LOGARITHM

Logarithmic Equations:

1. logx-1 3 = 2 2. log4 (2log3 (1 + log2 (1 + 3log3x))) = 1/2.

x 2 x  2 
3. log3(1 + log3(2 -7)) = 1 4. log5    log5  
 10   x  1
5. 1 + 2log(x+2)5 = log5(x + 2) 6. 5log10 x  50  x log10 5

7. Let a and b be real numbers greater than 1 for which there exists a positive real number c, different
from 1, such that 2(logac + logbc) = 9logabc. Find the largest possible value of logab.

8. Find the square of the sum of the roots of the equation

log3x · log4x · log5x = log3x · log4x + log4x · log5x + log5x · log3x.
2 3
9. Find the value of the expression  .
log4 (2000)6 log5 (2000)6
10. Find a rational number which is 50 times its own logarithm to the base 10.

11. Calculate: (a) 7log3 5  3log5 7  5log3 7  7log5 3 (b) 4

5log
4 2 3  6   6log8  3  2 

1 3
log 9 log 3 2
81 5
3 6
 log25 6 
12. Simplify:
409
.

 7 log25 7
 125  .

log1/ 5  12  4 1
13. Simplify: 5  log 2
 log1/ 2 .
7 3 10  2 21

14. Solve log5  x (x 2  2x  65)  2 15. Solve log4 8  log4 (x  3)  log4 (x  1)  2

16. Solve log7 log5  x  5  x   0 17. Solve log3 (3 x  8)  2  x
18. Solve log2 (25 x 3  1)  2  log2 (5 x  3  1) 19. Solve log2 (4  3 x  6)  log2 (9 x  6)  1
20. Solve log4 (2  4 x  2  1)  4  2x 21. Solve 6(logx 2  log4 x)  7  0
22. Solve 3logx 4  2log4x 4  3log16x 4  0 23. Solve 4log2 2x  36

Logarithmic Inequalities:
2x  8
24. log1/3 (5x – 1) > 0 25. log1.5 0
x2
 2  1  2x
26. log1/4  35  x    1 27. log3 1
 x  2 1 x
 

28. Solve in R log3 (2x 2  6x  5)  1 29. Solve log10 (x 2  2x  2)  0

 3
30. Solve logx 2 (3x 2  x  1)  0 31. Solve for x  R logx  2x    2
 4
x4  x2  x 
32. Solve log2 1 33. Solve log0.2 log6  2 0
2x  5  x 1 
log2 (4x 2  x  1) 2
 log10 x 3 1
34. Solve 2
1 35. Solve x(log10 x)  1000
log2 (x  1)
x 3 2
36. logx (log9 (3 – 9)) < 1 37. logx (x – x – 2x) < 3
1 x x
2  2 1 1 1
38. 0 39. 
2 1x
 x  1  log4 x  3 

log4  
 x  2

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ANSWER KEY

1. {1 + 3} 2. {3}

3. {4} 4. {3}

 9 
5.   , 23  6. {100}
 5 

7. 2 8. 3721

1
9. 10. N = 100
6

11. (a) 0 (b) 9 12. 1

13. 6 14. –5

15. 5 16. 4

17. 2 18. –2

19. 1 20. 2

–2/3 1 1
21. 8, 2 22. ,
2 8

23. 3 24. (1/5, 2/5)

25. (4, 6) 26. [-7,  35 )  [5, 35 )

27. (-, -2)  (-1/2, + ) 28. (–, –4)  (–1, +)

29. [ 1, 1  3 )  (1  3, 3] 30. (3, +)

3 1  3  14 
31.  ,    1,  32.  ,   (4, + )
8 2  2  3 

 2 
33. (–, –1) 34.  ,   (1, +)
 3 

35. (1000, +) 36. (log3 10, + )

37. (2, + ) 38. (–, 0)  (1, )

39. (–1, )

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