Practices 4.

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Change the Bases of

Logarithms
log c a
log a b=
7.
log c b

A. Evaluate the following by converting the base to 10.

1.
log5 7 2. log 4 5.2 log 1 9 log √ 2 30
4.
3. 2

B. Given that log 4 5= p , express each of the following in terms of p.

1.
log 16 5 2.
log5 4 3.
log 20 80

4.
log 64 50 5.
log125 64 6.
log 25 2.5

C. Solve the following problems.

1. Given log 2 m= p , express log 4 2 m in 2. Given

log 5 3=a and log 5 7=b ,
terms express
of p. log7 63 in terms of a and b.

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 3. Given log 2 m=k , express log8 √m in 4. Given log a 2= p and log a 3=q ,
terms express
of k. log6 a in terms of p and q.

D. Solve SPM past year questions.

SPM2003 SPM2004
1. Given that log2 T  log4 V = 3, 2. Given that log5 2 = m and log5 7 = p,
express T in terms of V. express log5 4.9 in terms of m and p.

SPM2005 SPM2007
3. Given that logm 2 = p dan logm 3 = r, 4. Given that log2 b = x dan log2 c = y,
27 m 8b
express logm
( )
4 in terms of p and r. express log4
( )
c in terms of x and y.

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 Equations Involving Logarithms.
Solve the following logarithmic equations.

1. log 5 3 x=log 5 ( x +10) 2. log 4 ( y−2)=log 4 (3 y−1)

3. log3 (3 x−2)=2 log 3 4 4. log3 ( x+1 )=2 log 3 4

5. log 5 (5 x−2)=2 log 5 4+log 5 3 6. log4 (3 y−1 )=3 log 4 2

x 8. log 2 3 p=2 log 2 6−log 2 8

log 3 +log 3 18=log3 9
7. 2

9. log 7 (1−t )+log 7 4=log 7 (2 t+6 ) 10. 2 log5 x=log5 ( x+6)

11. log 4 (8 x−2 )−log 4 (3 x +5)=log4 2 12. log 4 4 p+log 4 p=2

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log 4 +log 2 5 x=1 log 9+log 8 4 x=1
13. 2 2 14. 2 8

15. 3+log 2 ( x−1)=log 2 x 16.

log x 81−log x 3=3

17.
log x 27+log x 3=4 18.
log x 8+log x 4−5=0
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