138Exam1

Practice
1. Solveforx:3[2x(x+7)]=5(x3).

2. Solveforx:x+8=2(x2)x.
3. ThepercapitapersonalincomeintheUSfrom1998to2005canbeapproximatedbythelinearequationy=944.7t
+19,898for8t15,wheretrepresentstheyear,witht=8correspondingto1998.Usedthemodelto
estimatetheyearinwhichthepercapitalpersonalincomewas$32,000.

4. Atotalof$32,000isinvestedintwomunicipalbondsthatpay5.75%and6.25%simpleinterest.Thetotalannual
interestis$1930.Howmuchisinvestedineachbond?Writeyouranswersintheblanksbelow.
________________investedinbondpaying5.75%
________________investedinbondpaying6.25%
5. Solveforx:11x2+33x=0.
6. Solveforx:12x=x2+27.
7. Solveforx:4x24x4=0.
8. Thedemandequationforaproductisp=600.0004xwherepisthepriceperunitandxisthenumberofunitssold.
ThetotalrevenueRforsellingxunitsisgivenbyR=xp.Howmanyunitsmustbesoldtoproducearevenueof
$100,000?
9. Acollegealgebrainstructorjumpsfromthetopof100footbuildingintoashallowpoolofwater.Howlongwillit
takefortheinstructortohitthewater?
10. Acollegealgebrastudentshootsapotatogunstraightintotheairwithavelocityof200feetpersecond.Ifthe
potatowaslaunchedfrom5feetabovetheground,whenwillthepotatohittheground?
11. Afarmerbuildsarectangularpennexttoarivertocagehisostriches.Theremustbefenceon3sidesofthe
rectangle,buttheriverenclosesthelastside.Ifthepenistwiceaslongasitiswide(itrunsalongtheriver)andis
3200squarefeet,whatarethedimensionsofthepen?
12. Solveforr:(r5)2/3=16.

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13. Solveforz: z z  1
.
14. Solveforx:|2x1|=7.
15. Solveforx:x4+2x3=x2.
16. Findthemidpointanddistancebetween(2,3)and(4,0).

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17. Theendpointsofthediameterofacircleare(5,3)and(3,3).

a.Findthecenterofthecircle.
b.Findtheradiusofthecircle.
c.Findthestandardformoftheequationofthecircle.

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18. Solveforu: u  1 2u  1
19. Solvefort:

3t  2

5
2u  1

t 5

20. Simplify:

4 x 3  14 x
(2  6 x) x
21. Dothefollowingtablesdescribeafunctions?Statewhyorwhynot?
x
2
3
4
2.3
4.4
3.3
6

y
3
1
4
7
6
5
7

x
2
3
4
2.3
4
3.3
6

y
2
1
4
7
6
5
10

Thefollowingproblemswillbesimilartoproblemsonthegraphing(noncalculator)portionoftheexam:
22. Considertheequationy=x22x3.

a.Findthexintercepts.
b.Findtheyintercepts.
23. Sketchthecirclewhoseequationis(x+3)2+(y2)2=9.

23.Giveatablewithatleast3orderedpairsandgraph.
24.Findthexandyinterceptsof.
25.Graph.

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26.Considerthefollowinggraph:
a.Onwhatintervals(ifany)isthegraph
increasing?_______________________
decreasing?_______________________
constant?_________________________
b.Isyafunctionofx?Explainyourreasoning.
c.Whatisthedomain?
d.Whatistherange?
e.Whatistheequationofthisgraph?