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Chapter 5 - Past Paper Question (A Maths)

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Chapter 5 - Past Paper Question (A Maths)

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(𝑙𝑜𝑔 4)(1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2)

𝑙𝑜𝑔 4
= (1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2)
𝑙𝑜𝑔 2𝑎
𝑙𝑜𝑔 4
= (1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2)
𝑙𝑜𝑔 2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑎
𝑙𝑜𝑔 4
= × (1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2)
(1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2)
= 𝑙𝑜𝑔 4

(𝑎) 5( )
−5 + 2 = 2(5 )
5 . 5 − 5 . 5 + 2 = 2(5 )
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑦 = 5
5𝑦 − 5𝑦 + 2 = 2𝑦
5𝑦 − 7𝑦 + 2 = 0
(𝑏) (5𝑦 − 2)(𝑦 − 1) = 0
5𝑦 − 2 = 0 (𝑜𝑟) 𝑦 − 1 = 0
2
𝑦= (𝑜𝑟) 𝑦 = 1
5
2
𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠; 5 = (𝑜𝑟) 5 =1
5
2
𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔 5 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑜𝑟) 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔 5 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 1
5
𝑥 = −0.569 (𝑜𝑟) 𝑥=0
𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 + 3) = 2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 … … … (1)
𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 + 𝑦) = 3 … … … (2)
𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (2);
𝑥+𝑦 =2
𝑥+𝑦 =8
𝑦 = 8−𝑥
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑦 = 8 − 𝑥 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (1)
𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 + 3) = 2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (8 − 𝑥)
𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 + 3) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (8 − 𝑥)
𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 + 3) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 4(8 − 𝑥)
𝑥 + 3 = 32 − 4𝑥
5𝑥 = 29
𝑥 = 5.8
𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠, 𝑦 = 2.2

𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 1
(𝑎) 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 = = = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥
𝑙𝑜𝑔 27 3𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 3

(𝑏) 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 = 3(𝑙𝑜𝑔 15 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔 3) + 1


15
𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 = 3 𝑙𝑜𝑔 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑎
3
𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 5 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑎
𝑦 = 125𝑎
(𝑖) − 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑝 = −2

1
(𝑖𝑖) 𝑙𝑔
10
= 𝑙𝑔 1 − 𝑙𝑔 10
= 𝑙𝑔 1 − 𝑛 𝑙𝑔 10
=0−𝑛
= −𝑛

𝑙𝑔 20 − 𝑙𝑔 4
(𝑖𝑖𝑖)
𝑙𝑜𝑔 10
20 1
= 𝑙𝑔 ×
4 𝑙𝑜𝑔 10
= 𝑙𝑔 5 × 𝑙𝑜𝑔 5
= 𝑙𝑔 5 × 𝑙𝑔 5
= (𝑙𝑔 5)

(𝑖𝑣) 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2𝑥 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑟 3𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑟 600


𝑙𝑜𝑔 6𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 600
6𝑥 = 600
𝑥 = 100
𝑥 = ±10
(𝑎𝑖) 𝑦=𝑒 −5
𝑒 = 0, 𝑦 = −5 (𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑒)
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = −4
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦 = 0, 0=𝑒 −5
𝑒 =5
𝑥 = 𝑙𝑛 5 ≈ 1.6
(𝑎𝑖𝑖) 𝑘 ≤ −5 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒 − 5 = 𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.
1
(𝑏) 𝑙𝑜𝑔 √2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 8 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔
2
1
= 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (√2 × 8 × )
2

= 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2 . 2
5
= 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2
2
(𝑐) 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔 4𝑥 = 1
𝑙𝑜𝑔 4𝑥
𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 − = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 3
𝑙𝑜𝑔 9
2 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔 4𝑥 = 2 𝑙𝑜𝑔 3
𝑥
=3
4𝑥
𝑥
=9
4
𝑥 = 36
(𝑎) 8 ×2 =4
( )
2 ×2 =2
2 =2
2 =2
2𝑝 + 3𝑞 − 2 = 14
2𝑝 + 3𝑞 = 16 … … (1)
( )
3 ×3 =3
3 =3
2𝑝 − 8 + 𝑞 = 4
2𝑝 + 𝑞 = 12
𝑞 = 12 − 2𝑝 … … . (2)
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑒𝑞 (2)𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑞 (1)
2𝑝 + 3(12 − 2𝑝) = 16
2𝑝 + 36 − 6𝑝 = 16
−4𝑝 = −20
𝑝=5
𝑞=2

(𝑏) 𝑙𝑔(3𝑥 − 2) + 𝑙𝑔(𝑥 + 1) = 2 − 𝑙𝑔2


𝑙𝑔(3𝑥 − 2) + 𝑙𝑔(𝑥 + 1) = 𝑙𝑔100 − 𝑙𝑔2
100
(3𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 1) =
2
3𝑥 + 𝑥 − 2 − 50 = 0
3𝑥 + 𝑥 − 52 = 0
(3𝑥 + 13)(𝑥 − 4) = 0
13
𝑥=− (𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡) (𝑜𝑟) 𝑥=4
3
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑥 = 4
(𝑎)𝑖. 5𝑒 = 14
14
𝑒 =
5
14
3𝑥 + 4 = 𝑙𝑛
5
𝑥 = −0.990

𝑖𝑖. 𝑙𝑔(2𝑦 − 7) + 𝑙𝑔𝑦 = 2𝑙𝑔3


𝑙𝑔(2𝑦 − 7) + 𝑙𝑔𝑦 = 𝑙𝑔9
(2𝑦 − 7) 𝑦 = 9
2𝑦 − 7𝑦 − 9 = 0
(2𝑦 − 9)(𝑦 + 1) = 0
9
𝑦= = 4.5 (𝑜𝑟) 𝑦 = −1 (𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡)
2

𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑝 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑞
(𝑏)
(𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑟)(𝑙𝑜𝑔 2)
(𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑝 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑞)
=
((𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑟) ×

𝑝
= 𝑙𝑜𝑔
𝑞

𝑙𝑜𝑔 (10𝑥 + 5) = 2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 − 7)


log (10𝑥 + 5) − log (𝑥 − 7) = log 5
10𝑥 + 5
log = log 25
𝑥−7
10𝑥 + 5
= 25
𝑥−7
10𝑥 + 5 = 25𝑥 − 175
15𝑥 = 180
𝑥 = 12
(𝑎) (log 𝑝) (log 2) + log 𝑞
log 𝑝
= × log 2 + log 𝑞
log 2
= log 𝑝 + log 𝑞
= log 𝑝𝑞
(𝑏) (log 5) − 4 log 5 + 3 = 0
𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦 = log 5
𝑦 − 4𝑦 + 3 = 0
(𝑦 − 3)(𝑦 − 1) = 0
𝑦=3 (𝑜𝑟) 𝑦 = 1
log 5 = 3 (𝑜𝑟) log 5 = 1
5=𝑎 (𝑜𝑟) 5=𝑎

𝑎 = √5 (𝑜𝑟) 𝑎=5

(𝑎) 3 − 1 = 10
3 = 11
lg 3 = lg 11
𝑥
𝑙𝑔3 = 𝑙𝑔11
2
𝑥 𝑙𝑔11
=
2 𝑙𝑔3
𝑙𝑔11
𝑥 = 2×
𝑙𝑔3
𝑥 = 4.37

(𝑏) 2𝑒 = 3𝑒
𝑒 3
=
𝑒 2
𝑒 = 1.5
𝑒 = 1.5
−5𝑦 − 1 = ln 1.5
−5𝑦 = ln 1.5 + 1
𝑦 = −0.281
3 (ln 5𝑥) + 2 ln 5𝑥 − 1 = 0
𝑙𝑒𝑡 ln 5𝑥 = 𝑦
3𝑦 + 2𝑦 − 1 = 0
(3𝑦 − 1)(𝑦 + 1) = 0
1
𝑦= (𝑜𝑟) 𝑦 = −1
3
1
ln 5𝑥 = (𝑜𝑟) ln 5𝑥 = −1
3
5𝑥 = 𝑒 (𝑜𝑟) 5𝑥 = 𝑒
𝑒 𝑒
𝑥= (𝑜𝑟) 𝑥=
5 5
√𝑒 1
𝑥= (𝑜𝑟) 𝑥=
5 5𝑒

(𝑎)𝑖 𝑦 = log (𝑥 + 3) + log (2𝑥 − 1) (𝑏) log 9 + (log 𝑏) log √ 9𝑎


𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 ; log 9𝑎
= log 9 + (log 𝑏) ×
𝑥+3>0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑥 − 1 > 0 log √𝑏
1 log 9𝑎
𝑥 > −3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥> = log 9 + (log 𝑏) ×
2 log 𝑏
1 1
𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 > −3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 > 𝑖𝑠 ; 𝑥 >
2 2 = log 9 + 2 log 9𝑎
log 6 = log 9 + 2(log 9 + log 𝑎)
𝑖𝑖 =2
log (𝑦 + 3) = log 9 + 2 𝑙𝑜𝑔 9 + 2 log 𝑎
log 6 = 2 log (𝑦 + 3) = 3 log 9 + 2
log 6 = log (𝑦 + 3) = 2 + 3 log 9
6 = (𝑦 + 3)
𝑦 + 6𝑦 + 9 − 6 = 0
𝑦 + 6𝑦 + 3 = 0
−6 ± 6 − 4(1)(3)
𝑦=
2(1)
−6 ± √24
𝑦=
2
𝑦 = −3 ± √6

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