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Extra Practice
Common Logarithms
Example 1
Use a calculator to evaluate each expression to the nearest ten-thousandth.
1. log 24 1.3802 2. log 117 2.0682

3. log 78.3 1.8938 4. log 0.005 –2.3010

Example 2
5. ISOTOPE ACTIVITY Each element has different forms of its atoms called
A
isotopes. The ratio of a radioactive isotope’s activity A to its initial
A0
−t
A
activity A0 is given by =2 T , where t is the time in years and T is the
A0
A
halflife of the isotope. How long will it take for to reach a value of
A0
0.0100 for an isotope with a halflife of 5.27 years? Round to the nearest
year. 35 years

6. INVENTORY A company that produces cell phone cases is analyzing its

inventory. The owner determines that if the company does not produce any
more of a particular style of case, the number in inventory will decrease
according to the equation log C = 2.84 – 0.042x, where x is the number of
weeks since inventory was taken. How many cell phone cases would be left
after 10 weeks? Round to the nearest whole number. 263

Example 3
Solve each equation. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth.
7. 93p = 41 0.5634 8. 62y – 5 = 184 3.9553

9. 8k – 1 = 14 2.2691 10. 3.6h + 7 = 22 –4.5869

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Example 4
Solve each inequality. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth.
11. 42h > 19 {h|h > 1.0620} 12. 9.35p ≤ 49 {p|p ≤ 0.3490}

y
13. 125 <
1
5 { y∨ y ←
1
3 } 14. 5k + 8 ≥ 24 {k|k ≥ –6.0254}

Example 5
Express each logarithm in terms of common logarithms. Then approximate its
value to the nearest ten-thousandth.
log 17 log 500
15. log5 17 , 1.7604 16. log7 500 , 3.1937
log 5 log 7

log 10 38 log 0.3

17. log9 38 , 1.6555 18. log12 0.3 , –0.4845
log 10 9 log 12

Example 6
19. USE ESTIMATION The manager of an office supply store projects that the
store will have an income of d = 258 + 36 log5 x, where d is the potential
annual income in thousands of dollars and x is the expenses for the store in
thousands of dollars. Use a graphing calculator to determine the expenses if
the annual income for the store is $360,000. Round to the nearest
thousands of dollars.
$96,000

20. USE ESTIMATION A wildlife researcher estimates the population of wolves

in an area using the function f(x) = 23 + 36log7 (x + 2), where x is the number
of years since 2010 and f(x) is the number of wolves. Write the equation in
terms of common logarithms. Use a graphing calculator to predict the year
in which the wolf population reaches 75. Round to the nearest year.

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75=23+36 ( loglog⁡(x+7 2) ) ; 2025

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