Equations with Logarithms

Just a big caution. ALWAYS check your solved valued with the original logarithmic equation.

Remember: It is ok to have values of x such as positive, 0 and negative numbers. However,

the logarithm of a negative number or zero are both not defined. Therefore it is not allowed
to have a logarithm of a negative number or a logarithm of 0 when substituted into the
original logarithm equations. Those solutions are not valid. They are called extraneous
solutions.

1) log x +log 20=3

2) log x 3=log6+2 log x

3) 2 log x=log (10−3 x)

4) log 4 +2 log ( x−3)=log x

5) 4 log 7 3+2 log 7 5=log7 x

6) 6 log5 2−2 log 5 4=log 5 x

7) log ( x +1 )−log x=1

8) log ( x +6 )=1+ log(x−3)

9) log ( 3 x+ 5 )−log ( 2 x+1 ) =1−log 5

10) log ( x−1 )−log √ 5+ x−log √ 5−x=0

11) log 2+log(11−x 2)=2 log(5−x )

12) log ( 3−x 2)=log 2+ log x

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13) log ( 5 x+ 4 )−log 2= log ( x+ 4)
2

14) log 9 ( x +1 )+ log 9 ( x +1)=2

15) 2(log 2 x)2−10 log 2 x +8=0

16) 3 log 2 x−2 log 4 x=2

17) log 3 x 2+ log 3 x−6=0

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19) 4 log x=2 log x + log 4+2

20) log x ( x 2 +10 ) −log x ( x +5)=1