Math120R: Precalculus Test 1 Review, Fall 2019
Sections 1.3-1.5, 1.10-1.11, 2.1-2.7
Note: This study aid is intended to help you review for test 1. Do not expect this review to be identical to the actual test 1 giv
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Math120R: Precalculus Test 1 Review, Fall 2019
Sections 1.3-1.5, 1.10-1.11, 2.1-2.7
Note: This study aid is intended to help you review for test 1. Do not expect this review to be identical to the actual test 1 given in your class.
Multiple Choice Practice
1. Which ONE of the following represents the complete factorization of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
2. Simplify the expression completely. The simplified form is:
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3. Solve for
(A) , , or only.
(B) only
(C) or only.
(D) or only.
(E) only.
4. Solve for
(A) only.
(B) only.
(C) or only.
(D) only.
(E) or only.
5. Solve for
(A) or only.
(B) or only.
(C) or only.
(D) or only.
(E) or only.
6. Simplify the expression completely. The simplified form is:
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
7. Solve for
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
8. Solve for
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
9. If find .
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) None of these
10. If , find
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) None of these
11. Express the area of a rectangle as a function of its width if the width is 25% of its
length. Let and represent length and width respectively.
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) None of these
12. The linear function whose graph passes through the ordered pair and is parallel
to the line is:
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) None of these
13. Find the domain of the function .
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E) all real numbers
14. The stopping distance, , of a car after the brakes have been applied varies directly as the
square of the speed . A certain car traveling 40 miles per hour can stop in 152 feet. What
is the stopping distance for the same car traveling 65 miles per hour? Round your answer to
the nearest whole foot.
(A) 93 feet (B) 247 feet (C) 342 feet
(D) 401 feet (E) 518 feet
15. Let . Simplify .
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E) None of these
16. Find the value of so that the slope of the line connecting the points and
is 3.
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
17. Let
Find the intercept of .
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
18. Let
Find the intercept(s) of .
(A) and only
(B) only
(C) only
(D) , , and only
(E) There are no -intercepts.
19. Consider represented in the table below. Use the information given in the table to find
the average rate of change of from to .
t f(t)
2 -6
4 -3
8 0
10 13
20 16
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) None of these
20. An equation of a graph obtained from vertically shrinking the graph of
then shifting the graph up twenty units is:
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) None of these
21. If is a function with domain , find the domain of .
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
22. You can get the graph of by transforming the graph of in the
following way:
(A) Shrink horizontally and reflect across the -axis.
(B) Shrink horizontally and reflect across the -axis.
(C) Stretch vertically and reflect across the -axis.
(D) Stretch vertically and reflect across the -axis.
(E) None of these
23. If is a point on the graph of , which of the following must be a point on
the graph of ?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) None of these
24. Given the functions and , find
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
25. Find if . ( is a nonzero real number)
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) None of these
26. Suppose means the volume of water in a container is 30 ounces when the depth
of the water is 4 inches. What is the meaning of ?
(A) The volume of the water is 10 ounces when the depth of the water is 50 inches.
(B) The depth of the water is 10 inches when the volume of the water is 50 ounces.
(C) The depth of the water is 0.2 inches when the volume of the water is 50 ounces.
(D) The volume of the water is 5 ounces when the depth of the water is 10 inches.
(E) None of these
27. If is a one-to-one function, and then which of the following CANNOT
be true?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
28. Using the tables of the functions and below, find
x f(x) x g(x)
0 5 0 2
2 8 4 5
4 11 5 8
6 14 6 11
8 17 7 14
(A) 17 (B) 14 (C) 11
(D) 8 (E) 2
29. Given the graph of the function , which ONE of the following is the graph of
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
Short Response Practice
1. The relationship between the tuition in dollars, T, and the number of credits, c, at a
particular college is given by
a. What is the tuition for 7 credits?
b. If the tuition was $1880, how many credits were taken?
c. What is the domain of this function?
d. What are the practical interpretations of the - intercept and the slope?
2. Let . Find and simplify .
3. Let . Find and simplify .
4. Use the graph at the right to answer the
questions below.
a. Find .
b. On what intervals is increasing?
c. Find x so that .
d. Find the zeros of .
e. Approximate any value(s) of such that .
f. Find .
g. Find the average rate of change of from to
h. Does exist? Why or why not?
5. Let be a linear function representing the grade point average of a high school student
who plays video games for minutes a day. When a student plays video games for 85
minutes a day, the student’s grade point average is 2.89. When a student plays video games
for 155 minutes a day, the student’s grade point average is 2.05.
a. Determine the formula for the linear function
b. Give a practical interpretation of the slope in terms of grade point average and
amount of time spent playing video games.
6. Suppose the tax bill of a single person whose adjusted gross income is dollars is
represented by a linear model. Assume the tax bill for a person with $9550 in adjusted
gross income is $1015, and the tax bill for a person with $19650 in adjusted gross income
is $2530.
a. Determine the formula for .
b. Explain what the average rate of change of tells you in terms of the tax bill and
adjusted gross income.
7. A cereal company determines that there is a linear relationship between , the amount it
spends on advertising, and , the number of boxes of cereal it sells. If the company spends
$31,412 on advertising, the company will sell 84,525 boxes of cereal. If the company spends
$22,025 on advertising, the company will sell 62,175 boxes of cereal.
a. Find a formula for the linear function
b. Give a practical interpretation of the slope in terms of the amount spent on advertising
and the number of boxes of cereal sold.
8. Let .
a. Approximate all local maximum and minimum values of rounded to 2 decimal
places.
b. Determine all the zeros of . Give exact values.
9. Identify the following functions as even, odd, or neither.
a.
b.
c.
d. The graph of (shown below).
10. Let .
Find the average rate of change of from to . Your final
answer must be simplified.
11. Let and . Find and simplify .
12. The formula is used to determine the corresponding Kelvin measure
of a temperature with Fahrenheit measure . Find and simplify the inverse of . Give
a practical interpretation of the inverse of .
13. Let . Determine the vertical intercept of
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