LOGARTHM (H.W.

) - 01 Elias Sir
Mathematics

Some important formula:

1. log10 = 1 log a
7. log b a = logkb 11. log a m + log a n = 15. Inex = x
2. log a a = 1 1
k log a mn 16. alogax = x
3. log a 1 = 0 8. log b a = log 12. log a m − log a n = m n
ab m 17. a n = b ⇒ a = b m ⇒
4. log10 a = lga 9. log a b = c ⇒ b = ac log a n m
a b log c
a = √bn
5. lg = −lg 10. ab = c ⇒ b = logk a 13. log e x = inx
b a
k
6. log a bc = clog ab 14. einx = x

Solve the following equations:

Set -A

1. log 3 1 = x 7. log √5 5 = x 19. log 6 (7n − 1) = 3

13. log 5 (3x + 19) = 4

8. log 4 x = − 2
1 14. log x 125 = 3 20. log 5 x = −2
2. log 2 25 = x

15. log 4 (9y + 4) = 4 21. log 3 (x + 1) = 2

1
3. log 2 2 = x 9. log 5 x = 3

22. 3 + log 2 x =
16. log 5 625 = x log 2 (2x + 1)
4. log 4 0.25 = x 10. log 5 (2x − 3) = 3

17. log 3 (5y + 3) = 5 1

5. log 2 128 = x 11. log 2 (2x + 3) − 23. log 9 x = − 2
log 2 x = 3

18. log m 16807 = 5 24. log 3 (1 + √y) = 2

6. log 7 √7 = x 12. log 4 (3q + 4) = 3
25. log 4 (20x − 𝑥 2 ) = 3 33. log 6 (5y + 6) = 2

41. log x 216 = 3 49. log x 343 = 3

26. log 4 (2x − 1) = 3 34. log 3 (5x + 12) +

log 3 x = 2
50. log 9 (4y − 3) = 2
42. log 7 (5y + 4) = 2

27. log x 81 = 4 35. log 3 x = 2 51. log 4 2 = p

43. log p 81 + 2log p 729 =

16

52. log 3 (x 2 − 5x + 9) = 1
28. log 5 (2y − 1) = 3 36. 2log 3 y − log 3 (y +
4) = 2 44. log x 243 = 5

53. log 4 (5n + 9) = 3

29. 2log 4 (3z) = log 2 (z +
3) 37. log x 81 = 4 45. log 6 (7y − 1) = 3

54. log 5 p = 4

30. log 4 (x + 2) + log 2 4 = 38. log 4 (3y − 5) = 0 46. log 5 (3𝑥 2 − 20𝑥 +
0 50) = 2

55. 2log 2 x = 3 + log 2 (x +

6)

31. lg(3 + x) + 39. log x 128 = 7

lg(x + 2) − lg6 = lg(2x − 47. log 6 (11q − 4) = 3
1)

56. log 3 (2x + 1) −

log 3 (x − 7) = 2

32. log x 125 = 3 40. log 3 (5y + 1) = 4 48. log 5 (3y − 1) = 3

3x+1
57. log 2 2x−7 = 3
 Set - B

1. (log10 x)2 = 3log 10 x 6. 3 − log 3 p = log p 9 11. 4log 4 x = log x 4 17. 9log r 3 = log 3 r

2. (log 5 x)2 = 2log 5 x 7. log 3 z = 4log z 3 12. log 3 z = 4log z 3 18. log q 5 + 6log 5 q = 5

3. (log 4 x)2 = 5log 4 x − 4 8. 12log p 5 = 3log 5 p 13. log z 16 + 3log z 4 = 10 19. log m 4 + 8log 8 m = 6

4. 2(log 2 x)2 = 7log 2 x − 9. log x 27 − log x 8 = 3 14. log 3 p + log p 9 = 3

3 20. 2log m 8 + 3log 8 m = 7

5. log 4 p + 6log p 4 = 5 10. log 3 x + 2log x 9 = 5 15. log q 8 − 3log 8 qH = 2

21. log 2 x = 8 + 9log x 2

16. 1 + log 4 t = 6log t 16

22. log 4 x + 2log x 4 + 3 =

0

Set - C
1. a. Given that log 8 10 = k log 2 10, find the value of k.

b. Factorize completely 5x log 2 x − 2 log 2 x − 15x log 8 10

c. Hence solve the equation 5x log 2 x − 2log 2 x − 15x log 8 10 + 6log 8 10 = 0

2. a. Given that log 8 6 = k log 2 6. Find the value of k.

𝑥
b. Show that 7x log 2 x − 3log 2 x − 42x log 8 6 + 18 log 8 6 = (7x − 3)log 2 [ ]
36

c. Hence solve the equation 7 × 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑋 − 3𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑋 − 42𝑋𝑙𝑜𝑔8 6 = 14𝑥 − 6

3. a. Given that 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 3 = 𝑘𝑙𝑜ℎ4 3. Find the value 𝑘.

𝑥 5𝑥−2
b. Show that 5𝑥𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 − 2𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 − 10𝑥𝑙𝑜𝑔2 3 + 4𝑙𝑜𝑔2 3 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 [3020𝑥−8]

c. Hence solve the equation 5𝑥𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 − 2𝑙𝑜𝑔2 3 + 4𝑙𝑜𝑔2 3 + 4𝑙𝑜𝑔2 3 = 0

4. a. Given that 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 3𝑦 − 2𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 = 1, express 𝑦 in terms of 𝑥.

b. If 2𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑥 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑎 = 3, express 𝑦 in terms of 𝑥.

c. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔5 𝑏, express 𝑦 in terms of 𝑥.
5.
1
a. 22𝑥 + 2𝑥+2 = 12 b. 32𝑡+1 + 3𝑡+2 = 3 c. 22𝑥−1 − 9 × 2𝑥−2 + 1 = d. 5𝑥 = 16 − 63 × 5−𝑥
3
0

6. Solve the equation simultaneously: 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑝 𝑞 + 4𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑞 𝑃 = , 𝑝𝑞 = 32

Set - D
1. Solve the following equations giving exact solutions
𝑥
a. 𝑒𝑥 = 5 d. In 2 = 4 g. 𝑒 −𝑥 = 10 k. 𝑒 4𝑥 = 5

b. In 𝑥 = 4 e. 𝑒 𝑥−1 = 8
h. In (2 − 𝑥) = 4 l. 24 − 𝑒 −2𝑥 = 10

c. 𝑒 2𝑥 = 7
f. In (2𝑥 + 1) = 5 m. In 𝑥 + In (𝑥 −
i. 2𝑒 4𝑥 − 3 3) = 0

n. 𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑒 −𝑥 = 2
j. In (2𝑥 − 5) = 8

o. In 2 + In 𝑥 = 4
2. Solve the following giving your answer in terms of In 2
a. 𝑒 3𝑥 = b. 𝑒 −2𝑥 = 4 c. 𝑒 2𝑥+1 = 0.5

Answers Set: A

1. 0 11. 1⁄ 21. 8 31. 3, 4 42. 9 51. 1⁄

2 2
2. 5 12. 20 22. 1⁄6 32. 5 43. 3 52. 2 or 3
3. −1 33. 6 44. 3
13. 202 23. 1⁄3 3⁄
53. 11
4. −1 14. 5 34. 45. 31 54. 625
24. 64 5 12⁄
5. 7 15. 28 35. 9 46. 55. 12
1 25. 4.16 3
6.
2
16. 4 26. 4.5 36. 12 or 5 56. 9 1⁄7
7. 2 17. 48 37. 3 47. 20
27. 3 57. 5 𝑠⁄13
8. 1⁄ 18. 7 28. 63 38. 2 48. 42
2 19. 31 39. 2 49. 7
9. 125 29. 1.5
20. 1⁄ 40. 16 50. 21
10. 64 25 30. −31⁄16
41. 6

Set - B

1. 1 or 4. √2 or 8. 25, 12. 9, 1⁄9 16. 64, 20. 2,64

1000 8 1⁄ 1⁄ 1
21. 512, 2
25 13. 2 256
2. 1 or 5. 16,64
25
9. 1.5 14. 3, 9 17. 27, 1⁄27 22.
1
,
1
6. 3,9
2, 1⁄8
10. 3,18 16 4
15. 18. 1.71, 2.24
3. 4 or 7. 9, 1⁄9 11. 2, 1⁄2
256 19. 2, √2

Set – C
1
1. (a) 𝑘 = (b) (5𝑥 − 2)(𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑥 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 10) (c) 4𝑥32 27𝑥 3
3 4. (a) 𝑦 = (b) 𝑦 = √ (c) 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑎 𝑏 2
2⁄ , 10 3 𝑎
𝑠 5. (i) 1 (ii) −1 (iii) −1 or 2 (iv) 1.365; 1.209
2. (a) 1⁄3 (c) 3⁄7 , 144 6. 𝑝 = 2; 𝑞 = 16
3. (a) 𝑘 = 2 (c) 2⁄𝑠 , 81

Set - D

1. (a) In 5 (e) In 8 + (h) 2 − 𝑒 4 (k)

𝐼𝑛 5 (n) 0
4
(b) 𝑒 4 1 1
(i) In 1 (o)
𝑒4
1 𝑒 𝑠 −1 4 (l) − 2 In 2
(c) 2 In 7 (f) 2 11
( ) (14)
(d) 2𝑒 4 (g) In 2
𝑒 8 +5 3+√13
(0.1) (j) (m) 2
2
– In 2−1
2. (a) In 2 (b) – In 2 (c) 2