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College Algebra Test

Subjects : math, algebra
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is a function?






2. What is a relation?






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






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






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






6. What is a constant function?






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






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






9. x^2+y=4 is this a function? Why?


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






11. What is the formula for the cube root function?






12. What type of line is a constant function?






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






14. 4(x-7)=4x+28 is what type of an equation?






15. Camera sales price $276 and that is 40% off - What is the original sale price? What does x =?






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






17. Camera sales price $276 and that is 40% off - What is the original sale price? What does x =?






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






19. What is the letter used to represent slope?






20. f(x) = x^2+3x+5 - what type of formula is this?






21. What are the calculator instructions for the standard cubic function?






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






23. What type of function would you use to calculate the most advantageous cell phone plan?






24. A flat line underlining one vertical line is a symbol for...






25. What is the horizontal line formula?






26. Is the standard cubic function odd - even or neither?






27. What type of slope do you have when a line rises from left to right and m>0?






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






29. Repair bill for a boat is $1 -603. $532 is for parts and it's $63 per hour for labor. How many hours does it take to fix the boat and What is x?






30. What does the standard cubic function look like on a graph?






31. What is the range of the constant function?






32. What type of slope do you have when a line falls left to right and m<0?






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






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






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






36. What does the graph of the cube root function look like on the graph?






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






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






39. What is the line called that illustrates the straight line between the two points when showing average rate of change?






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






41. How are functions normally written?






42. Two vertical lines side by side are a symbol for what






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






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






45. What does the standard cubic function look like on a graph?






46. (1 -5)(2 -5)(3 -5)(4 -5) - is this a function?






47. What type of line is a constant function?






48. What is the range of the cube root function?






49. What type of slope do horizontal lines have?






50. What is the standard quadratic function?