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Exponential EQ's
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Solving Exponential EQ's
Solving Log EQ's
100

Simplify the expression: log28

What is 3?

100

Write the exponential equation 45= 1,024 in logarithmic form.

What is log (base 4) 1,024 = 5 ?

100

If there are initially 3000 bacteria in a culture, and the number of bacteria increase by 25% each hour, how many bacteria will there be in 5 hours? Round to the nearest whole number.

What is 9,155 bacteria?

100

Solve: 8(2x)=8(x+7)

What is x=7?

100

Solve: log x = 3

What is 1000?

200

Write the equation log3 729 = 6 in exponential form.

What is 3^6=729 ?

200

Write the exponential equation 27 (1/3) = 3 in logarithmic form.

What is log (base 27) 3 = 1/3 ?

200

If there are initially 3000 bacteria in a culture, and the number of bacteria increase by 25% each hour, after how many hours will you reach approximately 5,850 bacteria?

What is 3 hours?

200

Solve: 25(x-4)=53x+1

What is x=-9 ?

200

log3 x = 5

What is x = 243 ?

300

Write the equation log 1000 = 3 in exponential form.

What is 10^3=1000 ?

300

Write the exponential equation (1/2)-3=8 in logarithmic form.

What is log (base 1/2) 8 = -3

300

Use the formula R = log I , where R is the measurement of the Richter scale and I is the intensity, to find the Richter scale measurement of an earthquake with intensity 30,000,000. Round your answer to four decimal places.

What is 7.4771?

300

Solve: e(2x)=e(x+4)

What is x=4?

300

Solve: ln x = 4 Round your answer to two decimal places.

What is x= 54.60 ?

400

What is the asymptote of the graph of

f(x) = log(x - 1) ?

What is x=1 ?

400

Is the graph y= .7x increasing or decreasing, and is it a function?

What is decreasing and yes, a function?

400

Approximately how long will it take $4000 to double at an annual interest rate of 5.25% compounded monthly? 

13.23

400

Solve: 3e(3 - x)= 15 Round your answer to two decimal places.

What is x= 1.39 ?

400

Solve: 3 ln (x - 7) = 4 Round your answer to two decimal places.

What is x= 39.12 ?

500

What is the asymptote of the graph of 

f(x)= log(x + 2) -1 ?

What is x= -2 ?

500

Simplify ln e (3x)

What is 3x?

500

The half life of a certain radioactive material is 85 days. An initial amount of the material has a mass of 500g. Write an exponential function that models the decay of this material. Find how much radio active material remains after 8 days. Round your answer to the nearest hundredths.

What is y=500(1/2)1/85t

486.42

500

Solve: 10(2x+1) + 2 = 4 Round your answer to two decimal places.

What is x = -0.35 ?

500

log(3x+8)=3

Round to the nearest tenth

what is 330.7

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