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12.6: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions- Answers to the Homework Exercises

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    Inverse Functions

    1. yes
    1. yes
    1. no; \([-2,0]\) or \([0,2]\)
    1. yes
    1. no
    1. no
    1. yes
    1. no
    1. \(g^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{4-2x}{x}\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=-5x+10\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=\sqrt[3]{x}+3\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{-x-1}{x-1}\)
    1. \(g^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{-x+1}{5}\)
    1. \(h^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{(-2x+4)^3}{4}\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{2x+7}{x+3}\)
    1. \(g^{-1}(x)=(x-2)^3-1\)
    1. \(g^{-1}(x)=3x-9\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{-4x+12}{3}\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{-3x-3}{x+2}\)
    1. \(g^{-1}(x)=-3x+2\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=\sqrt[5]{\dfrac{-x+3}{2}}\)
    1. \(f^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{-1-x}{x}\)
    1. \(g^{-1}(x)=\dfrac{-3x+1}{2}\)

    Exponential Functions

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      Figure 12.6.1
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      Figure 12.6.2
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      Figure 12.6.3
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      Figure 12.6.4
    1. \(0\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{3}{4}\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{2}{3}\)
    1. \(-2\)
    1. No Solution
    1. No Solution
    1. No Solution
    1. \(0\)
    1. \(\dfrac{1}{3}\)
    1. \(\dfrac{3}{8}\)
    1. \(-1\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{5}{4}\)
    1. \(0\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{5}{6}\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{4}{3}\)
    1. \(0\)
    1. \(\dfrac{1}{4}\)
    1. No Solution
    1. \(\dfrac{2}{3}\)
    1. \(-1\)

    Logarithmic Functions

    1. \(9^2=81\)
    1. \(13^2=169\)
    1. \(16^2=256\)
    1. \(\log_8 1=0\)
    1. \(\log_{64}2=\dfrac{1}{6}\)
    1. \(\log_{144}12=\dfrac{1}{2}\)
    1. \(\dfrac{1}{3}\)
    1. \(2\)
    1. \(6\)
    1. \(0\)
    1. \(\dfrac{1}{2}\)
    1. \(\left(-\dfrac{10}{7},\infty\right)\)
    1. \(\left(-\infty, \dfrac{7}{8}\right)\)
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      Figure 12.6.5
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      Figure 12.6.6
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      Figure 12.6.7
    1. \(5\)
    1. \(121\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{125}{3}\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{1}{2}\)
    1. \(\dfrac{2}{5}\)
    1. \(1,000\)
    1. \(\dfrac{45}{11}\)
    1. \(-\dfrac{2401}{3}\)
    1. \(\dfrac{283}{243}\)

    Logarithm Properties

    1. \(\log_a\left(\dfrac{mk^{6}}{n}\right)\)
    2. \(\log_8 6x\)
    3. \(\log_8 (6x^3-12)\)
    4. \(\log_a \left(\dfrac{a^2(2x+1)^3}{(2x-1)^2}\right)\)
    5. \(3-\dfrac{1}{2}\log_4 (x-1)\)
    6. \(2\log_2 x-6\log_2 y\)
    7. \(\log_b x+3\log_b z\)
    8. \(\log_b x+5\log_b y-7\log_b z\)
    9. \(2.8540\)
    10. \(-3.2694\)
    11. \(1.3778\)
    12. \(1\)
    13. \(0.394\)
    14. \(\sqrt{5}\)
    15. \(0\)

    Solve Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

    1. \(\dfrac{377}{124}\)
    2. \(10\)
    3. \(6\)
    4. \(8\)
    5. \(9\)
    6. No Solution
    7. \(\dfrac{11}{5}\)
    8. \(-7+\log_3 7\); \(-5.2288\)
    9. \(\dfrac{1}{8}\log_2 3.6\); \(0.2310\)
    10. \(\log_2 \dfrac{11}{10}\); \(0.1375\)
    11. \(\dfrac{1}{9}\log_5 39.2\); \(0.2533\)
    12. \(24.75\) years
    13. year 2034
    14. \(105\) days
    15. \(10.5\) minutes

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