Unit 3 Test: Radicals and Variation

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p p p
1. Simplify: 56x2 y7 8xy 6. The expression 200 is equivalent to

p p p p
A. 8xy3 7y B. 7x2 y4 64x A. 25 8 B. 100 2
p p p
C. 8x3 y7 7y D. none of these C. 2 10 D. 10 2

p p
7. The expression 5 3 27 is equivalent to
2. Find the solutionpset of the realpnumbers for the
radical equation 2x + 1 = 1 + x.
p p p p
A. 8 3 B. 8 3 C. 2 3 D. 2 3
A. f0g B. C. f0; 4g

D. none of these

p
6 20
8. The expression p is equivalent to
3 5

p p
3. The
p number of real solutions of the equation A. 3 15 B. 2 15 C. 8 D. 4
x + 2 = x is:

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4

9. Expressed
p p in simplest radical form, the product of
6 15 is

p p p p
4. Which of the following values of x satis es the A. 90 B. 9 10 C. 3 10 D. 3 15
equation:
p p
x 8 x=2

p
A. 36 B. 0 C. 8 10. The solution set of the equation x+3=3 x is

D. none of these
A. f1g B. f0g C. f1; 6g D. f2; 3g

p p
5. The sum of 18 and 6 2 is p
11. If x 4 = 7, what is the value of x?
p p p
A. 7 20 B. 9 2 C. 15 2 D. 18
A. 11 B. 18 C. 45 D. 53

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12. If 2x 1 + 2 = 5, then x is equal to 18. What are the domain and the range of the function
shown in the graph below?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 5 D. 4

13. What
p is the solution set of the equation
9x 2 11 = 5?

A. f0g B. f2g

C. f 2g D. f2; 2g

14. In the p
set of real numbers, what is the domain of
f (x) = x + 5 ? A. fx j x > 4g; fy j y > 2g

B. fx j x 4g; fy j y 2g
A. x 5 B. x 5
C. fx j x > 2g; fy j y > 4g
C. x> 5 D. x > 0
D. fx j x 2g; fy j y 4g

15. In the accompanying table, y varies inversely as x.

What is the value of z ?

1
A. 2 B. 2 x 3 6 12
y 8 4 z 19. Which table does not show an example of direct
1
C. 3 D. 4 variation?

A. x y B. x y
1 4 2 24
16. What p is the domain of the function 2 8 4 12
f (x) = x2 3x 10?
3 12 6 8
4 16 8 6
A. 2 x 5 B. x 2 or x 5

C. x 5 D. x 2 C. x y D. x y
1
1 2 4 20
2 1 3 15
3 3 2 10
2
1
4 2 1 5
17. If x is a positive integer, 4x is equivalent to
2

2 p
A. B. 2x C. 4 x D. 4 1x
x

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20. Look at this graph of a function. (y is a function 22. The number of calories burned while jogging
of x.) varies directly with the number of minutes spent
jogging. If George burns 150 calories by jogging
for 20 minutes, how many calories does he burn
by jogging for 30 minutes?

A. 100 B. 180 C. 200 D. 225

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What is the domain of the function? 23. The expression x 5 is equivalent to

p
2
p
5 2 1 1
A. all real numbers A. x5 B. x C. p D. p
2 5 5 2
x x
B. all real numbers except 4

C. all real numbers greater than or equal to 0

D. all real numbers greater than or equal to 4

24. If d varies inversely as t, and d = 20 when t = 2,

what is the value of t when d = 5?
p p
21. The graphs of f (x) = x and f (x + k) = x + k are
shown. A. 8 B. 2 C. 8 D. 2

25. When rice is prepared, the amount of rice varies

directly as the amount of water required. If 2 cups
of rice requires 4.5 cups of water, what is the total
number of cups of water needed to prepare 5 cups
of rice?

What is the value of k? A. 9 B. 10 C. 11.25 D. 22.5

A. 16 B. 4 C. 4 D. 16

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