Math 137 Name:

Spring 2020
Exam 1
2/2020

This exam contains 9 pages (including this cover page) and 14 questions.

Total points: 100.

The Rules

1. You must show your work to receive full credit.

2. Show your work to receive full credit. Correct answers without sufficient explanation will not receive full crdit.

3. You are allowed the use of a scientific calculator not on your phone. No graphing calculators allowed.

4. Keep exact answers, do not round. If there is a π in your answer, leave it as π; if there is a square root in your
answer, leave the square root; etc.

Grade Table (for teacher use only)

Question Points Score
1 10
2 8
3 6
4 6
5 6
6 6
7 4
8 4
9 4
10 18
11 6
12 13
13 4
14 5
Total: 100
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1. (10 points) Use the graphs of f and g shown below to answer the following.

y y
5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

0 x 0 x
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5
−1 −1

−2 −2

−3 −3

−4 −4

−5 −5

Graph of f (x) Graph of g(x)

 
(a) f (−1) = f
(f) (−1) =
g

(b) g(−1) =
(g) (f ◦ g)(−3) =

(c) (f + g)(−1) = (h) (g ◦ f )(−2) =

(d) (f − g)(−1) = (i) Does f (x) have an inverse function?

(e) (f g)(−1) = (j) Does g(x) have an inverse function?

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2. (8 points) Use the tables for f (x) and g(x) shown below to answer the following.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6

f (x) 1 3 5 7 9 11

g(x) 8 6 4 2 0 −2

(a) f (2) (e) f (f −1 (11))

(b) g(4) (f) (f ◦ g)(3)

(c) f −1 (7) (g) (g ◦ f )(2)

(d) g −1 (−2) (h) g −1 (g(3))

3. (6 points) The graph of f (x) is shown. Sketch the graph of g(x) = −2f (x − 1) − 3 on the same axes.
y
5

f (x) x
0
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5
−1

−2

−3

−4

−5
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1
4. (6 points) Let f (x) = x + 4 and g(x) = 2x − 8. Compute (f ◦ g)(x) and (g ◦ f )(x). Are f and g inverse
2
functions?

5. (6 points) The function g(x) shown below is a transformation of the graph of f (x) = x2 . Find the equation
for g(x).
y
9 f (x)
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 x
−1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
−5−4−3−2−1
−2
−3
−4
−5 g(x)

6. (6 points) The graph of f (x) is shown. Sketch the graph of f −1 (x) on the same axes.
y
8

6 f (x)
5

0 x
−1
−1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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7. (4 points) The function shown below is an exponential function of the form f (x) = ax . Find the function.
y
6

2  
1
1 1,
4
0 x
−4 −3 −2 −1
−1 0 1 2 3 4

−2

8. (4 points) Combine 2 log x + 3 log y − log z into a single logarithm.

s !
1000x3
9. (4 points) Fully expand log . If there is any part of your answer that you can numerically evaluate
y4
then do so.
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10. (18 points) Solve the following equations. For each one, give both the exact answer, and then give the answer
rounded to three decimal places (if the exact answer is not an integer or a fraction).

(a) 3e2x = 12 (d) ln x + ln(x − 3) = ln(7x)

(b) log(x + 4) − log(x + 3) = 1 (e) 3x+1 = 4

1
(c) 52x = (f) e2x − 5ex − 6 = 0
25
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11. Suppose that $1000 is invested in a savings account paying 4% interest per year.
(a) (3 points) If interest is compounded quarterly, how much money will be in the account after 10 years?

(b) (3 points) If interest is compounded continuously, how much money will be in the account after 10 years?

12. At the start of an experiment, 100 bacteria are present in a colony. It is observed that the colony doubles
every 3 hours.
(a) (3 points) Find a function of the form n(t) = n0 2t/a that gives the population of bacteria after t hours.

(b) (2 points) Use your function to predict the size of the population after 8 hours.
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(c) (4 points) Use your function to predict how many hours from the start of the experiment until the
population contains 5000 bacteria.

(d) (4 points) Find a function of the form n(t) = n0 ert that gives the population of bacteria after t hours.
Round r to the nearest hundredth.

13. (4 points) The half-life of Radium-226 is 590 years. If a sample initially contains 200 mg, how many milligrams
will remain after 1000 years?
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14. (5 points) A roasted turkey is taken from an oven when its temperature has reached 185◦ and is placed on
a table in a room where the temperature is 75◦ . The turkey reached 150◦ after half an hour. Find the
temperature of the turkey 45 minutes after it was removed from the oven.