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Math 111 Quiz 3

Directions: Please write your answers, with all appropriate work, in the spaces
provided. Answers given without work shown will be counted incorrect. You may use
the backs of the pages if you require some space for scratchwork or brainstorming.

1. Evaluate each of the following: (5pts each)

(a) log
3
(9)
(b) log
5
(1/5)
(c) ln(e)
2. For any a > 0, a = 1, the domain and range of f(x) = log
a
(x) are what? (5pts)
3. Express log
4
(3) in terms of log
2
. (5pts)
1
4. Combine each of the following: (5pts each)
(a) log
2
(u) + log
2
(p) log
2
(d) wlog
2
() log
2
(n)
(b) ln(n) + ln(m) ln(c) ln(l) mln(a)
5. Expand each of the following: (5pts each)
(a) log
7

7x
2
y
z

(b) ln

x
yz

2
6. Given that a radioactive super otter has a mass of 2000 grams and a half-life of 200
years, write a model which describes how much radioactive material is left after t
years, in the form A(t) = Pe
rt
. (5pts)
7. Solve for x in each of the following: (5pts each)
(a) 4
2x
= 8
(b) e
x4
= 2
(c) 2 ln(x
2
) = 3
3
8. You put $1000 into a bank yielding 5% interest compounded continuously. How
long will it take until you have $2000? (6pts)
9. Find the inverse of the function f(x) = 2x
3
1 and verify your solution by using
function composition. (6pts)
10. Sketch the graph of g(x) = (x 1)
3
+ 3. (6pts)
4
11. Write the function f(x) = 6x
2
12x + 13 in vertex form using the technique of
completing the square. (6pts)
12. Find the x-value for the vertex of the function g(x) = 3x
2
5x (you may be brief).
(5pts)
13. Given the quadratic function f(x) = ax
2
+bx+c, the quadratic formula states that
the x-values for the zeroes of the function are located at: (5pts)
5