Course Instructor: Momshad sir Worksheet on Logarithmic &

Exponential Functions
P3
Student's Name:........................................................ A
LEVEL
9709/03/M/J/07
 Using the substitution u = 3x , or otherwise, solve, correct to 3 significant figures, the equation
3x = 2 + 3−x . [6]

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2 Solve, correct to 3 significant figures, the equation
ex + e2x = e3x . [5]

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 Solve the equation
ln(x + 2) = 2 + ln x,
giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places. [3]

Solve the equation ln 2 + e−x
= 2, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
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4 [4]

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5 Solve the equation
ln(5 − x) = ln 5 − ln x,
giving your answers correct to 3 significant figures. [4]

The equation x3 − 8x − 13 = 0 has one real root.

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6 Solve the equation
2x + 1
= 5,
2x − 1
giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [4]

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7 Solve the equation
ln(1 + x2 ) = 1 + 2 ln x,
giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [4]
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8 (i) Show that the equation
log2 (x + 5) = 5 − log2 x
can be written as a quadratic equation in x. [3]
(ii) Hence solve the equation
log2 (x + 5) = 5 − log2 x. [2]

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9 Solve the equation
ln(5 − x) = ln 5 − ln x,
giving your answers correct to 3 significant figures. [4]

The equation x3 − 8x − 13 = 0 has one real root.

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10 Solve the equation
ln(3x + 4) = 2 ln(x + 1),
giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [4]

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11 Solve the equation
5x−1 = 5x − 5,
giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [4]

9709/32/M/J/13 ln y
12

(0.64, 0.76)

(1.69, 0.32)

x2
O

The variables x and y satisfy the equation y = Ae−kx , where A and k are constants. The graph of ln y
2

against x2 is a straight line passing through the points 0.64, 0.76
and 1.69, 0.32
, as shown in the
diagram. Find the values of A and k correct to 2 decimal places. [5]

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 Solve the equation 2
3x − 1
= 3x , giving your answers correct to 3 significant figures. [4]

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14 Solve the equation
2 ln 5 − e−2x
= 1,
giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [4]
 Use logarithms to solve the equation ex = 3x−2 , giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
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15 [3]

16 Using the substitution u = 4x , solve the equation 4x + 42 = 4x+2 , giving your answer correct to
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3 significant figures. [4]

Using the substitution u = 3x , solve the equation 3x + 32x = 33x giving your answer correct to
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17
3 significant figures. [5]

Solve
the
equation
ln x2
+
4

=
2
ln
x
+
ln
4,
giving
your
answer
in
an
exact
form.

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1 [3]

3x + 2
= 8, giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
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3x − 2
19 Solve the equation [3]

Solve the equation ln x2 + 1
= 1 + 2 ln x, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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20 [3]

Showing all necessary working, solve the equation 2 log2 x = 3 + log2 x + 1
, giving your answer
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21
correct to 3 significant figures. [5]

Showing all necessary working, solve the equation 32x − 1 = 2x , giving your answers correct to
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22
3 significant figures. [4]

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23 Showing all necessary working, solve the equation
ex + e−x
= 4,
ex + 1
giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places. [5]

Showing all necessary working, solve the equation 9x = 3x + 12. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal
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24
places. [4]

Solve the equation 5 ln 4 − 3x = 6. Show all necessary working and give the answer correct to
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25
3 decimal places. [3]
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26
ln y

5.24, 2.7

1.5, 1.2

x
O
The variables x and y satisfy the equation y2 = Aekx , where A and k are constants. The graph of
ln y against x is a straight line passing through the points 1.5, 1.2
and 5.24, 2.7
as shown in the
diagram.
Find the values of A and k correct to 2 decimal places. [5]

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27 Solve the equation
ln 1 + e−3x
= 2.
Give the answer correct to 3 decimal places. [3]

The variables x and y satisfy the relation 2y = 31−2x .

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28
(a) By taking logarithms, show that the graph of y against x is a straight line. State the exact value
of the gradient of this line. [3]
(b) Find the exact x-coordinate of the point of intersection of this line with the line y = 3x. Give your
ln a
answer in the form , where a and b are integers. [2]
ln b

Solve the equation ln x3 − 3
= 3 ln x − ln 3. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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29 [3]

Solve the equation ln e2x + 3
= 2x + ln 3, giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places.
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30 [4]

Solve the equation 23x−1 = 5 31−x
. Give your answer in the form
9709/32/O/N/22 ln a
31 where a and b are integers.
ln b
[4]

Solve the equation ln 2x2 − 3
= 2 ln x − ln 2, giving your answer in an exact form.

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32 [3]

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33 Solve the equation
− zz* + 30 + 10i = 0,
5z
1 + 2i
giving your answers in the form x + iy, where x and y are real. [5]