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CHAPTER TEST: LOGARITHMS

Answer the following questions correctly and show all your works.

1. What is the logarithmic form of: 6. Solve:

a. 4 4  256 (3 points) a. log 4 2x  log 4 5  log 4 3 (7 points)
b. 10  52
x
(3 points) b. log 3 2x  5  log 3 x  1 (8 points)
y 2
c. x  16 (3 points) c.  log 5 x   3log 5 x   2  0 (10 points)

2. Find the value of:

7. Solve:
a. log 5 625 (2 points)
  a. 3 x  1  81 (4 points)
b. log  10 10  (5 points) b. 2 2x  2 x  1  15  0 (10 points)
 
 1 
c. log 5   (4 points)
 5 
  8. Solve:
d. log 81 27 (5 points)
a. 2 x  6 (4 points)
b. 3 x  2  5 (6 points)
c. 2  5 2x  1  3 (8 points)
 3 
3. Simplify log x  x 5  (4 points)
  9. Solve:
a. e 2x  1  6 (5 points)
b. ln(3x  1)  5 (6 points)
c. 2ln(2x  1)  ln x  2 (8 points)
4. Write as single logarithm.
a. log 3 12  log 3 2 (4 points)
b. 2log 7 4  3 log 7 2 (6 points) 10. Given that a and b are constants, use logarithms to
change each of these non-linear equations into the
1
c. 2log 5 3  log 5 5  log 5 8 (8 points) form Y = mX + c. State what the variables X and
2
Y and the constants m and c represent.
a. y  e ax  b (4 points)
b. y  10 ax  b (4 points)
 x  b
c. y  a(x ) (5 points)
5. Given that u  log 5 x , find log5   in the
 25 
simplest form in terms of u. (4 points)