Solve each equation.

1.)

3.)

5.)

7.)

10.)

13.)

2 2 z 2 3z 2 3z

2.)

2
3

( x 2 1) 2 7( x 2 1) 30 0

4.)

x 3
x

8.)

6.)

1

4

5 x

81

log 2 16 x

1
3

x x 6 0

( x 2 2 x 1) 2 5( x 2 2 x 1) 4 0

3 x1

13 x x 1

11.)

3 2 x

1

3

14.)

3x 3 4 x 3 4 0

8 x
9.)

93 x 1 27 2 x 1

27 2 x 1

log x (2 x 3) 1

12.)

15.)

2 x1

27

log 2 16 x

16.)

log 6 (8 x 3) log 6 (5 x 12) 0

17.)

log 7 (3 x 1) log 7 (2 x 1) log 7 7 2 2

Solve each problem.

A. Find the value of

C.

39 x

when

27 x 4.

B. If

2 x 15 and 15 y 32, find xy.

A substance of 50 g decreases its weight by of its weight every minute. How heavy will it be after
6 minutes?

D. In the early stages of the SARS epidemic in China, there were 100 persons infected but each day the
number rose by 5%. After how many days would about 500 persons be infected?

E. A biologist wants to determine the number of hours t needed for a given culture to grow to 452
bacteria. If the number of N bacteria in the culture is given by the formula

N 8 2

, find t.

F. The population of a province is 75 000 and has been increasing at the rate of 2.5% for the past 15 years.
What was the population 15 years ago?

G. The half-life of carbon-14 is known to be 5720 years. Doctor Frankenstein has 300 grams of carbon-14
in his experimental laboratory. If untouched, how many of the 300 grams will remain after 1200
years?

H. Your brother tells you a secret. You see no harm in telling two friends. After this second "passing" of
the secret, 4 people now know the secret (your brother, you and two friends). If each of these friends
now tells two new people, after the third "passing" of the secret, eight people will know. If this
pattern of spreading the secret continues, how many people will know the secret after 10 such
"passings"?

I. The radioactive element polonium-210 has a half-life of 138 days. If you have 100 micrograms of
polonium-210, how much will remain after 60 days?

J. The number of wolves in the wild in the northern section of the Cataragas county is decreasing at the
rate of 3.5% per year. Your environmental studies class as counted 80 wolves in the area. After how
many years will this population of 80 wolves drop below 15 wolves, if this rate of decrease continues?