Logs Questions
Logarithms - Exam Questions
1.
(i) Find the value of y for which
1.01y−1 = 500.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places. [2]
(ii) Given that
5
2 log4 (3x + 5) = log4 (3x + 8) + 1, x>−
3
(a) show that
9x2 + 18x − 7 = 0.
[4]
(b) Hence solve the equation
5
2 log4 (3x + 5) = log4 (3x + 8) + 1, x>−
3
[2]
2.
(i)
2 log(x + a) = log 16a6 ,
where a is a positive constant.
Find x in terms of a, giving your answer in its simplest form. [3]
(ii)
log3 (9y + b) − log3 (2y − b) = 2, where b is a positive constant.
Find y in terms of b, giving your answer in its simplest form. [4]
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3.
(i) Given that
log3 (3b + 1) − log3 (a − 2) = −1, a>2
express b in terms of a. [3]
(ii) Solve the equation
22x+5 − 7 (2x ) = 0
giving your answer to 2 decimal places. [4]
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable)
4.
(i) Use logarithms to solve the equation 82x+1 = 24, giving your answer to 3 decimal
places. [3]
(ii) Find the values of y such that
3
log2 (11y − 3) − log2 3 − 2 log2 y = 1, y>
11
[6]
5.
(a) Sketch the graph of
y = 3x , x∈R
showing the coordinates of any points at which the graph crosses the axes. [2]
(b) Use algebra to solve the equation
32x − 9 (3x ) + 18 = 0
giving your answers to 2 decimal places where appropriate. [5]
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6.
(i) Find the exact value of x for which
log2 (2x) = log2 (5x + 4) − 3
[4]
(ii) Given that
loga y + 3 loga 2 = 5,
express y in terms of a.
Give your answer in its simplest form. [3]
7.
Given that
2 log2 (x + 15) − log2 x = 6,
(a) show that x2 − 34x + 225 = 0. [5]
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation
2 log2 (x + 15) − log2 x = 6
[2]
8.
Find the values of x such that
2 log3 x − log3 (x − 2) = 2
[5]
9.
Given that y = 3x2 ,
(a) show that log3 y = 1 + 2 log3 x. [3]
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(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation [3]
1 + 2 log3 x = log3 (28x − 9).
10.
Find, giving your answer to 3 significant figures where appropriate, the value of x for
which
(a) 5x = 10, [2]
(b) log3 (x − 2) = −1. [2]
11.
(a) Sketch the graph of y = 7x , x ∈ R, showing the coordinates of any points at which
the graph crosses the axes. [2]
(b) Solve the equation
72x − 4 (7x ) + 3 = 0,
giving your answers to 2 decimal places where appropriate. [6]
12.
(a) Given that
2 log3 (x − 5) − log3 (2x − 13) = 1,
show that x2 − 16x + 64 = 0. [5]
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve 2 log3 (x − 5) − log3 (2x − 13) = 1. [2]
13.
(a) Find the positive value of x such that
logx 64 = 2.
[2]
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(b) Solve for x
log2 (11 − 6x) = 2 log2 (x − 1) + 3
[6]
14.
(a) Find the value of y such that
log2 y = −3
[2]
(b) Find the values of x such that
log2 32 + log2 16
= log2 x
log2 x
[5]
15.
Given that 0 < x < 4 and
log5 (4 − x) − 2 log5 x = 1,
find the value of x. [6]
16.
(a) Find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which 5x = 7. [2]
(b) Solve the equation
52x − 12 (5x ) + 35 = 0
[4]
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17.
Given that a and b are positive constants, solve the simultaneous questions
a = 3b,
log3 a + log3 b = 2
Give your answers as exact numbers. [6]
18.
(a) Find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which 8x = 0.8. [2]
(b) Solve the equation
2 log3 x − log3 7x = 1
[4]
19.
Solve the equation
5x = 17,
giving your answer to 3 significant figures. [3]
20.
(a) Write down the value of log6 (36). [1]
(b) Express 2 loga (3) + loga (11) as a single logarithm to the base a. [3]
21.
Solve
(a) 5x = 8, giving your answer to 3 significant figures, [3]
(b) log2 (x + 1) − log2 (x) = log2 (7). [3]
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Solutions
1. (i) 625.56
(ii) (a) -
1
(b) x = 3
2. (i) x = 4a3 − a
10
(ii) y = 9
b
a−5
3. (i) b = 9
(ii) x = −2.19
4. (i) x = 0.264
(ii) y = 13 , 32
5. (a) See Figure below.
(b) x = 1, x = 1.63
4
6. (a) x = 11
a5
(b) y = 8
7. (a) -
(b) x = 9, x = 25
8. x = 3, x = 6
9. (a) -
(b) x = 31 , x = 9
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10. (a) x = 1.43
7
(b) x = 3
11. (a) See Figure below.
(b) x = 0, x = 0.56
12. (a) -
(b) x = 8
13. (a) x = 8
3
(b) x = 2
1
14. (a) y = 8
1
(b) x = 8
,8
4
15. x = 5
16. (a) 1.21
(b) x = 1, x = 1.21
√ √
17. a = 3 3, b = 3
18. (a) −0.107
(b) x = 21
19. x = 1.76
20. (a) 2
(b) loga 99
21. (a) x = 1.29
1
(b) x = 6
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