MUKUBA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
Tutotiral Sheet (Indices and Logarithms)
1. Find the value of
1
(a). 100000 (b) 6−2 (c) (−2)−5 (d) 27 3
3 2 2
(e) 256 4 (f) −32− 5 27 − 3
(g) (− 64 )
2
(h) ( 343
512
)− 3
2. Simplify the following
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(a) 2x−2 (b) 23−2x × 4x+2 × 82x (c) 8 3 x × 42−x × 2−x+3
x
(d) 9− 2 × 27x+3 × 813x−1
3. Write the following in exponential form.
(a) x = log3 9 (b) y = log2 16 (c) p = loga y
4. Write the following in exponential form.
(a) 32 = 9 (b) 10−1 = 0.1 (c) ax = b
5. Find the value of the following.
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(a) logp p2 (b) log16 4 (c) log5 25
(d) logy y
6. Given that log7 2 = 0.356 and log7 3 = 0.565. Find the value of each
of the following.
(a) log7 6 (b) log7 18 (c) log7 24 (d) log7 4.5
2
√ 3
(d) log7 3
(e) log7 6 (f) log7 7
(g) log7 4 23
7. Given that loga x = p and loga y = q, express the following in terms of
p and q.
√ x3 a3 y
(a) loga x2 y (b) loga xy (c) loga y
(d) loga y2
8. Solve the following.
(a) 2−x = 64
(b) 93x = 81
(c) 4x = 0.5
(d) 16x = 0.125
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(e) 9x = 729
9. Solve the following.
(a) y = log2 32 (d) y = log10 0.001
(b) logx 125 = 5 (e) x = log169 13
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(c) y = log4 4
(f) x = log144 12
2
10. Find the value of y if
(a) logx 125 = 3
(b) 2 logx 3 = 1
(c) log4 (x − 2) = 3
(d) log3x 625 = 4
(e) logx−2 16 = 4
11. Simplify.
(a) log3 24 + log3 15 − log3 10
(b) log7 98 − log7 30 + log7 15
(c) 16 log 16
15
+ 12 log 25
24
81
+ 7 log 80
(d) log2 [log3 (log3 273 )]
(e) logb a × logc b × loga c
12. Solve the following.
(a) log3 x = 2 log3 7 (b) 3 logx 2 + logx 4 = 5
(c) log3 (y 2 + 2) = 1 + log3 (y + 2) (d) log2 (2y 2 + 3y + 5) = 3 + log2 (y + 1)
13. Find the value of
(a) log5 9 × log3 7 × log7 25 (b) log3 49 × log5 9 × log7 5
(c) log5 9 × log3 7 × log7 2 × log2 25 (d) log5 9 × log3 7 × log7 2 × log2 25
√
(e) log2 log 2 log3 81 (f) log2 log2 log2 16
3
14. Solve
(a) 3x = 7
(b) 22x+1 = 31−x
(c) 32x − 12(3x ) + 27 = 0
(d) 32x+1 + 26(3x ) − 9 = 0
(e) 2x+3 = 21−x + 15
15. Solve the following simultaneous equations.
(a) 9x = 27y , 64xy = 512x+1
(b) log2 x − log4 y = 4, log2 (x − 2y) = 5
(c) x + y = 3, log2 x = 2 + 2 log2 y
(d) 3x = 9(27)q , log2 7 − log2 (11q − 2p) = 1
4x
(e) 2y
= 2, log(2x + 2y) = 1
16. Solve the equation.
(a) log4 2 + log9 (2x + 5) = log8 64
(b) log16 (3x − 1) = log4 (3x) + log4 ( 12 )
(c) log3 y + 4 logy 3 = 4
(d) log4 y + log2 y = 12
(e) log16 x + log4 x = 3