Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 4 - Review - Test - Page 391: 7

Answer

(a) $x = 25$ (b) $x=2$ (c) $x=11.13$ (d) $x=5.39$

Work Step by Step

A little review: $a^b=a^x$ => $b=x$ --- (a) $3^{4x}=3^{100}$ $4x=100$ $x=25$ (b) $e^{3x-2}=e^{x^2}$ $3x-2=x^2$ $x^2-3x+2=0$ $x_1=1$; $x_2=2$ (c) $5^{\frac{x}{10}}+1=7$ $5^{\frac{x}{10}}=6$ //Then we apply logarithm rule $\log_56=\frac{x}{10}$ $x=10\log_56\approx11.13$ (d) $10^{x+3}=6^{2x}$ //Let's take $\log_{10}$ from the both side $\log10^{x+3}=\log6^{2x}$ $(x+3)\log10=(2x)\log6$ //Note, omitting base means to have base $10$ $x+3=(2x)\log6$ $x=2x\log6-3$ $x-2x\log6=-3$ $x(1-2\log6)=-3$ $x=\frac{3}{2\log6-1}\approx5.39$
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