Can you solve these logarithmic equations?

Algebra Level 4

log 2 a + log 4 b + log 4 c = 2 log 3 b + log 9 c + log 9 a = 2 log 4 c + log 16 a + log 16 b = 2 \large\begin{aligned}\begin{aligned}\log_2a+\log_4b+\log_4c=&\ 2\\\log_3b+\log_9c+\log_9a=&\ 2\\\log_4c+\log_{16}a+\log_{16}b=&\ 2\end{aligned}\end{aligned}

If a a , b b and c c satisfy the above system of equations, find the value of 6 a + 8 b 3 c 6a+8b-3c .


The answer is -1.

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2 solutions

Tanishq Varshney
Jun 27, 2015

log 4 a 2 b c = 2 a 2 b c = 16 \log_{4} a^{2}bc=2 \to a^2bc=16 ............. ( 1 ) (1)

log 9 a b 2 c = 2 a b 2 c = 81 \log_{9} ab^{2}c=2\to ab^2c=81 .................. ( 2 ) (2)

log 16 a b c 2 = 2 a b c 2 = 256 \log_{16} abc^{2}=2\to abc^2=256 ............... ( 3 ) (3)

( 1 ) / ( 2 ) (1)/(2) \quad \quad b = 81 16 a b=\frac{81}{16}a

( 1 ) / ( 3 ) (1)/(3) \quad \quad c = 16 a c=16a

putting values of b b and c c

a = 2 3 a=\frac{2}{3}

so b = 27 8 b=\frac{27}{8} and c = 32 3 c=\frac{32}{3}

Did the same way

I Gede Arya Raditya Parameswara - 4 years, 4 months ago
Sai Ram
Sep 6, 2015

The given equations are

The first equation can be written as

log 2 a + log 4 b + log 4 c = log 4 a 2 b a = 2 a 2 b c = 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 \log_{2}{a}+\log_{4}{b}+\log_{4}{c}=\log_{4}{a^2ba}=2 \Rightarrow {a^2}bc=2^4............\boxed{1}

Similarly,

log 3 b + log 9 c + log 9 a = 2 = log 9 b 2 a c b 2 c a = 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 \log_{3}{b}+\log_{9}{c}+\log_{9}{a}=2 =\log_{9}{{b^2}ac} \Rightarrow {b^2}ca = 3^4............\boxed{2}

Similarly,

log 4 c + log 16 a + log 16 b = 2 = log 16 c 2 a b c 2 a b = 1 6 2 = 4 4 . . . 3 \log_{4}{c}+\log_{16}{a}+\log_{16}{b}=2=\log_{16}{{c^2}ab} \Rightarrow{c^2}ab=16^2=4^4...\boxed{3}

Multiplying 1 , 2 , 3 1,2,3 ,we get,

( a b c ) 4 = 2 4 × 3 4 × 4 4 = ( 24 ) 4 a b c = 24 (abc)^{4}=2^4 \times 3^4 \times 4^4 = (24)^4 \Rightarrow \boxed{abc=24}

Then 1 1 becomes a 2 b c = 16 a ( a b c ) = 16 a = 16 24 a = 2 3 {a^2}bc=16 \Rightarrow a(abc)=16 \Rightarrow a=\dfrac{16}{24} \Rightarrow \boxed{a=\dfrac{2}{3}}

Similarly 2 2 becomes b 2 a c = 81 b ( a b c ) = 81 b = 81 24 b = 27 8 {b^2}ac=81 \Rightarrow b(abc)=81 \Rightarrow b=\dfrac{81}{24} \Rightarrow \boxed{b=\dfrac{27}{8}}

Similarly 3 3 becomes c 2 a b = 256 c ( a b c ) = 256 c = 256 24 c = 32 3 {c^2}ab = 256 \Rightarrow c(abc)=256 \Rightarrow c=\dfrac{256}{24} \Rightarrow \boxed{c=\dfrac{32}{3}}

6 a + 8 b 3 c = 6 ( 2 3 ) + 8 ( 27 8 ) 3 ( 32 3 ) = 27 + 4 32 = 1 6a+8b-3c = 6(\dfrac{2}{3}) + 8(\dfrac{27}{8}) -3(\dfrac{32}{3})=27+4-32 = \boxed{-1}

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Rama Devi - 5 years, 9 months ago

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