Friendly Notes For General Mathemtics 9 EXPONENTS AND LOGARITHMS SHORT QUESTIONS ‘Q.1- What is meant by radical and radicands? Ans. _ Let a" be a real number and "n" be a positive integer . i then(a’”) may be written as Wa. Pere Yaris called. radical of index "i" and "a" is called radicand. Exarnple:- . a!” = fa,Ja is called radical of order 2. = Ya,a is called radical of order 3. Q.2- oe conjugate radicals of order 2? Ans. (va+ vb) and (Ja - vb) are conjugate radicals to each other the product of two conjugates is always a rational number. Q.3- Simplify x! + Solution:- yl og 28 “5/12 I ax? 2Friendly Notes For General Mathemtics 9 144 Q.4- Express 927," i in exponential form? Solution:- : Yam far!” =[3 xy? 2 gh plus =3x° Ans, Q.5- Simplify /1 vis x 364? Solution:- N18 x¥64 = 18)!” x64)" = (9x 2)? x (2x32)! ee = gle x 2h? xs x DOs = 3x QIAtUs x2 =6x 2? +210 = 6.2! 6x =6x!: 728 Ans. Q.6-° What are the laws of exponents? Ans. There are four laws of exponents. () ~~ Law of Sum of Power:- It states that a” xa" =a" where a#0,mnaeR. (ii) Law of Subtraction of Power:- m. Zs =a" where @#0,a,m,n.aeR, a” : (iii). Law of Power of Product:- It states that: (i) (a by" =a" b" fate a (3) o Where a,b # Oand a,b,ne€ R.145 () Q7- Ans. Prienidly Notes For General Mathemtics 9 Law of Power of Power:- It states that: (a” yh =a™ Where a 4 0,a,m,neé R. ‘What do you mean by scientific notation? To express extra ordinary large or small numbers, we use scientific notation. In this method any number can be written as theproduct of two numbers. One of them is-in between./ and 10 and the second is positive or negative integral power of 10.i.e.. a=bx10" where 10'and a+ 0 This exponential form of an equation may be. written as log, y=x (read as "logarithm of 'y' to the base ‘a’ is equal t to 'x'") a = yelog, y=x : Write a note on Common Logarithm. Logarithm with base 70 is called Common Logarithm. (Note : 1oZ,, ais written as log a, no need to write 10 as base) i We have 10! = 10 <> log 10=1 0? = 100 > log 100= 2- a 1 10! =— log —=-1 1010