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10th Ch3 Practice

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

What are the coordinates of the vertex of the graph or table? Is it a maximum or minimum?

1.

a. (–2, 0); maximum c. (–2, 0); minimum

b. (0, –2); maximum d. (0, –2); minimum

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2.

a. (–2, 0); minimum c. (0, –2); minimum

b. (0, –2); maximum d. (–2, 0); maximum

3. a.
X Y
0 1
–1 –2
–2 –3
–3 –2
–4 1

a. (1, 0); maximum

b. (–4, 1); minimum
c. (–2, –3); maximum
d. (–2, –3); minimum

Graph the function and identify the domain

and range. domain:  , 

range:  ,0 
4. y = 0.5x2

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b. d.

domain:  ,  domain:  , 

 
range:  0,  range:  ,0 
c.
5. y = –1.5x2
a.

domain:  , 


range:  0, 
domain:  , 

range:  0, 

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b. d.

domain:  ,  domain:  , 

 
range:  ,0  range:  0, 
c.
Order the group of quadratic functions from
widest to narrowest graph.

6. y  2x 2 , y  3x 2 , y  4x 2
a. y  3x 2 , y  2x 2 , y  4x 2
b. y  2x 2 , y  4x 2 , y  3x 2
c. y  4x 2 , y  3x 2 , y  2x 2
d. y  2x 2 , y  3x 2 , y  4x 2

7. y  2x 2 , y  5x 2 , y  x 2
a. y  2x 2 , y  x 2 , y  5x 2
domain:  ,  b. y  5x 2 , y  2x 2 , y  x 2

range:  ,0  c. y  x 2 , y  5x 2 , y  2x 2
d. y  x 2 , y  2x 2 , y  5x 2

1 2 3
8. y = x2, y =  x2, y =  x2
4 5 5
1 2 3
a. y = x2, y =  x2, y =  x2
4 5 5
1 2 3 2 2
b. y = x , y =  x , y =  x2
4 5 5
2 2 1 2 3
c. y =  x , y = x , y =  x2
5 4 5
3 2 1
d. y =  x2, y =  x2, y = x2
5 5 4

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9. What is the rate of change for the interval 10. What is the rate of change for the interval
between A and B? between points A and C? Is it greater than, less
than, or equal to the rate of change between
points A and B?

a. 1
b. 3
1 1
c. a. , equal to
3 3
d. 0 1
b. , less than
4
c. 4, greater than
d. 3, equal to

11. What is the graph of f(x)  x 2 ?

a.

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b. 12. What are the domain and range of f(x)  x 2 ?

a. Domain: all real numbers
Range: all real numbers
b. Domain: x  0
Range: all real numbers
c. Domain: x  0
Range: y  0
d. Domain: all real numbers
Range: y  0

13. Use the table of f(x)  4x 2 . Over what interval is

the function increasing? Over what interval is the
function decreasing?
c.
x f(x) (x, y)
2 16 (2, 16)
1 4 (1, 4)
0 0 (0, 0)
1 4 (1, 4)
2 16 (2, 16)

a. increasing over x  0 and decreasing over

x0
b. increasing over all real numbers
c. decreasing over all real numbers
d. decreasing over x  0 and increasing over
x0
d.
14. What steps transform the graph of y  x 2 to
y  (x  3) 2  3 ?
a. reflect across the x-axis, translate 3 units to
the left, translate up 3 units
b. reflect across the x-axis, translate 3 units to
the right, translate down 3 units
c. translate 3 units to the right, translate down 3
units
d. translate 3 units to the left, translate up 3
units

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15. How is the graph of y = 3x2 + 2 different from the b.

graph of y = 3x2?
a. It is shifted 2 unit(s) left.
b. It is shifted 2 unit(s) down.
c. It is shifted 2 unit(s) up.
d. It is shifted 2 unit(s) right.

16. How is the graph of y = 5x2 – 3 different from the

graph of y = 5x2?
a. It is shifted 3 unit(s) right.
b. It is shifted 3 unit(s) up.
c. It is shifted 3 unit(s) left.
d. It is shifted 3 unit(s) down.
f(x)
Graph each function. How is each graph a translated to the left 3 unit(s)
translation of f(x)  x 2 ?
c.

17. y  x 2  3
a.

f(x)
translated to the right 3 unit(s)
d.
f(x)
translated up 3 unit(s)

f(x)
translated down 3 unit(s)

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c.
2
18. y  (x  2)
a.

f(x)
translated up 2 unit(s)
f(x) d.
translated to the left 2 unit(s)
b.

f(x)
translated down 2 unit(s)
f(x)
translated to the right 2 unit(s) 19. y  (x  4) 2  3

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a. c.

f(x) f(x)
translated down 3 unit(s) and translated to translated up 3 unit(s) and translated to the
the left 4 unit(s). right 4 unit(s)
b. d.

f(x) f(x)
translated down 3 unit(s) and translated to translated up 3 unit(s) and translated to the
the right 4 unit(s) left 4 unit(s)

20. Identify the vertex and the axis of symmetry of

the graph of the function y  2(x  3) 2  3 .
a. vertex: (–3, 3);
axis of symmetry: x  3
b. vertex: (–3, –3);
axis of symmetry: x  3
c. vertex: (3, 3);
axis of symmetry: x  3
d. vertex: (3, –3);
axis of symmetry: x  3

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21. Identify the maximum or minimum value and the 22. What are the vertex and axis of symmetry of
domain and range of the graph of the function f(x)  x 2  6.5?
y  2(x  2) 2  2 . a. (0, 6.5); x = 
a. minimum value: –2 b. (0, 6.5); x = 6.5
domain: all real numbers c. (0, 6.5); x = 6.5
range: all real numbers  2 d. (0, 6.5); x = 
b. minimum value: 2
domain: all real numbers  2
range: all real numbers 23. What are the vertex and axis of symmetry of
c. maximum value: –2 f(x)  (x  16) 2 ?
domain: all real numbers  2 a. (0, 16); x = 
range: all real numbers b. (, 0); x = 
d. maximum value: 2 c. (, 0); x = 
domain: all real numbers d. (0, 16); x = 
range: all real numbers  2

24. Suppose a parabola has vertex (6, –3) and also passes through the point (7, 0). Write the equation of the
parabola in vertex form.
a. y  (x  6) 2  3 c. y  3(x  6) 2  3
b. y  3(x  6) 2  3 d. y  3(x  6) 2  3

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25. Which is the graph of y  (x  2) 2  3 ?

a. c.

b. d.

26. Suppose a parabola has an axis of symmetry at x  5, a maximum height of –3 and also passes through the
point (–4, –6). Write the equation of the parabola in vertex form.
a. y  (x  5) 2  3 c. y  3(x  5) 2  3
b. y  3(x  5) 2  3 d. y  3(x  5) 2  3

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27. Use the vertex form to write the equation of the b.

parabola.

c.

a. y  3(x  3) 2  4
b. y  3(x  3) 2  4
c. y  3(x  3) 2  4
d. y  (x  3) 2  4

28. Which is the graph of y  (x  4) 2  4 ?

a.

d.

What is the graph of the equation?

29. y  x 2  2x  1

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a. d.

b.
30. y  2x 2  2x  1
a.

c.

b.

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c. b.

d. c.

d.
31. y  x 2  6x  5
a.

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32. Do the equation and graph below share a vertex? b.

If so, what is it?

f(x)  x 2  6x  4

c.

1 1
a. yes, ( , 1 )
2 2
b. no
c. yes, (1, –1)
d. yes, (3, –5)

What is the graph of the function?

33. f(x)  2x 2
a.
d.

1 2
34. f(x)  x
4

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a. d.

b. Graph the function. Identify the vertex and

axis of symmetry.

35. f(x)  x 2  2x  2
a.

c.

axis of symmetry: x  1
vertex: (1, 1)

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b. d.

axis of symmetry: x  1 axis of symmetry: x  1

vertex: (–1, –1) vertex: (1, –1)
c.
36. f(x)  4x 2  4x  1
a.

axis of symmetry: x  1
vertex: (–1, 1)
axis of symmetry: x  0.5
vertex: (0.5, –2)

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b. d.

axis of symmetry: x  0.5 axis of symmetry: x  0.5

vertex: (0.5, 2) vertex: (–0.5, –2)
c.
37. Sketch a parabola with an axis of symmetry
x  1, y-intercept 1, and point (1, –5).

axis of symmetry: x  0.5

vertex: (0.5, 2) a.

b.

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39. y  2x 2  20x  20
a. vertex: ( 5, –70)
axis of symmetry: x  70
b. vertex: ( –5, 70)
axis of symmetry: y  5
c. vertex: ( –5, –70)
axis of symmetry: x  70
d. vertex: ( –5, –70)
axis of symmetry: x  5

What is the maximum or minimum value of

the function? What is the range?
c.
40. y  2x 2  16x  20
a. minimum: –12
range: y  12
b. maximum: –12
range: y  12
c. maximum: 12
range: y  12
d. minimum: 12
range: y  12

41. y  2x 2  32x  2
d. a. minimum value: –130
range: y  130
b. minimum value: –8
What are the vertex and the axis of symmetry
range: y  8
of the equation?
c. minimum value: –130
range: y  8
38. y  2x 2  32x  10
d. minimum value: 8
a. vertex: ( 8, 118) range: y  8
axis of symmetry: x  118
b. vertex: ( –8, 118)
axis of symmetry: x  8 What is the vertex form of the equation?
c. vertex: ( 8, 118)
axis of symmetry: x  8 42. y  x 2  12x  7
d. vertex: ( –8, –118) a. y  (x  6) 2  29
axis of symmetry: y  8 b. y  (x  6) 2  29
c. y  (x  6) 2  29
d. y  (x  6) 2  29

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43. y  x 2  10x  12
a. y  (x  5) 2  37
b. y  (x  5) 2  37
c. y  (x  5) 2  37
d. y  (x  5) 2  37

44. y  2x 2  2x  7
a. y  (x  1) 2  6 c. y  (x  1) 2  6
b. y  (x  1) 2  6 d. y  (x  1) 2  6

45. Compare the equation, y  9x  4x 2 , the graph 46. Suppose you cut a square into two rectangles as
below, and the table below. Which has the shown below. Write an expression for the area of
steepest rate of change from x = 1 to x = 2, and the square.
what is its value?

a. x 2  2xy  y 2
b. x2  y2
c. x 2  2xy  y 2
d. 2x 2  2y 2

x y
–1 0 47. The length of a rectangle is 4x  5 inches. The
width of the rectangle is x  1 inches. Find a
1 2
quadratic function equation to model the area of
2 0
the rectangle. Then evaluate the function for x =
3 –4
2.
a. f(x)  4x 2  x  4 ;
a. graph, –1
f(2)  14 square inches
b. equation, –3
1 b. f(x)  4x 2  4x  5 ;
c. equation,  f(2)  19 square inches
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1 c. f(x)  4x 2  5x  1 ;
d. table, 
2 f(2)  7 square inches
d. f(x)  4x 2  x  5 ;
f(2)  9 square inches

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48. If an object is dropped from a height of 400 feet, 52. Which kind of function best models the data in
2
the function h(t)  16t  400 gives the height of the table? Use differences or ratios.
the object after t seconds. When will the object
hit the ground? x y
a. 10 s 0 1
b. 5 s 1 2.5
c. 25 s 2 4
d. 2.5 s 3 5.5
4 7
49. A ball is thrown into the air with an upward
a. linear
velocity of 36 ft/s. Its height h in feet after t
seconds is given by the function
b. quadratic
c. exponential
h  16t 2  36t  7. How long does it take the
ball to reach its maximum height? What is the
d. none of these
ball’s maximum height? Round to the nearest
hundredth, if necessary. 53. Write an equation to model the data in the table.
a. 1.13 s; 67.75 ft
b. 1.13 s; 27.25 ft x y
c. 1.13 s; 29.5 ft 0 3.9
d. 2.25 s; 7 ft 1 7.8
2 15.6
3 31.2
50. If an object is dropped from a height of 141 feet,
4 62.4
the function h(t)  16t 2  141 gives the height of
the object after t seconds. When will the object a. y = 3.9x + 2
hit the ground?
b. y = 3.9•2x
a. 5.94 s
c. y = 2x
b. 2.97 s
d. y = 3.9x2 + 2
c. 1.48 s
d. 11.87 s
54. Write an equation to model the data in the table.
51. Which kind of function best models the data in x y
the table? Use differences or ratios.
0 2
1 3.7
x y
2 5.4
0 1.3
3 7.1
1 3.9
4 8.8
2 11.7
3 35.1
a. y = 1.7x2 + 2
4 105.3
b. y = 1.7•2x
c. y = 2x
a. linear
d. y = 1.7x + 2
b. quadratic
c. exponential
d. none of these

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10th Ch3 Practice

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. D
14. A
15. C
16. D
17. A
18. A
19. A
20. C
21. A
22. D
23. B
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. A
28. C
29. A
30. D
31. D
32. B
33. D
34. A
35. C

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36. A
37. B
38. C
39. D
40. C
41. A
42. C
43. A
44. A
45. B
46. C
47. D
48. B
49. B
50. B
51. C
52. A
53. B
54. D