BERBICE HIGH SCHOOL

Integrated Mathematics Tutorial Worksheet # 8

Logarithms and Exponential Equations

1. Write the following in logarithm

(i) 34 = 𝑦 (ii) 27 = 3𝑥 (iii) 𝑚 = 42
(iv) 𝑦 = 35 (v) 𝑥 5 = 32 (vi) 64 = 4𝑥

2. Write the following in exponential form

(i) log 3 𝑥 = 9 (ii) log 2 8 = 𝑥 (iii) log 3 27 = 𝑥
(iv) log 4 𝑥 = 3 (v) log 3 𝑦 = 5 (vi) log 5 𝑦 = 2
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(vii) log 2 2 = 𝑥 (viii) log 𝑎 𝑎 = 1 (ix) log10 1 = 0

3. Use your calculator to find the value of 𝑥, correct to 2 decimal places.

(i) log10 23 = 𝑥 (ii) log 8 = 𝑥 (iii) log 𝑥 = 0.32
(iv) ln 23 = 𝑥 (v) ln 𝑥 = 3.1 (vi) ln 𝑥 = 0.13

4. Solve the following

(i) log 3 𝑥 = 4 (ii) log 𝑚 81 = 4 (iii) log 𝑥 1000 = 3
𝑥
(iv) log 2 = 5 (iv) log 2 4𝑥 = 5 (v) log 3 𝑦 = 5
2

(vi) ln 1 = 𝑥 (vii) ln 2𝑥 = 4 (viii) ln(4𝑥 − 2) = 5

5. Express as a single logarithm

2
(i) 2 log 𝑎 𝑥 + log 𝑎 4 - log 𝑎 10 (iv) log 2 𝑥 + log 2 𝑦
3
(ii) 3log 3 𝑥 + 4log 3 𝑦 (v) 2log 3 10 - log 3 4
1
(iii) 6log 3 𝑥 + 2 log 3 11 (vi) 2 log 3 144 - log 3 4
(iv)

6. Expand the following logarithms using the necessary properties

8𝑥 𝑥𝑦
(i) log 2𝑦 (ii) log 𝑏 𝑧 (iii) log 2 (8𝑥)1/3 (iv) log 5 5p

7. Solve the following

(i) log 5 26 = log 5 𝑝 (iv) log 3 (−4𝑥 + 7) = log 3 2𝑥
(ii) log 4 (𝑥 + 6) = log 4 (3𝑥 − 6) (v) log 4 (−4𝑥 + 2) = log 4 (−5𝑥 − 4)
(iii) log 9 3𝑚 = log 9 (2𝑚 + 3) (vi) log 20 (8𝑥 − 2𝑥) = log 20 (−3𝑥 + 10)

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8. Find the value of 𝑥
(a) 2x = 4 (i) 3x + 34x = 34 (q) 3x + 92x = 81 (y) 10𝑒 2𝑥 = 25
𝑥 1
(b) 22x = 16 x-1 (j) 2 · 4x-1 = 8x (r) √3 = 243
(c) 2x = 23x-4 (k) 32x-1 = 3 (s) 43x-5 = 48-x
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(d) 9x = 27 (l) 3x-4 = 9√3 (t) 3x-5 = 27
(e) 5𝑥 = 4 (m)22𝑥 = 5 (u) 42𝑥+1 = 3
(f) 3𝑥 = 6 (n) 4𝑥+1 = 32−𝑥 (v) 3𝑥+1 = 2𝑥
(g) 63𝑥+1 = 72−𝑥 (o)3𝑥 = 17 (w) 5𝑥+1 + 2 = 12
(h) 7𝑥+2 = 20 (p) 2𝑥+1 = 3𝑥 (x) 1 + 4(2𝑥+1 ) = 10

9. Evaluate the following

(a) log 𝑥 - log 6 = log 20 (e) log 𝑥 - log 6 = 1 (i) log 𝑥 + log 4 = log 38
(b) log 𝑥 - log 9 = log 11 (f) log 𝑥 - log 4 = 1 (j) log 𝑥 - log 2 = 1
(c) log 𝑥 – log 2 = 2 (g) log 2 – log 𝑥 = log 38 (k) ln(𝑥 + 8) - 7 = 3
(d) ln 1 = 𝑥 (h) ln 2𝑥 = 4 (l) ln(4𝑥 − 1) = 3

10. Solve the following equations

(a) 4x – 6 · 2x + 23 = 0 (d) 2(22x) – 5(2x) + 2 = 0 (g) 4x – 6(2x) – 16 = 0
(b) 3x-1 · 273x-1 = 812x (e) 32x+1 - 26(3x) – 9 = 0 (h) 9x – 4 · 3x+1 + 33
(c) 25x -6 · 5x + 5 = 0 (f) 4x – 3 · 2x + 2 = 0 (i) 22x+1 -7 · 2x + 6 = 0

11. Solve the following

(a) 2log 𝑏 5 + log 𝑏 9 - log 𝑏 3 = log 𝑏 𝑥 (f) log 4 (𝑥 + 2) - log16 ( 𝑥2 -4) = 1
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(b) 2log 2 - 2 log 9 + 4 log 3 (g) 2 ln 𝑥 2 = 2 + ln 𝑥
(c) log 4 𝑥 + log 4 (𝑥 + 1) = log 4 (𝑥 − 1) + log 4 6 (h) log(𝑥 + 3) = 1
(d) log(𝑥 + 4) + log 3 = log 5𝑥 (i) log 2 (2𝑥 − 1) - log 2 (𝑥 + 3) = log 2 1
(e) log(𝑥) + log(𝑥 − 3) = 1 (j) log 5 (𝑥 + 3) - log 5 ( 𝑥 − 1) = 1

12. Solve simultaneously

(a) log 𝑥 𝑦 = 2 (b) 2 lg 𝑦 = lg 2 + lg 𝑥 (C) log(𝑥 + 𝑦) = 0
𝑥𝑦 = 8 2y = 4x 2 log 𝑥 = log(𝑦 + 1)

13. The streptococci bacteria population 𝑁 at time 𝑡(in months) is given by 𝑁 = 𝑁0 𝑒 2𝑡

Where 𝑁0 is the initial population. If the initial population was 100, how long does it
take for the population to reach one million?

14. 𝑬 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟒 x 1019 x 101.44M

Where M is the magnitude of the earthquake on the Richter scale.
(ii) The Newcastle earthquake in 1989 had a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale. How
many joules were released?

(iii) In an earthquake in the Caribbean in the 1900’s the amount of energy released was
double that of the Newcastle earthquake. What was its Richter magnitude?

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