In golf, scores are often stated as the number of strokes above or below par for the course. Four golfers played two rounds of golf during the weekend. The table lists their scores for each round in relation to par. Patrick Diane James Judy -6 +1 +2 -3 -2 -4 +7 +6 a. Find the difference between James’s Round 2 score and Diane’s Round 2 score. b. Find the difference between Patrick’s lower score and Judy’s higher score.

answer: yes, since the line has a steeper rate of change than the exponential the y-values will be greater and they will only intersect one time.

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: