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4𝑥 − 2𝑦 > 8 𝑥 = 2𝑦 − 5

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Which of the following ordered pairs (x. y) are in the 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 5
solution set for the inequality above?
I. (-1,-10)
The ordered pair (x. y) satisfies the system of equations
II. (2,0)

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above. What is the value of x + y
III. (1,-2)
A) -5

A) I only B) 0
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C) III only D) 4
D) I and II only
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𝑦 = 𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 2 𝑦 − 7𝑥 = 13
𝑥+𝑦 =1
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8𝑥 = 3𝑦
If (x . y) is a solution of the system of equations above, Which ordered pair ( x , y ) is the solution to the system
which of the following is a possible value of XY? of equations above?
A) 7
B) 1 A) ( -8, -3 )
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3𝑥 = 𝑦 At a coffee shop, Don combined Arabica beans with

3𝑥 = 36 − 𝑦 Robusta beans to make a coffee bean blend. The

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Based on the system of equations above, what is the Arabica beans cost $13.50 per pound, and the
value of y?
Robusta beans cost $9.25 per pound. He used 1.2
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pounds of Robusta beans in the blend, and the
B) 12
total cost of the blend was $21.90. how many
C) 15
pounds of Arabica beans did dun use in the blend?
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3𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 14
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𝑎𝑥 + 28𝑦 = 56 8 AmrBoard vs CollegeBoard
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In the system of the equation above, a is a
X + 2y = 16
constant. If the system has infinitely many 0.5x – y = 10
solutions, what is the value of a? The solution to the system of equations above is ( x , y ).
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what is the value of x?

A) 2 A) -2
B) 2
B) 3
C) 18
C) 4
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𝑥2 − 6𝑥 + 11 = 𝑦 At a snack bar, each medium drink costs $1.85 and each

large drink costs c more dollars than a medium drink. If 5
X=y+1 medium drinks and 5 large drinks cost a total of U20.50,

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what is the value of c?
The system of equations above is graphed in the
A) 0.45
Xy-plane. Which of the following is the y-coordinate of
an intersection point ( x , y ) of the graphs of two B) 0.40

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C) 0.30
A) -4
D) 0.25
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value of 𝑥2 + 𝑦 2 ?
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Students in a science lab are working in groups to build A) 5
both a small and a large electrical circuit. A large circuit B) 4
C) 2
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uses 4 resistors and 2 capacitors, and a small circuit uses D) 1

3 resistors and 1 capacitor. There are 100 resistors and
70 capacitors available, and each group must have
enough resistors and capacitors to make one large and
one small circuit. What is the maximum number of
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groups that could work on this lab project?

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Ryan has 1,500 yards of yarn. He "wants to knit at least A fashion buyer for a large retail store purchased 315 items
2 scarves and at least 3 hats. Each scarf requires 300
yards of yarn, and each hat requires 120 yards of yarn. If directly from the manufacturer for a total of $6000. Some

s represents the number of scarves and h represents
the number of hats, which of the following systems of
inequalities represents this situation?
A) s + h ≤ 1,500
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of the items were dresses purchased for $25 each, and the
rest were shirts purchased for $10 each. How many more
dresses than shirts did the buyer purchase?

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s ≥ 2
h ≥ 3
B) 2s + 3h ≤ 1,500
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C) 2s + 3h ≤ 1,500
s ≥ 300
h ≥ 120
D) 300s + 120h ≤ 1,500
s ≥ 2
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10𝑥 + 7.5𝑦 = 𝑘
In the system of equations above, k is a constant. If the
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value of k ?
2x + 3y = 5 A) 1.5
4x + cy = 8
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In the system of equations above, c is a constant. For B) 2.5

what value of c will there be no solution (x,y) to the
C) 3.5
system of equations?
D) 4.5
A) 3
B) 4
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D) 6
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𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 6
𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 2

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In the xy-plane, the graphs of the two equations above
intersect at (a, b). What is the value of b - a?

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A) 0
B) 2
C) 4

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D) 6

The graphs of two equations in a system of equations

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are shown in the xy-plane above. Which of the following
statements is true?
A) The point ( 0,0 ) represents the solution to the
system.
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solutions to the system.
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C) The point ( 4,4 ) represents the solution to the
𝑦 = −3𝑥 + 9
system.
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If ( 𝑚 , 𝑛 ) are the coordinates of the point of

D) The points ( 4,0 ) and ( 0,4 ) represent the solutions
intersection of the two lines in the xy-plane represented
to the system.
by the equations above, what is the value of 𝑛 + 4?
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5𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6 An online bookstore sells novels and magazines. Each

novel sells for $5, and each magazine sells for $2. If
𝑦 = 4𝑥 − 1

In the solution ( x, y ) to the system of equations above,
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Saad purchased a total of 10 novels and magazines that
have a combined selling price of $35, how many novels
did he purchase?

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5 B) 3
B)
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AT 𝑦 ≤ 2𝑥 + 1
𝑥– 𝑦 > 3

Cairo festival charges a fixed cost per van for parking Which of the following ordered pairs (𝑥, 𝑦) satisfies the
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system of inequalities above?
and an amount per person to enter the festival. One
van with 4 people in it is charged L.E 32, and another
with 6 people is charged L.E 44. How many people are A) (2, –1)
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B) (–1, -3)
in a van that is charged L.E 62 to enter the festival? C) (2, 4)
D) (3, –1)
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5x + 2y = 6 When Mohammed swims he burns 9 calories per

6x - 2y = 5 minute, and when he walks he burns 4 calories per

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For the solution (x, y) to the system of equations minute. If Mohammed spends a total of 4 hours walking
above, what is the value of x + y and swimming and burns a total of 1600 calorie, how
many minutes did he spend walking?
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A group of teachers and students will take a bus trip to
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a museum, and each teacher will lead a group of no
more than 4 students. The bus can hold a maximum of
54 teachers and students. If t represents the number of
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teachers and s represents the number of students,
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which of the following systems of inequalities best
In the xy-plane, the graph of y = 3x2 - 14x intersects the describes the possible numbers of teachers and
graph of y = x at the points (0, 0) and (a, a). What is the students who can go on the trip?
value of a?
A) t + s ≥ 54
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t ≤ 4s

B) t + s ≤ 54
t ≥ 4s

C) t + s ≤ 54
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2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 8 Fred wants to save enough money to pay for a car that

𝑋 + 4𝑦 = 11 costs $7,500 and 12 months of insurance that costs

If the x- and y-coordinates of a point in the xy-plane
satisfy the system of equations above, what is the value
𝑜𝑓 6𝑥 + 10𝑦 ?
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$110 per month. Fred has already saved $6,000 and
plans to save an additional $350 per month. Which
inequality can be used to determine the number of
months, x, Fred could save in order to have enough
money to buy the car and pay for

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12 months of insurance?

A) 7,500 – 110𝑥 ≤ 6,000 – 250(12)

B) 7,500 + 110 ≤ 6,000 + 250(12)

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C) 7,500 − 110(12) ≤ 6,000 – 350𝑥

D) 7,500 + 110(12) ≤ 6,000 + 350𝑥

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At a theater, adult tickets for a play cost $15 each and

child tickets cost $10 each. If 300 tickets were sold, and
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the sale of the tickets generated between $3575 and
$3600, what is a possible number of child tickets that
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were sold? Students and teachers from an Elementary School are
going on a field trip to the zoo. Admission to the zoo will
cost $7.50 for each student and $12 for each adult. It
will cost a total of $681 for all 86 people on the field trip
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for admission to the zoo. How many teachers are going

on the field trip?

A) 8

B) 11
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If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 12 and 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 = 72, what is the value In the xy-plane, which of the following does NOT
𝑜𝑓 2 𝑎 − 2 𝑏? contain any points that are part of the solution set to

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3x + 5y > 15?
A) 2
A) The region where x < 0 and y > 0
B) 6
B) The region where x < 0 and y < 0

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C) 10
C) The region where x > 0 and y > 0
D) 12
D) The x-axis

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(1,0) x
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y = x2 + 36

If (x, y) is the solution of the system of equations above,

(5,-2) what is the value of y?
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(-1,-2)

(0,-5)
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The shaded region R in the xy-plane above is the

solution to a system of inequalities. Which of the
following ordered pairs satisfies the system of
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inequalities?
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A) (-4, 1)

B) {-3, 2)

C) (- 4, 4)
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1 𝑦=0
2𝑥 = 𝑦 + 15
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𝑦 = 2 𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 𝑐

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1
𝑦 = 8− 𝑥 In the system of equations above, c is a positive
2
constant. For which value of c does the system
If (x, y) satisfies the system of equations above, have exactly one real solution?

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what is the value of x?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 8

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d) 10

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Jackie has two summer jobs. She works as a
tutor, which pays $12 per hour, and she works
as a lifeguard, which pays $9.50 per hour. She
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she wants to earn at least $220 per week.
Which of the following systems of inequalities
represents this situation in terms of x and y,
What are all values of y for which √𝑦 2 − 3 is a real where x is the number of hours she tutors and
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number? y is the number of hours she works as a

lifeguard?
a) |𝑦| ≥ 3
b) |𝑦| ≤ 3 A) 12x + 9.5y ≤ 220
c) |𝑦| ≥ √3 x + y ≥ 20
d) |𝑦| ≤ √3
B) 12x + 9.5y ≤ 220
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y = x2 A laundry service is buying detergent and fabric

softener from its supplier. The supplier will deliver
2y + 8 = 2(x + 4)

If (x, y) is a solution of the system of
equations above and x > 0, what is the
value of 𝑥 + 𝑦?
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no more than 200 pounds in a shipment. Each
container of detergent weighs 8.35 pounds, and
each container of fabric softener weighs 6.4
pounds. The service wants to buy at least triple as
many containers of detergent as containers of

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fabric softener. Let d represent the number of
A) 1
containers of detergent, and let s represent the
B) 2 number of containers of fabric softener, where d
and s are nonnegative integers. Which of the
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following systems of inequalities best represents
this situation?
D) 9
A)8.35d + 6.4s ≤ 200
d ≥ 3s
B) 8.35d + 6.4s ≤ 200

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C) 16.7d + 6.4s ≤ 200

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D) 16.7d + 6.4s ≤ 200
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(3x + y) =
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y = 3x
The system of equations above has
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solution (x, y). What is the value of x?

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A manager at a toy store tracks the sales and profits of 4𝑥 + 3 𝑦 = 8

two toys. Each unit of Toy A costs the store $12 and
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sells for $16. Each unit of Toy B costs the store $6 and
sells for $9. If the store sells a total of25 units between If the ordered pair (𝑥, 𝑦) is a solution of the
Toy A and Toy B, what is the minimum number of units system of equations above, what is the value of x?
of Toy A sold that would give the store a profit of at
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least $90? (Profit is total sales minus total cost.)
B) -2
A) 10
B) 15 C) 2
C) 23 D) 5

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Hala invested a total of $10,000 in two different

1 bank accounts and earned interest on both
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2 accounts. She earned 2.5% interest on Account A
𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏 and 5% interest on Account B. She earned 4%
interest on the total amount invested. Which
The system of equations above has no solution (𝑥, 𝑦).
equation can be used to determine the amount of
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Which of the following could be the values of a a n d 𝑏 ?

money, x, that she invested in Account A?

A) 𝑎 = −2 , 𝑏 = 1 A) 1.025 x = 10, 400

B) 𝑎 = −2 , 𝑏 = 0 0.025 + 0.05
1 B) ( ) x = 400
C) 𝑎 = 2 , 𝑏 = 0 2
1
D) 𝑎 = 2 , 𝑏 = 3 C) 0.025 x + 0.05(10, 000 − x) = 400
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An electronics store offers its employees two 𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 = 104

different compensation plans. Employees on Plan
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A earn $500 per week plus a 25% commission on
their weekly sales of the products. Employees on If the ordered pair (x, y) is a solution to the system
Plan B earn $750 per week plus a 15% commission of equations above, and x < 0, what is the value of
on their weekly sales of the products. Which' y?

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inequality describes the amount in sales each
A) -20
week, x dollars, for which employees on Plan A
earn more than employees on Plan B? B) -10

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𝐴) 𝑥 < 1,250 C) -5

𝐵) 𝑥 > 1,250 D) -2
𝐶) 𝑥 < 2, 500
𝐷) 𝑥 > 2,500

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Claire, a metalsmith, has 500 grams (g) of sterling

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silver. She wants to use the sterling silver to create
at least 20 rings and at least 10 bracelets. She uses
At a Mexican restaurant, tacos cost $3 and burritos 3 g of sterling silver to create each ring and 40 g of
cost $6. If a group of students spends at least $30 sterling silver to create each bracelet. Which of the
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but at most $45 on 5 tacos and n burritos, which of following systems of inequalities represents this
the following is true about n? situation, where r is the number of rings and b is
the number of bracelets Claire can create with the
sterling silver?
𝐴) 33 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 45
A) 3𝑟 + 40𝑏 ≤ 500 , 𝑟 ≥ 3 , 𝑏 ≥ 40
𝐵) 18 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 30
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𝐶) 12 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 15 C) 20𝑟 + 10𝑏 ≤ 500 , 𝑟 ≥ 3 , 𝑏 ≥ 40
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Sam needs to rent a truck to move furniture. Rental Omar is an insurance agent who sells two types of
Truck Company A charges $29 per day plus $0.60 per policies: a $50,000 policy and a $250,000 policy. Last

mile driven. Rental Truck Company B charges $59 per
day and has no charge per mile driven. Sam will rent
the truck for 3 days and drive a total of x miles. The
solution to which of the following inequalities is all
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month, his goal was to sell at least 63 insurance
policies. While he did not meet his goal, the total
value of the policies he sold was over $7,500,000.
Which of the following systems of inequalities

values of x for which the total charge for renting from
Company B will be less than the total charge for renting
from Company A?
𝐴) 𝑥 > 50
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describes x, the possible number of $50,000
policies, and y, the possible number of $250,000
policies, that Omar sold last month?
A) x + y ≤63

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𝐵) 𝑥 > 107 50,000x + 250,000y > 7,500,000
𝐶) 𝑥 > 150 B) x + y ≤ 63
𝐷) 𝑥 > 440 50,000x + 250,000y < 7,500,000
C) x + y ≥ 63

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D) x + y ≥ 63
50,000x + 250,000y < 7,500,000
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Which of the following is NOT true about the
system of equations above? An office orders more reams of paper on Tuesday if
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A) There are 3 solutions. the supply is 50 reams or less. This Tuesday, the
supply of paper is 365 reams. The office uses an
B) There are 2 solutions. average of 20 reams of paper per week. At this
rate, in how many weeks will the office order more
C) There is 1 solution.
paper on Tuesday?
D) There are no solutions.
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Luis budgeted no more than $500 to purchase a suit and 𝑓 ( 𝑥 ) = 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 475

shirts for his new job. He found the suit for $264 and 𝑔 ( 𝑥 ) = 3 − 4𝑥

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shirts for $24 each. Which of the following could be
Given the definitions of the functions above, if
used to find the number of shirts, x, Luis could purchase
f(2a) = 3g(a), which of the following could be the
while staying within his budget?

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A) 500 ≤ 264 - 24x value of a?

B) 500 ≥ 264x + 24 A) -9
C) 500 ≥ 264 + 24x B) 11

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D) 500 ≤ 264x - 24 C) 12
D) 121

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− < − 𝑦 = 𝑥2 + 𝑘
𝑥 3
Which of the following describes all solutions of the 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5

inequality above? When the equations above are graphed in the xy-plane,
they intersect in exactly one point. What is the value of
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A) x > -6 k?
A) 6
B) x < -6
B) 5
C) x > 6 or x < -6
C) 1
D) 0 < x < 6
D) 2.5
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𝑎+𝑏 <𝑏 <𝑎−𝑏

Let a and b be numbers that satisfy the inequality

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above. Which of the following must be true?

I. a<0
II. b<a

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If the system of inequalities y ≤ 2x + 3 and III. b<0

y > x – 4 are graphed in the xy-plane above, which A) I only

quadrant contains no solutions to the system? B) I and III only

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A) Quadrant II C) II and III only
D) I, II, and III
B) Quadrant III
C) Quadrant IV
D) There are solutions in all four quadrants.

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a2 + b2 ≤ 25
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Every box of Weitz water crackers has a label that b≥3
indicates it contains 6.5 ounces of crackers. However, In the inequalities above, what is the greatest possible
industry standards allow these boxes to contain anywhere
value of a?
between 6.45 and 6.75 ounces of crackers. If x represents
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the number of ounces of crackers inside a box of Weitz

A) -4
water crackers that meets industry standards, which of the
following expresses all possible values of x? B) -3
C} 3
D) 4
A) x - 6.60 < 0.10
B) x - 6.60 < 0.15
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C) x - 6.50 < 0.05

D) x - 6.50 < 0.25
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Which of the following inequalities is equivalent to

-3x - 5y < 4y - 6?

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A) x < -3y - 2
B) x > -3y + 2

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C) x < 3y - 2
D) x > 3y + 2
𝑦 = 𝑥2 − 2
𝑦 = 2 − 𝑥2

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𝑥2 + 𝑦 2 = 2
The system of three equations shown above is
graphed in the xy-plane. How many solutions does
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this system have?

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A) Zero
When graphed in the xy-plane, the functions
B) Two
C) Four
D) Six
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𝐹 ( 𝑥 ) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 2 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑘𝑥 − 6 intersect
at the point (-2, a). What is the value of k?

A) -5
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B) -1

C) 3

D) 8
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𝑚2 + 5 = 𝑥
9𝑦 2 = 𝑥 − 5
Based on the system of equations above, what is the
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𝑚
value of  ?
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What is the only positive integer value for n that

1 2
satisfies the inequality 2 <  3 − 3 𝑛 < 3? 𝐴 = 240 − 20𝑤

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𝐵 = 320 − 30𝑤
In the equations above, A and B represent the price per
night for a room in Hotel A and Hotel B, respectively, w

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weeks after September 1 last autumn. What was the
price per night in Hotel A when it was equal to the price
per night in Hotel B?

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A) $80
B) $160
C) $180
D) $220

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What is the least positive integer m such that

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1 2 For how many values of K is it true that k-3+2 is

− > 0?
√50 𝑚
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equal to one?

A) None

B) One
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C) Two

D) More than two

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𝑦 ≤ 20𝑥 + 3,500
𝑦 ≤ −8𝑥

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The graph in the xy-plane of the solution set of the
system of inequalities above contains the point (j, k).

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What is the greatest possible value of k?

if the system of inequalities

1
𝑦 ≥ 𝑥 + 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 ≥ 3 𝑥 − 1

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is graphed in the xy - plane shown above, how
many quadrants will contain solutions to the
system?

A) 4
B) 3

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C) 2
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D) 1
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Which of the following expressions is equal to 1 for
some value of y ?
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A) 2 - y+ 2
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C) y + 2+ 2
𝑐𝑥 − 6𝑦 = 8 D) 2 - y- 2
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3𝑥 − 7𝑦 = 5
In the system of equations shown above, C is a
constant and x and y are variables. For what value
will the system of equations have no solution ?
d

24
A) 5
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B) 7
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C) − 7
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3(𝑘 + 2 ) = ℎ 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑥 = 8
ℎ 1 2

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=5 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 30
𝑘 5 3
If the system above has no solutions, what is the a value
If the solution set to the system of equations
𝑎
shown above is (h, k), what is the value of k? of 𝑏
?

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A) 1
B) 3

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C) 6
D) 15

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𝑦 = ( 𝑥 − 7 )( 3𝑥 + 4)
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𝑥 = 3𝑦 − 1 Which of the following systems of equations has no

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solution?
Tire solution set for the system of equations shown
above contains how many ordered pairs? 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
A) Infinitely many A) {
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
B) 2
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C) 1 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
B) {
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
D) 0
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
C) {
−2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0

2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
d

D) {
−2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
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No. Ans. No. Ans. No. Ans. No. Ans.

1 A 26 112 51 C 76 B

2 D 27 D 52 A 77 3/10

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3 D 28 38 53 D 78 A

4 B 29 181,182,183,184 54 16

5 D 30 D 55 C

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6 D 31 A 56 D

7 .8 32 D 57 B

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8 C 33 C 58 A

9 C 34 B 59 D

10 14 35 72 60 B

11 B 36 C 61 B

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12 A 37 C 62 4

13

14
D

D
38

39
18

C
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B

15 65 40 B 65 B
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16 B 41 19/6 66 A

17 B 42 A 67 4
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18 C 43 B 68 15

19 1 44 D 69 A

20 C 45 C 70 A

21 9 46 C 71 B
d

22 D 47 D 72 B
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23 D 48 D 73 1000

24 D 49 B 74 D

25 5 50 B 75 B
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