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6. The zoomster function z used in space ight engineering is dened above. If, for some number u, z(u + 1/2) = 1/2, then what is the value of u ? (A) 3/2 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/8 (E) 1/2 7. For any positive integer n, let n be
dened by n = 2n(n + 1). What is the 8 value of ? 2 (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10
4. If f (x) = x2 1, and f (2a) = 35, then what could be the value of a ? (A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 6
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5. If f (x) = 2x + 4, then what is the value of f (4) + f (6) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) f (8) f (10) f (12) f (18) f (28)
8. For the function f graphed in the xyplane above, if f (2.5) = k, then what is f (2k) ?
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E Since f (a) = 4a 3 and f (a) = 9, then 4a 3 = 9 so that 4a = 12 and a = 3. Similarly, f (b) = 4b 3 = 5 so that 4b = 8 and b = 2. Finally, f (a + b) = f (3 + 2) = f (5) = 4 5 3 = 17. Answer E is correct.
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B We substitute the 2a inside the function parentheses for x in the expression x2 1. This gives f (2a) = (2a)2 1 = 4a2 1. Since f (2a) = 35, we have 4a2 1 = 35, so that 4a2 = 36, or a2 = 9. Solving for a gives a = 3, and answer B is correct. Note that since there can be only one answer, 3 is not given as an answer choice. In this case, dont forget to substitute everything inside the parentheses into x. A common mistake here is to square the a but not the 2, resulting in the expression 2a2 1 = 35, which is incorrect. C Since f (4) = 2(4)+4 = 12, and f (6) = 2(6)+4 = 16, then f (4)+f (6) = 12+16 = 28. To gure out which answer is correct, we have to evaluate each one until we get 28 as the value. Since f (12) = 2(12) + 4 = 28, answer C is correct.
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The y-value at that point is 1, and since f (2.5) = k, k = 1. The question is asking: what is f (2k) ? Since 2k = 2, we nd f (2) by using the graph in the same way as before. Since, at x = 2, the curve hits the x-axis (y = 0), the answer is 0.
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