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College Algebra Test

Subjects : math, algebra
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the line called that illustrates the straight line between the two points when showing average rate of change?






2. What is a function?






3. standard absolute value - vertical shift formulas for positve and negative






4. 4(x-7)=4x-28 is what type of an equation?






5. What is the formula for slope?






6. x=no real numbers is what type of an equation?






7. {(1 -4)(2 -6)(3 -9)} what numbers are the domain?






8. What is the range of the constant function?






9. Is a constant function even - odd or neither?






10. An American Football field is 200 feet longer than it's width. The perimeter is 1040. What are the dimensions?






11. What are the four steps for solving a linear equation?






12. What is a range?






13. What is another way to write f(x)=x - what type of function is this?






14. What is the range for the standard cubic function?






15. What is the domain for an absolute value function?






16. Which direction does f(x)=+c move in standard absolute value formula?






17. What type of line is an identity function?






18. What is the vertex?






19. What can never equal zero in the slope formula and why?






20. What is the slope of a perpendicular line?






21. What points do you use to plot the inverse on a graph?






22. What is the domain of an identity function?






23. What is the average rate of change formula?






24. Outline the piece wise function and explain it? if the base plan is $20 and each minute over one hour is .40 cents?






25. What is a constant function?






26. What is the domain for the standard cubic function?






27. What type of slope do horizontal lines have?






28. What is the range of the constant function?






29. When is the only time (-infinity - +infinity) is not the domain?






30. Is an absolute value function even - odd or neither?






31. What is the formula for the square root function?






32. What are the calculator instructions for absolute value?






33. What is the domain for a standard quadratic function?






34. Draw or discuss a decreasing function






35. What is a domain?






36. Is an absolute value function even - odd or neither?






37. Which direction does f(x-c) move






38. What type of slope do you have when the line is horizontal and m=0?






39. standard absolute value - vertical shift formulas for positve and negative






40. 4(x-7)=4x+28 is what type of an equation?






41. What can we substitute for f(x)?






42. What is another way of writing the absolute value function?






43. Which direction does f(x+c) move






44. What does the absolute value function look like?






45. Which direction does f(x)=+c move in standard absolute value formula?






46. How do you graph Ax+By+C=0?






47. How many domains can you have pointing to one range?






48. Of the seven of algebra's common graph's how many are even?






49. What are the four steps for finding the inverse of a function?






50. What is the range of an identity function?