MATH165: PRE-CALCULUS

Practice Paper

Provide an appropriate response.

1) The population of a city is given by P = 100,000(1.03)t where t is the number of years after 1)
1988. Find the population in
(a) 1988
(b) 1989
(c) 1990.

2) If $2000 is invested for 3 years at 8% compounded quarterly, find 2)

(a) the compound amount and
(b) the compound interest.

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3) Express log2 = -3 in exponential form. 3)
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4) Evaluate and simplify: ln e3 4)

5) Express log4 64 = 3 in exponential form. 5)

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6) Write the following in terms of ln(x + 2) and ln(x + 4): ln 6)
(x + 2) (x + 4)3
2

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7) Write the following in terms of ln x, ln(x - 3), and ln(x + 1): ln x (x - 3)(x + 1)2 7)

8) Express 2 log(x) - 3 log(x + 7) as a single logarithm. 8)

9) Solve for x: 4 2x = 2 9)

10) Solve for x: eln(3x+4) = 10 10)

log3x+log3 4
11) Solve for x: 3 =8 11)

12) Solve for x: log x = log 3 + 2 log 4 12)

13) Solve for x: ln(x + 1) - ln x = ln 2 13)

14) Solve for x: log2 (x - 4) + log2 3 = log2 x 14)

15) If ln x + ln 2 = ln 5, then x = 15)

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Answer Key
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1) (a) 100,000
(b) 103,000
(c) 106,090
2) (a) $2536.48
(b) $536.48.
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3) 2 -3 =
8
4) 3
5) 4 3 = 64
6) -2 ln(x + 2) - 3 ln(x + 4)
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7) ln x + ln(x - 3) + 2 ln(x + 1)
3
x2
8) log
(x + 7)3
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9)
4
10) 2
11) 2
12) 48
13) 1
14) 6
5
15) .
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