College Algebra Quiz 9

Name:
Summer 2012

Instructions: (15 points) This quiz is due in class on Thursday July 26rd . Write neatly and clearly. Show
all your work to receive full credit. This quiz is open book/notes. This quiz is on both sides of the
page.

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(3pts ) 1. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that f (x) = x5 + x3 + x2 + x + 1 has a zero between
2
and 1.

(3pts ) 2. Divide f (x) = x4 1 by x 1 and determine if x = 1 is a zero of f .

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(3pts ) 3. If f (x) = x3 , determine the function g(x) which makes (f g)(x) = x2 + 3x + 1.
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(6pts ) 4. Let
  f (x) = x2 + 2x 1 and g(x) = 2x 1. Write simplified expressions for (f + g)(x), (f g)(x), (f g)(x),
f
(x), (f g)(x), and (g f )(x).
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