Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 1 - Ingredients of Change: Functions and Limits - 1.1 Activities - Page 10: 23

Answer

$r(x)=9.4 $ $then$ $ x\approx3.537$ $r(x)=30 $ $then$ $ x\approx5.511$

Work Step by Step

Solving the equation $r(x)=y$, then we have: $r(x) = y ⇔ 2\ln1.8 (1.8^{x})=y ⇔ \ln1.8(1.8^{x})=\frac{y}{2} ⇔ 1.8^{x}=\frac{y}{\ln(1.8)*2}$ $⇔e^{x\ln1.8}=\frac{y}{\ln(1.8)*2} ⇔ x\ln1.8=\ln(\frac{y}{\ln(1.8)*2})⇔$ $x=\ln(\frac{y}{\ln(1.8)*2}):\ln1.8$ For $y=9.4$ $then$ $x\approx3.537$ and for $y=30$ $then$ $x\approx5.511$
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