1.   Solve 5x2 – 10x = 0.
    A. x = 2 B. x = 0 or x = -2
    C. x = 0 or x = 2 D. x = 0
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  2.   Solve x2x – 72 = 0.
    A. x = -8 or x = 9 B. x = -8
    C. x = 8 or x = -9 D. x = 9
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  3.   State the excluded values of x in the expression .
    A. B. or - 3
    C. or 3 D. , 3, or 4
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  4.   Find .
    A. B. c + 2
    C. D.
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  5.   Simplify the expression .
    A. 132 ft/s B. 100 mph
    C. 88 ft/s D. 198 s/ft
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  6.   Find .
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  7.   Express in simplest form.
    A. B. 2
    C. D.
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  8.   Find .
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   Write as a rational expression.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  10.   Which of the following is not an example of inverse variation?
    A. the distance covered if several different people drive 200 miles to the game at variable speeds
    B. the number of running plays a football team can run if they elect to use 2 running backs for 8 plays each, or 1 running back for 16 plays
    C. the number of samples a store can give away if they give 1 free sample to each of 300 people, or decide to give 2 samples to 300 people
    D. the number of computers a company gives if it has enough computers to give 24 people 1 computer, or 12 people two computers
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  11.   If x varies inversely as y and the constant of variation is 24, what are x and y if it is true that x + y = 11?
    A. –6 and –4 B. –3 and –8
    C. 6 and 4 D. 3 and 8
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  12.   State the excluded value(s) of .
    A. 5, –5, 2, 3 B. 5
    C. 5, –5 D. 2, 3
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  13.   The speed of light is 3 × 108 meters per second. How fast is this in kilometers per hour?
    A. 1.8 × 107 km/hr B. 3 × 105 km/hr
    C. 8.3 × 107 km/hr D. 1.08 × 109 km/hr
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  14.   Find .
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  15.   A builder wants the kitchen to have an area of x2 – 2x – 24, and a length of x + 4. What is the width?
    A. – 6 B. x + 6
    C. x – 6 D. 6
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  16.   Find .
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  17.   Which of the following is not one of the steps for adding rational expressions with unlike denominators?
    A. Add the unlike denominators together.
    B. Change each rational expression into an equivalent expression with the LCD as the denominator.
    C. Find the LCD.
    D. Add just as with rational expressions with like denominators.
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  18.   Gary is inches tall, and weighs pounds. What is his ratio in pounds per inch of height?
   
    A. B.
    C. D. 3
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  19.   Suppose one runner can run 8 laps in 12 minutes, and another runner can run 8 laps in 10 minutes. If they start at the same time, after how many laps by the fast runner will he lap the slow runner?
    A. after 5 laps B. after 8 laps
    C. after 7.5 laps D. after 6 laps
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  20.   Solve .
    A. 2 B. –2
    C. no solution D. {2, –2}
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