CAT Logarithms, Surds and Indices Formulas PDF
CAT Logarithms, Surds and Indices Formulas PDF
Indices Formulas
● “Logarithms, Surds and Indices” is one of the easiest
topics in the quantitative section of the CAT exam.
● Although the number of formulas is high, the basic
concepts are very simple to understand and apply.
● There are no shortcuts to remember and the scope of
the questions that can be asked is very limited.
● The accuracy of answering questions from this
section is very high and good students tend to score
very well here.
𝑚 𝑛 𝑚+𝑛
➔ 𝑋 ×𝑋 =𝑋
0
➔ 𝑋 =1
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−𝑚 1
➔ 𝑋 = 𝑚
𝑋
1
➔ = 𝑁 + 1+ 𝑁
𝑁+1− 𝑁
6 2+ 3 2= 9 2
● If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 𝑐 + 𝑑 , then a = c and b = d.
● The conjugate of 𝑎 + 𝑏 is 𝑎 − 𝑏
● 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎..... ∞ = a
1−⎡⎢ 𝑥 ⎤⎥
1
⎣ ⎦
● 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎..... 𝑥 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 = 𝑎 2
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● 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎1 = 0
● 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑎 = 1
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏𝑥
●𝑋 =𝑌
1
● 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥𝑎
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏𝑥
●𝑏 = 𝑥
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑐𝑏
● 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑏 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑐𝑎
● 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑏 * 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏𝑎 = 1
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