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Exponential EQ's
Word Problems
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 log41,024 = 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: 82x=8x+7

What is x=7?

100
Solve: log x = 3
What is 1000?
200

Write the equation 

log 3 729 = 6  in exponential form.

What is 3^6=729 ?

200

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

What is log27  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: 25x-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 103=1000 ?

300

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

What is log 1/2 8 = -3

300

Use the formula A=Pert to find out how many years it will take a $1000 investment to grow to $25000 in an account earning 12.5% compounded continuously.

25.75 years

300

Solve: e2x=ex+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 vertical asymptote of the graph of f(x) = log(x ) ?

What is x=0 ?

400

Expand:  Ln(x2y3z1/2)

2lnx + 3lny +1/2lnz

400

Use the formula A=P(1 + r/n)nt  to figure out how long it will take for a $300 investment to grow to $750 in an account earning 3.5% compounded monthly.

about 26 years

400

Solve: 3e3-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

Solve log2(x-5)=4

What is x= 21 ?

500

Simplify ln e 3x

What is 3x?

500

Use the formula A=Aoe-.000124t and carbon-14 dating to estimate how long it took for a Sabertooth Tiger to decompose with only 1.5% of the matter remaining?

33869 years

500

Solve: 102x+1 + 2 = 4 Round your answer to two decimal places.

What is x = -0.35 ?

500

Solve: 2log3(x - 4)=8

What is x=85