Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.4 - Exponential and Logarithmic Equations - Exercise Set - Page 491: 136

Answer

$ t\approx 19.8$ years

Work Step by Step

Graphing, the solution is at $ t\approx 19.8$ years. (see below) Algebraically, $ 1800=2600(1-0.51e^{-0.075t})^{3}\qquad $ ... $/\div 2600$ $\displaystyle \frac{9}{13}=(1-0.51e^{-0.075t})^{3}\qquad $ ... $/(...)^{1/3}$ $ 0.8846396=1-0.51e^{-0.075t}\qquad $ ... $/-1$ $-0.11536=-0.51e^{-0.075t}\qquad $ ... $/\div(-0.51)$ $ 0.2261968=e^{-0.075t}\qquad $ ... $/\ln(...)$ $-1.48635=-0.075t\qquad $ ... $/\div(-0.51)$ $ t\approx 19.8$
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