1.   What is the distance between points with coordinates (1.32, 0.27) and (1.07, -0.33).
    A. 0.65 unit B. 0.81 unit
    C. 1.02 units D. 0.39 unit
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  2.   Find the value of a so that the distance between points with coordinates (2, 5) and (-6, a) is 10 units.
    A. 1 or 11 B. 11 only
    C. or 11 D. 1 only
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  3.   Find the vertex of the graph of   f(x) = x2 + 4x - 5.
    A. (-2, 9) B. (0, -5)
    C. (-2, -9) D. (2, 7)
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  4.   Solve  y2 + 8y + 16 = 0 by factoring.
    A. -4 B. 4, 8
    C. 4 D. -4, 4
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  5.   Solve  x2 - 6x = 0 by graphing or by factoring.
    A. -6, 0 B. 0
    C. 0, 6 D. -6
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  6.   Solve  x2 - 4x + 1 = 0 by completing the square.
    A. B. 1
    C. D. 2
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  7.   Find the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of the equation
y = -3x2 - 12x - 5.
    A. (-2, 7) B. (1, -20)
    C. (2, -41) D. (-4, -5)
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  8.   Use the quadratic formula to solve 2x2 + 7x + 4 = 0. Approximate the solutions to the nearest hundredth.
    A. -5.56, -1.44 B. -2.78, -0.72
    C. 1.28, 3.66 D. -3.35, -0.15
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  9.   What is the y-intercept of the function y = 2x2 + 1
    A. 1 B. 0
    C. 3 D. none
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  10.   If the vertex of a parabola is (3, -4), what is its axis of symmetry?
    A. y = 3 B. x = -4
    C. y = -4 D. x = 3
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  11.   What must be done to the quadratic expression ax2 + bx in order to complete the square?
    A. square b and add to original
    B. find one half of b, square this result, and add to original
    C. find one fourth of b and add to original
    D. square b, then find one half of the result, and add to original.
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  12.   Solve x2 + 14x + 49 = 0 by using the quadratic formula.
    A. –6, –8 B. 7
    C. –7 D. 6, 8
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  13.   What is the equation of the parabola whose vertex is at (-3, 1) and passes through the point (-2, 4)?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  14.   Find the axis of symmetry of the following function:
    A. x = 7 B. x =
    C. x = –7 D. x =
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