BASIC MATHS & LOGARITHM

EXERCISE # 3 (JM)

1. The number of distinct solutions of the equation, log1/2|sin x| = 2 – log1/2|cos x| in the interval [0, 2], is
[9 Jan, 2020 (Shift-I)]

2. The number of solutions of the equation log(x+1) (2x2 + 7x + 5) + log(2x + 5)(x + 1)2 – 4 = 0, x > 0, is.
[20 July, 2021 (Shift-11)]

 x
3. If ( )
3 cos2 x = ( 3 − 1)cos x + 1 , the number of solutions of the given equation when x  0,  is
 2
[26 Feb, 2021 (Shift-1)]

4. The sum of the roots of the equation, x + 1 – 2log2(3 + 2x) + 2log4(10 – 2–x) = 0, is:
[31 Aug, 2021 (Shift-II)]
(1) log2 12 (2) log2 13 (3) log2 11 (4) log2 14

5. The inverse of y = 5log x is: [17 March, 2021 (Shift-I)]

1 1
(1) x = ylog 5 (2) x=y log5
(3) x = 5log y (4) x = 5log y

  1
6. If for x   0,  log10 sin x + log10 cos x = −1and log10 (sin x + cos x) = ( log10 n − 1) ,n  0 , then the value
 2 2
of n is equal to: [16 March, 2021 (Shift-I)]
(1) 16 (2) 12 (3) 9 (4) 20

7. The number of solutions of the equation log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is [26 Feb, 2021 (Shift-I)]

81
8. If the sum of all the roots of the equation e2x − 11ex − 45e− x + = 0 is logep, then p is equal to
2
[27 June, 2022 (Shift-1)]

9. Let a, b, c be three distinct positive real numbers such that (2a)loge a = (bc)logc b and bloge 2 = a logc c . Then
6a + 5bc is equal to [10 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]

 x −7 
2
10. The number of integral solutions x of log 7    0 is [11 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
 x +   2x − 3 
 2 

(1) 6 (2) 8 (3) 5 (4) 7

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EXERCISE # 4 (JA)
1. log3/4 log8 (x2 + 7) + log1/2 log1/4 (x2 + 7)–1 = –2. [REE 2000, 5 out of 100]

2. Number of solutions of log4 (x–1) = log2 (x – 3) is [JEE 2001 (Screening)]

(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0

3. Let (x0, y0) be the solution of the following equations [JEE 2011, 3 (–1)]

( 2x ) n2 = ( 3y ) n3
nx ny
3 = 2
Then x0 is

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 6
6 3 2

 
1 1 1 1
4. The value of 6 + log 3  4− 4− 4− .......  is [JEE 2012, 4M]

2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 
 

5. If 3x = 4x–1, then x = [JEE-Advanced 2013, 4, (–1)]

2log3 2 2 1 2log 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2log3 2 − 1 2 − log2 3 1 − log 4 3 2log 2 3 − 1

((log2 9)2 )log2(log2 9)  (

1

)
1
6. The value of 7 log4 7 is _____. [JEE-Advanced 2018]

7. Let m be the minimum possible value of log3 (3y1 + 3y2 + 3y3 ) , where y1, y2, y3 are real numbers for
which y1 + y2 + y3 = 9. Let M be the maximum possible value of (log3 x1 + log3 x2 + log3 x3), where x1, x2,
x3 are positive real numbers for which x1 + x2 + x3 = 9. Then the value of log2(m3) + log3(M2) is
[JEE Adv, 2020]

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EXERCISE # 3 (JM)
1. (8) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (1, 3) 6. (2)
7. (1) 8. (45) 9. (8) 10. (1)

EXERCISE # 4 (JA)
1. x = 3 or –3 2. B 3. C 4. 4 5. ABC 6. 8.00
7. 8

EXERCISE # 5
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. B
8. BC

EXERCISE # 6
1 + 2ac
1. 2 2. 1/6 3. 4. 469 5. 4/9 6. xy = 29
2c + abc + 1
1 1 1
7. 1 8. (a4, a, a7) or  4 , , 7  9. y=6 10. 23040 11. (2017)2
a a a 
13. (a) 0.5386;  .5386;  .5386 (b) 2058 (c) 0.3522 (d) 343 14. (a) 507

ADDITIONAL EXERCISE
1. {2 + 10–7, 3, 102} 2. {10–4, 10}
3. {10–3, 10, 100} 4. {2loga b,3loga b}, a> 0, a  1, b > 0, b  1

5. { 10−9 ,10} 6. {98}

7. {0} 8. {–1,2}
9. {10} 10. {2}
–1
11. {10 ,10} 12. {–2}
13. {0} 14. {2–2/5, 16}
15. {100} 16. {1/3}
17. {1} 18. {2, 16}

19. {3 + 16} 20. {1/9, 3}

21. {7} 22. {1/ 10, 3 10}

23. {10} 24. {16}
25. x  26. {3}
27. {2} 28. x
29. {10–1, 2, 103} 30. {13/4, 10}
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