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Math Placement - Quiz #3

Are you ready for:

  • Calculus I, MTH 240
This course requires familiarity with polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions as well as associated algebraic and graphical skills.

If you are ready for this course, you should be able to answer at least six of the following questions correctly.  Otherwise, we strongly urge you to register for MTH 160.


  1. An open box is made from a rectangular piece of material by cutting equal squares from each corner and turning up the sides. Write the volume of the box as a function of x if the material is 18 inches by 12 inches.


    a. V(x) = x(12 - 2x)(18 - 2x)   
    b. V(x) = x(12 - x)(18 - x)   
    c. V(x) = 216x
    d. V(x) = 2x(12 - 2x)(18 - 2x)   
    e. V(x) = 2x(12 - x)(18 - x)

     
  2. A ball is shot vertically upward at a speed of 64 feet per second. The equation that relates the heigh s of the ball as a function of time t is s(t) = 64t - 16t2. Determine the height of the ball when t = 1 second.
    a. 0 feet    b. 48 feet    c. 4 feet    d. 80 feet    e. none of these

     
  3. Find the domain of the function f(x) =
    a. all reals   
    b. all reals except x = 0   
    c. all reals except x = 0, 6
    d. all reals except x = 6   
    e. all reals except x =
     
  4. Determine the correct function for the given graph.


    a. f(x) = x3 + x2 - 6   
    b. f(x) = -x3 - x2 + 6   
    c. f(x) = x3 + x2 - 6x
    d. f(x) = x4 + x2 - 6   
    e. f(x) = -x4 - x2 + 6


     
  5. Solve for x:  
    a. x = 2, -5   
    b. x =   
    c. x = 2   
    d. x = -2, 5
    e. x = ,
     
  6. The number of bacteria in a culture, where there are initially 200, is given by the formula
    N(t) = 200e0.1t. Determine the time t it would take for the number of bacteria to double.
    a. 2    b.    c.   
    d. 20    e. 10ln(2)

     
  7. Find the composite function f(g(x)) when f(x) = 2x + 3 and g(x) = 4x
    a. 6x + 3    b. 8x + 3    c. 8x + 12x    d. 8x2 - 3    e. 8x2 + 3

     
  8. A boat is d feet from shore. A person standing on the dock is 60 feet above water level. The angle of depression from the boat to the dock is . Write as a function of d.

    a.   
    b.   
    c.
    d.   
    e. none of these

     
  9. Find all solutions in the interval [0, 2):  
    a. 0, only   
    b. only   
    c. all x   
    d. 0, , , only
    e. none of these

     
  10. If the range of f(x) = sinx is [-1, 1], what would the range of g(x) = 3sin x + 1 be?
    a. [-3, 3]    b. [0, 2]    c. [-4, 4]    d. [-2, 4]   
    e. none of these
     

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