]Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

BMT-101, Business Mathematics-I

Course Instructor Mozumdar Arifa Ahmed

1. Sketch the graph for the exponential functions:

x
1
2 x , 3x , 5x , e x , e x , etc.
5

2. Simplify the following expressions:

2 3 2 3 2 2
(i) 27 3
(ii) 128 7 (iii) 83 16 4
(iv) ( 4) 3 ( 2) 3 (v)
4
3 3
(e 2 )(e 2 )

3. Prove that (i) log a ( xy ) log a x log a y

x
(ii) log a log a x log a y
y
(iii) log a x n n log a x

2
3 3
x z
4. Find the value of log a log a x 0.75, log a y 1.5
3 , where and
y4

log a z 0.25

5. Solve equations:
2
(i) 7 x 7 2 x 3
(ii) (1 x ) 5 ( 2 x 1) 5
(iii) 2 x 3
(iv) log b ( x 2) log b x log b 24
(v) log10 ( x 6) log10 ( x 3) 1

6. Solve for x without using calculator:

(i) log 3 x 2
(ii) log x 36 2
(iii) log 2 16 x
(iv) 9 x 1 31 x
3
(v) log 9 x
2

3 2
7. Find the value of x: (i) log b 4 log b 8 log b 2 log b x
2 3

(ii) log 3 81 x 2
(iii) 2 e 0.06 x