Edexcel GCE
Core Mathematics C2
Advanced Subsidiary
Logarithms
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1. Solve
(a) 5x = 8, giving your answer to 3 significant figures,
(3)
(b) log 2 (x + 1) – log 2 x = log 2 7.
(3)
2. Solve the equation 5x = 17, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
(3)
3. (a) Find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which 5x = 7.
(2)
(b) Solve the equation 52x – 12(5x) + 35 = 0.
(4)
2
4. (i) Write down the value of log6 36.
(1)
(ii) Express 2 loga 3 + loga 11 as a single logarithm to base a.
(3)
5. (a) Find, to 3 significant figures, the value of x for which 8x = 0.8.
(2)
(b) Solve the equation
2 log3 x – log3 7x = 1.
(4)
3
6. Given that a and b are positive constants, solve the simultaneous equations
a = 3b,
log3 a + log3 b = 2.
Give your answers as exact numbers.
(6)
7. (a) Find the value of y such that
log 2 y = –3.
(2)
(b) Find the values of x such that
log 2 32 + log 2 16
= log 2 x .
log 2 x
(5)
4
8. Given that 0 < x < 4 and
log5 (4 – x) – 2 log5 x = 1,
find the value of x.
(6)
9. Find, giving your answer to 3 significant figures where appropriate, the value of x for which
(a) 3x = 5,
(3)
(b) log2 (2x + 1) – log2 x = 2.
(4)
