EXPERIENCE COLLEGE BEFORE COLLEGE

HW 3.0.1: Using Exponent and Logarithmic Properties

In exercises 1 – 8, use the properties of exponents to simplify the following expressions. Be

sure that your answers have only positive exponents.
( x y z)
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3 2 −1
⎛ x 4 y6 ⎞ x 0 (y 2 )−3 z −5 ⎛ x 3 y −3z 5 ⎞
3 0

1. ⎜ 5 2 ⎟ 2. 3. 4. ⎜ 5 0 2 ⎟
⎝x y ⎠ x5 y4 z7 x 7 z −6 ⎝x yz ⎠

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⎛ 4y 7 z −4 ⎞ ⎛ 9x 3 y 2 ⎞ ⎛ 27x 6 y10 ⎞ 3
5. ⎜ 6. ⎜ 7. ⎜
⎝ 7yz ⎟⎠ ⎝ 3x 5 ⎟⎠ ⎝ 125x −6 y 7 ⎟⎠

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⎝ 64z 4 ⎟⎠ ⎜⎝ 27x 3 y 7 ⎟⎠

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In exercises 9 – 20, use the properties of exponents to evaluate each expression without a
calculator. Be sure to simplify.
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⎛ 1⎞
9. 32 10. 2 −5 11. 9 3/2 12. ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 4⎠

9 32¥27
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 EXPERIENCE COLLEGE BEFORE COLLEGE

In exercises 21 – 48, use the properties of exponents and logarithms to evaluate each
expression without a calculator.

⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 2⎞
21. log 36 ( 6 ) 22. log 4 ⎜ ⎟ 23. log 5 ⎜ ⎟ 24. log 9 ( 81)
⎝ 64 ⎠ 2
⎝ 5⎠
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2

25. log 4 ( 0.25 ) 26. log 6 ( 6 ) 27. log 2 (16 ) 28. log 7 ( 343)

-1 4 3
,

⎛ 1⎞
29. log 3 ( 243) 30. log 5 ⎜ ⎟ 31. log16 ( 2 ) 32. log 1 ( 64 )
⎝ 25 ⎠ 2

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⎛ 1 ⎞
33. log 1 ( 256 ) 34. log ⎜ 35. log ( 0.001) 36. 3log 5 ( 5 2 )
4
⎝ 10000 ⎟⎠

-4 -3 6
-

37. log 9 ( 27 ) 38. log 9 (1) 39. log17 ( 17 ) 40. log16 ( 16 )

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41. 5 log5 2 42. log 49 343 ( ) 43. log 4 2 () 44. log ( 10

1013 )
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46. log 4 log 4 (100 ) ) (
47. log 5 2 − log2 ( 5 ) ) ( (1)
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⎝ 7 ⎟⎠
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