Admire International Academy

Second Semester Exam

Grade 11
Subject: Algebra 2

Time: 2 hours

Student Name: _________________________________________________________

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Instructions:

1. Write your Name in the space provided. DO SO NOW!

2. Write in dark blue or black pen only.
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4. Do not draw on any part of the question paper.
5. Use of calculators is permitted.

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1. Which is the graph of f(x) = – x2 + 4x – 2? (2pts)

Ⓐ Ⓑ

Ⓒ Ⓓ

2. Use the graph to find all the solutions of x2 + x – 3 = 0. (2pts)

Select all the pairs of consecutive integers between which the roots are located.

Ⓐ between –1 and 0 Ⓑ between –2 and –1 Ⓒ between 1 and 2

Ⓓ between –3 and –2 Ⓔ between 0 and 1 Ⓕ between 2 and 3

3. Simplify √−25 × √−49 . _________ -35 (3pts)

4. What are the solutions of x2 + 16 = 0? Select all that apply. (2pts)

Ⓐ 4

Ⓑ −4

Ⓒ 4i ======

Ⓓ −4i ======

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5. Which of the following expressions is the factored form of x2 + 36? (2pts)

Ⓐ (x + 6i)(x + 6i)

Ⓑ (x – 6i)(x – 6i)

Ⓒ (x + 6i)(x – 6i) ======

Ⓓ (x + 6)(x – 6)

6. Factor and solve the quadratic equation. (3pts)

x2 + 8x – 20 = 0

…mp = -20…………and ……… m+p=8 ……………10 and -2………………..

…(x+10)(x-2)………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………..

7. PARK A lawn in a city park is 50 feet long and 30 feet wide. A path with a width of x feet will be placed
around the park. The city has enough paving material to cover a path with an area of 900 square feet. (3pts)

How wide should the path be to use all of the paving material? Write the steps.

_5____ feet.

8. Use the Completing the Square method to find the solutions of x2 − 12x + 36 = 64. (3pts)

x^2 - 12x + 36 =64 …… x^2 – 2*x*6 + 6^2 =64 …… (x+6)^2=64

………x+6 = 8 or -8 …………………………………………..…………………………………………………..

…x = 2 or x = -14………………………………………………..…………………………………………………..

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9. What value of c makes x2 + 22x + c a perfect square? (3pts)

Ⓐ 72

Ⓑ 121 ======

Ⓒ 324

Ⓓ 1296

10. Solve x2 − 10x = 1 by completing the square. (3pts)

……… …………………..…………………………………………………..

11. Write the expression of the quadratic formula. (3pts)

12. Use the quadratic formula to solve 5x2 + 3x – 1 = 0. (2pts)

Ⓐ !"±√%& ==========
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Ⓑ "±√%&
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Ⓒ !"±)√''
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Ⓓ "±)√''
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13. Use the discriminant to describe the number of solutions of the equation 2x2 + 5x – 12 = 0. (3pts)
Ⓐ The discriminant is 121, and the equation has two real, rational roots. ========

Ⓑ The discriminant is 121, and the equation has one real, rational root.

Ⓒ The discriminant is –71, and the equation has two real, irrational roots.

Ⓓ The discriminant is –71, and the equation has two complex roots.

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14. Which of these graphs represents the solution set of y < x2 − 2x −3? (2pts)

Ⓐ Ⓑ

Ⓒ Ⓓ

15. What is the solution set of −x2 + 5x ≥ 0 ? (2pts)

Ⓐ (−∞, 0) ∪ (5, ∞)

Ⓑ (0, 5)

Ⓒ [0, 5] ========

Ⓓ (−∞, 0] ∪ [5, ∞)