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Logarithms: all problems

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Problem 41.3.1

AMC 12

What is the value of aa for which 1log⁡2a+1log⁡3a+1log⁡4a=1\frac{1}{\log_2 a} + \frac{1}{\log_3 a} + \frac{1}{\log_4 a} = 1?

Problem 41.3.2

AMC 12

What is the value of

log⁡37⋅log⁡59⋅log⁡711⋅log⁡913⋯log⁡2125⋅log⁡2327?\log_3 7 \cdot \log_5 9 \cdot \log_7 11 \cdot \log_9 13 \cdots \log_{21} 25 \cdot \log_{23} 27?

Problem 41.3.3

AMC 12

What is the value of (625log⁡52015)14\left(625^{\log_5 2015}\right)^{\frac{1}{4}}?

Problem 41.3.4

AMC 12

There is a unique positive integer nn such that

log⁡2(log⁡16n)=log⁡4(log⁡4n).\log_2(\log_{16} n) = \log_4(\log_4 n).

What is the sum of the digits of nn?

Problem 41.3.5

AMC 12

This problem also appears in the book as 41.3.4.

There is a unique positive integer nn such that

log⁡2(log⁡16n)=log⁡4(log⁡4n).\log_2(\log_{16} n) = \log_4(\log_4 n).

What is the sum of the digits of nn?

Problem 41.3.6

AMC 12

The sequence

log⁡12162, log⁡12x, log⁡12y, log⁡12z, log⁡121250\log_{12} 162,\ \log_{12} x,\ \log_{12} y,\ \log_{12} z,\ \log_{12} 1250

is an arithmetic progression. What is xx?

Problem 41.3.7

AMC 12

For how many positive integers xx is log⁡10(x−40)+log⁡10(60−x)<2\log_{10}(x - 40) + \log_{10}(60 - x) < 2?

Problem 41.3.8

AMC 12

Positive real numbers aa and bb have the property that

log⁡a+log⁡b+log⁡a+log⁡b=100\sqrt{\log a} + \sqrt{\log b} + \log \sqrt{a} + \log \sqrt{b} = 100

and all four terms on the left are positive integers, where log⁡\log denotes the base 10 logarithm. What is abab?

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Problem 41.3.9

AMC 12

Which of the following is the value of log⁡26+log⁡36\sqrt{\log_2 6 + \log_3 6}?

Click a choice or type its letter (A–E).

Problem 41.3.10

AIME

The value of xx that satisfies log⁡2x320=log⁡2x+332020\log_{2^x} 3^{20} = \log_{2^{x+3}} 3^{2020} can be written as mn\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm + n.

Problem 41.3.11

AMC 12

Positive real numbers x≠1x \neq 1 and y≠1y \neq 1 satisfy log⁡2x=log⁡y16\log_2 x = \log_y 16 and xy=64xy = 64. What is (log⁡2xy)2\left(\log_2 \frac{x}{y}\right)^2?

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Problem 41.3.12

AMC 12

What is the value of

(∑k=120log⁡5k3k2)⋅(∑k=1100log⁡9k25k)?\left(\sum_{k=1}^{20} \log_{5^k} 3^{k^2}\right) \cdot \left(\sum_{k=1}^{100} \log_{9^k} 25^k\right)?

Problem 41.3.13

AMC 12

What is the value of

log⁡280log⁡402−log⁡2160log⁡202?\frac{\log_2 80}{\log_{40} 2} - \frac{\log_2 160}{\log_{20} 2}?

Problem 41.3.14

AMC 12

What is the product of all the solutions to the equation

log⁡7x2023⋅log⁡289x2023=log⁡2023x2023?\log_{7x} 2023 \cdot \log_{289x} 2023 = \log_{2023x} 2023?

Problem 41.3.15

AMC 12

Let SS be the sum of all positive real numbers xx for which

x22=2 2x.x^{2^{\sqrt2}} = \sqrt2^{\,2^x}.

Which of the following statements is true?

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Problem 41.3.16(additional)

AMC 10

Suppose that 4a=54^a = 5, 5b=65^b = 6, 6c=76^c = 7, and 7d=87^d = 8. What is a⋅b⋅c⋅da \cdot b \cdot c \cdot d?

Problem 41.3.17(additional)

AIME

Real numbers xx and yy with x,y>1x, y > 1 satisfy log⁡x(yx)=log⁡y(x4y)=10\log_x\left(y^x\right) = \log_y\left(x^{4y}\right) = 10. What is the value of xyxy?

Problem 41.3.18(additional)

AMC 12

The sum of the base-10 logarithms of the divisors of 10n10^n is 792792. What is nn?

Problem 41.3.19(additional)

AIME

This problem also appears in the book as 41.2.

In a Martian civilization, all logarithms whose bases are not specified are assumed to be base bb, for some fixed b≥2b \ge 2. A Martian student writes down

3log⁡(xlog⁡x)=563 \log\left(\sqrt{x} \log x\right) = 56
log⁡log⁡x(x)=54\log_{\log x}(x) = 54

and finds that this system of equations has a single real number solution x>1x > 1. Find bb.

Problem 41.3.20(additional)

AIME

Let SS be the sum of the base 10 logarithms of all the proper divisors (all divisors of a number excluding itself) of 10000001000000. What is the integer nearest to SS?

Problem 41.3.21(additional)

AIME

Positive integers aa and bb satisfy the condition

log⁡2(log⁡2a(log⁡2b(21000)))=0.\log_2\left(\log_{2^a}\left(\log_{2^b}\left(2^{1000}\right)\right)\right) = 0.

Find the sum of all possible values of a+ba + b.

Problem 41.3.22(additional)

AIME

The sequence a1,a2,…a_1, a_2, \dots is geometric with a1=aa_1 = a and common ratio rr, where aa and rr are positive integers. Given that log⁡8a1+log⁡8a2+⋯+log⁡8a12=2006\log_8 a_1 + \log_8 a_2 + \cdots + \log_8 a_{12} = 2006, find the number of possible ordered pairs (a,r)(a, r).

Problem 41.3.23(additional)

AMC 12

If log⁡(xy3)=1\log\left(xy^3\right) = 1 and log⁡(x2y)=1\log\left(x^2y\right) = 1, what is log⁡(xy)\log(xy)?

Problem 41.3.24(additional)

AIME

The increasing geometric sequence x0,x1,x2,…x_0, x_1, x_2, \dots consists entirely of integral powers of 33. Given that

∑n=07log⁡3(xn)=308and56≤log⁡3(∑n=07xn)≤57,\sum_{n=0}^{7} \log_3(x_n) = 308 \quad\text{and}\quad 56 \le \log_3\left(\sum_{n=0}^{7} x_n\right) \le 57,

find log⁡3(x14)\log_3(x_{14}).

Problem 41.3.25(additional)

AMC 12

The solution of the equation 7x+7=8x7^{x+7} = 8^x can be expressed in the form x=log⁡b77x = \log_b 7^7. What is bb?

Problem 41.3.26(additional)

AMC 12

For all integers nn greater than 11, define an=1log⁡n2002a_n = \frac{1}{\log_n 2002}. Let b=a2+a3+a4+a5b = a_2 + a_3 + a_4 + a_5 and c=a10+a11+a12+a13+a14c = a_{10} + a_{11} + a_{12} + a_{13} + a_{14}. Then b−cb - c equals

Click a choice or type its letter (A–E).

Problem 41.3.27(additional)

AMC 12

The numbers log⁡(a3b7)\log\left(a^3b^7\right), log⁡(a5b12)\log\left(a^5b^{12}\right), and log⁡(a8b15)\log\left(a^8b^{15}\right) are the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence, and the 12th12^{\text{th}} term of the sequence is log⁡bn\log b^n. What is nn?

Problem 41.3.28(additional)

AIME

Determine the value of abab if log⁡8a+log⁡4b2=5\log_8 a + \log_4 b^2 = 5 and log⁡8b+log⁡4a2=7\log_8 b + \log_4 a^2 = 7.

Problem 41.3.29(additional)

AIME

The number

2log⁡420006+3log⁡520006\frac{2}{\log_4 2000^6} + \frac{3}{\log_5 2000^6}

can be written as mn\frac{m}{n} where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm + n.

Problem 41.3.30(additional)

AMC 12

The domain of the function f(x)=log⁡12(log⁡4(log⁡14(log⁡16(log⁡116x))))f(x) = \log_{\frac12}\left(\log_4\left(\log_{\frac14}\left(\log_{16}\left(\log_{\frac{1}{16}} x\right)\right)\right)\right) is an interval of length mn\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. What is m+nm + n?

Problem 41.3.31(additional)

AMC 12

This problem also appears in the book as 41.1.

The solutions to the equation log⁡3x4=log⁡2x8\log_{3x} 4 = \log_{2x} 8, where xx is a positive real number other than 13\frac{1}{3} or 12\frac{1}{2}, can be written as pq\frac{p}{q} where pp and qq are relatively prime positive integers. What is p+qp + q?

Problem 41.3.32(additional)

AMC 12

Let m>1m > 1 and n>1n > 1 be integers. Suppose that the product of the solutions for xx of the equation

8(log⁡nx)(log⁡mx)−7log⁡nx−6log⁡mx−2013=08(\log_n x)(\log_m x) - 7\log_n x - 6\log_m x - 2013 = 0

is the smallest possible integer. What is m+nm + n?

Problem 41.3.33(additional)

AMC 12Challenge

Let SS be the set of ordered triples (x,y,z)(x, y, z) of real numbers for which

log⁡10(x+y)=z and log⁡10(x2+y2)=z+1.\log_{10}(x + y) = z \text{ and } \log_{10}\left(x^2 + y^2\right) = z + 1.

There are real numbers aa and bb such that for all ordered triples (x,y,z)(x, y, z) in SS we have x3+y3=a⋅103z+b⋅102zx^3 + y^3 = a \cdot 10^{3z} + b \cdot 10^{2z}. What is the value of a+ba + b?