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This document contains a practice test with 12 multiple choice and open response math questions covering topics like graphing functions, evaluating logarithmic expressions, solving exponential equations, using logarithmic and exponential models, and verifying properties of logarithms using technology. The questions require calculating logarithms, interpreting graphs of functions, applying transformations, finding inverses, and solving word problems involving exponential and logarithmic scales.

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Chapter 6 Practice Test

This document contains a practice test with 12 multiple choice and open response math questions covering topics like graphing functions, evaluating logarithmic expressions, solving exponential equations, using logarithmic and exponential models, and verifying properties of logarithms using technology. The questions require calculating logarithms, interpreting graphs of functions, applying transformations, finding inverses, and solving word problems involving exponential and logarithmic scales.

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Chapter 6 P R AC T I C E T E S T

For questions 1 to 4, choose the best answer. D y

()
x
1. The graph of y  _ 1 is shown. 4
2
2
y
x
冢2冣
1 4
y 4 2 0 2 4 x

2 2

4
4 2 0 2 4 x

2

4 2. What is the value of log5 _ 1 ?


125 ( )
A 3 B 2 C 2 D 25
Which of the following is the graph of the
3. What is the value of log4 163?
inverse of this function?
1
A y A _ B 6 C 12 D undefined
8
4 4. Which of the following graphs represents the
2
function y  log (x  3)  5?
A y
2
4 2 0 2 4 x

2 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 x

4 2

4

B y 6

4 8

2 10

4 2 0 2 4 x
B y
2 10

4 8

C y 4
4
2
2
2 0 2 4 6 8 10 x
4 2 0 2 4 x 2
2

4

358 MHR • Advanced Functions • Chapter 6


C y 8. $250 is put into an account that pays 6.5%
2
interest, compounded annually. How long
will it take for the amount in this account
6 4 2 0 2 4 6x
to double?
2
9. Use the pH formula, pH  log [H], to
4
answer the following.
6 a) Ammonia has a hydronium ion concentration
of 3.2  1012 mol/L. What is its pH level?
8
b) The pH of vinegar can range between 2 and
10 3.5. Determine the range of the hydronium
ion concentration in vinegar.
D y
10 c) Refer to the pH scale presented on
page 349. Classify ammonia and vinegar
8 as acidic, alkaline, or neutral. Explain your
6 answers.

4
10. The atmospheric pressure, P, in kilopascals
(kPa), as a function of altitude, d, in kilometres,
2 above sea level can be modelled by the equation
P  101.3(1.133)d.
6 4 2 0 2 4 6x
a) Graph this function for 0  d  10.
2
b) Use the graph to estimate the atmospheric
pressure at an altitude of 5 km.
5. Evaluate, correct to three decimal places.
c) Use the graph to estimate how high above
a) log6 27 sea level a mountain climber is who is
b) log12 63 feeling an atmospheric pressure of 85 kPa.
1
6. Consider the function g(x)  _ log (x  3)  6. d) Provide algebraic solutions to parts b) and
2 c) to check your answers.

()
a) Describe the transformations required to I
map f(x)  log x onto g. 11. Use the decibel scale, 2  1  10 log _2 ,
I1
to answer the following.
b) Graph the function g.
a) The sound as a subway train passes is about
c) Identify
315 times as intense as normal city traffic,
i) the domain which has a decibel level of about 85. What
ii) the range is the decibel level of a passing subway train?
iii) an equation for the asymptote b) A worker using a power saw hears a decibel
1 level of 118. How many times as intense as
d) Sketch a graph of g (x). What type of
function is the inverse? the sound of normal city traffic is the sound
of a power saw?
7. Use Technology Refer to question 6. Use
graphing technology to verify your answers. 12. Use Technology Design and carry out a
method for demonstrating that the power law
of logarithms holds using graphing technology
and examples of your choice.

Chapter 6 Practice Test • MHR 359

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