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Calculus and Its Applications

Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Nakhle H. Asmar

Chapter 4

The Exponential and Natural Logarithm Functions - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Exponential Functions

01:29

Problem 1

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$4^{x},(\sqrt{3})^{x},\left(\frac{1}{9}\right)^{x}$

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01:18

Problem 2

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$27^{x},(\sqrt[3]{2})^{x},\left(\frac{1}{8}\right)^{x}$

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01:33

Problem 3

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$8^{2 x / 3}, 9^{3 x / 2}, 16^{-3 x / 4}$

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01:27

Problem 4

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$9^{-x / 2}, 8^{4 x / 3}, 27^{-2 x / 3}$

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01:42

Problem 5

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^{2 x},\left(\frac{1}{8}\right)^{-3 x},\left(\frac{1}{81}\right)^{x / 2}$

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01:51

Problem 6

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$\left(\frac{1}{9}\right)^{2 x},\left(\frac{1}{27}\right)^{x / 3},\left(\frac{1}{16}\right)^{-x / 2}$

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01:48

Problem 7

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$6^{x} \cdot 3^{-x}, \frac{15^{x}}{5^{x}}, \frac{12^{x}}{2^{2 x}}$

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02:01

Problem 8

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$7^{-x} \cdot 14^{x}, \frac{2^{x}}{6^{x}}, \frac{3^{2 x}}{18^{x}}$

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01:56

Problem 9

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$\frac{3^{4 x}}{3^{2 x}}, \frac{2^{5 x+1}}{2 \cdot 2^{-x}}, \frac{9^{-x}}{27^{-x / 3}}$

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01:55

Problem 10

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$\frac{2^{x}}{6^{x}}, \frac{3^{-5 x}}{3^{-2 x}}, \frac{16^{x}}{8^{-x}}$

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01:24

Problem 11

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$2^{3 x} \cdot 2^{-5 x / 2}, 3^{2 x}-\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{2 x / 3}$

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01:24

Problem 12

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$2^{5 x / 4} \cdot\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{x}, 3^{-2 x} \cdot 3^{5 x / 2}$

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01:52

Problem 13

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
$\left(2^{-3 x} \cdot 2^{-2 x}\right)^{2 / 5},\left(9^{1 / 2}-9^{4}\right)^{x / 9}$

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02:00

Problem 14

Write each expression in the form $2^{k x}$ or $3^{k x}$, for a suitable constant $k$.
. $\left(3^{-x} \cdot 3^{x / 5}\right)^{5},\left(16^{1 / 4} \cdot 16^{-3 / 4}\right)^{3 a}$

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00:56

Problem 15

Find a number $b$ such that the function $f(x)=3^{-2 x}$ can be written in the form $f(x)=b^{x}$.

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01:07

Problem 16

Find $b$ so that $8^{-x / 3}=b^{x}$ for all $x$.

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00:46

Problem 17

Solve the following equations for $x$
$5^{2 x}=5^{2}$

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00:34

Problem 18

Solve the following equations for $x$
$10^{-x}=10^{2}$

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00:44

Problem 19

Solve the following equations for $x$
$(2.5)^{2 x+1}=(2.5)^{5}$

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00:39

Problem 20

Solve the following equations for $x$
$(3.2)^{x-3}=(3.2)^{5}$

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01:02

Problem 21

Solve the following equations for $x$
$10^{1-z}=100$

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00:55

Problem 22

Solve the following equations for $x$
$2^{4-x}=8$

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00:46

Problem 23

Solve the following equations for $x$
$3(2.7)^{5 x}=8.1$

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00:56

Problem 24

Solve the following equations for $x$
$4(2.7)^{2 x-1}=10.8$

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01:20

Problem 25

Solve the following equations for $x$
. $\left(2^{x+1} \cdot 2^{-3}\right)^{2}=2$

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01:30

Problem 26

Solve the following equations for $x$
$\left(3^{2 x} \cdot 3^{2}\right)^{4}=3$

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01:16

Problem 27

Solve the following equations for $x$
$2^{3 x}=4 \cdot 2^{5 x}$

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01:05

Problem 28

Solve the following equations for $x$
$3^{5 x} \cdot 3^{x}-3=0$

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01:39

Problem 29

Solve the following equations for $x$
$(1+x) 2^{-x}-5 \cdot 2^{-r}=0$

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01:06

Problem 30

Solve the following equations for $x$
$(2-3 x) 5^{x}+4 \cdot 5^{x}=0$

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01:23

Problem 31

Solve the following equations for $x$
$2^{x}-\frac{8}{2^{2 x}}=0$

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01:56

Problem 32

Solve the following equations for $x$
$2^{x}-\frac{1}{2^{x}}=0$

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02:17

Problem 33

Solve the following equations for $x$
$2^{2 x}-6 \cdot 2^{x}+8=0$

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03:44

Problem 34

Solve the following equations for $x$
$2^{2 x+2}-17 \cdot 2^{x}+4=0$

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02:27

Problem 35

Solve the following equations for $x$
$3^{2 x}-12 \cdot 3^{x}+27=0$

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02:42

Problem 36

Solve the following equations for $x$
$2^{2 x}-4 \cdot 2^{x}-32=0$

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00:38

Problem 37

Find the missing factors.
$2^{3+h}=2^{3}(\quad)$

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00:36

Problem 38

Find the missing factors.
$5^{2+h}=25(\quad)$

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00:45

Problem 39

Find the missing factors.
$2^{x+h}-2^{x}=2^{x}(\quad)$

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00:46

Problem 40

Find the missing factors.
$5^{x+h}+5^{x}=5^{x}(\quad)$

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02:23

Problem 41

Find the missing factors.
$3^{x / 2}+3^{-x / 2}=3^{-x / 2}(\quad)$

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01:36

Problem 42

Find the missing factors.
$5^{7 x / 2}-5^{x / 2}=\sqrt{5^{x}}(\quad)$

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01:40

Problem 43

Graph the function $f(x)=2^{x}$ in the window $[-1,2]$ by $[-1,4]$, and estimate the slope of the graph at $x=0 .$

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01:02

Problem 44

Graph the function $f(x)=3^{x}$ in the window $[-1,2]$ by $[-1,8]$, and estimate the slope of the graph at $x=0 .$

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01:51

Problem 45

By trial and error, find a number of the form $b=2 . \square$ (just one decimal place) with the property that the slope of the graph of $y=b^{x}$ at $x=0$ is as close to 1 as possible.

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