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Algebra II Honors Final Exam Review

Short Answer
8

1. Evaluate the series

5n.
n = 3

2. Evaluate the series

(n + 4).
n = 1

What is the sum of the finite arithmetic series?

3. 29 + 32 + 35 + 38 + 41 + + 59
4. 26 + 29 + 32 + 35 + 38 + 41 + 44
5. Divide 4x 3 + 2x 2 + 3x + 4 by x + 4.
6. Divide 3x 3 2x 2 x 2 by x 2.
7. Determine which binomial is not a factor of 4x 4 21x 3 46x 2 + 219x + 180.
8. Is (x 2) a factor of P(x) = x 3 + 2x 2 6x 4 ? If it is, write P(x) as a product of two factors.
Divide using synthetic division.
9. Divide 4x 3 + 21x 2 23x + 6 by (x 4).
10. Divide 14x 3 840 + 14x by (x + 4 ).
11. Use the Rational Root Theorem to list all possible rational roots of the polynomial equation
x 3 6x 2 + 4x + 9 = 0 . Do not find the actual roots.
Find the roots of the polynomial equation.
12. x 3 2x 2 + 10x + 136 = 0
13. x 3 3x 2 5x 15 = 0
14. A polynomial equation with rational coefficients has the roots 3 +
15. Find a quadratic equation with roots 1 + 4i and 1 4i.

6, 2

5 . Find two additional roots.

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Find all the zeros of the equation.

16. 2x 4 5x 3 + 53x 2 125x + 75 = 0
17. x 3 x 2 13x 13 = 0
18. 7x 2 144 = x 4
Use Pascals Triangle to expand the binomial.
19. (s + 2v) 5
20. (d 2) 6
21. Find all the real square roots of

9
.
16

22. Find all the real cube roots of 0.000027.

Find the real-number root.
23.

125
343

What is a simpler form of the radical expression?

36g 6

24.
25.

81x 20 y 8

26. The formula for the volume of a sphere is V =

4 3
r . Find the radius, to the nearest hundredth, of a sphere
3

with a volume of 15 in.3.

Multiply and simplify if possible.

27.

What is the simplest form of the expression?

28.

128a 13 b 6

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What is the simplest form of the product?

29.

7x 7

9x 4

What is the simplest form of the quotient?

3

30.

162
3

31.

2
400

5
90x 18

32.

2x
What is the simplest form of the radical expression?

33. 2 4 2x + 6 4 2x
34. 3 2a 6 2a
What is the simplest form of the expression?

20 +

35.

45

What is the product of the radical expression?

36. 7

2 8 +

37. 5

2
3

38.

10

2 +

10

Simplify.
39. 20

40. 16

20 2

1
2

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3

41. Write the exponential expression 3x 8 in radical form.

What is the simplest form of the number?

42. 27

2
3

What is the solution of the equation?

43.

x + 10 7 = 5

44.

2x + 8 6 = 4

45. 10 +

x + 8 = 4
3

46. (x + 6 ) 5 = 8
47. 5x =
48.

10 + 15x

3x + 28 8 = x

49. Let f(x) = 5x 4 and g(x) = 6x 7. Find f(x) + g(x).

50. Let f(x) = 4x 5 and g(x) = 6x 3. Find f(x) g(x).
51. Let f(x) = 3x 6 and g(x) = x 2. Find

f
and its domain.
g

52. Let f(x) = 2x 7 and g(x) = 4x + 3. Find (f g)(5).

53. Let f(x) = x 2 + 6 and g(x) =

x+8
. Find g f (7) .
x

What is the inverse of the given relation?

54. y = 3x + 9
55. For the function f(x) = x + 9 , find (f f 1 )(5).
Graph the equation.
56. y =

x +1

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57. y =

x 3

58. y =

x3

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59. You can model the population of a certain city between the years 1965 and 1995 by the radical function
P(x) = 55000 x 1950 . Using this model, in what year was the population of that city 235,000?
Graph the exponential function.
60. y = 4 x
61. An initial population of 820 quail increases at an annual rate of 23%. Write an exponential function to model
the quail population. What will the approximate population be after 3 years?
62. The half-life of a certain radioactive material is 32 days. An initial amount of the material has a mass of 361
kg. Write an exponential function that models the decay of this material. Find how much radioactive material
remains after 5 days. Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
63. Suppose you invest $1600 at an annual interest rate of 4.6% compounded continuously. How much will you
have in the account after 4 years?
Write the equation in logarithmic form.
64. 2 5 = 32
4

65. 125 3 = 625

Evaluate the logarithm.
66. log 5

1
625

67. log 3 243

Graph the logarithmic equation.
68. y = log 5 (x 2)
Write the expression as a single logarithm.
69. 3 log b q + 6 log b v
70. log3 4 log 3 2

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Expand the logarithmic expression.

71. log 3

d
12

72. log 3 11p 3

73. Use the Change of Base Formula to evaluate log 4 20 .
74. Use the Change of Base Formula to evaluate log 7 28 .
Solve the exponential equation.
75.

1
= 64 4x 3
16

76. 4 4x = 8
Solve the logarithmic equation. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth if necessary.
77. 3 log 2x = 4
78. Solve log(4x + 10) = 3.
79. log(x + 9) log x = 3
80. Solve log 3x + log 9 = 0. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
Write the expression as a single natural logarithm.
81. 3 ln 3 + 3 lnc
82. Simplify ln e 3 .
Use natural logarithms to solve the equation. Round to the nearest thousandth.
83. 6e 4x 2 = 3
84. e x =

3
4

85. e 2x = 1.4

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Is the relationship between the variables in the table a direct variation, an inverse variation, or
neither? If it is a direct or inverse variation, write a function to model it.
86.
x

10

14

18

14

20

28

36

13

12

21

87.

88. Suppose that x and y vary inversely, and x = 2 when y = 8. Write the function that models the inverse
variation.
Graph the function.
89. y =

2
x

Sketch the asymptotes and graph the function.

90. y =

5
x3

+2

91. Write an equation for the translation of y =

4
x

92. This graph of a function is a translation of y =

that has the asymptotes x = 7 and y = 6.

2
. What is an equation for the function?
x

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Find any points of discontinuity for the rational function.

93. y =

(x + 6)(x + 2)(x + 8)
(x + 9)(x + 7)

94. Describe the vertical asymptote(s) and hole(s) for the graph of y =

95. Find the horizontal asymptote of the graph of y =

4x 6 + 6x + 3
8x 6 + 9x + 3

(x + 2)(x + 4)
(x + 4)(x + 1)

Simplify the rational expression. State any restrictions on the variable.

96.

97.

p 2 4p 32
p+4
q 2 + 11q + 24
q 2 5q 24
What is the product in simplest form? State any restrictions on the variable.

98.

99.

4a 5
7b 4

z2
z+1

2b 2
2a 4

z 2 + 3z + 2
z 2 + 3z

What is the quotient in simplified form? State any restrictions on the variable.
100.

x+2
x1

x+4
2

x + 4x 5

Simplify the sum.

101.

7
a+8

7
2

a 64

Simplify the difference.

102.

b 2 2b 8
2

b +b2

6
b1

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Simplify the complex fraction.

2
103.

5t
1
2t

3t
1

2t

Solve the equation. Check the solution.

104.

105.

x+4
5
6w

4
x+3
= 4

What are the solutions of the rational equation? Use a graphing calculator to solve.
106.

3.66
4c

4
3c

= 4

Generate the first five terms in the sequence using the explicit formula.
107. y n = 5n 5
108. What is the 15 th term in the sequence using the given formula?

c n = 3n 1
109. Write a recursive formula for the sequence 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, ... Then find the next term.
110. Write a recursive formula for the sequence 7, 4, 1, 2, 5, .... Then find the next term.
111. Write an explicit formula for the sequence 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, ... Then find a 14 .
112. Suppose you drop a tennis ball from a height of 8 feet. After the ball hits the floor, it rebounds to 80% of its
previous height. How high will the ball rebound after its third bounce? Round to the nearest tenth.
Is the sequence arithmetic? If so, identify the common difference.
113. 13, 20, 27, 34, ...
114. 14, 21, 42, 77, ...
115. Find the 50th term of the sequence 5, 2, 9, 16, ...

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116. Find the 2nd and 3rd term of the sequence 7, ___, ___, 22, 27, ...
117. Find the missing term of the arithmetic sequence 22,

, 34, ...

Is the sequence geometric? If so, identify the common ratio.

118. 6, 12, 24, 48, ...
119. 2, 4, 16, 36, ...
What is the fifth term of the geometric sequence?
120. 5, 15, 45, ...
Write the explicit formula for the geometric sequence. Then find the fifth term in the sequence.
121. a 1 = 4, a 2 = 8, a 3 = 16
What is a possible value for the missing term of the geometric sequence?
122. 50,

123. 1250,

, 450, ...

, 50, ...

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Algebra II Honors Final Exam Review

Answer Section
SHORT ANSWER
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

165
26
484
245
4x 2 14x + 59, R 232
3x 2 8x 17, R 36
x+4
yes:
P(x) = (x 2)(x 2 + 4x + 2)

9. 4x 2 + 5x 3, R 6
10. 14x 2 + 56x 210
11. 9, 3, 1, 1, 3, 9
12. 3 5i, 4

5 , i 5 , 3

13. i

14. 3 6, 2 + 5
15. x 2 + 2x + 17 = 0
3
16. 1, , 5i
2
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

i 13 , i 13 , 1
3, 3, 4i, 4i
s 5 + 10s 4 v + 40s 3 v 2 + 80s 2 v 3 + 80sv 4 + 32v 5
d 6 12d 5 + 60d 4 160d 3 + 240d 2 192d + 64
no real root
0.03
5

7
6 || g 3 ||
3 |x 5 |y 2
1.53 in.

27. 2 3
28. 4a 4 b 2 3 2a
29. x 3

63x 2

30. 3 3 3
31. 2 4 5
32. 3x 8

5x

33. 8 2x
1

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34. 3 2a
35. 4 5
36. 54
37.
38.
39.
40.

28 + 10 3
8
20
4

38 x 3
9
6
2
28
26
1
4
x 11
2x 2
3; all real numbers except x = 2
53
63
53.
55
1
54. y = x 3
3
55. 5
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.

56.

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57.

58.

59. 1968
60.

61. f(x) = 820(1.23) x ; 1526

1

x
1 32
62. y = 361
; 323.945 kg
2

63. $1,923.23
3

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64. log 2 32 = 5
65. log 125 625 =

4
3

66. 4
67. 5
68.

69. log b (q 3 v 6 )
70. log 3 2
71. log 3 d log 3 12
72. log 3 11 + 3 log 3 p
73. 2.161
74. 1.712
7
75.
12
3
76.
8
77. 10.7722
495
78.
2
79. 0.0090
80. 0.04
81. ln 27c 3
82. 3
83. 0.046
84. 0.288
85. 0.168
86. direct variation; y = 2x
87. neither
16
88. y =
x

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89.

90.

91. y =
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.

+6
x7
2
y=
6
x3
x = 9, x = 7
asymptote: x = 1 and hole: x = 4
1
y=
2
p 8; p 4
q+8
; q 3, q 8
q8

4a
7b 2

, a 0, b 0

z 2 + 2z
z+3

, z 1, 0, 3

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100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
109.

(x + 2)(x + 5)
x+4
7a 49

, x 1, 4

(a 8)(a + 8)

b 10
b1
3

5
11

3
11

24
0.562
10, 15, 20, 25, 30
44
a n = a n 1 + 6, where a 1 = 7; 37

110. a n = a n 1 3, where a 1 = 7; 8
111. a n = 2n + 10; 18
112.
113.
114.
115.
116.
117.
118.
119.
120.
121.

4.1 feet
yes; 7
no
338
12, 17
28
yes; 2
no
405
a n = 4 (2) n 1 ; 64

122. 150
123. 250