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Log Assignment
Log Assignment
Q.1 Show that : 2 log (8/45) + 3 log (25/8) 4 log (5/6) = log 2.
log a N
Q.2 Prove that = 1 + logab & indicate the permissible values of the letters.
logab N
Q.3 (a) Given : log1034.56 = 1.5386, find log103.456 ; log100.3456 & log100.003456.
(b) Find the number of positive integers which have the characteristic 3, when the base of the
logarithm is 7.
(c) If log102 = 0.3010 & log103 = 0.4771, find the value of log10(2.25).
(d) Find the antilogarithm of 0.75, if the base of the logarithm is 2401.
Q.4 If log102 = 0.3010, log103 = 0.4771. Find the number of integers in :
(a) 5200 (b) 615 & (c) the number of zeros after the decimal in 3100.
Solve for x (Q.5 to Q.7):
Q.5 (a) If log10 (x2 12x + 36) = 2 (b) 91+logx 31+logx 210 = 0 ; where base of log is 3.
log b log b N
log b a
Q.6 Simplify : (a) log1/3 4 729.3 9 1.27 4 / 3 ; (b) a
1 3
log 9 log 3
81 3
7
5 6 2
Q.14 Simplify : . log 25 7
125log 25 6
409
Q.15 Simplify : 5
log
log1 / 5 12 4
log1 / 2
1
.
2 7 3 10 2 21
Q.16 Show that 10 2(1 / 2)log16 = 20, where the base of log is 10.
2 2
Q.17 Find 'x' satisfying the equation 4log10 x 1 – 6 log10 x – 2.3log10 x = 0.
Q.18 Express log4a + log8 (a)1/3 + [1/loga8] as a logarithm to the base 2.
1log 7 2 log 5 4
Q.19 Find the value of 49 +5 .
Q.20 Given that log2 3 = a , log3 5 = b, log7 2 = c, express the logarithm of the number 63 to the base
140 in terms of a, b & c.
Q.22 Prove that ax – by = 0 where x = loga b & y = logb a , a > 0 , b > 0 & a , b 1.
log10 ( x 3)
1
Q.24 (a) Solve for x , log x 2 21 2
10
(b) log (log x) + log (log x3 2) = 0 ; where base of log is 10 everywhere.
(c) logx2 . log2x2 = log4x2 (d) 5logx + 5 xlog5 = 3 (a > 0) ; where base of log is a.
Q.25 Solve the system of equations :
log a x log a ( xyz) 48
log a y log a ( xyz) 12 , a > 0, a 1.
log a z log a ( xyz) 84
EXERCISE–II
Note : From Q.1 to Q.9, solve the equation for x :
log 4 x
Q.1 loga(x) = x where a = x .
Q.2 (1/12) (log10 x)2 = (1/3) – (1/4) (log10 x)
Q.3 xlogx+4 = 32, where base of logarithm is 2. Q.4 logx+1 (x² + x 6)2 = 4
Q.5 x + log10(1 + 2x) = x . log105 + log106.
Q.6 5logx – 3logx-1 = 3logx+1 – 5logx-1, where the base of logarithm is 10.
1 log 2 ( x 4)
Q.7 =1
log ( x 3 x 3)
2
log 2005 x
Q.19 Find the product of the positive roots of the equation (2005) ( x ) x2 .
Q.20 If (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are the solution of the system of equation
log225(x) + log64(y) = 4
logx(225) – logy(64) = 1,
then show that the value of log30(x1y1x2y2) = 12.
4 4 2 2
Q.21 Find x satisfying the equation log 2 1 log 2 1 2 log 1 .
x x4 x 1
1 1
Q.24 Solve for x : log2 (4 x) + log (4 x) . log x 2 log2 x = 0.
2 2
Q.25 If P is the number of integers whose logarithms to the base 10 have the characteristic p , and
Q the number of integers the logarithms of whose reciprocals to the base 10 have the characteristic q,
then compute the value of log10 P log10 Q in terms of p and q.
EXERCISE–III
1
Q.1 Solve the following equations for x & y : log100x + y=
2
log10 y log10x= log100 4. [REE ’96, 6]
Q.2 Find all real numbers x which satisfy the equation,
2 log2 log2 x + log1/2 log2 2 2 x = 1. [ REE '99, 6 ]
Q.3 log3/4log8 (x2 + 7) + log1/2 log1/4 (x2 + 7)1 = 2. [ REE 2000, 5 out of 100]
1 17
Q 17. x = Q 18. . log2 a
100 18
25 1 2a c
Q19. Q 20. 2 c a b c 1
2
1 1 1
Q 25. (a4, a, a7) or 4 , , 7
a a a
EXERCISE–II
1
Q 1. x = 2 Q 2. x = 10 or 104 Q 3. x = 2 or
32
Q 4. x = 1 Q 5. x = 1 Q 6. x = 100
Q 7. x = 5 Q 8. x = 1 Q 9. x
Q.11 x = 1, y = 5, z = 1 or x = 100, y = 20, z = 100 Q 12. 1
1
Q 15. abc = 1 Q 18. x = 2 or or 1000 Q 19. (2005)2
10
Q 21. x 2 or 6 Q22. [0, 1] {4} Q 24. 0 , 7 , 3 24
4 2
Q.25 p q + 1
EXERCISE–III