Final Yearend Logarithms Review

1. Express 2 log a − log 3b + log c as a single logarithm.

 a 2c   a 2c 
A. log   B. log  3 
 3b   b 

 ac 
C. 2 log   D. log ( a 2 − 3b + c )
 3b 

2. Solve: log x 6 − log x ( x + 1) = 1

A. 2 B. 3

C. 5 D. −3, 2

1
3. If 3log x = , then x is equal to
9

A. −2
1
B.
100
C. 2
D. 100

4. If 63 x+1 = 24 , then x is

3 log 6 4 log 2 + log 6

A. B.
4 log 2 + log 6 3 log 6

3 log 6 4 log 2 − log 6

C. D.
4 log 2 − log 6 3 log 6

5. A culture starts with 3000 bacteria and after 3 h, it reaches 48 000 bacteria. For
the culture, the doubling time, to the nearest minute, is

A. 19 min
B. 28 min
C. 45 min
D. 80 min
6. If log a 2 = x and log a 3 = y , then log a 24 in terms of x and y is

A. 2 x + 3y
B. 3x + y
C. 4x + y
D. b g
4 x+ y

7. bg b g
The graph of the logarithmic function f x = log 3 x + 2 intersects the x-axis at

A. −1
B. −2
C. log 3 2
D. log 3 3

8. The half-life of a tracer element in the human body is 100 minutes. At noon, the
mass of the tracer element is 0.700 g. Correct to the nearest thousandths of a
gram, the expected mass of the same tracer element in 320 minutes is

A. 0.093 g
B. 0.076 g
C. 0.066 g
D. 0.044 g

9. The range of f ( x ) = log 2 x is

A. x0
B. xR
C. f ( x)  0
D. f ( x)  R

log 3 36
10. is equivalent to
log 3 6

A. 2
B. 6
C. log3 6
D. log3 30
 11. If y = 5 x , x  R , then the inverse function is

A. y = log5 5 B. y = log5 x
C. y = log 5 D. y = log x

12. If log2 ( 3x + 1) − log2 ( x − 3) = log 2 8 , then x is

A. 11
2
B. 5
C. 23
5
D. 3

13. If f ( x ) = 3log x , determine f −1 ( x ) , the inverse of f ( x ) .

1
A.
3log x
1 1
B. log
3 x
x
3
C. 10
D. 10 x−3

14. Determine an equation of the asymptote of the graph of y = 4log5 ( x − 4) + 5 .

A. x=4
B. x=5
C. y=4
D. y=5

15. A student wants to graph y = log5 ( x − 1) on the graphing calculator. In order to obtain
the correct graph, the student will have to enter

log x x
A. y= −1 B. y = log   − 1
log 5 5
log ( x − 1) log 5
C. y= D. y=
log 5 log ( x − 1)
 Earthquake intensity is given by I = I o (10 ) where I o is the reference intensity and m is
m
16.
magnitude. A recent earthquake in Washington measured 6.3 on the Richter scale. In
1964, the Alaskan earthquake measured 8.5. How many times as intense was the 1964
Alaskan earthquake compared to the recent Washington earthquake?

A. 1.35
B. 2.2
C. 101.35
D. 10 2.2

17. The equation y = 43 x can also be written as

log 3 x
A. y=
4
log 4 x
B. y=
3
log 3 y
C. x=
4
log 4 y
D. x=
3

18. Determine the domain of the function y = log ( 2 x + 3)

3
A. x−
2
2
B. x−
3
2
C. x
3
3
D. x
2
19. If 0  a  1, which of the following is the best graph of y = log a x

Numeric Response

1. b g x
Solve for x: 500 = 2.5 7.04 3 , correct to the nearest hundredth, is ___________.

x −3
1
2. The value of x in the equation   = 2 (162 x +1 ) , to the nearest hundredth, is ______
8

x −1
1
3. The solution to the following two exponential functions, y =   and y = 3x is
2
the intersection point of the graphs. Using a graphing calculator, the y-coordinate
of this point, correct to the nearest hundredth, is __________

Earthquake intensity is given by I = I 0 (10 ) , where I 0 is the reference intensity

m
4.
and m is magnitude. A particular major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 is 120 times
as intense as a particular minor earthquake. The magnitude, to the nearest tenth,
of the minor earthquake is ______
Answer Key for Logarithms

1. A 2. A 3. B
4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A
8. B 9. D 10. A 11. B
12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C
16. D 17. D 18. A
19. C

Numeric Response
1. 8.14 2. 0.36 3. 1.53 4. 5.8