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A rectangle has a length that is times its width. The function represents this situation, where is the
area, in square feet, of the rectangle and . Which of the following is the best interpretation of in this context?

A. The length of the rectangle, in feet

B. The area of the rectangle, in square feet

C. The difference between the length and the width of the rectangle, in feet

D. The width of the rectangle, in feet

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A rectangular volleyball court has an area of 162 square meters. If the length of the
court is twice the width, what is the width of the court, in meters?

A. 9

B. 18

C. 27

D. 54
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The function S above models the annual salary, in dollars, of an employee n years
after starting a job, where a is a constant. If the employee’s salary increases by 4%
each year, what is the value of a ?

A. 0.04

B. 0.4

C. 1.04

D. 1.4
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The equation above estimates the global data traffic D, in terabytes, for the year
that is t years after 2010. What is the best interpretation of the number 5,640 in this
context?

A. The estimated amount of increase of data traffic, in terabytes, each year

B. The estimated percent increase in the data traffic, in terabytes, each year

C. The estimated data traffic, in terabytes, for the year that is t years after 2010

D. The estimated data traffic, in terabytes, in 2010

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What is the minimum value of the given function?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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If the given function is graphed in the xy-plane, where , what is the x-coordinate of an x-intercept of the graph?
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Immanuel purchased a certain rare coin on January 1. The function , where , gives the
predicted value, in dollars, of the rare coin years after Immanuel purchased it. What is the best interpretation of the
statement “ is approximately equal to ” in this context?

A. When the rare coin's predicted value is approximately dollars, it is greater than the predicted value, in dollars, on
January 1 of the previous year.

B. When the rare coin’s predicted value is approximately dollars, it is times the predicted value, in dollars, on January 1
of the previous year.

C. From the day Immanuel purchased the rare coin to years after Immanuel purchased the coin, its predicted value
increased by a total of approximately dollars.

D. years after Immanuel purchased the rare coin, its predicted value is approximately dollars.
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From 2005 through 2014, the number of music CDs sold in the United States
declined each year by approximately 15% of the number sold the preceding year. In
2005, approximately 600 million CDs were sold in the United States. Of the
following, which best models C, the number of millions of CDs sold in the United
States, t years after 2005?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The function is given. Which table of values represents ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The product of two positive integers is . If the first integer is greater than twice the second integer, what is the smaller
of the two integers?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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In the xy-plane, the y-coordinate of the y-intercept of the graph of the function f is c.
Which of the following must be equal to c ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The equation gives the estimated stock price , in dollars, for a certain company days after a new product launched, where
. Which statement is the best interpretation of in this context?

A. The company's estimated stock price increased every day after the new product launched.

B. The company's estimated stock price increased every days after the new product launched.

C. day after the new product launched, the company's estimated stock price is .

D. days after the new product launched, the company's estimated stock price is .
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For the function f defined above, what is

the value of ?

A.

B.

C. 7

D. 11
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Which of the following is the graph in the xy-

plane of the given equation?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The function gives the area of a rectangle, , if its width is and its length is times its
width. Which of the following is the best interpretation of ?

A. If the width of the rectangle is , then the area of the rectangle is .

B. If the width of the rectangle is , then the length of the rectangle is .

C. If the width of the rectangle is , then the length of the rectangle is .

D. If the width of the rectangle is , then the area of the rectangle is .

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An object’s kinetic energy, in joules, is equal to the product of one-half the object’s
mass, in kilograms, and the square of the object’s speed, in meters per second.
What is the speed, in meters per second, of an object with a mass of 4 kilograms
and kinetic energy of 18 joules?

A. 3

B. 6

C. 9

D. 36
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The height, in feet, of an object x seconds after it is thrown straight up in the air
can be modeled by the function . Based on the model,

which of the following statements best interprets the equation ?

A. The height of the object 1.4 seconds after being thrown straight up in the air is 1.64 feet.

B. The height of the object 1.64 seconds after being thrown straight up in the air is 1.4 feet.

C. The height of the object 1.64 seconds after being thrown straight up in the air is approximately 1.4 times as great as its
initial height.

D. The speed of the object 1.4 seconds after being thrown straight up in the air is approximately 1.64 feet per second.
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An engineer wanted to identify the best angle for a cooling fan in an engine in order
to get the greatest airflow. The engineer discovered that the function above models
the airflow , in cubic feet per minute, as a function of the angle of the fan , in
degrees. According to the model, what angle, in degrees, gives the greatest
airflow?

A. –0.28

B. 0.28

C. 27

D. 880
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Time (years) Total amount (dollars)

Sara opened a savings account at a bank. The table shows the exponential relationship between the time , in years, since
Sara opened the account and the total amount , in dollars, in the account. If Sara made no additional deposits or
withdrawals, which of the following equations best represents the relationship between and ?

A. msup

B. msup

C. msup

D. msup
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A certain college had 3,000 students enrolled in 2015. The college predicts that
after 2015, the number of students enrolled each year will be 2% less than the
number of students enrolled the year before. Which of the following functions
models the relationship between the number of students enrolled, , and the
number of years after 2015, x ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A rubber ball bounces upward one-half the height that it falls each time it hits the
ground. If the ball was originally dropped from a distance of 20.0 feet above the
ground, what was its maximum height above the ground, in feet, between the third
and fourth time it hit the ground?
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If the given function is graphed in the xy-plane, where , what is an x-intercept of the graph?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The function is defined by . In the xy-plane, the graph of is the result of shifting the graph of
down units. Which equation defines function ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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According to Moore’s law, the number of transistors included on microprocessors

doubles every 2 years. In 1985, a microprocessor was introduced that had 275,000
transistors. Based on this information, in which of the following years does
Moore’s law estimate the number of transistors to reach 1.1 million?

A. 1987

B. 1989

C. 1991

D. 1994
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The function models the value, in dollars, of a certain bank account by the end of each year from
through , where is the number of years after . Which of the following is the best interpretation of “ is
approximately equal to ” in this context?

A. The value of the bank account is estimated to be approximately dollars greater in than in .

B. The value of the bank account is estimated to be approximately dollars in .

C. The value, in dollars, of the bank account is estimated to be approximately times greater in than in .

D. The value of the bank account is estimated to increase by approximately dollars every years between and
.
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The function above models the height h, in feet, of an object above ground
t seconds after being launched straight up in the air. What does the number 72
represent in the function?

A. The initial height, in feet, of the object

B. The maximum height, in feet, of the object

C. The initial speed, in feet per second, of the object

D. The maximum speed, in feet per second, of the object

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The function N defined above can be used to model the number of species of
brachiopods at various ocean depths d, where d is in hundreds of meters. Which of
the following does the model predict?

A. For every increase in depth by 1 meter, the number of brachiopod species decreases by 115.

B. For every increase in depth by 1 meter, the number of brachiopod species decreases by 10%.

C. For every increase in depth by 100 meters, the number of brachiopod species decreases by 115.

D. For every increase in depth by 100 meters, the number of brachiopod species decreases by 10%.
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The area A, in square centimeters, of a rectangular painting can be represented by the expression , where is
the width, in centimeters, of the painting. Which expression represents the length, in centimeters, of the painting?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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x f(x)

0 5

The table above gives the values of the function f for some values of x. Which
of the following equations could define f ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The equation gives the estimated number of employees at a restaurant, where is the number of years
since the restaurant opened. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the number in this context?

A. The estimated number of employees when the restaurant opened

B. The increase in the estimated number of employees each year

C. The number of years the restaurant has been open

D. The percent increase in the estimated number of employees each year

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The function f is defined above. Which of the following is NOT an x-intercept of

the graph of the function in the xy-plane?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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In the given function , is a constant. The graph of function in the xy-plane, where , is translated units down
and units to the right to produce the graph of . Which equation defines function ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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There were no jackrabbits in Australia before 1788 when 24 jackrabbits were

introduced. By 1920 the population of jackrabbits had reached 10 billion. If the
population had grown exponentially, this would correspond to a 16.2% increase, on
average, in the population each year. Which of the following functions best models
the population of jackrabbits t years after 1788?

A.

B.

C.

D.