166 Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Practice Test

1 4

2( a + b )
2
1 1
9 , then ( x − ) 2 =
If ( x + ) 2 =
2 ( a −b )2 x x

Which of the following is equivalent to the A) 3

expression shown above?
B) 5
C) 7
A) 8( a + b )
D) 9
B) 8ab

C) 16a + b

D) 16ab
5

4 8
− 1
If 8 3 ⋅ 8 3 = , what is the value of m ?
2 2m
2m 2 n − mnp − 6m + 3 p
4
A) −
3
Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression shown above? B) −4
4
A) (2m − n)(mp − 3) C)
3
B) (2m − p )(mn − 3) D) 4
C) (2m + p )(mn + 3)

D) (2m − n)(mn − 3 p )

(−2 xy 2 )3
3 If xy ≠ 0 , then =
4 x4 y5
a +b 2 a −b 2
( ) −( ) =
2 2 xy
A) −
2
A) ab
2
B) −
B) −ab x
2ab + b 2 2y
C) C) −
2 x2
D) ab + b 2 2y
D) −
x
Laws of Exponents and Polynomials 167

7 10

If x12 = 32n 4 and x9 = 4n , then x = (2.1× 10−3 )(2 × 105 )

If −4
= 6 × 10n , what is the
7 × 10
A) 2n value of n ?
1
B) 2n 2
1
C) 4n 2
D) 4n

8 11
3 1
(3 x3 − 2 x 2 − 7) − (−2 x 2 + 6 x + 2) −
If a 4 = 8 , what is the value of a 2 ?

Which of the following is equivalent to the

expression shown above?

A) 3( x3 + 2 x − 6)

B) 3( x3 − 2 x − 9)

C) 3( x3 + 2 x − 3)

D) 3( x3 − 2 x − 3)

9 12

9 x − ( x − 3)( x + 12) x2 − x − a 8
= x +1−
x−2 x−2
Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression shown above? In the equation above, what is the value of a ?

A) 36 − 18x − x 2

B) 36 + 12x − x 2
C) (6 − x)(6 + x)

D) (6 − x) 2
188 Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Practice Test

1 3
y y

B C
(0,6)

x
(−2,0) O (6,0) x
A(−1,0) O (3,0) D(8,0)

The graph of the quadratic function above shows

In the figure above, the vertex of the graph of
two x- intercepts and a y - intercept. Which of
the quadratic function is at (3, 0) . The points
the following equations represents the graph of
the quadratic function above? B and C lie on the parabola. If ABCD is a
rectangle with perimeter 38, which of the
following represents the equation of the parabola?
1
A) y =
− ( x − 1) 2 + 9
2
2
A)=y ( x − 3) 2
1 5
B) y =
− ( x − 2) 2 + 8
2
5
B) =y ( x − 3) 2
1 8
C) y =
− ( x − 2) 2 + 9
2
3
C)=y ( x − 3) 2
1 4
D) y =
− ( x − 3) 2 + 8
2
7
D)=y ( x − 3) 2
8

If ( x + y ) 2 =
324 and ( x − y ) 2 =
16 , what is the 4
value of xy ?
If (ax + b)(2 x − 5)= 12 x 2 + kx − 10 for all values
of x , what is the value of k ?
A) 33
B) 55 A) −26

C) 77 B) −10

D) 99 C) 24
D) 32
Quadratic Functions 189

7
Questions 5-8 refer to the following
information. What is the maximum height from the ground the
object will reach, to the nearest meter?
1
h=
− gt 2 + v0 t + h0
2 A) 103
B) 112
The equation above describes the motion of an object
thrown upward into the air. In the equation, g is the C) 125
acceleration due to gravity (9.8m/s 2 ) , t is the time D) 133
elapsed since the object was thrown upward, v0 is
the initial speed of the object, h0 is the initial height
from which the object was thrown, and h is the height
of the object above the ground t seconds after the
8
object was thrown.
How long will it take the object to hit the ground,
to the nearest second? (hint: Height of the object
is zero when the object hits the ground.)
5
Which of the following equations represents the A) 7
motion of the object, if the object was thrown
B) 8
upward from 40 meters above the ground with
an initial speed of 35 meters per second (m/s) ? C) 9
D) 10
A) h =
−9.8t + 40t + 35
2

B) h =
−9.8t 2 + 35t + 40

C) h =
−4.9t 2 + 40t + 35

D) h =
−4.9t 2 + 35t + 40
9

h=
−16t 2 + h0

6 The equation above describes the height of an

object t seconds after it dropped from a height
How many seconds will it take the object to reach
of h0 feet above the ground. If a hiker dropped
its maximum height? (hint: The function has a
b a water bottle from a cliff 150 feet above the
maximum point at t = − .) ground, how many seconds will it take to hit the
2a ground? (Round your answer to the nearest
second.)
15
A)
7
A) 2
20 B) 3
B)
7
C) 4
25 D) 5
C)
7
30
D)
7
Composition, Recursion, and Exponential Functions 205

Chapter 12 Practice Test

1 4

If f ( x) = 2 x and g ( x) = 2 x 2 , what is the value The half-life of a radioactive substance is the

amount of time it takes for half of the substance
of f ( g (1)) − g ( f (1)) ?
to decay. The table below shows the time (in years)
and the amount of substance left for a certain
A) −4 radioactive substance.

B) −2
Time (years) Amount (grams)
C) 2
D) 4 0 1, 200

14 850

28 600

42 425
2
56 300
If =
f ( x) 625 − x 2 and g= ( x) 225 − x 2 ,
what is the value of f ( f (5)) − g (( g 5)) ? How much of the original amount of the substance,
to the nearest whole gram, will remain after 140
years?
A) 0
B) 5 A) 85
C) 10 B) 75
D) 20 C) 53
D) 38

3 5
The population of a certain town doubles every A radioactive substance decays at a rate of 18%
25 years. If the population of the town was 51,200 per year. If the initial amount of the substance is
in 1980, in what year was the population 6,400? 100 grams, which of the following functions
models the remaining amount of the substance, in
A) 1855 grams, after t years?
B) 1880
A) f (t ) = 100(0.18)t
C) 1905
D) 1930 B) f (t ) = 100(0.82)t

C) f =
(t ) 100 − 100(0.18)t

D) f =
(t ) 100 − 100(0.82)t
206 Chapter 12

6
r t
5, 000(1 + ) Questions 8 and 9 refer to the following
100 information.

The expression above gives the value of an y

investment, in dollars, that pays an annual 500

Population of Insects
interest rate of r % compounded yearly.
5,000 is the initial amount and t is the number 400
of years after the initial amount was deposited.
Which of the following expressions shows the 300
difference between the value of a 15 year
investment at 6% annual compound interest and 200
a 12 year investment at 6% annual compound
100
interest?
x
5 10 15 20 25
 15 
Time (days)
A) 5, 000 (1.06)12 
 
The graph above shows the size of a certain insect
 (1.06)15  population over 25 days. The population at time
B) 5, 000  12  t = 0 was 100. A biologist used the equation
 (1.06) 
t

C) 5, 000 (1.06) − (1.06) 

15 12  f (t ) = 100(2) d to model the population.

D) 5, 000 (1.06)15−12 
8
What is the value of d in the equation?

7
The price P , in dollars, of a truck t years after
it was purchased is given by the function
t 9
1
P(t ) = 24, 000( ) 6 . To the nearest dollar, what
2 What was the population of the insect after 15
is the price of the truck 9 years after it was days, to the nearest whole number?
purchased?
Polynomial and Radical Functions 225

Chapter 13 Practice Test

1 3

If the graph of f ( x) = 2 x3 + bx 2 + 4 x − 4 intersects What is the value of a if x + 2 is a factor

1 of f ( x) =
−( x3 + 3 x 2 ) − 4( x − a ) ?
the x- axis at ( , 0), and (−2, k ) lies on the graph
2
of f , what is the value of k ? A) −2
B) −1
A) −4
C) 0
B) −2
D) 1
C) 0
D) 2

2 y

(0,3)
y

(3,0)
y = f ( x) x
O

1
x
O 1

x2 + y 2 =
9
y=−( x − 3) 2
x+ y =
3
The function y = f ( x) is graphed on the xy - plane
above. If k is a constant such that the equation A system of three equations and their graphs on
f ( x) = k has one real solution, which of the the xy - plane are shown above. How many
solutions does the system have?
following could be the value of k ?

A) 1
A) −3
B) 2
B) −1
C) 3
C) 1
D) 4
D) 3
226 Chapter 13

5 8
Which of the following complex numbers is 2x + 6 = x + 3
(1 − i ) 2
equivalent to ?
1+ i What is the solution set of the equation above?

i 1 A) {−3}
A) − −
2 2
B) {−1}
i 1
B) − + C) {−3, 2}
2 2
C) −i − 1 D) {−3, −1}
D) −i + 1

9
What is the remainder when polynomial
6
1
3
p ( x) = 24 x3 − 36 x 2 + 14 is divided by x − ?
Which of the following is equal to a a? 2

2 A) 4
A) a 3 B) 6
4
C) 8
B) a3
5
D) 10
C) a3
7
D) a 3
10
The function f is defined by a polynomial. If
x + 2 , x + 1 , and x − 1 are factors of f , which
of the following table could define f ?
7

p( x) =
−2 x3 + 4 x 2 − 10 x A) B)
q( x) = x 2 − 2 x + 5 x f ( x) x f ( x)
−2 4 −2 0
The polynomials p ( x) and q ( x) are defined above. −1 0 −1 4
Which of the following polynomials is divisible by 1 0 1 0
x −1 ? 0 0
2 2

1
A) f= ( x) p( x) − q( x) C) D)
2
x f ( x) x f ( x)
1
B) g ( x) =− p( x) − q( x) −2 0 −2 0
2
1 −1 0 −1 0
C) h( x) = − p( x) + q( x) 1 4 1 0
2
1 2 0 2 4
D) =
k ( x) p( x) + q( x)
2
242 Chapter 14

Chapter 14 Practice Test

1 3
If a ≠ b , which of the following is equivalent (k + 1) 2
a b = 4k
to + ? k
a −b b−a
What is the solution set of the equation above?
1
A) 1 A) {− }
3
a+b
B) B) {−1}
a −b
a+b 1
C) {− ,1}
C)
( a − b) 2 3
1
a 2 + b2 D) { , −1}
D) 3
( a − b) 2

4
3 x 2
− =
x x+2 x+2
2
What is the solution set of the equation above?
If x > 0 and y > 0 , which of the following is
1 1
− A) {2, − 3}
x y
equivalent to ?
1
−
1 B) {−2, 3}
x2 y 2
C) {−2}
xy D) {3}
A)
x − y2
2

2 xy
B)
x − y2
2
5
xy x 4 20
C) + =
x+ y x + 1 x − 4 x − 3x − 4
2

What is the solution set of the equation above?

xy
D)
x− y
A) {−4}

B) {4}

C) {−4, 4}

D) There are no solutions to the equation.

Rational Expressions 243

6 9
If x ≠ ±1 , which of the following is equivalent If x > 0 , what is the solution to the equation
1 1 3 1
1+ + = ?
to x −1 ? 2 x 10 x 2
5
1
1−
x +1

x −1
A)
x +1
x +1
B)
x −1

x2 − 1
C)
x2 + 1
10
x2 + 1
D)
x2 − 1 ab ab 2 1
If a ≠ b and ÷ =
− , what is the
a −b b−a 6
value of b ?
7
Working alone, Gary can load an empty truck in
3 hours. Working alone, his brother can load the
same truck in x hours. If Gary and his brother
worked together for t hours to load the empty
truck, which of the following equations can be
used to find out how much work was done during
t hours?
3
A) + xt
t
3 x
B) + 11
t t
1
C) 3t + xt a+
If 2 = 2 , what is the value of a ?
1
D)
1 1
t+ t a−
3 x 2

8
5
f ( x) =
2( x − 2) − 3( x − 2) − 2
2

What is one possible value of x , if function f

is undefined?