AP State Board Syllabus AP SSC 10th Class Maths Textbook Solutions Chapter 1 Real Numbers Ex 1.5 Textbook Questions and Answers.
AP State Syllabus SSC 10th Class Maths Solutions 1st Lesson Real Numbers Exercise 1.5
10th Class Maths 1st Lesson Real Numbers Ex 1.5 Textbook Questions and Answers
Question 1.
 Determine the values of the following,
 i) log255
 Answer:
 

ii) log813
 Answer:
 
 
iii) log2(\(\frac{1}{16}\))
 Answer:
 
iv) log71
 Answer:
 log71 = log770 = 0 log77 = 0

v) logx√x
 Answer:
 
vi) log2512
 Answer:
 log2512 = log229    [∵ 512 = 29]
 = 9log22   [∵ log xm = m log x]
 = 9 × 1    [∵ logaa = 1]
 = 9
vii) log100.01
 Answer:
 
viii) \(\log _{\frac{2}{3}}\left(\frac{8}{27}\right)\)
 Answer:
 
ix) \(2^{2+\log _{2} 3}\)
 Answer:
 \(2^{2+\log _{2} 3}\) = 22 . \(2^{\log _{2} 3}\)   [∵ am . an = am+n]
 = 4 × 3 [∵ \(\log _{\mathrm{a}} \mathrm{N}\) = N]
 = 12

Question 2.
 Write the following expressions as log N and find their values.
 i) log 2 + log 5
 Answer:
 log 2 + log 5
 = log 2 × 5   [∵ log m + log n = log mn]
 = log 10
 = 1
ii) log2 16 – log2 2
 Answer:
 
iii) 3 log644
 Answer:
 
iv) 2 log 3 – 3 log 2
 Answer:
 2 log 3 – 3 log 2
 = log 32 – log 23
 = log 9 – log 8
 = log \(\frac{9}{8}\)
v) log 10 + 2 log 3 – log 2
 Answer:
 log 10 + 2 log 3 – log 2
 = log 10 + log 32 – log 2
 = log 10 + log 9 – log 2    [∵ m log a = log am]
 = log \(\frac{10 \times 9}{2}\)    [∵ log a + log b = log ab; log a – log b = log \(\frac{a}{b}\)]
 = log 45

Question 3.
 Evaluate each of the following in terms of x and y, if it is given x = log23 and y = log2 5.
 i) log215
 Answer:
 log215 = log2 3 × 5
 = log23 + log25   [∵ log mn = log m + log n]
 = x + y
ii) log27.5
 Answer:
 
iii) log260
 Answer:
 log260 = log222 × 3 × 5
 = log222 + log23 + log25
 = 2 log22 + x + y
 = 2 + x + y
iv) log26750
 Answer:
 
 log26750
 = log22 × 33 × 53
 = log22 + log233 + log253
 = 1 + 3 log23 + 3 log25
 = 1 + 3x + 3y

Question 4.
 Expand the following,
 i) log 1000
 Answer:
 log 1000 = log 103
 = 3 log 10
 = 3 × 1
 = 3
ii) \(\log \left[\frac{128}{625}\right]\)
 Answer:
 
iii) log x2y3z4
 Answer:
 log x2y3z4 = logx2 + logy3 + logz4 [∵ log ab = log a + log b]
 = 2 log x + 3 log y + 4 log z
 [∵ log am = m log a]
iv) \(\log \frac{\mathbf{p}^{2} \mathbf{q}^{3}}{\mathbf{r}}\)
 Answer:
 
iv) \(\log \sqrt{\frac{x^{3}}{y^{2}}}\)
 Answer:
 

Question 5.
 If x2 + y2 = 25xy, then prove that 2 log (x + y) = 3log3 + logx + logy.
 Answer:
 Given: x2 + y2 = 25xy
 We know that (x + y)2 = x2 + y2 + 2xy
 = 25xy + 2xy    [∵ x2 + y2 = 25xy given]
 (x + y)2 = 27xy
 Taking ‘log’ on both sides
 log (x + y)2 = log 27xy
 2 log (x + y) = log 27 + log x + log y
 = log 33 + log x + log y
 ⇒ 2 log (x + y) = 3log3 + log x + log y
Question 6.
 If \(\log \left(\frac{\mathbf{x}+\mathbf{y}}{3}\right)\) = \(\frac{1}{2}\) (log x + log y), then find the value of \(\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{x}\).
 Answer:
 
 (squaring on both sides)
 ⇒ (x + y)2 = (3√xy)2
 ⇒ x2 + y2 + 2xy = 9xy
 ⇒ x2 + y2 = 9xy – 2xy = 7xy
 
Question 7.
 If (2.3)x = (0.23)y = 1000 then find the value of \(\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y}\).
 Answer:
 Given (2.3)x = (0.23)y = 1000 = 103
 

Question 8.
 If 2x+1 = 31-x then find the value of x.
 Answer:
 Given: 2x+1 = 31-x
 log 2x+1 = log 31-x
 (x + 1) log 2 = (1 – x) log 3
 x log 2 + log 2 = log 3 – x log 3
 x log 2 + x log 3 = log 3 – log 2
 x (log 3 + log 2) = log 3 – log 2
 
Question 9.
 Is
 i) log 2 is rational or irrational? Justify your answer.
 Answer:
 Let log102 = x
 Then 10x = 2
 But 2 can’t be written as 10x for any value of x
 ∴ log 2 is irrational.
ii) log 100 is rational or irrational? Justify your answer.
 Answer:
 Let log10100 = x
 ⇒ log10102 = x
 ⇒ 2 log1010 = x = 2
 ∴ log 100 is rational.
 ∴ log 100 = 2
 Hence rational.
