Edexcel Maths C2

Topic Questions from Papers

Exponentials and Logarithms

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2. Solve

(a) 5x = 8, giving your answer to 3 significant figures,

(3)

(b) log2(x + 1) – log2 x = log2 7.

(3)

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3. (i) Write down the value of log6 36.
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(ii) Express 2 loga 3 + loga 11 as a single logarithm to base a.

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4. Solve the equation
5x = 17,

giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

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6. (a) Find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which 8 x = 0.8 .

(2)
(b) Solve the equation

2 log 3 x − log 3 7 x = 1 .
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5. Given that a and b are positive constants, solve the simultaneous equations

a = 3b,

log3 a + log3 b = 2.

Give your answers as exact numbers.

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4. (a) Find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which 5x = 7.
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(b) Solve the equation 5 2 x − 12 (5 x ) + 35 = 0 .

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4. Given that 0 < x < 4 and
log 5 (4  x)  2 log 5 x 1 ,
find the value of x.
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8. (a) Find the value of y such that

log2 y = - 3
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(b) Find the values of x such that

log2 32 + log 2 16
= log 2 x
log 2 x
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5. (a) Find the positive value of x such that

log x 64 = 2
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(b) Solve for x

log 2 (11 – 6x) = 2 log 2 (x – 1) + 3

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7. (a) Given that

2 log 3 ( x  5)  log 3 (2 x  13) 1 ,

show that x 2 − 16 x + 64 = 0 .
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(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve 2 log 3 ( x − 5) − log 3 (2 x − 13) = 1.

(2)
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8. (a) Sketch the graph of y = 7 , x ∈ , showing the coordinates of any points at which the
graph crosses the axes.
(2)

(b) Solve the equation

7 2 x − 4(7 x ) + 3 = 0

giving your answers to 2 decimal places where appropriate.

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3. Find, giving your answer to 3 significant figures where appropriate, the value of x for
which
x
(a) 5 = 10 ,
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(b) log 3 ( x − 2) = −1 .
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Given that y = 3 x ,
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(a) show that log 3 y = 1 + 2 log 3 x

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(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation

1 + 2 log 3 x = log 3 (28 x − 9)

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2. Find the values of x such that

2 log3 x – log3(x – 2) = 2
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6. Given that
2 log 2 ( x + 15) − log 2 x = 6

(a) Show that

x 2 − 34 x + 225 = 0
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(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation

2 log 2 ( x + 15) − log 2 x = 6
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6. Given that log3 x = a, find in terms of a,

(a) log3 (9x)

(2)
⎛x ⎞
5

(b) log 3 ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 81⎠
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giving each answer in its simplest form.

(c) Solve, for x,

⎛ x5 ⎞
log 3 (9 x) + log 3 ⎜ ⎟ = 3
⎝ 81⎠

giving your answer to 4 significant figures.

(4)
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7. (i) Find the exact value of x for which

log2(2x) = log2(5x + 4) – 3
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(ii) Given that

loga y + 3loga 2 = 5

express y in terms of a.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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Core Mathematics C2

Candidates sitting C2 may also require those formulae listed under Core Mathematics C1.

Cosine rule

a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A

Binomial series

§ n· § n· § n·
(a + b) n = a n + ¨¨ ¸¸ a n −1b + ¨¨ ¸¸ a n − 2 b 2 +  + ¨¨ ¸¸ a n − r b r +  + b n (n ∈ т)
© 1¹ © 2¹ ©r¹
§ n· n!
where ¨¨ ¸¸ = n C r =
©r¹ r! (n − r )!
n(n − 1) 2 n(n − 1)  (n − r + 1) r
(1 + x) n = 1 + nx + x ++ x +  ( x < 1, n ∈ ъ)
1× 2 1× 2 ×  × r

Logarithms and exponentials

log b x
log a x =
log b a

Geometric series

un = arn − 1

a (1 − r n )
Sn =
1− r

a
S∞ = for ⏐r⏐ < 1
1− r

Numerical integration
b
´ b−a
The trapezium rule: µ y dx ≈ 1
2 h{(y0 + yn) + 2(y1 + y2 + ... + yn – 1)}, where h =
¶a n

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Core Mathematics C1

Mensuration

Surface area of sphere = 4π r 2

Area of curved surface of cone = π r × slant height

Arithmetic series
un = a + (n – 1)d
1 1
Sn = n(a + l) = n[2a + (n − 1)d]
2 2

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