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MAT 1251 Applied Calculus I, Sean Forman



Approximate the following using your calculator

  1. $\displaystyle{4^7}$

  2. $\displaystyle{7^4}$

  3. $\displaystyle{2^{2.56}}$

  4. $\displaystyle{2.56^{5.67}}$

  5. $\displaystyle{\frac{2.1^5}{3.1^4}}$

  6. $\displaystyle{2^{-2}}$

Simplify the following expressions without using a calculator.

  1. $\displaystyle{3^3}$

  2. $\displaystyle{3^{-3}}$

  3. $\displaystyle{3^2 2^3}$

  4. $\displaystyle{(2^3)^2}$

  5. $\displaystyle{(\frac{2}{3})^3}$

  6. $\displaystyle{\frac{2^6}{2^3}}$

  7. $\displaystyle{2^0 3^1}$

  8. $\displaystyle{3^{-3}}$

  9. $\displaystyle{\left(\frac{4}{5}\right)^{-1}}$

  10. $\displaystyle{3^{-2} 27}$

  11. $\displaystyle{\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{-1} - \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{-2}}$

  12. $\displaystyle{\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{2} - \left(\frac{1}{10}\right)^{2}}$

  13. $\displaystyle{(x^{4})^{3}}$

  14. $\displaystyle{x^4 x^{3}}$

  15. $\displaystyle{x^4 x^{-3}}$

  16. $\displaystyle{\frac{x^6}{x^4}}$

  17. $\displaystyle{(x x^2)^3}$

  18. $\displaystyle{(x^2 y^3)^2}$

  19. $\displaystyle{x^0}$

  20. $\displaystyle{(x + 3y)^2}$

  21. $\displaystyle{(x - 3)^{-2}}$





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