Sophia College Algebra Milestone 5

Sophia College Algebra Milestone 5. Score 19/22 You passed this Milestone 19 questions were answered correctly. 3UquNestiIonTs we5re a—nswerMed inIcLorrEectSly.TONE 5 Susan monitors the number of strep infections reported in a certain neighborhood in a given week. The recent numbers are shown in this table: Week Number of People 0 20 1 26 2 34 3 44 According to her reports, the reported infections are growing at a rate of 30%. If the number of infections continues to grow exponentially, what will the number of infections be in week 10? 203 people 206 people 276 people 297 people RATIONALE In general, exponential growth is modeled using this equation. We will use information from the problem to find values to plug into this equation. The initial number of infections is , so this is the value for a. The infection rate is , so this is our value for b (remember to write it as a decimal). We want to know how many infections there will be in week 10, so we will use for the value for x. We will need to solve for y. Start by simplifying what's inside the parentheses. 1 plus is . Next, take this value to the power of . to the power of is . Finally, multiply this by . CONCEPT There will be 276 people infected in week 10. Exponential Growth 2 Suppose and . Find the value of . RATIONALE To evaluate this composite function, focus on the innermost function first. Evaluate first by plugging in for the variable x in the function . Once x has been replaced with , evaluate the expression. The function evaluates to . To evaluate , use the value of , which is , as the input for the function f left parenthesis x right parenthesis. Once x has been replaced with , evaluate the expression. CONCEPT This tells us that is equal to . Function of a Function 3 Write the following as a single rational expression. RATIONALE Just as with numeric fractions, we can re-write division of algebraic fractions as multiplication and multiply across numerators and denominators. To re-write fraction division as multiplication, re-write the second fraction as its reciprocal (flipping the numerator and denominator). changes to and division changes to multiplication. We can now multiply across the numerators and denominators. times x squared is equal to and times is equal to . Next, find any common factors in the numerator and denominator. Both the numerator and denominator have a factor of simplify. x. We can cancel out these factors and Once all common factors have been canceled out in the numerator and denominator, write the fraction in simplest form. This is the the simplified fraction written as a single rational expression. CONCEPT Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions 4 Suppose , , and . Find the value of the following expression. RATIONALE This question involves several properties of logarithms. The Quotient Property of Logs states that division inside a logarithm can be expressed as subtraction of individual logarithms. This means we can express as . Next, the Product CONCEPT Property of Logs states that multiplication inside a logarithm can be expressed as addition of individual logarithms. This means we can express as . Then, the Power Property of Logs states that exponents inside a logarithm can be expressed as outside scalar multiples of the logarithm. This means we can express as and as . Finally, we can substitute the values we were previously given for log subscript a left parenthesis x right parenthesis, log subscript a left parenthesis y right parenthesis, and log subscript a left parenthesis z right parenthesis. Recall that , , and . Once these given values are substituted into the expression, simplify each term and then perform the addition and subtraction. times is , and times is . Finally, add these values together. The logarithmic expression evaluates to . Applying Properties of Logarithms 5 Solve the following logarithmic equation. RATIONALE