Module 1

Assignment 2(b)

Friday 28th November 2014

1. (a) Simplify the following

i.

log8x12+12log4x2-log16x

(ii)

lne2lne3

[3 marks]
[3 marks]

(b) If log108=x and log103=y, express the following in terms of x and y only:
(i) log1024

(ii) log1098

(iii) log10720

[9

marks]

(c) Find x if 2logb5+12logb9-logb3=logbx.

[4 marks]

2. Solve the following equations:

[3 marks]

(a) 32x=27x+1

[4 marks]

(b) e2x-6ex+6=0

[4 marks]

(c) log4x+logx16=3

3. (a) Sociologists have found that information spreads among a population at an exponential rate.
Suppose that the function y=5251-e-0.038t models the number of people in a town of 525
people who have heard news within t hours of its distribution.
i.

How many people will have heard about the opening of a new grocery store within 24
hours of the announcement?

[2 marks]

ii. When will 90% of the people have heard about the grocery store opening?

[4 marks]

(b) A radioactive materials half-life is the amount of time it takes for half of a given amount of
the material to decay. Radioactive decay can be modeled by the equation
N=N012t
where N is the final amount of a substance, N0 is the initial amount, and t represents the
number of half-lifes.
How long would it take for 256, 000 grams of Thorium-234, with a half-life of 25 days, to
decay to 1000 grams?

[4 marks]

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