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1. The electromagnetic force between two particular particles is related to the distance between the particles. This
relationship is modeled by the function , where for distance , measured in centimeters, and force
, measured in Newtons. What is the average rate of change, in Newtons per centimeter, in the electromagnetic
force if the distance between two particles is increased from centimeters to centimeters?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

2.
Life Expectancy
Year
(years)

2000

2004

2008

2012

2016

2019

The table gives values of average life expectancy, in years, for a child born in a given year in the United States. A
linear regression is used to construct a linear function model , where represents the birth year, is the year
2000, and represents the life expectancy in years. For what year does the model predict that the life
expectancy of a child born in that year will be years?

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(A) 2032
(B) 2051
(C) 2056
(D) 2086

3. Pressure
( )
Volume
( )

Boyle’s Law states that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to the volume of the gas at a constant
temperature. The table gives the volume , in milliliters (mL), of a gas for selected pressures . Which of the
following gives a model for the volume of the gas as a function of pressure? (Note: the units for pressure are not
included.)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

4. An X-ray machine is used to eliminate germs in certain food processes. The intensity , in millirads per hour, of
X-rays produced by the machine is inversely proportional to the square of the distance , in meters, from the
machine. For a certain machine, the intensity is millirads per hour at a distance of meters. Based on this
information and using the same machine, what is the intensity, in millirads per hour, at a distance of meters?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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5.
US Federal
Year Education Spending
(billions of dollars)

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

The table gives amounts of United States federal education spending, in billions of dollars, for selected years. A
linear regression is used to construct a function model that models the spending, in billions of dollars, over the
given years. If corresponds to 2011, corresponds to 2012, and this pattern continues, which of the
following defines function ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

6. Jordan’s cell phone plan includes gigabytes (GB) of data per month and has a monthly cost of . If Jordan
uses more than GB of data within the month, there is a charge of per additional gigabyte of data used.
Function is used to model Jordan’s monthly cell phone bill, where is the number of gigabytes of data used and
is the cost in dollars. Which of the following defines function ?

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(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Students who completed a class participated in a year-long study to see how much content from the class they retained
over the following year. At the end of the class, students completed an initial test to determine the group’s content
knowledge. At that time ( ), the group of students achieved a score of out of points. For the next months,
the group was evaluated at the end of each month to track their retention of the content. After months ( ), the
group’s score was points.

The group’s score can be modeled by the function given by , where is the score, in
points, for month , and is the number of months since the initial test.

7. Part B

(i) Use the given data to find the average rate of change of the scores, in points per month, from to
months. Express your answer as a decimal approximation. Show the computations that lead to your answer.

(ii) Interpret the meaning of your answer from (i) in the context of the problem.

(iii) Consider the average rates of change of from to months, where . Are these average
rates of change less than or greater than the average rate of change from to months found in (i)?
Explain your reasoning.

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The blades of an electric fan rotate in a clockwise direction and complete rotations every second. Point is on the tip of
one of the fan blades and is located directly above the center of the fan at time seconds, as indicated in the figure.
Point is inches from the center of the fan. The center of the fan is inches above a level table on which the fan sits.
As the fan blades rotate at a constant speed, the distance between and the surface of the table periodically decreases and
increases.

The sinusoidal function models the distance between and the surface of the table, in inches, as a function of time , in
seconds.

8. Part C

Refer to the graph of in part (A). The -coordinate of is , and the -coordinate of is .

(i) On the interval , which of the following is true about ?

1. is positive and increasing.

2. is positive and decreasing.
3. is negative and increasing.
4. is negative and decreasing.

(ii) Describe how the rate of change of is changing on the interval .

9. The temperature, in degrees Celsius ( ), in a city on a particular day is modeled by the function defined by
, where is measured in hours from p.m. for . Based on the model,
how many hours did it take for the temperature to increase from to ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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