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1. 1990/II/5
1
If 2 = 10p, 3 = 10q, express log in terms of p and q.
6
1 1
A. p q B. C. D. pq E. p+q
pq p+q

2. 1991/II/34
If log x : log y = m : n, then x =
m
my n
m log y
A. B. (m n)y C. mn+y D. y E.
n n

3. 1992/II/5
1
If log10 b = 1 + log10 a , then b =
2
a a
A. 10 a B. 10 + a C. 5a D. E. 1+
2 2

4. 1993/II/8
If log( p + q ) = log p + log q , then
q q q +1 q 1
A. p = q =1 B. p= C. p= D. p= E. p=
q 1 q +1 q q

5. 1994/II/34
If log 2 = a and log 9 = b, then log 12=
1 1
b b 2 2 2 2 2 2
A. 2a + B. 2a + C. a+ b D. a +b E. a b
3 2 3 3

6. 1995/II/43
If the geometric mean of two positive numbers a and b is 10, then log a + log b =
1
A. B. 1 C. 2 D. 10 E. 100
2

7. 1996/II/38
Let x > y > 0 . If log(x + y) = a and log(x y) = b , then log x 2 y 2 =
a+b ab
A. B. C. a+b D. ab E. a+ b
2 2

8. 1997/II/5
If log(x + a) = 2 , then x =
100
A. 2a B. 100 a C. D. 2 log a E. 100 log a
a

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9. 1998/II/40
Suppose log10 2 = a and log10 3 = b . Express log10 15 in terms of a and b.
10b
A. a + b + 1 B. a + 10b C. a + 2b D. (a + b)b E.
a

10. 1999/II/39
1
If log y = 1 + log x , then
2
A. y = 10 x B. y = 100 + x2 C. y = (10 + x)2 D. y = 10x2 E. y = 100x2

11. 2000/II/38
If log( x a ) = 3 , then x =
A. 103+ a B. a3 C. 1000a D. 1000 + a E. 30 + a

12. 2001/II/37
If log x 2 = (log x) 2 , then x =
A. 1 B. 10 C. 100 D. 1 or 10 E. 1 or 100

13. 2002/II/40
If log x 2 = log 3 x + 1 , then x =
A. 2 B. 5 C. 30 D. 0 or 30

14. 2003/II/40
If 10 a + b = c , then b =
c
A. log c a B. a log c C. a D. c 10 a
10

15. 2004/II/39
7
If 5 = 10 a and 7 = 10 b , then log =
50
b b
A. b a 1 B. b a +1 C. D.
a a +1

16. 2005/II/39
If a and b are positive integers, then log(a bb a )
A. ab log( ab) B. ab(log a )(log b) C. ( a + b) log( a + b) D. b log a + a log b

17. 2006/II/38
a
Let a and b be positive numbers. If log = 2 log b , then a =
10
A. 10b2 B. 20b C. b2 + 10 D. 2b + 10

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