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The University of Zambia

Department of Mathematics and Statistics


MAT 1120 - Introductory Mathematics, Statistics and
Probability
Tutorial Sheet 5 - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions July, 2023

1 x

1. Given the function f (x) = 16 , evaluate each of the following.
(b) f − 14 1
 
(a) f (−2) (c) f (0) (d) f 4

2. Sketch the graph of each of the following functions.


(a) f (x) = 5x (b) g(x) = 5x − 4 (c) h(x) = 5x−3

3. Sketch the graph of each of the following functions.


x x 1 x+4
(a) f (x) = 31 (b) g(x) = 31 + 2

(c) h(x) = 3

4. Sketch the graph of each of the following functions.


(a) f (x) = e−x (b) g(x) = ex+1 − 2 (c) h(x) = ex−4 − 1

5. Rewrite each of the following expression in exponential form.


5
(a) log 1 36 = −2 (b) log12 20736 = 4 (c) log9 243 = 2
6
1 7
(d) log4 128 = − 2 (e) log8 32768 = 5

6. Rewrite each of the following expression in logarithmic form.


2 −3
(a) 11−3 = 1331
1 343

(b) 47 = 16384 (c) 7
= 8
3 5
(d) 25 2 = 125 (e) 27− 3 = 243
1

7. Determine the exact value of each of the following without using a calculator.
27
(a) log7 343 (b) log4 1024 (c) log 3 512
8
1
(d) log11 121 (e) log0.1 0.0001 (f) log16 4
1
(g) log 10000 (h) ln √
5e

8. Use the laws of logarithms to write each of the following in terms of simpler logarithms.
h i  2√4 3

3
(a) log7 (10a7 b3 c−8 ) (b) log z 2 (x2 + 4) (c) ln w√t+wt

9. Write each of the following into a single logarithm with a coefficient of one.
(a) 7 ln t − 6 ln s + 5 ln w
1
(b) 2
log(z + 1) − 2 log x − 4 log y − 3 log z
1
(c) 2 log3 (x + y) + 6 log3 x − 3

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Tutorial Sheet 5 - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions- Page 2 of 2July, 2023

10. Sketch the graph of each of the following functions.


(a) f (x) = ln (−x) (b) g(x) = ln (x − 3) (c) h(x) = ln(x) + 7
(d) f (x) = ln(x + 2) − 4 (e) g(x) = ln(x − 6) + 2

11. Solve each of the following equations.


2
(a) 9x = 9−4x+12 1
(b) 61+x = 364x+2 (c) 84x+1 = 1
2+x 8+2x 7x
(d) 6 =8 (e) 10 = 3 (f) 9 − e6x = 0
x2 −2
(g) e =4 (h) e2x+3 = 7 (i) e2x − 8ex + 12 = 0
x −x
(j) e − 5 = 4e (k) e4x − 3e2x + 2 = 0 (l) 3e2x + 5 = 16ex

12. Solve each of the following equations.


(a) log11 (x2 + 3x) = log11 (3x + 16)
(b) ln(4 − 3x) − ln(7x) = ln(11)
(c) log x + log(x + 12) = log(x − 10)
(d) log8 (4x + 1) = −1
(e) log2 (x2 ) = 2 + log2 (8 − x)
(f) 2 log(x) − log(x2 + 4x + 1) = 0
x √
(g) 2 log3 − log3 x = 2
9
(h) log5 x + 6 logx 5 = 5

13. Let f (x) = e−3x − 4 for x ∈ R and g(x) = ln 1



x+2
for x > −2.
(a) State the range of f
(b) Find f −1 (x)
(c) Express f (g(x)) as a polynomial in x.

14. For all x > 0 and y > 0, solve the simultaneous equations
2 log2 y = 5 − log2 x
logx y = −3
15. A population of bacteria initially has 90,000 present and in 2 weeks there will be 200,000
bacteria present.
(a) Determine the exponential growth equation for this population.
(b) How long will it take for the population to grow from its initial population of 90,000
to a population of 150,000?

16. We initially have 2 kg of radioactive element and in 7250 years there will be 1.5 kg left.
(a) Determine the exponential decay equation for this element.
(b) How long will it take for half of the element to decay?
(c) How long will it take until there is 250 grams of the element left?

End of Tutorial Sheet

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