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Practice Midterm Test #1 Math*1200, Fall 2013

Last Name: First Name: ID Number:

Instructions: Ensure that your name and ID Number are clearly printed on the front and back of the test. Feel free to write in pencil or pen. Non-programmable calculators are allowed, but no other aids may be used. You have 1 hour to write this test. Midterm #1 carries a weight of 15% of your nal grade.

Good luck! Question Part A Part B B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 Total 5 10 3 4 3 35 Marks Available Marks Obtained 10

Part A: Quick Answer 10 marks For each of the following, please ll in your nal answer in the box provided at the right side of the page. Each correct answer is worth 1 mark.

A1. Give an exact value for csc

. 2 1.

A2. Find all values of satisfying sec() = 2. 2.

A3. What is the period of y = 5 cos 2(x

) ? 4 3.

1 A4. Evaluate , 1 [0, ). Provide your answer in interval notation. 2 4.

For A5 and A6, consider the piecewise function: 4x 7, if x 1 f (x) = 6 ln(3 x), if 1 < x < 2 4x e + 2, if x 2. A5. What is f (1)? 5.

A6. What is f (2)? 6.

A7. Use the change-of-base formula to write log(x) in terms of ln(x) instead. 7.

A8. Write down any function that is monotone increasing. 8.

A9. Find all values of x satisfying 2x 5x + 1. Provide your answer in interval notation. 9.

A10. At what point does the function f (x) = 2|x + 25| + 6 reach its minimum? 10.

Part B: Longer Answer 25 marks For each of the following, please write your answer in the space provided. Show your work it can only help you receive part marks if your answer is not correct! If you need extra space, please indicate this clearly and then write on the backs of pages.

B1. (a) Kaidan is going for an evening stroll in a at pasture. The sun is getting low in the sky, at an angle of 35 degrees inclined from the horizontal. If Kaidan is 1.7 m tall, how long is his shadow? marks) (2

(b) Kaidan continues to walk forward, but reaches a hill that itself has an incline of 15 degrees, as shown in the picture. How long is his shadow now? (3 marks)

B2. Find all values of x that satisfy the following. (a) esin((x1)) = csc2 (x) cot2 (x) (3 marks)

(b)

x 1 log2 (4x ) e2 ln(2 x) = 1 2 5

(3 marks)

(c) (log5 (x))2 log5 (x) 2 = 0

(2 marks)

2 3 > (2 marks) 4x + 3 7 (Provide your answer in interval notation.) (d)

B3. Find all values of x that satisfy |x 5| 2 1 x+3 . 2 (3 marks)

Provide your answer in interval notation.

B4. (a) Using the graph of y = x2 , draw a graph of the reciprocal 1 function, y = 2 . (2 marks) x

(b) Now, use the graph you drew in part (a) to help you draw the 1 1 function y = 1. (2 marks) 2 (x + 2)2

B5. Find all values of r satisfying (3r 4) 2r + 3 3 r 2 < 0. (3 marks)