Ratio, Proportion, Indices, LogarithmMCQMTP Sep 24 Series IIQuestion 927 of 302
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The value of (243)0.13×(243)0.07(7)0.25×(49)0.075×(343)0.2\displaystyle (243)0.13×(243)0.07(7)0.25×(49)0.075×(343)0.2\displaystyle \frac{(243)^{0.13} \times (243)^{0.07}}{(7)^{0.25} \times (49)^{0.075} \times (343)^{0.2}} is:

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Correct Answer

✅ Option a — 37\displaystyle \frac{3}{7}

All Options:

  • A37\displaystyle \frac{3}{7}
  • B27\displaystyle \frac{2}{7}
  • C17\displaystyle \frac{1}{7}
  • D47\displaystyle \frac{4}{7}

Detailed Solution & Explanation

We are given the expression:
E=(243)0.13×(243)0.07(7)0.25×(49)0.075×(343)0.2E = (243)0.13×(243)0.07(7)0.25×(49)0.075×(343)0.2\displaystyle \frac{(243)^{0.13} \times (243)^{0.07}}{(7)^{0.25} \times (49)^{0.075} \times (343)^{0.2}}

Let us simplify the numerator and the denominator separately:

1) Numerator:
Num=(243)0.13×(243)0.07=(243)0.13+0.07=(243)0.2Num\displaystyle \text{Num} = (243)^{0.13} ×\displaystyle \times (243)^{0.07} = (243)^{0.13 + 0.07} = (243)^{0.2}
Since $243 = 3^5,wecanwrite:<br><spanclass="katex−display"><spanclass="katex"><spanclass="katex−mathml"><mathxmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"display="block"><semantics><mrow><mtext>Num</mtext><mo>=</mo><msup><mrow><mofence="true">(</mo><msup><mn>3</mn><mn>5</mn></msup><mofence="true">)</mo></mrow><mn>0.2</mn></msup><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>3</mn><mrow><mn>5</mn><mo>×</mo><mn>0.2</mn></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>3</mn><mn>1</mn></msup><mo>=</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow><annotationencoding="application/x−tex">Num=(35)0.2=35×0.2=31=3</annotation></semantics></math></span><spanclass="katex−html"aria−hidden="true"><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:0.6833em;"></span><spanclass="mordtext"><spanclass="mord">Num</span></span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span><spanclass="mrel">=</span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span></span><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:1.4181em;vertical−align:−0.35em;"></span><spanclass="minner"><spanclass="minner"><spanclass="mopendelimcenter"style="top:0em;"><spanclass="delimsizingsize1">(</span></span><spanclass="mord"><spanclass="mord">3</span><spanclass="msupsub"><spanclass="vlist−t"><spanclass="vlist−r"><spanclass="vlist"style="height:0.8641em;"><spanstyle="top:−3.113em;margin−right:0.05em;"><spanclass="pstrut"style="height:2.7em;"></span><spanclass="sizingreset−size6size3mtight"><spanclass="mordmtight">5</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><spanclass="mclosedelimcenter"style="top:0em;"><spanclass="delimsizingsize1">)</span></span></span><spanclass="msupsub"><spanclass="vlist−t"><spanclass="vlist−r"><spanclass="vlist"style="height:1.0681em;"><spanstyle="top:−3.317em;margin−right:0.05em;"><spanclass="pstrut"style="height:2.7em;"></span><spanclass="sizingreset−size6size3mtight"><spanclass="mordmtight"><spanclass="mordmtight">0.2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span><spanclass="mrel">=</span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span></span><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:0.8641em;"></span><spanclass="mord"><spanclass="mord">3</span><spanclass="msupsub"><spanclass="vlist−t"><spanclass="vlist−r"><spanclass="vlist"style="height:0.8641em;"><spanstyle="top:−3.113em;margin−right:0.05em;"><spanclass="pstrut"style="height:2.7em;"></span><spanclass="sizingreset−size6size3mtight"><spanclass="mordmtight"><spanclass="mordmtight">5</span><spanclass="mbinmtight">×</span><spanclass="mordmtight">0.2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span><spanclass="mrel">=</span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span></span><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:0.8641em;"></span><spanclass="mord"><spanclass="mord">3</span><spanclass="msupsub"><spanclass="vlist−t"><spanclass="vlist−r"><spanclass="vlist"style="height:0.8641em;"><spanstyle="top:−3.113em;margin−right:0.05em;"><spanclass="pstrut"style="height:2.7em;"></span><spanclass="sizingreset−size6size3mtight"><spanclass="mordmtight">1</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span><spanclass="mrel">=</span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span></span><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:0.6444em;"></span><spanclass="mord">3</span></span></span></span></span><br><br>2)Denominator:<br><spanclass="katex−display"><spanclass="katex"><spanclass="katex−mathml"><mathxmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"display="block"><semantics><mrow><mtext>Den</mtext><mo>=</mo><mostretchy="false">(</mo><mn>7</mn><msup><mostretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0.25</mn></msup><mo>×</mo><mostretchy="false">(</mo><mn>49</mn><msup><mostretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0.075</mn></msup><mo>×</mo><mostretchy="false">(</mo><mn>343</mn><msup><mostretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0.2</mn></msup></mrow><annotationencoding="application/x−tex">Den=(7)0.25×(49)0.075×(343)0.2</annotation></semantics></math></span><spanclass="katex−html"aria−hidden="true"><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:0.6833em;"></span><spanclass="mordtext"><spanclass="mord">Den</span></span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span><spanclass="mrel">=</span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2778em;"></span></span><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:1.1141em;vertical−align:−0.25em;"></span><spanclass="mopen">(</span><spanclass="mord">7</span><spanclass="mclose"><spanclass="mclose">)</span><spanclass="msupsub"><spanclass="vlist−t"><spanclass="vlist−r"><spanclass="vlist"style="height:0.8641em;"><spanstyle="top:−3.113em;margin−right:0.05em;"><spanclass="pstrut"style="height:2.7em;"></span><spanclass="sizingreset−size6size3mtight"><spanclass="mordmtight"><spanclass="mordmtight">0.25</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2222em;"></span><spanclass="mbin">×</span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2222em;"></span></span><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:1.1141em;vertical−align:−0.25em;"></span><spanclass="mopen">(</span><spanclass="mord">49</span><spanclass="mclose"><spanclass="mclose">)</span><spanclass="msupsub"><spanclass="vlist−t"><spanclass="vlist−r"><spanclass="vlist"style="height:0.8641em;"><spanstyle="top:−3.113em;margin−right:0.05em;"><spanclass="pstrut"style="height:2.7em;"></span><spanclass="sizingreset−size6size3mtight"><spanclass="mordmtight"><spanclass="mordmtight">0.075</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2222em;"></span><spanclass="mbin">×</span><spanclass="mspace"style="margin−right:0.2222em;"></span></span><spanclass="base"><spanclass="strut"style="height:1.1141em;vertical−align:−0.25em;"></span><spanclass="mopen">(</span><spanclass="mord">343</span><spanclass="mclose"><spanclass="mclose">)</span><spanclass="msupsub"><spanclass="vlist−t"><spanclass="vlist−r"><spanclass="vlist"style="height:0.8641em;"><spanstyle="top:−3.113em;margin−right:0.05em;"><spanclass="pstrut"style="height:2.7em;"></span><spanclass="sizingreset−size6size3mtight"><spanclass="mordmtight"><spanclass="mordmtight">0.2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>Expressingallbaseswithbase\displaystyle , we can write:<br><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mtext>Num</mtext><mo>=</mo><msup><mrow><mo fence="true">(</mo><msup><mn>3</mn><mn>5</mn></msup><mo fence="true">)</mo></mrow><mn>0.2</mn></msup><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>3</mn><mrow><mn>5</mn><mo>×</mo><mn>0.2</mn></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>3</mn><mn>1</mn></msup><mo>=</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\displaystyle \text{Num} = \left( 3^5 \right)^{0.2} = 3^{5 ×\displaystyle \times 0.2} = 3^1 = 3</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord text"><span class="mord">Num</span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.4181em;vertical-align:-0.35em;"></span><span class="minner"><span class="minner"><span class="mopen delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size1">(</span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">3</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8641em;"><span style="top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight">5</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size1">)</span></span></span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.0681em;"><span style="top:-3.317em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">0.2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8641em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">3</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8641em;"><span style="top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">5</span><span class="mbin mtight">×</span><span class="mord mtight">0.2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8641em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">3</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8641em;"><span style="top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">3</span></span></span></span></span><br><br>2) Denominator:<br><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mtext>Den</mtext><mo>=</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>7</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0.25</mn></msup><mo>×</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>49</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0.075</mn></msup><mo>×</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>343</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mn>0.2</mn></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">Den\displaystyle \text{Den} = (7)^{0.25} ×\displaystyle \times (49)^{0.075} ×\displaystyle \times (343)^{0.2}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord text"><span class="mord">Den</span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.1141em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord">7</span><span class="mclose"><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8641em;"><span style="top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">0.25</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.1141em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord">49</span><span class="mclose"><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8641em;"><span style="top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">0.075</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.1141em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord">343</span><span class="mclose"><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8641em;"><span style="top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">0.2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>Expressing all bases with base7\displaystyle (since &#36;49 = 7^2 and $343 = 7^3$):
Den=70.25×(72)0.075×(73)0.2\displaystyle \text{Den} = 7^{0.25} ×\displaystyle \times \left( 7^2 \right)^{0.075} ×\displaystyle \times \left( 7^3 \right)^{0.2}
Den=70.25×72×0.075×73×0.2\displaystyle \text{Den} = 7^{0.25} ×\displaystyle \times 7^{2 ×\displaystyle \times 0.075} ×\displaystyle \times 7^{3 ×\displaystyle \times 0.2}
Den=70.25×70.15×70.6\displaystyle \text{Den} = 7^{0.25} ×\displaystyle \times 7^{0.15} ×\displaystyle \times 7^{0.6}
Adding the exponents:
Den=70.25+0.15+0.6=71.0=7\displaystyle \text{Den} = 7^{0.25 + 0.15 + 0.6} = 7^{1.0} = 7

3) Combine the numerator and denominator:
E=37E = 37\displaystyle \frac{3}{7}

Hence, **Option A** is the correct answer.

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