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: 34

Answer

$t\approx -1.37765$

Work Step by Step

As $u(t)$ is given, this is the output value therefore we have to calculate the input value of $t$. $u(t)=\frac{27.4}{1+13e^{2t}}$ $15=\frac{27.4}{1+13e^{2t}}$ $15\times(1+13e^{2t})=27.4$ ($1+13e^{2t}$ is not equal to 0, as any power of $e$ is positive) $15+195e^{2t}=27.4$ $195e^{2t}=12.4$ $e^{2t}\approx0.06359$ $\ln(e^{2t})\approx \ln(0.06359)$ (We have to take the natural logarithm of both sides.) $2t\approx -2.7553$ $t\approx -1.37765$
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