Test 4 Review Answers:

 

 

1. a) x = -7, b) x = -7

 

2. A = $1816.70

 

3. A = $1822.12

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5. a) x = -2, b) x = 0, x = -2, x = 2

 

6. log 3 9 = 2

 

7. 2 -3 = 1/8

 

8. a) 2, b) 3

 

9. a) x = -3, b) x = -3, c) x = 3, x = -4

 

10. 2log x + log z - 3log y

 

11. log (3/(x+2))

 

12. a) x = 2/15, b) x = 4 (Note: x = - 9 is not a solution since you can not take a log of a negative number!)

 

13. a) x = (log 43)/(log 7), b) x = (log 15)/(log (9/5))

 

14. a) x = 301/195, b) x = 0.5 ln [(y + 1)/(y - 1)]

 

15. a) (3, -2), b) No Solution, c) (-2, 2)

 

16. a) infinite solutions in the form (x, 4 - 2x) or (.5y - 2, y),

b) ( -1, 3/2), c) (2/3, -3)

 

17. a) (2, 1, -1), b) (7/3, 8/3, -4/3)

 

Remember the story problem will come for either the investment problems or the word problems done in section 6.2

Good Luck!

 

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