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  1. Find the midpoint of the line segment connecting the points
                    (5, -3),  ( -2, 4)  
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  3. What is the distance between the following points?  
    (3, 6), (-3,- 5)
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  5. Are the following coordinates a solution to the function f(x) = x2 - x + 3 ?
            (-2, 9)
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  7. A rectangular field has an area of 372 m2  What is the perimeter of the field if the lenght is twice the width?
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  9.   Find the slope the following lines and determine if the lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither.

         line one  (4, 3), (-2, 5)         line two (2,-3), (-1, 6) 
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  11. Find the equation of the line that passes through (3, 2) and has a slope of 4.
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  13. What is the domain of the following functions.
                      a. f(x) = 4x/(3x + 2)  
  14.                    b. p(x) = 3x2 - 4

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  15. a   Graph the function f(x) = x2- 4

        b)   identify the interval for which f(x) ≤ 0
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  16.   What is the average rate of change of the following function from
    x = 3  to   x = 2                 f(x) = -x2 + 4    
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  18. . Write the following in logarithmic format    43 = 64.
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  20. Write the following in logarithmic format for  e7 = 1096.633158
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  22. Write the following in exponential form log 1000 = 3

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  24. Solve the following equations for x
                         a)  log5 3.5 = x               b)  log (x + 5) = log ( x -2) ─ log ( x + 2)
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  26. Find the exact answer:  log 5 5 1.4 ─ log 5 5 0.7

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  28. Express the following in a single logarithm term.
                            a)   2ln x + 3ln y ─ ln g                         b)   4log x - (3 log y + 2 log z)
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  30. Expand the logarithmic expression  ln (t4 / p-3 )
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  32. The following angles are measured in radians. Without using a calculator identify what quadrant they are in:
                           a)3π / 4
  33.                        b) -2π/5   answer

  34. Express the following in radian measure.
                          a) 45o     b)  1200   c) 1070 30'  10"
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  36. List the six trig functions for a right triangle with the side opposite = 3 and the adjacent side = 4
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  38. What is the cot θ if  sin θ = 4/5 
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  40. What is the angular speed, # of revolutions and linear speed per second of a point on the rim of a
    wheel with a diameter of 14 cm that travels at 9 dm per minute? answer

  41. For what values of θ between 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π is the sine, secant and tangent function not defined? answer

  42. What is the sign of the tan θ in quadrants 1, 2 and 4? answer

  43. What is the period of the tan θ and cos θ ? answer

  44. What is the reference angle for 1200? answer

  45. What is the reference angle for 2370? answer

  46. What is the radian measure of a circle's central angle opposite and arc of 12 dm with a radius of 4.3 cm? answer

  47. Without a calculator what does sin-1(.5) = answer

  48. Without using a calculator what does arccos(.5) = answer

  49. Without a calculator what does cos(sin-1(.5)) = answer

  50. What does cos(arccos(.5)) = answer

  51. What is a one to one function? Are any of the six trig functions one to one? answer

  52. Convert .44879 radians to degree measure answer

  53. What angle is coterminal with 2370 and is between 3600 and 7200 answer

  54. What are the turning point of sin x = y from 0 to 2π  answer

  55. What are the zero point of sin x = y from 0 to 2π  answer

  56. You are standing 154 meters from a building. The angle from the ground to the building's top is 67.3 0
    How tall is the building? answer

  57. Solve for x: 8x - 4 = 3(x + 2) - 6  answer

  58. Solve for x: 8x2 - 4 = 3(x + 2) - 6  answer

  59. Solve for t: 5t - 4 ≤ 6(t + 2) - 2  answer

  60. Solve for p: 7p - 2 ≥ 5(p + 2) + 3  answer

  61. Solve for x: |8x - 4| ≥ 6  answer

  62. Solve for r: |9.5r - 3| ≤ 4.3  answer

  63. Solve for x: (8x + 4)1/2 = 2x + 1  answer

  64. t + 7   
    t + 3
      = - 4 +  
    8t + 1   
    t + 3

  65. t + 7   
    t2 - 8t + 16
      = - 4 +  
    2t + 1   
    t - 4

  66. A ball is launched from ground level and forms a parabolic path based on the function f(x) = -.2x2 + x + 3
    • What is the maximum height the ball reaches?
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    • What is the horizontal distance the ball travels from launch to touch down?
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  68. You are instructed to make an open box from a piece of metal that is 60 cm on each side.
    The sides have to be t cm high. What is the function that describes the boxes volume?
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  70. You are instructed to make an open box from a piece of cardboard that is 60 cm on each side.
    The bottom of the box must have an area of 3,100 sq cm. How high will the sides t be?
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  72. The end points of a circle's diameter are (-2, 2),(4,8). What is the equation, in standard form, for this circle?
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  74. The circle's radius is ∜5. The center is at (2, 3) What is the equation, in standard form, for this circle?
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  76. Is 4x⁴ + 3x² + 9y + 3 = 0 symmetrical to the x axis, y axis, origin or all three?
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  78. Is x⁵ - 3y⁵ - 9 = 0 symmetrical to the x axis, y axis, origin or all three?
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  80. The half life of phosphorus-32 is 14.26 days. How much of the initial amount of 115 mg will be left in 4 days?
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  82. The half life of krypton-85 is 10.76 years. How much of the initial amount of 210 mg will be left in 3.5 years?
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  84. How much will you have in 3 years if you deposit $6,000 at 7% compounded weekly?
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  86. How much will you have in 3 years if you deposit $6,000 at 7% compounded daily?
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  88. How much will you have in 3 years if you deposit $6,000 at 7% compounded continuously?
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  90. How much will you have in 5 years if you deposit $6,500 at 5.5% compounded continuously?
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  92. Using parent functions write a functions whose graph will be approximately the same as the one below.
    What parent function closes resemble this graph?












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