PART I – INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA

ARITHMETIC 5. 3 2
Put your answer in simplest form; for ---------- - ---- COORDINATES AND GRAPHS
example, if you get 2/4 for an answer, x2 - 2x x For questions asking for
you would change it to 1/2 . quadrants, use the numbering
6. x2 - 9 x + 3 below.
1. -5 + 7 -------- ÷ -------
y xy + y y
2. -5 - 7 ________
II I
7. / c8f4
Y
3. -5 - (-7) / -----
√ 81 II I
4. 7 - 5(2 - 8) x
___________
5. 1/ + 3/10 8. √ 9x2 + 9y2
4
III
6. 5
/12 - 1/8 9. (2x2y - 5xy2+4y)-(3x2y - 6xy2+5xy)
III IV
7. 1/
3 - ( -7/9 ) 10. (x + y)2 - (x - y)2

8. -7(-1)(-5) 11. -x2 + (-x)2

1. In what quadrant is each of the
9. 4/
3 · 5/
6 · 9/
20 12. 4(x - 3) + 9(x - 2) + 5 following:

10. 5/
12 ÷ ( - 7/8 ) 13. 5(2x - 4) - 2(4 - 7x) a.(2, -3) b.(-2, 3) c.(-2, -3)

11. _30_ 14. x2 + 4x - 12 2. For the points(-3, 1)and

9 --------------- (4, -4):
/2
x2 + 12x + 36
12. 4/ a. Find the midpoint between
15
------ 15. (2x - 3y)(2x + 3y) the two points.
2/ b. Find the distance between
9
16. (x - 2) / (2 - x) the two points.
13. 5(4 - 2)2 - 9/3 + 5
SOLVING EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES 3. What is the slope of the line
14. 0/5 Solve for x in simplest form. through (-5, 2) and (1, -7)?
(Real number solutions only!)
15. 9-2 4. Graph the lines:
---- 1. 4(x - 2) = 8(x + 3)
2-4 a. y = -3x + 4
2. x2 + 64 = 0 b. 3x + 2y = 6
16. 123450
_______ 3. x2 - 64 = 0
17. √ 9/25 5. Are 4x + 3y = 7 and
___________ 4. x2 - 3x - 10 = 0 12x - 9y = 3 parallel?
18. √ 64 + 36
___________ 5. 3x2 - 2x - 2 = 0
6. Find an equation of the line
19. √ 102 - 82
6. 2x2 - 3x + 4 = 0 through (4, -5) that is
perpendicular to the line
5_________
7. x + 4 x + 2 y = 2/3 x - 1.
20. √ -32
------ = -----
x - 4 x 7. Use algebra to find the
21. 163/2 intersection of the lines:
8. 4x - 5
22. (-1)10 + (-1)9 2x + y = 4 and x + 3y = 7
------ = 0
____ ____
3x + 7
23. √ 18 - √ 8
9. x2(5x + 2)(4x - 1) = 0 8. What points lie on the graph
24. -32 of: x2 + y2 = 9, if y = 1?
10. -3x + 11 > 32
25. (1.2 x 105) · (0.35 x 10-3) 3x - 4
11. |x - 3| < 4 9. The y-intercept of y = -------
ALGEBRAIC OPERATIONS 7x + 8
Perform the indicated operations, then 12. |x + 5| > 4 is:
simplify your result; your answer
should contain only positive exponents. 13. x2 < 4 10. Find the x-intercepts of:

1. (-5x2y-3z-2)(-2x5y3z-2) a. y = x2 – 4x – 12
14. 4z2 = 2x + 9 (solve for x
2. (-2c3)4 symbolically) b. y = -x2 - 4x + 12

3. 12x2y-3z4
-----------
40x2y-2z2 1

4. (-2x2 + 3x -2)(x - 5)
 PART II – FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS

BASIC FUNCTIONS
PARABOLAS AND CIRCLES 4. Find: a. log3(1/9)
1. Consider this graph of y = f(x): b. log41(1)
c. log52(52)
1. Consider the graph: d. log63(6374)
y = -x2 + 3x +4.
5. Between which two consecutive
a. Find the y-intercept. integers is log5198 ?
b. Find the x-intercepts.
c. Find the vertex. 6. Solve for t in terms of
d. Sketch the graph. common logs: 7t = 923.
a. What is the domain of f(x)? 7. For positive x and y, log x
b. What is the range of f(x)? can
c. What is f(0)? (approximate) 2. How many x-intercepts does each
of the following graphs have? log y
d. For what value of x does also be written as:
f(x) = 3? (approximate) (You should not have to graph
them!)
a. x/y
2. What is the domain of: a. y = -x2 + 2x -3 b. log x - log y
_________ c. log(x/y)
a. f(x) = √ x - 3 b. y = x2 - 2x - 3 d. none of the above

9 c. y = x2 - 8x + 16 8. Graph the function y = 2-x.

b. f(x) = --------
x2 - 4 d. y = -x2 + 3
TRIGONOMETRY AND TRIG FUNCTIONS
3. Let f(x) = 4 - x2 and
g(x) = 2x + 1. Find and
3. Find an equation of the circle 1. Find each of the following:
with center (-1,4) and radius 7.
simplify: a. cos240°
b. tan(-45°)
a. f(-3) 4. Find the center and radius c. sin150°
b. f(2s) of
d. sec180°
c. f(g(x)) x2 – 8x + y2 + 2y = 32

4. Which graphs below are graphs 2. a. Convert 12° to radians.

of functions y = f(x)? EXPONENTIALS AND LOGARITHMS b. Convert π/5 radians to
y degrees.
a. 1. Let f(x) = 1/5(2x). Fill in the
following table and use them to 3. Find each of the following:
x sketch the full graph of f(x). a. sin24x + cos24x
x | y_ b. cos6π
y -3 | c. -sin(3π/2)
b. -2 |
-1 |
4. Find tan32x when x = π/3.
xx 0 |
1 |
5. Let f(x) = -3sin2x.
y 2 |
a. What is the amplitude?
c. 3 |
b. What is the period?
c. Graph one full cycle of
x 2. Expand as far as possible via
f(x) starting from x = 0.
log rules. a3
logb ---------
6. Which one of the three trig.
b4c5
functions sinx, cosx or tanx
5. Given this graph of y = f(x), DOES NOT pass through the
y graph: a. f(x) + 2 3. Rewrite using just one Log.
origin?
b. f(x - 2)
Log x - 4Log y - 7Log z
7. You need an angle of
2
elevation of 30° to view a
. bird flying at a height of
1000 feet. What is your
distance from the bird?

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SOLUTIONS TO PRETEST
INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
ARITHMETIC
1. 2 2. -12 3. 2 4. 37 5. 11/20 6. 7/24 7. 10/9 8. -35 9. ½

10. -10/21 11. 20/3 12. 6/5 13. 22 14. 0 15. 16/81 16. 1 17. 3/5
_
18. 10 19. 6 20. -2 21. 64 22. 0 23. √2 24. -9 25. 42

ALGEBRAIC OPERATIONS
1. 10x7/z4 2. 16c12 3. (3z2)/(10y) 4. -2x3+13x2-17x+10 5. (7-2x)/(x2-2x) 6. (x-3)/(x+1)
_____
7. c4f2/9 8. 3√ x2+y2 9. -x2y + xy2 - 5xy + 4y 10. 4xy 11. 0 12. 13x -25 13. 24x-28

14. (x-2)/(x+6) 15. 4x2 - 9y2 16. -1

SOLVING EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES _ _

1. x = -8 2. no real solutions 3. x = -8,8 4. x = -2,5 5. x =(1-√7)/3, (1+√7)/3

6. no real solutions 7. x = -4/3 8. x = 5/4 9. x = -2/5,0,1/4 10. x < -7

11. -1 < x < 7 12. x < -9 or x > -1 13. -2 < x < 2 14. x = 2z2 - (9/2)

COORDINATES AND GRAPHS _

1. (a) IV (b) II (c) III 2. (a) (1/2,-3/2) (b) √74 3. -3/2 4. (a)(b) use graphing calculator* 5. NO 6. y = -(3/2)x + 1
_ _
7. x = 1, y = 2 8. (-√8,1),(√8,1) 9. -1/2 10. (a) -2 and 6 (b) -6 and 2

FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS

BASIC FUNCTIONS
1. (a) [-1,∞) (b) [0,∞) (c) 2 (d) 1 2. (a) x ≥ 3 (b) x ≠ -2,2

3. (a) -5 (b) 4 - 4s2 (c) -4x2 - 4x + 3 4. only (c) 5. (a) (b) use graphing calculator*, e.g. with f(x) = x2

PARABOLAS AND CIRLCES

1. (a) 4 (b) -1 and 4 (c) (3/2,25/4) (d) use graphing calculator* 2. (a) none (b) two (c) one (d) two

3. x2 + 2x + y2 -8y = 32 4. center (4,-1) radius 7

EXPONENTIALS AND LOGARITHMS

1. use graphing calculator* 2. 3logba - 4 - 5logbc 3. log(x/(y4z7))1/2 4. (a) -2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 74

5. 3 and 4 6. log923/log7 7. (d) 8. use graphing calculator*

TRIGONOMETRY AND TRIG FUNCTIONS _

1. (a) -1/2 (b) -1 (c) 1/2 (d) -1 2. (a) π/15 rad (b) 36° 3. (a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1 4. -3√3

5. (a) 3 (b) π (c) use graphing calculator* 6. cosx 7. 2000 feet

* Graphing calculator mentioned here solely as a means of checking your answers for pretest. Calculators of any type are
NOT permitted for the placement test itself.