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EX. SR. FACULTY (BANSAL CLASSES)
 LOGARITHM
EXERCISE–I

 ab  (ab) 2  4(a  b)   2 
Q.1 Let A denotes the value of log10   + log  ab  (ab)  4(a  b) 
  10  
2 2
   
when a = 43 and b = 57
and B denotes the value of the expression 2  log 6 18
·3 .
log 6 3

Find the value of (A · B).

Q.2(a) If x = log34 and y = log53, find the value of log310 and log3(1.2) in terms of x and y.
log2 5 (log 2 5) 2
(b) If k = 16, find the value of k .
Solve for x (Q.3 to Q.5):
Q.3 (a) If log10 (x2  12x + 36) = 2 (b) 91+logx  31+logx  210 = 0 ; where base of log is 3.

log b log b N 
log b a
Q.4 Simplify : (a) log1/3 4 729.3 9 1.27 4 / 3 ; (b) a

Q.5 (a) If log4 log3 log2 x = 0 ; (b) If loge log5 [ 2 x  2  3] = 0

Q.6 (a) Which is smaller ? 2 or (log2 + log2 ). (b) Prove that log35 and log27 are both irrational.
Q.7 Let a and b be real numbers greater than 1 for which there exists a positive real number c, different
from 1, such that
2(logac + logbc) = 9logabc. Find the largest possible value of logab.
Q.8 Find the square of the sum of the roots of the equation
log3x · log4x · log5x = log3x · log4x + log4x · log5x + log5x · log3x.
2 3
Q.9 Find the value of the expression 6
 .
log 4 (2000) log 5 (2000) 6
5log
4 2
3 6 6log8  3 2 
Q.10 Calculate : 4
1 3
log 9 log 3
6 2
81 5 3  log 25 6 
Q.11 Simplify :
409
.  7log 25 7
125 
 

Q.12 Simplify : 5
2 
log1 / 5 1 4 1
.
log log1 / 2
2 7 3 10 2 21
2 2
Q.13 Find 'x' satisfying the equation 4log10 x 1 – 6log10 x – 2.3log10 x = 0.
2 a 2b5
Q.14 Given that log2a = s, log4b = s2 and log 2 (8) = . Write log as a function of 's'
c s3  1 2
c4
(a, b, c > 0, c  1).
Q.15 Find the value of 49
1log 7 2  + 5 log 5 4 .
Q.16 Given that log2 3 = a , log3 5 = b, log7 2 = c, express the logarithm of the number 63 to the base
140 in terms of a, b & c.

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 log 2 24 log 2192
Q.17 Prove that  = 3.
log 96 2 log12 2

Q.18 Prove that ax – by = 0 where x = log a b & y = log b a , a > 0 , b > 0 & a , b  1.
log 3 7 log 7 11 log11 25
Q.19 If a, b, c are positive real numbers such that a = 27 ; b = 49 and c = 11 . Find the
(log 7 ) 2 (log 11) 2 (log 25) 2 
value of  a 3  b 7  c 11 .
 
log10 ( x 3) 1
Q.20 (a) Solve for x , 

log10 x 21 2
 2
(b) log (log x) + log (log x3  2) = 0 ; where base of log is 10 everywhere.
(c) logx2 . log2x2 = log4x2 (d) 5logx + 5 xlog5 = 3 (a > 0) ; where base of log is a.
10 xy
Q.21 If x, y > 0, logyx + logxy = and xy = 144, then = N where N is a natural number, find the
3 2
value of N.

Q.22 Solve the system of equations:

log a x log a ( xyz )  48
log a y log a ( xyz )  12 , a > 0, a  1.
log a z log a ( xyz )  84

Q.23 (a) Given : log1034.56 = 1.5386, find log103.456 ; log100.3456 & log100.003456.

(b) Find the number of positive integers which have the characteristic 3, when the base of the
logarithm is 7.
(c) If log102 = 0.3010 & log103 = 0.4771, find the value of log10(2.25).

(d) Find the antilogarithm of 0.75, if the base of the logarithm is 2401.

Q.24 If log102 = 0.3010, log103 = 0.4771. Find the number of integers in :

(a) 5200 (b) 615 & (c) the number of zeros after the decimal in 3100.

Q.25 Let 'L' denotes the antilog of 0.4 to the base 1024.
and 'M' denotes the number of digits in 610 (Given log102 = 0.3010, log103 = 0.4771)
and 'N' denotes the number of positive integers which have the characteristic 2, when base of the
logarithm is 6.
Find the value of LMN.

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 ANSWER SHEET
LOGARITHM
EXERCISE–I
xy  2 xy  2 y  2
Q.1 12 Q.2 (a) , ; (b) 625 Q.3 (a) x = 16 or x =  4 (b) x = 5
2y 2y
Q.4 (a)  1 (b) logb N Q.5 (a) 8 (b) x = 3 Q.6 (a) 2 Q.7 2 Q.8 3721 Q.9 1/6
1 1  2ac
Q.10 9 Q.11 1 Q.12 6 Q.13 x = Q.14 2s + 10s2 – 3(s3 + 1) Q.15 25 Q.16
100 2 2c  abc  1

2
Q.19 469 Q.20 (a) x=5 (b) x=10 (c) x = 2 or 2  2
(d) x = 2–loga where base of log is 5.

 1 1 1 
Q.21 507 Q.22 (a4, a, a7) or  4 , , 7  Q.23 (a) 0.5386; 1.5386 ; 3.5386 (b) 2058 (c) 0.3522 (d) 343
a a a 
Q.24 (a) 140 (b) 12 (c) 47 Q.25 23040
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