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20.7: Review Exercises

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Chapter Review Exercises

Finding Composite and Inverse Functions

Exercise 20.7.1 Find and Evaluate Composite Functions

In the following exercises, for each pair of functions, find

  1. (fg)(x)
  2. (gf)(x)
  3. (fg)(x)

1. f(x)=7x2 and g(x)=5x+1

2. f(x)=4x and g(x)=x2+3x

Answer

2.

  1. 4x2+12x
  2. 16x2+12x
  3. 4x3+12x2
Exercise 20.7.2 Find and Evaluate Composite Functions

In the following exercises, evaluate the composition.

  1. For functions f(x)=3x2+2 and g(x)=4x3, find
    1. (fg)(3)
    2. (gf)(2)
    3. (ff)(1)
  2. For functions f(x)=2x3+5 and g(x)=3x27, find
    1. (fg)(1)
    2. (gf)(2)
    3. (gg)(1)
Answer

2.

  1. 123
  2. 356
  3. 41
Exercise 20.7.3 Determine Whether a Function is One-to-One

In the following exercises, for each set of ordered pairs, determine if it represents a function and if so, is the function one-to-one.

  1. {(3,5),(2,4),(1,3),(0,2),(1,1),(2,0),(3,1)}
  2. {(3,0),(2,2),(1,0),(0,1),(1,2),(2,1),(3,1)}
  3. {(3,3),(2,1),(1,1),(0,3),(1,5),(2,4),(3,2)}
Answer

2. Function; not one-to-one

Exercise 20.7.4 Determine Whether a Function is One-to-One

In the following exercises, determine whether each graph is the graph of a function and if so, is it one-to-one.


    1. This figure shows a line from (negative 6, negative 2) up to (negative 1, 3) and then down from there to (6, negative 4).
      Figure 10.E.1

    2. This figure shows a line from (6, 5) down to (0, negative 1) and then down from there to (5, negative 6).
      Figure 10.E.2

    1. This figure shows a curved line from (negative 6, negative 2) up to the origin and then continuing up from there to (6, 2).
      Figure 10.E.3

    2. This figure shows a circle of radius 2 with center at the origin.
      Figure 10.E.4
Answer

1.

  1. Function; not one-to-one
  2. Not a function
Exercise 20.7.5 Find the Inverse of a Function

In the following exercise, find the inverse of the function. Determine the domain and range of the inverse function.

  1. {(3,10),(2,5),(1,2),(0,1)}
Answer

1. Inverse function: {(10,3),(5,2),(2,1),(1,0)}. Domain: {1,2,5,10}. Range: {3,2,1,0}.

Exercise 20.7.6 Find the Inverse of a Function

In the following exercise, graph the inverse of the one-to-one function shown.

This figure shows a line segment from (negative 4, negative 2) up to (negative 2, 1) then up to (2, 2) and then up to (3, 4).
Figure 10.E.5
Answer

Solve on your own

Exercise 20.7.7 Find the Inverse of a Function

In the following exercises, verify that the functions are inverse functions.

  1. f(x)=3x+7 and g(x)=x73
  2. f(x)=2x+9 and g(x)=x+92
Answer

1. g(f(x))=x, and f(g(x))=x, so they are inverses.

Exercise 20.7.8 Find the Inverse of a Function
  1. f(x)=6x11
  2. f(x)=x3+13
  3. f(x)=1x+5
  4. f(x)=5x1
Answer

1. f1(x)=x+116

3. f1(x)=1x5

Evaluate and Graph Exponential Functions

Exercise 20.7.9 Graph Exponential Functions

In the following exercises, graph each of the following functions.

  1. f(x)=4x
  2. f(x)=(15)x
  3. g(x)=(0.75)x
  4. g(x)=3x+2
  5. f(x)=(2.3)x3
  6. f(x)=ex+5
  7. f(x)=ex
Answer

1.

This figure shows an exponential line passing through the points (negative 1, 1 over 4), (0, 1), and (1, 4).
Figure 10.E.6

3.

This figure shows an exponential line passing through the points (negative 1, 4 over 3), (0, 1), and (1, 3 over 4).
Figure 10.E.7

5.

This figure shows an exponential line passing through the points (negative 1, negative 59 over 23), (0, negative 2), and (1, negative7 over 10).
Figure 10.E.8

7.

This figure shows an exponential line passing through the points (negative 1, negative 1 over e), (0, negative 1), and (1, negative e).
Figure 10.E.9
Exercise 20.7.10 Solve Exponential Equations

In the following exercises, solve each equation.

  1. 35x6=81
  2. 2x2=16
  3. 9x=27
  4. 5x2+2x=15
  5. e4xe7=e19
  6. ex2e15=e2x
Answer

2. x=2,x=2

4. x=1

6. x=3,x=5

Exercise 20.7.11 Use Exponential Models in Applications

In the following exercises, solve.

  1. Felix invested $12,000 in a savings account. If the interest rate is 4% how much will be in the account in 12 years by each method of compounding?
    1. compound quarterly
    2. compound monthly
    3. compound continuously
  2. Sayed deposits $20,000 in an investment account. What will be the value of his investment in 30 years if the investment is earning 7% per year and is compounded continuously?
  3. A researcher at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is studying the growth of a bacteria. She starts her experiment with 150 of the bacteria that grows at a rate of 15% per hour. She will check on the bacteria every 24 hours. How many bacteria will he find in 24 hours?
  4. In the last five years the population of the United States has grown at a rate of 0.7% per year to about 318,900,000. If this rate continues, what will be the population in 5 more years?
Answer

2. $163,323.40

4. 330,259,000

Evaluate and Graph Logarithmic Functions

Exercise 20.7.12 Convert Between Exponential and Logarithmic Form

In the following exercises, convert from exponential to logarithmic form.

  1. 54=625
  2. 103=11,000
  3. 6315=563
  4. ey=16
Answer

2. log11,000=3

4. ln16=y

Exercise 20.7.13 Convert Between Exponential and Logarithmic Form

In the following exercises, convert each logarithmic equation to exponential form.

  1. 7=log2128
  2. 5=log100,000
  3. 4=lnx
Answer

2. 100000=105

Exercise 20.7.14 Evaluate Logarithmic Functions

In the following exercises, solve for x.

  1. logx125=3
  2. log7x=2
  3. log12116=x
Answer

1. x=5

3. x=4

Exercise 20.7.15 Evaluate Logarithmic Functions

In the following exercises, find the exact value of each logarithm without using a calculator.

  1. log232
  2. log81
  3. log319
Answer

2. 0

Exercise 20.7.16 Graph Logarithmic Functions

In the following exercises, graph each logarithmic function.

  1. y=log5x
  2. y=log14x
  3. y=log0.8x
Answer

1.

This figure shows a logarithmic line passing through the points (1 over 5, negative 1), (1, 0), and (5, 1).
Figure 10.E.10

3.

This figure shows a logarithmic line passing through the points (4 over 5, 1), (1, 0), and (5 over 4, negative 1).
Figure 10.E.11
Exercise 20.7.17 Solve Logarithmic Equations

In the following exercises, solve each logarithmic equation.

  1. loga36=5
  2. lnx=3
  3. log2(5x7)=3
  4. lne3x=24
  5. log(x221)=2
Answer

2. x=e3

4. x=8

Exercise 20.7.18 Use Logarithmic Models in Applications

What is the decibel level of a train whistle with intensity 103 watts per square inch?

Answer

90 dB

Use the Properties of Logarithms

Exercise 20.7.19 Use the Properties of Logarithms

In the following exercises, use the properties of logarithms to evaluate.

    1. log71
    2. log1212
    1. 5log513
    2. log339
    1. 10log5
    2. log103
    1. eln8
    2. lne5
Answer

2.

  1. 13
  2. 9

4.

  1. 8
  2. 5
Exercise 20.7.20 Use the Properties of Logarithms

In the following exercises, use the Product Property of Logarithms to write each logarithm as a sum of logarithms. Simplify if possible.

  1. log4(64xy)
  2. log10,000m
Answer

2. 4+logm

Exercise 20.7.21 Use the Properties of Logarithms

In the following exercises, use the Quotient Property of Logarithms to write each logarithm as a sum of logarithms. Simplify, if possible.

  1. log749y
  2. lne52
Answer

2. 5ln2

Exercise 20.7.22 Use the Properties of Logarithms

In the following exercises, use the Power Property of Logarithms to expand each logarithm. Simplify, if possible.

  1. logx9
  2. log47z
Answer

2. 17log4z

Exercise 20.7.23 Use the Properties of Logarithms

In the following exercises, use properties of logarithms to write each logarithm as a sum of logarithms. Simplify if possible.

  1. log3(4x7y8)
  2. log58a2b6cd3
  3. ln3x2y2z4
  4. log637x26y3z5
Answer

2. log58+2log5a+6log5b+log5c3log5d

4. 13(log67+2log6x13log6y5log6z)

Exercise 20.7.24 Use the Properties of Logarithms

In the following exercises, use the Properties of Logarithms to condense the logarithm. Simplify if possible.

  1. log256log27
  2. 3log3x+7log3y
  3. log5(x216)2log5(x+4)
  4. 14logy2log(y3)
Answer

2. log3x3y7

4. log4y(y3)2

Exercise 20.7.25 Use the Change-of-Base Formula

In the following exercises, rounding to three decimal places, approximate each logarithm.

  1. log597
  2. log316
Answer

2. 5.047

Solve Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

Exercise 20.7.26 Solve Logarithmic Equations Using the Properties of Logarithms

In the following exercises, solve for x.

  1. 3log5x=log5216
  2. log2x+log2(x2)=3
  3. log(x1)log(3x+5)=logx
  4. log4(x2)+log4(x+5)=log48
  5. ln(3x2)=ln(x+4)+ln2
Answer

2. x=4

4. x=3

Exercise 20.7.27 Solve Exponential Equations Using Logarithms

In the following exercises, solve each exponential equation. Find the exact answer and then approximate it to three decimal places.

  1. 2x=101
  2. ex=23
  3. (13)x=7
  4. 7ex+3=28
  5. ex4+8=23
Answer

1. x=log101log26.658

3. x=log7log131.771

5. x=ln15+46.708

Exercise 20.7.28 Use Exponential Models in Applications
  1. Jerome invests $18,000 at age 17. He hopes the investments will be worth $30,000 when he turns 26. If the interest compounds continuously, approximately what rate of growth will he need to achieve his goal? Is that a reasonable expectation?
  2. Elise invests $4500 in an account that compounds interest monthly and earns 6%.How long will it take for her money to double?
  3. Researchers recorded that a certain bacteria population grew from 100 to 300 in 8 hours. At this rate of growth, how many bacteria will there be in 24 hours?
  4. Mouse populations can double in 8 months (A=2A0). How long will it take for a mouse population to triple?
  5. The half-life of radioactive iodine is 60 days. How much of a 50 mg sample will be left in 40 days?
Answer

2. 11.6 years

4. 12.7 months

Practice Test

Exercise 20.7.29
  1. For the functions, f(x)=6x+1 and g(x)=8x3, find
    1. (fg)(x)
    2. (gf)(x)
    3. (fg)(x)
  2. Determine if the following set of ordered pairs represents a function and if so, is the function one-to-one. {(2,2),(1,3),(0,1),(1,2),(2,3)}
  3. Determine whether each graph is the graph of a function and if so, is it one-to-one.

    1. This figure shows a parabola opening to the right with vertex (negative 3, 0).
      Figure 10.E.12

    2. This figure shows an exponential line passing through the points (negative 1, 1 over 2), (0, 1), and (1, 2).
      Figure 10.E.13
  4. Graph, on the same coordinate system, the inverse of the one-to-one function shown.
This figure shows a line segment passing from the point (negative 3, 3) to (negative 1, 2) to (0, negative 2) to (2, negative 4).
Figure 10.E.14

5. Find the inverse of the function f(x)=x59.

6. Graph the function g(x)=2x3.

7. Solve the equation 22x4=64.

8. Solve the equation ex2e4=e3x.

9. Megan invested $21,000 in a savings account. If the interest rate is 5%, how much will be in the account in 8 years by each method of compounding?

  1. compound quarterly
  2. compound monthly
  3. compound continuously

10. Convert the equation from exponential to logarithmic form: 102=1100.

11. Convert the equation from logarithmic equation to exponential form: 3=log7343.

12. Solve for x: log5x=3

13. Evaluate log 111.

14. Evaluate log4164.

15. Graph the function y=log3x.

16. Solve for x: log(x239)=1

17. What is the decibel level of a small fan with intensity 108 watts per square inch?

18. Evaluate each.

  1. 6log617
  2. log993
Answer

1.

  1. 48x17
  2. 48x+5
  3. 48x210x3

3.

  1. Not a function
  2. One-to-one function

5. f1(x)=5x+9

7. x=5

9.

  1. $31,250.74
  2. $31,302.29
  3. $31,328.32

11. 343=73

13. 0

15.

This figure shows a logarithmic line passing through (1 over 3, 1), (1, 0), and (3, 1).
Figure 10.E.15

17. 40 dB

Exercise 20.7.30

In the following exercises, use properties of logarithms to write each expression as a sum of logarithms, simplifying if possible.

  1. log525ab
  2. lne128
  3. log245x316y2z7
Answer

1. 2+log5a+log5b

3. 14(log25+3log2x42log2y7log2z)

Exercise 20.7.31

In the following exercises, use the Properties of Logarithms to condense the logarithm, simplifying if possible.

  1. 5log4x+3log4y
  2. 16logx3log(x+5)
  3. Rounding to three decimal places, approximate log473.
  4. Solve for x: log7(x+2)+log7(x3)=log724
Answer

2. log6x(x+5)3

4. x=6

Exercise 20.7.32

In the following exercises, solve each exponential equation. Find the exact answer and then approximate it to three decimal places.

  1. (15)x=9
  2. 5ex4=40
  3. Jacob invests $14,000 in an account that compounds interest quarterly and earns 4%. How long will it take for his money to double?
  4. Researchers recorded that a certain bacteria population grew from 500 to 700 in 5 hours. At this rate of growth, how many bacteria will there be in 20 hours?
  5. A certain beetle population can double in 3 months (A=2A0). How long will it take for that beetle population to triple?
Answer

2. x=ln8+46.079

4. 1,921 bacteria


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