Logarithm

LOGARITHM
1. Find domain (write conditions only) f ( x )  ln(sin x )  sin1  ln x 
2. Define the following analytical function using basic functions:

ex
f (x)  , x0
1 x2

1
 ln x
x
 x ,x>0
e  ln2 x

 3 4 2 5 16  4
3. Simplify expression log2    log 1 3  log (9 3 3 )
 2  2
1
  2 3

4
4. Simplify expression log 2 2  log 2 2
2 2

(log5 13)
2
 1  2 log5 9
5. Simplify expression  
 (27) 

1
2 log3 16
6. Simplify expression 92log3 2 4 log81 2  3 2

 2
3 log 5  2log 25  log 10  2log 5
7. Simplify expression 2 2 2 2

Simplify expression  log2  log5  log300  log3   3

5 log5 3
8.

2 2
log2 3 2log 3
3  7 3  log 2 2
9. Simplify expression 67
3  log 3
log22 7 log 7 3 7 3
3

10. Given that log6 15 = a and log12 18 = b, find log25 24 in terms of a and b.

11. Simplify (x – 1)3 + (2x + 3)3 = 27x3 + 8.

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12. Simplify 2x4 – x3 – 9x2 + 13x – 5 = 0.

13. Simplify (x2 + x + 1)(2x2 + 2x + 3) = 3(1 – x – x2).

14. Simplify x 2  x  5  x 2  8 x  4  5 .

15. Simplify 3
x  5  3 x  6  3 2x  11 .

3
16. Simplify 1 x  3 1 x  2 .

2 x  x
 x  1 2(1
17. Simplify 3   31 x     x)
 81 .
  3
 

18. Simplify 6  x 9  13  x 6  6  x 4  0 .

19. Simplify 27 x  12 x  2.8 x .

   
x x
20. Simplify 52 6  52 6  10 .

2 2
21. Simplify log3 x  7 (9  12 x  4 x )  4  log2 x  3 (6 x  23 x  21) .

22. Simplify logx ( x 2  1)  log x

( x 2 (1  x 2 ))  4 .

23. Simplify log(6  5 x  25  20 x )  x  log5 .

2
log x log x 2
24. Simplify | x  1|  | x  1|3 .

25. Simplify 4 x 2  3  2x 2  1  0 .

26. Simplify 13 x  5  2(13 x  12)  13 x  5 .

27. Simplify 2(5 x  24)  5 x  7  5 x  7 .

2
1
28. Simplify ( x 2  x  1)x  1.
29. Solve the equation (a – 1)x2 + 2(2a + 1)x + (4a + 3) = 0

x2  1 1 x
30. Solve the equation   .
a 2 x  2a 2  ax a

1 1
x x y y
31. For a  0, b  0 and x > y > 0, prove that (a  b ) x  (a  b ) y .

32. Simplify x4 + y4 = 706, x + y = 8.

x2 y 2
33. Simplify   18 , x + y = 12.
y x

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2 2
 6y   6y 
34. Simplify  3    3    82 , 3x + 7y = 26.
 x  y   x y

35. Simplify xy + 3y2 – x + 4y – 7 = 0, 2xy + y2 – 2x – 2y + 1 = 0.

36. Simplify (3 x )log3  (4y )log 4 , 4log x  3log y .

37. Find the positive solutions of the system of equations xx + y = yn, yx + y = x2n yn, where n > 0.
38. xy = x + y, yz = 2(y + z), zx = 3(z + x).
39. (x – 2)2 + (y – 3)2 + (z – 1)2 = 24, xy + yz + zx = 63, 2x + 3y + z = 30.
log11 25
40. If a, b, c are positive numbers such that alog3 7  27 , blog7 11  49 , c  11 , then the sum of digits of
2 2 2
(log3 7) (log7 11) (log11 25)
Sa b c is

(1) 15 (2) 17
(3) 19 (4) 21
41. If 22010 = an10n + an – 110n – 1 + ..... + a2102 + a1 . 10 + a0, where ai {0, 1, 2, ....., 9} for all i = 0, 1, 2, 3,
....., n, then n =
(1) 603 (2) 604
(3) 605 (4) 606

42. Product of all value of x satisfying the equation 2x 3 4 x (0.125)1/ x  4( 3 2) is

14
(1) (2) 3
5

1 3
(3)  (4) 
5 5

43. If x1 and x2 are the roots of the equation e 2 x ln x  x 3 with x1 > x2, then

(1) x1 = 2x2 (2) x1  x22

(3) 2x1  x22 (4) x12  x22

44. Identify the correct option.

(1) log2 3  log1/ 4 5

(2) log5 7  log8 3

(3) log3 2 3  log3 2 5

1 1/3
3
(4) 2 4   
2

45. The value of x + y + z satisfying the system of equations

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log2 x  log4 y  log4 z  2 is

log3 y  log9 z  log9 x  2

log4 z  log16 x  log16 y  2

175 349
(1) (2)
12 24

353 112
(3) (4)
24 3

Paragraph for Q. Nos. 46 and 47

Given a right triangle ABC right angled at C and whose legs are given 1  4log 2 (2 p) , 1  2log2 (log2 p ) and
p
hypotenuse is given to be 1 + log2 (4p). The area of ABC and circle circumscribing it are 1 and 2
respectively, then

4 2
46. 1  is equal to


(1) 31
(2) 28

1
(3) 3 
2

(4) 199

  (25 p 2   2) 
1
47. The value of sin  
 6 
 

1 1
(1) (2)
2 2

3
(3) (4) 1
2

48. Match Column-I with Column-II.

Column-I Column-II

(A) If a  3( 8  2 7  8  2 7 ) , (P) –1

b  (42)(30)  36 , then the

value of loga b is equal to

(B) If a  ( 4  2 3  4  2 3 ) , (Q) 1

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b  11  6 2  11  6 2 then

the value of loga b is equal to

(C) If a  3  2 2, b  3  2 2 , (R) 2

then the value of loga b is equal to

3
(D) If a  7  72  1 , b  7  72  1 , (S)
2

then the value of loga b is equal to

(T) None of these

3 5
49. Let a, b, c, d are positive integers such that loga b  and logc d  . If (a – c) = 9. Find the value of
2 4
(b – d).
50. The ordered pair (x, y) satisfying the equation

x 2  1  6log4 y and y 2  2x y  22 x 1

are (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), then find the value of log2 | x1x2 y1y 2 | .

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