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Graphs of logs
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A=p(1 ± r)
100

change to exponential: log2(8) = x

2= 8

100

expand:  

log(10)

log(5) + log(2)


100

5= 125

3

100

Describe the transformation:

y = logb(x + 3)


  horizontal shift left by 3

100

An architect is designing an apartment building where the ground floor (floor 0) is the largest. The floor space is reduced by 5.9% per floor. If the ground floor is 14,300 ft2, then which floor will have an area of 9,928.3 ft2?

6th floor

200

change to exponential:  log3(1)= 0

30 = 1

200

condense: 

 log(a) - 3log(b)

log(a/b^3)

200

x= 343

x = 7

200

Describe the transformation:

y = -logb(x - 1) + 4

 reflection over x-axis

 horizontal shift right by 1

 vertical shift up by 4



200

Your Instagram account gains followers at a rate of 5.8% per month. If you currently have 36,030 followers, when will you reach 59,846 followers? 

 9 months

300

change to log: 5x = 25

log525 = x

300

expand: 

log(5a2b6)

log(5) + 2log(a) + 6log(b)

300

logx49 = 2

x = 7 

300

what is the asymptote, domain, and range?

x = 2

domain: (2, ∞)

range: (-∞, ∞)



300

You are looking for an apartment to rent. The farther the apartment is from downtown (in miles), the cost of rent increases by 3% per mile. If the apartment you‘re looking at (0 miles from downtown) has a rent of $1830, at what mile will the rent be $2121.47?

5 miles

400

1) change to exponential: logx64 = 2 

2) change to log: 3x = 27

1) x2 = 64

2) log327= x

400

condense:

log(3) + 3log(a) + 7log(b)

log(3a3b7)

400

log4(256) = x

x = 4

400

what is the asymptote, domain, and range?


x = -1

domain: (-1, ∞)

 range: (-∞, ∞)

400

You work at a company that makes a certain amount of money each month. This monthly profit increases by 4.3% each month. If the company made $36,730 this month, how long will it take for the company to make $47,285 as its monthly profit? 

6 months

500

1) change to exponential: logx4 = 2 

2) change to log: 10x = 100

3) change to log: x5= 216

1) x= 4

2) log10100= x

3) logx216 = 5

500

condense:  

2log(x) - 5log(y) - log(z)

log(x^2/(y^5•z))

500

log93 + log927 = x

(hint: condense first)

 log981 = x

9x= 81

x = 2


500

y = log(x - 1) + 2

graph the above function and fill in the table below:

what is the asymptote, domain, and range?


x = 1, (1, ∞), (-∞,∞)


500

 After lunch, you realize there are crumbs all over the floor. You vacuum the floor using multiple passes. After each pass, 15% of the crumbs are removed. If the floor had 570 crumbs at the start, how many passes of the vacuum will it take for 215 of the crumbs to be left?

6 passes

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