Jiangsu University

Pre-U Mathematics Final Exam

Semester of Academic Year
Major______ Class_______ Name I.D. NO.
Time: Date:
I II III IV V VI VII VIII Total
Items
(10’) (10’) (10’) (10’) (10’) (10’) (20’) (20’) (100’)

Scores

critics

I (10’) Evaluate the following.

1 1 2 3
(1) 2  (3  1 )  (4  3) (2) (3 5  1)(3 5  1) (3) 32  ( 2)3  ( )5
3 6 3 2
II (10’) Slove the following equations.

(1) 3x 1  27 2 x 5 (2) 4x  3  2x  2  0

(3) （x3  1）x 2  3  0 (4) ln( x 2  2 x  1)  0

III (10’) The function f ( x)  x  1 , g ( x)  x  2 , please determine f ( g ( x)) and

g ( f ( x)) , and state their domains.

1
1
IV (10’) The function f ( x)  , g ( x )  e x 1
,please solve f ( g (0)) and g ( f (0))
ex 1

V (10’)
(1) The circle x 2  y 2  4x  2 y  k  0 passes through the point (3, 1) , please

determine the value of k .

(2) Another circle is x 2  y 2  3x  y  0 , please determine the distance between these two

centers.

VI (10’) Solve the following simultaneous equations.

  2 p  3q  1  u  v  w  0
 
(1)  p q (2) u  2w  3  0
 2  3  2  5 w  1


VII (20’) The points A(1, 2) and B (5, 4) , Please

(1) Find the midpoint of A and B .

(2) Find the distance of between A and B .
(3) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment AB .
(4) Find the equation of a circle whose diameter is the segment AB .

VIII (20’)
1 1
(1) Find the sum of the infinite geometric series: 4  2  1     .
2 4
(2) Find the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic series: 1  3  7    31 .
(3) A wholesale T-shirt company offers sizes small, medium, large, and extra-large in
organic or nonorganic cotton and colors white, black, gray, blue, and red. How many
different T-shirts are there to choose from?
(4) A bowl of candy holds 16 peppermint, 14 butterscotch, and 10 strawberry flavored
candies. Suppose a person grabs a handful of 7 candies. What is the percent chance that
exactly 3 are butterscotch? (Show calculations and round to the nearest tenth of a percent.)