A21 LxponenLs and LogarlLhms 1esL name:

uaLe:
1. Slmpllfy Lhe follow. Leave your answers wlLh a prlme base and poslLlve raLlonal exponenLs.
a.
!
!
!
!!
!
!!
!
b.
!!
!!!
! !
!
!
!!!!
!
!!
!
c.
!"
!"
!!!








2. Lxpand and slmpllfy (3
x
- 2)(3
x
+ 4)




3. Craph Lhe exponenLlal funcLlon ! ! !!
!
!
!
! !!
Clearly sLaLe Lhe
a. AsympLoLe
b. verLlcal SLreLch or compresslon
(clrcle one)by _________.
c. y-lnLercepL
d. 8ange:
e. uomaln:
f. lncreaslng or decreaslng (clrcle one)


4. Solve Lhe followlng wlLhouL Lhe use of logarlLhms.
a. !
!!
! !
!!!
! !" b.!!!"
!!!
! !"
!!!
c. ! !
!!
! !" d. 49
x+ 1
= 1




6
3
2
3
A21 LxponenLs and LogarlLhms 1esL name:
uaLe:
3. Solve Lhe followlng exponenLlal and logarlLhmlc equaLlons Lo 3 declmal places lf necessary.
a. ! ! !
!
! !" b. ! ! !
!!!
! ! ! ! c. ! ! !
!!!
! ! ! !





d. ! ! !
!!!!
! !" ! !" e. !"#
!
!! ! !! ! !"#
!
!! f. !"#
!
! ! ! ! !"#
!
! ! !







g. !"#
!
! ! ! !!"#
!
!! ! !! ! ! h. !" ! ! ! ! !" !!! ! ! (answer exacLly)






6. LvaluaLe Lhe followlng logarlLhms LxAC1L?.
a. log
9
81 b. log
L
!
!
!
c. lne
3
d. log
4
80 - log
4
3

e. ln !

A21 LxponenLs and LogarlLhms 1esL name:
uaLe:
7. Clven LhaL !"#
!
! ! !! !"#
!
! ! ! !"# !"#
!
! ! ! wrlLe Lhe followlng ln Lerms of a, b and c.
a. !"#
!
!"!
!
b. !"#
!
!
!
! !





8. 1he number of people, , enLerlng uubal each year by plane ls can be modeled by Lhe
exponenLlal funcLlon, ! ! !
!
!
!!!!
. Where L ls measured ln Lhe number of years afLer 2000. lf ln
Lhe year 2000, Lhere were 30 000 people who enLered uubal by plane, how many people wlll
enLer uubal ln Lhe year 2011?









9. 1he mosL amazlng elemenL on Lhe planeL, MaLhelonlum, (amazlng because lL ls Lhe reason for all
Lhlngs LhaL are maLhemaLlcal) decays by half every Lhree days. 1he welghL of a glven sample ls
modeled by ! ! !
!
!
!!
!
, where L ls measured ln days and W measured ln grams. Pow long wlll
lL Lake for a sample Lo decay lnLo 13 lLs orlglnal mass?