Dr.

Sharma’s Practice Test 2 Math 1113

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Instructions : This is only a sample test. Just being able to answer the following
questions does not necessary imply that you will pass the actual test. Go over the
homework problems, lecture notes and the text book to prepare for the test.

1. (20 points) Identify whether the following statements are true or false.

(a) The function f (x) = 3x2 − 5x + 6 has a vertical asymptote.

True False
(b) The function y = (0.1)x is an increasing function.
True False
(c) log10 ((−10)) = 1 .
True False
(d) The domain of y = 2x is [0, ∞].
True False
3π
(e) The radian measure of 135◦ is .
4
True False
(f) csc2 10◦ = 1 − cot2 10◦ .
True False
cos θ
(g) tan θ = .
sin θ
True False
π
(h) cot( − θ) = tan θ.
2
True False

length of the adjacent side

(i) sin θ = .
length of the hypotunese
True False
(j) The y− coordinate of a point lying on a unit circle is related to the sine
function.

True False
x2
2. (15 points) Graph the function f (x) = without a graphing calculator.
x2 − 3

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3. (8 points) Graph f (x) = −(2e)x+1 .
Y
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-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10

4. (8 points) Graph f (x) = log0.9 (−x − 5) .

Y
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-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10

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5. (5 points) The population growth of a certain type of bacteria is modeled by
A = 100ekt . If the number of bacteria after 1 hour is 50 thousands, find the
number of bacteria after 3 hours.

Answer =

6. (12 points) If a food item is taken out of an oven with temperature 450◦ F , find
the temperature of the item after 5 hours using the Newton’s law of cooling and
asuming the room temperature is 70◦ F .

7. (5 points) Find the central angle in degree made by the minute hand and the hour
hand of a clock at 5:00 pm.

s=

8. (5 points) Find a positive angle less than 360◦ that is co-terminal with −512◦ .

Answer =

9. (14 points) Give the exact values of the following.

π 7π 7π
cos = tan(− ) = cos =
4 6 3
19π 11π π
sin(− )= tan = sec =
4 6 3
1 2π
tan( π − 200π) = sin(− + 479π) =
3 3
7π 3π
sin( + 17π) = cos(− + 10π) =
6 4
10. (8 points) A person is standing 5 meters away from the foot of a tree and when
he sees the top of the tree, he finds the angle between his line of sight and the
horizontal line (angle of elevation) to be 60◦ . Find the height of the tree.

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