Target Mathematics

1.50: Surds, indices and logarithms

4PM1/1/January/2015 — Question 6 · 12 marks

(a) Solve, giving your answer to 3 significant figures,
3z4=03^z-4=0
(3)
Solve the following equations, giving your answers to 3 significant figures where appropriate.
(b) 9y13(3y)+36=09^y-13(3^y)+36=0 (4)
(c) 6x4(2x)3x+4=06^x-4(2^x)-3^x+4=0 (5)