TOEFL BEGINNER

Answer the following.

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1. What is the 3rd term in the expansion (2 - )6 _____________
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2. Calculate the binomial coefficient of 12C8 ______________________

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3. Expand: (7𝑥 + )5 ________________________________
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4. The first 4 terms in the expansion (3 + n)12______________

5. What is the coefficient for 𝑥 6 in (4𝑥 − 5)8______________

6. If f(x) = 7𝑥 , then f(-3) is ____________________________

7. f(x) = 10 + 7(x + 10), find f(-3)._________________________

8. If g(x) = 3(2−5−𝑥 ) , find g(-4)________________________

9. Find: 4f(1.5) - f(-2), if f(x) = 3(x)_______________________

10. Evaluate: f(x) = 9(x + 7) – x, when x = -4_________________

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11. The value of x in ( )x = 16. ___________________________
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12. Find x in log (2x+ 1) = 2 _____________________________

13. In 𝑙𝑜𝑔6 x = 0, x is __________________________________

14. 𝑙𝑜𝑔1 81 _________________________________________

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 15. 225(2x – 3) = 25(x – 1)____________________________________________________

16. log 5x = log (2x + 9________________________________

17. log7 49 = 5x + 6____________________________________

18. log 16x – log 4 =2__________________________________

19. e x+3 = 12 _________________________________________

20. 6 x+2 = 6x + 7 ______________________________________

21. The value of a car can be modelled by the equation f(x) = 40,000 (0.87)x, when x
is the number of years since the car was purchased and f(x) is the value of the car.
What is the approximate value of the car after 2.5 years?

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22. You purchase a new bike for $900 and the value of the bike decreased by 20%
per year. Approximately, when will the value of the bike will be less than $600.

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23.The given formula relates the energy E (in joules) released by an
earthquake of magnitude(M).
log E = 5.25 + 1.40 M
What is the energy released by the 4.2 earthquake in 2017?

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24.The magnitude of an earthquake measured on the Richter scale is given by:

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R(𝑙) = log ( ) , where 𝑙 = amplitude.
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Find the Richter scale rating of an earthquake with amplitude 1. 80 X 103 𝑙0 .

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