Honors Precalculus – 1st Semester Exam Review

Chapters 1 – 4.4
Chapter 1
1. Find the slope of the line passing through the pair of points. (0, 3), (4, –2)
2. Write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line through the given point parallel to the given
line. point: (–3, 4) line: –6x + 3y = 2
3. Write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line through the given point perpendicular to the
given line. point: (–1, –7) line: 7x – 21y = 2
4. Does the table describe a function?
x 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
y 70 100 70 90 80

5. Which equations do not represent y as a function of x?

A) x = –y + 1 B) x = 3 C) x + y2 = 1
D) y = 2x + 6 E) y = |–7 + 3x |
2 F) y = √2  8
6. Evaluate the function at the specified value of the independent variable and simplify.
f (x) = –2x + 9; f(-0.2)
7. Evaluate the following function at the specified values of the independent variable and simplify.
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  a. g(-1) b. g(2) c. g(4)
2  19,   2
8. Find all real values of x such that f (x) = 0. f(x) = 64x2 - 25
9. Determine the equation that is represented by the graph shown below.
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10. Find the domain of the function. . 
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11. Use the graph of the function to find the domain and range of f.

12. Determine the intervals over which the function is increasing, decreasing, or constant.
a. f(x) = x2 + 2x – 2 b.

13. Graph the function and approximate (to two decimal places) any relative minimum or relative
maximum values. f (x) = x3 – x2 – 3x + 4
14. Determine whether the function is even, odd, or neither.
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15. Compare the graph of the following function with the graph of f(x) = √ . 
√  8
16. Find the inverse function of f. f(x) = x5 + 8
17. Given f(x) = √, consider the translation 4 units to the left and 3 units down. Give the translated
function.
18. Evaluate (f - g)(x) for f(x) = 3x + 4 and g(x) = x – 3.
19. If f(x) = 6 + 5x and g(x) = x2 + 1, find a. (g o f)(x) b. (f o g)(x) c. (f o f)(x)
20. Given below is the graph of a function f(x). Graph f(-x), -f(x), and f-1(x).

Chapter 2
21. Sketch the graph of the function. Identify the vertex. f(x) = (x – 3)2 - 2
22. Write the equation of the parabola in standard form. Then determine the vertex and x-intercepts of the
graph of the quadratic function. f(x) = 4x2 + 24x + 1
23. Sketch the graph of the function. f(x) = -0.1x3
24. Write the quadratic equation that has vertex (2, 6) and passes through (1, 4).
25. Describe the end-behavior of f(x). f(x) = -4x5 + 3x - 8
26. Find all of the zeros of f(x) = x4 – 3x3 + 13x2 – 29x - 102
25. Graph the function. Find any x-intercepts of the graph. f(x) = x3 + 2x2 – 9x – 18
26. Divide. (3x4 + 4x2 + 11x + 3) ÷ (x2 – x + 3)
27. Divide. (2x4 – 4x3 – 12x – 13) ÷ (x – 3)
28. One of the zeros of f(x) = x3 – 15x2 + 68x – 84 is 6. Find the other two zeros.
29. Write the expression 23 + √648 as a complex number.
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30. Divide and write the result in standard form. '&
31. Determine the maximum number of zeros of the polynomial function. f(x) = x(x + 4)4
32. Find the real zeros of the function. f(x) = x3 – 3x2 + 6x – 8
33. Given that one zero of P(x) = x3 – 8x2 + 45x – 116 is 2 + 5i, find all zeros of P(x).
34. Find the complete factorization of 2x4 – 3x3 – 14x2 + 9x + 18 if (2x – 3) is one of the factors.
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35. Find the domain of the function. f(x) =    (
36. Find the holes, asymptotes, and intercepts of
37. Write a polynomial with zeros of 5 and 1 + 2i.
 
38. Identify any horizontal and vertical asymptotes for the graph of the function. f(x) =   )
39. Determine whether or not the graph of the rational function has a slant asymptote. If it does, find it.
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Chapter 6
40. Give the component form of the vector v = EF. E = (4, -5) F = (-1, -11)
41. Find the unit vector in the same direction as u. u = -4i – 4j
42. Find the missing component of the vector with the given direction angle. V = <x, 2√2>, with θ = 45°.
43. Use the properties of dot product to evaluate the expression. u = <-3, -4>, v = <-5, -4>, w = <-4, 5>,
find u ⋅ (v + w).
44. Find the angle between the two vectors. Express your answer in radians rounded to the
nearest tenth. u = 6i – 4j v = 9i + 8j
45. Use the dot product to determine a vector perpendicular to the given vector. <12, -10>
46. Find the magnitude and direction angle of v = 2i – 2j. Round direction angle to nearest degree.
47. Find the component form of v if v = 6 and the angle it makes with the x-axis is 600.
48. Find the projection of u onto v if u = <-2, 1> and v = <-5, 4>. Then find the vector orthogonal to the
projection.

Chapter 3
47. Evaluate the expression. Round the result to three decimal places. a. 5-4.1 b. 3
4 e1.6
48. Write the exponential equation in logarithmic form. 65 = 7776
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49. Evaluate the expression without using a calculator. log√10
50. Evaluate the logarithm. Round to three decimal places. ln (√5  2
51. Evaluate. Round to three decimal places. -./ 13
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52. Indicate whether the following statement is true or false. If it is false, correct the statement.
Log (5 · 6) = log 5 ∙ log 6
53. Condense the expression to the logarithm of a single quantity. [7log(x + 6) + 3log(x + 3)] – ½ log x
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54. Expand the expression. -.1 3
Solve for x.
55. ex = 5 56. log10x = 2 57. 40 = 2e0.075x 58. log3x + log3(x – 2) = 1
59. ln √2  3
2.2 60. 32x – 4(3x) – 12 = 0
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61. The amount of power generated by a power’s supply is P = 504 !66 , where P is the power in watts and t
is the time in days. For how many days will 29 watts of power be available? Round to the nearest whole
day.

Chapter 4
62. Sketch a negative with its terminal side in Quadrant II.
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63. Express the angle in degrees. a. *8 b. -2
64. Find the cotangent, secant, and cosecant of the angle. Round to four decimal places. 9 = 0.6
65. Find the exact value of the six trig functions of θ.

66. The point given is on the terminal side of an angle in standard position. Find the cotangent, the secant,
and the cosecant of the angle. (-3, 4)
67. Find the exact value of the function.
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