Second Semester Exam Review

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  1.  What is the 89th term in the arithmetic series 1 + 5 + 9 + 13 + .... 

  2.  The nth term of the series  2/3 + 3/4 + 4/5 + 5/6 + ...  

  3.  What is the sum 4 + 1 + 1/4 + 1/16 + ...?  

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  4.  What is the  sum   S   k3 ? 
                                 k=1

  5.  In the binomial expansion, (x + 3x-1)5, the third term is?

  6.  Find the domain for log2(x2 - 1)

  7.  Solve for x:   (a)  ln (x + 1) - ln (x - 2) = ln x2
                            (b)  ln x + ln (x - 2) = 1        
                            (c)  2 ln x = 7

  8.  Solve for x:  

  9.  Find the domain for   
                          
10.  Find the domain for 

11.  Find the domain for 

12.  f(x) = 3x4 - 6x2  
                                                                           

        (a)  increasing intervals      (b)  decreasing intervals     
                                      

        (c)  even, odd, or neither    (d)  relative minimum
                                                              

        (e)  relative maximum

13.  f(x) = x2 + 1   and   g(x) = 2x + 3
                              

        (a)  (f + g)(x) =        (b)  (f /g)(x) =               (c)  f (g(x)) =            (d)  g (f (x)) = 
                                 

        (e)  f -1(x) =              (f)  g-1(x) =                  (g)  f -1(g(x)) =

14.  Is y = x3 + 3x even, odd, or neither?   

15.  Find the equation of the line through (1, -4) with slope 2.

16.  Find the quadratic function that has a minimum at (-1,-2) and passes through (0,4).

17.  Graph:  y > -x2 + 3x + 4

18.  Find two coterminal angles to  (a)  p/3    (b)  112o

19.  Change 2p/3 to degrees

20.  Change 260o to radians                                           

21.  Find trigonometric function values for all the special angles

22.  sin A = 2/7;   A is in quadrant II             Find the other trigonometric functions.                              

23.  Solve the right triangles:
       (a)  C = 90o, a = 2, c = 4
       (b)  A = 30o, b = 75, C = 90o
       (c)  C = 90o, B = 45o, b = 20

24.  Find the exact values of the trigonometric functions for an angle A whose terminal side passes through (-1,-10).

25.  sin A = -1/2,  tan A > 0;  Find all  trigonometric function values.

26.  Without your calculator, find:  (a)  tan 225o    (b)  cos 2p/3    (c)  sin 5p/4    (d)  sec 17p/3   (e)  csc -p/6    (f)  cot - 405o       

27.  Use your calculator to find:  (a)  sin 40o (b)  cot 142o    (c)  sec 67   (d)  csc 215o

28.  Graph:  (a)  y = 2 sin [3(x -p/4)] + 1     (b)  y = - cos (x - p/3)    (c)  y = 2 sec x      (d)  y = cot x - 1

29.  Use your calculator to find:  (a)  cos-1(1/4)    (b)  csc-110     (c)  tan-16    (d)  sec-112

30.  Graph:  (a)  y = arctan x    (b)  y = arctan x - 3         (c)  y = 2 arctan x             (d)  y = | arctan x |

                    (e)  y = arctan |x|                                          (f)  y = arctan (x - 3)

31.  sin (Arctan 3/4)

32.  cot (Arctan 5/8)                                                      

33.  sec [Arcsin (x - 1)]

34.  sin (Arccos x)                                                          

35.  Arccos (-1/2)

36.  csc (Arctan (-5/12)                                                  

37.
        

38. Write the equation for the inverse of the function 

39.  Find the value of 

40.  Find the value of 

41.  Find the value of 

42. 
Find two geometric means between 2 and 54

43.  Graph  r = 2 + cos q 

44. 
Draw the vector expressions, using triangular addition:

       a. a + b = c
       b. a + b + f = g
       c. e - f = b
       d. c - b = a

45.  Draw the vector expressions, using parallelogram addition:
       a. a + b = c
       b. a + b + f = g
       c. e - f = b
       d. c - b = a

46.  Write the component vector for the points (5,6) and (-3,4).  

47.  What is the magnitude of the vector <5,8>?
  

48.  Find a vector perpendicular to <8,1>.   

49.  Prove by mathematical induction that  1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + ... + n2 = n(n + 1)(2n + 1)
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50.  The center of the ellipse 16x2 + 4y2 + 32x - 8y - 5 = 0 is

51.  Write 5(cos 45o + i sin 45o) in rectangular form and in exponential form.

52.  Multiply:  5(cos 45o + i sin 45o) 4(cos 15o + i sin 15o)
       Divide
5(cos 45o + i sin 45o) /4(cos 15o + i sin 15o)

53.  Use  DeMoivre's Theorem to find [2(cos 30o+ i sin 30o)]4 .

54.  What does the graph of r = 5 look like?  (Use your calculator to check)

55.  How many points of intersection do y = x3 - 1 and y = -x2 + 2x - 1 have?

56.  Find the point(s) of intersection for y = 3x - 1 and y = 2x2 + 5.

57.  Find (1 + i)1/3  

58.  Graph:  x = 6t
                   y = sin t

59.  A 90N force and a 110N force act on the same object.  The angle between the forces measures 90o.
       Find the magnitude of the resulting force.

60.  Find the polar coordinates for (1,-1).

61.  Jane observes a raft floating on the water bobbing up and down with an amplitude of 8 feet. Beginning at the top of the wave, if the raft completes a full cycle every 5 seconds, what is the height of the raft relative to the lowest point after 25 seconds?

62.  What is     ?  Limits  

63.  What is      ?  Limits at Infinity  

64.  What is       ?  Limits at Infinity

65.  What is     ?  Limits at Infinity

66.  Evaluate        Limits

67.  If    ,  what is    ?    Properties of Limits

68.  What is the equation of the line which is tangent to the graph of y = 2x2 + 1 at x = 3?

69.  What is the derivative of f(x) = 5 when x = 7?  

70.  In which interval is the graph of f(x) decreasing when f(x) = (x - 1)(x + 2)(x - 3)

71.  For what x-values is    discontinuous?

72.  s(t) = (t - 1)(t + 1)(t - 4)  represents the position of a particle on a number line.

       Find the acceleration at t = 5 sec.

73.  Find the derivative of f(x) = 2x2 - 3x + 5

74.  An outfielder catches a fly ball and then throws it to third base to tag the runner. 

       The outfielder releases the ball at an initial velocity of 75 feet per second at an
       angle of 25o with the horizontal.  Assume the ball is released 5 feet above the ground.
     
        a.  Write two parametric equations that represent the path of the ball.
        b.  How far will the ball travel horizontally before hitting the ground?
        c.  What is the maximum height of the trajectory?

75.  Use the first five terms of the exponential series and a calculator to approximate e1.2.

76.  What is the distance between the points (1,4,-2) and (5,1,2)?  Find the midpoint of the segment.  

77.  Find a vector perpendicular to <3,2,-1>.   

78.  Find the dot product of <2,5,6> and <-1,3,2> .  

79.  Find the cross product of <2,5,6> and <-1,3,2> . 

80.  Find the equation of the circle whose center is (-1,5) and is tangent to the x-axis.

81.  In how many different orders may a person select 8 socks from a drawer, considering
       each of the socks to be different?   Counting Principles

82.  A box contains 5 red and 3 white balls.  How many ways can 3 red and 1 white ball be chosen?
      
Counting Principles

83.  A box contains 5 red balls and 3 white balls.  A second box contains 4 red balls and 2 white balls.
       If one ball is drawn from each box, what is the probability that they are of the same color?

84.  A stack of 52 playing cards consists of 13 clubs, 13 diamonds, 13 hearts, and 13 spades.
       Three cards are drawn in succession.  What is the probability that they will be 1 club and
       2 diamonds disregarding order?

85.  An ordinary nickel is tossed 5 times in a row.  What is the probability that the same face comes
       up 3 times?

86.  A card is drawn from a standard deck of cards.  What is the probability that it is a queen
       or a red card?

87.  A card is drawn from a standard deck of cards.  What is the probability that it is a red jack?

88.  The eccentricity of an ellipse is __

89.  The eccentricity of a parabola is __

90.  The eccentricity of a hyperbola is __

91.  (2 + 3i)2 + (4 - i)(5 + 2i) - 1 =  ?   Complex Numbers  

92.  Graph 4 - 2i  

93.  Simplify:   9x -2y3  
                       27xy-5  

94.  Solve for x:
       (a)  log216 = x           (b)  9x = 27
       (c)  loga(1/a) = x        (d)  log (4/5) = x
       (e)  ln .75 = x             (f)  ln (-.75) = x

95.  Graph:  (a)  y = 2x          (b)  y = -2x
                         
(c)  y = 2x - 4    (d)  y = 2 x-2
                         
(e)  y = 2 |x|        (f)  y = 2 x/3

96.  Graph:  (a)  y = log 2 x         (b)  y = ln x
                  
(c)  y = ln (x - 1)     (d)  y = |ln x|
                  
(e)  y = ln |x|            (f)  y = -ln (-x)

97.   Solve for x:  log35 = x                                               
98.  Expand:  logb     x2
__
                               y2z3

99.  Write as one logarithm:                                             
       ln x - 2[ ln (x + 2) + ln (x - 2)]                                          
 
100.  Solve for x:      (a)  42x - 7 = 64                                       
                             
(b)  ln (x -1) = 3.8     (c)  ex = 10
                             
(d)  10x = 570           (e)  3x = 7

101.  Solve for x:  x2 - ln x = 24                                        

102.  Simplify:  \/-16   \/-8

103.  Find a logistic equation   y =     500
                                                   1 + Ae-kt
       when (3, 200) and (10, 410) satisfy it.

104.   2 +  =      Complex Numbers
        1 - 3i

105.  Know the definition of e

106.  y =        200        
                1 + 50e-.12t
      What is t when y = 100?

107.  The probability of an event is 2/3.  What are the odds against this event occurring.

108.  Write the equation of the parabola y = x2 - 5x + 1 in standard form.

109.  The data below give the number of bacteria found in a certain culture.

Time (hrs)
0
1
2
3
4
Bacteria
6
7
12
20
32

        a.  Find an exponential model for the data.
        b.  Write the equation from part a in terms of base e.
        c.  Use the model to estimate the doubling time for the culture.

110.  Solve:  50.2 < e0.2x  

111.  How many eight-letter permutations can be formed from the letter of the word HALFACRE?

112.  Newton's Law of Cooling expresses the relationship between the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
       of a cooling object y and the time elapsed since cooling betgan t in minutes.  This relationship is given
       by y = ae-kt + c, where c is the temperature surrounding the medium.  Suppose vegetable soup is
       heated to 210oF in the microwave.  If the room temperature is 70oF, what will the temperature of
       the soup be after 10 minutes?  Assume that a = 140 and k = 0.01.

113.  Find the antiderivative of f(x) = x5.

114.  Write the equation of the hyperbola whose foci are at (2,-3) and (2,7) and whose vertices are at (2,-1) and (2,5).

115.  Identify the graph of 15x2 + 5xy + 5y2 + 9 = 0 and find its angle of rotation.

116.  What is the distance between the points (1,4,-2) and (5,1,2)?  Find the midpoint of the segment.  

117.  Simplify: 

118.  Use a sum or difference identity to find the exact value of cos 255o.

119.  If A in an angle in the first quadrant  and csc A = 3, find the exact value of cos 2A.

120.  In triangle ABC, A = 47o15', B = 58o33', and c = 23.  Find a.

121.  If A = 37.2o, B = 17.9o, and a = 22.3, find the area of triangle ABC.

122.  Determine the number of possible solutions if A = 47o, a = 4, and b = 5.

123.  In triangle ABC, A = 118o, b = 8, and c = 6.  Find a.

124.  In triangle ABC, a = 9, b = 5, and c = 12.  Find B.

125.  If a = 12, b = 24, and c = 30, find the area of triangle ABC.

126.  Find the equation of the line that passes through (2,5) and (-1,6).

127.  Find the degree measure of the central angle associated with an arc that is 13.8 cm long in a circle with a radius of 6 cm.

128.  Write an equation of the cosine function with amplitude 2/3, period 1.8, horizontal shift 3p/2, and vertical shift -4/3.

129.  State the amplitude, period, horizontal shift, and vertical shift for y = 2 - sin (3x - p/5).

130.  Expand (2x - 3y)4

131.  Find the fifth term in the expansion of (4x + 2y)7    

132.  Find the rectangular coordinates of the point with polar coordinates (2, 2p/3)

133.  Write the rectangular equation x2 + y2 = 4 in polar form.

134.  Write the polar equation r2 = 8 in rectangular form.

135.  Lisset throws a softball from a height of 4 meters, with an intial velocity of 20 meters per second at an angle of 45o
         with respect to the horizontal.  When will the ball be a horizontal distance of 30 meters from Lisset?


136.  Solve algebraically.
          -3x +   y +  z =    2
           5x + 2y - 4z =   21
             x -  3y - 7z = -10


137. Find the maximum value of f (x,y) = y -  x + 1  for the polygonal convex set determined by this system of inequalities.
          x > 0
          y > 0
          2x + y < 4


138.  Find ln (-13.4)

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