Laws of Logarithms Worksheet If log a = 3 and log b = 7 , determine the value of: 1. 3. 5.

log ab 2

2.

log

a b log 10b a

log

a2 b a log 100b

4.

If log 3 = a and log 5 = b , determine an expression for the following in terms of a and b : log 15 log 75 6. 7. 8.
log 45

9.

log

25 3

log 30 log 6 10. 11. log 500 12. If log 2 5 = x and log 2 3 = y , determine an expression for the following in terms of x and y : log 2 20 log 2 24 13. 14. log 2 7.5 log 2 4.5 15. 16. log 2 0.8 17.

18.

If log 3 5 = x and log 2 36 = y , determine an expression for log 9 5 log 2 6 . 19. If log 4 25 = a , determine an expression for log 2 25 + log16 5 . If log 3 8 = k , determine an expression for the following in terms of k : log 3 2 log 9 8 20. 21. log 3 64 log 9 24 22. 23. log 8 3 log 24 27 24. 25. Write as a single logarithm: log a log b log c 2 log a 26. 27. 28. 30.
log 2 b + 3
2 log 3 k 3 log 3 p

29.

log 5 c 2 log 5 b + 2

Answers: 17 1. 1 3.

2. 4.

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5. 7. 9. 11. 13. 15. 17. 19. 21. 23. 25. 27. 29.

6 a + 2b 2b a a +1 b 2+x
x + y 1

6. 8. 10. 12. 14. 16. 18. 20. 22. 24. 26. 28. 30.

a +b 2a + 5 a +1 2 +b
3+y

2 y 1

2 x
2a + a 4

x y 2 2 1 k 3

k 2 k +1 2 3 1+k 100 log a

2k
1 k log a bc

log 2 8b
k2 log 3 27 p

25c log 5 2 b