Final exam review MA with CALCULATOR
Final exam review MA with CALCULATOR
Final exam review MA with CALCULATOR
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
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
1
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)
7
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)
16) $12,000 invested at 12% compounded quarterly after a period of 8 years 16)
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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