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Precalculus II
Precalculus II Test 4
Completely document your work and your reasoning.
You will be graded on your documentation, your reasoning, and the
correctness of your conclusions.
Except where the need for more precision dictates otherwise (e.g., in
nuclear physics) all quantities may be rounded to three significant figures. The
generating program works in binary and often generates extraneous digits (e.g., 1.5001 for
1.5, 3.6999 for 3.7).
** Write clearly in dark pencil or ink, on one side of the paper
only. **
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and check the box next to Landscape, etc.).
- Write on ONE SIDE of paper only
- If a distance student be sure to email
instructor after taking the test in order to request results.
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Instructions:
- Test is to be taken without reference to text or
outside notes.
- Graphing Calculator is allowed, as is blank paper or
testing center paper.
- No time limit but test is to be taken in one
sitting.
- Please place completed test in Dave Smith's folder,
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24212-0828 OR email copy of document to dsmith@vhcc.edu,
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Directions for Student:
- Completely document your work.
- Numerical answers should be correct to 3 significant
figures. You may round off given numerical information to a precision consistent
with this standard.
- Undocumented and unjustified answers may be counted
wrong, and in the case of two-choice or limited-choice answers (e.g., true-false or
yes-no) will be counted wrong. Undocumented and unjustified answers, if wrong, never get
partial credit. So show your work and explain your reasoning.
- Due to a scanner malfunction and other errors some
test items may be hard to read, incomplete or even illegible. If this is judged by
the instructor to be the case you will not be penalized for these items, but if you
complete them and if they help your grade they will be counted. Therefore it is to
your advantage to attempt to complete them, if necessary sensibly filling in any
questionable parts.
- Please write on one side of paper only, and staple
test pages together.
Test Problems:
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Problem Number 1
A lecture hall has 81 rows of seats, with 27 seats in the first row. Each
row has 3 seats more than the previous. How many seats are there?
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Problem Number 2
List all possible permutations of two of the letters a, b, c, d, e.
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Problem Number 3
Solve the following system; if the system is inconsistent say so. Use
elimination.
5 x + 9 y + -4 z = 228 .
4 x + -4 y + -5 z = 4 .
-6 x + 6 y + -5 z = 44 .
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Problem Number 4
A sequence is defined recursively by a(n) = a(n-1) + 3 * n, a(0) = `f.
Write out the first four terms of the sequence.
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Problem Number 5
Using the Binomial Theorem expand the expression ( x + 4) ^ 6.
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Problem Number 6
Set up the system below as an augmented matrix and solve using row operations.
-7 x + -4 y = -39 .
-13 x + -7 y = 78 .
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Problem Number 7
At an annual interest rate of 4%, contributions of $ 2 thousand are made
annually. How much will this amount to in 21 years?
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Problem Number 8
Set up the system below as a matrix multiplication of the form A B = C.
Find the inverse A^-1 of A and use it to solve the system.
8 x + -4 y = 32 .
18 x + -7 y = -32 .
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Problem Number 9
Solve the following system; if the system is inconsistent say so. Use
Cramer's Rule to obtain the solution.
-4 x + 6 y = 6 .
9 x + 5 y = 116 .