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APPLICATION 10
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MHF4U-Test #1-v1
Date:
BCHS 2007/08
Sem 1-
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Show all your work on this paper. Use correct mathematical form and notation this will be assessed for a communication level. Part marks for an incorrect answer will only be awarded when you show how you arrived at your answer. Graphic Calculators may be used to support your algebraic solution.
Knowledge/Understanding Part A: Answer each question below by inserting the correct letter in the box on the right. Each question is worth 1 mark.
QUESTIONS RESPONSES
2 2 3
1. A polynomial function, P ( x ) = ( x + 3)( x + 1) ( x 2) . The degree of P(x) is. a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 2. The maximum number of turning points in a polynomial function of degree 5 is . a) five b) three c) four d)
none of these
3. The end behaviour of an even degree polynomial function with a negative lead coefficient will show ______ as x . a) y b) y c) y 0 d) y 1 4. The only binomial listed below, which is a factor of the polynomial P ( x ) = x 4 + 2 x 3 13x 2 14 x + 24 , is_________. a) (x - 2) b) (x + 2) c) (x + 3) d) (x - 4)
5. Given the polynomial function p ( x) = x 4 + 2 x 2 7 x + 4 . The number of possible integers, k, such that p(k) = 0, is _____ a) 2 b) 6 c) 4 d) none of these 6. For the polynomial function p ( x) = 2 x3 x 2 15 x + 18 , the only possible rational zero in the interval [2, 3 ] is 9 3 9 24 b) c) d) 2 2 2 11 7. When 2x-3 is divided into the polynomial P(x), the quotient is 3x + 2 and the remainder is 7. Therefore, P(x) is represented by the expression. a) b) 6 x 2 5 x + 1 6 x2 5x + 1 c) 6 x 2 2 x 8 d) 2x 3 8. A polynomial function f ( x ) < 0 when x ( , 2) and (1,1) . State, using interval notation, the intervals in which f(x) > 0. a) [2, 1] and [1, ] b) (1, ) c) (2, 1) and (1, ) d) (-2,-1) 9. Using interval notation, the solution to the following inequality is: a) 6 x 2 + 9 x 27
-3 a) [-3,2)
2 c) (-3,2] d) [-3,-2]
b) (-3,2)
Part B: Answer each question in the space provided. Provide complete solutions unless otherwise indicated. 1. Using long division, divide P ( x ) = 4 x 3 + 6 x 2 + 4 x 7 by (2 x 3) . Express your answer in the form P ( x ) =Q( x ) D ( x) + R( x ) .
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3. Consider the function f ( x) = 3x 3 5 x 2 12 x + 20 a. List all possible zeros for f(x). [2]
b. Factor f ( x) . [5]
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5
x 1 0 5 5 1 0
1 0
5. Given the graph of the polynomial function, y = f ( x) , pictured below, determine the following: [8] a. The zeros of the function: ____________
b. The sign of the leading
coefficient ____
c. The max value of the function
is
f. The multiplicity of the function occurs at x = __________________. g. The degree of the function is ____________________.
h. As x , f ( x) _______
6 4 2 x 6 4 2 2 2 4 4 6
Application
7. Determine the equation of a 4th degree polynomial function with roots of 1, 4, 2 that passes through the point (1, 48). [4]