LOGARITHMS
LOGARITHMS
LOGARITHMS
Q1) Let , and all exceed and let be a positive number such
that , and . Find .
SOL-Applying the change of base formula,
Therefore, .
Hence,
Q2) Determine the value
of if and .
SOL- We can simplify our expressions by changing everything to a
common base and by pulling exponents out of the logarithms. The given
SOL-
The range of the sine function is . It is periodic (in this
SOL-
Therefore,
Q8) The solutions to the system of equations
Thus,
Q9) It is given that , where , ,
and are positive integers that form an increasing geometric
sequence and is the square of an integer. Find
SOL- . Since they form an increasing geometric sequence, is
the geometric mean of the product . .
Since is the square of an integer, we can find a few values of that
work: and . Out of these, the only value of that works
that find
SOL-Examining the first equation, we simplify as the following:
current equation:
Using simple cross-multiplication techniques, we have , and
thus
Q11) Determine the number of ordered pairs of integers such
that and
Q14) Let
Find the remainder when is divided by 1000. ( is the greatest
integer less than or equal to , and is the least integer greater than
or equal to .)
SOL- The ceiling of a number minus the floor of a number is either equal
to zero (if the number is an integer); otherwise, it is equal to 1. Thus, we
need to find when or not is an integer.
is .
Simplifying, we
get
The answer is
Q15) Evaluate:
SOL- By the Change of Base Formula, we have
, or ; this equals .
Q16) Suppose that , , and are positive real numbers such
that , , and . Find
This is all we need to evaluate the given formula. Note that in our case
we have , , and . We can now compute:
Similarly, we get
and
and therefore the answer is .
let , so , and
. , so we want to lower . Testing yields , so our
answer is still .
Q18) Positive numbers , ,
and satisfy and .
Find
SOL- Using the properties of logarithms, by taking the log
base 10 of both sides,
and by using
the fact that .
Through further simplification, we find that .
It can be seen that there is enough information to use the
formula , as we have
both and , and we want to find .
After plugging in the values into the equation, we find
that is equal to .