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Final Exam Practice Questions Math Analysis CALCULATOR portion

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

Solve the problem.


1) A projectile is thrown upward so that its distance above the ground after t seconds is 1)
h = -15t2 + 660t. After how many seconds does it reach its maximum height?

2) A projectile is thrown upward so that its distance above the ground after t seconds is 2)
h = -12t2 + 384t. After how many seconds does it reach its maximum height?

3) The profit that the vendor makes per day by selling x pretzels is given by the function 3)
P(x) = -0.004x2 + 3.2x - 350. Find the number of pretzels that must be sold to maximize
profit.

4) A city has been growing at a rate of 0.6% annually. If there are currently 5,061,000 residents 4)
in the city, how many (to the nearest ten-thousand) would be living in this city seven years
from now? Use y = 5,061,000(2.7)0.006t.

5) Find the amount in a savings account at the end of 9 years if the amount originally 5)
deposited is $1000 and the interest rate is 5.5% compounded monthly.

r nt
Use: A = P 1 + where:
n
A = final amount
P = $1000 (the initial deposit)
r = 5.5% = 0.055 (the annual rate of interest)
n = 12 (the number of times interest is compounded each year)
t = 9 (the duration of the deposit in years)

6) Letitia borrows $3750 at a rate of 10.5% compounded semiannually. Find how much Letitia 6)
owes at the end of 5 years.

r nt
Use: A = P 1 + where:
n
A = final amount
P = $3750 (the amount borrowed)
r = 10.5% = 0.105 (the annual rate of interest)
n = 2 (the number of times interest is compounded each year)
t = 5 (the duration of the loan in years)

Use a calculator to evaluate the expression. Round your answer to three decimal places
2
ln
3
7) 7)
0.46

log 9 + log 2
8) 8)
ln 2 - ln 7

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Use the Change-of-Base Formula and a calculator to evaluate the logarithm. Round your answer to two decimal places.
9) log3.6 112 9)

Solve the equation. Express irrational answers in exact form and as a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places.
10) ln x + ln (x + 4) = -5 10)

3 x
11) = 81 - x 11)
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Solve the exponential equation. Use a calculator to obtain a decimal approximation, correct to two decimal places, for the
solution.
12) 3 (4x - 1) = 14 12)

x+6
13) e =2 13)

Solve the problem.


14) The formula A = 276e0.024t models the population of a particular city, in thousands, t 14)
years after 2011. When will the population of the city reach 343 thousand?

Find the amount that results from the investment.


15) $1,000 invested at 8% compounded semiannually after a period of 12 years 15)

16) $12,000 invested at 12% compounded quarterly after a period of 8 years 16)

Solve the problem.


17) Kimberly invested $4000 in her savings account for 4 years. When she withdrew it, she 17)
had $4675.30. Interest was compounded continuously. What was the interest rate on the
account? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Find the present value. Round to the nearest cent.


18) To get $10,500 after 8 years at 5% compounded annually 18)

Solve the problem. Round to the nearest cent.


19) Cindy will require $17,000 in 5 years to return to college to get an MBA degree. How much 19)
money should she ask her parents for now so that, if she invests it at 10% compounded
continuously, she will have enough for school?

Solve the problem. Round your answer to three decimals.


20) What annual rate of interest is required to double an investment in 6 years? 20)

Solve the problem.


21) The size P of a small herbivore population at time t (in years) obeys the function 21)
P(t) = 900e0.13t if they have enough food and the predator population stays constant. After
how many years will the population reach 2700? Round to the nearest hundredth.

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Answer Key
Testname: PART 2 FINAL EXAM REVIEW MA WITH CALCULATOR

1) 22 sec
2) 16 sec
3) 400 pretzels
4) 5,280,000
5) $1638.64
6) $6255.36
7) -0.881
8) -1.002
9) 3.68
-4 + 16 + 4e-5
10) 0.002
2
ln 8
11) 1.688
3
ln + ln 8
7
12) {0.85}
13) {-5.31}
14) 2020
15) $2563.30
16) $30,900.99
17) 3.9%
18) $7106.81
19) $10,311.02
20) 12.246%
21) 8.45 yr

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