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  1. (4 pts)  Determine which of the following functions are one-to-one.  Indicate by writing “Yes” or “No” on the graphs.

 

 

 

 

 

4.       (10 pts)  Solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.      (10 pts)  Write an exponential function to model the situation.  Tell what each variable represents.  A population of red ants is initially at 100,000 ants and grows (exponentially) at 20% per week.

 

 

 

6.      (5 pts)  Write the equation  in exponential form.

 

 

 

7.      (5 pts)  Evaluate .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.      (10 pts)  Express  in terms of logarithms of x, y, and z.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.      (10 pts)  Solve correct to four decimal places: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.  (5 pts)  Solve: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.  (5 pts)  Find the value of the expression: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.  (5 pts)  Graph: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.  (5 pts)  Write the following as the logarithm of a single expression.  Assume that variables represent positive numbers. 

 

 

 

14.  (5 pts)  The population (in millions of people) of  Soretoothistan  t  years after 2000 is given by .  If there are 12 million people in Soretoothistan in 2005, find  k.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.  Cobalt-60 is a radioactive substance that decays according to the model , where A = A(t)  is the amount of cobalt-60 present at time t (in years). 

 

a.       (5 pts)  Find the half-life of cobalt-60.  You may leave your final answer in terms of   .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.      (5 pts)  To the nearest 10th of a year, what is the half-life of cobalt-60, according to this model?  (Base your answer on your result from part a.)

 

 

 

 

 

16.  (10 pts bonus)  The half-life of carbon-14 is (approximately) 5730 years.

 

a.       Find an exponential model  that gives the amount of radioactive carbon-14 present in a charcoal sample after  t  years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.      How old is a sample from a neolithic fire pit if it is found that 19% of naturally-occurring carbon-14 is present in the sample?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.  (5 pts)  Solve the equation:  .