MATHEMATICS

CPP (Logarithm) IIT-JEE

Exercise-1
 ab  (ab) 2  4(a  b)   2 
Q.1 Let A denotes the value of log10   + log  ab  (ab)  4(a  b) 
 2  10 
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).

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 .
Q.3 Solve for x:
(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 Solve for x:

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

Q.6 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.7 Find the square of the sum of the roots of the equation
log3x · log4x · log5x = log3x · log4x + log4x · log5x + log5x · log3x.
2 3
Q.8 Find the value of the expression  .
log 4 (2000) 6 log 5 (2000) 6
Q.9 Simplify the following:
1 3
3 6 6log8   log 9 log 3
3 2 81 3 
 7 
5log 5 6 2
(a) 4 4 2
(b) . log 25 7
125log 25 6 
409  

(c) 5
 log
log1 / 5 12 4
log1 / 2
1
. (d) 49
1log 7 2 
+5
 log 5 4
2 7 3 10 2 21
2 2
Q.10 Find 'x' satisfying the equation 4log10 x 1 – 6 log10 x – 2.3log10 x = 0.
2 a 2 b5
Q.11 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).

Q.12 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.13 Prove that  = 3.
log 96 2 log12 2
log3 7 log7 11 log11 25
Q.14 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 .
 
Q.15 (a) log (log x) + log (log x  2) = 0 ; where base of log is 10 everywhere.
3

(b) logx2 . log2x2 = log4x2

(c) 5logx + 5 xlog5 = 3 (a > 0) ; where base of log is a.
(d) xlogx+4 = 32, where base of logarithm is 2.

Q.16 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.17 Let y = log 2 3 ·log 2 12 ·log 2 48 ·log 2 192  16 – log212 · log248 + 10. Find y  N.

Q.18 Column-I Column-II

(A) The expression x  log 2 log 9 6  6  6  .....  simplifies to (P) an integer

(B) The number N = 2

log 2 3·log 3 4 ·log 4 5.........·log99 100 simplifies to (Q) a prime
1 1 1
(C) The expression   simplifies to (R) a natural
log 5 3 log 6 3 log10 3

(D) The number N = 2  5  6  3 5  14  6 5 simplifies to (S) a composite

Q.19 Column-I Column-II
(A) For positive real numbers a (a > 1), let pa and qa (P) 3
be the maximum and minimum values, respectively, of
1
loga(x) for a  x  2a. If pa – qa = , then the value of a is (Q) 4
2
1023
 1
(B)  log 2 1  n  is equal to (R) 6
n 1

 
(C) If A = log  3 3 3 3  , then the value of log
3  2
8A  1 is equal to (S) 8
 
(D) The value of expression (T) 10
log27 8 log32 243 log625 81 log9 25 log 2 9
3 2 5 3 + 2  3log 4 25  5log 4 9 , is

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Q.20 Column-I Column-II

(A) The value(s) of x, which does not satisfy the equation (P) 2
log22 (x2 – x) – 4 log2(x – 1) log2x = 1, is (are)

(B) The value of x satisfying the equation (Q) 3

log 7 10 log10 ( 8 x 3)
ln 5log5 7
2log2 e = 13, is (R) 4

 1 1 
(C) The number N =  log   log   is less than (S) 5
 2 6 

(D) Let l = (log34 + log29)2 – (log34 – log29)2 and m = (0.8) 1  9log3 8  log 65 5
(T) 6
then (l + m) is divisible by

Exercise-2
Q.1 logx+1 (x² + x  6)2 = 4
Q.2 x + log10(1 + 2x) = x . log105 + log106.
Q.3 5logx – 3logx-1 = 3logx+1 – 5logx-1, where the base of logarithm is 10.
Q.4 log5 120 + (x  3)  2 . log5 (1  5x-3) =  log5(0.2  5x-4)
 1 
Q.5 log 4 + 1   log 3 = log
 2x 
x 3  27  .
x
Q.6 If 'x' and 'y' are real numbers such that, 2 log(2y – 3x) = log x + log y, find .
y
Q.7 The real x and y satisfy log8x + log4y2 = 5 and log8y + log4x2 = 7, find xy.
Q.8 If a = log1218 & b = log2454 then find the value of ab + 5 (a  b).
9
(log9 x ) 2  log x 5
2 9
Q.9 Find the sum of all solutions of the equation 3 3 3.
Q.10 Positive numbers x, y and z satisfy xyz = 1081 and (log10x)(log10yz) + (log10y)(log10z) = 468.
Find the value of log10 x 2  log10 y 2  log10 z 2 .
3 5
Q.11 Let a, b, c, d are positive integers such that logab = and logcd = . If (a – c) = 9, find the value of ( b  d ) .
2 4
Q.12 (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.13 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.

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Q.14 (a) 'L' denotes the antilog of 0.4 to the base 1024.
'M' denotes the number of digits in 610 (Given log102 = 0.3010, log103 = 0.4771)
'N' denotes the number of positive integers which have the characteristic 2,
when base of the logarithm is 6. Find the value of LMN.
(b) If log3x45 = log4x 40 3 then find the characteristic of x3 to the base 7.

 4  4  2 2 
Q.15 Find x satisfying the equation log 2 1    log 2 1    2 log   1 .
 x  x4  x 1 
Q.16 Find the real solutions to the system of equations
log10(2000xy) – log10x · log10y = 4
log10(2yz) – log10y · log10z = 1
and log10(zx) – log10z · log10x = 0

Q.17 If (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are the solution of the system of equation
log225(x) + log64(y) = 4
logx(225) – logy(64) = 1,
then find the value of log30(x1y1x2y2).

Q.18 Solve : log3  x x 1  = log  4

9 x 3 4 x 1 
 1  1
Q.19 Solve for x : log2 (4  x) + log (4  x) . log  x    2 log2  x   = 0.
 2  2
 
 log 4 ab  log 4 ab  log 4 b  log 4 a  · log b
 a b a a b b  a  2 if ba 1
Q.20 Prove that : 2  =  loga b
2 if 1ba
Q.21 Find the value of x satisfying the equation,
log 3
3

3x  log x 3 3x ·log3 x 3  log 3
3 
x 3  log x 3 3 x ·log3 x 3 = 2.
3
Q.22 Solve the equation log4(x + 2)2 + 3 = log4(4 – x)3 + log4(6 + x)3.
2
Q.23 Let (x0, y0) be the solution of the following equations
(2 x )ln 2  (3y)ln 3
3ln x = 2ln y.
Then x0 is
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 6
6 3 2


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ANSWER KEY

Exercise-1
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) logbN Q.5 (a) 8 (b) x = 3 Q.6 2 Q.7 3721 Q.8 1/6

25 1
Q.9 (a) 9, (b) 1, (c) 6, (d) Q.10 x = Q.11 2s + 10s2 – 3(s3 + 1)
2 100

1  2ac
Q.12 Q.14 469
2c  abc  1

2
Q.15 (a) x=10 (b) x = 2 or 2  2
(c) x = 2–loga where base of log is 5, (d) x = 2 or 1 32

 1 1 1 
Q.16 (a4, a, a7) or  4 , , 7  Q.17 y=6
a a a 

Q.18 (A) P, (B) P, R, S, (C) P, R, (D) P, Q, R Q.19 (A) Q; (B) T ; (C) S; (D) P

Q.20 (A) Q, R, S, T; (B) P; (C) Q, R, S, T; (D) P, R, S

Exercise-2
Q.1 x = 1 Q.2 x = 1 Q.3 x = 100 Q.4 x = 1 Q.5 x 

Q.6 4/9 Q.7 xy = 29 Q.8 1 Q.9 2196 Q.10 5625

Q.11 93 Q.12 (a) 0.5386; 1.5386 ; 3.5386 (b) 2058 (c) 0.3522 (d) 343

Q.13 (a) 140 (b) 12 (c) 47 Q.14 (a) 23040; (b) 2

Q.15 x 2 or 6 Q.16 x = 1, y = 5, z = 1 or x =100, y =20, z =100

 7 3  24 
Q.17 12 Q.18 [0, 1]  {4} Q.19 0 , , 
 4 2 

Q.21 x  [1/3, 3] – {1} Q.22 x = 2 or 1 – 33 Q.23 C

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