NC Math 2 Final Exam Review

1.

Write an expression that is equivalent to

2. Solve

4 x 2 3 x

12x=x

3. The graph of the function f(x) and the transformed function are shown below. Which values are the best estimates for the
values of a and k?
(Note: f(x) is solid, g(x) is dotted)

4. A total of 270 customers, who frequented an ice cream shop, responded to a survey asking if they preferred chocolate or vanilla ice cream.
154 of the customers preferred chocolate ice cream.
131 of the customers were female.
76 of the customers were males who preferred vanilla ice cream.
What is the probability that a customer chosen at random is a male or prefers vanilla ice cream?

5. Daquan is building a ramp for his skateboard. The ramp needs to reach a platform that is 4 feet off the
ground. He is not sure if he wants the ramp to have a 2 0 o r 2 5 angle of elevation with the ground. To
the nearest hundredth of a foot, how much longer will the ramp need to be if he chooses the 2 0 angle of
elevation over the 2 5 angle of elevation?
6. Simplify:

2516

7. What are the solutions to the equation 14x2-16x+3=0?

8. If the graph of

f ( x )= x+ 2

is translated 2 units right and 4 units down, write the equation for

resulting transformation of the function.

9.

Triangle DVO is divided by I E as shown below. What value of x guarantees that IE is parallel to VO?

10. Forty-two students at South Central have an allergy to peanuts, shellfish, or both.
o 28 students at the school are allergic to peanuts.
o 14 students are allergic to shellfish.
How many of the students are allergic to both peanuts and shellfish?

11. Complete the square: 4x2+8x+4

12. What are the values of x in the solutions to the following system of equations?
y+ x2 - 6=0
y+ x 5= 0

13. Line segment

shown below, is reflected over the x-axis to form the

line segment

Rhoda concludes that the x-axis is a perpendicular bisector of

and

and Andy concludes that the lines

are parallel. Whose conclusion is correct?

14. Morgan flips a coin 300 times and finds that the probability of the coin landing heads up is .
Morgan wants to flip the same coin 25 more times. On the first 24 flips, the coin lands heads up.
Which statement best describes the probability of the coin landing heads up on the 25th flip?

15. Events M and N have probabilities such that P(M) = 0.6, P(N) = 0.24,

P( M N )=0.46,P(M N )=0.36 .

Are the

events M and N independent?

16. What is the minimum value of f(x)= x2-12x+ 14?

17. Which is an equation of the axis of symmetry for the function f(x) = x2 +
8x + 12?

18. Triangle ABC is shown on the coordinate plane below. The triangle is reflected across the x-axis
and then translated 4 units to the right to form triangle

Give the coordinates for the new triangle.

19. A marathon is roughly 54.2 miles long. Write an equation that could be used to determine the time, t, it takes to run a
marathon as a function of the average speed, s, of the runner where t is the time in hours and s is in miles per hour.
20. The volume, V, of a certain gas varies inversely with the amount of pressure, P, placed on it. The volume of this gas is 350 cm 3
when 6.4 kg/cm2 of pressure is placed on it. What amount of pressure must be placed on 800 cm 3 of this gas?
21. Kelly works at a concert arena. When the price of a ticket is $60, a concert will be attended by
5,000 people. Each time the price is raised by an increment of $5, there will be 100 fewer people at
the concert. Kelly uses the equation R= (60+5n)(5000-100n) to determine R, the total concert revenue
in dollars when there have been n $5 increases in ticket price. Describe what each part of the
equation means.

22. Spiderman threw a rock off a cliff into some water below. The function
2
f(t) = 16t + 96t-100 models the distance the rock is from the water after t seconds. How long
does it take the rock to hit the water?
23. Triangle ABC shown below is reflected over the line y = 2 to obtain triangle AB C . What
sequence of transformations would also map triangle ABC onto triangle ABC.

24. Is the function even? f(x) = x (x+3)

25. Find x and all related values.

26. Simplify: (3x3+4x2-6x+2)(x-1)

27. Find a function that has a higher maximum value for the function than the function f(x) = 4x2 + 8x + 4.

28. Tony creates a piece of art. He begins with the figure shown, where

measure of angle WZX is 82

and the

Saul draws a line located below and parallel to AB that intersects ZA

of a n g l e B D C i s 4 6 . What is the measure of angle ACD?

29. Which rotation will carry a rectangle onto itself?

30. Find the angle of elevation shown below:

at C and Z B at D. The measure