Grade 9

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1. Find a such that 2x 2a  8x 5a  4  5x 2a  1   16x 31  10x 21 .
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2. The cost, C, of manufacturing and selling x units of a product is C  19x  21, and the corresponding
revenue, R, is R  x 2  45. Find the break-even value(s) of x. (Hint: A break-even value is where the cost is
equal to the revenue.)

3. The formula for the difference in volumes between two square prisms of equal height is V  hS 2  hs 2 ,
where h is the height of the prisms, S is the base length of the larger prism, and s is the base length of the
smaller prism. Write the formula for the difference in volumes between two square prisms in factored form.
Then, use the factored form to find the difference in volumes with h  10 cm, S  30 cm, and s  20 cm.

4. A square piece of fabric has an area of 16x 2  40x  25 square inches. The length of each side of the fabric
is cx  d , where c and d are whole numbers. Find an expression in terms of x for the perimeter of the piece
of fabric. Then find the perimeter when x  2 .

5. Write a polynomial to represent the area of the shaded region. Then solve for x given that the area of the
shaded region is 24 square units.

6. The height of an arrow that is shot upward at an initial velocity of 40 meters per second can be
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modeled by h  40t  5t , where h is the height in meters and t is the time in seconds. Find the
time it takes for the arrow to reach the ground.
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7. A circular pool is surrounded by a circular walkway. The radius of the pool is m  2 and the radius
of the walkway is m  2. Write an expression that represents the area of the walkway.
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(Area of a circle is given by A   r , where r represents the radius of the circle.)

2 3 2 3 3 3
8. Simplify (m n ) (m n ) .

9. A company distributes its product by train and by truck. The cost of distributing by train can be modeled as
0.09x 2  34x  100, and the cost of distributing by trucks can be modeled as 0.04x 2  22x  175, where x
is the number of tons of product distributed. Write a polynomial that represents the difference between the
cost of distributing by train and the cost of distributing by trucks.

10. Use a table with values x = {–2, –1, 0, 1, 2} to graph the quadratic function y = 3x2.