COLLEGE ALGEB RA

FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET

Perform the indicated operation and give a simplified answer:
22
2
6
5 25 m 4 5m +
17 m +
6 7 3x x 9
1. 2.
3. x +
4.
x +
3 x 1 5m 2 6m 2 +
18 m
x 4x 12 15 x 7
Simplify the complex rational expressions:
3 1
+
3
y x
5.
6.
1
5 9x y
2
yy
yx
Solve the equations:
7. 2(m 5) =
m +
1 8. x 2 6x -

11 =
0 9. 3x 2 +
2x =
5
23
32
10.
3x 5x 1 =
0 11. 3x =
75 x 12. 12 x +
16 x 28 x =
0
13.
x 4 11 x 2 +
28 =
0 14. 3 19 x +
1 7 =
-5 15. x +
2 +
3 =
x 1
2x 2 x 2 +
10 20 5
16. +
=
17. =
x 1
x 3 x 2 4x +
3 x 2 4 x +
2
Solve the inequalities; write your answer using inequality notation:
3 p +
4
18.
3x +
7 =
x 1 19. 4 >
>
-5
2
Given either the two points that lie on a line or the linear equation, find the
slope:

20.
(3,-5) and (-5,7) 21. y =
3x 7 22. 5x =
-30
23.
6x 7 y =
15 24. y =
8 25. 3(x 5) +
4 y =
45 +
4y
Find the x and y intercepts:
26. 4x 3y =
6 27. x =
3
28. y =
-1

Find the equation of the line that passes through the given points, in slope-int
ercept form:
29. (30,1) and (3,10) 30. (1,6) and (1,-5) 31. (-1,-7) and (0,-17)
32. (8,-2) and (0,-18)
Find the equation of the line that passes through the given point, and is parall
el to the line whose
equation is given:
33. 7x + 2y = 40; (6, 5) 34. -4x
5y = 20; (-5, 0) 35. y = 2x
4; (3, 4)
Find the equation of the line that passes through the given point, and is perpen
dicular to the line whose
equation is given:
1
36. y = -3x
x +
9 ; (5, -5)
6

1; (-4, 2) 37. x

3y = 9; (2, 4) 38. y =

Sketch the graph of the following lines by plotting the intercepts:

39. y = 2x + 1 40. 4x
3y = 12 41. x
2y = -2 42. 3x + 2y = 6
Sketch the graph of the line with slope m that contains point P:
2
43. m =
P(1, -4) 44. m = -5 P(-3, 2) 45. m = 0 P(0,3)
3
Find the following using k(x) =
3x 2 7 :
k(x +
h) k(x)
46. k(2) 47. k(x +
h) 48.
h
Find the domain of the function, write your answers in interval notation:
4 x
49. f (x) =
3x 5 7x +
92 50. g(x) =
x 7 51. h(x) =
52. k(x) =
x +
6 5x

2x
x +
1 34x +
7
53. m(x) =
54. f (x) =
x 5 55. y =
x 2 25 6

Given f(x)
and g(x), find the value of the given combination function:
56. f (x) =
x 3, g(x) =
x +
5;( f +
g)( -2) 57. f (x) =
-4x 2 2, g(x) =
x +
7;( f g)( -5)
.
f

.
.
58. f (x) =
x 2, g(x) =
-4x 2 +
20 x +
1;( fg )(3) 59. f (x) =
4x 3, g(x) =
2x 2 +
14 x +
3;

(-5)
g
Given f(x) and g(x), find the following composite function:
4 5
60. f (x) =
3x +
14, g(x) =
5x 1;( f o
g)( x) 61. f (x) =
, g(x) =
;( f o
g)( x)
x +

3 6x
62. f (x) =
4x +
4, g(x) =
2x 2 +
5;(g o
f )( x) 63. f (x) =
2x +
4, g(x) =
4x 2 +
3;(g o
f )( x)
Determine whether the two functions are inverses of each other:
x +
7 2 +
x 2 33
64. f (x) =
7x 8, g(x) =
65. f (x) =
, g(x) =
66. f (x) =
x 5, g(x) =
x +
5
8 x x 1
Find the inverse of each function:
5
x +
2
67. h(x) =
2x 5 +
3 68. f (x) =
69. g(x) =
3 x +
7 4 70. k(x) =
11 x 6 x +
9
For the given quadratic functions, find the vertex and the x-and y-intercepts:
2 22
71. y = x +3 72. f (x) =
4(x 1) 7 73. f (x) =
-(x -

5)
74. f (x) =
x 2 +
6x 7 75. f (x) =
x 2 4x +
3

For #76-78, find the x and y intercepts of the polynomial function; write them a
s ordered pairs. Then,
determine the correct graph of the function:
76. f (x) =
x(2 x)(4 x)
A. B. C. D.
77. s(x) =
x 3 +
5x 2 +
6x
78. r(x) =
x 2 5x 6
Use long division to find the quotient and remainder:
2x 3 4x 2 +
7x 3
79.
x 2 +
3

Use synthetic division to find the quotient and remainder:

3 54
2x +
5x 1 2x 3x +
3x
80. 81.
x +
3 x 2
Use synthetic division to find all remaining zeros of f(x),
given that c is a zero of f(x):
42 32
82. f (x) =
x 21 x 100;c =
5 83. f (x) =
x +
2x 5x 6;c =
2
84. f (x) =
2x 3 13 x 2 +
10 x +
25;c =
-1
Given f(x),
find the vertical asymptotes:
6 6x 5 4x 3 x 2 +
5x 1
85. f (x) =
86. f (x) =
87. f (x) =
x +
4 10 2x x 2 2x 3
Given f(x),
find the horizontal asymptotes:
6x -

5 x x 2 5x +
13
88. f (x) =
89. f (x) =
2
90. r(x) =
10 2x x 9 x 2
Given f(x),
find the slant asymptotes:
32 2
4x x +
5x 1 x 5x +
13
91. f (x) =
92. f (x) =
x 2 2x 3 x 2
Solve the polynomial inequalities; write your answer using interval notation.
Show your work using a sign chart:
93. (x +
1)( x 3)( x 6) >
0 94. x 2 (5 x) =
0 95. 2x 2 =
15 x 27
Solve the rational inequalities; write your answer using interval notation.
Show your work using a sign chart:
x 7 10 4 3
96. =
0 97. >
5 98. =
x +
3 x x 1 x 5

Solve the exponential equations:

3x-5 x-2 7x 3x-5 x-2 7x
1
99. 8 =
64 100. 100 =
10
x x-1
101. 5 =
26 102. 7 =
13 (exact answer and four decimal places)
3x-7
103. 2e =
12 (exact answer and four decimal places)
104. The population of a certain city is estimated to be increasing according to
the model
0.012 t
P(t) =
300,000 e where t is the number of years from the present. Rounding to the neare
st person,
what does the model predict that the population will be in 5 years?
Find the value of each logarithm without using a calculator:
1
5 1
105. log 125 106. log 107. log 9 108. log
5 23
16 1000
109. log 7 1 110. ln e 4
Use the properties of logarithms to expand the expression. Simplify any log expr
essions that can be
evaluated without the use of a calculator:
3 5
.


x pq
7 .


111. log10 x 112. ln

.

e
.
7
.
.
x 2 y .
113. ln .
.
114. log1 25.
.
+
250.
+
125

3
.
.
Use the properties of logarithms to condense the expression as much as possible,
writing the answer as a
single log term with a coefficient of 1 and a simplified argument.
115. log 5 x 2log 5 y 116. ln( x 2 y 5 ) 2ln x
3
117. ln 3 +
ln p 6ln q 118. 5log (a b)
+
6log (a)
7log b
119. log 7 (x 2 9) log 7 (x 3)

Solve each logarithmic equation; give a decimal approximation when requested:

120. log 2 5x =
4 121.
log x
3log 2 = 2
122. log 4 8x =
log 4 40 123.
log(6x +
4) =
2
124. log 163x =
7 125.
log (4x +
7)
log (x +
1)
=
3
4
22
126.
log 3 (x +
1) +
log 3 (x +
3) =
1 127. ln( x 2) +
ln( x 5) =
ln( x 1)
(round to 4 decimal places)
128. log 1 3x =
2
3
Solve the system of equations:
7x 3y =
2
6x +
5y =
-1 9x 6 y =
2
129.
130. 131.
3y =
13

5x 2 y =
-7 6x 4 y =
5

ANSWER KEY
.1. 
2. 6.
3.
4.
.
.
6.
7. .
=
11
8. .
=
3

25
9. .
=
.
.
,
.
=
1
. .
=

.
.
11. .
=
0,
.
=
-5,
.
=
5
12. .
=
0,
.
=
.
.
,
.
=
1
13. .
=
-7,

.
=
7 ,
.
=
-2,
.
=
2
14.
.
. .
=
7

16. .
=
6,
.
=
-2
17. No Solution
18. $-4,
8.
19. -4,
2.
. .
=
.
.
21. .
=
3
22. .
=
undefined
23. .
=
.
.
24. .
=
0
. .
=
undefined
26. x-intercept:
y-intercept:
-2
27. x-intercept: 3
y-intercept: none
28. x-intercept: none
y-intercept: -1
29. .
=
.

.
.
+
11
. .
=
1
31. .
=
-10.
17
32. .
=
2.
18
33. .
=
.
.
.
+
26
34. .
=
.
.
.
4
. .
=
2.
2
36. .
=
.
.
.
+
.
37. .
=
-3.
+
10

38. .
=
-6.
+
25
39.
40.
41.

42.
43.
44.

45.
46. 02.
=
5
47. 0.
+
1.
=
3.
.
+
6
.
+
31.
7
22.3
48. =
6.
+
3.
49. -8,
8.
50. $7,
8.
51. -8,
0.
.
0,
8.
52. 5-8,
.
.
53. -8,
-5.
.
-5,5.
.
5,
8.
54. -8,
8.
55. -8,
8.
56. -2
57. -104
58. 25
59.
60. 15.
+
11
61.
7.
62. 32.
.

+
64.
+
37
63.
.
+
64.
+
67
64.
65.
66.
98.

16.

not inverses
inverses
inverses

67. 1.


.
=
68. :.


.
=
69. ;.


=
.
+
4.
7
70. 0.
.
=
71. vertex: 0,
3.
x-intercepts: none
y-intercept: 3
72. vertex: 1,
-7.
.
.
x-intercepts: ,
y-intercept: -3.
.

73. vertex: 5,

0.
x-intercepts: 5
y-intercept: -25
74. vertex: -3,
-16.
x-intercepts: -7,
1
y-intercept: -7
75. vertex: 2,
-1.
x-intercepts: 1,
3
y-intercept: 3
76. x-intercepts: 0,
2,
4
y-intercept: 0
Graph: A
77. x-intercepts: -3,
-2,
0
y-intercept: 0
Graph: C
78. x-intercepts: -1,
6
y-intercept: -6
Graph: D
79. Quotient: 2.
4
Remainder: .
+
9
80. Quotient: 2.
.
6.
+
23
Remainder: -70
81. Quotient: 2.
.
+
.
.
+
2.
.
+
4.
+
11
Remainder: 22
82. .
=
-5
83. .
=

-3,
.
=
-1
84.
=
.
.
,
.
=
5
85.
=
4
86.
=
5
87.
=
-1,
.
=
3
88.
=
-3
89.
=
0
90.
91.
=
4.
+
7
92.
=
.
3
93.
3.
.
6,
8.
94.
8.
95.

.
.
.

.
.
none
.

-1,

$5,
=3,

#
.
96. -3,
7.
97. 0,
2.
98. 1,
5.
.
$17,

8.
99. .
=
1
100.
=.
101. .
=
?@.
.
?@.
.
2.0244
102. .
=
?@.
?@.
.
2.3181
?@.
.
103. .
=
?.
.
2.9306
104. 318,551
people
105. 3

106.
107.
108.
109.
110.
111.
+
7
log
.
112.
.
+
ln
.
+
5
ln
.
7
113.
ln
.
+
ln
.
ln
3
114.
+
2
log.
+
1.
115.
5
.
.
116.
117.
5.
118.
5K.
119.
+
3.
120.
=
.
121.
=
800
122.
=
5
123.
=

-4
-3
0
4
1

ln

log.

ln-.
ln
log
log.
.
.
.
.

16
124.
=
.
.
125.
=
.
.
126.
=
0
127.
=
4
+
5

.
.

6.2361
128. .
=
-2
129. 5.
.
130. -1,
1.
131. No Solution