In the early days of television in the 1940s, many people thought that US television programs would rely on the financial support of ad agencies and commercial sponsors, much like radio did. But advertisers hesitated to jump into a new space, of new to the US’s (particularly at a time when the manufacturing)/(involvement in World War II. Broadcasters,) like the (television sets was stalled due)/(National Broadcasting Company) (NBC), needed to persuade advertisers to support their programming despite not knowing whether there would be a robust television audience to begin with. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined phrase in the text as a whole?
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The Bayeux Tapestry, from eleventh-century France, depicts 75 scenes over 250 feet of fabric. It was likely produced by workers embroidering in sections and then joining the resulting panels together. It’s plausible that the workshop that produced the tapestry had never produced one so large, and some researchers claim that a close examination of the joins—the places where the panels are stitched together—suggests that the workers developed and refined their completed (joining process over the course of)/(exhibits a clear misalignment of the) (production. For example, the first join the workers)/(borders of the two panels, whereas the later joins) are virtually invisible. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
Text 1 Little is known about how plate tectonics—wherein slabs of Earth’s crust move over, one another—began. Some researchers contend that tectonic movements (under, away from,)/(began around) (and against)/(3 billion) years ago, often noting that computer models of Earth’s mantle temperature at the time indicate that the mantle would have been sufficiently molten to enable the plates to move. Text 2 Ultimately, any plausible claim about the inception of tectonic movement must rest on empirical evidence from the geological record. Researcher Wriju Chowdhury and his team analyzed the geochemistry of zircon crystals to gain insight into the chemical composition of the magma from which the crystals formed and, based on the data, compellingly argue that plate tectonics may have been occurring as early as 4.2 billion years ago. Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to what “some researchers contend” as described in Text 1?
- - - - -_the_temperature, - - -_in_degrees - ~ The scatterplot shows (°F) Fahrenheit, and the distance above sea level, in feet, measured at 6 locations on Mount Jefferson. A line of best fit is also shown. y 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 -' Temperature 4 0 ', (OF) 0 3 c-.,__ 2 0 1 0 X 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 Distance above sea level (feet) At a distance of 4,000 feet above sea level, what is the °F temperature, in, predicted by the line of best fit?
= (x+6) The function f is defined by f(x) 1/2. What f(4) is the value of?
y 9 ",i i\ /V ~ ' / ll / ' 6 V / ' 5 X V 4 / 3 V 2 / 1 V u X -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 The graph of a system of an absolute value function and a linear function is shown. What is the solution (x,y) to this system of two equations? (0,8)
y = 6x+3 One of the two equations in a system of linear equations is given. The system has infinitely many solutions. Which equation could be the second equation in this system? y = 2(6x) +3
p+18 = 54 7p If 6/7, what is the value of?
= 9 +12 y x +7 = 20 x y The solution to the given system of equations is (x,y). What is the value of y?
A circle in the xy-plane has the equation x−13 + y−k = 64 ()^2 ()^2. Which of the following gives the center of the circle and its radius? (13,k)
= x−4x_I The function f is defined by f(x). What 1 f(5)−f(a) = −15 value of a satisfies? −20
f(0) For the^- exponential function f,^- the value of is c, where c is a constant. Of the following equations that define the function f, which equation shows the value of c as the coefficient or the base? f(x) = 22(1.5)^x+1
t f(t) = 40,000(2)^790 The function gives the number of bacteria in a population t minutes after an initial observation. How much time, in minutes, does it take for the number of bacteria in the population to double?
12/n − 2/t = − 2/w The given equation relates the variables n, t, and w, > 0 > 0 > where n, t, and w t. Which expression is equivalent to n? 12tw
Rectangle P has an area of 72 square inches. If a rectangle with an area of 20 square inches is removed from rectangle P, what is the area, in square inches, of the resulting figure?
During a study, the temperature, in degrees (°C) Celsius, of the air in a chamber was recorded to the nearest integer at certain times. The scatterplot °C shows the recorded temperature y, in, of the air in the chamber x minutes after the start of the study. y 3 2^0 8 2 6 2 4 2 2 2 0 1 Temperature 1^8 6 l 4 coc) 2 1 0 8 6 4 2 X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Time (minutes) What was the average rate of change, in °C per minute, of the recorded temperature of the air in the chamber from x = 5 to x = 7?
In August, a car dealer completed 15 more than 3 times the number of sales the car dealer completed in September. In August and September, the car dealer completed 363 sales. How many sales did the car dealer complete in September?
Points Q and R lie on a circle with center P. The radius of this circle is 9 inches. Triangle PQRhas a perimeter of 31 inches. What is the length, in inches, of QR? 13 2
In a set of four consecutive odd integers, where the integers are ordered from least to greatest, the first integer is represented by x. The product of 12 and the fourth odd integer is at most 26 less than the sum of the first and third odd integers. Which inequality represents this situation? 12(x+6) ≤ x+(x+4)−26
x y −2s 24 −s 21 s 15 The table shows three values of x and their corresponding values of y, where s is a constant. There is a linear relationship between x and y. Which of the following equations represents this relationship? +3 = 18
Which of the following expressions is equivalent (sin24°)(cos66°)+(cos24°)(sin66°) to? 2(cos66°)(sin24°)
The cost of renting a carpet cleaner is $52 for the first day and $26 for each additional day. Which of the C(d) following functions gives the cost, in dollars, of renting the carpet cleaner for d days, where d is a positive integer? = 26d+26
= (x−2)(x+15) f(x) The function f is defined by the given equation. For f(x) what value of x does reach its minimum? OP
- - - - -_I^+61^=^65 - - - - ~ I^p Which value is a solution to the given equation?
- - - - - -_cereal_and_some - - - ~ Lorenzo purchased a box of strawberries at the grocery store. Lorenzo paid $2 for the box of cereal and $1.90 per pound for the strawberries. If Lorenzo paid a total of $9.60 for the box of cereal and the strawberries, which of the following equations can be used to find p, the number of pounds of strawberries Lorenzo purchased? (Assume there is no sales tax.) 1.90p+2 = 9.60