GENERAL MATHEMATICS

PROBLEM SET NO. 3

NAME: SCORE:

SECTION: St. Albert the Great St. Gregory the Great St. Nicholas the Great
St. Basil the Great St. Leo the Great
TEST I. INVERSE FUNCTION: Find the inverse of each relation.
1 3
1. f ( x )= x + 4 2. f ( x )=(x +3)3 3. f ( x )=
2 √ x+ 4

2 x+ 3 2 x +1
4. f ( x )= 5. f ( x )= 6. f ( x )=x 2 + 4 x+ 4
x−3 4 x−1

TEST II. EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION: Solve the following exponential equations and inequalities
−1 3x x−1 2x
1 ( 4 )(16¿¿ x−2) 1 5x −4 x +12 25
1. 9 x−2=( ) 2. =( ) ¿ 3. 5 =( x+2
)
729 256 64 625

( )
x +x
16
4. ¿ 5. <1 6. ( 8 )−x >64 x+1
25

TEST III. PROBLEM SOLVING: solve the following problems. Write your complete solutions.
1. The half-life of a radioactive substance is 12 hours and there are 1,000 grams initially. Determine
the amount of substance remaining after one week.
2. A certain culture of bacteria is observed to double every two hours. How long will it take for it to
grow to 8,192 bacteria if there are 256 bacteria initially?
3. The population of the province is 75,000 and has been increasing at the rate of 2.5% a year for
the past 15 years. What was the population 15 years ago?
4. In 2017, a small town had a population of 15,000. In 2019, it grows to 15,900. If the population
continues to increase at a constant rate, what would be the expected population in year 2030?