Edexcel C12 2016 June — Question 13

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC12 (Core Mathematics 1 & 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicLaws of Logarithms

  1. (a) Show that the equation
$$2 \log _ { 2 } y = 5 - \log _ { 2 } x \quad x > 0 , y > 0$$ may be written in the form \(y ^ { 2 } = \frac { k } { x }\) where \(k\) is a constant to be found.
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve the simultaneous equations $$\begin{gathered} 2 \log _ { 2 } y = 5 - \log _ { 2 } x
\log _ { x } y = - 3 \end{gathered}$$ for \(x > 0 , y > 0\)