EXERCISE - IV (A)

 ab  (ab) 2  4(a  b)   2 
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 2log6 18 · 3log6 3 .   
Find the value of (A · B).

log a N
2. Prove that  1  log a b & indicate the permissible values of the letters.
log ab N
b
log b log b N g
log b a
3. Compute the following : (a) log1/ 3 729. 9 .27 4 3 1 4 / 3 (b) a

5log
4 2
3 6 6log8  3 2 
4. Calculate : 4
1 3
log 9 log 3
5 6 2
81 3  
5. Simplify :
409
.  7
log 25 7
125log 25 6 
 


1  4   1 
6. Simplify : 5log 1/5 2
 log 2    log1/2  .
 7  3  10  2 21 

log a N. log b N. log c N

7. Prove the identity ; log a N. log b N  log b N. log c N  log c N. log a N 
log abc N
8. Which is smaller ? 2 or  log e 1 2  log 2 e  1  .

log 2 24 log 2192

9. Prove that  = 3.
log96 2 log12 2

10. Find the value of 49 A  5 B where A  1  log 7 2 & B   log 5 4 .

11. If 4 A  9 B  10 C , where A  log 16 4, B  log 3 9 & C  log x 83 then find x.

log3 7 log7 11 log11 25

12. If a, b, c are positive real numbers such that a = 27 ; b = 49 and c = 11 .
 (log 7 )2
Find the value of  a 3  b 7
(log 11) 2 (log 25) 2 
 c 11 .
 
2 a 2 b5
13. Given that log2a = s, log4b = s2 and log 2 (8) = . Write log2 4 as a function of 's'
c s3  1 c
(a, b, c > 0, c  1).

14. (a) If x = log34 and y = log53, find the value of log310 and log3(1.2) in terms of x and y.
log2 5 2
(b) If k = 16, find the value of k (log2 5) .

15. 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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16. Given a 2  b 2  c 2 & a > 0 ; b >0 ; c >0 , c – b  1, c +b  1,
Prove that : log c  b a  log c  b a  2. log c  b a. log c  b a

17. Solve for x : (a) logx+1(x2+x–6)2 = 4

(b) x + log10 (1 + 2x) = x.log105 + log106

2 3
18. Find the value of the expression 6
 .
log 4 (2000) log 5 (2000) 6

19. 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.

20. Find the square of the sum of the solutions of the equation
log3x · log4x · log5x = log3x · log4x + log4x · log5x + log5x · log3x.

log10 ( x 3) 1

21. (a) Solve for x ,
 2
log10 x 21  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.

22. (a) Given : log10 34.56 = 1.5386, find log10 3.456 ; log100.3456 & log100.003456.
(b) Find the number of positive integers which have the characteristic 3, when the base of the logarithm
is 7.

23. If log102 = 0.3010 & log103 = 0.4771. Find the value of log10 (2.25).

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

25. Find the antilogarithm of 0.75, if the base of the logarithm is 2401.

26. Let y = log 2 3 ·log 2 12 ·log 2 48 ·log 2 192  16 – log212 · log248 + 10. Find y  N.

10 xy
27. If x, y > 0, logyx + logxy = and xy = 144, then = N where N is a natural number, find the
3 2
value of N.

28. 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
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29. Find 'x' satisfying the equation 4log10 x 1 – 6 log10 x – 2.3log10 x = 0.

30. Solve the equation for x : xlogx+4 = 32, where base of logarithm is 2.

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