LOGARITHM

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1. Write the following in logarithmic form:
1
(i) 35  243 (ii) 82  (iii) 105  0.00001
64
1 1/3
(iv) 95/2  (v) 125   0.2 (vi) 43/2  8
243
2. Express each of the following in exponential form:
1
(i) log3 243  5 (ii) log 2    3 (iii) log5 25  2
8
(iv) log2 64  6 (v) log10 1000  3 (vi) log10 0.0001  4
(vii) log10 .01  2
3. Find the value of each of the following:
(i) log6 216 (ii) log5 125 (iii) log 4 128
 1 
(iv) log 9   (v) log10 .001 (vi) log 3 2
324
 243 
(vii) log 5 625 (viii) log10 1000000 (ix) log2 0.015625
(x) log  tan  0.25 (xi) log2  log 3 81
4. Find x, if
(i) log2 x  3 (ii) log x 0.001  3 (iii) log0.4 0.0256  x
 1 
(iv) log x 9  2 (v) log 2  x (vi) log 2
x4
 16 
(vii) log 1 27 3  x (viii) log0.2 x  3
9
5. Which of the following is a valid logarithmic form:
(i) log 3 2 (ii) log 2  8  (iii) log1 25
(iv) log 25 1 (v) log 10 100 (vi) log10 0.0001
(vii) log 0 0 (viii) log 5  125 
6. If the logarithm of 81 is 3, find the base of the logarithm.
7. If log2 2 512  a , find loga 216 .
8. If loga 32  10 , find log 8 a .
9. If log10 y  x , find the value of 102x in terms of y.
10. If log3 y  x & log2 z  x , find 72x in terms of y & z.
11. Show that log 2 log 2  log 2 16  1 .

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12. If log 2 x2  4x  5  0 , then show that x  2.
13. Prove that log 2 3 is an irrational number.
14. Given log10 x  a , and log10 y  b ,
(i) Write down 10a 1 in terms of x.
(ii) Write down 102b in terms of y.
(iii) If log P  2a  b , express P in terms of x & y.

15. Prove the followings:

1
(i) log 25  2log 3  log18  1
2
75
(ii) log  2log 5  log 3  2log 2  log 7
28
16 25 81
(iii) log 2  16log  12log  7 log 1
15 24 80
35
(iv) log  log 7  log 5  log 2  log 3  log13
78
11 130 55
(v) 2log  log  log  log 2
13 77 91
42
(vi) log  log 2  log 3  log 7  log 5  log11
55
2 7 11 7 3
(vii) 5 log  4log  5 log  log  4log 0
7 3 2 11 11
9 35 15
(viii) log  log  log 0
14 24 16

16. Simplify the followings:

1 1
(i) log 9  2log 6  log 81  log12
2 4
75 5 32
(ii) log  2log  log
16 9 243
1 1
(iii) log 4  log 81  3log 2  log 6  2
2 4
16 25 81
(iv) 7 log  5 log  3log
15 24 80

17. Evaluate the followings:

1
(i) 2log 5  log 8  log 4
2
(ii) 2 log15  log 36  log 9  2 log 3
(iii) log15  2 log 0.5  3 log 2  log 3  log 5
10
(iv) log 3
10
(v) log 21  log 4  2log 5  log 3  log 7
(vi) log 4 log 3 81 .

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18. Solve the followings:
(i) 2log x  log  3x  2  0
(ii) log  3x  2  log  3x  2  5log 2
(iii) log x 3  log x 9  log x 729  9
(iv) log3  3  x   log3  8  x   log3  9x  8  2  log3 9
(v) log  2x  1  log  2x  1  1
3log x  2log x  2
log x  1
 3
log x  1
(vi)

19. Find x if
1
2
 
log10 11  4 7  log10  2  x  .

20. If x  log2a a, y  log3a 2a,z  log 4a 3a , show that xyz  1  2yz.

ab 1
21. If a 3  b3  ab  8  3a  3b  , show that log   log a  log b  .
2 3

22. Given log 2  0.3010,log 3  0.4771 , find the value of:

2
(i) log (ii) log 0.5
27
23. If a  1  log10 2  log10 5, b  2log10 3 & c  log10 m  log5 5 , find the value of m if a  b  2c .

24. If a, b, c, d are any four positive numbers, prove that log b a  logc b  logd c  log d a .

log e x log e y log e z

25. If   , show that:
bc ca a b
(i) xyz  1 (ii) xa y b z c  1 (iii) x b  c y c  a za  b  1
26. Show that x log y  log z y log z  log x z log x  log y  1

21
27. Solve: log 2 x  log 4 x  log16 x  .
4

28. If a, b, c are three consecutive natural numbers, then show that log 1  ac   2log b.

29. Prove that

(i) log3 11 log1113  log13 15  log15 27  3
1 1 1
(ii)    2.
log xy xyz log yz xyz log zx xyz

xy 1
30. If log     log x  log y  , show that x  y.
 2  2
n
31. If log  m  n  log m  log n , show that m  .
n 1
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32. Given that log a x  ,log b x  ,log c x  find log abc x.
  
a
33. If a 2x 3b2x  a 6 x b5x , prove that 3 log a  x log .
b
34. Find the value of x if  loge 2  log x 625   log10 16 loge 10 .
35. Find the value of
2
(i) log10 5 log10 100 

(ii) log 2 log 2 log 2 log 2 65536 


(iii) log 4 log 2  log 2  log 3 81  
log 7 49 log 2401 49
36. Find the value of  .
log 6 17 log 36 17
1 1 1
37. If loga bc  x,log b ca  y,logc ab  z , prove that    1.
x 1 y 1 z 1
38. If x  1  loga bc, y  1  log b ca and z  1  logc ab prove that xyz  xy  yz  zx.

39. The number of solution of log 4  x  1  log2  x  3 is:

(a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0

40. If 7 7
log  x2  4x  5 
 x  1 then x may have values:
(a) 2, 3 (b) 2, 3 (c) 0, 1 (d) none of these
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41. If  log x 2 log x 16 2  log  x 64 2, then x is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) none of these

42.  
log3 x3  x2  x  1  log 3  x  1  log 3  x  1  2, then x is equal to
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 10 (d) none of these


43. If 2log  x  1  log x 2  1  log 2 , then x  
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
 
44. If log 3 x  5x  6  log 3  2x  3  then x 
2

 3   3 
(a)  2,3  (b)  ,2  (c)  ,3  (d) 
 2   2 
45. If log 1  x  1  log 2  2x  3  then x
2
 1   1   1 
(a)  ,0  (b)  ,   (c)  ,  (d) none of these
 2   2   2 
46. If 1  log1/5 x  2 then x 
1   1   1 
(a) x   ,5  (b) x    ,5  (c) x   ,5  (d) none of these
5   5   25 

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47. If log 1 x 2  5x  6  log  1  x  2 then
2 2

 2  2  2
(a) x   2,  (b) x   ,  (c) x   2,  (d) x   2,  
 9  9  7

 
48. If log 1 x 2  5x  6  log 1  x  2 then
2

2 2
 2  2
(a) x   2,  (b) x   ,  (c) x   ,9 (d) none of these
 9  9

49. The solution set of log2 4  5x  2 is

8  4 8 8 
(a)  ,   (b)  ,  (c)  , 0    ,   (d) none of these
5  5 5 5 

50. The number of values of x satisfying 1  log5 x2  1  log5 x 2  4x  1 is  
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d)infinitely many

51. If log0.09 (x  2) > log0.3 (x  2), then x lies in the interval

1
(a) (3,  ) (b) (2, 3) (c) (–1, 0) (d) 
2

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 ANSWERS
1. (i) log3 243  5 (ix) log2 0.015625  6 x
14. (i)
 1  (x) log  tan  0.25  0 10
(ii) log 8    2 (ii) y2
 64  (xi) 2
(iii) log10 0.00001  5 x2
4. (i) 8 (iii)
 1  5 y
(iv) log 9   (ii) 10
 243  2
(iii) 4 15. (i) To prove
1 (iv) 3 (ii) To prove
(v) log125  0.2   (iii) To prove
3 (v) –4
3 (vi) 4 (iv) To prove
(vi) log 4  8   (v) To prove
2 7
(vii)  (vi) To prove
4 (vii) To prove
2. (i) 35  243 (viii) 0 .008 (viii) To prove
1 16. (i) 3log 3
(ii) 23  5. (i) valid
8 (ii) log 2
2
(ii) invalid
(iii) 5  25 (iii) invalid (iii) log 800
(iv) 26  64 (iv) valid (iv) log  2
(v) 3
10  1000 (v) invalid 17. (i) 2
(vi) valid (ii) 2
(vi) 104  0.0001 (vii) invalid (iii) log 2
(vii) 102  0.01 (viii) invalid
2
(iv)
3. (i) 3 3
6. 34/3
(ii) 3 (v) 2
7. 3
7 (vi) 1
(iii) 1 18. (i) x  2 or x  1
8.
2 6 (ii) 2
 1  5 9. y2
(iv) log 9   (iii) 3
 243  2 (iv) 4
10. y 2z 3
(v) log10 0.001  3 11
11. To prove (v)
(vi) log3 2 324  4 12. To prove 18
(vii) log 625  8 13. To prove (vi) 100
5
19. 7
(viii) log10 1000000  6
20. 2yz 26. 1 33. To prove
1 27. 8 34. 5
21.  log a  log b  28. To prove 35. (i) 1
3
29. (i) To prove (ii) 1
22. (i) 1.2806
(ii) To prove (iii) 0
(ii) 0.3010
30. x  y 36. 2
23. 60
n 37. 1
24. To prove 31. 38. To prove
25. (i) To prove n 1
(ii) To prove 32. 1/    
(iii) To prove
39. b 42. c 45. b 48. d 51. a
40. a 43. d 46. c 49. c
41. b 44. d 47. a 50. d

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