Kate Barbara C. Duron 2009 36450 True or False 1. A triangle with two acute angles is an acute triangle.

. (F) A triangle with two acute angles can have a third obtuse angle, making it an obtuse triangle. 2. In an obtuse triangle, the altitudes from the acute angles do not exist inside the triangle. (T) The altitude from the acute angle of an obtuse triangle falls outside the triangle.

3. A line segment has only one midpoint but can have many bisectors. (T) All bisectors intersect the line segment at the midpoint. There can be multiple bisectors, intersecting at the midpoint at different angles, but they all intersect the line segment at its midpoint. The midpoint separates the line segment into two equal halves. 4. Every rhombus is a kite. (T) In general, any quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals, one of which is a line of symmetry, is a kite. A rhombus is a quadrilateral with four sides of equal length in which the diagonals are perpendicular and bisect each other. A rhombus is a quadrilateral with all four sides having the same length. A kite 5. If a > b, then ac > bc. (F) Suppose c is negative, then ac < bc. Multiple choice (Distractors used are common student misconceptions) 1. (5 x 3) 3 + 8 2 + 60 a. 9 (operations performed in order of how it was written) b. 4 (performed as (5 x 3) (3 + 8) (2 + 60)) c. 16 (correct usage of PEMDAS, performed subtraction before addition because left to right in given) d. 12 (incorrect usage of PEMDAS, performed all addition before subtraction because A comes first in the acronym) 2. f(x) = k(x) g(x). If g(x) = -5x3 + 4x2 - 3x + 7 and k(x) = 9 7x + 5x2 4x3, which expression represents f(x)? a. f(x) = x3 + x2 - 4x + 2 (correct answer) b. f(x) = 4x - 2 - x3 - 9x2 (interchanged k(x) and g(x)) c. f(x) = 14x3 - 11x2 + 8x 11 (subtracted the numerical coefficients of each term only in order it was written)

d. f(x) = -9x3 + 9x2 - 10x + 16 (added the two functions) 3. If f(x) = x2 and g(x) = x - 3, then what is (f o g)(5)? a. 4 (correct answer) b. 22 (performed g(f(x))) c. 27 (performed addition of the 2 functions) d. 50 (performed multiplication of the 2 functions) 4. If f(x) = x2 + 3, what is f-1(x)? a. f-1(x) = x 3 (forgot to get the square root) b. f-1(x) = (x 3) (correct answer) c. f-1(x) = - (x2 3) (student assumed f-1 meant multiplying the function by -1) d. f-1(x) = 1 / (x2 3) (student assumed f-1 meant to raise to exponent -1) 5. How can y = log3(1/27) be written in exponential form? a. y3 = -27 (used y as base and multiplied 27 by its exponent) b. y3 = 27-1 (used y as base and multiplied) c. 3y = -27 (used 3 as base but multiplied 27 by its exponent) d. 3y = 27-1 (correct answer)