Edexcel C2 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
TopicLaws of Logarithms

  1. Given that \(p = \log _ { q } 16\), express in terms of \(p\),
    1. \(\log _ { q } 2\),
    2. \(\log _ { q } ( 8 q )\).
    3. The expansion of \(( 2 - p x ) ^ { 6 }\) in ascending powers of \(x\), as far as the term in \(x ^ { 2 }\), is
    $$64 + A x + 135 x ^ { 2 }$$ Given that \(p > 0\), find the value of \(p\) and the value of \(A\).
    (7)