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Final Exam 2016

This document provides examples of exam questions covering topics in logarithms, exponents, trigonometry, and sinusoidal functions. The questions involve solving equations, proving identities, determining period, amplitude, and equations to model real-world situations like water wheels and tides. Key information includes solving exponential and logarithmic equations, working with trig functions, graphing sinusoidal patterns, and developing sinusoidal models from word problems.

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Final Exam 2016

This document provides examples of exam questions covering topics in logarithms, exponents, trigonometry, and sinusoidal functions. The questions involve solving equations, proving identities, determining period, amplitude, and equations to model real-world situations like water wheels and tides. Key information includes solving exponential and logarithmic equations, working with trig functions, graphing sinusoidal patterns, and developing sinusoidal models from word problems.

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FINAL EXAM 2016- SHORT ANSWER EXEMPLARS

Log/ Exponents:
(1) Solve for x:

4000
2+73

=5

(2) A culture has 300 bacteria. The number of bacteria doubles every 4 hours. How long will it take
for the number of bacteria to reach 72 000?
(3) If 3150 mg of radioactive substance decays to 450 mg in 73 weeks, determine the half-life of the
substance to the nearest week. (Solve algebraically using logarithms)
Trig:
(1) Determine the general solution: 35 = 1
(2) Solve: sin 3 + tan = 3, 0 2
(3) Solve algebraically, giving exact values for , where 0 2, 2 2 = 0
(4) Prove the identity: ( ) =

2
2

(5) Water wheels are still used to power lumber mills in historic recreations. A typical water wheel
makes one complete revolution every 90 seconds. A paddle starts its cycle 1 m below the level
of the water, and reaches a maximum height of 4m above the water. Assume that that the
timing starts when the paddle is at the top of the water wheel.
a) What is the period of the water wheel? the amplitude?
b) What is the radius of the water wheel?
c) How high is the axle of the water wheel above the level of the water?
d) What is the equation of the sinusoidal axis?
e) Provide a table of values and a graph indicating 1 full cycle. Remember, your graph needs 5 critical values.
f) What is the equation that represents this function?
(6) At a county fair, the Ferris wheel has a diameter of 32m, and its centre is 18m above the ground.
The wheel completes one revolution every 30s.
a) Graph a riders height above the ground, in meters, versus the time, in seconds, during a
2-minute ride. Assume the rider begins at the lowest position on the wheel.
b) Determine the period and amplitude of this function.
c) Determine an equation that models the riders height with respect to time.
d) How high will the rider be after 10 seconds? (round to the nearest hundredth)
(7) In one area of the Bay of Fundy, the tides cause the water level to rise 6m above average sea
level and to drop to 6m below average sea level. One cycle is completed approximately every
12h. Assume that changes in the depth of the water over time can be modeled by a sinusoidal
function.
a. If the water is at average sea level at midnight and the tide is coming in, draw a graph to
show how the depth of the water changes over the next 24h. Assume that at low tide the
depth of the water is 2m.
b. Write an equation for the graph.
c. What is the depth of the water at 5:30 pm? (round to the nearest hundredth)

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