Quiz#12 – 25 minutes (Calculator Allowed)

6−4𝑖
1. 2+4𝑖
If the expression above is written in the form of 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖, what is the value of 𝑎 − 2𝑏?
A) 4 + 2𝑖
B) 4 − 2𝑖
8
C) 5
D) 3

2. Swimmers who participate in backstroke races depend on a series of banners strung overhead. The
banners warn the swimmer that the wall is 5 yards away. A company sells these banners in long
cords that repeat a sequence of colors in the following order:
Red Yellow Green Orange Purple
If a high school bought 40 yards of a banner string that contained 75 banners, what was the color
of the 59th banner?
A) Yellow
B) Green
C) Orange
D) Purple

3. A food stand sells Mexican fare. Tacos cost $2.00 each and enchiladas cost $4.50 each. On a
certain day, revenue from tacos and enchiladas was $198.00 and the number of tacos and enchiladas
sold was $54. How many enchiladas were sold?
A) 54
B) 36
C) 27
D) 18

4. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 6𝑥 − 8𝑦 = 12
The equation of a circle in the 𝑥𝑦-plane is provided above. What is the radius of the circle?
A) 5
B) 3√3
C) 6
D) √37

5. A manufacturer of basketballs charges $24 for each basketball and sells 1,000 per week. The
production control department estimates that for every 1$ discount, the manufacturer will sell an
additional 100 basketballs. At what price will the manufacturer maximize revenue?
A) $19
B) $18
C) $17
D) $14
6. In a class, the boys averaged 50% on a test while the girls averaged 90% on the same test. If the
combined average was 80%, then the boys make up what fraction of the class?
1
A) 4
1
B)
4
2
C) 3
3
D) 4

7. A television network wanted to conduct a nationwide poll to see which presidential candidate the
nation was leaning toward electing as the next president. The network collected a sample by
running a commercial that asked viewers to call in a press the number one if they planned to vote
for candidate one and press two if the planned to vote for candidate tow. Which of the following
causes bias is the strongest reason why the survey results are most likely unreliable?

A) Sample size
B) Sample location
C) Economic status
D) Passion for politics

8. Billy has a baseball card collection and he claims that it doubles in size every year. If Billy’s
baseball card collection currently has 124 cards, which of the following expressions would yield
the size of Billy’s card collection in two years?

A) 2(124)2
B) 124(2)2
C) 2(2)124
D) 248(2)2
 𝑥2 6 1
9. 2 √𝑥
−4 =2
√𝑥 √𝑥
The equation above has how many real solutions?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) Infinitely many

10. For what positive value of 𝑥 does 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑔(𝑥) when 𝑓(𝑥) = −𝑥 2 + 64 and 𝑔(𝑥) = −3𝑥 + 10?

A) 0
B) 3
C) 6
D) 9

11. A central angle in a circle has a measure of 34.4º and the measure of the area of its sector is 139.6
square units. To the nearest tenth of a unit, what is the measure of the circle’s radius?
A) 19.4
B) 21.6
C) 27.3
D) 29.7

12. Briana bought a pair of running shoes at a 25% discount off of the original price. The total she
paid the cashier was 𝑟 dollars, which includes an 8% sales tax on the discounted price. Which of
the following represents the original price of the running shoes in terms of 𝑟?
A) 0.81𝑟
𝑟
B)
0.75
C) (0.75)(1.08)𝑟
𝑟
D)
(1.08)(0.75)
Questions 13 – 15 refer to the table below.
Daily statistics for June 2015
Day Hits Files Pages Visits Sites Kbytes
1 327 6.35% 274 6.62% 250 7.29% 85 7.58% 60 8.97% 2203 4.87%
2 432 8.39% 383 9.25% 349 10.17% 64 5.71% 57 8.52% 2506 5.54%
3 283 5.49% 235 5.68% 181 5.28% 56 5.00% 50 7.47% 2332 5.15%
4 249 4.83% 208 5.03% 143 4.17% 47 4.19% 56 8.37% 2816 6.22%
5 265 5.14% 164 3.96% 134 3.91% 39 3.48% 44 6.58% 1644 3.63%
6 165 3.20% 142 3.43% 114 3.32% 45 4.01% 42 6.28% 1425 3.15%
7 250 4.85% 155 3.74% 134 3.91% 50 4.46% 51 7.62% 1621 3.58%
The table above is a statistics page for an educational website. The visits, files, and other data are shown
for the first week of June 2015. The owner of the educational site is wondering how to effectively reach
more viewers.
13. Which of the following can be concluded from the table?
A) The number of visits exceeds the number sites each day.
B) On day 7, the ratio of hits to files is greater than the ratio of files to pages.
C) The ratio of Kbytes to sites is greater on day 6 then on day 1.
D) The ratio of pages to visits is never less than 3:1.

14. What is the median number of visits in the first seven days of June 2015?
A) 85
B) 47
C) 56
D) 50

15. If 𝑅 is the range of the File category and 𝑟 is the range of the Kbyte category, what is the value of
2𝑟 − 𝑅?

A) 3,126
B) 2,541
C) 254
D) −249
16. Two brothers remembered their first high school job. In their first week, Rick earned $4.50 per
hour while Jay earned $5.25 per hour. They worked a total of 44 hours and their combined wage
was $202.50. How many hours did Rick work that week?

ANS.____________

17. A supermarket chain received an average grade (arithmetic mean) of 65% customer satisfaction
from 10 recent customer surveys. The chain manager wants to earn at least an 80% rating from its
first 20 customer surveys. What is the lowest score the 17th survey can receive and still achieve the
80% satisfaction rate from its first 20 surveys?

ANS.____________

18. Mr. Trump drove to work in the morning at the average speed of 60 miles per hour. He returned
home in the evening along the same route and averaged 45 miles per hour. To the nearest tenth,
what is his average speed, in miles per hour, for the entire trip?

ANS.____________
19. The state income tax where Alison lives is levied at the rate of 𝑘% of the first $30,000 of annual
income plus (𝑘 + 4)% of any amount above 30,000. This year, Alison’s income was $65,000 and
she paid $9,850 for the income tax. What is the value of 𝑘?

ANS.____________

20. In the 𝑥𝑦-plane, the graphs of 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 + 12 and the line 𝑙 intersect at points 𝑃(𝑝, 3) and 𝑄(𝑞, −4).
What is the greatest possible value of the slope of line 𝑙?

ANS.____________

**END OF THE TEST**