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A rectangle has a length that is 15 times its width. The function y=15ww represents this situation, where y is the area, in square feet, of the rectangle and y>0. Which of the following is the best interpretation of 15w in this context?

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The quadratic function h is defined as shown. In the xy-plane, the graph of y equals, h of x intersects the x-axis at the points with coordinates 0 comma 0 and t comma 0, where t is a constant. What is the value of t ?

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Hard Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · MCQ

The function f is defined by f(x)=(-8)(2)x+22. What is the y-intercept of the graph of y=f(x) in the xy-plane?

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  • All values are approximate.
  • The parabola opens downward.
  • The vertex of the parabola is at (0.6 comma 5.5).
  • The parabola passes through the following points:
    • (0.0 comma 3.8)
    • (0.6 comma 5.5)
    • (1.0 comma 4.8)
    • (1.7 comma 0.0)

The graph shows the height above ground, in meters, of a ball x seconds after the ball was launched upward from a platform. Which statement is the best interpretation of the marked point 1.0,4.8 in this context?

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fx=9,0000.66x

The given function f models the number of advertisements a company sent to its clients each year, where x represents the number of years since 1997, and 0x5. If y=fx is graphed in the xy-plane, which of the following is the best interpretation of the y-intercept of the graph in this context?

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Hard Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · MCQ

The first term of a sequence is 9 . Each term after the first is 4 times the preceding term. If w represents the n th term of the sequence, which equation gives w in terms of n ?

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  • Moving from left to right:
    • The curve passes from quadrant 3 to quadrant 4.
    • In quadrant 3, the curve trends up sharply to point (0 comma negative 5).
    • In quadrant 4, the curve trends up gradually.
  • As x increases, the curve approaches the line y equals negative 4.
  • The curve passes through the following points:
    • (negative 1 comma negative 9)
    • (0 comma negative 5)
    • (1 comma negative 4.2)

What is the y -intercept of the graph shown?

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Medium Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · MCQ
Time (years) Total amount (dollars)
0 604.00
1 606.42
2 608.84

Rosa opened a savings account at a bank. The table shows the exponential relationship between the time t , in years, since Rosa opened the account and the total amount n , in dollars, in the account. If Rosa made no additional deposits or withdrawals, which of the following equations best represents the relationship between t and n ?

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Hard Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · SPR

Function f is defined by fx=-ax+b, where a and b are constants. In the xy-plane, the graph of y=fx-12 has a y-intercept at 0,-757. The product of a and b is 320 7 . What is the value of a ?

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Easy Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · MCQ figure

  • The parabola opens upward.
  • The parabola passes through the following points:
    • (0 comma 0)
    • (3 comma negative 12)
    • (6 comma 0)

Scientists recorded data about the ocean water levels at a certain location over a period of 6 hours. The graph shown models the data, where y = 0 represents sea level. Which table gives values of x and their corresponding values of y based on the model?

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The function f is defined by f(x)=4+x. What is the value of f144?

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A rectangular volleyball court has an area of 162 square meters. If the length of the court is twice the width, what is the width of the court, in meters?

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A machine launches a softball from ground level. The softball reaches a maximum height of 51.84 meters above the ground at 1.8 seconds and hits the ground at 3.6 seconds. Which equation represents the height above ground h , in meters, of the softball t seconds after it is launched?

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Hard Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · SPR

The function f is defined by f(x)=ax+b, where a and b are constants. In the x y -plane, the graph of y=fx has an x -intercept at 2,0 and a y -intercept at 0,-323. What is the value of b ?

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The function S above models the annual salary, in dollars, of an employee n years after starting a job, where a is a constant. If the employee’s salary increases by 4% each year, what is the value of a ?

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f of x equals, negative 500, x squared, plus 25,000 x

The revenue f of x , in dollars, that a company receives from sales of a product is given by the function f above, where x is the unit price, in dollars, of the product. The graph of y equals f of x in the xy-plane intersects the x-axis at 0 and a. What does a represent?

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A culture of bacteria is growing at an exponential rate, as shown in the table above. At this rate, on which day would the number of bacteria per milliliter reach 5 point 1 2, times 10, to the power 8?

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The equation above estimates the global data traffic D, in terabytes, for the year that is t years after 2010. What is the best interpretation of the number 5,640 in this context?

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fx=ax2+4x+c

In the given quadratic function, a and c are constants. The graph of y=fx in the xy-plane is a parabola that opens upward and has a vertex at the point h,k, where h and k are constants. If k<0 and f-9=f3, which of the following must be true?

  1. c<0
  2. a1
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  • The parabola opens upward.
  • The vertex is at point (7 comma 0).
  • The parabola passes through the following points:
    • (6 comma 3)
    • (7 comma 0)
    • (8 comma 3)

The x-intercept of the graph shown is x,0. What is the value of x ?

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Medium Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · MCQ figure

  • In quadrant 3:
    • The curve rises sharply to touch the x axis at point (negative 5 comma 0).
    • The curve falls gradually to a relative minimum at point (negative 2 comma negative 11).
    • The curve rises gradually to cross both axes at the origin.
  • In quadrant 1:
    • The curve rises gradually to a relative maximum at point (2.5 comma 21).
    • The curve falls sharply to cross the x axis at point (4 comma 0).
  • In quadrant 4 the curve falls sharply.

Which of the following could be the equation of the graph shown in the xy-plane?

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fx= 4 x 2 + 64 x + 262

The function g is defined by gx=fx+5. For what value of x does gx reach its minimum?

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  • In quadrant 2 the curve falls sharply to cross the x axis at point (negative 1 comma 0).
  • In quadrant 3 the curve falls sharply to cross the y axis at point (0 comma negative 5.5).
  • In quadrant 4:
    • The curve falls gradually to a relative minimum at point (1 comma negative 7).
    • The curve rises sharply to cross the x axis at point (4 comma 0).
  • In quadrant 1:
    • The curve rises sharply to a relative maximum at point (5.5 comma 3).
    • The curve falls sharply to cross the x axis at point (7 comma 0).
  • In quadrant 4 the curve falls sharply. 

The graph of y=fx is shown, where the function f is defined by fx=ax3+bx2+cx+d and a , b , c , and d are constants. For how many values of x does fx=0?

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The table shown includes some values of x and their corresponding values of y. Which of the following graphs in the xy-plane could represent the relationship between x and y ?

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Hard Math · Advanced Math · Nonlinear functions · SPR

The function f is defined by fx= x - 6 x - 2 x + 6 . In the xy-plane, the graph of y=gx is the result of translating the graph of y=fx up 4 units. What is the value of g0?

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