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Sarah must maintain a balance of at least $500 in her checking account to avoid finance charges. If her current balance is $794, write an inequality to determine how many times she can withdraw $25 for shopping without paying finance charges. |
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25w 106 |
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25w 294 |
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25w 794 |
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25w 500 |
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2. |
Write an inequality for the sentence three times a number is less than 45. |
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3x < 45 |
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3 + x < 45 |
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3x > 45 |
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3x 45 |
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Use elimination to solve the system of equations shown below. 2x - 4y = -5 3x + 4y = -15 |
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The graph of y = -4x2 - 1 is _____. |
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a parabola |
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a circle |
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None of these is correct. |
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a straight line |
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What is the equation of the graph shown? |
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f(x) = -2x2 + 2x + 1 |
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f(x) = 2x2 + 2x + 1 |
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f(x) = -2x2 + 2x - 1 |
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f(x) = 2x2 - 2x + 1 |
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6. |
Solve . |
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0 |
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-2 |
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4 |
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1 or 4 |
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7. |
Find the product of (4n + 5) and (2n + 3). |
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6n2 + 18n + 8 |
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6n2 + 20n + 12 |
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8n2 + 22n - 15 |
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8n2 + 22n + 15 |
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8. |
Find the equation that has direct variation. |
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y = 5x + 1.3 |
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y = 4x |
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y = –3x – 1 |
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y = 0.8x + 9 |
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Michael just got a job mowing his elderly neighbor's lawn paying him $10 each week. Draw a graph showing the amount he receives is increasing very rapidly. Suppose you graph the time in weeks on the horizontal axis and the amount Michael receives on the vertical axis. |
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What type of relationship does the equation have if its first differences are constant? |
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quadratic |
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linear |
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cubic |
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constant |
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How many counterexamples are needed to prove a conjecture wrong? |
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1 |
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4 |
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2 |
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3 |
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Tell whether the statement is sometimes true, always true, or never true for positive values of n. If it is sometimes true, state for what value it is true. 4n = 6,561. |
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always true |
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never true |
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sometimes true, n = 8 |
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sometimes true, n = 7 |
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Use the following table to find the amount of medicine remaining in the bloodstream after n hours. |
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500 × 0.85n |
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0.85n |
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425 × 0.85n |
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0.85 × 500n |
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Find a solution to the equation using backtracking.
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c = 2 |
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c = –1 |
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c = –14 |
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c = 8 |
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Julian said, ''I'm thinking of a number. When I add 3 to my number, multiply the sum by 12, divide the product by 8, and subtract the result by 7, I get 11. What is the number I'm thinking of?'' |
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10 |
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7 |
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9 |
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8 |
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A ball is launched straight up from ground level modeling the equation h = 52t – 10t2, where h stands for height in meters and t stands for time. On its way up, it reached a particular height at 1 second. On its way down, it again reached the same height. At approximately what time did it reach that height the second time? |
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2.0 seconds |
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4.2 seconds |
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3.5 seconds |
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5.2 seconds |
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Use you calculator's Table feature to approximate the solutions to the nearest hundredth. 4x(x + 2) = 12 |
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x = –1, x = –4 |
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x = 1, x = –3 |
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x = 0, x = –4 |
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x = 2, x = –2 |
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Translate the figure using the given vector. |
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Find the correct representation of a triangle reflected over line l, and then reflected over line m. |
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Solve the equation. |
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z = –5 |
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z = 2 |
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z = –2 |
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z = 5 |
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