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IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation HL · 12.6: Exponents & Logarithms · 12.6.1

Laws of exponents Problem set A Answers

Skills

  1. \(54x\)

    1. (a) \(\frac{1}{32}\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{16}{9}\)
    1. (a) \(8\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{1}{4}\)
    3. (c) \(\frac{216}{125}\)
    1. (a) \(\frac{5}{2}x^{\frac{7}{2}}\)
    2. (b) \(3x^{- \frac{5}{3}}\)
    3. (c) \(x^{\frac{7}{6}}\)
    1. (a) \(-4x^{\frac{7}{3}} + 5x^{- \frac{1}{2}}\)
    2. (b) \(3 - 2x^{- \frac{3}{2}}\)
    1. (a) \(x = \frac{25}{9}\)
    2. (b) \(x = 8\)
    3. (c) \(x = 4096\)
    1. (a) \(x = \frac{24}{5}\)
    2. (b) \(x = 17\)
  2. \(\frac{5}{2}x^{7}\)

    1. (a) \(\frac{1}{64}\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{125}{8}\)
    3. (c) \(\frac{4}{3}\)
    1. (a) \(4.72\times10^{-5}\)
    2. (b) \(3.6\times10^{-2}\)
    3. (c) \(5.72\times10^{9}\)
    4. (d) \(6\times10^{5}\)

In context

    1. (a) \(500\) lux
    2. (b) \(5\) lux
    1. (a) \(T = 27\) years
    2. (b) \(r = 25\) astronomical units
    1. (a) \(48\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{3}{8}\)
    1. (a) \(6.04\times10^{24}\) kg
    2. (b) 81.2

Stretch

    1. (a) \(5x^{\frac{1}{2}}\)
    2. (b) \(x = y^{\frac{3}{7}}\)
  1. \(x + 4x^{\frac{1}{2}} + 4\)

  2. \(12x^{3}\)

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