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1. A line segment that passes through the point (2, 2) is 25 units long.
The point (−6, −4) is one of its end points. What is the other end point
of this line segment?
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2. Solve the following for x: − =
𝑥 9−𝑥
3. Consider the following inequality: (x2 − 15x + 55) ≤ 5
For what interval is this inequality true?
Write your answer using interval notation, e.g. [−7, 15)
4. Consider the following absolute value inequality: 10 > |4x – 30| + 4
For what interval is this inequality true?
Write your answer using interval notation, e.g. [−7, 15)
5. The three points, A (2, 6), B (12, 6) and C (18, –2), form the vertices
of an isosceles triangle (a triangle with 2 equal sides), ABC. Express in
the form y = m x + c, the equation of the line that perpendicularly
bisects the longest side of that triangle, and passes through the vertice
on the opposite side.
6. The following three equations define planes in 3-dimensional space:
x = 3y + z
y = x + 2z – 3
z = x – 2y – 3
What is the point (x, y, z) where the three planes intersect?
7. In the interval [−1, 0], what is the maximum of the following
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function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 2
𝑥 +𝑥
That is, find max f(x) , when −1 ≤ x ≤ 0
8. A mountain lake is fed by a stream that brings in 24 liters of water per
second. The lake loses water through two processes, evaporation into the air
and leakage from the bottom of the lake. Evaporation depends on the air
temperature and is equal to 0.3c liters per second, where c is the
temperature in Celsius. Leakage increases by the square of the depth of
water in the lake, and is equal to 2m2 liters per second, where m is the depth
of the water in meters.
The depth of the lake reaches an equilibrium when water inflow is equal to
water loses through evaporation and leakage. In the month of June last year,
the water loses through leakage was 3 times as much as loses through
evaporation. What was the equilibrium depth of the lake, m, in June?
9. Suppose that, for both m > 0 and n > 0
18 𝑚 𝑛
= 𝑚(4Τ3) 𝑛(3Τ2)
𝑛
If n is equal to 3, then m is equal to:
10. Consider the following graph of a quadratic equation:
y = −4x2 + 8x + 32
What is the maximum point (x, y) of this quadratic?
11. Given the following 2 functions
𝑓 𝑥 = 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑥
𝑔 𝑥 = 𝜇𝑥 − 1, where 𝜇 is a negative number
Find the value of 𝜇 so that the graph of y = 𝑓 𝑥 and the graph
of y = 𝑔 𝑥 would have 1 point of intersection.
12. The owner of an ice cream stall has found that, at a price (in dollars)
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of 𝑃 𝑥 = 80 − 𝑥 per cone, 𝑥 cones of ice cream will be sold.
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Find the maximum revenue that can be earned by the ice cream stall.
(Assuming that 𝑥 is an integer and 0 ≤ x ≤ 80)
13. How many distinct real roots does the following equation have?
𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 4 = 0
14. Which of the following is/are factor(s) of 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 𝑥 + 3 + 4𝑥 − 6?
i. 𝑥−1
ii. 𝑥 + 2
iii. 2𝑥 − 3
a) i only
b) i and ii
c) ii and iii
d) i, ii and iii
e) None of the above
15. Simplify
−3 −1 4
𝑥 −2 𝑥
𝑦3 𝑦2
16. Let 𝛼 and 𝛽 be positive numbers.
a) 𝑥 10 y If 𝑙𝑜𝑔
𝛼
= 2𝑙𝑜𝑔 2𝛽 , then 𝛼 =
5
b) 𝑥 2 y
1
c) a) 20𝛽
𝑥2𝑦6
𝑥 10 b) 20𝛽2
d) 𝑦 17 c) 4𝛽 + 5
e) None of the above d) 4𝛽2 + 5
e) None of the above
17. If 4𝑥 = 12, then 𝑥 = a) 𝑙𝑛 3
b) 𝑙𝑛 8
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c) 𝑙𝑛 12
4
𝑙𝑛 12
d)
𝑙𝑛 4
e) None of the above
18. If you want to have $10,000 in your account one year later,
how much would you deposit in the account now assuming that
the account pays 10% p.a. interest compounded half-yearly?
(Please round the answer to the nearest integer.)
𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 𝑧
19. Given ቐ3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 0, solve 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑧.
2𝑥 + 3𝑧 = 4𝑦 + 2
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20. Find the coefficient of the 𝑥 in the expansion of 3𝑥 +
𝑥
21. Give the equation of the tangent line to the graph of
at the point (-1, 1), and state your answer in the form of y = ax + b,
with a and b being concrete numbers.
22. Suppose that the functions f and g and their derivatives f ꞌ and gꞌ
with respect to x satisfy f(0) = 1, f(1) = 3, f ꞌ(0) = 5, f ꞌ(1) = -1/3,
g(0) = 1, g(1) = -4, gꞌ(0) = 1/3 and gꞌ(1) = -8/3.
Find hꞌ(0), where h(x) = f(x + g(x)).
23. Consider the graph of the function y = f(x) = x4 - 4x3.
Find all open intervals on which the graph is concave up.
24. Consider the function in Question 23.
Find its absolute maximum value and absolute minimum value.
25. A cylindrical can (with a lid) is to be made to hold exactly 1 litre of oil. The
manufacturer aims to use the minimum amount of metal in making the can
for the sake of minimizing costs. In the dimension that minimizes the surface
area of the can, how big is the radius r?
Give your answer in centimetres. You do not need to simplify your answer
(i.e., it may contain the square/cube root sign, and it may contain the
symbol π instead of 3.14).
26. How many times does the graph of y = sin x cross the graph of
y = cos x, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 20?
27. What is tan(-30o)? You answer may contain the square root sign.
28. There are 6 possible letter-permutations for the word CAR, namely,
CAR, CRA, ACR, ARC, RCA, RAC. How many possible letter-permutations
are there for the word RACECAR?
29. A fair die is rolled three times, and the face-up numbers are
observed. What is the probability that exactly two distinct numbers are
observed at the end (so one of the numbers has been repeated)?
State your answer as a fraction m=n, where m and n are integers.
30. Which of the following statements is true? Choose ALL possible answers.
a) If the graph of a function y = f(x) is continuous, then to every point in
the graph, there is exactly one tangent line.
b) The probability of an event always takes value from 0% to 100%
(inclusive).
c) Every function f(x) has to be increasing or decreasing eventually
(i.e., after passing a certain value of x).
d) If the graph of y = f(x) has a horizontal tangent line at x = x0, then f(x)
must have a local maximum value or a local minimum value at x = x0.
e) Given any 100 nonnegative integers n1; n2; : : : ; n100 listed in
nondecreasing order, their median has to be at least n100 /100.
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