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WrittenAssignment5

Answerallassignedexercises,andshowallwork.Anasteriskindicatesanexerciseforwhicha
graphpoolisprovidedinModuleDetails.

1. Decidewhethereachfunctionasgraphedordefinedisonetoone.(Seesection4.1,
Examples1and2.)[9points]

a.

b.

c.

2. Usethedefinitionofinversestodeterminewhetherfandgareinverses.(Seesection4.1,
Example3.)[3points]

3. Foreachfunctionasdefinedthatisonetoone,(a)writeanequationfortheinverse
functionintheform
(b)graphfandf1onthesameaxes,*and(c)givethe
domainandtherangeoffandf1.Ifthefunctionisnotonetoone,sayso.(Seesection
4.1,Examples58.)[6points]

a.

b.

4. Grapheachfunction.*(Seesection4.2,Example2.)[6points]

a.

b.

5. Solveeachequation.(Seesection4.2,Examples46.)[6points]

a.

b.

6. FuturevalueFindthefuturevalueandinterestearnedif$56,780isinvestedat5.3%
compoundedquarterlyfor23quarters.(Seesection4.2,Examples79.)[3points]

7. InterestrateFindtherequiredannualinterestratetothenearesttenthofapercentfor
$65,000togrowto$65,325ifinterestiscompoundedmonthlyfor6months.(Seesection
4.2,Examples79.)[3points]

8. Ifthestatementisinexponentialform,writeitinanequivalentlogarithmicform.Ifthe
statementisinlogarithmicform,writeitinexponentialform.(Seesection4.3,Example
1.)[6points]

a.

b.

9. Solveeachlogarithmicequation.(Seesection4.3,Example2.)[6points]

a.

b.

10. Usethepropertiesoflogarithmstorewritetheexpression.Simplifytheresultifpossible.
(Seesection4.3,Example5.)[3points]

11. Giventheapproximations
and
,findeachlogarithm
withoutusingacalculator.(Seesection4.3,Example7.)[3points]

12. Findeachvalue.Ifapplicable,giveanapproximationtofourdecimalplaces.(Seesection
4.4,Example1.)[9points]

a.

b.

c.

13. EarthquakeintensityOnDecember26,2004,anearthquakestrucktheIndianOcean
withamagnitudeof9.1ontheRichterscale.Theresultingtsunamikilledanestimated
229,900peopleinseveralcountries.ExpressthisreadingintermsofI0.(Seesection4.4,
Example4.)[3points]

14. Usethechangeofbasetheoremtofindanapproximationtofourdecimalplacesforeach
logarithm.(Seesection4.4,Example8.)[3points]

15. Solveeachexponentialequation.Expressirrationalsolutionsasdecimalscorrecttothe
nearestthousandth.(Seesection4.5,Examples14.)[6points]

a.

b.

16. Solvethefollowinglogarithmicequation.Expressthesolutioninexactform.(Seesection
4.5,Examples59.)[3points]

17. InvestmenttimeFindttothenearesthundredthyearif$1786becomes$2063at2.6%,
withinterestcompoundedmonthly.Refertotheformulasforcompoundinterest

and
fromsection4.2[3points]

18. InterestrateAtwhatinterestrate,tothenearesthundredthofapercent,will$16,000

growto20,000ifinvestedfor5.25yrandinterestiscompoundedquarterly.Refertothe
formulasforcompoundinterest

and
fromsection4.2[3points]

19. Carbon14datingAsamplefromarefusedepositneartheStraitofMagellanhad60%
ofthecarbon14ofacontemporarysample.Howoldwasthesample?(Seesection4.6,
Example5.)[4points]

20. DissolvingachemicalTheamountofachemicalthatwilldissolveinasolutionincreases
exponentiallyasthe(Celsius)temperaturetisincreasedaccordingtothemodel
Atwhattemperaturewill15gdissolve?[4points]

21. GrowthofanaccountRussMcClelland,whoisselfemployed,wantstoinvest$60,000
inapensionplan.Oneinvestmentoffers5%compoundedquarterly.Anotheroffers
4.75%compoundedcontinuously.IfRusschoosestheplanwithcontinuous
compounding,howlongwillittakeforhis$60,000togrowto$80,000?[4points]

22. DoublingtimeIfinterestiscompoundedcontinuouslyandtheinterestrateistripled,
whateffectwillthishaveonthetimerequiredforaninvestmenttodouble?(Seesection
4.6,Example2.)[4points]

WA5,p.1