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The document provides a tutorial on real numbers, surds, exponents, and logarithms. It includes examples of expressing fractions and surds in simplest form, solving exponential and logarithmic equations, and evaluating logarithmic expressions. The tutorial contains 9 sections with multiple practice problems in each section to demonstrate various concepts and solution methods for working with real numbers, exponents, and logarithms.

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Surd

The document provides a tutorial on real numbers, surds, exponents, and logarithms. It includes examples of expressing fractions and surds in simplest form, solving exponential and logarithmic equations, and evaluating logarithmic expressions. The tutorial contains 9 sections with multiple practice problems in each section to demonstrate various concepts and solution methods for working with real numbers, exponents, and logarithms.

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REAL NUMBERS AND SURDS

BRIEF NOTES

TUTORIAL A

1. Express each of the following as a fraction in its lowest form.

a) 0.6565… b) 0. 1252525….

c) 2.12121212… d) 5.0020202….

2. Show each of the following intervals on the real number line.

a) (-5,3) b) [-2,7] c) [4,∞) d) (-∞,∞)

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3. Express each of the following surds in the simplest form.

a) 18 + 12 b) 50 + 32 − 72

c) (4 3 + 2 )2 d) ( 3 − 5 )2

e) (2 3 + 5 )(2 2 − 5 ) f) ( 3 7 + 5 2 )(3 7 − 5 2 )

4. Rationalise the denominator for each of the following surds.

3 2
a) b)
2 2 +3

5 3 3 −4
c) d)
2− 3 6 −2 3

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e) +
2 +1 2 −1

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5. Express 44 − 24 2 in the form a + b c and state the values of a, b and c where
a, b and c are integers.

12 − 5 x 1
6. Solve the equation = .
8x 2

EXPONENTS AND LOGARITHMS

BRIEF NOTES

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TUTORIAL B

1. In the following equations, find the values of x.

a) 2x = 32 b) 3x = 93/2 c) (2x)3 = 1/8

d) 3 2 x • 3 x −1 = 9 e) 3 x • 2 2 x −3 = 18 f) 3 2 x +1 = 15

g) 5 2 x • 2 x −1 = 9

2. Solve the following exponential equations.

a) 2 2 x − 9  2 x + 8 = 0 b) 22 x +1 + 4 = 2 x +3 + 2 x

c) 3 2 x −3 − 4(3 x −2 ) + 1 = 0 d) 16x – 5(22x -1) + 1 = 0

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3. Express 3n+1 – 6(3n-1) +5(3n) in its simplest form.

4. Show that 2n + 2n+1 + 2n+2 is divisible by 7 where n is a positive integer.

1 1 1 1
− −
5. Solve the equation x +x
2 2
= 2( x − x
2 2
).

1 1
−
6. Given that x2 + x 2
= 2 , show that x + x - 1 = 6.

7. Given that 2a = 3b = 18c, show that ab = c(b + 2a).

8. If 3(4p) = 5(2q) and 9(8p) = 10(4q), show that 2p+1 = 5.

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TUTORIAL C

1. Without using tables, evaluate

1 1
a) log 2 b) log 8 2 c) log 8
32 4

d) ln e2 e) lg 0.01 f) log 5 9

2. Solve each of the following equations.

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a) log 2 (2x − 3) = 5 b) log x =5
32

c) ln (3x – 1) = 1.12 d) log 5 (6 x − 3) = log 5 18

e) 2 ln (3x + 4) = 2 ln 3 f) ln (3x + 1) = log 2 7

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3. Express each of the following as a single logarithm.

a) log 2 5 + 2 log 2 3 − log 2 6 b) log 3 4 − 3 log 3 5 + 3 log 3 2

c) 2 log c ( p + 1) − log c ( p 2 − 1) d) 2 log 2 5 − log 2 ( x − 1) − 3 log 2 3 + log 2 ( x + 1)

4. Simplify

log a 81 log 3 64
a) b) c) (logp 8)(log32 p)
log a 27 1
log 3
2

5. Given that log2 3 = p and log2 5 = q, state each of the following in terms of p and q.

a) log3 30 b) log3 1.2 c) log15 8

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6. Solve each of the following equations.

a) 2 2x+1 = 5 b) 3 x-2 = 5 2x+1 c) 10x = 0.3

7. Solve each of the following equations.

a) log 2 x 4 + log 2 4 x = 12 b) 2 log 4 x + 3 log x 4 = 7

c) 3 log 8 x = 2 log x 8 + 5 d) log 5 x + log x 25 = 3

8. Solve each of the following inequalities.

a) (5.2)x+1 > 2.9 b) 0.32x-1 < 0.001

9. Find the set of values of p.

a) 22p -5(2p) + 6 > 0


b) ep -3e-p ≤ 2

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