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Math 111 Quiz 2
Directions: Please write your answers, with all appropriate work, in the spaces
provided. Answers given without work shown will be counted incorrect. You may use
the backs of the pages if you require some space for scratchwork or brainstorming.
1. Write the following lines in slope-intercept form: (7 points each)
(a) 3x 14y + 16 = 0
(b) y + 2 = 7(x 2)
2. Write the line y =
1
6
x +
1
2
in the form Ax + By + C = 0, where A, B, and C are
integers. (7 points)
3. Given the points (6,4) and (2,0), do the following: (Note: you may ask me for the
answer to part (a) if you wish, but anything you have already written will be locked
down when you do so. This is so you may do subsequent parts correctly even if you
make a mistake in the rst part, upon which parts (b) and (c) depend.)
(a) Find the equation of the line passing through these two points. (7 points)
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(b) Find a line parallel and passing through the point (1,4). (8 points)
(c) Find a line perpendicular and passing through the point (1,4). (8 points)
4. A radioactive sea urchin has a mass of 200g and has a half-life of 50 years. Write a
model describing how much radioactive material is left after t years. (8 points)
5. Regarding number 4, will the sea urchin ever be completely non-radioactive? If so,
when will it be? If not, why not (mathematically)? (5 points)
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6. Ocelot the otter is going to put 2014 kawaii coins into a savings account yielding
6% interest compounded quarterly. How many kawaii coins are in the account after
10 years? (8 points)
7. What is the percent rate of change of the function f(x) = 3x 1 from x = 1 to
x = 2? (7 points)
8. Given the following data set, determine if an exponential or a linear model is ap-
propriate, and model the function. (8 points)
x 1 0 1 2
y 3 6 12 24
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9. Suppose a population of otters has a carrying capacity of 2000, an initial population
of 10, and there are 200 otters after 1 year. Write a logistic growth model for the
otter population. (8 points)
10. Draw a graph for h(x) = 3
x
. Be sure to label the y-intercept as well as one point
corresponding to a positive x-value, and a point corresponding to a negative x-value.
(10 points)
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11. *Bonus questions* (1 point each)
(a) There are species of otters in the world today.
(b) The giant otters natural habitat lies exclusively on which continent?
(c) What is the collective term for a group of otters (e.g. a murder of crows)?
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