MCQs in Quadratic Equation, Binomial Theorem and Logarithms Part II

Choose the letter of the best answer in each Problem 56

questions.
If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find log 1.2.
Problem 51
If ((log10x)/(1 – log102)) = 2, what is the value of  A. 2x + y
z?  B. 2xy/10
 C. 2x + y – 1
 D. xy - 1
 A. ¼
 B. 25
 C. 4 Problem 57
 D. 5 ((logxy)/logyx)) is equal to:

Problem 52 (EE October 1992)  A. xy/yx

Solve for x: log 6 + x log 4 = log 4 + log (32 + 4x)  B. y log x – x log y
 C. (y log x)/(x log y)
 D. 1
 A. 1
 B. 2
 C. 3 Problem 58
 D. 4 If 10ax+b = P, what is the value of x?

Problem 53  A. (1/a)(log P-b)

Which of the following cannot be used as a base  B. (1/a) log ( P-b)
of a system of logarithm?  C. (1/a) P10-b
 D. (1/a) log P10
 A. e
 B. 10 Problem 59
 C. 2 Find the value of log(aa)a.
 D. 1
 A. 2a log a
Problem 54  B. a2 log a
If log5.21000 = x, what is the value of x?  C. a log a2
 D. (a log a)a
 A. 4.19
 B. 5.23 Problem 60
 C. 3.12 Solve for x: x = logb a ∙ logc d ∙ logd c
 D. 4.69
 A. logb a
Problem 55  B. loga c
Find the value of a in the equation loga2187 =  C. logb c
7/2.  D. logd a

 A. 3 Problem 61
 B. 6 Find the positive value of x if logx 36 = 2.
 C. 9
 D. 12
 A. 2
 B. 4
 C. 6
 D. 8
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Problem 62 Problem 68
Find x if logx 27 + logx 3 = 2. Which of the following is correct?

 A. 9  A. -2 log 7 = 1/49
 B. 12  B. log7 (-2) = 1/49
 C. 8  C. log7 (1/49) = -2
 D. 7  D. log7 (1/49) = 2

Problem 63 Problem 69 (ME April 1996)

Find a if log2 (a+2) + log2 (a-2) = 5 Log of nth root of x equals log of x to the 1/n
power and also equal to:
 A. 2
 B. 4  A. (log (x))/n
 C. 6  B. n log (x)
 D. 8  C. (log (x)1/n)/n
 D. (n-1) log (x)
Problem 64
Problem 70 (ME April 1996)
Solve for x if log5 x = 3.
What is the natural logarithm of e to the xy
 A. 115 power?
 B. 125
 C. 135  A. 1/xy
 D. 145  B. 2.718/xy
 C. xy
Problem 65  D. 2.718xy

Find log P if ln P = 8. Problem 71 (ME April 1997)

 A. 2980.96 What expression is equivalent to log x – log (y +

 B. 2542.33 z)?
 C. 3.47
 D. 8.57  A. log x + log y + log z
 B. log [ x/(y + z) ]
Problem 66  C. log x –log y –log z
 D. log y + log (x + z)
If log8 x = -n, then x is equal to:
Problem 72 (ME April 1997)
 A. 8n
 B. 1/8-n What is the value of log base 10 of 10003.3?
 C. 1/8n
 D. 81/n  A. 9.9
 B. 99.9
Problem 67  C. 10.9
 D. 9.5
If 3 log10 x – log10 y = 0, find y in terms of x.

 A. y = 3√x
 B. y = √x3
 C. y = x3
 D. y = x
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Problem 73 Problem 78 (ECE April 1998)

If logx 2 + log2 x = 2, then the value of x is: What is the value of (log 5 to the base 2) + (log 5
to the base 3)?
 A. 1
 B. 2  A. 3.97
 C. 3  B. 7.39
 D. 4  C. 9.37
 D. 3.79
Problem 74 (CE November 1997)
Problem 79 (ME October 1997)
Log6 845 =?
The logarithm of negative number is:
 A. 4.348
 B. 6.348  A. irrational number
 C. 5.912  B. real number
 D. 3.761  C. imaginary number
 D. complex number
Problem 75 (CE May 1998, similar with
November 1998) Problem 80 (ME April 1998)
The logarithms of the quotient and the product of 38.5 to the x power = 6.5 to the x – 2 power,
two numbers are 0.352182518 and solve for x using logarithms.
1.556302501, respectively. Find the first
number?  A. 2.70
 B. 2.10
 A. 9  C. -2.10
 B. 10  D. -2.02
 C. 11
 D. 12 Problem 81 (CE November 1996)

Problem 76 Find the 6th term of the expansion of (1/2a – 3)16.

The sum of two logarithms of two numbers is  A. –(22113/256a11)

1.748188 and the difference of their logarithms  B. –(66339/128a11)
is -0.0579919. One of the numbers is:  C. –(22113/128a11)
 D. –(66339/256a11)
 A. 9
 B. 6 Problem 82 (ECE April 1998)
 C. 8
 D. 5 In the expansion of (x+4y) 12, the numerical
coefficient of the 5th term is.
Problem 77 (CE November 199)
 A. 253440
Solve for y: y = ln (ex/ex – 2).  B. 126720
 C. 63360
 A. 2  D. 506880
 B. x
 C. -2
 D. x – 2
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Problem 83 Problem 88 (ECE April 1995)

The middle term in the expansion of (x2 – 3)8 is: What is the sum of the coefficients in the
expansion of (x + y -z) 8 is:
 A. -70x8
 B. 70x8  A. less than 2
 C. -5760x8  B. above 10
 D. 5760x8  C. from 2 to 5
 D. from 5 to 10
Problem 84
Problem 89 (ECE November 1995)
The term involving x9 in the expansion of (x2 +
2/x)12 is: What is the sum of the coefficients of the
expansion of (2x -1)20?
 A. 25434x9
 B. 52344x9  A. 1
 C. 25344x9  B. 0
 D. 23544x9  C. 215
 D. 225
Problem 85
Problem 90
The constant term in the expansion of ( x +
(1/x3/2)15 is: In the quadratic equation Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, the
product of the roots is:
 A. 3003
 B. 5005  A. C/A
 C. 6435  B. –B/A
 D. 7365  C. –C/A
 D. B/A
Problem 86
Problem 91
Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion
of (x + 2y – z)8. If ¼ and -7/2 are the roots of the quadratic
equation Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, what is the value of
 A. 256 B?
 B. 1024
 C. 1  A. -28
 D. 6  B. 4
 C. -7
Problem 87  D. 26

Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion Problem 92

of (x + 2y + z) 4 (x + 3y) 5 is:
In the equation 3x2 + 4x + (2h – 5) = 0, find h if
 A. 524288 the product of the roots is 4.
 B. 65536
 C. 131072  A. -7/2
 D. 262 144  B. -10/2
 C. 17/2
 D. 7/2
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Problem 93 Problem 98 (EE October 1990)

If the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, are u and v, then Find k so that 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0 will only have one
the roots of cx2 + bx + a = 0 are: real solution.

 A. u and v  A. 1
 B. –u and v  B. 4
 C. 1/u and 1/v  C. 3
 D. -1/u and -1/v  D. 2

Problem 94 Problem 99
If the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c The only root of the equation x2 – 6x + k = 0 is:
= 0 are 3 and 2 and a, b, and c are all whole
numbers, find a + b + c.  A. 3
 B. 2
 A. 12  C. 6
 B. -2  D. 1
 C. 2
 D. 6 Problem 100

Problem 95 (ECE March 1996) Two engineering students are solving a problem
leading to a quadratic equation. One student
The equation whose roots are the reciprocals of made a mistake in the coefficient of the first-
the roots of 2x2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is: degree term, got roots of 2 and -3. The other
student made a mistake in the coefficient of the
 A. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 constant term got roots of -1 and 4. What is the
 B. 3x2 – 5x – 3 = 0 correct equation?
 C. 5x2 – 2x – 3 = 0
 D. 2x2 – 5x -3 = 0  A. x2 – 6x – 3 = 0
 B. x2 + 6x + 3 = 0
Problem 96 (ECE November 1997)  C. x2 + 3x + 6 = 0
 D. x2 – 3x – 6 = 0
The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and ¼.
What is the equation?

 A. 12x2 + 7x + 1 = 0
 B. 12x2 + 7x – 1 = 0
 C. 12x2 – 7x + 1 = 0
 D. 12x2 – 7x – 1 = 0

Problem 97
Find k so that the expression kx2 – 3kx + 9 is a
perfect square.

 A. 3
 B. 4
 C. 12
 D. 6

51. B. 25
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ANSWER KEY: 81. B. –(66339/128a11)

82. B. 126720
52. C. 3 83. D. 5760x8
53. D. 1 84. C. 25344x9
54. A. 4.19 85. B. 5005
55. C. 9 86. A. 256
56. C. 2x + y – 1 87. D. 262 144
57. C. (y log x)/ (x log y) 88. A. less than 2
58. A. (1/a)(log P-b) 89. B. 0
59. B. a2 log a 90. A. C/A
60. A. logb a 91. D. 26
61. C. 6 92. C. 17/2
62. A. 9 93. C. 1/u and 1/v
63. C. 6 94. C. 2
64. B. 125 95. A. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0
65. C. 3.47 96. C. 12x2 – 7x + 1 = 0
66. C. 1/8n 97. B. 4
67. C. y = x3 98. B. 4
68. C. log7 (1/49) = -2 99. A. 3
69. A. (log (x))/n 100. D. x2 – 3x – 6 = 0
70. C. xy
71. B. log [ x/(y + z) ]
72. A. 9.9
73. A. 1
74. D. 3.761
75. A. 9
76. C. 8
77. A. 2
78. D. 3.79
79. D. complex number
80. C. -2.10