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MAT112-2007Spring

The document is a final exam for MAT 112 from Spring 2007, consisting of three parts with a total of 100 points. It includes various mathematical problems such as simplification, function analysis, equation writing, and solving systems of equations. Students are instructed to show all work and are prohibited from sharing calculators.

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MAT 112 Final Exam Spring 2007

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May 7, 2007

Instructions:

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Show all
work required to solve the problems. Incorrect answers not
supported by work will receive no partial credit. You may use
a calculator on any part of the exam, but you may not share a
calculator with another student. If you have any questions, ask
one of the proctors.

Printed name: _

Signature:

Part: Points Possible Points Earned:


I
40
II
30
III
30
TOTAL
100
PART I

1. a. (3 pts) State the commutative property and illustrate with an example.

b. (3 pts) Simplify the following expression (show all your work):


-7x + 8(x - 2y) + 6y

c. (4 pts) Simplify (show your work):

2. Consider the table to the right: x y = f(x)


0 10
2 6
a. (2 pts) Is this function linear? 4 2
6 -2
8 -6

b. (2 pts) What is the value f(6)?

c. (2 pts) For what values of x is f(x) < 2?

d. (4 pts) Find an equation of this function?


3. Write an equation of the line with the given characteristics:

a. (4 pts) Passes through the points (-2, 11) and (3, -9)

b. (4 pts) Passes through the point (3, -1) and parallel to y =0.5x - 11

c. (2 pts) What is the slope and y-intercept of the following equation: y =-3x +7

4. Suppose Alice made $60 more than five times what Kim earned in one month. If
together they earned $558, how much did each of them earn?

a. (2 pts) Identify and assign symbols to the variables in the problem.

b. (2 pts) Write a symbolic rule relating the variables.

c. (2 pts) What are the domain and range of the function in the context of the
problem?

d. (4 pts) Solve the problem and tell how much each earned.
Part II

5. Solve for x.

a. (2 pts) -3x + 11=2x - 9 b. (2 pts) IO-13x<49

c. (3 pts) 12 -7xl = 14 d. (3 pts) - (9 - 4x) ~ 0

6. Consider the following quadratic equation: f(x) =x 2


- 6x - 16

a. (3 pts) Write the equation in the form y =a(x - hl + k (Hint: complete the
square)

b. (2 pts) Write the equation in factored form.

c. (2 pts) Find the zeroes of the equation.

d. (3 pts) Graph the function (be sure to label the scale of the axes).
7. Consider the following equation: g(x) = 21x - 41 + 5

a. (2 pts) What is the vertex of the graph?

b. (2 pts) What is the slope of the right ray?

c. (4 pts) Graph the function (be sure to label the scale of the axes)

d. (2 pts) Describe how the graph g(x) = 21x + 11 + 5 compares to the graph in
part c. Support your answer with a sketch.
Part III

8. A 750-seat theater charges $9.00 for adult admission and $5.00 for children. If the
theater is full and $5038 is collected, how many adults and how many children are in
the audience (you must show all your work)?

a. (2 pts) Write a system of equations for this problem.

b. (4 pts) Solve the system from part A.

9. (4 pts) How many solutions does the following system have? How do you know?
Explain. 3x + 9y =-6
4x - 12y =-8

10. Simplify the following (leave as a fraction):

a. (2 pts) b. (2 pts)

c. (3 pts) .!.V8i d. (3 pts)


{49
3 'ins
11. Write True or False for the following:

a. (2 pts) J;. +.Jb =..;-;;;b for all numbers a, b ~ O.

b. (2 pts) The associative property holds for division.

c. (2 pts) V-169 is 13.

d. (2 pts) The graph of y = O.21(x _7)2 - 9 opens down.

e. (2 pts) f(x) = -3(x + 1)2 - 2 and g(x) =-3x2 - 6x - 5


are the same function, just in different forms.

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