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Turn to Section 4 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions
For questions 1 through 27, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the
choices provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For
questions 28 through 31, solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on
the answer sheet. Please refer to the directions before question 28 on how to enter
your answers in the grid. You may use any available space in your test booklet for
scratch work.
Notes
1. The use of a calculator is permitted.
2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise
indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real
numbers x for which
f of x is a real number.
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Reference figure 1 is a circle with radius r. Two equations are presented below
reference figure 1.
A equals pi times the square of r.
C equals 2 pi r.
Reference figure 2 is a rectangle with length and width w. An equation is
presented below reference figure 2.
A equals w.
Reference figure 3 is a triangle with base b and height h. An equation is presented
below reference figure 3.
A equals one-half b h.
Reference figure 4 is a right triangle. The two sides that form the right angle are
labeled a and b, and the side opposite the right angle is labeled c. An equation is
presented below reference figure 4.
c squared equals a squared plus b squared.
Special Right Triangles
Reference figure 5 is a right triangle with a 30-degree angle and a 60-degree angle.
The side opposite the 30-degree angle is labeled x. The side opposite the 60-degree
angle is labeled x times the square root of 3. The side opposite the right angle is
labeled 2 x.
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Reference figure 6 is a right triangle with two 45-degree angles. Two sides are each
labeled s. The side opposite the right angle is labeled s times the square root of 2.
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Reference figure 7 is a rectangular solid whose base has length and width w and
whose height is h. An equation is presented below reference figure 7.
V equals w h.
Reference figure 8 is a right circular cylinder whose base has radius r and whose
height is h. An equation is presented below reference figure 8.
V equals pi times the square of r times h.
Reference figure 9 is a sphere with radius r. An equation is presented below
reference figure 9.
V equals four-thirds pi times the cube of r.
Reference figure 10 is a cone whose base has radius r and whose height is h.
An equation is presented below reference figure 10.
V equals one-third times pi times the square of r times h.
Reference figure 11 is an asymmetrical pyramid whose base has length and
width w and whose height is h. An equation is presented below reference
figure 11.
V equals one-third w h.
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Question 1.
Tyra subscribes to an online gaming service that charges a monthly fee of $5.00
and $0.25 per hour for time spent playing premium games. Which of the following
functions gives Tyras cost, in dollars, for a month in which she spends x hours
playing premium games?
A.
C of x, equals 5.25 x.
B.
C.
D.
C of x, equals 5 plus 25 x.
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Question 2.
A grocery store sells a brand of juice in individual bottles and in packs of 6 bottles.
On a certain day, the store sold a total of 281 bottles of the brand of juice, of which
29 were sold as individual bottles. Which equation shows the number of packs of
bottles, p, sold that day?
A.
p equals, the fraction whose numerator is, 281 minus 29, and
whose denominator is, 6.
B.
p equals, the fraction whose numerator is, 281 plus 29, and
whose denominator is, 6.
C.
D.
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March: 4 inches.
April: 3.5 inches.
May: 4.5 inches.
June: 4 inches.
July: 5.5 inches.
August: 6 inches.
September: 5 inches.
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Question 3.
The preceding line graph shows the monthly rainfall from March to October last
year in Chestnut City. According to the graph, what was the greatest change (in
absolute value) in the monthly rainfall between two consecutive months?
A. 1.5 inches
B. 2.0 inches
C. 2.5 inches
D. 3.5 inches
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Question 4.
A rectangle has perimeter P, length and width w. Which of the following
represents in terms of P and w ?
A.
l equals P minus w.
B.
C.
D.
l equals 2 P minus 2 w.
Question 5.
Which ordered pair
2 x minus y equals 6.
x plus 2 y equals negative 2.
A.
negative 6 comma 2
B.
negative 2 comma 2
C.
2 comma negative 2
D.
4 comma 2
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Question 6.
A soda company is filling bottles of soda from a tank that contains 500 gallons of
soda. At most, how many 20-ounce bottles can be filled from the tank?
(1 gallon = 128 ounces)
A. 25
B. 78
C. 2,560
D. 3,200
Question 7.
A car traveled at an average speed of 80 miles per hour for 3 hours and consumed
fuel at a rate of 34 miles per gallon. Approximately how many gallons of fuel did
the car use for the entire 3-hour trip?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 7
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Question 8.
What is the slope of the line in the x y-plane that passes through the points
negative five halves comma one, and
A.
B.
negative 1
negative two thirds
C. 1
D.
three halves
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Third cluster, to the right of and higher than second cluster, consists of 2 data
points with coordinates in the neighborhood of 4.6 comma 6.
Fourth cluster, above third cluster, consists of 3 data points with horizontal
coordinates 4, 5, and 6 and vertical coordinates around 9.
The last cluster, far to the right of all other clusters, consists of only one data point
with coordinates 7 comma 4.
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Question 9.
The preceding scatterplot shows the widths and the heights of 12 types of
rectangular envelopes. What is the width, in inches, of the envelope represented by
the data point that is farthest from the line of best fit (not shown) ?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 12
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Question 10.
A high school basketball team won exactly 65 percent of the games it played
during last season. Which of the following could be the total number of games the
team played last season?
A. 22
B. 20
C. 18
D. 14
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Question 12.
Which scatterplot shows a negative association that is not linear? (Note: A negative
association between two variables is one in which higher values of one variable
correspond to lower values of the other variable, and vice versa.)
Each of the four answer choices presents a scatterplot in the first quadrant of the
x y-plane. The horizontal axis is labeled x, the vertical axis is labeled y, and the
origin is labeled O. The number 10 appears on both the x-axis and the y-axis.
A.
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Choice A. The scatterplot shows a cluster of data points that begins with data
points next to the y-axis and with y coordinates greater than 10. The cluster extends
almost straight downward and to the right, and ends with data points just above the
x-axis and with x coordinates greater than 10.
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B.
Begin skippable figure description.
Choice B. The scatterplot shows a cluster of data points that begins with data
points next to the y-axis and with y coordinates greater than 10. The cluster extends
almost vertically downward initially, and then gradually extends almost
horizontally to the right. It ends with data points above the x-axis and with
x coordinates greater than 10.
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C.
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Choice C. The scatterplot shows a symmetric cluster with respect to a vertical line
with x coordinate 10. The left half of the cluster begins with data points next to the
y-axis and with y coordinates greater than 10. It extends downward and to the right
until data points just above the x-axis and with x coordinates about 10. The right
half of the cluster begins where the left half ends and extends upward and to the
right until a symmetric cluster is complete.
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D.
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Choice D. The scatterplot shows a collection of data points that are scattered over a
rectangular area whose vertical sides are the y-axis and a vertical line that is more
than 10 units to the right of the y-axis, and whose horizontal sides are the x-axis
and a horizontal line that is more than 10 units above the x-axis.
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Question 13.
The preceding histogram shows the distribution of the heights, in meters, of
26 pyramids in Egypt. Which of the following could be the median height of the
26 pyramids represented in the histogram?
A. 44 meters
B. 48 meters
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C. 63 meters
D. 77 meters
Do not have
a summer
job
Total
Ages 14 through 15
20
69
89
Ages 16 through 17
39
42
81
Total
59
111
170
Question 14.
Which of the following is closest to the percent of those surveyed who had a
summer job?
A. 22%
B. 35%
C. 47%
D. 53%
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Question 15.
In 2012 the total population of individuals in the United States who were between
14 and 17 years old (inclusive) was about 17 million. If the survey results are used
to estimate information about summer employment of teenagers across the country,
which of the following is the best estimate of the total number of individuals
between 16 and 17 years old in the United States who had a summer job in 2012 ?
A. 8,200,000
B. 3,900,000
C. 2,000,000
D. 390,000
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The figure presents a bar graph titled Percent Protein in Five Food Products. The
horizontal axis is labeled Food products and has 5 vertical bars that are labeled
from left to right A through E. The vertical axis is labeled Percent protein and
ranges from 0 to 35, in increments of 5. The data presented by the bars in the graph
are as follow:
Food product A: 10%.
Food product B: 15%.
Food product C: 20%.
Food product D: 25%.
Food product E: 30%.
The preceding graph shows the amount of protein supplied by five different food
products, A, B, C, D, and E, as a percentage of their total weights. The costs of
10 grams of products A, B, C, D, and E are $2.00, $2.20, $2.50, $4.00, and $5.00,
respectively. Which of the five food products supplies the most protein per dollar?
A. A
B. B
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C. C
D. E
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Question 18.
In quadrilateral A B C D above,
side B C is parallel to
side A D, and
A B equals C D. If B C and A D were each doubled and B E was reduced
by 50 percent, how would the area of A B C D change?
A. The area of A B C D would be decreased by 50 percent.
B. The area of A B C D would be increased by 50 percent.
C. The area of A B C D would not change.
D. The area of A B C D would be multiplied by 2.
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Question 19.
Boyd grows only tomatoes and raspberries in his garden. Last year, he grew
140 pounds of tomatoes and 60 pounds of raspberries. This year, the production, by
weight, of tomatoes declined by 20 percent, and the production, by weight, of
raspberries declined by 50 percent. By what percentage did the total yield, by
weight, of Boyds garden decline?
A. 29 percent
B. 30 percent
C. 35 percent
D. 70 percent
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Question 20.
The preceding graph shows the frequency distribution of a list of randomly
generated integers between 0 and 10. What is the mean of the list of numbers?
A. 3.0
B. 3.5
C. 4.25
D. 12.0
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Question 21.
What is the minimum value of the function graphed on the preceding x y-plane, for
x that is greater than or equal to negative 4 and is less than or equal
to 6 ?
A.
negative infinite
B.
negative 4
C.
negative 2
D. 1
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Two data points with horizontal coordinate 0.05 have vertical coordinates 200 and
300.
Three data points with horizontal coordinate 0.3 have vertical coordinates
negative 200, negative 150, and negative 50.
Four data points with horizontal coordinate 0.9 have vertical coordinates
negative 50, 200, 500, and 650.
Two data points with horizontal coordinate 1.1 have vertical coordinates 450 and
500.
Four data points with horizontal coordinate 2.0 have vertical coordinates 500, 800,
850, and 1,100.
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Hubbles data can be modeled by the equation
v equals 500 d, where v is
the velocity, in kilometers per second, at which the galaxy is moving away from
Earth and d is the distance, in megaparsecs, of the galaxy from Earth. Assume that
the relationship is valid for larger distances than are shown in the graph. (A
megaparsec (Mpc) is
Question 22.
According to Hubbles data, how fast, in meters per second, is Galaxy Q moving
away from Earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Question 23.
There are four galaxies shown in the preceding graph at approximately 0.9 Mpc
from Earth. Which of the following is closest to the range of velocities of these
four galaxies, in kilometers per second?
A. 100
B. 200
C. 450
D. 700
Question 24.
Based on the model, what is the velocity, in kilometers per second, of a galaxy that
is 15 Mpc from Earth?
A. 7,500 kilometers per second
B. 5,000 kilometers per second
C. 1,100 kilometers per second
D. 750 kilometers per second
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Question 25.
Janice puts a fence around her rectangular garden. The garden has a length that is
9 feet less than 3 times its width. What is the perimeter of Janices fence if the area
of her garden is 5,670 square feet?
A. 342 feet
B. 318 feet
C. 300 feet
D. 270 feet
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Question 26.
Given the preceding right triangle ABC, which of the following is equal to
lowercase b over lowercase a ?
A.
sine A
B.
sine B
C.
tangent A
D.
tangent B
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Above the solid line, the region above the dashed line is labeled section Q, and the
region below the dashed line is labeled section P.
Below the solid line, the region above the dashed line is labeled section R, and the
region below the dashed line is labeled section S.
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Question 27.
Which section or sections of the preceding graph could represent all of the
solutions to the system?
A. Section R
B. Sections Q and S
C. Sections Q and P
D. Sections Q, R, and S
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Directions
For questions 28 through 31, solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid,
as described below, on the answer sheet.
1. Although not required, it is suggested that you write your answer in the boxes at
the top of the columns to help you fill in the circles accurately. You will receive
credit only if the circles are filled in correctly.
2. Mark no more than one circle in any column.
3. No question has a negative answer.
4. Some problems may have more than one correct answer. In such cases, grid only
one answer.
5. Mixed numbers such as
will be interpreted as
6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal answer with more digits than the grid
can accommodate, it may be either rounded or truncated, but it must fill the entire
grid.
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The following are four examples of how to record your answer in the spaces
provided. Keep in mind that there are four spaces provided to record each answer.
Examples 1 and 2
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Example 3
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Example 4
Note: You may start your answers in any column, space permitting. Columns you
dont need to use should be left blank.
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Example 4: It is not necessary to begin recording answers in the first space unless
all four spaces are needed. For example, if your answer is 201, you may record 2 in
the second space, 0 in the third space, and 1 in the fourth space. Alternatively, you
may record 2 in the first space, 0 in the second space, and 1 in the third space.
Spaces not needed should be left blank.
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Question 28.
The preceding x y-plane shows one of the two points of intersection of the graphs
of a linear function and a quadratic function. The shown point of intersection has
coordinates
v comma w. If the vertex of the graph of the quadratic function
is at
4 comma 19, what is the value of v ?
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v equals, v subscript zero minus g t. Open parenthesis speed time close parenthesis.
h equals v subscript zero, times t minus one half, g t squared. Open parenthesis
position time close parenthesis
v squared equals, v subscript zero, squared, minus 2 g h. Open parenthesis position
speed close parenthesis.
An arrow is launched upward with an initial speed of 100 meters per second (m/s).
The equations above describe the constant-acceleration motion of the arrow, where
v subscript zero is the initial speed of the arrow, v is the speed of the arrow as
it is moving up in the air, h is the height of the arrow above the ground, t is the
time elapsed since the arrow was projected upward, and g is the acceleration due
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Question 30.
What is the maximum height from the ground the arrow will rise to the nearest
meter?
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Choice B is incorrect. Adding the number of bottles sold individually, 29, to the
total number of bottles sold, 281, does not give the number of bottles that were
sold in packs of 6. Choices C and D are incorrect and could result from dividing all
of the bottles into groups of 6 (incorrectly assuming that all 281 bottles of juice
were sold in packs of 6), and either subtracting the 29 bottles sold individually
from that result, as in choice C, or adding the 29 bottles to that result, as in
choice D.
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Explanation for question 3. (Follow link back to original question.)
Choice C is correct. The greatest change (in absolute value) in monthly rainfall
could be an increase or a decrease in monthly rainfall. The table below shows the
approximate changes in monthly rainfall in Chestnut City last year between each of
the two consecutive months.
Consecutive months
Change in monthly
rainfall (inches)
March to April
0.5
April to May
May to June
0.5
June to July
1.5
July to August
0.5
August to September 1
September to
October
2.5
Of the values on the right column, the greatest is from September to October,
which is a change of 2.5 inches.
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Choices A, B, and D contain values that either do not represent any of the changes
in monthly rainfall between two consecutive months or that are not the greatest
change.
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Link back to question 4.
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x equals 2.
Alternatively: Use the substitution method to solve the system. For example, the
first equation can be rewritten as
y equals 2 x minus 6. Substituting
2 x minus 6 for y in the second equation gives
x plus 2
open parenthesis, 2 x minus 6, close parenthesis, equals negative 2, and so
x equals 2. Finally, substituting 2 for x in
y equals 2 x minus 6 gives
y equals negative 2, leading to the same solution of the system, namely
2 comma negative 2.
Choice B is incorrect. The value for x and the value for y have been reversed in
the ordered pair. Choices A and D are incorrect. The ordered pair in each of these
choices does not satisfy at least one of the equations in the system. For example,
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Choice A is incorrect and could result from dividing 500 (the number of gallons
contained in the tank) by 20 (the capacity of one bottle, in ounces). The gallons
need to be converted into ounces first, and then the result can be divided by 20.
Choices B and C are incorrect because they do not give the maximum number of
20-ounce bottles that can be filled from the soda in the tank.
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Link back to question 7.
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the fraction
Choices A and C are incorrect because the change in y and the change in x do not
have the same magnitude. Choice B is incorrect; the fraction
negative 2 over 3
is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the line through the points
negative five halves comma 1, and
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Choices A, C, and D are incorrect because the median height of the 26 pyramids
cannot be less than 45 meters or greater than 60 meters.
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Choices C and D may be the result of calculating relative frequencies that are
different from what the problem asks.
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Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and are likely the result of either conceptual or
calculation errors made.
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Link back to question 16.
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the fraction
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Food
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Cost of
Amount
10 grams of product
of product (in grams)
Percent Amount of
protein protein (in
grams)
$2.00
10
10%
$2.20
10
15%
$2.50
10
20%
the
fraction whose
numerator is 10 times
0.1, and whose
denominator is 2,
equals 0.5
the
fraction whose
numerator is 10 times
0.15, and whose
denominator is 2.2,
equals 0.68
the
fraction whose
numerator is 10 times
0.2, and whose
denominator is 2.5,
equals 0.8
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$4.00
10
25%
$5.00
10
30%
the
fraction whose
numerator is 10 times
0.25, and whose
denominator is 4,
equals 0.625
the
fraction whose
numerator is 10 times
0.3, and whose
denominator is 5,
equals 0.6
According to the table, food product C provides the most protein per dollar (0.8).
Choices A, B, and D are incorrect. For each choice, the protein per dollar for each
of the food products is less than 0.8 grams of protein per dollar.
Link back to question 17.
Link back to question 18.
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From this point on, different ways could be used to solve this equation. One could
rewrite this quadratic equation in the standard form and use the quadratic formula
to solve it. Another approach would be to look among integer factors of 1,890 and
try to find two that differ from each other by 3 and whose product is 1,890. The
prime factorization of
1,890 open parenthesis, 2 times 3 to the
power 3, times 5, times 7, close parenthesis can help with this. Two factors that
satisfy the conditions above are 42 and 45 (note that
42 equals 2 times
3 times 7 and
negative 45 and
negative 42 also satisfy the above conditions
open
parenthesis, w equals negative 42, close parenthesis, but since w represents the
width of Janices garden, the negative values of w can be rejected. Thus
w equals 45 feet, and so the length of the garden must be
3 times 45 minus 9 equals 126 feet. Therefore, the perimeter
of Janices garden is
2 open parenthesis, 45 plus
126, close parenthesis, equals 2 open parenthesis, 171, close parenthesis, equals,
342 feet.
Choice B is incorrect. This answer choice could result from incorrectly identifying
the width of the garden as 42 feet instead of 45 feet. Choices C and D are incorrect;
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both answers would result in an area of the garden that is significantly smaller than
5,670 square feet. For example, if the perimeter of the garden were 270 feet, as in
choice D, then
w plus l equals 135 feet, where w represents the width
and l represents the length of the garden. So
l equals 135 minus w.
It is also given that
l equals 3 w minus 9, which implies that
135 minus w equals 3 w minus 9. Solving this for w gives
w equals 36, and so
l equals 99. The area of the garden would then
be
36 times 99 square feet, which is clearly less than 5,600 square feet.
Link back to question 25.
Link back to question 26.
Choices A and B cannot be correct; the sine of an acute angle in a right triangle is
defined as the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse, and the ratio shown
involves only the legs of the triangle. Choice C is incorrect. In the triangle ABC
shown,
not
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Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because they contain ordered pairs that do not
satisfy both of the inequalities.
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The coordinates of the intersection points of the line and the parabola satisfy both
the equation of the parabola and the equation of the line. Therefore, these
coordinates are the solutions to the system of equations below:
y equals 4 x minus 9
y equals negative open parenthesis, x minus 4, close
parenthesis, squared, plus 19
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Substituting
Alternatively, if all 24 sections were studied by a group of 4 students, then the total
number of students required would be
24 times 4 equals 96. Since the
actual number of students is 78, the difference
96 minus 78 equals 18
represents the number of missing students, and each pair of these missing
students represents one of the sections that will be studied by 2 students. Hence,
the number of sections that will be studied by 2 students is equal to the number of
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Alternatively, the maximum height can be found using the position-time equation.
Substituting 100 for
v sub 0 and 9.8 for g into this equation gives
h equals 100 t, minus one half parenthesis, 9.8, close
parenthesis, t squared. Completing the square gives the equivalent equation
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