Basic of Logarithms
easy

${\log _2}7$ એ . . . . થાય.

A

પૃણાંક

B

સંમેય સંખ્યા

C

અસંમેય સંખ્યા

D

અવિભાજ્ય સંખ્યા

(IIT-1990)

Solution

(c) Suppose, if possible, ${\log _2}7$ is rational, say $p/q$ where $p$ and $q$ are integers, prime to each other.

Then, ${p \over q} = {\log _2}7\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow 7 = {2^{p/q}}\,\,\, \Rightarrow {2^p} = {7^q}$,

which is false since $L.H.S$ is even and $R.H.S$ is odd. Obviously ${\log _2}7$ is not an integer and hence not a prime number.

Standard 11
Mathematics

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