Chapter 18
Technical Mathematics with Calculus · 175 exercises
Problem 1
Convert to logarithmic form. $$3^{4}=81$$
3 step solution
Problem 1
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{3} 9$$
4 step solution
Problem 1
Graph each exponential function, manually or by calculator, for the given values of \(x\) Take \(e=2.718\).$$y=0.2(3.2)^{x} \quad(x=-4 \text { to }+4)$$
5 step solution
Problem 1
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$2^{x}=7$$
4 step solution
Problem 2
Convert to logarithmic form. $$5^{3}=125$$
2 step solution
Problem 2
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{2} 8$$
4 step solution
Problem 2
Graph each exponential function, manually or by calculator, for the given values of \(x\) Take \(e=2.718\).$$y=3(1.5)^{-2 x} \quad(x=-1 \text { to } 5)$$
5 step solution
Problem 2
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$(7.26)^{x}=86.8$$
4 step solution
Problem 3
Convert to logarithmic form. $$4^{6}=4096$$
3 step solution
Problem 3
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{8} 2$$
4 step solution
Problem 3
Graph each exponential function, manually or by calculator, for the given values of \(x\) Take \(e=2.718\).$$y=5\left(1-e^{-x}\right) \quad(x=0 \text { to } 10)$$
4 step solution
Problem 3
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$(1.15)^{x+2}=12.5$$
4 step solution
Problem 4
Convert to logarithmic form. $$7^{3}=343$$
3 step solution
Problem 4
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{9} 27$$
3 step solution
Problem 4
Graph each exponential function, manually or by calculator, for the given values of \(x\) Take \(e=2.718\).$$y=4 e^{x / 2} \quad(x=0 \text { to } 4)$$
4 step solution
Problem 4
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$(2.75)^{x}=(0.725)^{x^{2}}$$
6 step solution
Problem 4
Write as the sum or difference of two or more logarithms. $$\log \frac{x}{2}$$
2 step solution
Problem 5
Convert to logarithmic form. $$x^{5}=995$$
3 step solution
Problem 5
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{27} 9$$
6 step solution
Problem 5
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$(15.4)^{\sqrt{x}}=72.8$$
6 step solution
Problem 6
Convert to logarithmic form. $$a^{3}=6.83$$
2 step solution
Problem 6
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{4} 8$$
4 step solution
Problem 6
Find the amount to which \(\$ 500 dollars will accumulate in 6 years at a compound interest rate of \)6 \%$ per year compounded annually.
4 step solution
Problem 6
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$e^{5 x}=125$$
5 step solution
Problem 7
Convert to exponential form. $$\log _{10} 100=2$$
2 step solution
Problem 7
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{8} 4$$
5 step solution
Problem 7
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$5.62 e^{3 x}=188$$
6 step solution
Problem 7
Write as the sum or difference of two or more logarithms. $$\log \frac{3 x}{4}$$
3 step solution
Problem 8
Convert to exponential form. $$\log _{2} 16=4$$
2 step solution
Problem 8
What annual compound interest rate (compounded annually) is needed to: enable an investment of \(\$ 5000 dollars to accumulate to \)\$ 10,000 dollars in 12 years? Use \(\mathrm{Eq}\) \(1009, y=a(1+n)^{t}\).
6 step solution
Problem 8
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$x=\log _{27} 81$$
6 step solution
Problem 8
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$1.05 e^{4 x+1}=5.96$$
7 step solution
Problem 8
Write as the sum or difference of two or more logarithms. $$\log \frac{5}{x y}$$
4 step solution
Problem 9
Convert to exponential form. $$\log _{5} 125=3$$
3 step solution
Problem 9
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$\log _{x} 8=3$$
3 step solution
Problem 9
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$e^{2 x-1}=3 e^{x+3}$$
6 step solution
Problem 9
Write as the sum or difference of two or more logarithms. $$\log \frac{1}{2 x}$$
3 step solution
Problem 10
Convert to exponential form. $$\log _{4} 1024=5$$
3 step solution
Problem 10
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$\log _{3} x=4$$
3 step solution
Problem 10
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$14.8 e^{3 x^{2}}=144$$
4 step solution
Problem 10
Write as the sum or difference of two or more logarithms. $$\log \frac{2 x}{3 y}$$
5 step solution
Problem 11
Convert to exponential form. $$\log _{3} x=57$$
2 step solution
Problem 11
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$\log _{x} 27=3$$
3 step solution
Problem 11
Write as the sum or difference of two or more logarithms. $$\log \frac{a b c}{d}$$
4 step solution
Problem 11
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$5^{2 x}=7^{3 x-2}$$
5 step solution
Problem 12
Convert to exponential form. $$\log _{x} 54=285$$
2 step solution
Problem 12
Find the value of \(x\) in each expression. $$\log _{x} 16=4$$
3 step solution
Problem 12
Write as the sum or difference of two or more logarithms. $$\log \frac{x}{2 a b}$$
2 step solution
Problem 12
Solve for \(x\) to three significant digits. $$3^{x^{2}}=175^{x-1}$$
6 step solution
Problem 13
Use either the formulas or the universal growth and decay curves, as directed by your instructor.A quantity grows exponentially at the rate of \(5.00 \%\) per year for 7 years. Find the final amount if the initial amount is 201 units.
5 step solution