Algebra 2

Chapter 1 Working With Numbers

Section 1 Basic Set Notations

(A1) 1. Draw a Venn diagram showing all the digits 0  9, with the set A containing all
the even digits.
(A2) 2. List the set N of all whole numbers less than 300 that are multiples of 30.
(A3) 3. List the elements in the set T = {v | v is a vowel in the English alphabet}.
(A4) 4. Give a reason why {1, 2, 5, 8} is not a subset of {1, 3, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9}.
(A5) 5. Give the complement of D = {2, 4, 6} in X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.
(A6) 6. Given A = {2, 4, 6, 8} and B = {6, 8, 9}. Add  or  , as appropriate, to make the
statement true. If both work, state so
a) … x  A, x  B . b) … x  A, x is even. c) … x  B, x ≥ 9.

(A7) 7. Given the sets A = {1, 2, 3, 13, a}, B = {b, a, c, 2}, and C = {b, 2, 3}.
a) Find A B . b) Find  A B C .

(A8) 8. Given A = {3, 5, 7, 12, 13}, B = {3, 5, 9}, and C = {13, 15}. Find
a) A B b)  A B  C c)  A B  C

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Section 2 Rational Numbers

(A9) 9. Express each rational number in decimal form.
56 79
a) b)
25 10
31 4
c) d)
9 15
(A10) 10. Convert 1.50 into a ratio of two integers. Express your answer as a fraction in
lowest terms.
(A11) 11. Convert 5.111… into a ratio of two integers. Express your answer as a fraction
in lowest terms.
(A12) 12. Convert 0.2454545… into a ratio of two integers. Express your answer as a
fraction in lowest terms.
(T1) 13. [G2] What is the sum of three consecutive whole numbers with 2n as the middle
number?
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(T2) 14. [G2] Nicholas and Leonard were told to divide a number by 100. By mistake,
Leonard multiplied the number by 100 and obtained an answer of 25. Nicholas
correctly divided the number by 100. What was his answer?
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(T3) 1
15. [G2] Olivia used of the amount of flour she had to bake muffins. If she used
4
200 g of flour, how much flour did she originally have?
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(T4) 16. [G2] On the map below, 1 cm represents 10 km on land.

Melville

Red River

Mockem
Folley

1 cm  10 km
On land, about how far apart are the towns of Mockem and Folley?
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(T5) 4
17. [G2] Write 2 in decimal form, rounded to 2 decimal places.
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Section 3 Square Roots and Cube Roots

(A13) 18. a. What are the square roots of 100?
b. Show that 17 is a square root of 289. What is the other square root of 289?
(A14) 19. Circle the numbers that have two square roots and cross out the numbers that
have no square roots.
1 100 64 25 1 0 121 144
(A15) 20. In each case, if the number is a perfect square, find its square root. If not, find an
approximate value of its square root, to four decimal places.
a) 225 b) 89
c) 48 d) 400

(A16) 21. a. What is the cube root of 64? b. What is the cube root of 27?
(A17) 22. In each case, if the number is a perfect cube, find its cube root. If not, find an
approximate value of its cube root, to four decimal places.
a) 200 b) 200
c) 343 d) 1,331

(A18) 23. Locate 24 and 3

100 on a number line.

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Section 4 Integer Exponents

(A19) 24. Express each of the following as the product of factors and evaluate.
a) 44 b) The fourth power of 6
c) 25  52 d) 23  52  6

(A20) 25. Express the following numbers in exponent form and describe the expression in
words.
a) 16 b) 10,000
c) 27 d) 625
(A21) 26. The number 2,187 can be written as 3k. Find k.
(A22) 27. Express the given integer as the product of its prime factors using the exponent
form.
a) 864 b) 4,500
(A23) 28. Express as an integer.
a) (3)4 b) 34
c) (2)5 d) (5)3
(A24) 29. Simplify and leave the answer as a fraction.
3
0
10 3
a)   b) 32  52 c)
4 7 2
 3
2 1
5
d) 23  101 e) 1
f) 7   
 2 
3
 14 

(A25) 30. Evaluate.

a) 5  23  102 b) 82  2 + 52  33 c) 102  5  33

(A26) 4
31. [G1] What whole number is equal to ?
5 2
(T6) 32. [G2] Which of the following is closest to 122  62?
100  40 200  20 200  40 100  20
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(T7) 33. [G2] Express k  k  k  k  k in exponential form.
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(T8) 34. [G2] If h represents a negative number, is h4 a positive or a negative number?

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(T9) 35. [G2] Ivan has red tiles and black tiles. Ivan uses the tiles to make square shapes.
The 3 × 3 shape has The 4 × 4 shape has
1 black tile and 8 red tiles. 4 black tiles and 12 red tiles.
R R R

R B R

R R R

R = Red tile

B = Black tile

Ivan made a shape with a total of 81 tiles.

a) What is the number of black tiles in this shape?
b) What is the number of red tiles in this shape?

Section 5 Multiplication and Division With Integer Exponents

(A27) 36. Simplify and express the answer in exponent form.
a) 5  53 b) 102  104
c) (2  35)(23  32) d) 7  73  75
(A28) 37. Simplify and express the answer using positive exponents.
a) 11  116 b) 206  208
c) 56  50 d) 46  46
(A29) 38. Simplify and express the answer using only positive exponents.
28 63
a) b) 4
2 6
5
3 10
c) 4 d) 9
3 10
(A30) 39. Simplify and express the answer as a simple fraction using only positive
exponents.
10 3 84
a) b) 4
109 8
0
9 23
c) 10 d) 2
9 2
2
5 204  204
e) 10 4 f)
5 5 202  207
(A31) 40. [G1] What is the value of x in 10x 104 = 1015?

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512 x
(A32) 41. [G1] What is the value of x in x
 510 ?
5
(A33) 25  4
42. [G1] What number is equal to 1 3 ?
2 4
(T10) 43. [G2]
22 24 26 28 210 212
4 16 64 256 1,024 4,096

Use the table to express the value of 256  4,096 as a power of 2.

q x 6bx
2
(S46) 44. Given 7bx
 q 20 , where q > 1 and x – b = 4, what is the value of b?
q

122 x  x
3
(S47) u ( x)
45. Write x 3 in the form 12 .
12

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Section 6 Scientific Notation

(A34) 46. Express in scientific notation.
a) 124  103 b) 124  106
(A35) 47. Compare.
a) 6.89  105 and 8.43  105 b) 2.01  107 and 9.32  106
(A36) 48. Multiply. Express your answer in scientific notation.
a) (4.4  103)  (7.0  105) b) (4.0  102)  (5.6  103)
(A37) 49. Divide. Express your answer in scientific notation.
a) (2.4  105)  (2.5  1012) b) (1.2  105)  (4.0  105)
(A38) 50. Subtract. Express your answer in scientific notation.
a) 8.8  104  4.0  106 b) 6.5  102  5.6  103
(A39) 51. [G1] Express 106,000,000 in scientific notation.
(A40) 52. [G1] Express 0.000 000 000 561 in scientific notation.

(A41) 53. [G1] Add 5.91011 + 4.01010 and express your answer in scientific notation.

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Section 7 Applications of Scientific Notation

(A42) 54. Express the quantities involved in scientific notation.
a. Recent research shows that the proton seems to be 0.00000000000003 mm
smaller than researchers previously thought.
b. The shortest distance from Saturn to Earth is about 746,000,000 miles.
(A43) 55. a. The worldwide expenditures on information and technology exceeded
$3.78  1010 in 2013. Express 3.78  1010 in standard notation.
b. The radius of an electron is 2.818  1015 m. Express 2.818  1015 in
standard notation.
(A44) 56. Express the quantity in scientific notation and in standard notation.
a. The average life span of a human is 2.2 billion seconds.
b. The surface area of the Sun is about 6.1 trillion km2.

(A45) 57. The volume of the earth is about 1.08  1012 km3 and the volume of the moon is
about 2.2  1010 km3. Based on these estimates, which of the two is smaller and
by what factor?
(A46) 58. Consider the table below.

Prefix Symbol Scientific notation

Tera T 1012
Giga G 109
Mega M 106
Kilo K 103
Milli m 103
Micro  106
Nano n 109

Choose a proper prefix from the table above to determine the most appropriate
unit to measure the quantity.
a. The average radius of the moon is 1,737,000 m.
b. It takes light about 1 second to travel a distance of 300,000,000 meters.
c. The volume of a drop of water is about 0.00007 L.

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Section 8 Powers of Numbers With Integer Exponents

(A47) 59. Simplify and express using positive powers.
a) (105)2 b) (34)2
c) (11 )
3 2
d) (73)5
(A48) 60. Expand and express the answer in exponent form.
a) (3  7)4 b) (7  114)3
c) (42  54)2 d) (74  35)2
(A49) 61. Express as the ratio of two integers without the use of exponents.
2 4
7 1
a)   b)  
9 3
3
 32 
c)  3  d) (33  22)2
 10 

(A50) 62. Express as the ratio of two integers without the use of exponents.
1 2
5 4
a)   b)  
2 7
1 2
1  32 
c)  3  d)  2 
5  2 

(A51) 63. Express (7.2  104)2 in scientific notation.

64. [G1] What is the value of x in  54   5100 ?

x
(A52)

81m
(S48) 65. Find the value of given that 4m – 3n = 4.
27 n
(T85) 66. [G2] What are the square roots of 100?

(T86) 67. [G2] Simplify 5x4(x + 2)  7x4.

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Chapter 2 Linear Equations in Two Variables

Section 1 Two Related Variables

(A53) 1. On average, Veronica types 48 words per minute. Let x stand for the number of
minutes Veronica types and y for the number of words she types.
In this case, y = 48x represents the relation between x and y.
Complete the table below to show the number of words Veronica types if she
types for 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 minutes.

Minutes Number of words

(x) (y)
1
2
3
4
5

(A54) 2. The table below displays values of two related variables x and y. It shows the
values of y for x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

x y
1 4.5
2 9
3 13.5
4 18
5 22.5
6 27
7 31.5

a. Write a rule that relates x to y.

b. Use the rule obtained to find the value of y corresponding to x = 30.

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(T11) 3. [G2] The table below shows a relation between x and y.

x 2 3 4 5
y 7 9 11 13
Write the rule to express the given relation.
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(T12) 4. [G2] The table below represents a relation between x and y.
x y
2 9
3 14
4 ?
7 34
What is the missing number in the table?
(T13) 5. [G2] Fill in the blanks:
(2, 9), (4, 19), (7, 34)
In order to get the second number from the first number in every ordered pair
above, we should multiply by ______ and then subtract ______.

Section 2 The Coordinate Plane

(A55) 6. Locate the following points on the coordinate plane below, and label each point.
P(4, 1) Q(3, 5) R(5, 2) S(4, 4)
6 y

2
x
6 4 2 0 2 4 6

2

4

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(A56) 7. Locate the following points on the coordinate plane below, and label each point.
P(5, 0) Q(0, 4) R(0, 2) S(4, 0)
6 y

2
x
6 4 2 0 2 4 6

2

4

6
(A57) 8. In each case, state the abscissa and the ordinate of the point and determine the
quadrant it belongs to. If it is not in any of the quadrants, give the axis it belongs
to.
Q(3, 4) R(2, 0) S(0, 2) T(4, 5)
(T14) 9. [G2] Which of the following points could have coordinates (3, 3)?
y

8
B C
6

4
A
2

x
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(T15) 10. [G2] Refer to the coordinate plane above.

y
P Q

O
x

S R
Which of the following points could have coordinates (1, –3)?
(T16) 11. [G2] The graph below shows the number of boots and sandals sold each month
at a shop.

Boots
500
Sandals
450
400
Number Sold Each Month

350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

According to the information in the graph, during which two-month period does
the greatest increase in sandal sales occur?

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Section 3 Graphing Relations Between Two Variables

(A58) 12. Which of the ordered pairs below constitute a solution of the relation y = 2x?
Justify your answer.
(0, 0) (1, 2) (1, 2) (5, 10)
(A59) 13. Find three solutions for y = 2x + 3.
(A60) 14. Graph on the coordinate plane the following:
a. y = 3x  1
b. y = 2x

(T17) 15. [G2] Consider two ordered pairs of numbers, (2, 1) and (0, 7).
Which of the following equations is satisfied by both of these pairs of numbers
(x, y)?
x  2y  14 5x  y  9 4x  y  7 xy1

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Section 4 The Slope of a Line

(A61) 16. The two points shown below have integer coordinates.
y

x
O
Find the slope of the line passing through these two points. Explain how you
obtain the answer without knowing the scales used for the axes.
(A62) 17. In each case, determine whether the line passing through the pair of points is
horizontal.
a) R(2, 4) and S(2, 4) b) U(10, 12) and V(12, 10)
(A63) 18. Consider the line whose equation is y = 17.
a. Find two points that belong to the line.
b. Use the points from part (a) to find the slope of the given line.

(A64) 19. What is the slope of the line whose equation is given by 2y = 12?

(A65) 20. [G1] What is the slope of the line passing through the points (4, 10) and
(2, 10)?
(A66) 21. [G1] What is the slope of the line whose equation is given by 4y + 48x = 0?

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(S49) 22.
y
2

1
x
–2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6
In the xy-plane above, the line shown is shifted three units to the left and one
unit down. What is the slope of the new line?
(S53) 23. A line is determined in the xy-plane by the points (2, –5) and (–6, b). If the line
passes through the origin, what is the value of b?
(S54) 24. The graph of a line in the xy-plane passes through the points (a2, 2ab) and
(a, 2b), where a – 3b = 0 and a ≠ 1. What is the slope of the line?

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Section 5 The Equation of a Line

(A67) 25. Consider the relation: 4y  2x = 12.

a. Express the relation in slope-intercept form.
b. State the slope of the line.
c. State the y-intercept of the line.

(A68) 3
26. Determine the equation of the line with slope and passing through (4, 0).
4
Express the equation in slope-intercept form.
(A69) 27. [G1] Write the equation of the line passing through the points (0, 10) and (2, 14)
in the form ax + by = c.
(T18) 28. [G2] A straight line passes through the points (1, 2) and (3, 8).
Does the point (2, 5) lie on this line? Explain.
(S50) 29. Helen opened a savings account. The amount of money, in dollars, after t
months, can be calculated using the function f (t) = 100 + 20t. What was the
initial amount?
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(S51) 30. The point (a, b) lies on the graph of the line mx – 3y = 9. Express the slope of
the line in terms of a and b.

(S52) 1
31. A line that passes through the origin has a slope of . If the point (k, 6) lies on
3
its graph, what is the value of k?

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Section 6 Graphing Lines Revisited

(A70) 32. A line passes through K(4, 0) with a slope of 3.

a. Find another point on the line.
b. Graph the line.
(A71) 33. In each case, identify the line as vertical, horizontal, or oblique. If the line is
oblique, state whether it is falling or rising.
a) 2y  x = 10 b) 3y = 0
c) 2x = 0 d) 4x  y = 20
(A72) 34. Find the x-intercept of the line whose equation is 4x + 7y = 15.
(A73) 35. [G1] Which of the following lines have an undefined slope? If the slope is
defined, find it.
a) The line passing through the points (1, 5) and (1, 5).
b) The line passing through the points (8, 1) and (8, 1).
c) The line passing through the points (0, 10) and (10, 0).
(A74) 36. [G1] Draw the line l whose equation is given by l: 2y + x = 2.
(S55) 37.
Amount of money in a
savings account
P
1,000
Account balance (dollars)

800

600

400

200

0 t
0 1 2 3 4
Time in years
The graph above shows the amount of money, in dollars, in a savings account, t
years after it was opened. What was the opening amount?

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(S56) 38.
y
N

In the xy-plane above, line N has all of its points lying in the first, third, and
fourth quadrants. If the equation of line N is ky = y + x  k, where k is a constant,
what is the range of the values of k?

Section 7 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

(A75) 39. Determine whether the given pair of lines are parallel.
D1: 5y  10x  1 = 0 and D2: y = 2x  1
(A76) 40. Determine whether the given pair of lines are coincident.
D1: 2x + 4y = 6 and D2: 16y = 8x + 24
(A77) 41. Determine whether the given pair of lines are intersecting.
D1: 7x  7y = 21 and D2: 8y = 8x + 24
(A78) 42. Consider the lines l1 and l2 whose equations are given by:
l1: 3x  2y = 5 and l2: 4x + 6y = 9.
Determine whether the two lines are perpendicular.

(A79) 43. Consider the line d whose equation is 10x + 2y = 4.

a. Find the slope of line l that is parallel to line d.
b. Find the slope of line t that is perpendicular to line d.
(A80) 44. [G1] Write the equation of the line passing through the point (0, 10) and parallel
to the line whose equation is given by 4x + 5y = 1. Give your answer in the
form ax + by  c where a, b, and c are constants.
(A81) 45. [G1] Write the equation of the line passing through the point (0, 10) and
perpendicular to the line whose equation is given by 4x + 5y = 1.

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(S57) 46. Line L is drawn parallel to the line shown in the xy-plane below.
y
2

1
x
–2 –1 O 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

a
If the equation of line L is ax + by = 7, what is the value of ?
b
(S58) 47. Line L is drawn in the xy-plane parallel to the line y = 4x + 3. If the equation of
a
line L is ax – by = 1, what is the value of ?
b

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Section 8 Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

(A82) 48. Check whether the given ordered pair is a solution of the inequality.
a) (0, 9); 3x  2y ≥ 18
b) (2, 2); x + 4y < 1
c) (3, 0); 5x  14y > 2

(A83) 49. Graph the solution set of the linear inequality 2y ≥ 4.

(A84) 50. [G1] Graph the inequality 2x  3y  6 by shading its solution set.

Section 9 Linear Programming

(A85) 51. The feasibility region for the function M = 3x + 2y is defined by the following
5 x  3 y  30

system of inequalities:  x  3 y  6 .
 x  0, y  0

a. Construct the feasibility region.
b. Find the minimum value of the function M in the feasibility region.
c. Find the maximum value of the function M in the feasibility region.
(A86) 52. A manufacturer of ice skates can produce as many as 60 pairs of hockey skates
and as many as 45 pairs of figure skates per day. It takes 3 hours of labor to
produce a pair of hockey skates and 4 hours of labor to produce a pair of figure
skates. The company has up to 240 hours of labor available for ice skate
production each day.
a. If x represents the number of pairs of hockey skates and y represents the
number of pairs of figure skates that are produced daily, write, in terms of x
and y, the inequalities satisfying the given information.
b. Construct and shade the region that represents the solution set of the
inequalities written in part a) on the coordinate plane below.
y

60

40

20

x
0
20 40 60 80
c. The profit is $12 on each pair of hockey skates and $18 on each pair of figure
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d. Find the number of pairs of each kind of skates the company should produce
to gain the maximum profit each day.
(A87) 53. A football club will provide transportation to 400 of his fans. The club has buses
and vans. A bus can carry 40 fans, while a van can carry 10 fans.
a. If x buses and y vans are used, show that 4x + y ≥ 40.
b. Given that at least 4 vans should be used and the club has a maximum of 16
drivers, write, in terms of x and y, the inequalities satisfying the new
information.
c. Construct and shade the region that represents the solution set of the
inequalities written in part a) and b) on the coordinate plane below.
y

40

30

20

10

x
0
5 10 15 20 25
d. The cost of one bus journey is $40 and the cost of one van journey is $30.
Write the objective function in terms of x and y.
e. How many buses and how many vans should be used to minimize the cost?
How much is the minimum cost?
(S59) 54. Ben is packing books into boxes. Each box can hold either 14 small books or 6
large books. He needs to pack at least 30 boxes and at least 250 books. If x
represents the number of small book boxes and y represents the number of large
book boxes, write a system of linear inequalities that describes the constraints
on x and y.
(S60) 55. y < 2x – a
y > 6x – b
In the inequalities above, a and b are constants. If (1, 1) is a solution to the
system of inequalities, which of the following is always true?
A. a = b
B. a > b
C. a < b
D. |a| < |b|

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(S61) 56.
y ≤ 3x + 3
5
y≥  x+3
2
Which quadrants in the coordinate plane contain all solutions to the system of
inequalities above?
(S62) 57.
y ≤ 560 – 7x
y ≤ 3x
In the xy-plane, (a, b) is a solution to the system of inequalities given above.
What is the maximum value of b?
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Chapter 3 Systems of Linear Equations

Section 1 Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables

(A88) 1. Consider the pair of lines given by the equations y = 2x and y = x + 2.

Below is the graph of one of the lines.
y
6

2
x
6 4 2 0 2 4 6
2

4

6
a. Draw the graph of the second line on the same set of axes. Explain how you
obtained the graph.
b. The coordinates of the point of intersection of the two lines are integers.
Determine their point of intersection.
c. Verify that the point of intersection satisfies the two equations simultaneously.

(A89) 2. Determine whether each of the ordered pairs (2, 1) and (2, 1) is a solution of the
system of linear equations below. Explain why or why not each pair is a solution.
3 x  2 y  8

x  y  1

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Section 2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing

 y  3x  6
(A90) 3. Solve the system of linear equations  graphically and verify the
y  6 x
solution.

 y  3x  1
(A91) 4. Examine the system of linear equations  to determine whether it has a
 y  3x  3
solution or not. Verify your claim graphically.
(A92) 5. Consider the system of equations below.
x  y  2

 y  x  2
a. Without solving, determine whether the given system has a solution or not.
b. How can the conclusion reached in part (a) be verified graphically?

(A93) 6. Verify that the ordered pairs (2, 6) and (0, 3) are solutions of the system given
6 x  4 y  12
by  .
9 x  6 y  18
What can be concluded about the solution of this system?
(S65) 7.
ax + 2y = 1
6x + by = 2
The system of equations above has infinitely many solutions. What are the values
of a and b?
(S67) 8.
1 3
x y 5
4 7
1 4
x y2
k 21
The system of equations above has no solution. What must the value of k be?

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Section 3 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution

(A94) 9. Use the substitution method to identify the number of solutions to the following
systems.
 y  3x  2 2 x  y  3
a)  b) 
3 x  y  2 4 x  2 y  5

 4 x  3 y  17
(A95) 10. [G1] Solve  using the substitution method.
5 x  y  7

x
(T19) 11. [G2] If x  y = 14 and  9 , what is the value of y?
2
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(T20) 12. [G2] Given x  y  14 and 5x  4y  61. What are the values of x and y?
(S63) 13. Solve the system of equations given below.
2x – 5y = –17
x + 2y = 5

Section 4 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination

(A96) 14. Solve the given system using the elimination method.
4 x  5 y  7

5 x  3 y  12
(A97) 15. Use the elimination method to check whether the given system of equations has
one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solution.
x  3y  3  2 x  y  1
a)  b) 
 6 y  2 x  6 10 x  5 y  1

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2 x  y  4
(A98) 16. Consider the system  .
 y  3x  2
a) Use the diagram below to estimate the solution of the given system
graphically.
y
6

2
x
6 4 2 0 2 4 6
2

4

6
b) Find the exact solution of the system using algebraic method.

 4 x  7 y  5
(A99) 17. [G1] Solve  by elimination.
2 x  5 y  1
(T21) 18. [G2] If x + 5y = 21 and 4x + 5y = 24, what is the value of y?
(S64) 19. 2m + 3n = 13
m – 2n = –4
What is the value of m in the system of equations given above?
(S66) 20.
3x + 4y = 5
2x + 3y = –1
If (x, y) is a solution to the system of equations above, what is the value of x + y?
(S69) 21.
7x + 2y + 2a = 19
3x + 6y + b = 2
In the equations above, if 2a – b = 1, what is the value of x – y?
(S70) 22.
4x – 6y = 3y + 6
2x + y = 36
If (p, q) is a solution to the system of equations above, what is the value of pq?

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Section 5 Applications
(A100) 23. The sum of twice a number and three times another number is 50. The
difference between the two numbers is 5. Find all possible pairs of such
numbers.
(A101) 24. A fragrance merchant mixes two kinds of perfumes that contain different
percentages of alcohol. The first kind contains 32% alcohol by volume and the
second contains 54% alcohol by volume. A bottle of 100 mL (milliliters) of this
mix contains 37.5 mL of alcohol. Calculate the volume, in mL, of each kind of
perfume in a single bottle.
(A102) 25. A water pump started filling two tanks at the same time. After t minutes, the
levels of the water in the two tanks are given, in centimeters, by the equations
h = 8t + c and h = 10t + c, respectively.
a. What does c represent?
b. What is the difference in the water levels in the two tanks after 7 minutes?
(T22) 26. [G2] The graph below represents the heights of two trees during the first few years
since being planted.

10
Tree 1 Tree 2
Height (meters)

1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10
Years
After how many years did the two trees have the same height?
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(T23) 27. [G2] Julia sold 5 small boxes and 16 large boxes of mint cookies for 58 zeds.
Mary sold 12 small boxes and 10 large boxes of mint cookies for a total of 60
zeds. Using x to represent the price of a small box of cookies and y to represent
the price of a large box of cookies, write two equations that could be used to
find the values of x and y.

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(S68) 28. Consider the following equations.

j = 150 + 100t
n = 200 + 75t
The equations above model the earnings, in dollars, of Jane and her brother
Nick after t working days. What are the earnings, in dollars, of Jane and Nick
when they earn the same amount of money?
(S71) 29. A coffee house sells two kinds of chocolate-nut candies. The cost of the first
kind of candy that is 55% chocolate and 45% nuts is $12.50 per pound. The
second kind of candy that is 85% chocolate and 15% nuts costs $15.80 per
pound. What is the cost, in dollars, per pound of the nuts used in preparing the
candies?
(S72) 30. A seamstress at a factory spends t hours every week on sewing men’s suits. If
she sews 8 suits, she finishes the sewing 14 hours ahead of the scheduled time.
If she sews 15 suits she would need 21 additional hours to complete the sewing.
Assuming that all suits take the same time to sew, how long, in hours, does it
take the seamstress to sew one men’s suit?
(S73) 31. Kate and Jane work at a publishing company. It takes Kate and Jane 3.2 hours
and 2.2 hours respectively to draw a book illustration. Last week, they worked a
total of 40 hours completing a total of 15 illustrations for a book. How many
more illustrations did Jane draw than Kate?

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Chapter 4 Bivariate Data

Section 1 Scatter Plots

(A103) 1. A group of 10 students took an exam. The table below shows the number of
hours each student studied for the exam and the corresponding exam score (out
of 20).

Number of hours 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
Exam score 8 12 12 9 14 15 18 16 14 18

On the coordinate plane below, draw a scatter plot for the data in the table. Let
the horizontal axis represent the number of hours and the vertical axis represent
the exam score.
y

20
Exam Score

x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of Hours
(A104) 2. Investigators can predict the height of a suspect from the length of his footprints.
An investigator used old records to generate the following graph for the foot
lengths and the corresponding heights of a group of people.
y
80
Height (inches)

64
48
32
16
x
2 4 6 8 10 0
Foot Length (inches)
a. Give the approximate coordinates of the point that does not conform to the
general pattern.
b. Describe the relationship between the foot length and the height of a person.
c. Describe the change in height corresponding to a change of 2 inches in foot
length.

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(A105) 3. A shop manager is studying the sales of jeans against the amount of money paid
for advertising. He records the following observations for eight different
advertising campaigns.

Money paid, $ 300 450 400 500 300 650 700 550
Number of jeans sold 50 100 100 120 90 150 180 150

Draw a scatter plot for the data on the grid below and comment on the graph
and the type of association.
y
200
Number of Jeans Sold

160
120
80
40
x
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Money Paid for Advertising ($)

Section 2 Linear Association

(A106) 4. Consider the scatter plot below.

10 y

2
x
0 2 4 6 8 10

a. On the same coordinate plane above, draw the line of best fit and find its
equation.
b. Use the equation to predict the value of y corresponding to x = 10.
c. Identify outliers if there are any.

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(A107) 5. The following table shows the growth of a maize plant.

Time (days) 3 7 10 14 18 21
Height (mm) 12 30 45 60 80 90

a. On the coordinate plane below, draw a scatter plot for the data given in the
table.
y
100
90
80
70
Height (mm)

60
50
40
30
20
10
x
0 5 10 15 20 25
Time (days)

b. Describe the relationship between the height of the plant and its age.
c. On the same coordinate plane above, draw a line that best fits the data.
d. Find the equation of the line drawn in part c).
e. Interpret the slope of the linear model.
f. If the plant keeps on growing at the same rate, what would its height be after
4 weeks?

Section 3 Associations in Categorical Data

(A108) 6. Determine which of the variables are categorical.
a. names of the students in a classroom
b. means of transportation to school
c. weights of the members of the school football team
d. number showing when a die is thrown

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(A109) 7. The following data was collected from the employees working at a small
corporation.
 25 male employees drive their cars to work and 50 use public
transportation.
 30 female employees drive their cars to work and 62 use public
transportation.
a. Construct a two-way table to represent this information.
b. Use a proper relative frequency table to determine whether there is an
association between the means of transportation to work and the gender of the
employees.
(A110) 8. Grade 7 and Grade 8 students are planning a trip. All the students involved were
surveyed about their preferred destination. The results of the survey are
summarized in the table below.
Preferred Destination
Theme Park Museum Lake Other
Grade 7 41 19 35 5
Level

Grade 8 50 35 10 5

Is there an association between preferred destination and the grade level?

(A111) 9. High school seniors were asked about their plans after graduation. Out of 206
graduating students, 100 plan to join college. 123 students will seek a job, of
whom 23 will also join college. Is there an association between the plans of the
graduating students of seeking a job and joining college?
(S74) 10.
High School Students’ Preferences in
Types of Books
Types of books Girls Boys Total
Fantasy 140 110 250
Detectives 80 200 280
Total 220 310 530

Based on the table above, find the fraction of the students who are boys and
prefer fantasy books.

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(S75) 11.
Males Females Total
Vacation in winter 380
Vacation in summer 520
Total 900

The incomplete table above summarizes a survey of the employees of a

company showing that 380 employees go on vacation in winter and 520
1
employees go on vacation in summer. If of the employees who go on
4
3
vacation in winter and of the employees who go on vacation in summer are
4
males, find the fraction of the female employees who go on vacation in
summer.
(T87) 12. [G2] The table below shows the number of hours each student studied for a final
exam and the corresponding exam score, out of 100.

Number of hours 0 1 2 2 4 4 5 6 6
Exam score, out of 20 5 50 40 60 80 70 80 100
100

The scatter plot below represents the data in the table. The horizontal axis
represents the number of hours and the vertical axis represents its exam
score. The numbers on the y-axis are hidden under the squares.
y
Exam Score, out of 100

80
?
60
40
20
x
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Number of Hours

What number is hidden under the square with a question mark?

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(T88) 13. [G2]

In the figure above, each of the smaller triangles has the same area. What is
the ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area?
(T89) 14. [G2] The number of students in the school chess club decreases from 32 to 24
during end of term exams. What is the percent decrease in the number of
students in the chess club?
(T90) 15. [G2] A shop increased its prices by 20%. What is the new price of an item which
was previously sold for 900 zeds?

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16. [G2] In the seventh grade, of all students wear glasses. What percent of all
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students in the seventh grade wear glasses?

(T92) 17. [G2]

Number of hours Number of bagels
3 45
5 75
7 105
9 135

The table above shows the number of bagels a baker can make in a certain
number of hours.
How many bagels can the baker make in 6 hours?

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