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Alg 2 SPR 02
Alg 2 SPR 02
(SECOND COURSE)
IUN
1) If | x + | < - 2, then
a 3a a a 3a a
(A) , (B) , (C) ,
2 2 2 2 2 2
3a a
(D) , (E) none of these
2 2
5) Six identical cardboard pieces are piled on top of one another, and the result is
shown in the diagram.
The third piece to be placed is:
(D) D (E) E
9) The perimeter of the triangle that is bounded by the coordinate axes and the line
3 3
y x is:
4 4
5
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C)
4
10) The year 2002 is special because it is a palindrome—it reads the same forwards
and backwards. How many four digit numbers are palindromes?
(D) 3 (E) 4
12) The third term of an arithmetic sequence is a and the seventh term of an
arithmetic sequence is b . Find the first term of the sequence.
ba 3a b b 2a
(A) (B) (C)
8 2 3
5a b
(D) b 2a (E)
4
13) Each month after he bought a new computer John used 20% of the hard disk
space still available. After three months only 640KB remained. How many KB
did his computer have when it was brand new?
14) Bill sets out on a journey. For the first one third of the distance he drives at
30mph; he drives the second third at 40mph; he drives the last third of the
distance at 50mph. What is his average speed?
(D) b 3 (E) b 4
1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
(D) 2
,
2
(E) ,
2 2
17) How much water must we evaporate from 40 liters of a 30% salt solution to
obtain a 50% salt solution?
(D) 3 (E) 5
19) The ratio of men to women in an algebra class is 3 to 5. If there are a total of 40
students in the class, how many are women?
(D) 25 (E) 35
1
20) A function f (x ) is defined recursively by f ( x 1) 6 f ( x) . If f (1) , find
2
the value of f ( f (2)) .
21) One of the bases of triangle ABC has length x-1, and the length of the hypotenuse
is x 2 2 x 10 . Find x so that the area of the triangle ABC is 6.
(D) 4 ( E) 5
1 2 3 15
22) Compute the following sum: log 2 log 2 log 2 log 2
2 3 4 16
log 2 15
(A) 4 (B) (C) 2
2
(D) 1 (E)
23) The quarter circle shown below has center C and radius 10. If the perimeter of
rectangle CPQR is 28, what is the perimeter of the shaded region?
(A) 16+5 (B) 18+20 (C) 16+10
(D)13 (E) 36
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
26) What is ?
i i 2 i3 i 4 i5 i6 i7
(D) i (E)1
27) A store raises the price of an item by 15 % , then lowers the price by 15 % .
Compared to the original price, the new price has
29) How many times will the graph of y x3 1 intersect the graph of y 3 ?
(D) 3 (E) 4
8 31 8 31 8
(A) , (B) , (C) , 3
5 5 5 5 5
4 31 4
(D) , (E) , 6
5 5 5
31) A small circle is inscribed into the large one so that it is passing through the center
of the large one. Find proportion of the area of the small circle to the are shaded
on the picture:
A) 1/4 (B)1/3 (C)1/
32)
What is 1 2 2 2
?
16 9
(A)17 (B) (C)
25 25
1 9
(D) (E)
9 4