1.   The formula for the area of a trapezoid is Solve the formula for h.
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  2.   The scatter plot below shows the women's winning marathon times and the high temperatures on the marathon days. Which prediction equation best shows how marathon times and temperature are related?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  3.   State which ordered pair satisfies
    A. (1, 5) B. (0, 1)
    C. (1, 2) D. (0, 0)
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  4.   Find the value of
    A. 14 B. 0
    C. -2 D. 2
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  5.   Choose the graph that shows the solution to the system of inequalities and
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  6.   Solve the system of inequalities by graphing.


    A. B.
    C. D.
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  7.   What is the solution of the system of inequalities?


   
    A. region 2 B. region 4
    C. region 1 D. region 3
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  8.   Find the value of 63.
    A. 18
    B. 729
    C. 216
    D. 36
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  9.   Josh has 40 minutes to complete a government exam. There are 15 multiple-choice questions worth 3 points each. There are also 5 short-answer questions worth 11 points each. It takes about 2 minutes for Josh to answer the multiple-choice questions m and about 8 minutes to complete the short-answer questions s. Which inequality is not part of the system of inequalities that represents the problem?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  10.   Evaluate if a = 2, b = 4, and c = -1.
    A. 1 B. -14
    C. 7 D. 2.4
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  11.   Identify the multiplicative inverse of 2.5.
    A. 0.25 B. 0.5
    C. 0.4 D. 5.2
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  12.   Write the equation of the line through (5, -3) and (-2, -8) in slope-intercept form.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  13.   A line of fit is drawn on a scatter plot showing the number of pets owned by automobile owners and the number of miles driven each month. What would probably be the best description of the slope of this line?
    A. negative B. positive
    C. undefined D. zero
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  14.   The Waxmans just opened a carpet store. Their startup costs were $5000, and their cost of carpet is $8 per square yard. How many square yards of carpet do they need to sell in order to break even if they sell the carpet for $18 per square yard?
    A. 192 square yards B. 500 square yards
    C. 278 square yards D. 50 square yards
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  15.   Which of the following is not a vertex of the figure formed by
    A. B. (6, 4)
    C. (0, 2) D. (2, –1)
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  16.   If and find 4A – 5B.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  17.   Vince and Brian each need two kinds of items at the store. Vince bought 10 of item A and 14 of item B, and spent $97. Brian bought 8 of item A and 25 of item B, and spent $119. How much did each item cost?
    A. item A = $5.50
item B = $3
B. item A = $1.14
item B = $2.10
    C. item A = $3
item B = $5.50
D. item A = $2.10
item B = $1.14
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  18.   Which method of finding solutions would work best to find the solutions to the system 12.4x – 3.66y = 12.19, 3.9x + 6.17y = 19.28, and why?
    A. elimination, because 6.17 is a factor of 3.66
    B. Cramer's Rule, because none of the other methods will correctly solve the problem
    C. Cramer's Rule, because there are fewer calculations.
    D. elimination, because Cramer's Rule doesn't apply to this problem
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  19.   Determine whether the pair of matrices are inverses.
    A. yes, because A · B = I
    B. yes, because each entry in the second matrix is the reciprocal of its corresponding entry in the first matrix
    C. no, because A · B I
    D. no, because fractions cannot be a part of an inverse
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  20.   Solve the system of equations 7x – 14y =4, 3x – 6y =17.
    A. no unique solution B. infinite solutions
    C. (3, –2) D. (2, 1)
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