IB Precalculus

Unit 3: Logarithms and Exponents

Challenge Problems (No Calculator)
Source:
<http://www.uwox.uwc.edu/users/tn!man/"#$%%&Pro'lems/Log(Exp)*P+etails.pd,
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81
1
log
9
-.
10 log
001 . 0
3.
125 log
2 . 0
..
x
e
ln 3
3 /.
2
4
log
3
4
0. ( ) ( ) 27 log log log
3 3 3
1.
4 log
2
lne
2.
6 ln 2 ln
e 3.
4 ln 2 1 ln 3
e
%&. ( )
x x
e
2
2
ln 2
+
%%. ( )
x x
e
2
2
2 ln
+
%-.
3 ln
e
%3.
( ) 2 / 1 ln 5
e %..
( ) ( ) 3 / 2 ln 2 / 1 ln +
e %/.
( ) 10000 log log
2
%0.
2 ln 2+
e %1.
2 ln 2
e %2.
3
2
4 / 1
2
16
log

%3. ( ) ( )
e
10 log ln ln -&.
e ln
10 -%.
t
a
t
ln
1
--.
x x
e
ln
-3.
5 log 3
2
2
-..
a b
e
ln
-/.
8
16
log
3
2
-0.
e
e
3 / 4
ln -1.
( ) ( )
c b
a a
c b

ln ln
-2.
3
3
2
ln
2
ln
e
e
+ -3.
( ) ( ) 3 log ln
x
x
3&.
( ) ( ) 9 ln 3 ln
2
+ x x
B. Sol4e or x.
%.
1
25 5
+
=
x x
-. 27 3
1 2
=
+ x
3. 3
ln
=
x
e
..
7 3 3
9 3
2

=
x x x
/.
1 4
9 3

=
x x
0.
10 100 =
x
1.
27 3 3
2
2
=
x x
2.
14 5 2
e e e
x x
= 3. ( )
2
1
5 5
+

=
x
x
%&.
x x
6 2 9 = %%.
x x
9 3 9 = %-.
6 3 18
2 2
=
x x
%3. 1 3 2 = +
x x
%..
8
1
4 2 =
x x
%/.
27
1
81
5
3
=
x
%0.
2 3 1
2 4
+
=
x x
%1.
x x x
6 3 2
1 2
=
+
%2.
x x
= 25 5
3 2
%3.
3 2 1 2
3 4
+
=
x x
-&. 2
2
=
x x
e e -%.
0 4 4 = +
x x
--.
x x
e e

= 2 3
-3.
x x
e e

=
1 2
-..
( ) 17 2 2 4 = +
x x
-/.
2
9
4 4 2 = +
x x
-0. 8
2
4 4
=
+
x x
-1.
9 3 8 3 = +
x x
-2. 10 4 4
1 1
= +
+ x x
-3. 2 4 5 4 3
2
= +
x x
3&. 9
3 3
3 3
=
+

x x
x x
3%.
x x
e e

+
=
+ 3
6
2
4
3-.
1 ) (log log
5 3
= x
33.
3
2
9 log =
x
3..
1 log = x
3/.
5 . 0 log
9
= x
30.
2 25 log =
x
31. 2 log
4
= x 32. 0 ln = x 33.
1 log 2 = x
.&.
( ) 1 5 3 log = x
x
.%. ( ) 1 ln ln =
x
e .-.
( ) 2 log
2
= x
.3. ( ) 2 log
2
= x ... 4 1 log
6
= + x
./.
( ) 2 1 2 log
9
= + x
.0.
( ) 1 ln ln = x
.1. ( ) ( ) 4 1 log
2
5
= + x
.2. x x ln ln =
.3.
( ) 2 5 14 log = x
x
/&. 6 log 4
4
= x /%.
( ) 4 2 3 log 2 = x
/-. 1 4 ln =
x
e /3. 19 6 log
1 4
6
=
x
/.. 2 ln
ln
=
x
e
//. ( ) 0 10 log 11 log
2
= + x x /0.
( ) ( )
4
ln ln 2 ln e e e
x
=
/1. ( ) 3 log 2 log
2
= + x x /2.
( ) 3 log 5 log 2
2
= + x x
/3.
( ) 1 1 ln ln + + = x x
0&.
( ) 6 5 log log
16 4
= x x
0%. ( ) 2 log log
2
2 2
= x x 0-.
( ) 1 9 log log = + x x
03.
x x 2 log log
8 4
=
0..
( ) ( ) 1 3 log 3 log
5 5
= + + x x
0/.
( ) ( ) 8 3 log 1 2 log
7 7
= + x x
00.
( ) 5 2 log 3
4
= + x
01. ( ) 3 2 log log
2 2
= + + x x 02.
( ) 2 8 log log
3 3
= + x x
03. ( ) 3 7 log log
2 2
= x x 1&.
( ) ( ) ( ) 1 log 4 1 log
2
2
2
= x x
1%. ( ) 3 log log
2
2
2
2
= x x 1-.
( ) 2 3 log log
3 3
= x x
13.
( ) ( ) 1 1 log 1 log = + x x
1..
( ) ( ) 1 2 log 1 2 log = + x x
1/.
( ) ( ) x x x log 1 log 3 log = +
10.
10 ln ln ln
5 3 2
= + + x x x
11. 1 ln ln ln
4 3 2
= + x x x 12.

= +
x
x
2
ln 2 ln 3 ln
13. ( ) ( ) 2 3 5 log 5 3 log ) 1 ( log
2 2 2
+ = + + x x x
2&.
( ) ( ) 2 ln 4 ln 2 4 ln = x x
5. 6ollow the instructions or each pro'lem.
%. 6ind the domain.
7a8

=
4
1
ln ) (
2
x
x
x f
7'8
( ) ( ) x x x f + = ln 5 3 ln ) (
-. 6ind ) (
1
t f

.
7a8
2
) (
t t
e e
t f

= 7'8
( ) t t f ln ln ) ( =
3. Let
3 2 ) ( + = x x f
and
x x g ln ) ( =
. 6ind
7a8
( ) ( ) x g f
7'8
( ) ( ) x f g
.. 6ind all x so that
5 1
2

x
e