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

Laws of exponents Problem set B Answers

Skills

  1. \(80x^{3}\)

    1. (a) \(\frac{1}{81}\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{125}{8}\)
    1. (a) \(27\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{1}{16}\)
    3. (c) \(\frac{64}{343}\)
    1. (a) \(\frac{3}{2}x^{\frac{14}{3}}\)
    2. (b) \(6x^{- \frac{7}{2}}\)
    3. (c) \(x^{\frac{11}{6}}\)
    1. (a) \(5x^{\frac{3}{2}} + 8x^{- \frac{1}{4}}\)
    2. (b) \(2x + 3x^{- \frac{3}{2}}\)
    1. (a) \(x = \frac{49}{4}\)
    2. (b) \(x = 27\)
    3. (c) \(x = 15625\)
    1. (a) \(x = \frac{12}{5}\)
    2. (b) \(x = 22\)
  2. \(2x^{10}\)

    1. (a) \(\frac{1}{125}\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{8}{27}\)
    3. (c) \(\frac{3}{4}\)
    1. (a) \(6.13\times10^{-5}\)
    2. (b) \(2.1\times10^{-2}\)
    3. (c) \(3.84\times10^{8}\)
    4. (d) \(3\times10^{6}\)

In context

    1. (a) \(24\) units
    2. (b) \(\frac{3}{2}\) units
    1. (a) \(R = 24\) watts
    2. (b) \(m = 81\) kg
    1. (a) \(135\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{5}{9}\)
    1. (a) \(5.05\times10^{12}\) bytes
    2. (b) 4.94

Stretch

    1. (a) \(3x^{\frac{1}{6}}\)
    2. (b) \(x = y^{\frac{2}{7}}\)
  1. \(x + 6x^{\frac{1}{2}} + 9\)

  2. \(6x^{3}\)

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