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Algebra II Semester 2 Practice Exam A
DRAFT
1. Find the solution set of 6 x 2  2 x  2  1 . 4. Let f  x   2 x  3 and g  x   2 x .

Which expression is equivalent to
 1 5 1 5  f  x  g x ?
A.   ,  
 6 6 6 6 
A. 4 x  3
 1 19 1 19 
B.   ,   B. 2 2 x  3
 6 6 6 6 
C. 2 x  3  2 x
 1 5 1 5 
C.   ,   D.  4x  6 x
 3 3 3 3 
 1 19 1 19  5. If h  x   10 x 2 and j  x   x  4 , what is
D.   ,  
 3 3 3 3 
h  2   j  3  ?
2. What is the simplified form of the A. 47

expression 3
4a  a 108a ?
6 3 3
B. 92
C. 139
A. 4a 2 3 4
D. 407
B. 2a 2 3 14
C. 2a 2  3a 3 4 6. Let f  x   2 x 2 and g  x   4 x  3 .
Which expression is equivalent to
D. 2a 3  6a 2 3 3a
 f  g  x  ?
1 14 A. 2 x 2  4 x  3
3. Simplify b .
b4
B. 8 x3  6 x 2
A. b
C. 8 x 2  3
15

B. b 4 D. 32 x 2  48 x  18
C. b 1
D. 1
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7. Which is the inverse of the function 9. Solve for x: 5 x  3  12  4

k  x   4 x 2  16 for x  0 ?
A. x = –25
x 11
A. k 1  x   4 B. x =
4 5
x 4 31
B. k 1  x   C. x =
2 5
C. k 1  x   x  4 67
D. x =
5
x  16
D. k 1  x  
4 10. You are trying to determine the height
of a regular truncated pyramid that
8. What function is represented by this cannot be measured directly. The
graph? height h and slant height s of a
truncated pyramid are related by the
1
formula s  h2   b2  b1  where b1
2
4
and b2 are the lengths of the upper and
lower bases of the pyramid, respectively.
If s  5 , b1  2 , and b2  4 , what is the
height of the pyramid?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 24
A. y  x  1  3
11. Simplify the expression
  1  2i    1  i    3  i  where
B. y  x  3  1
C. y  x  1  3 i  1 .
D. y  x  3  1 A. –7 + 5i
B. –7 – i
C. –5 + 5i
D. 5 – 5i
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12. What function is represented by the 13. Which graph represents

graph? 1
x
f  x  4   1 ?
 2
y
A.
B.
A. y  1  2 x
B. y  1  2 x
C. y  1  2 x 2
D. y  1  2 x3 x
C.
D.
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DRAFT
14. Which expression is equivalent to 17. Which is a solution for the equation
log 3 64 ? 2n  10 ?
A. 3log 64 A. n  log 5
B. 64log 3 B. n  log8
log 3 10
C. C. n 
log 64 log 2
log 64 1
D. D. n 
log 3 log 2
15. Which expression is equivalent to 18. Solve for x: 2 x 1  8 x  2

3log 4  log 6  log 8 ?
3
A. x =
A. log 48 2
B. log1728 7
B. x =
2
C. 3log 2
C. x = 2
D. 3log 3
D. no solution
16. Solve the equation for x: ln  2 x  1  2 19. In the year 1995, about 20 million people
used the Internet. Between 1995 and
2e 2001, the number of people who used the
A. x 
2 internet grew by about 75% each year.
2e  1 Which function best models the

B. x 
2 relationship between p, the number of
people using the internet (in millions),
2e  1
C. x  and t, the number of years since 1995?
2
e2  1 A. p  t   201.75t
D. x 
2 B. p  t    0.75  20t
C. p  t   20 1.75 
t
D. p  t   20  0.75t
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DRAFT
20. What is the minimum or maximum of 22. What function is represented by the
the quadratic function graph?
q  x   8  x  x2 ?
35
A. q  x  
4
31
B. q  x  
4
1
C. q  x  
2
D. q  x   8
21. The value of w varies directly with x and

3 3
inversely with y. If w = 5 when x = A. f  x   
4 x
1
and y = , what is the value of w when 3
2 B. f  x   
x 1
1
x = 4 and y = ? 3
3 C. f  x   
x 1
A. 40
3
B. 90 D. f  x   3 
x
C. 160
160 23. Which of the following functions have
D. an asymptote at y = 1?
9
1
I. y 
x 1
x
II. y 
x 1
1
III. y 
x
A. II only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. I, II, and III
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x 2  2 x  15 27. The harmonic mean h of a set of n

15 numbers  x1 , x2 , x3 ,  , xn  is given by
24. Simplify the expression .
x2  9 the formula
30
1 1 1 1
   .
x  15 h x1 x2 xn
A.
9
What is the harmonic mean of two
2  x  5
B. positive numbers that differ by one if
x3 the smaller number is k?
x9
C. k
15 A. h 
2
2  x  3
D. 2k  1
15 B. h 
2
25. What is the solution set of k  k  1

C. h 
3 5 2k  1
  2?
x x2 2k  1
D. h 
k2  k
A. {–1, 3}
B. {0, 4} 28. Given the system of linear equations:
 1
C.   2x  3 y  5
 2
x  4y  6
D. {–1}
Which expression below shows the
26. What is the solution set of solution to the system using matrices?
x5 5 28
  2 ?  x  1  4 3 5 
x2 x2 x 4 A.      
 y  11  1 2  6 
A. {–8, 2}
 x  1  2 3  5 
B. {–8} B.      
 y  5  1 4  6 
C. {–4, 2}
D. {–4}  x  1  2 1  5 
C.      
 y  11  3 4   6 
 x  1  4 3  5 
D.      
 y  5   1 2   6 
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DRAFT
29. What is the equation of the graph 30. Which graph best represents the
below? equation x  3  2  y  4  ?
2
A.
B.
 x  2  y  2
2 2
A.  1
4 9
 x  2  y  2
2 2
B.  1
4 9
x
 y  2  x  2
2 2
C.  1
9 4 y
 y  2
2
 x  2
2 C.
D.  1
4 9
D.
x
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DRAFT
31. What is the equation for the graph 32. Which graph best represents the graph
below? of 6 y 2  3 x 2  18 ?
y
A.
B.
 x  2    y  3
2 2
A. 4
 x  2    y  3
2 2 x
B. 4
 x  2    y  3
2 2
C.  16
 x  2    y  3
2 2
D.  16 y
C.
D.
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DRAFT
33. What equation represents the graph 35. The charge for parking at an airport is
below? $5 for time up to one hour, plus $2 for
y
each additional hour (or portion of an
hour) up to a maximum of $15. What
graph represents this situation?
y
A.
x
y
B.
1 2
A. y  x
2
1 2
B. x  y
2
C. y  2 x x
y
C.
D. x  2 y
34. Which is the equation of a parabola?
A. 16  x  4   4  y  2   64
2 2
B. y 2  16 x  0
x
C. x   y  2   81
2 2 y
D.
x2 y2
D.  1
25 25
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DRAFT
6 39. Figure 1 shows a square with an area of

36. Expand the expression   n2  5 .
n 1
9 square units. In Figure 2, the first
square has been divided into nine
smaller congruent squares and the
A. 1  4  9  16  25  36  5
middle one removed. In Figure 3, each
B. 4  1  4  11  20  31 of the squares is again subdivided and
the middle square removed. If the
C. 4  3  2  1  0  1
pattern continues, what is the area of
D. 6  9  14  21  30  41 Figure 6?
4 5 6 7
37. What is the series     when
7 8 9 10 Figure 1
written in summation notation?

i
A. i3
i 4

i3 Figure 2
B. i6
i 4

4i
C.  4i  1
i 4
Figure 3

2i  1
D. 
i  4 3i  2
5
38. What equation is the sum of the 8 terms 1
1 1 1 1 A. 9   
in the series 1     ? 9
3 9 27 2187
6
1
B. 9   
8 1  9
A. S8  1  
2  2187  5
 1
8 C. 9  1  
1  9
1  
3
B. S8    6
1  1
1 D. 9  1  
3  9
8
1
C. S8  1   
3
1
D. S8 
1
1
3
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40. What is the sum of the geometric series 43. Which is a recursive rule for the

 3
n 1 sequence 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, …?
 3  ?
n 1  4 
A. t1  2, tn  2tn1
A. 3 B. t1  2, tn  tn1  2
B. 4 C. t1  2, tn  tn1  n
C. 9
D. t1  2, tn  3tn1  n
D. 12
44. In the 1980’s, the standard

41. Which is a formula of a geometric
configuration for a Wyoming license
sequence when g1  3 and g6  96 ? plate was a small number between 1 and
23, inclusive, followed by four digits

A. g n  3 1   2 
n
 with repetition allowed.
3 For example:
B. g n 
1   2 
n 1
WYOMING
C. g n  3  2n
D. g n  3   2 
n 1
23 — 1234
42. Which is a formula of the arithmetic How many license plates were possible
11 19 for the entire state of Wyoming in the
sequence 4, , 7, , …?
2 2 1980’s?
5 3 A. 116,000
A. an   n
2 2 B. 230,000
3 C. 300,000
B. an  4  n
2 D. 1,000,000
n 1
 11 
C. an  4   
8
n  19 
D. an   4  
2 2
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45. A student will randomly choose four 48. A cooler contains 8 cans of cola, 6 cans
digits from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, of ginger ale, 4 cans of root beer, and
without replacement, and arrange them 2 cans of orange soda. If a person
in the order they were chosen. How reaches in the cooler and pulls out two
many different four-digit numbers can cans at random, what is the probability
be made in this way? that both cans will be ginger ale?
A. 15 1
A.
B. 24 10
C. 360 1
B.
D. 720 30
3
C.
46. Which is a term of the expanded form of 38
 5  2a  ?
4
3
D.
40
A. 1000a
B. 600a 2 49. Which of these measures are greatly
influenced by extreme values?
C. 40a 3
D. 16a 4 I. mean
II. median
3
47. What is the coefficient of x y in the III. interquartile range
expansion of  2x  y  ?
4
IV. range
A. 4 A. IV only
B. 8 B. I and IV only
C. 24 C. II and III only
D. 32 D. I, III, and IV only
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DRAFT
50. The graph below shows the number of home runs hit by the 31 teams in a baseball league.
Home Runs by Teams in a Baseball League

12
10
Number of Teams
0
75–99 100–124 125–149 150–174 175–199 200–224 225–249
Home Runs
Which value could be the median number of home runs?
A. 177
B. 162
C. 147
D. 112
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Free Response
DRAFT
1. Use the functions p  x   x 3  8 and q  x   3 x  8 to answer the questions below.
A. What are the domain and range of p  x  ?
B. Sketch the graph of y  q  x  on the grid

provided.
C. Are p  x  and q  x  inverse functions of each
other? Provide evidence why or why not.
D. Let r  x   2 x  1 . Find p  r  x   .
2. The half-life of the radioactive isotope Barium-139 is 83 minutes. A scientist has 20 grams of
Barium-139 at time t = 0.
A. Write a function that expresses the quantity of Barium-139 as a function of t, the number of
minutes after t = 0.
The half-life of Sodium-24 is 15 hours. The amount of Sodium-24 after t hours can be expressed
as A  t   A0e 0.05t , where A0 is the initial amount of the isotope.
B. If A0 = 10 grams, what amount, in grams, of Sodium-24 would remain after 100 hours? Leave
your answer in terms of e.
C. Write an equation for t  A  , the time required for 10 grams of Sodium-24 to decay to an
amount A.
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DRAFT
x 2  3x  2
3. Use the function f  x   to answer the questions below.
2x
A. Sketch the graph of y  f  x  on the grid

provided. Be certain to note any
asymptotes and intercepts on the graph.
15 9 x  7
B. Solve  9.
x x2
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Algebra II Semester 2 Practice Exam A

1. Find the solution set of 6 x 2  2 x  2  1 . 4. Let f  x   2 x  3 and g  x   2 x .

2. What is the simplified form of the A. 47

7. Which is the inverse of the function 9. Solve for x: 5 x  3  12  4

12. What function is represented by the 13. Which graph represents

15. Which expression is equivalent to 18. Solve for x: 2 x 1  8 x  2

2e  1 Which function best models the

21. The value of w varies directly with x and

x 2  2 x  15 27. The harmonic mean h of a set of n

25. What is the solution set of k  k  1

34. Which is the equation of a parabola?

6 39. Figure 1 shows a square with an area of

44. In the 1980’s, the standard

Home Runs by Teams in a Baseball League

Which value could be the median number of home runs?

1. Use the functions p  x   x 3  8 and q  x   3 x  8 to answer the questions below.

A. What are the domain and range of p  x  ?

B. Sketch the graph of y  q  x  on the grid

A. Sketch the graph of y  f  x  on the grid

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