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INDICES & LOGARITHMS PAST YEAR QUESTIONS

PROGRAM BIJAK BELAJAR MGC KULAIJAYA (9 APRIL 2011)
PAPER 1
1
2003
[4 marks]
Given log
2
T log
4
V = 3, express T in term of V.






















2
2003
[4 marks]
Solve the equation 4
2x -1
= 7
x
.























2
3
2004
[3 marks]
Solve the equation 32
4x
= 4
8x + 6
.























4
2004
[4 marks]
Given that log
5
2 = m and log
5
7 = p, express log
5
4.9 in terms of m and p.

























3
5
2005
[3 marks]
Solve the equation 1 2 2
3 4
=
+ ; + ;
.
























6
2005
[3 marks]
Solve the equation 1 ) 1 x 2 ( log x 4 log
3 3
= .























4
7
2005
[4 marks]
Given that p 2 log
m
= and r 3 log
m
= , express
|
.
|

\
|
4
m 27
log
m
in terms of p and r.
























8
2006
[3 marks]



Solve the equation
2 x
3 x 2
4
1
8
+

=
.






















5
9
2006
[3 marks]
Given that y log x log 3 2 xy log
2 2 2
+ = , express y in terms of x.























10
2006
[3 marks]
Solve the equation x log ) 1 x ( log 2
3 3
= + .























6
11
2007
[4 marks]
Given that log
2
b = x and log
2
c = y, express |
.
|

\
|
c
b 8
log
4
in terms of x and y.























12
2007
[3 marks]
Given that 9(3
n 1
) = 27
n
, find the value of n.























7
13
2008
[3 marks]
Solve the equation 16
2x

3
= 8
4x
























14
2008
[3 marks]
Given that log
4
x = log
2
3 , find the value of x.

























8
15
2009
[3 marks]
Given 3
n -3
x 27
n
= 243, find the value of n.






















16
2009
[3 marks]
Given that
8 2
log log 0 p q = , express p in terms of q.
























9
17
2010
[3 marks]
Solve the equation
9
8
3 3
2
=
+ x x





















18
2010
[3 marks]
Given that log
2
3 = a and log
2
5 = b, express log
8

45 in terms of a and b.



























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Answer

Year Paper 1
2003
1) V T 8 =
2) x = 1.677
2004 3) x = 3
4) 2p m 1

2005 5) x = -3
6)
2
3
= x
7) 3r 2p + 1
2006 8) x = 1
9) y = 2x
10)
8
9
= x
2007
11)
2 2 2
3 y x
+
12)
2
1
= n
2008 13) x = -3
14) x = 9
2009 15) n = 2
16)
3
q p =
2010 17) 2
18)
3
2 b a +