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LOGARITHMS : COURSE HANDOUT FOR 15PD206

1. log 9 (3log2 (1 + log3 (1 + 2log2x))) = , Find x.

(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 1 (d) 2

2. If log7log5 (√ x + 5 - √ x) = 0, find value of x

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) None of the above

3. If log1227 = a, log916 = b, find log8108.

(a) 2(a+3) /3b (b)2(a+3) /3a (c)2(b+3) /3a (d)2(b+3) /3b
(b)
4. If log2 4 * log4 8 * log8 16 * ……………nth term = 49, what is the value of n?
(a) 49 (b) 48 (c) 34 (d) 24

5 log5x = a and log20x = b. What is logx10?

(a) (a+b)/2ab (b)(a + b) * 2ab (c)2ab/(a+b) (d)(a+b)/2

6. If 4 log x = 3 log y – 1, then relation between xand y is

(a) x4=y3 (b) x4 = y3/10 (c) x4 = ( t)3 (d) x = 3y

7. If x = 1 + log abc, y = 1 + log bca, z = 1 + log cab, then xyz =

(a) 1 (b) xy + yz + zx (c) x + y + z (d) (x + y + z)2

8. Solve for x : 4log28 + 27log2781 = 144 logx.

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 100 (d) 10

9 . Find 8th root of 0.004225, given log 4225 = 3.6258 and log 50492 = 4.70322
(a) 0.46755 (b) 0.40592 (c) 0.70322 (d) 0.50492

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10. Find number of zeros after decimal in ( ሰ
)100 ,given log2 = 0.3010, log3 = 0.4771?
(a) 51 (b) 61 (c) 63 (d) 62

11. log x – log √x = 2logx 10, then a possible value of x is given by (CAT 2003)
(a) 10 (b) 1/100 (c) 1/1000 (d) 1/10000

12. Arrange in ascending order: A = log 72401,B = log7√7 343, C =log√6 216, D = log232
(a) ACBD (b) BDCA (c) DCAB (d) BADC

13. If logy x = (a log zy) = (b logx z) = ab, then which of the following pairs of values for (a, b) is
not
possible? (CAT 2006)
 (a) (-2, ½) (b) (1, 1) (c) (π, 1/ π) (d) (2, 2)

14. If | log(x-1) (x + 1)| = 1, then how many values can x take?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4

15. Which of the following cannot be possible value of log2x+1 (2x2– 3x – 2) + logx-2 (2x2– 3x – 2)?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7