Math 242 Exam 3: 6.1 – 7.

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Fall 2022 150 Name_________________________
• Silence and put away your phone and your smart watch
• You may use a scientific (not graphing) calculator

1. Rewrite the following exponential equation 2. Rewrite the following logarithmic equation
as a logarithmic equation (3 points) as an exponential equation (3 points)

85 = 32,768 log 36(216) = 3/2

3. Sketch the graph of 𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑥𝑥 − 4

Show any asymptotes as dashed lines
(6 points)

4. Use a change of base formula to approximate the logarithm (6 points)

log 3 (300) 5 log 1 (20)

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5. Sketch the graph of 𝑦𝑦 = log 3 (𝑥𝑥 + 6)
Show any asymptotes as dashed lines
(6 points)

6. Find the inverse of the function 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 32𝑥𝑥+1 − 4

(4 points)

7. Use the appropriate change of base formula to convert the given expression to an expression with the
indicated base (6 points)

20.1𝑥𝑥 to base 𝑒𝑒 log 7 (𝑥𝑥) to base 10

8. Expand the given logarithm and simplify Assume when necessary that all quantities represent positive real
numbers. (8 points)

4𝑥𝑥 3
(a) log 4 � 𝑦𝑦2 � (b) ln √10𝑥𝑥

9. Use the properties of logarithms to write the expression as a single logarithm. (8 points)

(a) 2 log(𝑥𝑥 + 1) + 3 log 𝑥𝑥 (b) 8 + log 2 𝑥𝑥 − 3 log 2 𝑦𝑦

10. Solve the equation (6 points)

100𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥
𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 +1
= 25
11. Solve the equation 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙2 (3 + 2𝑥𝑥) − 1 = 2 (6 points)

𝑟𝑟 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛
12. Use the appropriate compound interest formulas 𝐴𝐴(𝑡𝑡) = 𝑃𝑃 �1 + � or 𝐴𝐴(𝑡𝑡) = 𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 to solve the
𝑛𝑛
following problems. Round your answers to the nearest cent. (8 points)

(a) Find the amount of money in an account earning 6% annual interest, compounded monthly, if $10,000 is
initially invested and it earns interest for 20 years.

(b) How much money needs to be invested now to obtain $5,000 in 10 years is the interest rate is 6%
compounded continuously?
13. Radioactive cobalt, used in food irradiation, decays exponentially, has a half-life of 5.27 years and the
amount of cobalt in a sample can be modeled by a function 𝐴𝐴(𝑡𝑡) = 𝐴𝐴0 𝑒𝑒 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 (12 points)

(a) Find the decay constant 𝑘𝑘 for radioactive cobalt. Round your answer to four decimal places

(b) Suppose a food scientist starts with a 20 grams sample of radioactive cobalt. Find a function that give
the amount of radioactive cobalt which remains after time 𝑡𝑡 in years

(c) Determine how long it takes for a 20 gram sample of radioactive cobalt to decay to just 3 grams? Round
your answer to two decimal places

14. Find the standard form of the circle and then graph it. (6 points)

Center (−1, 2), radius 3

15. Complete the square in order to put each of the following equations into standard form. Then, state the
shape of the graph of each equation (12 points)

(a) 9𝑥𝑥 2 − 54𝑥𝑥 + 25𝑦𝑦 2 − 50𝑦𝑦 − 119 = 0

Shape

(b) 5𝑦𝑦 2 − 6𝑥𝑥 2 + 40𝑦𝑦 − 24𝑥𝑥 + 26 = 0

Shape

16. Find the standard equation of the circle with the points (3,6) and (−1,4) on the endpoints of a diameter
(4 points)
17. For the parabola with standard equation (𝑥𝑥 + 1)2 = −8(𝑦𝑦 − 5) find each of the following
(6 points)
(a) The vertex (b) The focus (c) The equation of the directrix

18. Graph the parabola (𝑥𝑥 + 1)2 = −8(𝑦𝑦 − 5) Include on your graph the coordinates of the endpoints of the
latus rectum (6 points)
 (𝑥𝑥−3)2 (𝑦𝑦+2)2
19. Graph the ellipse 4
+ 9
= 1.
(6 points)

20. For the ellipse in problem 1, find each of the following (10 points)
Center Vertices Endpoints of the minor axis

Foci Eccentricity
 (𝑦𝑦−2)2 (𝑥𝑥+1)2
21. For the hyperbola 9
− 4
= 1 find each of the following: (12 points)

Center Vertices Endpoints of the conjugate axis

Foci Eccentricity Equations of asymptotes

22. For the hyperbola in problem 21

• graph the guide rectangle
• graph the asymptotes
• plot the vertices
• Finally, graph the hyperbola
(6 points)