Practice Test - Chapter 9

Find the midpoint of the line segment with Find the distance between each pair of points
endpoints at the given coordinates. with the given coordinates.
1. (8, 3), (–4, 9) 4. (–5, 8), (4, 3)
SOLUTION:   SOLUTION:  
Substitute 8, –4, 3 and 9 for x1, x2, y 1 and y 2 Substitute –5, 4, 8 and 3 for x1, x2, y 1 and y 2
respectively in the midpoint formula. respectively in the distance formula.
   

2. 

SOLUTION:   5. 
Substitute for x1, x2, y 1 and y 2
SOLUTION:  
respectively in the midpoint formula.
  Substitute  for x1, x2, y 1 and y 2
respectively in the distance formula.
 

3. (–10, 0), (–2, 6)

SOLUTION:  
Substitute –10, –2, 0 and 6 for x1, x2, y 1 and y 2
respectively in the midpoint formula.
  6. (4, –5), (4, 9)
SOLUTION:  
Substitute 4, 4, –5 and 9 for x1, x2, y 1 and y 2
respectively in the distance formula.
 
Find the distance between each pair of points
with the given coordinates.
4. (–5, 8), (4, 3)
SOLUTION:  
Substitute –5, 4, 8 and 3 for x1, x2, y 1 and y 2
respectively in the distance formula.
 
State whether the graph of each equation is a
parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola. Then
graph the equation.
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State whether the graph of each equation is a 8. 

parabola, circle, ellipse, or hyperbola. Then
graph the equation. SOLUTION:  
7. 
SOLUTION:  
 
A = 4, B = 0, and C = 1
 
  The discriminant is
A = 1, B = 0, and C = 1 .
 
Because the discriminant is less than 0 and A ≠ C,
The discriminant is . the conic is an ellipse.
Because the discriminant is less than 0, B = 0 and A  
= C, the conic is a circle.
 

9. 
SOLUTION:  
8. 
SOLUTION:  
 
A = 4, B = 0, and C = –9
 
  The discriminant is
A = 4, B = 0, and C = 1 .
 
The discriminant is Because the discriminant is greater than 0, the conic
is a hyperbola.
.  
Because the discriminant is less than 0 and A ≠ C,
the conic is an ellipse.
 

10. 
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10.  11. 
SOLUTION:  
SOLUTION:  

 
A = 2, B = 0, and C = 0
   
The discriminant is .
A= , B = 0, and C = 0
Because the discriminant is equal to 0, the conic is a
  parabola.
 
The discriminant is .
Because the discriminant is equal to 0, the conic is a
parabola.
 

12. 
SOLUTION:  

11. 
 
SOLUTION:  
A = 16, B = 0, and C = 25
 
The discriminant is
  .
A = 2, B = 0, and C = 0 Because the discriminant is less than 0 and A ≠ C,
  the conic is an ellipse.
The discriminant is .  
Because the discriminant is equal to 0, the conic is a
parabola.
 

13. 

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13. 
14. 
SOLUTION:  
SOLUTION:  

 
A = 1, B = 0, and C = 1
 
The discriminant is .  
A = 1, B = 0, and C = –4
Because the discriminant is less than 0, B = 0 and A
 
= C, the conic is a circle.
The discriminant is
 
.
Because the discriminant is greater than 0, the conic
is a hyperbola.
 

14. 

SOLUTION:  
15. 

SOLUTION:  

 
A = 1, B = 0, and C = –4
 
 
The discriminant is
A = 1, B = 0, and C = 0
.  
Because the discriminant is greater than 0, the conic The discriminant is .
is a hyperbola.
  Because the discriminant is equal to 0, the conic is a
parabola.
 

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15.  17. MULTIPLE CHOICE Which equation represents

a hyperbola that has vertices at (–3, –3) and (5, –3)
SOLUTION:   and a conjugate axis of length 6 units?
 

  B
A = 1, B = 0, and C = 0
  C
The discriminant is .
Because the discriminant is equal to 0, the conic is a D
parabola.
  SOLUTION:  
Since the y-coordinates of the vertices are same, the
orientation should be horizontal. Therefore, option B
and D may be the correct choice.
Since the y-coordinate of the vertices is –3, option B
is the correct answer.

18. CARPENTRY Ellis built a window frame shaped

like the top half of an ellipse. The window is 40
inches tall at its highest point and 160 inches wide at
the bottom. What is the height of the window 20
16.  inches from the center of the base?
 
SOLUTION:  

 
A = 4, B = 0, and C = 16
 
The discriminant is
.
SOLUTION:  
Because the discriminant is less than 0 and A ≠ C, The length of the major and the minor axis is 160 in.
the conic is an ellipse. and 80 in.
  Therefore, a = 80 and b = 40.

The equation of the ellipse is .

To find the height of the window, substitute 20 for x
and solve for y.
 

17. MULTIPLE CHOICE Which equation represents

a hyperbola that has vertices at (–3, –3) and (5, –3)
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 Since the y-coordinates of the vertices are same, the
orientation should be horizontal. Therefore, option B
and D may be the correct choice.
SinceTest
Practice - Chapter 9of the vertices is –3, option B
the y-coordinate  
is the correct answer. The height of the window is about 38.73 in.

18. CARPENTRY Ellis built a window frame shaped Solve each system of equations.
like the top half of an ellipse. The window is 40
inches tall at its highest point and 160 inches wide at 19. 
the bottom. What is the height of the window 20
inches from the center of the base? SOLUTION:  
  Substitute –x–2 for y in the quadratic equation and
solve for x.
 

SOLUTION:  
 
The length of the major and the minor axis is 160 in.
By zero product property:
and 80 in.
Therefore, a = 80 and b = 40.  

The equation of the ellipse is .  

Substitute the values of x in the linear equation and
To find the height of the window, substitute 20 for x find the value of y.
and solve for y.  
 

 
The solutions are (6, –8) and (–8, 6).

20. 
 
The height of the window is about 38.73 in. SOLUTION:  
Solve the linear equation for y.
Solve each system of equations.  
19. 

 
SOLUTION:  
Substitute 2 – x for y in the quadratic equation and
Substitute –x–2 for y in the quadratic equation and solve for x.
solve for x.  
 

 
  By zero product property:
By zero product property:  
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The solutions 9 and (–8, 6).
are (6, –8) The solutions are (3, –1) and .

20.  21. 

SOLUTION:   SOLUTION:  
Solve the linear equation for y.
 

 
 
Substitute 2 – x for y in the quadratic equation and
solve for x.
 

 
Substitute the values of x in either of the equations
and find the values of y.
 
 
By zero product property:
 

 
Substitute the values of x in the linear equation and
find the value of y.
 

 
The solutions are
 
.
The solutions are (3, –1) and .
Solve each system of inequalities.

21.  22. 

SOLUTION:   SOLUTION:  

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Substitute the values of x in either of the equations
  
 
The solutions are 25. FORESTRY A forest ranger at an outpost in the
Practice Test - Chapter 9 . Sam Houston National Forest and another ranger at
the primary station both heard an explosion. The
outpost and the primary station are 6 kilometers
Solve each system of inequalities. apart.
a. If one ranger heard the explosion 6 seconds before
22.  the other, write an equation that describes all the
possible locations of the explosion. Place the two
SOLUTION:   ranger stations on the x-axis with the midpoint
between the stations at the origin. The transverse
axis is horizontal. (Hint: The speed of sound is about
0.35 kilometer per second.)
b. Draw a sketch of the possible locations of the
explosion. Include the ranger stations in the drawing.
SOLUTION:  
a. Let the ranger in the Sam Houston National Forest
hears the explosion first.
The ranger in the primary station hears the sound 6
seconds later than the other.
That is, the explosion place is 6(0.35) = 2.1
kilometers farther from primary station than from
23.  Sam Houston National Forest.
Therefore, the locus of all points that are 2.1 km
closer to Sam Houston National Forest than to
SOLUTION:   primary station is one branch of the hyperbola.
 
2a = 2.1
a = 1.05
 
The distance between the two stations is 6 km.
 
2c = 6
c =3
 
24. MULTIPLE CHOICE Which is NOT the equation
of a parabola?
F
G  

H The equation is .
J  
b. Graph the equation.
SOLUTION:  
 
2 2
The equation  has both x and y
terms. Therefore, this is not the equation of a
parabola.
Option J is the correct answer.
 

25. FORESTRY A forest ranger at an outpost in the

Sam Houston National Forest and another ranger at
the primary station both heard an explosion. The
outpost and the primary station are 6 kilometers
apart.
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the other, write an equation that describes all the
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