ID: beca03de ID: f5c3e3b8

A rectangle has a length that is times its width. The function Which expression is equivalent to , where , , and
represents this situation, where is the area, in square feet, of are positive?
the rectangle and . Which of the following is the best interpretation of
A.
in this context?
B.
A. The length of the rectangle, in feet
C.
B. The area of the rectangle, in square feet
D.
C. The difference between the length and the width of the rectangle, in feet

D. The width of the rectangle, in feet

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Which of the following inequalities is equivalent

to the inequality above?

A.

B.
A system of equations consists of a quadratic
equation and a linear equation. The equations in
C.
this system are graphed in the xy-plane above. How
many solutions does this system have? D.
A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3
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Which of the following is a factor of

If is a solution to the system of equations the polynomial above?
above, which of the following could be the value of x
A.
?

A. –1 B.

B. 0 C.

C. 2
D.
D. 3
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If and , which of the following

is equivalent to ? What values satisfy the
equation above?
A.
A. and
B.

B. and
C.

D.
C. and

D. and
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Which expression is equivalent to , where ?

Which of the following is equivalent to A.
the given expression?
B.
A.
C.
B.
D.
C.

D.
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The quadratic function h is defined as shown. In the

The graphs of the given equations intersect at the point in the xy-
xy-plane, the graph of intersects the x-axis
plane. What is the value of ?
at the points and , where t is a constant.
A.
What is the value of t ?
B.
A. 1
C.
B. 2
D.
C. 4

D. 8
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The function is defined by . What is the y-intercept

What is the positive solution to the given equation? of the graph of in the xy-plane?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The graph shows the height above ground, in meters, of a ball seconds after
the ball was launched upward from a platform. Which statement is the best
interpretation of the marked point in this context?

A. second after being launched, the ball's height above ground is

meters.

B. seconds after being launched, the ball's height above ground is

meter.

C. The ball was launched from an initial height of meter with an initial
velocity of meters per second.

D. The ball was launched from an initial height of meters with an initial
velocity of meter per second.
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In the -plane, a line with equation intersects a parabola at exactly

One solution to the given equation can be written as , where is a one point. If the parabola has equation , where is a positive
constant. What is the value of ? constant, what is the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The first term of a sequence is . Each term after the first is times the
The given function models the number of advertisements a company sent preceding term. If represents the th term of the sequence, which equation
to its clients each year, where represents the number of years since , gives in terms of ?
and . If is graphed in the xy-plane, which of the following
A.
is the best interpretation of the y-intercept of the graph in this context?
B.
A. The minimum estimated number of advertisements the company sent to
its clients during the years was . C.

B. The minimum estimated number of advertisements the company sent to D.

its clients during the years was .

C. The estimated number of advertisements the company sent to its clients

in was .

D. The estimated number of advertisements the company sent to its clients

in was .
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Which ordered pair is a solution to the

system of equations above?

A.

B.

C.

D.

What is the -intercept of the graph shown?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Which of the following is equivalent to the

expression ?
Which of the following is equivalent to
the expression above?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
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Time (years) Total amount (dollars)

The equation above is true for all x, where a and b
are constants. What is the value of ab ?

A. 18

B. 20
Rosa opened a savings account at a bank. The table shows the exponential
relationship between the time , in years, since Rosa opened the account and C. 24
the total amount , in dollars, in the account. If Rosa made no additional
D. 40
deposits or withdrawals, which of the following equations best represents the
relationship between and ?

A. msup

B. msup

C. msup

D. msup
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Which of the following expressions is Which of the following expressions is(are) a factor of ?
equivalent to ? I.
II.
A.
A. I only

B. B. II only

C. I and II
C.
D. Neither I nor II
D.
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Function is defined by , where and are constants. In

the xy-plane, the graph of has a y-intercept at . The
If for all positive values of x,
product of and is . What is the value of ?

what is the value of ?

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C.

D.

Scientists recorded data about the ocean water levels at a certain location
over a period of hours. The graph shown models the data, where
represents sea level. Which table gives values of and their corresponding
values of based on the model?

A.

B.
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The given equation relates the variables , , and . Which equation correctly
expresses in terms of and ? If x is a solution to the given equation, which of the
following is a possible value of ?
A.

B.
A.
C.

D. B.

C.

D.
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The function is defined by . What is the value of ? A rectangular volleyball court has an area of
162 square meters. If the length of the court is
A.
twice the width, what is the width of the court, in
B. meters?

A. 9
C.
B. 18
D.
C. 27

D. 54
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A machine launches a softball from ground level. The softball reaches a The function is defined by , where and are constants. In
maximum height of meters above the ground at seconds and hits the -plane, the graph of has an -intercept at and a -
the ground at seconds. Which equation represents the height above intercept at . What is the value of ?
ground , in meters, of the softball seconds after it is launched?

A.

B.

C. msup

D. msup
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During a 5-second time interval, the average

The function S above models the annual salary, in acceleration a, in meters per second squared, of an
dollars, of an employee n years after starting a job, object with an initial velocity of 12 meters per
where a is a constant. If the employee’s salary
increases by 4% each year, what is the value of a ? second is defined by the equation ,
where vf is the final velocity of the object in
A. 0.04
meters per second. If the equation is rewritten in the
B. 0.4 form vf = xa + y, where x and y are constants, what
is the value of x ?
C. 1.04

D. 1.4
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The expression is equivalent to , where is a

constant. What is the value of ?
The revenue , in dollars, that a company
receives from sales of a product is given by the
function f above, where x is the unit price, in dollars,
of the product. The graph of in the xy-
plane intersects the x-axis at 0 and a. What does a
represent?

A. The revenue, in dollars, when the unit price of the product is $0

B. The unit price, in dollars, of the product that will result in maximum
revenue

C. The unit price, in dollars, of the product that will result in a revenue of $0

D. The maximum revenue, in dollars, that the company can make

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Which of the following is an equivalent form of

?
The equation above is true for all , where r and
t are positive constants. What is the value of rt ? A.

A.
B.

B. 15
C.
C. 20
D.
D. 60
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Growth of a Culture of Bacteria
Number of bacteria per
Day The equation above estimates the global data traffic
milliliter at end of day
D, in terabytes, for the year that is t years after 2010.
1 What is the best interpretation of the number 5,640
in this context?
2
A. The estimated amount of increase of data traffic, in terabytes, each year
3 B. The estimated percent increase in the data traffic, in terabytes, each year

A culture of bacteria is growing at an exponential C. The estimated data traffic, in terabytes, for the year that is t years after
rate, as shown in the table above. At this rate, on 2010
which day would the number of bacteria per
D. The estimated data traffic, in terabytes, in 2010
milliliter reach ?

A. Day 5

B. Day 9

C. Day 11

D. Day 12
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The given equation relates the positive numbers , , and . Which equation
The graphs of the given equations in the xy-plane intersect at the point . correctly gives in terms of and ?
What is a possible value of ?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
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For what value of is the given expression equivalent to , where Which of the following is a solution to
? the equation above?

A. 2

B.

C.

D.
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In the given quadratic function, and are constants. The graph of

in the xy-plane is a parabola that opens upward and has a vertex at the point
, where and are constants. If and , which of
the following must be true?
I.
II.

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and II

D. Neither I nor II

The x-intercept of the graph shown is . What is the value of ?

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In the xy-plane, a line with equation for some constant intersects a

parabola at exactly one point. If the parabola has equation , The function is defined by . For what value of does
what is the value of ? reach its minimum?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Which of the following could be the equation of the graph shown in the xy- The graph of is shown, where the function is defined by
plane? and , , , and are constants. For how many
values of does ?
A.
A. One
B.
B. Two
C.
C. Three
D. msup
D. Four
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Which expression is equivalent to ? Which expression is equivalent to ?

A. A.

B. B.

C. C.

D. D.
 C.

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x y

0 0

1 1

2 8
D.
3 27

The table shown includes some values of x and

their corresponding values of y. Which of the
following graphs in the xy-plane could represent the
relationship between x and y ?

A.

B.
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The expression is equivalent to the expression Which expression is equivalent to ?

, where , , and are constants. What is the value of ?
A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 433184f1 ID: d135f4bf

Which expression is equivalent to ? The function is defined by . In the xy-plane,

the graph of is the result of translating the graph of up
A.
units. What is the value of ?
B.

C.

D.
 ID: 1d3fee25 ID: 4ca30186

Which of the following is

equivalent to ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

The graph of a system of a linear equation and a nonlinear equation is shown.

What is the solution to this system?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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What is the product of the solutions to

the given equation? In the expression above, b and c are positive
A. 8 integers. If the expression is equivalent to and
, which of the following could be the value of c
B. 3
?
C.
A. 4

D. B. 6

C. 8

D. 10
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A rectangle has a length of units and a width of units. If the

rectangle has an area of square units, what is the value of ?

What is the solution to the A.

equation above?
B.
A. 0
C.
B. 2
D.
C. 3

D. 5
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A scientist initially measures bacteria in a growth medium. hours

later, the scientist measures bacteria. Assuming exponential growth,
What is the smallest solution to the given equation?
the formula gives the number of bacteria in the growth medium,
where and are constants and is the number of bacteria hours after
the initial measurement. What is the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A quadratic function models a projectile's height, in meters, above the ground

in terms of the time, in seconds, after it was launched. The model estimates
If the ordered pair satisfies the system of that the projectile was launched from an initial height of meters above the
ground and reached a maximum height of meters above the ground
equations above, what is one possible value of x ?
seconds after the launch. How many seconds after the launch does the model
estimate that the projectile will return to a height of meters?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The given equation relates the variables and . For what value of does the
Which of the following expressions is equivalent
value of reach its minimum?
to the expression above?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Which expression is equivalent to ?

An oceanographer uses the equation to
A.
model the speed s, in knots, of an ocean wave,
B. where p represents the period of the wave, in
seconds. Which of the following represents the
C. period of the wave in terms of the speed of the
wave?
D.

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The function is defined by . What is the value of when If and , which of the
?
following is equal to ?
A.
A.
B.

C. B.

D. C.

D.
 ID: 3de7a7d7 ID: 70f98ab4

Which of the following is a solution to the

equation ? The given equation relates the positive numbers , , and . Which equation
correctly expresses in terms of and ?
A. 1
A.
B. 2
B.
C. 3
C.
D. 4
D.
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In the given equation, and are positive constants. The product of the In the given equation, is a positive integer. The equation has no real solution.
solutions to the given equation is , where is a constant. What is the What is the greatest possible value of ?
value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Function is defined by , where and are constants. In If , which of the following expressions is
the xy-plane, the graph of has a y-intercept at . The
product of and is . What is the value of ?
equivalent to ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The given equation relates the distinct positive numbers , , and . Which What is the minimum value of the given function?
equation correctly expresses in terms of and ?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
 ID: 18e35375 ID: c303ad23

If , what is the value of ?

The function is defined by the given equation. For what value of does
reach its minimum?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 6e02cd78 ID: b5c43226

In the xy-plane, what is the y-coordinate of the point

of intersection of the graphs of and
?

What is the y-intercept of the graph shown?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 7bd10ef3 ID: e166aca6

In the equation above, t is a constant. If the

equation has no real solutions, which of the
following could be the value of t ?

A.

B.

C. 1

D. 3

What is the x-intercept of the graph shown?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 11ccf3e1 ID: 50e40f08

The given equation relates the numbers , , and . Which equation correctly If the given function is graphed in the xy-plane, where , what is the
expresses in terms of and ? x-coordinate of an x-intercept of the graph?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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In the given equation, is an integer constant. If the equation has no real What is the positive solution to the given equation?
solution, what is the least possible value of ?
A.

B.

C.

D.
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A model estimates that at the end of each year from to , the Immanuel purchased a certain rare coin on January 1. The function
number of squirrels in a population was more than the number of , where , gives the predicted value, in dollars,
squirrels in the population at the end of the previous year. The model of the rare coin years after Immanuel purchased it. What is the best
estimates that at the end of , there were squirrels in the population. interpretation of the statement “ is approximately equal to ” in this
Which of the following equations represents this model, where is the context?
estimated number of squirrels in the population years after the end of
A. When the rare coin's predicted value is approximately dollars, it is
and ?
greater than the predicted value, in dollars, on January 1 of the previous
A. msup year.

B. msup B. When the rare coin’s predicted value is approximately dollars, it is

times the predicted value, in dollars, on January 1 of the previous year.
C. msup
C. From the day Immanuel purchased the rare coin to years after Immanuel
D. msup
purchased the coin, its predicted value increased by a total of
approximately dollars.

D. years after Immanuel purchased the rare coin, its predicted value is
approximately dollars.
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The given expression can be rewritten as , where is a The function is defined by the given equation. For which of the following
constant. What is the value of ? values of does ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 17d0e87d ID: a1bf1c4e

The given equation relates the distinct positive real numbers , , and . Which of the following is equivalent to
Which equation correctly expresses in terms of and ? the expression above?
A. A. (x + 3)2 + 5

B. B. (x + 3)2 – 5

C. (x – 3)2 + 5
C. msup
D. (x – 3)2 – 5
D. msup
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In the expression ,p
is a constant. This expression is equivalent to the Which of the following is a solution to
expression . What is the value of the given equation?

p? A. 1

A. B. 0

B. C.

C. D.

D.
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From 2005 through 2014, the number of music CDs

sold in the United States declined each year by
In the equation above, a is a constant and . If
approximately 15% of the number sold the
the equation has two integer solutions, what is a preceding year. In 2005, approximately 600 million
possible value of a ? CDs were sold in the United States. Of the following,
which best models C, the number of millions of CDs
sold in the United States, t years after 2005?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 66bce0c1 ID: 97e50fa2

What is the solution set of the

equation above?

A.

B.

C. The graph of the function f, defined by

D. , is shown in the xy-plane

above. If the function g (not shown) is defined by
, what is one possible value of a
such that ?
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The expression is equivalent to , where b is a constant and .

What is the value of b? In the given equation, is a constant. The equation has no real solutions if
. What is the least possible value of ?
A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 9afe2370 ID: 60fdb4d4
The population P of a certain city y years after the last census is modeled
by the equation below, where r is a constant and is the population when Which expression is equivalent to
?
.

A.

If during this time the population of the city B.

decreases by a fixed percent each year, which of the
following must be true? C.

A.
D.

B.

C.

D.
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The graph of is shown in the xy-plane. What is the value of ? The graph gives the estimated number of catalogs , in thousands, a company
sent to its customers at the end of each year, where represents the number
A.
of years since the end of , where . Which statement is the
B. best interpretation of the y-intercept in this context?

C. A. The estimated total number of catalogs the company sent to its

customers during the first years was .
D.
B. The estimated total number of catalogs the company sent to its
customers from the end of to the end of was .

C. The estimated number of catalogs the company sent to its customers at

the end of was .

D. The estimated number of catalogs the company sent to its customers at

the end of was .
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The function is given. Which table of values represents ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The product of two positive integers is . If the first integer is greater

What is one possible solution to the given equation? than twice the second integer, what is the smaller of the two integers?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The function gives the value, in dollars, of a certain piece of equipment after In the given equation, is a constant. The equation has exactly one solution.
months of use. If the value of the equipment decreases each year by of What is the value of ?
its value the preceding year, what is the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 2c88af4d ID: c4cd5bcc

In the xy-plane, the y-coordinate of the y-intercept of

the graph of the function f is c. Which of the
The expression , where and , is following must be equal to c ?

equivalent to which of the following? A.

B.
A.

C.

B.
D.

C.

D.
 ID: 062f86db ID: ffdbcad4

The expression , where is a constant, can be rewritten as

What is the positive solution to the given equation? , where , , and are integer constants. Which of the
following must be an integer?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
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The equation gives the estimated stock price , in dollars, for a certain How many distinct real solutions does the given equation have?
company days after a new product launched, where . Which
A. Exactly one
statement is the best interpretation of in this context?

A. The company's estimated stock price increased every day after the B. Exactly two
new product launched.
C. Infinitely many
B. The company's estimated stock price increased every days after the
D. Zero
new product launched.

C. day after the new product launched, the company's estimated stock
price is .

D. days after the new product launched, the company's estimated stock
price is .
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Which expression is a factor of ?

A.
Which of the following expressions is
B.

C. equivalent to , for ?

D.
A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 717a1964 ID: 78d5f91a

What is one of the solutions to the given equation?

For the function f defined above, what is
the value of ?

A.

B.

C. 7

D. 11
 D.

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Which of the following is the graph in the xy-

plane of the given equation?

A.

B.

C.
 ID: 5377d9cf ID: a0b4103e

The expression can be rewritten as

If ,

what is ?
, where k is a positive constant.

A. –5 What is the value of k ?

B. –2 A. 2

C. 2 B. 6

D. 5 C.

D.
 ID: 2cd6b22d ID: f2d60b99

The function gives a metal ball's height above the

How many distinct real solutions does the given equation have? ground , in inches, seconds after it started moving on a track, where
. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the vertex of
A. Exactly one
the graph of in the xy-plane?
B. Exactly two
A. The metal ball's minimum height was inches above the ground.
C. Infinitely many
B. The metal ball's minimum height was inches above the ground.
D. Zero
C. The metal ball's height was inches above the ground when it started
moving.

D. The metal ball's height was inches above the ground when it started
moving.
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The function gives the area of a rectangle,

, if its width is and its length is times its width.
If and are the two solutions to Which of the following is the best interpretation of ?

the system of equations above, what is the value of A. If the width of the rectangle is , then the area of the rectangle is
? .

A. B. If the width of the rectangle is , then the length of the rectangle is

.
B.
C. If the width of the rectangle is , then the length of the rectangle is
.
C.
D. If the width of the rectangle is , then the area of the rectangle is
D. .
 ID: 49efde89 ID: 44076c7d

The expression is equivalent to

for some constant a. What is the value of a ?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4 For the quadratic function , the table shows three values of and their
corresponding values of . Which equation defines ?
D. 7
A.

B.

C.

D.
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The given function models the number of coupons a company sent to their If , what is t
customers at the end of each year, where represents the number of years in terms of u ?
since the end of , and . If is graphed in the ty-plane,
which of the following is the best interpretation of the y-intercept of the graph A.
in this context?

A. The minimum estimated number of coupons the company sent to their

B.
customers during the years was .

B. The minimum estimated number of coupons the company sent to their

C.
customers during the years was .

C. The estimated number of coupons the company sent to their customers at

D.
the end of was .

D. The estimated number of coupons the company sent to their customers at

the end of was .
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In the given equation, is a constant. The equation has exactly one solution. In the given equation, is a positive constant. Which of the following is one of
What is the value of ? the solutions to the given equation?
A. A.

B. B.

C. C.

D.
D.
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An object’s kinetic energy, in joules, is equal to the

product of one-half the object’s mass, in kilograms,
For the function f defined above, what
and the square of the object’s speed, in meters per
is the value of ?
second. What is the speed, in meters per second, of
A. 9 an object with a mass of 4 kilograms and kinetic
energy of 18 joules?
B. 12
A. 3
C. 18
B. 6
D. 36
C. 9

D. 36
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In the xy-plane, a parabola has vertex and intersects the x-axis at

two points. If the equation of the parabola is written in the form
, where , , and are constants, which of the following
could be the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

What is the y-intercept of the graph shown?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The given equation relates the distinct positive numbers , , and . Which
equation correctly expresses in terms of and ? The graphs of the equations in the given system of equations intersect at the
point in the -plane. What is a possible value of ?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
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x p(x)
A ball is dropped from an initial height of feet and bounces off the ground
repeatedly. The function estimates that the maximum height reached after
each time the ball hits the ground is of the maximum height reached
after the previous time the ball hit the ground. Which equation defines ,
where is the estimated maximum height of the ball after it has hit the
ground times and is a whole number greater than and less than ?

A.

B.

C. msup
The table above gives selected values of a
polynomial function p. Based on the values in the D.
table, which of the following must be a factor of p ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The height, in feet, of an object x seconds after it is

thrown straight up in the air can be modeled by the
function . Based on the
model, which of the following statements best
interprets the equation ?

A. The height of the object 1.4 seconds after being thrown straight up in the
air is 1.64 feet.

B. The height of the object 1.64 seconds after being thrown straight up in the
air is 1.4 feet.

C. The height of the object 1.64 seconds after being thrown straight up in the
air is approximately 1.4 times as great as its initial height.

D. The speed of the object 1.4 seconds after being thrown straight up in the
air is approximately 1.64 feet per second.

What is the y-intercept of the graph shown?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The speed of sound in dry air, v, can be modeled by The function is defined by . What is the value of ?
the formula , where T is the
A.
temperature in degrees Celsius and v is measured
in meters per second. Which of the following B.
correctly expresses T in terms of v ?
C.

A. D.

B.

C.

D.
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Which expression is equivalent to ?

What is the sum of the solutions to the given equation?
A.

B.

C.

D.
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When the quadratic function is graphed in the xy-plane, where , its The function f is defined by .
vertex is . One of the x-intercepts of this graph is . What is The graph of f in the xy-plane is a parabola. Which
the other x-intercept of the graph? of the following intervals contains the x-coordinate
A. of the vertex of the graph of f ?

A.
B.

C. B.

D. C.

D.
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An engineer wanted to identify the best angle for a

If is a solution to the system of equations cooling fan in an engine in order to get the greatest
above, which of the following is a possible value of airflow. The engineer discovered that the function
x? above models the airflow , in cubic feet per

A. 0 minute, as a function of the angle of the fan , in

degrees. According to the model, what angle, in
B. 1
degrees, gives the greatest airflow?
C. 2 A. –0.28

D. 3 B. 0.28

C. 27

D. 880
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The function gives the number of bacteria in a

The given equation relates the numbers and , where is not equal to and population minutes after an initial observation. How much time, in minutes,
. Which equation correctly expresses in terms of ? does it take for the number of bacteria in the population to double?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Which expression is equivalent to ?

A.
Which ordered pair is the solution to the given system of equations?

A. B.

B. C.

C. D.

D.
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Time (years) Total amount (dollars)

The given equation relates the positive numbers , , and . Which equation
correctly expresses in terms of and ?

A.

B.
Sara opened a savings account at a bank. The table shows the exponential
C.
relationship between the time , in years, since Sara opened the account and
D. the total amount , in dollars, in the account. If Sara made no additional
deposits or withdrawals, which of the following equations best represents the
relationship between and ?

A. msup

B. msup

C. msup

D. msup
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A landscaper is designing a rectangular garden. The

length of the garden is to be 5 feet longer than the The function models the population, in thousands, of a certain city years
width. If the area of the garden will be 104 square after . According to the model, the population is predicted to increase by
feet, what will be the length, in feet, of the garden? every months. What is the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Which of the following is equivalent to In the xy-plane, the graph of intersects

? line p at and , where a and b are

A. constants. What is the slope of line p ?

A. 6
B.
B. 2
C. 5x
C.
2
D. 5x
D.
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Which of the following is Which expression is equivalent to , where ?

equivalent to ?
A.

A. B.

B. C.

D.
C.

D.
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For the function , , and for each increase in by , the value of

decreases by . What is the value of ?
The equation above models the number of
members, M, of a gym t years after the gym opens.
Of the following, which equation models the number
of members of the gym q quarter years after the
gym opens?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A certain college had 3,000 students enrolled in The function gives a company’s predicted annual
2015. The college predicts that after 2015, the revenue, in dollars, years after the company started selling light bulbs online,
number of students enrolled each year will be where . What is the best interpretation of the statement “ is
2% less than the number of students enrolled the approximately equal to ” in this context?
year before. Which of the following functions
A. years after the company started selling light bulbs online, its predicted
models the relationship between the number of
annual revenue is approximately dollars.
students enrolled, , and the number of years
after 2015, x ? B. years after the company started selling light bulbs online, its predicted
annual revenue will have increased by a total of approximately
A.
dollars.

B. C. When the company’s predicted annual revenue is approximately

dollars, it is times the predicted annual revenue for the previous year.
C.
D. When the company’s predicted annual revenue is approximately
D. dollars, it is greater than the predicted annual revenue for the previous
year.
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The sum of and can be

written in the form , where a, b, and c

The expression above is equivalent to ,
are constants. What is the value of ?
where a, b, and c are constants. What is the value of
b?
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The functions and are defined by the given equations, where . Which Blood volume, , in a human can be determined
of the following equations displays, as a constant or coefficient, the maximum
value of the function it defines, where ? using the equation , where is the
I.
plasma volume and H is the hematocrit (the fraction
II. of blood volume that is red blood cells). Which of
A. I only the following correctly expresses the hematocrit in
terms of the blood volume and the plasma volume?
B. II only

C. I and II A.

D. Neither I nor II
B.

C.

D.
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What is the solution to the given equation?

The power P produced by a machine is represented
by the equation above, where W is the work
performed during an amount of time t. Which of the
following correctly expresses W in terms of P and t
?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A rubber ball bounces upward one-half the height

that it falls each time it hits the ground. If the ball
If one solution to the system of equations above is was originally dropped from a distance of 20.0 feet
, what is one possible value of x ? above the ground, what was its maximum height
above the ground, in feet, between the third and
fourth time it hit the ground?
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The function is defined by . What is the value of ? Which expression is equivalent to ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The number of bacteria in a liquid medium doubles every day. There are
bacteria in the liquid medium at the start of an observation. Which
represents the number of bacteria, , in the liquid medium days after the
The formula above can be used to approximate the start of the observation?
dew point D, in degrees Fahrenheit, given the
A. msup
temperature T, in degrees Fahrenheit, and the
relative humidity of H percent, where . Which B. msup
of the following expresses the relative humidity in
C. msup
terms of the temperature and the dew point?
D. msup

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Which of the following expressions is

Which of the following are solutions to the given equation, where is a equivalent to ?
constant and ?
I. A.
II.
B.
III.

A. I and II only C.

B. I and III only

D.
C. II and III only

D. I, II, and III

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Which of the following is

If the given function is graphed in the xy-plane, where , what is an
equivalent to ? x-intercept of the graph?

A.

A. B.

C.
B.
D.

C.

D.
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Square P has a side length of inches. Square Q has a perimeter that is

inches greater than the perimeter of square P. The function gives the area of
square Q, in square inches. Which of the following defines ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

The quadratic function graphed above models a

particular measure of plant diversity as a function
of the elevation in a region of Switzerland.
According to the model, which of the following is
closest to the elevation, in meters, at which plant
diversity is greatest?

A. 13,500

B. 3,000

C. 1,250

D. 250
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The surface area of a cube is , where a is a

In the given system of equations, is a constant. The graphs of the equations
positive constant. Which of the following gives the
in the given system intersect at exactly one point, , in the xy-plane. What
perimeter of one face of the cube?
is the value of ?

A. A.

B. B.

C.
C.
D.
D.
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The function is defined by . In the xy-plane, the graph of

is the result of shifting the graph of down units. Which
equation defines function ?
A solution to the given system of equations is .
A. Which of the following is a possible value of xy ?

B. A. 0

C. B. 6

D. C. 12

D. 36
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According to Moore’s law, the number of transistors The function is defined by . What is the value of ?
included on microprocessors doubles every 2 years.
A.
In 1985, a microprocessor was introduced that had
275,000 transistors. Based on this information, in B.
which of the following years does Moore’s law
estimate the number of transistors to reach C.
1.1 million?
D.
A. 1987

B. 1989

C. 1991

D. 1994
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The function is defined by . For which value of is

?
If a is a solution of the equation above and
A. , what is the value of a ?

B.

C.

D.
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Which expression is equivalent to ?

A. The function f is defined as shown. Which of the

following graphs in the xy-plane could be the graph
B. of ?

C.

D.
A.

B.

C.
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D.
The function models the value, in dollars, of a certain
bank account by the end of each year from through , where is the
number of years after . Which of the following is the best interpretation
of “ is approximately equal to ” in this context?

A. The value of the bank account is estimated to be approximately dollars

greater in than in .

B. The value of the bank account is estimated to be approximately

dollars in .

C. The value, in dollars, of the bank account is estimated to be approximately

times greater in than in .

D. The value of the bank account is estimated to increase by approximately

dollars every years between and .
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In the xy-plane, the graph of

intersects the graph of at the points The function above models the height h, in feet, of
and . What is the value of a ? an object above ground t seconds after being
launched straight up in the air. What does the
number 72 represent in the function?

A. The initial height, in feet, of the object

B. The maximum height, in feet, of the object

C. The initial speed, in feet per second, of the object

D. The maximum speed, in feet per second, of the object

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A model predicts that the population of Springfield was in . The

model also predicts that each year for the next years, the population
The function N defined above can be used to model
increased by of the previous year's population. Which equation best
the number of species of brachiopods at various
represents this model, where is the number of years after , for ?
ocean depths d, where d is in hundreds of meters.
A. msup Which of the following does the model predict?

B. msup A. For every increase in depth by 1 meter, the number of brachiopod species
decreases by 115.
C. msup
B. For every increase in depth by 1 meter, the number of brachiopod species
D. msup decreases by 10%.

C. For every increase in depth by 100 meters, the number of brachiopod

species decreases by 115.

D. For every increase in depth by 100 meters, the number of brachiopod

species decreases by 10%.
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Which expression is equivalent to ? One of the factors of is , where is a positive

constant. What is the smallest possible value of ?
A.

B.

C.

D.
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The function is defined by , where and are positive

constants. The graph of in the -plane passes through the points
Which ordered pair is a solution to the given system of equations? ( , ) and ( , ). What is the value of ?

A. A.

B. B.

C. C.

D. D.
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In a city, the property tax T, in dollars, is calculated

using the formula above, where P is the value of the
property, in dollars. Which of the following
expresses the value of the property in terms of the
property tax?
The table shows three values of and their corresponding values of , where
A.
and is a quadratic function. What is the y-coordinate of the y-
intercept of the graph of in the xy-plane?
B.

C.

D.
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What is a solution to the given equation? If the given function is graphed in the xy-plane, where , what is the
y-intercept of the graph?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
 ID: 67e866b5 ID: fd65f47f

Which expression is equivalent to ? Which expression is equivalent to ?

A. A.

B. B.

C. C.

D. D.
 ID: 97158b3a ID: 84e8cc72

The area A, in square centimeters, of a rectangular painting can be A quadratic function models the height, in feet, of an object above the ground
represented by the expression , where is the width, in in terms of the time, in seconds, after the object is launched off an elevated
centimeters, of the painting. Which expression represents the length, in surface. The model indicates the object has an initial height of feet above
centimeters, of the painting? the ground and reaches its maximum height of feet above the ground
seconds after being launched. Based on the model, what is the height, in feet,
A.
of the object above the ground seconds after being launched?
B. A.

C. B.

D. C.

D.
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Which of the following expressions is

The equation is true for all
, where a and d are integers. What is the equivalent to ?

value of ?
A.
A.

B. B.

C. 0
C.
D. 1

D.
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A company opens an account with an initial balance of . The Which of the following is equivalent to the sum of
account earns interest, and no additional deposits or withdrawals are made. and ?
The account balance is given by an exponential function , where is the
account balance, in dollars, years after the account is opened. The account A.
balance after years is . Which equation could define ?
B.
A.

B. C.

C. D.

D.
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x f(x)

The expression above can be written in the form 0 5

, where a and b are constants. What is the
1
value of ?

The table above gives the values of the function f

for some values of x. Which of the following
equations could define f ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The expression is equivalent to , where and are

positive constants and . What is the value of ? If the given expression is rewritten in the form
, where k is a constant, what is the
value of k ?
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In the given equation, and are positive constants. The sum of the solutions
to the given equation is , where is a constant. What is the value The formula above expresses the square of the
of ? speed v of a wave moving along a string in terms of
tension T, mass m, and length L of the string. What
is T in terms of m, v, and L ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: c7789423 ID: d9137a84

Which expression represents the product of and

What is one possible solution to the given equation? ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 876a731c ID: cd358b89

Function is defined by . Function is

defined by . The graph of in the xy-plane has x-
intercepts at , , and , where , , and are distinct constants.
What is the value of ?
If (x, y) is a solution of the system of equations
above and x > 0, what is the value of xy ? A.

A. 1 B.

B. 2 C.

C. 3 D.

D. 9
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If , which of the following is equivalent to

What is the sum of the solutions to the given equation?
the expression ?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.

C. D.

D.
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Which of the following is equivalent to

The graphs of the equations in the given system of equations intersect at the
the expression above?
point in the xy-plane. What is the value of ?

A. A.

B. B.

C.
C.
D.
D.
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The exponential function is defined by , where is a positive

constant. If , what is the value of ? What is the positive solution to the given equation?
 ID: 4b642eef ID: 3e9cc0c2

The total distance d, in meters, traveled by an object Which of the following is equivalent to
moving in a straight line can be modeled by a ?
quadratic function that is defined in terms of t,
where t is the time in seconds. At a time of 10.0 A.
seconds, the total distance traveled by the object is
50.0 meters, and at a time of 20.0 seconds, the total B.
distance traveled by the object is 200.0 meters. If
the object was at a distance of 0 meters when C.
, then what is the total distance traveled, in meters,
by the object after 30.0 seconds? D.
 ID: 2c5c22d0 ID: 7348f046

Which of the following is equivalent to

How many solutions are there to the the given expression?
system of equations above?
A.
A. There are exactly 4 solutions.
B.
B. There are exactly 2 solutions.
C.
C. There is exactly 1 solution.

D. There are no solutions. D.

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The function is defined by . What is the value of when is

equal to ?
What are the solutions to the
A. given equation?

B.
A.
C.

D.
B.

C.

D.
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The equation gives the estimated number of employees at a

restaurant, where is the number of years since the restaurant opened. Which
of the following is the best interpretation of the number in this context? Which of the following is equivalent to
A. The estimated number of employees when the restaurant opened the expression above?

B. The increase in the estimated number of employees each year A.

C. The number of years the restaurant has been open

B.
D. The percent increase in the estimated number of employees each year

C.

D.
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Which of the following expressions is equivalent

What value of x satisfies the to the expression above?
equation above?
A.
A.
B.

B.
C.

D.
C.

D. 3
 ID: eb268057 ID: 6d9e01a2

The given equation defines the function . For what value of does
Which of the following values of x
reach its minimum?
satisfies the given equation?

A.

B. 4

C. 32

D. 128
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Which of the following is equivalent to

The function h is defined above, where a, b, and c , where ?

are integer constants. If the zeros of the function
are 6, and 7, what is the value of c ? A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 2cf7f039 ID: 6011a3f8

The function is defined by . For what value of does

? In the given equation, is a constant. For which of the following values of
will the equation have more than one real solution?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
 ID: 0e61101e ID: e117d3b8

If a and c are positive numbers, which of the

The function is defined by the given equation. If , which of
following is equivalent to ?
the following equations defines the function ?

A. A.

B. B.

C.
C.
D.
D.
 ID: 04bbce67 ID: e8779461

The function is defined by the given equation. For what value of does
reach its minimum? The solution to the given system of equations is . What is the value of
?
 ID: 98f735f2 ID: 79ba511a

The total revenue from sales of a product can be The function is defined by . What is the value of ?
calculated using the formula , where T is
A.
the total revenue, P is the price of the product, and Q
is the quantity of the product sold. Which of the B.
following equations gives the quantity of product
C.
sold in terms of P and T ?
D.
A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 6f5540a5 ID: 50418728

Kao measured the temperature of a cup of hot

chocolate placed in a room with a constant
temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). The
temperature of the hot chocolate was 185°F at
6:00 p.m. when it started cooling. The temperature
of the hot chocolate was 156°F at 6:05 p.m. and
135°F at 6:10 p.m. The hot chocolate’s temperature
continued to decrease. Of the following functions,
which best models the temperature , in
degrees Fahrenheit, of Kao’s hot chocolate
m minutes after it started cooling?

A.

B.

C. The graph of the polynomial function , where , is shown. The y-

intercept of the graph is . What is the value of ?

D.
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The function f is defined above. Which of the

In the given system of equations, is a positive constant. The system has
following is NOT an x-intercept of the graph of the
exactly one distinct real solution. What is the value of ?
function in the xy-plane?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 127b2759 ID: fb96a5b3

Which expression is equivalent to ? Which of the following expressions is

equivalent to ?
A.
A.
B.

C. B.

D. C.

D.
 ID: 1fe10d97 ID: b73ee6cf

The population of a town is currently 50,000, and

The given function models the population of Lowell years after a census. the population is estimated to increase each year by
Which of the following functions best models the population of Lowell 3% from the previous year. Which of the following
months after the census? equations can be used to estimate the number of
years, t, it will take for the population of the town to
A.
reach 60,000 ?
B.
A.

C.
B.
D.
C.

D.
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For the exponential function , the value of is , where is a constant. An object is kicked from a platform. The equation
Which of the following equivalent forms of the function shows the value of represents this situation, where is the height of the object above the ground,
as the coefficient or the base? in meters, seconds after it is kicked. Which number represents the height, in
meters, from which the object was kicked?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
 ID: 1dd13816 ID: e597050f

Which expression is equivalent to ?

The given expression is equivalent to , where is a constant. What is
A.
the value of ?
B.

C.

D.
 ID: 7eed640d ID: 2d2ab76b

The quadratic function above models the height

above the ground h, in feet, of a projectile x seconds When the equations above are graphed in the xy-
after it had been launched vertically. If is plane, what are the coordinates (x, y) of the points
of intersection of the two graphs?
graphed in the xy-plane, which of the following
represents the real-life meaning of the positive x- A.
intercept of the graph?
and
A. The initial height of the projectile
B.
B. The maximum height of the projectile
and
C. The time at which the projectile reaches its maximum height
C.
D. The time at which the projectile hits the ground
and

D.

and
 ID: de362c2f ID: da602115

The function is defined by . What is the value of ? If , what is the positive value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 ID: 43926bd9 ID: 1e8d7183

Which expression is equivalent to ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
For the exponential function f, the table above shows several values of x
and their corresponding values of , where a is a constant greater than

1. If k is a constant and , what is the value of k ?

 ID: 044c1cb7 ID: 7e5a3640

Bacteria are growing in a liquid growth medium. There were cells per
Which table gives three values of and their corresponding values of for milliliter during an initial observation. The number of cells per milliliter doubles
the given function ? every hours. How many cells per milliliter will there be hours after the
initial observation?
A.
A.

B.

B. C.

D.

C.

D.
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Which of the following is equivalent to

the given expression?

A.

B.

C.

D.

The rational function is defined by an equation in the form ,

where and are constants. The partial graph of is shown. If
, which equation could define function ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Which expression is equivalent to , where and are positive?

The function is defined by the given equation. For what value of does
A. msup
reach its minimum?

A. B. msup

B. C. msup

C. D. msup

D.
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The area , in square centimeters, of a rectangular cutting board can be For the function , the value of decreases by for every increase in
represented by the expression , where is the width, in the value of by . If , which equation defines ?
centimeters, of the cutting board. Which expression represents the length, in
A.
centimeters, of the cutting board?
B.
A.
C.
B.
D.
C.

D.
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In the xy-plane, the graph of the equation intersects

the line at exactly one point. What is the value of ?
Which of the following is equivalent to
A. the expression above?

B. A.

C. B.

D.
C.

D.
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Two variables, and , are related such that for each increase of in the Which expression is equivalent to ?
value of , the value of increases by a factor of . When , .
A.
Which equation represents this relationship?
B.
A. msup

C.
B. msup

D.
C. msup

D. msup
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In the given function , is a constant. The graph of function in the xy- The given equation relates the positive numbers , , and . Which equation
plane, where , is translated units down and units to the right to correctly expresses in terms of and ?
produce the graph of . Which equation defines function ?
A.
A.
B.
B.
C.
C.
D.
D.
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If , which of the following is a What is the minimum value of the function f

possible value of x ? defined by ?

A. 1 A.

B. B.

C. C. 2

D. D. 4
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What is the negative solution to the given equation?

In the equation above, a and c are positive
constants. How many times does the graph of the
equation above intersect the graph of the equation
in the xy-plane?

A. Zero

B. One

C. Two

D. More than two

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Let the function p be defined as

What value of x satisfies the

equation above? , where c is a constant. If
, what is the value of ?

A. 10.00

B. 10.25

C. 10.75

D. 11.00
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Which expression is equivalent to ?

The function f is defined above. What is A.
the value of ?
B.
A. 250
C.
B. 500
D.
C. 750

D. 2,000
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There were no jackrabbits in Australia before 1788 Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
when 24 jackrabbits were introduced. By 1920 the the sum of and ?
population of jackrabbits had reached 10 billion. If
the population had grown exponentially, this would A.
correspond to a 16.2% increase, on average, in the
population each year. Which of the following B.
functions best models the population of
C.
jackrabbits t years after 1788?

A. D.

B.

C.

D.
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Which expression is equivalent to ?

A.
The solution to the given system of equations is . What is the value of
B. ?

C.

D.