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Exercise 1.3
1. Simplify the expressions
3   2 1 
 
 1
a. y  3
 xy  2 
f.   2 3 
a b 

x b
 3 1


 
 a2 y3 
1
 2 
x2  1  3a 
b. g.  1
x 1   
 4b 3 

x y z 
5
 2  3 1  2  x6 y  2
c. h.  4 
x 2 y  4 z 3 2  y 

3n 1  213n 1 
2
2 

2 
2 a b
i. 3ab c  3 
53n 
d.
 c 
 
2 2 n 4  24  2 2n1

e. 6 2n  3 8n 32n   j.
10 2 n   2

2. Without using calculator, find the value of

2 3

 1  3  1 2
a.    c.   3 
 27   16 
4
 4
b. 1000 3
d. 643
3. Simplify the expressions.
4
a. x4 d. 4 x4 y2 z3
4
b. 3 x3 y 6 e. a 6b 7
3 1
c. 64x 6 f. 3
 27 x  6

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4. If p2  q2  r2, prove that  p  q  r 2  4qr  0.
5. If p x  q, q y  r and r z  p , prove that xyz  1.
1 1 1 1
6. If 2 p  3q  4 r  24s , prove that     0 .
p q r s
7. Simplify
a. 5 2  7 2 e. 18  12
8  12
b. 8 3  9 3 f.
2
2 6
c. 3  11 g.
3 24

d.
10
8

h. 3 2  3 3  2  
8. Rationalise the denominators of the following fractions.
1 x 3
a. b. c.
2 3y 20
1 2 5
d. e. f.
2 1 3 5 2 3
9. Rationalise each of the following surds.
5 3 5  3 1 3
a. d. 
5 3 5  3 1 3
2 5 1 1
b. e. 
2 5 3 3 1
2

1 3   
2

1 2 1 2 1 1
c.  f. 1  
1 2 1 2 1 5 1 5
2
10. Given x  , show that x 2  2 x  2  0 .
3 1

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11. If x  3  2 and y  3  2 show that

1 1
  1.
x 1 y 1
12. State whether is true[T] or false[F]
a. logm  n   log mlog n  [ ]
log m
b.  logm  n  [ ]
log n
c. log m  log m7 [ ]
7

 a2 
d. log 2   3 log a  log b  2 log c [ ]
 bc 
e. log m  log m  log m  log m  log m2 [ ]
13. Without using calculator, evaluate
a. log2 64 d. log5 81  log5 27
1 4 35
b. log3 e. log  log  3 log 5  log 70
27 31 31
1
log 8  log 27 2
 log 5
c. log 1 8 f.
3
2 log 6  log 5
2
14. If log3 2  p and log3 5  q , write in terms of
p and/or q.
3
a. log 3 10 d. log3 1
5
log3 18
b. log3 2.5 e.
log3 2
c. log 3 15
15. By changing the logarithm to base 10, evaluate
a. log 7 9 c. log3 7.318
b. log0.5 12 d. log 1 0.123
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16. Given
1
log m  log n  log 2m  n  , prove that
2  3 
4m 2  n 2  13mn.