1.   Evaluate if t = 8, u = -2, and v = 5.
    A. 2.8 B. 0.56
    C. 0.08 D. 0.2
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  2.   Choose the graph of f(x) = |x| - 2.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  3.   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. The system of inequalities that represents this problem is graphed below. Which ordered pair is not a vertex of the feasible region?
   
    A. (0, 5) B. (0, 0)
    C. (20, 0) D. (15, 0)
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  4.   A baker earns 15¢ profit per glazed doughnut g, and 40¢ profit per jelly doughnut j. If a customer wants to buy no more than a dozen doughnuts and wants to try at least one of each kind, what is the maximum profit the baker can earn?
    A. $4.80 B. $1.80
    C. $4.55 D. $3.30
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  5.   Write the translation matrix for and its image
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  6.   Find the area of the parallelogram.
   
    A. (12a2 + 14b2) cm2
    B. (36a2 + 49b2) cm2
    C. (36a2 - 49b2) cm2
    D. (36a2 - 84ab - 49b2) cm2
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  7.   Find the coordinates of the midpoint of the segment whose endpoints have coordinates (-2, 4) and (3, -1).
    A. B. (-5, 5)
    C. D. (1, 3)
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  8.   Find an equation of the circle whose center is at (-2, 4) and has radius 5.
    A. (x - 2)2 + (y + 4)2 = 25
    B. (x + 2)2 + (y - 4)2 = 5
    C. (x + 2)2 + (y - 4)2 = 25
    D. (x - 2)2 + (y + 4)2 = 5
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  9.   Solve  x2 + 3x - 10 = 0 by completing the square.
    A. 2, 5 B. 5
    C. -5, 2 D. 2
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  10.   Solve x + 7 > 13.
    A. {x | x > 6} B. {x | x < 13}
    C. {x | x 20} D. {x | x > 20}
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  11.   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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  12.   At a firm, there are three workers that are supposed to work a combined 110 hours per week. Worker 1 gets paid $10 per hour, worker 2 gets paid $12 per hour, and worker 3 gets paid $14 per hour. If the company wants their total income to be $1268, how many hours should each one work if worker 3 and worker 2 work for the same amount of hours?
    A. worker 1: 40worker 2: 35worker 3: 35 B. worker 1: 14worker 2: 48worker 3: 48
    C. worker 1: 54worker 2: 28worker 3: 28 D. worker 1: 44worker 2: 33worker 3: 33
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  13.   Is the following expression simplified?
    A. no, since the index of 4 could be smaller
    B. Yes, since the power on x is = 1 in the denominator.
    C. no, since there is a radical in the denominator
    D. yes, since the power on x is < 1 in the numerator
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  14.   Find the vertex of the graph of the function .
    A. (1, –2) B. (–1, –2)
    C. (1, 4) D. (–1, 4)
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  15.   Find consecutive values of x between which each real zero of the function is located.
    A. 0 and 1, 1 and 2 B. –1 and 0, 1 and 2
    C. –1 and 0, 0 and 1 D. –1 and 0, 0 and 1, and 1 and 2
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  16.   Which point is the closest to (-2, 1)?
    A. (-2, 5) B. (-1, 4)
    C. (-5, 2) D. (-4, -1)
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  17.   Write an equation for the ellipse whose endpoints of its major axis are at (-1, 3) and (5, 3), and whose foci are at (0, 3) and (4, 3).
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  18.   If the length of the transverse axis is 10 units, and the length of the conjugate axis is 6 units, what are the coordinates of the vertices?
    A. (0, 5) and (0, -5) B. (5, 0) and (-5, 0)
    C. (3, 5) and (3, -5) D. Cannot be determined from given information.
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  19.   What is the LCM of and .
    A. (r – 1)(r + 3)(r + 9) B. r(r – 1)(r + 3)(r + 9)
    C. (r – 1)2(r + 3)(r + 9) D. r(r – 1)2(r + 3)(r + 9)
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  20.   John ran a marathon on a windy day. He ran the first 13 miles into the wind, and the last 13 miles with the wind at his back, and he completed the course in 3 hours. How fast is John in still conditions if the wind speed was 4 miles per hour?
    A. 12.7 mph B. 10.2 mph
    C. 8.7 mph D. –1.6 mph
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