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Applied Calculus - Exercises

This document provides instructions and problems for Applied Calculus Homework 1. The homework consists of 5 problems involving: [1] finding equations of lines and intersections of lines, [2] using data to determine taxi fare costs, [3] solving equations for x, [4] modeling whooping cough case data with an exponential function, and [5] modeling bacterial growth in food using an exponential function. Students are instructed to submit their solutions as a single PDF file by the due date of September 21, 2020.

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Applied Calculus - Exercises

This document provides instructions and problems for Applied Calculus Homework 1. The homework consists of 5 problems involving: [1] finding equations of lines and intersections of lines, [2] using data to determine taxi fare costs, [3] solving equations for x, [4] modeling whooping cough case data with an exponential function, and [5] modeling bacterial growth in food using an exponential function. Students are instructed to submit their solutions as a single PDF file by the due date of September 21, 2020.

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Applied Calculus

Homework 1
Due before Monday, September 21, 2020

Instructions: The homework is submitted electronically on Moodle. Please upload your


solutions as a single pdf document. You may type your solutions directly on a computer or
write them on paper and scan them into a pdf. If you don’t have access to a scanner, you
may simply take photos of your pages and combine them into a single pdf using any of the
various free online JPG to PDF converters. If you are submitting handwritten scans,
then make sure that your scans are readable. Write in reasonably large letters. Keep
in mind that the quality of a scan or a photo is usually much better if you write only on one
side of a page.
If you wish, you may submit homework together with a study partner. In that case, a
single submission is sufficient.

1. (10 points)

(a) Find the equation of the line through the points (3, 5) and (8, 6).
(b) Find x and y intercepts for the line with equation y = −2x + 7.
(c) Find the point of intersection of the lines with equations

y = −2x + 7 and y = 3x − 8 .

(d) Find an equation for the line parallel to the line with equation y = −10x + 8
through the point (1, 2).
(e) Find the equation of a quadratic polynomial through the points (−1, −6), (1, −4),
and (2, −12).

2. (5 points) The cost of a taxi ride is the sum of a flat call out fee and a charge for every
kilometer traveled. In a given city, a ride of 6 km length costs EUR 12 while a ride
of 10 km length costs EUR 18. How much are the call out fee and the per-kilometer
charge? How much does a trip of 15 km cost?

3. (10 points) Solve each of the following equations for x. Simplify your answer as much
as you can without using a calculator. Your answers may contain some unevaluated
exponential or logarithmic functions as long as everything that can be simplified by
hand is simplified.

1
(a) 4 (32x ) = 12
(b) 4 e0.05x = 8
2 −x
(c) 3x =9
(d) ln(2x + 3) = 5
(e) log2 (log3 2x) = 4

4. (10 points) Whooping cough was thought to have been almost wiped out by vacci-
nations. It is now known that the vaccination wears off, leading to an increase in the
number of cases from 1248 in 1981 to 18957 in 2004. You may use a basic calculator
to answer the following questions:

(a) With t in years since 1981, find the exponential function w(t) = w0 at that fits
this data.
(b) What does your answer to part (a) give as the average annual percent growth rate
of the number of cases?
(c) On May 4, 2005, the Arizona Daily Star reported that the number of cases had
more than doubled between 2000 ans 2004. Does your model confirm this report?
Explain.

5. (10 points) Salmonella bacteria grow rapidly at room temperature. If some bacteria
are left on the cutting board when a chicken with salmonella is cut up and they get into
a salad, the population of bacteria begins growing. Suppose that the number present
in the salad after t hours is given by

f (t) = 200 · e2t .

(a) If the salad is left at room temperature, how many bacteria are present 1 hour
later?
(b) How many bacteria were initially present in the salad?
(c) What is the doubling time for the number of bacteria? (You may use a basic
calculator in the last step of your solution, to evaluate the final expression.)

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