Math 220 Worksheet 4

1. Solve each equation for x:

(a) ln(4x 2) = 3
(b) ln(x2 + (e 1)x) = 1
(c) e2x = 5
x

(d) ee = 5
(e) ln(ex+1 ) = 3
(f) e2x 2ex + 1 = 0
(g) 5x + 2 = 5x+1 + 1
2. Simplify the following expressions:
(a)

23 59 78
1

10 7 3 (35)11

(b) 2 ln(x + 1)1/2 + 31 ln(x 1)3

3. Which of the following functions is one-to-one?
(a) 2x
(b) x3
(c) x3 x
(d) e|x| 1
4. Knowing that the following functions are one-to-one on their domain, find a formula for
their inverse functions:

(a) f (x) = ln(4 + 3 x)

(b) f (x) =

8x
2x+1

(c) f (x) = 9 + ln( 4 + 2x + 1)

(d) f (x) =

1
x2

5. Given the graph of g(x) below, find the limits (if they exist) limxa g(x), limxa g(x),
and limxa g(x) at the following values of a:

(a) a = 3
(b) a = 0
(c) a = 1
(d) a = 2
(e) a = 3
6. Guess the value of the limit (if it exists) by evaluating the function at the given numbers:
(
x x=
6 1
(a) limx1
, at x = 0.9, 0.99, 0.999; 1.1, 1.01, 1.001
2 x=1
1

(b) limt0

(2+t) 2 2 2
t

(c) lim1

et+1 1
,
t+1

, at t = 0.1, 0.01, 0.001; 0.1, 0.01, 0.001

at = 1.1, 1.01, 1.001; 0.9, 0.99, 0.999

7. Use a table of values to estimate the value of the limit:

sin 5x
sin 3x
x
limx0 2ex1
1

(a) limx0
(b)

(c) limx1

x9 1
x7 1