(4) Logarithms

𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙25 5
1. Solve 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙81 [𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙3 (26 + 𝑥𝑥)] =
2

2. Solve 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙4𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥 = −1

4

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3. Solve 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙3 𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙3 � � − 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙9 (4𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 + 3) = 0
2

4. Show that (𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙2 3) (𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙9 16) = 2

5. Prove that 𝑒𝑒 ln 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑥𝑥

6. Solve 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙2 (𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙2 (𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙2 𝑥𝑥)) = 1

𝑥𝑥+𝑦𝑦
7. Given that 𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 = 14𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥, show that 2 lg � � = lg 𝑥𝑥 + lg 𝑦𝑦
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8. Given that log 𝑘𝑘 𝑎𝑎 = 𝑥𝑥 and log 𝑘𝑘 𝑏𝑏 = 𝑦𝑦, express the following in terms of 𝑥𝑥 and 𝑦𝑦.

i) log 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑘𝑘 2
𝑎𝑎𝑏𝑏2
ii) log 𝑏𝑏 � 𝑘𝑘
�

9. Without using a calculator, evaluate

(lg 5)2 + lg 2 lg 50

10. If 𝑎𝑎 = log 𝑥𝑥 99 and 𝑏𝑏 = log 𝑥𝑥 363, express the following in terms of 𝑎𝑎 and 𝑏𝑏.

i) log 𝑥𝑥 9

ii) log 𝑥𝑥 33

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11. Solve the equation ln(2𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 − 𝑒𝑒) = 1 + .
𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑥𝑥 𝑒𝑒

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