Aditya Pathak

SR. FACULTY (Narayana IIT Academy Jaipur)

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1. Find the value of each of the following :

Mathematics
Logarithm
WS # 01 (i) log 9 81 (ii) log 2
4 (iii) log 2 3 1728
Important Notes


(iv) log (tan 40 ) (cot 50 ) (v) log (2.25) 0.4 (vi) log ( 2 3)
(5  2 6)

2. Find the value of x in each of the following cases:

(i) log2 x  3 (ii) log9 x  2.5 (iii) log x 81  4

(iv) 2 x  7 (v) 10 2 x1  17

3. Find the value of 32log 9 3 .

4. Find the value of log 5 log 2 log 3 log 2 512 .

5. Find the value of log1/3 4 729. 3 91.27 4/3 .

2 1
6. Prove that  log10 3  .
5 2

7. Arrange log 2 5, log 0.5 5, log 7 5, log 3 5 in increasing order..

8. Prove that number log 2 7 is an irrational number..

9. Which of the following numbers are positive/negative?

(i) log 2 7 (ii) log 0.2 3 (iii) log1/3 (1 / 5) (iv) log 4 3 (v) log 2 (log 2 9)

10. If log a 3  2 and log b 8  3 , then prove that log a b  log 3 4 .

11. If log 3 y  x and log 2 z  x find 72 x in terms of y and z.

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12. Solve for x : log 4 log 3 log 2 x  0

Mathematics
Logarithm
WS # 01 13. If b  1,sin t  0, cos t  0 and log b (sin t )  x then prove that
Important Notes
1
log b (cos t )  log b (1  b 2 x )
2

 
14. If 10log p  logq  logr x   1 and log q log r log p x    0 then prove that p  r q/r .

 
 1 1 1 1 
15. Find the value of log 9  2 3 6  2 3 6  2 3 6  2 3 ...  .
4
 

3
 3 3

16. Find the value of log 2 2 9  2 12 3  4  4 9 . 
Answer
1. (i) 2 (ii) 4 (iii) 6 (iv) 1 (v) 1 (vi) 2

1  log10 17
2. (i) 8 (ii) 243 (iii) 3 (iv) log 2 7 (v)
2

3. 3 4. 0 5. 1 7. log 7 5  log 3 5  log 2 5  log 0.5 5

9. (i) positive (ii) negative (iii) positive (iv) negative (v) positive

1
11. y 3 z 2 12. 8 15. 16. 6
2

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1. Evaluate each of the following:

Mathematics
Logarithm
WS # 02 (i) log10 500  log10 5
Important Notes

(ii) 4 log10 5  2 log10 4

(iii) log10 6  2 log10 5  log10 4  log10 3  log10 2

2. Find the value of the following

9  35   15 
(i) log    log    log  
 14   24   16 

16 25 81
(ii) 7 log  5log  3log
15 24 80

2
(iii) log10 5.log10 20   log10 2 

3. Prove that log 7 log 7 7 (7 7)  1  3log 7 2 .

4. If log 7 2  m , then find log 49 28 in terms of m.

 ab 1
5. If a 2  b 2  7 ab , prove that log     log a  log b  .
 3  2

6. Compute log ab  3

a / b if log ab a  4 .

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7. Suppose that a and b are positive real number such that log 27 a  log 9 b  and
2

2
log 27 b  log 9 a  . Then find the value of ab.
3

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Mathematics 8. Find the value of 6log10 40.5log10 36 .

Logarithm
WS # 02 1 1
1
Important Notes 1 loga z
9. If y  a 1log a x and z  a 1loga y , then prove that x  a .

log 2 24 log 2 192

10. Find the value of  .
log 96 2 log12 2

11. Find the value of log3 4 log 4 5 log5 6 log6 7 log7 8 log8 9 .

12. If a  log12 18, b  log 24 54 then find the value of ab  5( a  b) .

13. Find the value of 81(1/log5 3)  27 log9 36  34/log7 9 .

log 3 log 83
14. If (4) 9  (9)log 2 4  (10) x , then find the value of x.

15. If 2 x log 4 3  3log 4 x  27 , then find the value of x.

1 3
log5 9 log 6 3 2
81 3  
16. Find the value of
409
  7 log 25 7
 (125)log 25 6  .

 

Answer

1. (i) 2 (ii) 4 (iii) 2 2. (i) 0 (ii) log 2 (iii) 1

1  2m 17
4. 6. 7. 243 8. 216 10. 3 11. 2
2 6

12. 1 13. 890 14. 10 15. 16 16. 1

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Mathematics Solve the equations

Logarithm
WS # 03
Important Notes
1.  
log3 x 2  3x  5  log3  7  2x  2. log  x  4   log  2x  3   log 1  2 x 

1 1
3.  
log5 51 x  125  log5 6  1 
2x
4. log  
x  1  log  2x  15   1
2

5. 
2  x  3log5 2  log5 3 x  52 x  6. x 0.5 log x  x 2  x   3 log 9 4

 logx  2 2 logx 9
7. logx  3 x 5  4   2log5 x 8. logx 7
  x 1 3   x  1

9. log10 1  x  log10 1  x  log10 1  x 2  2

1 2log0.25  4  x 
10. log 3  x  log 3  x  1
6  2 

11. log0.5 x x 2  14 log16 x x 3  40log4 x x  0

 2
 2

12. log3 x  4 4 x  4 x  1  log2 x 1 6 x  11x  4  4

log10 x log 5
13. x log x 5  10153log x 14 5  50  x 10

15. log 9 (4  x)  0.5 16. log10 x  1   log10 ( x  9)

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Mathematics 17. log 8 x  log 8 ( x  6)  log 8 (5 x  12)

Logarithm
WS # 03
Important Notes 18. log 4 8  log 4 ( x  3)  log 4 ( x  1)  2 19. log(  x )  2 log( x  1)

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20. log x2  6 x 8 (log 2 x2  2 x 3 ( x  2 x))  0

 
21. log 2 2 17  2 x  1  log1/ 2 ( x  1) 22. log 3 x
x  log 3 x x  0

23. 4 l og9 x  6  x log9 2  2 log3 27  0 24. Solve for x : (2 x)logb 2  (3x)logb 3

Answers

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1. 3 2. 1 3. 1 2, 4. 5 5. 2
4

6. =2 7. 5  log54 8. 5  log 5 4 9. no solution

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10. 3 11. 1, , 4 12. 3 4 13. 105 , 103
2

14. 100 15. 1 16. 10 17. 3 18. 5

3  5
19. 20. 1 21. 4 22. 1 or 36/5
2

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23. 2, 9 24.
6

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Mathematics Solve the equations

Logarithm 1. log3 ( x  2)  2 2. log10 ( x 2  2 x  2)  0

WS # 04
3 x
Important Notes 3. log 0.2 | x  3 | 0 4. log 0.5 0
x2

5. log 0.04 ( x  1)  log 0.2 ( x  1)

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6. log 3 ( x  2)( x  4)  log1/3 ( x  2)  log 3 7
2

7. log1/ 2 (4  x)  log1/2 2  log1/2 ( x  1) 8. 2  log 2 x  1  1  log1/ 2 4  x 2

9. log 9 ( x  1)  log 2 ( x  1)  log 9 ( x  1)  log 2 ( x  1)  1  0

2 2x  3
10. log ( x  3) ( x  x)  1 11. log 2 1
x 1
1  log 4 x 1  2( x  2) 
12.  13. log 1   1
1  log 2 x 2 x 
( x  1)( x  5) 
 4
log 3 log (1/5)  x 2  
14. (0.5)  5
1

x 1
15. Find the values of x for which the function f ( x)  log 1 is defined.
2 x5

 4  log 1 x  log 1 x
16. log2    log2  2  x  17. Find all x such that
 x 3 2 3

2
1 1
18. log2  x  1  log 0.5   x  1  5 19.  x 1
log2 x log2  1

20. log2 x  3 x 2  1

21. Solve the following inequations

2
(i) log0.5 x  5x  6  1  2

(ii) log8 x 4 x  3  1 
 35  x 2  1 log2 x  3log x  3
(iii) log 1  x    2 (iv) 1
4  log x  1

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Mathematics  x  1 log2  x  1
1 0
(v) log 9  3x  3 (vi)
Logarithm 
3   x  1
WS # 04
Important Notes  x 2  2x 
(vii) 0.5  8 x  3   0
log log
 

Answers

1. 2  x  11 2.  
x   1,1  3  1  3, 3

3. x  (2, 4)  {3} 4. 2  x  1/ 2 5. x2

6. x3 7. x  1, 2  3, 4  8. 0 x2

9. x  (1,8) 10. x  ( 3, 2) 11. x2

1  3   3
12. 0 x or x  2 13. x  (1, 2) 14. x    , 1  1, 
2  5   5

15. x  (1, ) 16. x   3,  2   1, 2  17. x 0, 1

 1 
18.  1, 1  5 4    3,   19. x   0, 1   2,  
 2 

 3 
20. x     1   1, 0    0, 3 
 2 

21. (i) x 1, 2    3, 4  (ii) x   1, 1   3, 5

 
(iii) x   7,  35  5, 35  (iv) x   0, 10 

(v) x  log3 0.9, 2  (vi) x   1, 0   1,  

(vii) x   3, 4    6,  