Name: ___________________________ LomasMB43Test 3
Conics
1.
What is the discriminant of y = x² - 4x + 7
2.
What is the center of the ellipse
( ) ( ) ?
x y
+ + − =
1 3 8 36
2 2
3.
What shape is the equation
x y
2 2
2 16
− =
?
4.
When the point (2,-5) is reflected in the
x
-axis,what are the coordinates of its image?
5.
What shape is the equation
x y
22
16
+ =
?
6.
Solve: 3 = log
2
x
7.
What are the coordinates of the center of the circlerepresented by the equation
()()?
x y
+ + − =
3425
22
8.
What is the equation of a circle with center (–3,1) and radius 7?
9.
Which equation, when graphed on a Cartesian coordinate plane, would best represent an elliptical racetrack?(1)
310288000
22
x y
+ =
,
(2)
310288000
x y
+ =
,
(3)
310288000
22
x y
− =
,
(4)
000,28830
=
xy
10.
The accompanying diagram shows the graphs of a linear equation and a quadratic equation.How many solutions are there to this system of equations?
11.
What is one solution of the accompanying system of equations?
y x y x
= − += − +
22
5053.
(1) (3,5)(3) (-2,1)(2) (0,5)(4) (0,3)
12.
The roots of a quadratic equation are real,rational, and equal when the discriminant is(1) –2 (3) 0(2) 2 (4) 4
13.
The roots of the equation
2840
2
x x
− − =
are(1) imaginary(2) real, rational, and equal(3) real, irrational, and unequal(4) real, rational, and unequal
14.
The roots for the equation
65
2
=−
x x
are(1) {1,-6} (3) {-1,6}(2) {2,-3} (4) {-2,3}
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