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This document contains 19 math word problems from past UPS exams on topics related to number systems and logarithms. It provides the questions, answers, and citation for each problem in two tables. The questions involve simplifying expressions, solving equations, set operations on number lines, and evaluating logarithmic and exponential functions.

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Exercise Am015 Topic 1 Ups

This document contains 19 math word problems from past UPS exams on topics related to number systems and logarithms. It provides the questions, answers, and citation for each problem in two tables. The questions involve simplifying expressions, solving equations, set operations on number lines, and evaluating logarithmic and exponential functions.

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MATHEMATICS 1 (AM015) – UPS Questions

TOPIC 1 : NUMBER SYSTEM


UPS QUESTIONS

2
1. Simplify in terms of a b  c d . [UPS 2003/2004]
2 5 3

2. Solve 2log 4 x  3log x 4  7 [UPS 2003/2004]

3  24
3. Simplify in the form a + b c . [UPS 2004/2005]
2 6

4. Solve x  22  x  6  8 [UPS 2005/2006]

5. Solve the equation 22  x1  3 2 x   1 [UPS 2006/2007]

6. (a) Simplify 1  2  1  2
1 2 1 2

log 2 2
(b) Solve log 2 x  3  4. [UPS 2006/2007]
log 2 x

1 3
7. (a) Simplify in the form of a  b c where a, b, c .
2 3

(b) Solve the equation 3log10 x3  2log10 x  2log10 x 2  8 . [UPS 2007/2008]

3
8. Solve 2log x 3  log3 x  . [UPS 2008/2009]
2

9. Solve 94 x1  27 . [UPS 2009/2010]

10. Given that log 2 x  log x 8  log 2 2k  k log x 4  0. If y  log 2 x, show that

y 2  ky  2k  3  0. Find the value of x when k  6. [UPS 2009/2010]

6
11. Solve 5x  5x1  [UPS 2010/2011]
5
MATHEMATICS 1 (AM015) – UPS Questions

12. Find the possible values of x if log 2 x  3log x 2  4 . [UPS 2010/2011]

13. Given
A  x : 2  x  2 , x  R
B  x  1 or x  1 , x  R
C  x : 3  x  3 , x  R
Represent A, B and C on a number line. Hence, find
(a) A  B,
(b) A  B,
(c) A  C . [UPS 2011/2012]

14. Solve log3 x  4log x 3  3. [UPS 2011/2012]

15. Simplify the following expressions

(a)

x 2 x 1 y 2 
3

.
y 2

2 5
(b) . [UPS 2012/2013]
2 5 2

16.    
Find the values of x that satisfy the equation 2 9 x  7 3 x  3 [UPS 2012/2013]

17. Find the possible values of x in the following equations.


(a) log  x 2  3  log 2  log( x  9)
(b) 22 x 1  2x 3  6  0 . [UPS 2013/2014]

18. (a) If y  2  3 , find the value of y  y 1


(b) Solve 2  4 x   5  2 x   3 [UPS 2014/2015]

19. Solve 4x  2x1  3 [UPS 2015/2016]


MATHEMATICS 1 (AM015) – UPS Questions

ANSWERS (UPS)

4 2
1. 5 3
17 17
2. x  2 or x  64
1
3. 3 6
2
4. x3
5. x  2
6. (a) 6 (b) x 8 or x2
7. (a) 53 3 (b) x = 100
1
8. x or x  3.
81
1
9.
8
1
10. or 0.125
8
11. x0
12. x  8, x  2
13. (a) A  B  x : 2  x  1 or 1  x  2, x  R
(b) A  B  x : x  R
(c) A  C  x : 2  x  2 , x  R
1
14. x3 , x
81

y8 10  10
15. (a) x 1 y 8 or (b)
x 9

16. x  0.631 , x  1

17. (a) x  1.585, x0

18. (a) 4 (b) x  1

19. x0

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