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2011/2012

2 x +1
1. Solve the equation 3 − 28(3x ) + 9 = 0 . [6 m]

x
2. (a) Solve the equation log ( x − 4 ) + 2log 3 = 1 + log   . [5 m]
2
x −3
(b) Find the solution set of the inequality 2 [7 m]
x +1

2012/2013

3. Find the value of x which satisfies the equation log 2 ( 5 − x ) − log 2 ( x − 2) = 3 − log 2 (1 + x) [6 m]

1 1
4. Determine the solution set of the inequality  [6 m]
2x −1 x + 2
5. (a) Solve x 2 − x − 3 = 3 . [5 m]

2x2 + 9 x − 4
(b) Find the solution set of the inequality  4. [7 m]
x+2

2013/2014

6. Find the value of x which satisfies the equation log 9 x = ( log 3 x ) , x  1

2
[7 m]

7. Solve the equation 22 x − 2 − 2 x +1 = 2 x − 23 . [7 m]

(
8. Given log10 2 = m and log10 7 = n . Express x in terms of m and n if 143 x +1 )(8 ) = 7 . [6 m]
2 x +3

9. (a) Find the solution set of 2 − 3x  x + 3 . [8 m]

(b) If x + 1  0 , show that

i. 2 x − 1  0 . [3 m]
2x −1
ii.  2. [4 m]
x +1

2014/2015

10. Solve the equation 3x + 3(3− x) = 12 . [6 m]

1 1
11. Solve the inequality  . [6 m]
6 − x x −1

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12. (a) Solve the following equation 6 x 2 + x − 11 = 4 . [6 m]

 x+2
(b) Find the solution set for the inequality 2 −   5. [7 m]
 x−4

2015/2016

1
13. Evaluate the solution of 4 y −2 = up to three decimal places. [6 m]
3− y
14. Solve the equation 2 + log 2 x = 15log x 2 [7 m]

x −1
15. (a) Solve the inequality  2. [6 m]
x −3

2 x  42 x
(b) Show that x
= 22 x.
8
2 x  42 x
Hence, find the interval for x so that x
− 13(2x ) + 36  0. [9 m]
8

2016/2017

( )
16. Determine the values of x which satisfy the equation 32 x −1 = 4 3x − 9. [6 m]

17. (a) If 7 − 3 5 = x − y , determine the values of x and y. [6 m]

(b) Solve the equation log 2 ( x ) − log 4 ( 3x + 4 ) = 0. [7 m]

3
18. (a) Solve the following equation = 7, x  4. [5 m]
x−4
−4 − x
(b) Find the solution set for the inequality  x + 4, x  3. [8 m]
x −3

2017/2018

19. Solve the equation 3

2 x +1
− (16 ) 3x + 5 = 0. [6 m]

20. Solve the equation 3log 9 x = ( log 3 x ) .

2
[9 m]

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21. Find the interval of x for which the following inequalities are true.
5
(a) −1  0 [4 m]
x+3
3x − 2
(b) 2 [9 m]
2x + 3

2018/2019

22. (a) Solve 6x +1 − x = 3 [6 m]

2 x
(b) Determine the solution set of x which satisfies the inequality  . [7 m]
x +1 x + 3

2019/2020

23. Solve the following :

1

( )
x +1
(a) 3 52 x + 25 2 = 200. [5 m]

(b) x + 4  x + x  12.
2
[5 m]

24. Solve the following:

(a) log 2 2 x = 2log 4 ( x + 4 ) . [6 m]

x−3
(b) 2 1 [7 m]
2x −1

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ANSWERS
1. x = −1, x = 2

 1
2. (a) x = 9 (b)  x : x  −5  x  
 3
3. x = 3

 1 
4.  x : − 2  x   x  3
 2 
 3
5. a) x = −2, 0, 1, 3 (b)  x : x  −4  − 2  x  
 2

6. x = 3
7. x = 3, x = 2
10m
8. x = −
9m + 3n

 −1 5
9. a)  x : x 
 4 2
10. x = 1, x = 2

 7 
11.  x :1  x  or x  6 
 2 
 5 
(b)  x : x  or x  4
5 7 3
12. (a) x = − , − ,1,
3 6 2  2 
13. 9.638
1
14. x = 8, x =
32

 5
15. (a) ( −7, −3)   −3, −  (b) ( −, 2  3.17,  )
 3
16. x = 1, x = 2

9 5 5 9
17.(a) x = , y = or x = , y = (b) x = 4
2 2 2 2
31 25
18.(a) x = ,x = (b)  x : −  x  4  2  x  3
7 7
19. x = −1, x = 1.465

20. x = 1, x = 5.196

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 3  3 4
21.(a)  x : x  −3  x  2 (b)  −8, −    − , − 
 2  2 7
22.(a) x = 4 (b)  x : x  −3  −2  x  −1  x  3

23.(a) x = 1 (b) ( −4, −2   2,3)

 1  1 7
24.(a) x = 4 (b)  −,    , 
 2  
2 4 

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