Mathematics 17 Finals Exercise Set

I. TRUE or FALSE
1. Arcsin

sin
7
12

=
7
12
2. The graphs of y = 2x 1 and y =
x + 1
2
are symmetric about the line y = x.
3. The least common denominator of the fractions with denominators (x
3
8), (x
2
+ 2x + 4), and (x
2

4)(x 2) is (x 2)
2
(x + 2)
3
.
4. The equation cos
2
x sin
2
x = 1 is an identity.
5. The function dened by f(x) = 4 sin

2
x

has period 4 and its graph has amplitude 4.

6. In the sequence

x,
1

x
, x, the exponents of x form a geometric sequence.
7. A 180 cm arc in a circle of radius 135 cm is intercepted by a 240

central angle.
8. |x + 2| |x 2| + 2 = 2 if x < 2.
9. If P is jointly proportional to t and the square of r, and if P = 8 when r = 2 and t =
1
2
, then the
constant of proportionality is equal to 4.
10. The function dened by h(x) = 6
x
is increasing.
11.
8 x
2
3

x
= 4 + 2
3

x + (
3

x)
2
for all x = 8.
12. The remainder when

x
3
+ 1

(x 2)
2
+ 7 is divided by (x + 2) is 7.
II. Simplify the following.
1.
1
x
2
+ 3x

2
3x x
2
1
x
+
8
9 x
2
2. Express in standard form:

7cis20

3
2 +

3i
3.
21x
6
7
2
(2x
4
)

1 + x
2
7x
2
(1 + x
2
)
3/2
III. Find the solution set of the following.
1.

3x + 1 + 1 = x
2. log
4
(5x
2
4) 2 log
4
(x 1) = 2
3. Arc sin

x
2

+ Arc cos

1
2
+ x

=

2
4. Arc cot

3
x + 6

Arc sec 1 = Arc tan(x 4)

5. 3 cos csc
2
4 cos = 8 6 csc
2
, 180

< < 180

6. 3 sinx cos 2x + 2 = 0
7. x
5
= 1
8. x
3
+

2i = 0
IV. Do as indicated.
1. Write the polynomial 2x
4
3x
3
21x
2
+17x3 as a product of linear factors with complex coecients
given that
1
2
is a zero of the polynomial.
2. Find u so that log3
2
2
3
, log3
2
u, log3
2
27
8
forms the rst 3 terms of an arithmetic sequence. Find the sum
of the rst 31 terms of the sequence.
3. Find the center-radius form of an equation of the circle with diameter whose endpoints are the points
of intersection of the graphs of x
2
y 2x = 2 and y 2x = 3.
4. If g(x) = log
3

x + 1
x 1

, nd:
(a) domain of g (b) g
1
(x) (c) range of g
5. If is an angle in standard position with the point

2,

5 1

on its terminal side and sin =

5
13
,
where 90

< < 180

, nd the value of tan

2
2

.
6. Sketch one period of the graph of y = 4 sin

x
2


4

1. Identify the amplitude, period, vertical and

horizontal displacement, and highest and lowest points within the period.
V. Prove the following identities.
1.
2 cos x
csc x 2 sinx
= tan2x
2. tan
x
2
+ cot x =
1 cos 2x
2 sin
3
x
3.

tan2x
tanx
1

cos 2x = 1
2
VI. Word Problems.
1. One pipe can ll a swimming pool in 6 hours and another in 8 hours. If the rst runs for 2 hours and
then the second is opened, how long after the second pipe is opened will the pool be lled?
2. A boat travels 6 miles downstream in half the time it travels 7 miles upstream. If the rate of the current
is 3 mph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
3. Two cars left the same location at the same time. The rst car traveled N 50.5

E with a constant
speed of 35 mph. The second car traveled S 9.5

E with a certain uniform rate. After 2 hours, it was

found that the distance between them is 130 miles. What is the rate of the second car?
4. From a point on the ground between 2 kites, a boy observes each kite with an angle of elevation of 15

.
The distance between the boy and one kite is 20 feet, and between the boy and the other kite is 30 feet.
Assume that the kites and boy lie on the same vertical plane.
(a) Find the distance between the 2 kites.
(b) Find the altitude of the second kite if the boys height is 5 feet.