
3
log x = 3 log 20
log x = log 203
x = 203
= 8000

Level 1 Questions (10 marks)

Question 1.

3 x +1 = 8
log 3 x +1 = log 8 1M
( x + 1) log 3 = log 8 1M
log 8
x +1 =
log 3
log 8
x= −1
log 3
= 0.893 (cor. to 3 sig. fig.) 1A

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Question 2.

(a) log 10−7 = − 7 1M + 1A

(b) ∵ 0.0001 = 10−4 1M

∴ log 0.0001 = − 4 1A

Question 3.

log 15 9 + log 15 25 = log 15 (9  25) 1M

= log 15 225
= log 15 152 1M
=2 1A

Level 2 Questions (8 marks)

Question 1.

log 9 9
(a) log 4 9 = 1M
log 9 4
1
= 1A
a

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 log 9 3
(b) log 2 3 = 1M
log 9 2
1
log 9 9 2
= 1
log 9 4 2
1
log 9 9
= 2 1M
1
log 9 4
2
1
= 1A
a

Question 2.

5
log 2 (4 x ) + log 2 x − 4 log 2 x = log 2 (2 x ) + log 2 x − 4 log 2 x
2 3 4 5 2 2 3 4 2

= log 2 (26 x 6 ) + log 2 x 4 − log 2 x10 1M

 (2 x )( x ) 
6 6 4
= log 2   1M
 x10 
= log 2 2 6

=6 1A

Level 3 Questions (4 marks)

Question 1.

log( x 2 y 5 ) = 13 ......(1)

  x8 
log  y 3  = −17 ......(2)
  
From (1),

log x 2 + log y 5 = 13 1M for either one *

2 log x + 5 log y = 13 (3)

From (2),

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 log x 8 − log y 3 = −17 for either one *
8 log x − 3 log y = −17  (4)

(3) × 4 – (4):
4(2 log x + 5 log y ) − (8 log x − 3 log y ) = 4(13) − (−17) 1M
23 log y = 69
log y = 3
y = 10 3
= 1000
By substituting log y = 3 into (3), we have
2 log x + 5(3) = 13 1M
log x = −1
x = 10 −1
1
=
10
1
∴ The solution of the simultaneous equations is x = , y = 1000. 1A
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