ACT 2

FUNCTIONS

Dr. Ahmed Hassan

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If a, b, m and n are integers, m > 0, n < 0, Rationalize the denominator and simplify
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and x2 + mx + n = (x + a)(x + b), what must
√20
be true of the product and the sum of a and b? A) 3 B) 3√5
3√2
A) ab > 0 and a + b >0 C) D) 3√2
2
B) ab > 0 and a + b < 0
C) ab < 0 and a + b> 0 5
D) ab < 0 and a + b < 0
The perimeter of a square is equal to
the circumference of a circle whose
area is 20 in2. What is the area, in
2 square inches, of the square?
Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle A) 5π B) 5
With a diameter ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐶 such that m ∠ DAC = 55° C) 20π D) 20
And m ∠ BCA = 40°. What are m ∠ BAD and
m ∠ BCD ? 6
A) m ∠ BAD = 105° and m ∠ BCD = 75°
B) m ∠ BAD = 100° and m ∠ BCD = 80° Point p is on the line y = 3. The distance
C) m ∠ BAD = 95° and m ∠ BCD = 85° from p to the point with coordinates (8, 8)
D) m ∠ BAD = 90° and m ∠ BCD = 90° is 13 units. What is the x – coordinate of p
if it is less than 8?
A) -5 B) -4
3 C) 0 D) 3

In the geometric sequence {16, n, 36, ….},

The second term n is the geometric mean of
16 and 36. What is the value of n?
A) 24
B) 25
C) 26
D) 28

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What is the value of y for the solution to this What is the slope of the line whose
System of equations? equation is 5x – 3y = 9?
2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 12 5
{ A) -3 B) -
𝑦 =𝑥+4 3
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A) 8 B) 16 C) D) 5
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C) 20 D) 24
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The radii of 3 concentric circles have a ratio A day- care center has a bag of blocks of
of 5: 8: 9. The circle between the smallest various geometric shapes. For these blocks,
and largest has a radius of 10 cm. to the each of these statements is true:
nearest hundredth of a centimeter, what is If a block is triangular, then it is blue
the distance from the smallest circle to the If a block is not blue, then it is plastic
largest circle? If a block is square, then it is not blue
A) 1.00 B) 1.25 If a block is circular, then it is plastic
C) 2.50 D) 5.00 If a block is not blue, then it is not circular
If a block from the bag is blue, then which
of the following statements must be true
about the block?
A) It is triangular
B) It id circular
C) It is not a square
D) It is not plastic

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What is the solution set for |𝑥 − 3| = 2x?
A) {-3, 3} B) {-3}
C) {1} D) {-3, 1}

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Given:
Points A, B, C, D, and E are collinear What is the complete factorization of
AC = 12 -2x3 + 4x2 – 8x ?
DB = 20 A) -2x (x2 – 2x + 4)
BE = 8 B) -4x (x2 –x + 2)
C is between B and E C) -2 (x2 – 2x2+ 4 x)
A is between B and D D) -4 (x3 –x2 + 2 x)
B is the midpoint of ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐶
What is DE?
A) 40 B) 28
C) 24 D) 16
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7(4−3)−6( − )
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Simplify: + 7(m - 1)? The solution to this system of inequalities
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A) 7m B) 7m – 6 forms a triangular region.
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C) 7m + 8 D) m–1 y ≤ 3x
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y≤- x+4
2
y≥0
What is the area, in square units of the
region?
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A) 2 B) 4
7 7
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C) 13 D) 27
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The shape of a certain city park is a regular Which of the following shapes has the
Pentagon. The length of one side is 922 ft. greatest number of lines of symmetry?
What is the approximate area in square feet, A) Square
of the park? B) Rectangle that is not a square
A) 4.0 million B) 3.6 million C) Equilateral triangle
C) 2.3 million D) 1.5 million D) Circle
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A student is constructing a triangle for a When two square regions overlap, what
geometry assignment. The teacher has can the shape of the overlapping portion
specified these requirements for the triangle: be?
 The perimeter of the triangle is 30 cm. I. Square
 The lengths of all 3 sides of the triangle II. Triangular
are whole numbers of centimeters III. Rectangular
 The shortest side of the triangle is 7 cm A) I only B) II only
How many different lengths are possible C) III only D) I, II, and III
for the longest side of the triangle?
A) 2 B) 3
C) 4 D) 5
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Of the following, 15 percent of $8.95 is
closest to:
A) $1.95 B) $1.75
C) $1.50 D) $1.35

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Betsy raked leaves from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 If the average of 5 consecutive whole
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a.m. and finished of the yard. She wants numbers is 12, what is the largest number?
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to finish raking the yard by 6:30 p.m. if she A) 14
plans to rake at the same rate, what is the B) 16
latest time that she can start raking the C) 17
leaves again? D) 22
A) 12:30 p.m. B) 1:00 p.m.
C) 2:00 p.m. D) 3:30 p.m
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John has x dollars. Ann has $5 more than If 0.39 is about , the N is closet to which
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John. If Ann gives John $10, then, in terms of the following?
Of x, how many dollars will Ann have? A) 0.4 B) 3
A) x – 15 B) x – 10 C) 4 D) 39
C) x – 5 D) x + 5

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Automobile sales in the United States
dropped from 10.7 million units one year to
9.3 million the next year. The decrease was
Closest to what percent? In the problems above, B – A =
A) 1% B) 13% A) 0 B) 1
C) 14% D) 15% C) 16 D) 18

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What is the greatest number of square 5 A store regularly sells books at 20% off
Centimeters on a side that can be cut from the list price. At a sale its regular prices
a rectangular piece of constructions paper are reduced 10 percent. The sale price is
60 centimeters long and 45 centimeters what percent of the list price?
wide? A) 30% B) 70%
A) 75 B) 90 C) 72% D) 79%
C) 96 D) 108
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In a class, of the boys and of the girls play A store has square rugs in three sizes. A
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the piano, and 3 times as many girls as boys side of the largest rug is twice as long as
the piano. If there are 100 boys and girls in a side of the middle one, and a side of the
the class, how many boys play the piano? middle one is twice as long as a side of the
A) 3 B) 5 smallest one. What is the ratio of the
C) 12 D) 24 area that the largest rug will cover to the

29 area that the smallest one will cover?

If x is greater than y and y is greater than A) 3 to 1 B) 4 to 1
1, which of the following is LEAST? C) 8 to 1 D) 16 to 1
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A) B)
𝑥 𝑦
1 1
C) D)
𝑥−𝑦 𝑦−𝑥

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The price of a cold roast beef lunch is $4.80 All of the following are greater than
2
and the price of a hot roast beef lunch is EXCEPT.
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$5.40. If both prices include 20 percent for A) B)
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Tax and tip, what is the difference in price C) D)
12 1000
Before tax and tip?
A) $0.12 B) $0.40
C) $0.50 D) $0.60

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For what price is 20 percent off the same as If of a number is greater than 8, the
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$20 off? number must be:
A) $1 B) $10 A) less than 2 B) equal to 2
C) $100 D) $1,000 C) less than 32 D) greater than 32

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To which of the following is 6.06 closest? With 3 weeks remaining before the
A) 61 B) 7 recycling van comes, A 1 has collected 23
C) 6.7 D) 6 more cans than Bob. If Bob is to collect
more cans than A 1, he must average at
least how many cans per week than A 1?
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A) 7 B) 8
2
C) 24 D) 69

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If 5 × (P + Q) = 30 and P is greater than The sale of a certain product increased
Zero, then Q could NOT be: from 25 thousand units sold in 1992 to 5
A) 7 B) 4 million units sold in 1996. The number of
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C) 3 D) 0 units sold in 1996 was how many times
2
the number sold in 1992?
A) 5 B) 20
C) 200 D) 500

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Which of the following numbers can be According to a market study, City X has
written in the form (4 × N) + 1 where N is 1.75 millionaires for every 1,000 people. If
a whole number? there are 8 million people in City X, how
A) 55 B) 62 many millionaires are there?
C) 71 D) 93 A) 14 B) 140
C) 1,400 D) 14,000

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If y = 2x – 4, then what does y + 2 equal? If S is the sum of two consecutive integers,
A) 2x – 6 which of the following is always true?
B) 2x – 2 A) S is positive
C) 4x – 6 B) S is negative
D) 4x – 2 C) S is even
D) S is odd

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A string is used to show where the floor of A basketball player made exactly 80
A rectangular patio is to be laid. The width percent of the shots she was allowed in a
of the patio is to be half the length. If 12 foul – shooting contest. She missed the
meters of string just fit around the edges first shot and then made 14 in a row. If she
of the floor, what is the length of the patio? made 2 of her remaining shots and missed
A) 6 m B) 4 m the rest, which of the following must be
C) 3 m D) 2 m true?

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II. She missed 3 of her remaining shots.
Each of the members in the AZ club may
III. She made 40 percent of her
bring up to 4 guests to a party. What is the
remaining shots
maximum number of members and guests A) None B) I and II only
who might attend the party? C) II and III only D) I, II, and III
A) x + 4 B) 4x 48
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C) 4x + 4 D) 5 x Ann's stock was worth 28 a share when the
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Triangle A is similar to Triangle B. if 3
went down during the day. If the amounts
Triangle B has angels measuring 30° and 8
70°, which of the following is the measure are in dollars, how many dollars were her 40
of one of the angels of Triangle A? shares of stock worth at the end of the day?
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A) 20° B) 40° A) 1,080 B) 1,085
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C) 60° D) 80° C) 1,115 D) 1,125

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What is the slope of 3y – 6x = 10? Solve for x where a, b and c are real number
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A) B) 2 and a > 0.
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C) 3 D) 6 ax + b> c + 3b
𝑐+2𝑏
A) x >
𝑎
𝑐+2𝑏
50 B) x <
𝑎
How many numbers between 1 and 80 C) x > c + 2b - a
𝑐
(inclusive) meet both conditions below? D) x < + 2b
𝑎
 Statements 1: The number has a factor
of 4 . 53
 Statements 2: The number is a multiple A polynomial function is defined by the
of 10. equation p(x) = 2x2 + ax – 4x – 2a. If
A) 2 B) 4 p(-3) = 0, what is the value of a?
C) 6 D) 8 A) 0 B) 2
C) 4 D) 6
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Given that x ≥ -2, which of the following If f (x) = 92𝑥−1 and g (x) = 33𝑥+3 , for what
expressions is equivalent to the product of value of x does f (x) - g (x) = 0?
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√𝑥 + 2 and √(𝑥 + 2)3 ? A) -4 B) -
4
3
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A) ± (𝑥 + 2) 4 C) - D) 5
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B) x + 2
C) (𝑥 + 2)2
D) (𝑥 + 2)4

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From 1970 through 1980, the population of The line y = x + 5 undergoes a
City Q increased by 20% from 1980 through transformation such that every point (a, b)
1990, the population increased by 30%. is now (a, b + 3) on the resulting line.
What was the combined percent increase for What is the equation of the line after the
The period 1970 – 1990? Transformation?
A) 25% B) 36% A) y =3x + 5 B) y =3x + 8
C) 50% D) 56% C) y =x + 2 D) y =x + 8

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In complex numbers, where 𝑖 2 = - 1, what is An online candle business open five days
the simplified form of the expression a week (Monday through Friday) sells
(𝑖+1)(𝑖+1)
? fifteen candles a day its first week. If each
(𝑖−1)(𝑖−1)
𝑖+1 𝑖
A) B) week, it sells three more candle a day,
𝑖−1 2
2
C) D) -1 many candles in total does that business
𝑖
Sell in week 5?
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The expression 𝑥 2 + 6x + m can be factored C) 120 candles D) 135 candles
as (𝑥 + 𝑘)2 for some integer value of k.
what is the value of m?
A) 1 B) 3
C) 9 D) 36

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How many points of intersection do the Anja decides to track how long it takes her
following equations have? to get to school each day. After tracking
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y = - x +5 her drive five times, Anja finds that it takes
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y = −𝑥 2 +8 her an average of 27 minutes to get to
A) 0 B) 1 school each day. The quickest Anja can get
C) 2 D) 3 to school, if she encounters no traffic, is in
23 minutes. If on the first day, Anja drove
61 to school in 31 minutes, what is the longest
If -3x + 7 < 16, which of the following must possible time it took Anja to drive to
be true? School during those five days?
A)_x > -3 B) x < -3 A) 29 minutes B) 31 minutes
C) x < -9 D) x > -9 C) 33 minutes D) 35 minutes

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What is the surface area of a sphere whose What are the solutions to the equation below?

Largest cross section has an area that 5 |𝑥 − 2| +1= 16

measures 16π 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 2 ? A) x = 3 only B) x = 5 only
265𝜋
A) 64π 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 2 B) 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 2 C) x = 5 and x = 3
3
C) 1, 024π 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 2 D) x = 5 and x = -1
D) It is impossible to determine from the
given information.

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The amount of Pollutant A in a lake increase Which of the following is equivalent to
linearly over time, at a rate given by the 2𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑥𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 x ?
equation below, where x is time in days A) 4 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 x B) 2 - 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 x
2
and y is units of Pollutant A. Pollutant B, on C) 2(1- 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥) D)
𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑥𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥
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that Pollutant A is increasing. If on Day 0, Which of the following is NOT an x-
there were 108 units of Pollutant B in the intercept of y = 𝑥 3 - 4𝑥 2 - 21x ?
lake, which equation represents the amount A) (-7, 0) B) (-3, 0)
of Pollutant B in the lake after x days? C) (0, 0) D) (7, 0)
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y = x + 221
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2 2
A) y = x + 221 B) y = - x + 108 A line is tangent to the circle
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C) y = - x + 108 D) y = - x – 113 25 = (𝑥 + 1)2 + (𝑦 + 4)2 at (-4, 0). What
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is the slope of that line?
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A) - B)
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If a b = 2𝑎2 + 3b, what is 4 2? C) D)
5 4
A) 10 B) 18
C) 20 D) 38

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Which of the following is equivalent to the These tables show some ordered pairs from
Expression below? two linear equations.

4 1 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃
√ + Equation 1:
𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 𝑐𝑠𝑐 2 𝜃 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃
A) 0 B) 1 x -3 -2 0 2
y 9 7 3 -1
C) 4 D) 4tanθ
Equation 2:

71 x -2 -1 1 3
If ∠ is an acute angle, how many degrees y 7 2 -8 -18

larger is its supplement than its complement? What is the x – coordinate for the solution
A) -90° B) 0° to the system of equations?
C) 90° D) 180° A) -2 B) -1
C) 2 D) 7

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−𝑥, 𝑥 >5
What is the solution set for this equation? Let f (x) = {√2𝑥 − 3 . Compute
1 − 2𝑥, 𝑥 ≤5
2−𝑥 𝑥+3
| |=| | f (6).
7 5
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A) { } B) {− } A) -11 B) -6
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11 11
C) {− , } D) { } C) -3 D) 3
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If √𝑤 is greater than 8, which of the Two sides of a triangle have lengths 7 and
following could be the value of w ? 2. Which of the following could be the
A) 9 B) 16 perimeter of this triangle?
C) 49 D) 81 A) 9 B) 11
C) 14 D) 16

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Which of the following pairs of lines are The dimensions of a rectangular solid
parallel? are in the ratio 2: 4: 8. If the volume of the
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A) 3y = 2x – 1 and y = - x + 1 solid is 512 cubic meters, what is the
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B) y = 2x + 1 and y = 1- 2x length of the longest edge of the solid?
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C) x - y = 2 and 2y = x – 1 A) 2 meters B) 4 meters
2
D) 2y = 5x and 5y = 2x C) 8 meters D) 16 meters

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For all m and n, -m (n – m) + n (m – n) =
A) 𝑚 2 + 𝑛2
B) (𝑚 − 𝑛)2
C) (𝑚 + 𝑛)2
D) 𝑚 2 - 𝑛2

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