Unit 1 Test

Multiple Choice 3. Which pair of functions are not inverses of

each other?
For #1 to #7, choose the best answer. x
A f(x) = 5x and g(x) = _
5
1. The graph of f(x) and its transformation,
B f(x) = x + 3 and g(x) = x - 3
g(x), are shown below.
1 1
C f (x) = 4x - 1 and g(x) = _ x + _
y 4 4
x
D f(x) = _ + 5 and g(x) = 2x - 5
6
g(x) 2
4. Which function has a domain of {x | x ∈ R}
4 f(x)
and a range of {y | y ≥ -3, y ∈ R}?
2
A y = |x + 4| - 3
______
x
B y = √x + 4 - 3
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 ______
-2 C y = √x2 - 4 - 3
D y = (x - 4)3 - 3
______
5. If the graph of y = √x + 3 is reflected
The equation of the transformed
function is in the line y = x, then which statement
is true?
1
(
A g(x) = f _ (x - 3) + 1
2 ) A All invariant points lie on the y-axis.
B g(x) = f(2(x - 3)) + 1 B The new graph is not a function.
1
(
C g(x) = f _ (x + 3) + 1
2 ) C The point (6, 3) will become (-3, 6).

D g(x) = f(2(x + 3)) + 1 D The domain of the new graph is

{x | x ≥ 0, x ∈ R}.
2. The graph of the function y = f(x) is
transformed by a reflection in the y-axis 6. If the graph of a polynomial function of
and a horizontal stretch about the y-axis by degree 3 passes through (2, 4) and has
a factor of 3. Which of the following will x-intercepts of -2 and 3 only, the function
not change? could be
I the domain A f(x) = x 3 + x 2 - 8x - 12

II the range B f(x) = x 3 - x 2 - 8x + 12

III the x-intercepts C f (x) = x 3 - 4x 2 - 3x + 18

D f(x) = x 3 + 4x 2 - 3x - 18
IV the y-intercept
7. If P(x) = -x 3 - 4x 2 + x + 4, then
A I only
A x + 1 is a factor
B I and III
B P(0) = -1
C II and IV
C the y-intercept is -4
D depends on y = f(x)
D x - 1 is not a factor

160 MHR • Unit 1 Test

Numerical Response 14. The graph of y = f(x) represents one
quarter of a circle. Describe the reflections
Copy and complete the statements in #8 of y = f(x) required to produce a whole
to #11. circle. State the equations required.
8. When x 4 + k is divided by x + 2, the y
remainder is 3. The value of k is . 6
9. If the range of the function y = f(x) is f(x)
4
{y | y ≥ 11, y ∈ R}, then the range of the
new function g(x) = f(x + 2) - 3 is . 2

10. The graph of the function f(x) = |x|

-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 x
is transformed so that the point (x, y)
becomes (x - 2, y + 3). The equation of -2
the transformed function is g(x) = .
_______
11. The root of the equation x = √2x - 1 + 2 15. Mary and John were asked to solve the
______
is . equation 2x = √x + 1 + 4.
a) Mary chose to solve the equation
Written Response algebraically. Her first steps are shown.
2
12. a) The graph of y = x is stretched Identify any errors in her work, and
horizontally about the y-axis by a factor complete the correct solution.
______
1 and then translated horizontally
of _ 2x = √x______
+1+4
2
6 units to the right. Sketch the graph. Step 1: (2x)2 = (√x + 1 + 4)2
Step 2: 4x2 = x + 1 + 16
b) The graph of y = x2 is translated
b) John decided to find the solution
horizontally 6 units to the right and
then stretched horizontally about the graphically. He entered the following
1 . Sketch the equations in his calculator. Could
y-axis by a factor of _
2 his method lead to a correct answer?
graph.
Explain.
c) How are the two images related? ______
y = √x + 1 + 4
Explain.
y = 2x
13. Consider f(x) = x2 - 9.
16. Given that x + 3 is a factor of the
a) Sketch the graph of f(x).
polynomial P(x) = x 4 + 3x 3 + cx2 - 7x + 6,
b) Determine the equation of the inverse of determine the value of c. Then, factor the
f (x) and sketch its graph. polynomial fully.
____
c) State the equation of y = √f(x) and 17. Consider P(x) = x 3 - 7x - 6.
sketch its graph.
a) List the possible integral zeros of P(x).
d) Identify and compare the domain and
b) Factor P(x) fully.
range of the three relations.
c) State the x-intercepts and y-intercept of
the graph of the function P(x).
d) Determine the intervals where P(x) ≥ 0.

Unit 1 Test • MHR 161