Name:____________________________________ ME22 Regents Review 9

Due Tuesday May 31st, 2011

1. Selena and Tracey play on a softball team. Selena has 8 hits out of 20 times at bat, and Tracey
has 6 hits out of 16 times at bat. Based on their past performance, what is the probability that
both girls will get a hit next time at bat?

31 14 48
(1) 1 (2) (3) (4)
40 36 320

x x
2. What is the solution set of the equation + = 14 ?
5 2

(1) {4} (2) {20} (3) {10} (4) {49}

3. What is the slope of the line whose equation is 3x – 4y – 16 = 0?

3 4
(1) (2) 3 (3) (4) –4
4 3

4. What is the value of y in the following system of equations?

2x + 3y = 6

2x + y = –2

(1) 1 (2) –3 (3) 2 (4) 4

5. A storage container in the shape of a right circular cylinder is shown in the accompanying
diagram.

What is the volume of this container, to the nearest hundredth?

(1) 56.55 in 3 (2) 25133

. in 3 (3) 125.66 in 3 (4) 502.65 in 3

6. The expression ( −4a 3b) 2 is equivalent to

(1) −16a 6b 2 (2) 16a 5b 2 (3) 16a 6b 2 (4) 8a 6b 2

7. A tree casts a 25-foot shadow on a sunny day, as shown in the diagram below.

If the angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the top of the tree is 32°, what is the
height of the tree to the nearest tenth of a foot?

(1) 13.2 (2) 21.2 (3) 15.6 (4) 40.0

8. The world population was 4.2 billion people in 1982. The population in 1999 reached 6 billion.
Find the percent of change from 1982 to 1999.

9. A cardboard box has length x – 2, width x + 1, and height 2x.

a Write an expression, in terms of x, to represent the volume of the box.

b If x = 8 centimeters, what is the number of cubic centimeters in the volume of the box?

10. Express the product of 3 20 (2 5 − 7) in simplest radical form.