REVISION MODULE INDICES AND LOGARITHMS

1.

(a)

Given 3x.9x = 81 and 8x.4y = 64, find the values of x and of y.

[ 4 marks ]

(b)

Solve 3log9(2x 1) = 2.
[ 4 marks ]

2.

(a)

Find the values of the following

(i)
(ii)

log 9 21 log 9 140 2 log 9 2 5

log8 7 log 7 5 log 5 2

[ 5 marks ]

(b)

Given that m = log5 2, find the value of 5

2m+1

.
[ 3 marks ]

3.

(a)

Given that log2 xy = 2 + log4 y, express y in terms of x.

[ 4 marks ]

(b)

Given that log9 2 = m and log3 5 = p, express log3 22.5 in terms of m and p.
[ 4 marks ]

4.

(a)

Given that log 4 T + log 2 V = 1 , express T in terms of V.

[ 4 marks ]

(b)

Solve the equation log 3 x log 9 (3 x 2)

[ 4 marks ]

5.

(a)
Given that m = log 3 y, express

log 9

3
y 4 in terms of m.
[ 4 marks ]

(b)

Solve log 3 2 x log 9 ( x 1) 1 .

[ 4 marks ]

6.

(a)

Solve the equation 2

3x+1

5 = 3.
[ 3 marks ]

(b)

Given that log 3 2 = m and log 3 5 = n, express

log 3 2.4

in terms of m and p.
[ 4 marks ]

7.

(a)

Simplify log3 30 log3 20 + log9 36.

[ 3 marks ]

(b)

Given log 5 2 h and log 5 3 k , express log12 90 in terms of h and k.

[ 4 marks ]

8.

(a)

Solve the equation log 9 (12 x 4) log 3 x 1 .

[ 4 marks ]

(b)

Given that log x y + 2 log y x = 3 where x and y are positive numbers and x y. Express y in terms
of x.
[ 4 marks ]

9.

(a)
Given log 2 xy 3 and
value of x and of y.

log 2

x
1
y3
, find the value of log 2 x and of log 2 y. Hence determine the
[ 4 marks ]

(b)

Solve 5log2(3x 2) =625.

[ 4 marks ]

10.

(a)

Solve the equation log x ( 2x + 6 ) log x ( x 3) = 1.

[ 4 marks ]

(b)

Given log a x = m and log b x = n, express log x ab in terms of m and n.

[ 3 marks ]