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Question 1: Score 0/1

Your response What is the equation of the basic function shown in the graph below? Correct response What is the equation of the basic function shown in the graph below? Incorre ct

No answer (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: The function

x^3

is an excellent example of an odd function, which is any function satisfying

satisfying , such as .

An even function on the other hand is any function

Odd functions have the property that we can rotate their curves about the origin by Even functions have the property that we can reflect their curves across the

and get the same curve.

-axis and get the same curve.

Question 2: Score 0/1

Your response The expression Correct response The expression

simplfies to:

simplfies to:

Incorrect (0%)

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0%

Comment:

(Take common denominators above and below)

(Multiply out topmost line & collect like terms)

(Invert & multiply)

(Cancel, multiply out the Difference of Squares)

Question 3: Score 0/1

Your response Solve . Solve Correct response .

Enter your answer as a list of numbers seperated by commas.

Enter your answer as a list of numbers seperated by commas.

No answer (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: implies or Solving these gives or

0, 8/3

Incorrect

respectively.

Question 4: Score 0/1

Your response Simplify as far as possible: Correct response Simplify as far as possible:

Incorrect . .

No answer (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: We simplify by factoring the denominator:

x^2+x*y+y^2

by the formula for a difference of squares, which is Then we're left with:

To deal with the numerator we can factor a difference of cubes by the following formula: which gives us:

And thus

Question 5: Score 0/1

Your response If is the midpoint of the line and ? what is the value of (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Given two (distinct) points and , If Correct response is the midpoint of the line and ? Incorrect what is the value of

segment which joins

segment which joins

13

the midpoint of the line segment joining them is simply the point:

The question is now simple, since by this

and so

Question 6: Score 0/1

Your response Calculate the coordinates of the points where the line through the point Correct response Calculate the coordinates of the points where the line through the point

with slope

intersects the circle .

with slope

intersects the circle . Incorrect

with centre the origin and radius

with centre the origin and radius

The leftmost point of intersection is: (0%) , (0%) The rightmost point of intersection is: (0%) , (0%)

The leftmost point of intersection is:

-4 , 3
The rightmost point of intersection is:

5,0

Total grade: 0.01/4 + 0.01/4 + 0.01/4 + 0.01/4 = 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% Comment: We first find the equation of the line using the point-slope formula: In general, a line passing through the point . And so the equation of our line is given by with slope satisfies the equation:

Now we find the equation of our circle: Our circle is centered at the origin and thus the equation is simply . Since any points of intersection must satisy both equations we can substitute

into our circle equation:

Expand the left-hand side and collect like terms, then divide by the coefficient of

to get:

Thus roots exist at Substitute these values of When ,

. into the equation of the line to solve for : .

, thus a point of intersection is

When

, thus another point of intersection is

Question 7: Score 0/1

Solve: where . Incorrect Corr ect Ans wer On the image below click on the region that best fits your answer. There are several regions, so mouse over the map to see them all before selecting your answer.

Your Answer

To solve the inequality

, first bring all terms to one side:

Then factor to get: Comment:

This product is positive whenever 1 or 3 of the factors are positive, which is easily seen by sketching on a number line.

x x - 2 x + 2

+ + + + + + +--------+-----------------+-----------------+--------+ -10 -2 0 +2 10
and .

Thus, the expression is positive on the intervals

Question 8: Score 0/1

Your response Solve: (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: For , both bases are powers of 3 , Solve: Incorrect Correct response

so use the basic property of exponents to re-write the equation as:

We solve the equation and get

Question 9: Score 0/1

Your response Solve Enter an exact answer. (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Solve the equation as follows: . Solve Enter an exact answer. Correct response .

(1+ln(8))/5

Incorrect

(Taking

on both sides)

Question 10: Score 0/1

Your response Solve for in the logarithmic equation Solve for

Correct response in the logarithmic equation

. Enter an exact answer. (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment:

. Enter an exact answer.

Incorrect

We want to solve the logartihmic equation

Since the two logarithmic terms on the left-hand side do not have the same base, use the change of base formula to get:

Now that we have a sum of logarithmic terms with the same base, use the formula to get:

Then the original equation becomes:

We can solve for the roots of this quadratic using the quadratic formula, which says that the roots of any quadratic

are given by In our quadratic we have Thus our quadratic has roots at: , and .

And thus

is the solution.

Question 11: Score 0/1

Your response Determine for which values of the Correct response Determine for which values of the

quadratic has two equal real roots This quadratic has two equal real roots whenever

quadratic has two equal real roots This quadratic has two equal real roots whenever

Incorrect

No answer (0%)
Enter your answer as a list seperated by commas. Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment:

0, 4
Enter your answer as a list seperated by commas.

By the quadratic formula, the roots of the quadratic

are given by:

and we call

the discriminant.

When When When In the given quadratic

the quadratic has two real roots. the two roots are equal. This is called a double root. there are no real roots (since we would be looking for the root of a negative number). we have and .

So for this quadratic to have two equal real roots we need to have:

and this equality holds when

or

Question 12: Score 0/1

Your response Express in terms of the other variables in the diagram. Simplify your answer as far as possible.

Correct response Express in terms of the other variables in the diagram. Simplify your answer as far as possible.

Incorrec t

No answer (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Let us denote the height of the bigger triangle as .

r*t/sqrt(r^2 - h^2)

We make use of the fact that both the triangles are similar and hence the ratio of their sides are the same. This means that:

We can now solve for

using the Pythagorean Theorem:

Question 13: Score 0/1

Your response What is the center of the circle ? The center (0%) , (0%) . Correct response What is the center of the circle ? The center

2 , -1

Incorrect

Total grade: 0.01/2 + 0.01/2 = 0% + 0% Comment: We need to put the given equation into the standard form of the equation of a circle. For a circle of radius centered at , .

the equation of the circle is Begin by bringing the constant to the right-hand side:

Separate the

and

terms and complete the square on the resulting quadratics:

Thus, this is a circle centered at

with radius

Question 14: Score 0/1

Your response Simplify as far as possible. No answer (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Simplify as far as possible. Correct response

Incorrect

Comment: Simply the expression as follows:

(by factoring common terms) (recall that )

Question 15: Score 0/1

Your response Find , in radians, such that , where Find Correct response , in radians, such that , where

. Incorrect

(0%)

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Begin by isolating :

Using your knowledge of since

(and possibly a special triangle) we have:

Question 16: Score 0/1

Your response When Sean was twelve years old, he was twice as old as Tanya. Tanya is now 12 years old. How old is Sean now ? (0%) Correct response When Sean was twelve years old, he was twice as old as Tanya. Tanya is now 12 years old. How old is Sean now ?

Incorrect

18

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: When Sean was twelve years old, Tanya was Tanya is now 12 years old, so 6 years have passed. Thus, Sean is now years old. years old.

Math Readiness Test Fall 2012 (for Engineering Students)

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Question 1: Score 1/1

Your response

Which of the following is the graph of the function

? Correct

(100%) Comment: Comment: The absolute value function measures the distance of a number from This is why we also use the notation in the .

for the Euclidean norm (distance from the origin) of the point -plane).

-plane (i.e. the cartesian plane or the

Question 2: Score 1/1

Your response

The expression

simplifies to:

Correct (100%) Comment:

Take a common denominator on top

Multiply out, gather like terms.

Invert and multiply

This expression occurs when you are finding the derivative of

"from first principles". Notice that if you let h go

to 0 the result is

Question 3: Score 1/1

Your response If , then

and
(100%) Comment: Anytime you have an equation of the form and So and Solving: and and . . is equivalent to . where

Correct

you actually have two equations:

Question 4: Score 1/1

Your response

The expression

factors to: Correct

(x-4)*( x^2+4x+16) (100%)

Comment: is a difference of cubes. The Difference of Cubes formula is: So we take and (so that . and . ) and we get:

Question 5: Score 1/1

Your response If two lines are parallel, they have

the same slope.

(100%) Comment: Parallel lines have the same slope. They do not have the same y-intercept, unless they are both the same line. Correct

Question 6: Score 1/1

Your response How many points of intersection are there between the curves and (100%) Comment: The curves intersect where the Setting the 's equal we get: and values for both are the same. ? Correct

Gathering like terms gives:

This factors to:

Giving solutions: . Since these are equal, there is only one point of intersection for these two curves.

Question 7: Score 1/1

Your response The solution set for the inequality (100%) Comment: To solve the inequality , first factor: is: Correct

This product is negative whenever 1 or 3 of the factors are positive, which is easily seen by sketching on a number line:

x x - 4 x + 4

+ + + + + + +--------+-----------------+-----------------+--------+ -4 0 +4

Thus, the expression is negative in the intervals (-,-4) and (0,4).

Question 8: Score 1/1

Your response

Solve: Correct (100%) Comment: The equation is solved with the following steps:

Question 9: Score 1/1

Your response

(100%) Comment: Use the logarithmic property .

Correct

Question 10: Score 1/1

Your response Solve for in the logarithmic equation . Enter an exact answer. Correct

-12 (100%)
Comment: We know that And so we have .

Thus,

Question 11: Score 1/1

Your response

The domain of the function with endpoints and . Find the length of the interval,

is a closed interval . Correct

12 (100%)
Comment: We know that the square root function is only defined for non-negative real numbers, so we must determine when the quadratic

is greater than or equal to

The quadratic is negative and thus positive between its roots, which are clearly Hence, the domain of Thus, is the closed interval . .

and

Question 12: Score 0/1

Your response Express in terms of the other variables in the diagram. Simplify your answer as far as possible. Correct response Express in terms of the other variables in the diagram. Simplify your answer as far as possible. Incorrec t

((t^2)*(r^2))/(r^2-h^2) (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Let us denote the height of the bigger triangle as .

r*t/sqrt(r^2 - h^2)

We make use of the fact that both the triangles are similar and hence the ratio of their sides are the same. This means that:

We can now solve for

using the Pythagorean Theorem:

Question 13: Score 0/1

Your response Find the perimeter of the region bounded by the lines and the circle shown by the solid line below. the solid line below. Incorrect Correct response Find the perimeter of the region bounded by the lines and the circle shown by

Enter an exact answer. To enter write Pi.

Enter an exact answer. To enter write Pi.

(52*Pi)/3 (0%)
units

26+52*Pi/3 units

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Since the diagram is symmetric about the -axis we can find the perimter in the top half of the diagram and then multiply by two to get the full perimeter. Start by finding the points of intersection (in the top half): Substitute into the circle equation, which gives:

Then expand, simplify, collect like terms, and factor:

or It is clear from the diagram and can easily be verified that when . When , we have . Thus another point of intersection is , , thus a point of intersection is

. We want to know the distance from the origin to this last point, which is given by the Euclidean norm:

Also, the distance from the center of the circle to this point is which has radius .

since the point lies on the perimeter of this circle

Thus we have an equilateral triangle with side lengths .

and with vertices

and

Because it is an equilateral triangle we have that the interior angles are all Let's have a look at our updated diagram. On any circle of radius the circumference is given by

, and so the circumference of the entire circle is .

, and the circumference of just the top half of the circle is Let

be the length of the circular part of the perimeter in the top half (i.e. the solid line portion of the top half). to the full perimeter of the top half of our circle should be equivalent to the ratio of the angle .

The ratio of

(subtended by Hence,

) to the full angle of a half-circle, which is

So the circular part of the perimeter for the top half of the diagram has length

We also need to find the length of the line segment from

to

from the perimeter of the top .

half of our diagram. Since this line segment is a side of the equilateral triangle we constructed, it has length Thus the top half of the diagram has perimeter

Thus the whole diagram has perimeter

Thus, the total perimter is

Question 14: Score 1/1

Your response Determine the length of in the following diagram:

Enter an exact answer. To enter a square root, use the sqrt(..) function, e.g., is entered as sqrt(2) . Correct

24*sqrt(3) - 24 (100%)
Comment: Let's have another look at the diagram, and give it a few more labels to work with: To calculate the angle triangle is . we can use the triangle sum theorem which says that the sum of the interior angles of any

Using the inner triangle, we have . Now using the outer triangle to find , we have . Then the length of is given by .

Calculate the length of the base as follows:

And so

Question 15: Score 0.75/1

Your response Find all values of that where . , Enter exact answers as a list separated by commas. To enter write Pi. You must be explicit about , in radians, such , Correct response Find all values of that where . Incorrect , Enter exact answers as a list separated by commas. To enter write Pi. You must be explicit about , in radians, such ,

multiplication, so use * to multiply.

multiplication, so use * to multiply.

0, 2*Pi/3 , 2*Pi (75%) 2*Pi

0, 2/3*Pi, 4/3*Pi,

Total grade: 0.751/1 = 75% Comment: To solve where ,

we must remember a fundamental identity to simplify this problem:

If we substitute

into our equation we get:

. Now let . we can factor which gives:

Then we have a quadratic equation

So either or Thus the equation holds for . .

Question 16: Score 0/1

Your response A wire in length is cut into two parts, one of which has length . The piece of length is formed into a circle, and the other piece is formed into a square. Find a function that A wire Correct response in length is cut into two parts, . The piece of

one of which has length

length is formed into a circle, and the other piece is formed into a square. Find a function that expresses the total area enclosed by the circle and the square. Enter an exact expression for the area. To write Pi.

expresses the total area enclosed by the circle and the square. enter Enter an exact expression for the area. To enter write Pi.

Incorrect

(8-x/4)^2+x^2/(4*Pi)

x^2/4*Pi + ((32-x)/4)^2 (0%)

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment:

To solve this, find the area of the square and circle seperately, then add them together. The perimeter of the square has length and hence each side of the square has length , .

The area of the square is then given by Now we relate the circumference of the circle, which we know to be , and , to the radius , of the circle:

Recall the formula for the circumference of a circle is thus .

The area of a circle is given by

And so we have Thus, the total area is given by

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Question 1: Score 0/1

Your response Correct response

Which of the Which of the following is the graph of the function following is the graph of the function

Incorrect ? (0%) Comment:

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: The function is sometimes called the reciprocal function.

Notice the vertical asymptote at , and the horizontal asymptote at as approaches positive/negative infinity. This plot helps us visualize what happens to fractions as the denominator becomes large or small.

Question 2: Score 0/1

Your response The expression simplifies to: (0%) Correct response The expression simplifies to: Incorrect

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: The "trick" here is to use the Difference of Squares formula: a - b = (a - b)(a + b) and recognize that you have the "(a - b)" term. Thus:
2 2

Applying DOS formula to the top

Question 3: Score 0/1

Your response Solve . Solve Correct response .

Enter your answer as a list of numbers seperated by commas.

Enter your answer as a list of numbers seperated by commas.

No answer (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: implies or Solving these gives or

14, 0

Incorrect

respectively.

Question 4: Score 0/1

Your response Simplify as far as possible: . Correct response Simplify as far as possible: . Incorrect

No answer (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: We simplify by factoring the denominator:

x^2+x*y+y^2

by the formula for a difference of squares, which is Then we're left with:

To deal with the numerator we can factor a difference of cubes by the following formula: which gives us:

And thus

Question 5: Score 0/1

Your response If two lines are parallel, they have (0%) Correct response If two lines are parallel, they have

the same slope.

Incorrect

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Parallel lines have the same slope. They do not have the same y-intercept, unless they are both the same line.

Question 6: Score 0/1

Your response Find the points of intersection between the curves and . Enter exact answers. Leftmost point: Rightmost point: (0%) (0%) (0%) (0%) . Enter exact answers. Leftmost point: Rightmost point: Correct response Find the points of intersection between the curves and

-3 -1

-32 -10

Incorrect

Total grade: 0.01/4 + 0.01/4 + 0.01/4 + 0.01/4 = 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% Comment: The curves intersect where the and values for both are the same. :

First rearrange the equations to be in terms of

Setting the

's equal we get:

Giving solutions: and Substituting the x-values back into either equation to find the corresponding y-values gives and respectively.

Question 7: Score 0/1

Your response The solution set for the inequality is: (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: To solve the inequality , first factor: Correct response The solution set for the inequality is: Incorrect

This product is negative whenever 1 or 3 of the factors are positive, which is easily seen by sketching on a number line:

x x - 4 x + 4

+ + + + + + +--------+-----------------+-----------------+--------+ -4 0 +4

Thus, the expression is negative in the intervals (-,-4) and (0,4).

Question 8: Score 0/1

Your response Correct response

Solve: (0%)

Solve: Incorrect

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: The equation is solved with the following steps:

Question 9: Score 0/1

Your response Correct response

(0%) Comment: Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0%

Incorrect

Comment: This is a basic property of logarithms. Start with Then , , and

.

(all by the definition of

).

Question 10: Score 0/1

Your response Solve for in the logarithmic equation Solve for Correct response in the logarithmic equation

. Enter an exact answer. (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: We want to solve the logartihmic equation

. Enter an exact answer.

Incorrect

64

Since the two logarithmic terms on the left-hand side do not have the same base, use the change of base formula to get:

Now that we have a sum of logarithmic terms with the same base, use the formula to get:

Then the original equation becomes:

We can solve for the roots of this quadratic using the quadratic formula, which says that the roots of any quadratic are given by In our quadratic we have Thus our quadratic has roots at: , and . .

And thus

is the solution.

Question 11: Score 0/1

Your response Determine for which values of the Correct response Determine for which values of the

quadratic has two equal real roots This quadratic has two equal real roots whenever

quadratic has two equal real roots This quadratic has two equal real roots whenever

Incorrect

No answer (0%)
Enter your answer as a list seperated by commas. Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment:

0, 4
Enter your answer as a list seperated by commas.

By the quadratic formula, the roots of the quadratic

are given by:

and we call

the discriminant.

When When When In the given quadratic

the quadratic has two real roots. the two roots are equal. This is called a double root. there are no real roots (since we would be looking for the root of a negative number). we have and .

So for this quadratic to have two equal real roots we need to have:

and this equality holds when

or

Question 12: Score 0/1

Your response In triangle the midpoint of If shown below, . and , find . is In triangle the midpoint of If Correct response shown below, . and , find . Incorrect is

(0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment:

60

We are given that Also, since is the midpoint

and , we know that , then using

. . , we find . .

Since Now, Thus, , so

, the triangle on the right is isosceles and and the triangle on the left is also isosceles. , so

Question 13: Score 0/1

Your response What is the center of the circle ? The center (0%) , (0%) . Correct response What is the center of the circle ? The center

7,9

Incorrect

Total grade: 0.01/2 + 0.01/2 = 0% + 0% Comment: We need to put the given equation into the standard form of the equation of a circle. For a circle of radius centered at , .

the equation of the circle is Begin by bringing the constant to the right-hand side:

Separate the

and

terms and complete the square on the resulting quadratics:

Thus, this is a circle centered at

with radius

Question 14: Score 0/1

Your response Correct response

If

and

is between

If

and

is between

and

, what is the value of

and

, what is the value of

? Incorrect

Enter an exact answer. (0%) Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Since is between and (which is

Enter an exact answer.

7/25

and

), and

we can draw a right triangle diagram with

as one of the angles:

Calculate the length of the hypotenuse using the Pythagorean Theorem:

Hence,

Question 15: Score 0/1

Your response Find , in radians, such that , where . . Find Correct response , in radians, such that , where Incorrect

(0%)

Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: Begin by isolating :

Using your knowledge of since

(and possibly a special triangle) we have:

Question 16: Score 0/1

Your response A wire in length is cut into two parts, one of which has length . The piece of length A wire Correct response in length is cut into two parts, . The piece of

one of which has length

length is formed into a circle, and the other is formed into a circle, and the piece is formed into a square. Find a function other piece is formed into a that expresses the total area enclosed square. Find a function that by the circle and the square. expresses the total area Enter an exact expression for the area. To enclosed by the circle and the enter write Pi. square. Enter an exact expression for the area. To enter write Pi.

Incorrect

(11-x/4)^2+x^2/(4*Pi)

No answer (0%)
Total grade: 0.01/1 = 0% Comment: To solve this, find the area of the square and circle seperately, then add them together. The perimeter of the square has length and hence each side of the square has length , .

The area of the square is then given by Now we relate the circumference of the circle, which we know to be , and , to the radius , of the circle:

Recall the formula for the circumference of a circle is

thus

The area of a circle is given by

And so we have Thus, the total area is given by