Unit 5 Review packet
Unit 5 Review packet
Unit 5 Review
1) 2𝑥 ! + 12𝑥 − 32 = 0
2) 𝑥 " − 49 = 0
3) 8𝑤 # − 27 = 0
4) 𝑥 $ − 10𝑥 # + 24𝑥 = 0
Find all the exact roots using your calculator. For imaginary roots, give the answer in simplest form.
5) 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 # + 4𝑥 ! − 35𝑥 − 12
Find all the exact roots. For imaginary roots, give the answer in simplest form.
7) Since 1970, the average fuel efficiency E (in miles per gallon) for all vehicles in the United States can be
modeled by the function 𝐸 = −0.0007𝑡 # + 0.0728𝑡 ! −
0.0843𝑡 + 12.0
Where t is the number of years since 1970. Using your calculator, at what year(s) does the fuel
efficiency reach 16 miles per gallon? Explain how you found your answer.
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8) The graph of a quartic (4th degree) function is shown below. How many real zeros does the function
have? How many imaginary zeros does the function have? Explain how you know.
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9) The volume of the box shown below is given by 𝑉 = 10𝑥 # − 81𝑥 ! + 71𝑥 + 42. Find an expression for
the missing dimensions Show your work or explain your answer.
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𝑥−7
10) The volume of the rectangular prism below is 40 cubic inches. Find all possible values of 𝑥.
11) Given 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 " + 3𝑥 # − 5𝑥 ! − 21𝑥 + 22, find:
a. End behavior:
𝑎𝑠 𝑥 → ∞, 𝑦 → ______________
𝑎𝑠 𝑥 → −∞, 𝑦 →_____________
b. Y-intercept:
c. Increasing interval(s):
d. Decreasing interval(s):
a. 3𝑥 " − 𝑥 ! − 24
b. 32𝑥 $ − 2𝑥
c. 25𝑥 # − 100𝑥 ! − 𝑥 + 4
13)Give the degree and end behavior for the polynomial. Then give the zeros, their multiplicity, and
their effect on the graph. Lastly, sketch the graph without a calculator.
End Behavior:
𝐴𝑠 𝑥 → +∞, 𝑓(𝑥) → ____________
𝐴𝑠 𝑥 → −∞, 𝑓(𝑥) → ____________
Graph:
14) Use what you know about end behavior to match the graph with one of the polynomial functions
below.
a. 𝑓(𝑥) = −2𝑥 # + 4𝑥 ! + 6
b. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 " + 𝑥 # − 4𝑥 ! − 𝑥 + 6
c. 𝑓(𝑥) = −𝑥 % + 3𝑥 $ − 𝑥 ! + 6
d. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 $ − 𝑥 # + 5𝑥 ! + 6
a. (−6𝑥 ! + 5𝑥 − 2) − (7𝑥 ! − 5𝑥 − 8)
b. (𝑥 + 3)(3𝑥 ! + 2𝑥 − 1)
c. (𝑥 − 4)#
16) Find a polynomial that represents the total number of square feet (area) for the floor plan shown
below.
12 ft
X ft
X+6 ft 24 ft
17) 400𝑥 ! − 25 = 0
18) 3𝑥 ! + 11𝑥 + 6 = 0
19) 64𝑤 # − 125 = 0
Use synthetic division to find the imaginary roots. Give your answers in simplified form.
𝑥−3
23) At the ruins of Caesarea, archaeologists discovered a huge hydraulic concrete block with a volume of
945 cubic meters. The block’s dimensions are 𝑥 meters high by 12𝑥 − 15 meters long by 12𝑥 − 21
meters wide. What is the height of the block?