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2 × 4𝑚 = 32𝑛
b. 5𝑝 . 252𝑞 = 125
2𝑝 1
=
4𝑞 8
Exercise 2
1. Solve each of the following equations.
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a. 2𝑥 . 82𝑥−1 = 4𝑥−1 (Ans: )
5
𝑥2 6−2𝑥
b. 3 = 9 (Ans: 2, −6)
𝑥+4 𝑥+1
c. 3(9 ) = 27 (Ans: 6)
𝑥+1 𝑥
d. 5 + 5 = 150 (Ans: 2)
25
e. 125𝑥−1 = √5𝑥+3 (Ans: 1)
1
f. 3𝑦 × 9𝑦+1 = 271−2𝑦 (Ans: )
9
𝑥+3 𝑥+1
g. 2 −2 = 96 (Ans: 4)
h. 25(5 ) − 5𝑥 = 100 (Ans: 2)
𝑥−1
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i. 64(163𝑥 ) − 1 = 0 (Ans: − )
2
2𝑥−1
j. 5 − 120 = 5 (Ans: 2)
1 6
2. Solve the equation √32𝑥−2 = 𝑥 . (Ans: 𝑥 = )
4 ×2𝑥+2 11
2
3. Given that 23𝑥+1 × 5𝑥−1 = 16 × 5 , find the value of 10𝑥 . (Ans: )
𝑥 2𝑥
5
𝑏 3
4. Given that 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 , 𝑦 = 3 when 𝑥 = 2 and 𝑦 = when 𝑥 = 4, find the values of 𝑎 and
8
𝑏. (Ans: 𝑎 = 24, 𝑏 = −3)
5. If 6𝑥+𝑦 = 1 and 93𝑥−𝑦 = 81, find the numerical value of
1
a. 8𝑦−𝑥 (Ans: )
8
b. 𝑥 5𝑦 (Ans: 5.659)
𝑎𝑏
6. Given that 5𝑎 = 11𝑏 = 55𝑐 , express 𝑐 in terms of 𝑎 and 𝑏. (Ans: 𝑐 = )
𝑎+𝑏
7. If 3𝑚+1 = 5𝑛−1 = 15𝑘 , show that 𝑘 (𝑚 + 𝑛) = (𝑚 + 𝑛)(𝑛 − 1)
2𝑟𝑠
8. If 3𝑟 = 4𝑠 = 24𝑡 , find an expression for 𝑡 in terms of 𝑟 and 𝑠. (Ans: 𝑡 = )
3𝑟+2𝑠