In this task, you will be presented with a series of exercises where you will apply the properties of functions to solve problems and you will be able to: ?diagram a set of data with an exponential or logarithmic function; ? solve exponential and logarithmic equations, and ? calculate compound interest and the effective rate Note: If the result is decimal, you will round it to two decimal places.

1. Suppose a doctor is monitoring cancer cells in a patient in order to initiate curative treatment before the count reaches 60,000. The data is observed in the following table:

Tiempo Conteo de en dias celulas 597 2 893 1339 6 1995 2976 10 4433 12 6612 14 9865 16 14719 18 21956 20 32763