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    This practice exam for MATH 1241 covers various calculus and trigonometry problems including: 1) Calculating the amount of a radioactive sample over time using exponential decay formulas. 2) Solving equations for variables and expressing logarithmic expressions as single logarithms. 3) Finding trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and tangent using a right triangle with given side lengths. 4) Evaluating limits, including limits involving trigonometric, logarithmic, rational, and piecewise functions. Students are advised to study all course materials and practice homework problems for the actual exam.

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    This practice exam for MATH 1241 covers various calculus and trigonometry problems including: 1) Calculating the amount of a radioactive sample over time using exponential decay formulas. 2) Solving equations for variables and expressing logarithmic expressions as single logarithms. 3) Finding trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and tangent using a right triangle with given side lengths. 4) Evaluating limits, including limits involving trigonometric, logarithmic, rational, and piecewise functions. Students are advised to study all course materials and practice homework problems for the actual exam.

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    This practice exam for MATH 1241 covers various calculus and trigonometry problems including: 1) Calculating the amount of a radioactive sample over time using exponential decay formulas. 2) Solving equations for variables and expressing logarithmic expressions as single logarithms. 3) Finding trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and tangent using a right triangle with given side lengths. 4) Evaluating limits, including limits involving trigonometric, logarithmic, rational, and piecewise functions. Students are advised to study all course materials and practice homework problems for the actual exam.

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    This practice exam for MATH 1241 covers various calculus and trigonometry problems including: 1) Calculating the amount of a radioactive sample over time using exponential decay formulas. 2) Solving equations for variables and expressing logarithmic expressions as single logarithms. 3) Finding trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and tangent using a right triangle with given side lengths. 4) Evaluating limits, including limits involving trigonometric, logarithmic, rational, and piecewise functions. Students are advised to study all course materials and practice homework problems for the actual exam.

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    MATH 1241 Practice Exam2 Name_______________

    Note: The actual exam may cover more materials than those given here. You are supposed to learn more
    than this practice exam. Please study all of the materials given in the class and practice the homework
    problems.

    (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1)

    1. The half-life of a radioactive element is 15 days. If a sample of the element contains 100 grams, find

    (a) a formula for the amount that remains after t days.

    (b) the amount remaining after 50 days.

    (c) How much time is necessary for a sample of 100 grams to decay to 20 grams?

    2. If a bacterial culture starts with 2400 bacteria and increases by 20% every hour,

    (a) what is the population 9 hours later? (b) when will the population reach 3500?

    3. Solve each equation for x:

    (a) 2  35 x 1  20 (b) 3  e 4 x 1  15  0 (c) ln( 2 x  1)  ln 3  10

    (d) ln(5 x  1)  ln x  3 (e) e3 x 1  1  0

    4. Express each of the following expressions as a single logarithm:

    1
    (a) 3 log 3 x  log 3 y  log 3 ( x 2  1) (b) log ( x 2  y 2 )  log ( x  y )
    2

    1 1
    (c) 4 ln r  ln s  ln( t  1) (d) 3 ln x  2 ln y  5 ln z
    2 5

    5. Let log b 2  r , log b 3  s , log b 5  u , and log b 7  v . Use the properties of logarithms to find

    (a) log b 40 7 b 5 (b) log b 60 3 b

    in terms of r, s, u and/or v.

    ln 05 ln 05
    t  50 15 ln 0.2
    Answers: (1)(a) A(t )  100  e 15
    (b) A(50)  100  e 15
    grams (c) days ; (2) (a) 2400  (1.2)9 bacteria
    ln 0.5
     35 
    ln  
    24 log 3 10  1 ln 5  1 e10  3 1 1
    (2)(b)   hours ; (3) (a) (b) (c) (d) 3 (e) 
    ln 1.2 5 4 6 e 5 3
    4 3 2
    r  s   
    (4)(a) log 3 ( x 3  y  ( x 2  1)) (b) log  x  y  (c) ln  5  (d) ln  x 5y 

     t 1   z 
    1 1
    (5)(a) 3r  u  v  5 (b) 2r  s  u 
    2 3
    6. Using the right triangle shown below, determine the exact values of a, sin  , cos , tan  , cot  , an sec  ,
    if c  9 and b  4 .

    7. The starting side of an angle  is the positive x-axis, and the terminal side passes through the point (-5, -2).
    Find the exact values of the six trigonometric functions of angle  .

    8. If lim f ( x)  4 and lim g ( x)  2 , find each of the following limits:


    x  2 x  2

    7  f ( x)  4  [ g ( x)]3
    (a) lim 3  f ( x)  5 2 g ( x) (b) lim
    x  2 [ g ( x)] x  2 3  g ( x)

    3x  4, if  7  x  2
    9. For the function  , without sketching the graph, find each of the
    f ( x )   10, if 2 x8
     2 x  6, if 8  x  20

    following limits:

    (a) lim f ( x ) (b) lim f ( x ) (c) lim f ( x) (d) lim f ( x)


    x 8 x 8 x 2 x 2

    10. Find each of the following limits:

    3 3

    x 2  x  12 x2  9 a3 5
    (a) lim (b) lim (c) lim x 5 (d) lim
    x 3 x3 x  3 x  3 x 5 x  5 a 2 a2

    5 x 2  3x  2 ( 2  h) 2  4 x3 4 (1  h)3  1
    (e) lim (f) lim (g) lim (h) lim
    x1 4x  1 h 0 3h x  13 x  13 h 0 h

    65 4 4 65 9
    Answers: (6) a  65 , sin   , cos   , tan   , cot   , sec  
    9 9 65 4 65
    x 5 y 2 r 29
    (7) sin   y   2 , cos    , tan    , csc  r  29 , sec    , cot   x  5
    r 29 r 29 x 5 y 2 x 5 y 2
    11 18
    (8) (a) (b)  ; (9)(a)  10 (b)  10 (c) 10 (d) lim f ( x) doesn’t exist
    2 5 x 2

    3 5 6 4 1
    (10) (a) 7 (b)  6 (c)  (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) 3
    25 10 5 3 8
    2

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