Practice Test 5.1-5.

5 Name:_________________________
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1. Simplify:
2. Solve for x.
5 x +3 x +5
5  8  63 x = 216 x+3
  = 
2  125 

3. A person wishes to have $30,000 4. If Kenya has a population of about

cash for a new car 15 years from now.
How much should be placed in an
account not if the account pays 7.5%
coumpounded quarterly? Compute the
answer to the nearest dollar.
20,000,000 people and a doubling time
of 22 years and if the growth continues
at the same rate, find the population in:
A) 15 years
B) 25 years
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1
5. Forbes plublished the following "Top Saving Deposit Yields" for 3 − year
2
certicficate of deposit accounts:

Lamar Bank 8.15% (CC)

Teacher's Credit Union 8.35% (CQ)
Nation's Bank 8% (CD)
where CC represents compounded continously, CQ compounded quarterly, and CD
coupounded dailey. Compute the value of $8000 invested in each account at the end of 15 years.

6. Simplify 7. Simplify
6 −3 x 8 −2 x
-2x e − 3x e e-3 x + 5
x6 e4 x−5
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8. Simplify each expression.
A) log x x = _______
9. Solve for x:

B) log e 5 e = ______ A) ln 1 256 = y B) logx 64 = 4 C) log6 216 = x

4

C) log 7 343 = _______

10. The use of insecticide DDT is no

longer allowed in many countries
because of its long-term adverse effects.
If a farmer uses 40 pounds of active DDT,
assuming its half-life is 10 years, how
much will still be active after
A) 7 years
B) 18 years
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12. Solve for x.

11. Write in terms of simpler logarithmic forms.

1
a b x3 y A) 2 ln b 3 + ln b 81 − lnb 3 = lnb x
A) log c B) ln x 4 3
cd z
B ) log(6 x + 5) − log(3) = log(2) − log x

13. Evaluate to three decimal places.

14. Solve to 3 significant digits.
ln 0.4567
A)
ln0.06789
e5− 3ξ = 51
B ) log x = -4.567

C ) ln x = -12.04
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15. Solve to 3 significant digits. 16. Solve exactly.

103x-5 = 24.5 ln 6 - ln x = 3

17. Solve to 3 significant digits. 18. Solve exactly.

1000 = 50e0.25 x ln x = ln(2 x − 1) − ln( x − 2)

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19. Solve:
20. Evaluate to four decimal places.
A) log 6 472 B)log4 0.5436
log( x + 1) − log( x − 1) = 1

22. Solve for x:

21. Solve exactly:
log 3x 2 − λογ 9 ξ = 2
log x e5 = 5
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24. Solve for x
23. Solve for x:
3
( log x ) = λογ ξ9
4000 = 2500 ε0.12 ξ

26. Solve for the indicated variable.

25. Solve for x:
ν
2 −ξ −ξ (1 + ι) − 1
2x e = 18 ε S=Ρ φορν (αννυιτψ)
ι
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27. A group of 400 parents, relatives, and friends are waiting anxiously at Kennedy
Airport for a charter flight returning students after a year in Europe. It is stormy and
the plane is late. A particular parent thought he had heard that the plane's radio had
gone out and related this news to some friends, who in turn passed it on to others.
The propagation of this rumor is predicted to be given by
400
N(t) =
1 + 399 ε−0.4 τ
ωηερε Ν ιστηε νυµ βεροφ πεοπλε ωηο ηαϖε ηεαρδ τηε ρυµ οραφτερτ µ ινυτεσ.

Α) Ηοω µ ανψ πεοπλε ηαϖε ηεαρδ τηε ρυµ οραφτερ10 µ ινυτεσ? Αφτερ20 Μινυτεσ?

Β) ∆οεσΝ αππροαχη α λιµ ιτινγ ϖαλυε αστ ινχρεασεσωιτη ουτ βουνδ? Εξπλαιν

28. If Democratic Republic of the Congo has a population of about 60 million people
and a doubling time of 23 years, find the population in 5 years and in 30 years.

29. Find the number of decibels from a jackhammer with sound intensity
3.2 × 10 −3 ωαττσπερσθυαρε µ ετερ. Χοµ πυτε τηε ανσωερτο τωο δεχιµ αλπλαχεσ.
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30. If the energy release of one earthquake is 10,000 times that of another, how much larger
is the Richter scale reading of the larger than the smaller?