Math 1 Unit 3 Review Part 1

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1. The graph of y = 3x : 4. A fast-growing strain of bacteria doubles in

population every 20 minutes. A laboratory has
a culture of 200 of these bacteria cells. The
A. intersects the x-axis only function below can be used to nd p, the number
of bacteria cells in this culture after t hours.
B. intersects the y-axis only
p = 200(8t )
C. intersects both coordinate axes
Which of the following is closest to the total
D. does not intersect either axis
number of bacteria cells after 2 hours?

A. 3,200 B. 12,800

C. 51,200 D. 2,560,000

2. Consider the graph of the function y = 32(x 3) .

Identify the domain and range of the function.

5. Bacteria in a culture are growing exponentially

with time, as shown in the table below.

Day Bacteria
0 100
1 200
A. domain: x < 5; range: all real numbers 2 400

B. domain: all real numbers; range: y > 0 Which of the following equations expresses the
number of bacteria, y, present at any time, t?
C. domain: x < 6; range: y > 0

D. domain: all real numbers; range: all real A. y = 100 + 2t B. y = (100) (2)t
numbers
C. y = 2t D. y = (200) (2)t

3. Describe the domain of the function y = 3x 5 .

6. Solve: 24x 1 = 32
A. x>0 B. x>5
5 3 17 1
A. B. C. D.
C. x> 5 D. all real numbers 4 2 4 2

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7. Solve for x if 273x 1 = 95x
7
3 . 10. The table below shows the average weight of a
type of plankton after several weeks.

3
A. x= 3 B. x= 5 Time (weeks) Weight(ounces)
3 5 8 0.04
C. x= 5 D. x = 3
9 0.07
10 0.14
11 0.25
12 0.49

What is the average rate of change in weight of

the plankton from week 8 to week 12?

A. 0.0265 ounce per week

B. 0.0375 ounce per week

C. 0.055 ounce per week

D. 0.1125 ounce per week

8. If 4x 2 = 8x+1 , then what is the value of x ?

A. 7 B. 1 C. 1 D. 7

11. Paul graphs the equation y = 2x .

Where does this graph intersect the y-axis?

A. (0; 0) B. (0; 1) C. (1; 0) D. (2; 0)

9. Solve: 162x+3 = 8x 1

1 1
A. 3 B. 3 C. 3 D. 3

12. The graph of y = 2 x lies in quadrants .

A. I and II B. II and III

C. III and IV D. IV and I

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13. A laboratory has a 75-gram sample of radioactive 15. The function y = 58:7(1:03)t gives a country's
material. The half-life of the material is 10 days. population, y (in millions), where t is the number
(This means that it takes 10 days for half of the of years since January 1994. According to this
initial mass to decay.) function, what was the approximate population of
the country in January 2002?
The formula below can be used to nd m, the
remaining mass in grams, in terms of t, the
number of 10-day intervals the mass has been A. 68 million B. 70 million
decaying.
C. 72 million D. 74 million
m = 75(0:5)t

Based on the formula, what is the mass of the

laboratory's sample remaining after 30 days?

A. 9.375 grams B. 11.25 grams

C. 12.5 grams D. 22.5 grams 16. Which of the following relations behaves in a
linear fashion?

A. the heart rate of a sprinter from warmup to

one hour after a race
B. the distance traveled by an accelerating car

C. the outside temperature measured hourly over

a 24-hour period

D. the distance traveled by a car traveling at a

constant rate

14. The amount of money in a savings account can be

represented by an equation. In the equation below,
A is the amount of money in a savings account
after t years.

A = 10; 000(1:05)t
17. Which of the following relations behaves in a
What is the amount of money in the savings linear fashion?
account after 2 years?

A. the number of ice cream cones sold each

A. $10,025 B. $10,500 month over a 12 month period

C. $11,000 D. $11,025 B. the the rate of a bicycle going up and down

hills
C. the number of days to summer vacation from
the beginning of the school year to the end

D. the the hunger level of a 3 year old from

morning to evening

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18. If x is the list price (in dollars) for a used car, 20. Look at the functions.
what is a reasonable domain?
Function N Function P

A. all real numbers x y x y

2 2 2 10
B. all real numbers greater than 0
0 4 0 6
C. all real numbers greater than 1000 2 10 2 2
4 16 4 2
D. all real numbers between 1000 and 40,000
Compare the functions.

A. Function N and Function P describe the same

function since they both have y-intercept of 4.

B. Function N and Function P describe the same

function since they both have slope of 2.

C. Function N describes y = 3x + 4 and

Function P describes y = 2x 6.

D. Function N describes y = 2x + 6 and

Function P describes y = 3x 4.

19. After a rainstorm, there are 2 m of water covering

a road. The water recedes at a rate of 0.25 m/h.
Express the depth d of the water as a linear
function of the time t in hours elapsed from the
end of the rainstorm.

A. d(t) = 0:25t + 2 B. d(t) = 0:25t 2

C. d(t) = 0:25t 2 D. d(t) = 0:25t + 2

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21. Study the functions.

Function A Function B
y = 2x + 7 x y
1 1
0 4
1 7
2 10

Determine the rate of change for each function.

Which function has a greater rate of change?

A. Function Rate of Change

A 3
B 2
Function A has a
greater rate of change.

B. Function Rate of Change

A 2
B 3
Function B has a
greater rate of change.

C. Function Rate of Change

A 3
B 3
Functions A and B have
same rate of change.

D. Function Rate of Change

2
A 3
3
B 2

Function B has a
greater rate of change.

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22. Look at the functions.

Function L Function M
x y
3 4
0 6
3 8
6 10

Compare the functions.

A. Function L and Function M describe the same function since they both have y-intercepts of 6.
2
B. Function L and Function M describe the same function since they both have slope of 3.

C. Function L has a y-intercept of 6, Function M has a y-intercept of 6, so the functions are not the same.
2 3
D. Function L has a slope of 3 but Function Q has a slope of 2, so the functions are not the same.

23. Which function corresponds to the ordered pairs 24. Which of the following functions will represent
in the table? $500 placed into a mutual fund yielding 10% per
year for 4 years.
x y
5 10
A. A = 500(:10)4 B. A = 500(1:1)4
3 6
1 2 C. A = 500(4)(:10) D. A = 500(1:04)10
4 8

A. f (x) = 2x2 B. f (x) = 2x

C. f (x) = 2x 3 D. f (x) = 2x

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25. In 1984, the population of Greensboro, N.C. was
197,910. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
Greensboro has been growing at the rate of 6.9%
annually since 1984. What equation models the
population of Greensboro t years after 1984?
27. Melinda invested $1000 in a retirement account.
The formula below shows the amount of money, A,
that will be in her account at the end of t years.
A = 1000(1 + r)t

In the formula, r is the interest rate, expressed as

A. y = 197; 910(1 + 0:69)t a decimal. Melinda's account has an interest rate
of 6%.
B. y = 197; 910(1 + 69)t
Which of the following is closest to the amount
C. y = 197; 910(1 + 6:9)t that will be in Melinda's account at the end of
2 years?
D. y = 197; 910(1 + 0:069)t

A. $1120 B. $1124 C. $1256 D. $1360

28. A ticket company will sell 20,000 tickets to a

rock concert. The expression below models the
expected number of tickets left unsold h hours
after the tickets go on sale.

20; 000(0:6)h

26. Jenna cut a piece of cloth several times. The table What is the expected number of tickets left unsold
below shows the number of pieces of cloth she 3 hours after the tickets go on sale?
had after making several cuts.

Cuts 1 2 3 4 5 6 A. 4,320 B. 12,000

Pieces of Cloth 2 4 8 16 32 64 C. 15,680 D. 36,000

Which equation could be used to determine the

number of pieces of cloth, y, Jenna had after
making x cuts?

A. y = 2x B. y = 2x C. y = x2

29. Which of the following problems would most

naturally use addition and division to solve?

A. 3x 4 = 12 B. 2x + 3 = 6

x 1
C. 4=8 D. x 4 = 15
2 3

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30. Solve: 5k 9 2k + 3 = 3k 6 34. Which of the following is equivalent to 3(8x + 2)?

A. 1.5 A. 26x B. 30x

B. 4.5 C. 24x + 2 D. 24x + 6

C. no solution

D. in nitely many solutions

35. x 3 y3 =

A. 9xy B. (xy)6

31. Solve: 7m + 11 5m 2 = 2m 9 C. 3xy D. xxxyyy

A. 2 B. 3 C. 7

D. no solution

36. Which of the following is equivalent to

4(x + 5) 3(x + 2) = 14?

A. 4x + 20 3x 6 = 14

7(r 5) B. 4x + 5 3x + 6 = 14
32. Solve: 9r + 2 =
3 C. 4x + 5 3x + 2 = 14

A. 41
B. 41
C. 11
D. 8 D. 4x + 20 3x 2 = 14
20 10 10 3

37. Which equation is equivalent to

2(4y + 7) 3 [7x 4 (x 3)] + 1 = 16
33. Solve: 8 3y =
5

13 13 52 26
A. 9x 2 = 16 B. 9x + 37 = 16
A. 46 B. 23 C. 23 D. 23
C. 17x 2 = 16 D. 17x + 13 = 16

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38. Which of the following is equivalent to 7(5n + 1) ?

A. 36n B. 42n

C. 35n + 1 D. 35n + 7

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