Math 95 Test 1 Review with Answers

Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 8.1-8.3

1. Evaluate each of the following where possible. If the result is not a real number so state.
a.
f.

64

243

b.

64

g. 49

c.

49

h. 49

49

d.
i.

e.

49

2. Simplify. That is, express the following in simplest radical from.

a. 3 16
b. 32
c. 75
d. 108

e.

3. Find the missing length in the right triangle. Express your answer in simplest radical form.

c = _______________________
4. Find the missing length in the right triangle. Express your answer in simplest radical form.

a = _______________________
5. The time ( in seconds) it takes an object to fall a vertical distance from rest is given by the
formula: t 41 s , in which s is the vertical distance fallen. Find the amount of time required
for an object to fall to the ground from a building that is 1,215 feet high. Round your answer
to the nearest hundredth of a second.
Time = _____________ seconds

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6. The general model for the relationship between the period T and the length L of a pendulum
is given by: T k L in which k is a gravitational constant. Compute the value of k for the
given values of T and L. Report your result to the nearest thousandth.
T
0.935

L
22

k = _____________

7. Solve each of the following quadratic equations by factoring or the square root method, as
appropriate.
a. x 2 2x 24 0
b. 6x 2 13x 5 0
c. 9x 2 11 0

d.

2x 3

12

8. Solve each of the following quadratic equations by using the Quadratic Formula. Give
answers in simplest radical form.
a. x 2 2x 5 0
b. 2x 2 x 5 0
c. 3x 2 7x 1 0
9. Determine the value of the discriminant for each of the following quadratic equations.
Determine from the discriminant whether the equation has 0 real solutions, 1 unique real
solution, or 2 different real solutions. Give the value of the discriminant and the number of
real solutions.
a. x 2 x 3 0
b. 5m2 2m 3 0
c. 3c 2 18c 27 0
Discriminant: _________
Discriminant: ___________
Discriminant: ________
# of real solutions: _____
# of real solutions: _______
# of real solutions: ____
10. The base of a 15 foot ladder is 8 feet from the base of the vertical wall its on which it is
leaning. How far above the floor is the top of the ladder? Answer to the near hundredth of
a foot.
The top of the ladder is _____________ feet above the floor.
11. A ball is thrown upward from the roof of a building that is 82 feet tall with an initial velocity of
42 feet per second. The equation of its motion is given by h(t ) 16t 2 42t 82 .
Determine each of the following. Give all answers correct to two decimal places.
a. How long does it take the ball to reach the maximum height?

________________

b. What is the maximum height reached by the ball?

________________

c. When will the ball be at 35 feet above the ground?

________________

d. How long does it take the ball to hit the ground?

________________

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12. One leg of a right triangle is three times the length of the other leg. The hypotenuse is
twenty inches long. Find the length of each leg to the nearest thousandth of an inch.
The shorter leg is ____________ inches long. The longer leg is _____________ inches
long.

13. The width of a rectangle is 3 feet less than its length. If the area of the rectangle is 10.71
square feet, what are the dimensions of the rectangle? (Answer correct to the nearest tenth
of a foot).
a. Use a variable, x say, define what it represents.
Let x = ____________________________
b. Using the information given in the problem write an equation in terms of variable x.
Equation: ____________________________________
c.

Solve the equation you created in part b.

d. Interpret your result in a complete sentence.

Result:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
14. Given the graph of the parabola show at the right, determine the following:
a. Coordinates of the vertex: _________________________
b. Coordinates of the x-intercepts: _____________________
c. Coordinates of the y-intercept: ______________________
d. Equation of the axis of symmetry: ___________________
e. Domain (in interval notation): ______________________
f. Range (in interval notation): ________________________

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15. Given the quadratic function y 2x 2 4x 6 ,

determine the following:
a. Coordinates of the vertex:
_____________________
b. Coordinates of the x-intercepts:
_________________
c. Coordinates of the y-intercept:
__________________
d. Equation of the axis of symmetry:
________________
e. Domain (in interval notation): __________________
f. Range (in interval notation): _____________________
g. Plot the graph on the given axes.

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Answers
a. 3
b. 4
c. 49
d. Nonreal e. 1
f. Nonreal g. Nonreal
3
a. 2 2 b. 4 2
c. 5 3
d. 6 3
e. 2
c = 34
a = 265
time = 8.71 seconds
k = .199
11
3 2 3
1
5
7. a. 4 and 6
b. and
c.
d.
3
2
3
2
1 41
7 37
8. a. 1 6
b.
c.
4
6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

9. a. Discriminant: 13
# of real solutions: 2

b. Discriminant: 56
# of real solutions: 0

h. 7 i. 49

c. Discriminant: 0
# of real solutions: 1

10. 12.69 feet

11. a. 1.31 sec

b. 109.56 ft

c. 3.47 sec

d. 3.93 sec

12. The shorter leg is 6.325 inches long. The longer leg is 18.974 inches long.
13. a. Let x = the width of the rectangle, then x + 3 will be the length.
b. Equation, area = width * length or 10.71 x( x 3)
c. Solution is x = 2.1
d. The width of the rectangle is 2.1 feet and the length of the rectangle is 5.1 feet.
14. a. (2, 9)

b. (1, 0) and (5, 0) c. (0, 5)

d. x = 2 e.

15. a. (1, 8)
g.

b. (1, 0) and (3, 0) c. (0, 6)

d. x = 1

, f. 9,
e.

f.

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