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Logarithms Sheet V2
Logarithms Sheet V2
9. log 3 2
5832 6 10. 32– log3 4 9/4
21. For y = loga x to be defined, ‘a’ may be 22. If log10 x = y, then log1000 x2 is 2y/3
4/3 23. If logax = 0.3 and loga3 = 0.4, then log3x is 24. If loga3 = 2 and logb 8 = 3, then loga b is
25. If log72 = m, then log4928 is (2m+1)/2 26. If log9 x = y, then log9(27 x) is y+3/2
27. If a = log24 12, b = log36 24, c = log48 36, then 1 + abc is 2bc
16 25 81
31. 7 log + 5 log + 3 log 32. logb a. logc b. loga c 1
15 24 80
1 1 1
33. + 2 log2 (log2 (log4 256)) + 2 log 2 5
log xy ( xyz ) log yz ( xyz ) + log zx (xyz ) 34. 2
35. (log3 2) (log4 3) (log5 4) . . . (log15 14) (log16 15) 1/4 36. 81(1/log5 3) + 27log9 36 + 3(4/log7 9) 890
1 1
37. log 9 + log81 + 2 log 6 – log 12 log27 38. log 2x + 2 log x log2x^3
2 4
1
39. log 9 – 3 log 4 + 3 log 2 log (3/8) 40. log 6 + 2 log 5 + log 4 – log 3 – log 2 2
2
1
41. log 36 + log 5 – log 30 0 42. 10log10 m + 2log10 n + 3 log10 p m+n^2+p^3
2
log b log b N
47. log10 tan 1º + log10 tan2º + . . . + log10 tan 89º. 0 48. a log b a
49. log10 tan 1º . log10 tan2º . . . log10 tan89º. 0 50. 2log3 5 – 5log3 2 0
1
62. log2 3 or log(1/3) 5 63. log4 5 or log(1/16)
25
Example :
If log2 64 = 6 then after taking antilog we can express it in the exponential form as
64 = 26 64 = 64
64. Express the log10 0.01 = –2 in the exponential form.
75. If x = log2a a, y = log3a 2a and z = log4a 3a, prove that xyz + 1 = 2yz.
77. Prove that if ‘a’ and ‘b’ are the lengths of the legs and ‘c’ is the lengths of hypotaneous of a right
triangle, c – b 1 and c + b 1, then logc+b a + logc–b a = 2 logc+ba. logc–ba
1
78. Prove that loglog 2 >0
3 2
1
79. Prove that (log2 17)(log1/52)(log3 ) > 2.
5
1
80. For what values of a and b is the following inequality valid : loga(a2b) > logb 5 ?
a
b
82. If a3–x.b5x = ax+6.b3x show that x log = log a.
a
ANSWER KEY
1. 3 2. 15 3. 49 4. 0
25
5 2
5. 3 6. 7. 2 8.
6 3
9
9. 6 10. 11. 27.5 12. 242
4
1
13. 3–21/8 14. 0 15. 0 16. –
4
3
17. 0 18. 1 19. 100 20.
2
2y 3
21. a > 0, a 1 22. 23. 24. log34
3 4
2m 1 3
25. 26. y 27. 2bc 28. B
2 2
29. 3 30. 272 31. log2 32. 1
1
33. 2 34. 5 35. 36. 890
4
3
37. log 27 38. log 2x3 39. log 40. 2
8
41. 0 42. mn2p3 43. n! 44. N s
45. 1 46. 2 47. 0 48. logb N
57. log4 5 58. log3 11 59. If a > 1, log2 a or if 0 < a < 1, log3 a