MATHEMATICS 17 Exercises

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Equations

Recall:
1. y = loga x ay = x
2. Log and Exponential Functions are one-to-one, therefore,
a x = ay x = y,
loga x = loga y x = y.

I. Determine the following values.

1. log5 (log2 32)
2. log27
3. log1/4

1
81
1
32

4. Given: log 2 = 0.3010, log 3 = 0.4771, log 7 = 0.8451, find

(a) log 63

(b) log 15

5. Given: ln 2 = 0.6931, ln 3 = 1.0986, ln 5 = 1.6094, find

!
2 3
4
5
(a) ln e
(b) ln
3
6

(c) ln 1.2

II. Exponential and Logarithmic Equations. Solve for x.

1. log2 (2 3x ) = 3

8. 7 3x+1 5x+2 = 3x+4 5x+3

2. log x + log ( x + 15) = 2

9. 5log x 3log x1 = 3log x+1 5log x1

3. log x + 3 log 2 = 3

10. log4 log3 log2 x = 0

4. log2 (11 x ) = log2 ( x + 1) + 3

11. log2 ( x + 14) + log2 ( x + 2) = 6

5. log3 ( x + 6) log3 ( x 2) 2 = 0

12. log16 x + log4 x + log2 x = 7

13. 4x2 17 2x4 + 1 = 0

6. log2 ( x + 1) + log2 (3x 5) = log2 (5x 3) +

2
  x   x 1
4
27
log 4
7.
=
9
8
log 8

14. x (log x+7)/4 = 10log x+1



2
15. logx 5 + logx 5x 2.25 = logx 5