ICT: Nyikuri Nashon

INDICES.

➢ The power to which a number is raised is called index, i.e n5 the index of n is 5 also
called power index, n is the base. Plural of index is indices.
➢ n5 implies n should be multiplied 5 times = n × n × n × n × n = n5 .

LAWS OF INDICES
i. SAME BASES BUT DIFFERENT POWER INDEX:
✓ 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐰.
an × am = a(n+m)
Example
22 × 21 × 23 = 2(2+1+3) = 26
2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 2(1+1+1+1+1+1) = 26
✓ 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰.
an(m) = anm

Example

23(2) = (23 )2 = (2 × 2 × 2) × (2 × 2 × 2) = 26

✓ 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰.
am ÷ an = a(m−n)

Example:
2 × 2 × 2 × (2 × 2)
25 ÷ 22 = = (2 × 2 × 2) = 2(1+1+1) = 23 = 𝟐(𝟓−𝟐) = 𝟐𝟑
(2 × 2)

NOTE: ZERO INDEX:

an
an ÷ an = = 1 = 𝐚(𝐧−𝐧) = 𝐚𝟎
an

Hence any number to power 0 =1

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ii. SAME POWER INDEX WITH DIFFERENT BASES

✓ 1st law:
na × ma = (nm)a

Example 1:

22 × 32 = (2 × 3)2 = 62 = 36

Example 2

a n c n ac n
( ) ×( ) = ( )
b d bd
2 2 2 2
( ) × 9 = ( × 9) = 62 = 36
2
3 3

✓ 2nd law.
a n
an ÷ b n = ( )
b

Example
4
22 ÷ (3)2 = 22 ÷ (3)2 =
9

2
2 2 2
3 2 9
2 ÷( ) = 2 ×( ) = 4× = 9
3 2 4

N/B:
𝐚 𝟎
𝐚𝟎 ÷ 𝐛𝟎 = ( ) = 𝟏
𝐛

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K.C.S.E. SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

1. Without use of calculators or mathematical tables, evaluate.
𝟏
𝟐 𝟖𝟏 −𝟒
(𝟐𝟕) × ( )
𝟑
𝟏𝟔
𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒(−𝟒) 𝟐 𝟏 𝟗×𝟐
𝟑𝟑(𝟑) ×( ) 𝟐
=𝟑 ×( ) = =𝟔
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑
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2. Simplify: (8x × 33x ÷ 125−x )3

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
(𝟐𝟑𝐱 × 𝟑𝟑𝐱 ÷ 𝟓−𝟑𝐱 )𝟑 = 𝟐𝟑𝐱×𝟑 × 𝟑𝟑𝐱×𝟑 ÷ 𝟓𝟑𝐱×𝟑 = 𝟐𝐱 × 𝟑𝐱 ÷ 𝟓𝐱
𝟐𝐱 × 𝟑𝐱 = (𝟐 × 𝟑)𝐱 = 𝟔𝐱
𝟔 𝐱
𝟔𝐱 ÷ 𝟓𝐱 = ( ) = 𝟏. 𝟐𝐱
𝟓
2 2
(− )
243 5 × 1253
3. Simplify: 3
−
9 2

Numerator
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝟒𝟑(−𝟓) = 𝟑𝟓×−𝟓 × 𝟓𝟑×𝟑 = 𝟑−𝟐 × 𝟓𝟐
× 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟑
𝟏 𝟐
𝟏 𝟐
𝟓 𝟐 𝟐𝟓 𝟕
( ) × 𝟓𝟐 = ( × 𝟓) = ( ) = =𝟐
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟗 𝟗
Denominator
𝟑 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
(𝟗)−𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐×−𝟐 = 𝟑−𝟑 = ( ) =
𝟑 𝟐𝟕
𝟐𝟓
× 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟓𝟑 = 𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝟗
2 2
4. Simplify: 32−5 × 27−3
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝟓(−𝟓) × 𝟑𝟑(−𝟑)

𝟏
𝟐−𝟐 × 𝟑−𝟐 = (𝟐 × 𝟑)−𝟐 = 𝟔−𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔−𝟏 =
𝟑𝟔

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5. Simplify:
212 ×35

𝟒𝟕 × 𝟑 𝟕 𝟐𝟏𝟒 × 𝟑𝟕
= = 𝟐𝟏𝟒−𝟏𝟐 × 𝟑𝟕−𝟓 = 𝟐𝟐 × 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟔𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
𝟐𝟏𝟐 × 𝟑𝟓 𝟐𝟏𝟐 × 𝟑𝟓

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6. Simplify: 1 − [1 + (n2 − 1)−1 ]−1 .

−𝟏
𝟏
𝟏 − {𝟏 + 𝟐 }
𝐧 −𝟏
−𝟏
𝐧𝟐 − 𝟏 + 𝟏
𝟏−{ }
𝐧𝟐 − 𝟏
𝐧𝟐 − 𝟏 𝐧𝟐 − 𝐧𝟐 − 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏− 𝟐
= 𝟐
= − 𝟐
𝐨𝐫 − 𝐧−𝟐
𝐧 𝐧 𝐧

7. Solve for c, (52c )3 = (625c )3125

𝟓𝟔𝐜 = 𝟓𝟒𝐜 × 𝟓𝟓 𝟐𝐜 = 𝟓
𝟓𝟔𝐜 = 𝟓𝟒𝐜+𝟓 𝐜 = 𝟐. 𝟓
𝟔𝐜 = 𝟒𝐜 + 𝟓

8. Solve for x, 4(2x+1) = 64

𝟐𝟐(𝟐𝐱+𝟏) = 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟐𝟔
𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟔
𝟒𝐱 = 𝟒
𝐱=𝟏
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9. Given that (9)3 = 3n , find the value of n.
𝟒 𝟐
𝟑𝟐×𝟑 = 𝟑𝐧 𝐧=𝟐
𝟖 𝟑
=𝐧
𝟑
10. Solve for y: 9y (27(y−1) ) = 81.

𝟑𝟐𝐲 × 𝟑𝟑(𝐲−𝟏) = 𝟑𝟒 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟕
𝟑(𝟐𝐲+𝟑𝐲−𝟑) = 𝟑𝟒 𝟕 𝟐
𝐲= =𝟏
𝟓𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟒 𝟓 𝟓
11. Solve for x, 32(x+2) ÷ 8(x+2) = 64 ÷ 22x

𝟐𝟓(𝐱+𝟐) ÷ 𝟐𝟑(𝐱+𝟐) = 𝟐𝟔 ÷ 𝟐𝟐𝐱 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟔 + 𝟔 − 𝟏𝟎

𝟐(𝟓𝐱+𝟏𝟎−(𝟑𝐱+𝟔)) = 𝟐(𝟔−𝟐𝐱) 𝟒𝐱 = 𝟐
𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟔 = 𝟔 − 𝟐𝐱 𝟏
𝐱=
𝟐

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1 1 3
12. Solve for:
4 (2−3p)
= (1 2) .
(9)

𝟐 𝟐
𝟒−(𝟐−𝟑𝐩) 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒 − 𝟔𝐩 =
=( ) 𝟑
𝟗 𝟐 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝐩 = 𝟐
𝟐
𝟗 (𝟐−𝟑𝐩) 𝟑 𝟑 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟏𝟖𝐩
( ) =( ) 𝟓
𝟒 𝟐 =𝐩
𝟐
𝟗
𝟑 𝟐(𝟐−𝟑𝐩) 𝟑 𝟑
( ) =( )
𝟐 𝟐
−25 2
13. Solve for x: 32 × 27−3 × 2x × 3x = 1296
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟔−𝟐 × 𝟔𝐱 = 𝟔𝟒
𝟑𝟐−𝟓 × 𝟐𝟕−𝟑 = 𝟐𝟓(−𝟓) × 𝟑𝟑(−𝟑)
𝟔(−𝟐+𝐱) = 𝟔𝟒
𝟐−𝟐 × 𝟑−𝟐 × (𝟐 × 𝟑)𝐱 = 𝟔𝟒
(𝟐 × 𝟑)−𝟐 × 𝟔𝐱 = 𝟔𝟒 −𝟐 + 𝐱 = 𝟒
𝐱=𝟔
2x y
14. Given that 9 × 2 = 144, Solve for x and y.
𝟑𝟐(𝟐𝐱)
× 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟔 × 𝟗 = 𝟐𝟒 × 𝟑𝟐 𝟏
𝐱=
𝟐
𝟑𝟒𝐱 × 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟑𝟐 × 𝟐𝟒
𝟒𝐱 𝟐
𝟐𝐲 = 𝟐𝟒
𝟑 =𝟑 𝐲 = 𝟒.
𝟒𝐱 = 𝟐
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15. Solve for n and m in the equation, n3 ÷ m2 = .
343
𝟏𝟖𝟗 = 𝟑𝟑 × 𝟕𝟏 , 𝟑𝟒𝟑 = 𝟕𝟑 𝟑𝟑 = 𝐧𝟑 , 𝟕𝟐 = 𝐦𝟐
𝟑𝟑 × 𝟕𝟏 𝐧𝟑 𝐧 = 𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦 = 𝟕
=
𝟕𝟐 × 𝟕𝟏 𝐦𝟐

16 −x+4 9 −2x
16. Find the value of x. (81) = (4)

𝟏𝟔 −𝐱+𝟒 𝟒 𝟐𝐱 −𝟐𝐱 + 𝟖 = 𝟐𝐱
( ) =( )
𝟖𝟏 𝟗 𝟒𝐱 = 𝟖
𝟒 𝟐(−𝐱+𝟒) 𝟒 𝟐𝐱 𝐱=𝟐
( ) =( )
𝟗 𝟗
1 1−x
17. Solve for x: 2x−1 × (8) = 32x−2

𝟐𝐱−𝟏 × 𝟐𝟑(𝟏−𝐱) = 𝟐𝟓(𝐱−𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟕𝐱

𝟐𝐱−𝟏+𝟑−𝟑𝐱 = 𝟐𝟓𝐱−𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟐 𝟓
𝐱= =𝟏
𝟕 𝟕
−𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎

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18. Find the value of n: (27) × (81)−1 = 243

𝟐𝟕−𝐧 = 𝟐𝟒𝟑 × 𝟖𝟏 = 𝟑𝟗 −𝟑𝐧 = 𝟗

𝟑−𝟑𝐧 = 𝟑𝟗 𝐧 = −𝟑
19. Find the ratio of x: y in the equation: 4(2x) × 9(2y) = 104976.

𝟒(𝟐𝐱) × 𝟗(𝟐𝐲) = 𝟏𝟎𝟒𝟗𝟕𝟔 = 𝟐𝟒 × 𝟑𝟖 𝟑𝟐(𝟐𝐲) = 𝟑𝟖

𝟐𝟐(𝟐𝐱) × 𝟑𝟐(𝟐𝐲) = 𝟐𝟒 × 𝟑𝟖 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟖
𝟐𝟐(𝟐𝐱) = 𝟐𝟒 𝐲=𝟒
𝟒𝐱 = 𝟒 𝐱: 𝐲 = 𝟏: 𝟒
𝐱=𝟏
32k ×52t
20. Solve for k and t, = 225
5k ×3t

𝟑𝟐𝐤 ÷ 𝟑𝐭 × 𝟓𝟐𝐭 ÷ 𝟓𝐤 = 𝟓𝟐 × 𝟑𝟐 𝟒𝐤 − 𝟒 − 𝐤 = 𝟐
𝟐𝐤 − 𝐭 = 𝟐 𝟑𝐤 = 𝟔
𝟐𝐭 − 𝐤 = 𝟐 𝐤=𝟐
𝐭 = 𝟐𝐤 − 𝟐 𝐭=𝟒−𝟐=𝟐
𝟐(𝟐𝐤 − 𝟐) − 𝐤 = 𝟐 𝐭=𝟐
21. Solve for x and y, 22x+y = 8 and 9x ÷ 3y = 1

𝟐𝟐𝐱+𝐲 = 𝟐𝟑 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 … … . . 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐧 𝐢

𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 … … . . . 𝐢 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟑
𝟑𝟐𝐱−𝐲 = 𝟑𝟎 𝟒𝐱 = 𝟑
𝟑 𝟑
𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 … … … . 𝐢𝐢 𝐱=𝟒 𝐲 = 𝟐 = 𝟏. 𝟓
243×32y
22. Find the value of y in the equation, = 81
729×3y ÷3(2y−1)

𝟐𝟒𝟑 × 𝟑𝟐𝐲 × 𝟑(𝟐𝐲−𝟏) = 𝟖𝟏 × 𝟕𝟐𝟗 × 𝟑𝐲 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟏𝟎 + 𝐲

𝟑𝟓 × 𝟑𝟒𝐲−𝟏 = 𝟑𝟒 × 𝟑𝟔 × 𝟑𝐲 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔
𝟑𝟒𝐲+𝟒 = 𝟑𝟏𝟎+𝐲 𝐲=𝟐
23. Solve for x , 25x + 52x − 1 = 49.

𝟐𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐𝟓𝐱 = 𝟓𝟎 𝐧 = 𝟐𝟓
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝟓𝐱 = 𝐧 𝟐𝟓𝐱 = 𝟐𝟓
𝐧 + 𝐧 = 𝟓𝟎 𝐱=𝟏
𝟐𝐧 = 𝟓𝟎
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24. Solve for , 36x+1 + 62x = 222.

𝟔𝟐(𝐱+𝟏) + 𝟔𝟐𝐱 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟕𝐲 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐

𝟔𝟐𝐱+𝟐 + 𝟔𝟐𝐱 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝐲=𝟔
𝟔𝟐𝐱 × 𝟔𝟐 + 𝟔𝟐𝐱 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟔𝟐𝐱 = 𝟔
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟔𝟐𝐱 = 𝐲 𝟏
𝐱=
𝟐
𝐲 × 𝟑𝟔 + 𝐲 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐
25. Find the value of n , 4(x+2) + 4(x+5) = 65

𝟒𝐱 × 𝟒𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 × 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟔𝟓 𝟔𝟓𝐦 = 𝟔𝟓
𝟒(𝐱+𝟐) + 𝟒(𝐱+𝟐) × 𝟒𝟑 = 𝟔𝟓 𝟏
𝐦= = 𝟒−𝟐
𝟏𝟔
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟒𝐱 = 𝐦
𝐦=𝟏
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟒𝐱+𝟐 = 𝐦
𝟒𝐱 = 𝟒−𝟐
𝟏𝟔𝐦 + 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒𝐦 = 𝟔𝟓
𝟒𝐱+𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎
𝐦 + 𝟔𝟒𝐦 = 𝟔𝟓
𝐱+𝟐=𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟒𝟎𝐦 = 𝟔𝟓
𝐱 = −𝟐

26. Solve for n in the equation, 2(3n+1) + 8(n+1) = 160.

𝟐𝟑𝐧+𝟏 + 𝟐𝟑(𝐧+𝟏) = 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟔
𝟐𝟑𝐧 × 𝟐𝟏 + 𝟐𝟑𝐧 × 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝟐𝟑𝐧 = 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐𝟒
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝟑𝐧 = 𝐲 𝟑𝐧 = 𝟒
𝟐𝐲 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝟒 𝟏
𝐧= =𝟏
𝟑 𝟑
𝟏𝟔𝐲 = 𝟏𝟔𝟎

27. Solve the equation, 25(x+1) + 52(x+1) = 6250.

𝟓𝟐(𝐱+𝟏) + 𝟓𝟐(𝐱+𝟏) = 𝟔𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝟓𝟐𝐱 × 𝟓𝟐 + 𝟓𝟐𝐱 × 𝟓𝟐 = 𝟔𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟐𝐱 = 𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟓𝟐𝐱 = 𝐲 𝟓𝟐𝐱 = 𝟓𝟑
𝟐𝟓𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 = 𝟔𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟑
𝟓𝟎𝐲 = 𝟔𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐱 = 𝟏. 𝟓
28. Solve for p, 49(p+1) + 73p = 98 × 72p

𝟕𝟐𝐩 × 𝟕𝟐 + 𝟕𝟑𝐩 = 𝟐𝟒𝟓𝟎 × 𝟕𝟐𝐩 𝟕𝐩 = 𝟒𝟗

𝟕𝟐𝐩 (𝟒𝟗 + 𝟕𝐩 ) = 𝟗𝟖 × 𝟕𝟐𝐩 𝟕𝐩 = 𝟕𝟐
𝟒𝟗 + 𝟕𝐩 = 𝟗𝟖 𝐩=𝟐

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29. Solve for p in the equation, 9(2(2p+2) ) − 41(2p ) + 8 = 0.

𝟗(𝟐𝟐𝐩 × 𝟐𝟐 ) − 𝟒𝟏 × 𝟐𝐩 + 𝟖 𝟐𝐩 = 𝟐−𝟐
=𝟎 𝐩 = −𝟐 for F2
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝐩 = 𝐧 𝟖
𝟐𝐩 =
𝟗
𝟗(𝟒𝐧𝟐 ) − 𝟒𝟏𝐧 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟖
𝟑𝟔𝐧𝟐 − 𝟒𝟏𝐧 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 𝐥𝐨𝐠 (𝟗)
𝐏= = −𝟎. 𝟏𝟕𝟎
𝟏 𝟖 𝟐
𝐧 = 𝐨𝐫 𝐩 = −𝟐 𝐨𝐫 − 𝟎. 𝟏𝟕𝟎
𝟒 𝟗
5
30. Solve for x, 2x − 2 = −2−x .

𝟓 𝟐𝐧𝟐 − 𝟓𝐧 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐−𝐱 =
𝟐
𝟐𝐧𝟐 − 𝟒𝐧 − 𝐧 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟓
𝟐𝐱 + (𝟐𝐱 )−𝟏 = 𝟐𝐧(𝐧 − 𝟐) − 𝟏(𝐧 − 𝟐) = 𝟎
𝟐
𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝐱 = 𝐧 (𝟐𝐧 − 𝟏)(𝐧 − 𝟐) = 𝟎

𝟓 𝟏
𝐧 + 𝐧−𝟏 = 𝐧= 𝐨𝐫 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟓 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟐−𝟏
𝐧+ =
𝐧 𝟐 𝟐 𝐱 = 𝟐𝟏
𝟐𝐧𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟓𝐧 𝐱 = −1 or 𝐱=𝟏
31. Solve for n,given that 3(3x−1) = 9 ÷ 4−3x+3, leave your answer in 3 d.p.

𝟗 𝟒−𝟑𝐱+𝟑
𝟑(𝟑𝐱−𝟏) = =𝟏
𝟒−𝟑𝐱+𝟏 𝟑−𝟑𝐱+𝟑
𝟗 𝟒 −𝟑𝐱+𝟑 𝟒 𝟎
𝟒−𝟑𝐱+𝟑 = (𝟑𝐱−𝟏) ( ) =( )
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟒−𝟑𝐱+𝟑 = 𝟑𝟐 ÷ 𝟑𝟑𝐱−𝟏 −𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
−𝟑𝐱+𝟑 𝟐−(−𝟏+𝟑𝐱)
𝟒 =𝟑 𝐱=𝟏
𝟒−𝟑𝐱+𝟑 = 𝟑−𝟑𝐱+𝟑
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32. Find the values of x, 16x = 84x−3 .

𝟑 𝟐
𝟐
𝟐𝟒𝐱 = 𝟐𝟑(𝟒𝐱−𝟑)
(𝐱 − ) = 𝟎
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝐱 − 𝟗 𝟐
𝐱 = 𝟏. 𝟓
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱 +𝟗 = 𝟎

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33. Solve for x, 120(2x−3) = 15(x−3) .

𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟐𝐱 × 𝟏𝟐𝟎−𝟑 = 𝟏𝟓𝐱 × 𝟏𝟓−𝟑 (𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐𝟎 = (𝐱 − 𝟑) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟓

𝟏𝟒𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐱 𝟏𝟓−𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟓

( ) = (𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑) = (𝐱 − 𝟑)
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟐𝟎−𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐𝟎

𝟏𝟓−𝟑 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟔𝟓𝟔𝟓(𝐱 − 𝟑)
(𝟗𝟔𝟎)𝐱 = = 𝟓𝟏𝟐
𝟏𝟐𝟎−𝟑
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟔𝟓𝟔𝟓𝐱 − 𝟏. 𝟔𝟗𝟔𝟗𝟓
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓𝟏𝟐
𝐱= = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟎𝟖𝟓 𝟏. 𝟒𝟑𝟒𝟑𝟓𝐱 = 𝟏. 𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟎𝟓
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗𝟔𝟎

𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐱 = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟎𝟖𝟓

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐𝟎(𝟐𝐱−𝟑) = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟓(𝐱−𝟑)

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34. Solve for n, 2(2n+1) × 3(2n+2) = 42 − 2n × 3(n+2)

𝟐𝟐𝐧 × 𝟐𝟏 × 𝟑𝟐𝐧 × 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐧 × 𝟑𝐧 × 𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝐦𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐦 − 𝟑𝐦 − 𝟐 = 𝟎

(𝟐 × 𝟑)𝟐𝐧 × (𝟐 × 𝟗) = 𝟐 − 𝟗(𝟔)𝐧 𝟔𝐦(𝟑𝐦 + 𝟐) − 𝟏(𝟑𝐦 + 𝟐) = 𝟎

𝟏𝟖(𝟔)𝟐𝐧 = 𝟐 − 𝟗(𝟔)𝐧 𝟔𝐦 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟑𝐦 + 𝟐 = 𝟎

𝐥𝐞𝐭(𝟔)𝐧 = 𝐦 𝟏
𝐦= = 𝟔−𝟏
𝟔
𝟏𝟖𝐦𝟐 = 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐦
𝟔𝐧 = 𝟔−𝟏
𝟏𝟖𝐦𝟐 + 𝟗𝐦 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐧 = −𝟏

2p+1 −2p
35. Find the value of p, =1
3(22p+1)−4(22p−1 )

𝟐𝐩+𝟏 − 𝟐𝐩 = 𝟑(𝟐𝟐𝐩+𝟏 ) − 𝟒(𝟐𝟐𝐩−𝟏 ) 𝟒𝐧𝟐 − 𝐧 = 𝟎

𝟐𝐩 × 𝟐𝟏 − 𝟐𝐩 = 𝟑(𝟐𝟐𝐩 × 𝟐𝟏 ) − 𝟒(𝟐𝟐𝐩 × 𝟐−𝟏 ) 𝐧(𝟒𝐧 − 𝟏) = 𝟎

𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟐𝐩 = 𝐧 𝟏
𝐧 = 𝟎 𝐨𝐫
𝟒
𝟒
𝟐𝐧 − 𝐧 = 𝟔(𝐧𝟐 ) − (𝐧𝟐 ) 𝟐𝐩 = 𝟒−𝟏
𝟐

𝐧 = 𝟔𝐧𝟐 − 𝟐𝐧𝟐 𝟐𝐩 = 𝟐−𝟐

𝐧 = 𝟒𝐧𝟐 𝐩 = −𝟐

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36. Solve for n, √ =5
5n+52

𝟓𝟏𝟐 + 𝟓𝐧 𝟓𝟏𝟐 − 𝟓𝟕 = 𝟓𝐧+𝟓 − 𝟓𝐧

= 𝟓𝟓
𝟓𝐧 + 𝟓 𝟐
𝟓𝟕 (𝟓𝟓 − 𝟏) = 𝟓𝐧 × 𝟓𝟓 − 𝟓𝐧
𝟏𝟐 𝐧
𝟓 +𝟓
= 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟓𝐧 (𝟓𝟓 − 𝟏)
𝟓𝟐 + 𝟓 𝐧

𝟓𝟏𝟐 + 𝟓𝐧 = 𝟓𝟓 (𝟓𝟐 + 𝟓𝐧 ) 𝟓𝟕 = 𝟓𝐧

𝟓𝟏𝟐 + 𝟓𝐧 = 𝟓(𝟐+𝟓) + 𝟓𝐧 × 𝟓𝟓 𝐧=𝟕

𝟓𝟏𝟐 + 𝟓𝐧 = 𝟓(𝟕) + 𝟓𝐧+𝟓

37. Solve for x, 3(−2x+3) − 12(3−x ) = −1

3−2x × 33 − 12(3−x ) + 1 = 0 (9y − 1)(3y − 1) = 0

let 3−x = y 1 1
y= y=
27y 2 − 12y + 1 = 0 3 9
3−x = 3−1 ; 3−x = 3−2
27y 2 − 9y − 3y + 1 = 0
x = 1 ,x = 2
9y(3y − 1) − 1(3y − 1) = 0
38. Solve for x, 4−2x+1 − (32x+1 ) =0

𝟒−𝟐𝐱 × 𝟒𝟏 − 𝟑𝟐𝐱 × 𝟑𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟖

𝟒−𝟐𝐱 × 𝟒𝟏 = 𝟑𝟐𝐱 × 𝟑𝟏 𝐱 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝟕𝟗
−𝟐𝐱+𝟏
𝟒−𝟐𝐱 𝟑 𝟒 = (𝟑𝟐𝐱+𝟏 )
= (−𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏)𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟒 = (𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏)𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑
𝟑𝟐𝐱 𝟒
𝟏 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑
= −𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 = (𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏)
𝟐𝐱
𝟒 ×𝟑 𝟐𝐱 𝟒 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟒
𝟒 = 𝟑(𝟒 × 𝟑)𝟐𝐱 −𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟏. 𝟓𝟖𝟒𝟗𝟔𝟑𝐱 + 𝟎. 𝟕𝟗𝟐𝟒𝟖
𝟒 𝟎. 𝟐𝟎𝟕𝟓𝟐 = 𝟑. 𝟓𝟖𝟒𝟗𝟔𝟑𝐱
= 𝟏𝟐𝟐𝐱
𝟑 𝐱 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝟕𝟗
𝟒
𝐥𝐨𝐠 (𝟑)
𝟐𝐱 = = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟖
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐
2 +2)
39. Solve for x, 2x−3 × 8(x = 128
𝟐𝐱−𝟑 × 𝟐 𝟑(𝐱 𝟐 +𝟐)
= 𝟐𝟕 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝐱 − 𝟑 + 𝟑(𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐) = 𝟕 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝐱 − 𝟑 + 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝐱(𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒) − 𝟏(𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒) = 𝟎

𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟑 + 𝟔 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 (𝐱 − 𝟏)(𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒) = 𝟎
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𝟒
𝐱 = 𝟏 𝐨𝐫 −
𝟑
40. Solve for n, 5n × 5(n−1) = 0.8.

Let 𝟓𝐧 be y; 𝟓𝐧 = 𝟐

𝟓𝐧 × 𝟓 𝐧 ÷ 𝟓𝟏 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓𝐧 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐

𝐲 𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟐
𝐲× = 𝟎. 𝟖
𝟓
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐
𝟐
𝐲 =𝟒 𝐧= = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟓𝟔𝟔
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓

𝐲 = ±𝟐

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