ALGEBRA

II The University of the State of New York

REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION

ALGEBRA II
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 — 1:15 to 4:15 p.m., only

Student Name: _________________________________________________________

School Name: ________________________________________________________________

The possession or use of any communications device is strictly prohibited when taking
this examination. If you have or use any communications device, no matter how briefly,
your examination will be invalidated and no score will be calculated for you.

Print your name and the name of your school on the lines above.
A separate answer sheet for Part I has been provided to you. Follow the instructions from the
proctor for completing the student information on your answer sheet.
This examination has four parts, with a total of 37 questions. You must answer all questions in this
examination. Record your answers to the Part I multiple-choice questions on the separate answer
sheet. Write your answers to the questions in Parts II, III, and IV directly in this booklet. All work
should be written in pen, except graphs and drawings, which should be done in pencil. Clearly
indicate the necessary steps, including appropriate formula substitutions, diagrams, graphs, charts,
etc. Utilize the information provided for each question to determine your answer. Note that diagrams
are not necessarily drawn to scale.
The formulas that you may need to answer some questions in this examination are found at the
end of the examination. This sheet is perforated so you may remove it from this booklet.
Scrap paper is not permitted for any part of this examination, but you may use the blank spaces
in this booklet as scrap paper. A perforated sheet of scrap graph paper is provided at the end of this
booklet for any question for which graphing may be helpful but is not required. You may remove
this sheet from this booklet. Any work done on this sheet of scrap graph paper will not be scored.
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the answer sheet, indicating that you had no unlawful knowledge of the questions or answers
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the questions during the examination. Your answer sheet cannot be accepted if you fail to sign this
declaration.

Notice…
A graphing calculator and a straightedge (ruler) must be available for you to use while
taking this examination.

DO NOT OPEN THIS EXAMINATION BOOKLET UNTIL THE SIGNAL IS GIVEN.

ALGEBRA II
 Part I

Answer all 24 questions in this part. Each correct answer will receive 2 credits. No partial
credit will be allowed. Utilize the information provided for each question to determine your
answer. Note that diagrams are not necessarily drawn to scale. For each statement or question,
choose the word or expression that, of those given, best completes the statement or answers
the question. Record your answers on your separate answer sheet. [48]

Use this space for

1 The operator of the local mall wants to find out how many of the computations.
mall’s employees make purchases in the food court when they are
working. She hopes to use these data to increase the rent and attract
new food vendors. In total, there are 1023 employees who work at
the mall. The best method to obtain a random sample of the
employees would be to survey
(1) all 170 employees at each of the larger stores
(2) 50% of the 90 employees of the food court
(3) every employee
(4) every 30th employee entering each mall entrance for one week

2 What is the solution set for x in the equation below?

兹苵苵苵苵苵
x11x

(1) {1} (3) {1,0}

(2) {0} (4) {0,1}

3 For the system shown below, what is the value of z?

y  2x  14
3x  4z  2
3x  y  16

(1) 5 (3) 6
(2) 2 (4) 4

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4 The hours of daylight, y, in Utica in days, x, from January 1, 2013 computations.
can be modeled by the equation y  3.06sin(0.017x  1.40)  12.23.
How many hours of daylight, to the nearest tenth, does this model
predict for February 14, 2013?
(1) 9.4 (3) 12.1
(2) 10.4 (4) 12.2

5 A certain pain reliever is taken in 220 mg dosages and has a half-life

__t_
of 12 hours. The function A  220 __
2()
1 12
can be used to model this
situation, where A is the amount of pain reliever in milligrams
remaining in the body after t hours.

According to this function, which statement is true?

(1) Every hour, the amount of pain reliever remaining is cut in half.
(2) In 12 hours, there is no pain reliever remaining in the body.
(3) In 24 hours, there is no pain reliever remaining in the body.
(4) In 12 hours, 110 mg of pain reliever is remaining.

6 The expression (x  a)(x  b) can not be written as

(1) a(x  b)  x(x  b) (3) x2  (a  b)x  ab
(2) x2  abx  ab (4) x(x  a)  b(x  a)

7 There are 440 students at Thomas Paine High School enrolled in

U.S. History. On the April report card, the students’ grades are
approximately normally distributed with a mean of 79 and a standard
deviation of 7. Students who earn a grade less than or equal to 64.9
must attend summer school. The number of students who must
attend summer school for U.S. History is closest to
(1) 3 (3) 10
(2) 5 (4) 22

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8 For a given time, x, in seconds, an electric current, y, can be computations.
represented by y  2.5(1  2.7.10x). Which equation is not equivalent?

(1) y  2.5  2.5(2.7.10x)

(2) y  2.5  2.5((2.72).05x)

(_____
1
(3) y  2.5  2.5 2.7.10x )
(4) y  2.5  2.5(2.72)(2.7 .05x)

9 What is the quotient when 10x3  3x2  7x  3 is divided by

2x  1?
(1) 5x2  x  3 (3) 5x2  x  3
(2) 5x2  x  3 (4) 5x2  x  3

10 Judith puts $5000 into an investment account with interest

compounded continuously. Which approximate annual rate is
needed for the account to grow to $9110 after 30 years?
(1) 2% (3) 0.02%
(2) 2.2% (4) 0.022%

n
a5 and m  a, where a  0, an expression for __
11 If n  兹苵苵 m could be
5
__
3
(1) a 2 (3) 兹苵苵
a2
(2) a4 (4) 兹苵苵
a3

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12 The solutions to x  3  _____
x1
 5 are computations.
兹苵苵
 兹苵苵
3 17 3 33
(1) __
2
 ____
2
(3) __
2
____
2
兹苵苵
 兹苵苵
3 17 3 33
(2) __
2
 ____
2
i (4) __
2
____
2
i

13 If aebt  c, where a, b, and c are positive, then t equals

c
c ln __
()
(1) ln ___
( )
ab
a
(3) ______
b
c
ln __
()
( )
cb
(2) ln ___
a
a
(4) ______
ln b

14 For which values of x, rounded to the nearest hundredth, will

|x2  9|  3  log3 x?
(1) 2.29 and 3.63 (3) 2.84 and 3.17
(2) 2.37 and 3.54 (4) 2.92 and 3.06

15 The terminal side of θ, an angle in standard position, intersects the

(
1
unit circle at P  __
3
, ___
3 )
兹苵8苵
. What is the value of sec θ?
1
(1) 3 (3)  __
3
3兹苵8苵 兹苵8苵
(2) ____
8
(4) ___
3

16 What is the equation of the directrix for the parabola

8(y  3)  (x  4)2?
(1) y  5 (3) y  2
(2) y  1 (4) y  6

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17 The function below models the average price of gas in a small town computations.
since January 1st.

G(t) ⫽ ⫺0.0049t4 ⫹ 0.0923t3 ⫺ 0.56t2 ⫹ 1.166t ⫹ 3.23,

where 0 ≤ t ≤ 10.

If G(t) is the average price of gas in dollars and t represents the

number of months since January 1st, the absolute maximum G(t)
reaches over the given domain is about
(1) $1.60 (3) $4.01
(2) $3.92 (4) $7.73

2 ⫺ d ___
c ____ 2
18 Written in simplest form, ______ where c ⬆ d, is equivalent to
d ⫹ cd ⫺ 2c
2 2

c⫹d ⫺c ⫺ d
(1) ______ (3) _______
d ⫹ 2c d ⫹ 2c
c⫺d ⫺c ⫹ d
(2) ______ (4) _______
d ⫹ 2c d ⫹ 2c

19 If p(x) ⫽ 2x3 ⫺ 3x ⫹ 5, what is the remainder of p(x) ⫼ (x ⫺ 5)?

(1) ⫺230 (3) 40
(2) 0 (4) 240

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20 The results of simulating tossing a coin 10 times, recording the computations.
number of heads, and repeating this 50 times are shown in the graph
below.

14
12
Frequency

10
8
6
4
2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of Heads

Based on the results of the simulation, which statement is false?

(1) Five heads occurred most often, which is consistent with the
theoretical probability of obtaining a heads.
(2) Eight heads is unusual, as it falls outside the middle 95% of the
data.
(3) Obtaining three heads or fewer occurred 28% of the time.
(4) Seven heads is not unusual, as it falls within the middle 95% of
the data.

21 What is the inverse of f(x)  6(x  2)?

x
(1) f 1(x)  2  __
6
x
(2) f 1(x)  2  __
6
1
(3) f 1(x)  _________
6(x  2)
(4) f 1(x)  6(x  2)

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22 Brian deposited 1 cent into an empty non-interest bearing bank computations.
account on the first day of the month. He then additionally
deposited 3 cents on the second day, 9 cents on the third day, and
27 cents on the fourth day. What would be the total amount of
money in the account at the end of the 20th day if the pattern
continued?
(1) $11,622,614.67 (3) $116,226,146.80
(2) $17,433,922.00 (4) $1,743,392,200.00

23 If the function g(x)  abx represents exponential growth, which

statement about g(x) is false?
(1) a  0 and b  1 (3) The asymptote is y  0.
(2) The y-intercept is (0,a). (4) The x-intercept is (b,0).

24 At her job, Pat earns $25,000 the first year and receives a raise of
$1000 each year. The explicit formula for the nth term of this
sequence is an  25,000  (n  1)1000. Which rule best represents
the equivalent recursive formula?
(1) an  24,000  1000n (3) a1 25,000, an  an  1  1000
(2) an  25,000  1000n (4) a1 25,000, an  an  1  1000

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 Part II
Answer all 8 questions in this part. Each correct answer will receive 2 credits. Clearly
indicate the necessary steps, including appropriate formula substitutions, diagrams, graphs,
charts, etc. Utilize the information provided for each question to determine your answer.
Note that diagrams are not necessarily drawn to scale. For all questions in this part, a correct
numerical answer with no work shown will receive only 1 credit. All answers should be
written in pen, except for graphs and drawings, which should be done in pencil. [16]

25 Elizabeth tried to find the product of (2  4i) and (3  i), and her work is shown below.

(2  4i)(3  i)
 6  2i  12i  4i2
 6  10i  4i2
 6  10i  4(1)
 6  10i  4
 2  10i

Identify the error in the process shown and determine the correct product of (2  4i) and (3  i).

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 26 A runner is using a nine-week training app to prepare for a “fun run.” The table below represents
the amount of the program completed, A, and the distance covered in a session, D, in miles.

4
__ 5
__ 6
__ 8
__
A 1
9 9 9 9

D 2 2 2.25 3 3.25

Based on these data, write an exponential regression equation, rounded to the nearest thousandth,
to model the distance the runner is able to complete in a session as she continues through the
nine-week program.

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 27 A formula for work problems involving two people is shown below.
__ 1
1 __ 1
  __
t1 t2 tb

t1  the time taken by the first person to complete the job

t2  the time taken by the second person to complete the job
tb  the time it takes for them working together to complete the job

Fred and Barney are carpenters who build the same model desk. It takes Fred eight hours to build
the desk while it only takes Barney six hours. Write an equation that can be used to find the time
it would take both carpenters working together to build a desk.

Determine, to the nearest tenth of an hour, how long it would take Fred and Barney working
together to build a desk.

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 28 Completely factor the following expression:

x2  3xy  3x3  y

29 Researchers in a local area found that the population of rabbits with an initial population of
20 grew continuously at the rate of 5% per month. The fox population had an initial value of 30
and grew continuously at the rate of 3% per month.
Find, to the nearest tenth of a month, how long it takes for these populations to be equal.

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 30 Consider the function h(x)  2sin (3x)  1 and the function q represented in the table below.

x q (x)
–2 –8
–1 0
0 0
1 –2
2 0

Determine which function has the smaller minimum value for the domain [2,2]. Justify your
answer.

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 31 The zeros of a quartic polynomial function h are 1, 2, and 3.
Sketch a graph of y  h(x) on the grid below.

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32 Explain why 4
81 equals 27.

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 Part III
Answer all 4 questions in this part. Each correct answer will receive 4 credits. Clearly
indicate the necessary steps, including appropriate formula substitutions, diagrams, graphs,
charts, etc. Utilize the information provided for each question to determine your answer.
Note that diagrams are not necessarily drawn to scale. For all questions in this part, a correct
numerical answer with no work shown will receive only 1 credit. All answers should be
written in pen, except for graphs and drawings, which should be done in pencil. [16]

33 Given: f(x)  2x2  x  3 and g(x)  x  1

Express f(x) • g(x)  [ f(x)  g(x)] as a polynomial in standard form.

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 34 A student is chosen at random from the student body at a given high school. The probability that
1
the student selects Math as the favorite subject is __
4
. The probability that the student chosen is
116
___ . If the probability that the student selected is a junior or that the student chooses
a junior is 459
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Math as the favorite subject is ___
108
, what is the exact probability that the student selected is a
junior whose favorite subject is Math?

Are the events “the student is a junior” and “the student’s favorite subject is Math” independent
of each other? Explain your answer.

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 35 In a random sample of 250 men in the United States, age 21 or older, 139 are married. The graph
below simulated samples of 250 men, 200 times, assuming that 139 of the men are married.

Mean = 138.905
18 SD = 7.950
Frequency

12

0
114 120 126 132 138 144 150 156 162
Number of Married Men

a) Based on the simulation, create an interval in which the middle 95% of the number of
married men may fall. Round your answer to the nearest integer.

b) A study claims “50 percent of men 21 and older in the United States are married.” Do your
results from part a contradict this claim? Explain.

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 36 The graph of y  f(x) is shown below. The function has a leading coefficient of 1.
y

50

x
–2 2

Write an equation for f(x).

The function g is formed by translating function f left 2 units. Write an equation for g(x).

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 Part IV
Answer the question in this part. A correct answer will receive 6 credits. Clearly indicate
the necessary steps, including appropriate formula substitutions, diagrams, graphs, charts, etc.
Utilize the information provided to determine your answer. Note that diagrams are not
necessarily drawn to scale. A correct numerical answer with no work shown will receive only
1 credit. All answers should be written in pen, except for graphs and drawings, which should
be done in pencil. [6]

37 The resting blood pressure of an adult patient can be modeled by the function P below, where
P(t) is the pressure in millimeters of mercury after time t in seconds.
P(t)  24cos(3πt)  120

On the set of axes below, graph y  P(t) over the domain 0 ≤ t ≤ 2.

P(t)

90

t
1

Question 37 is continued on the next page.

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 Question 37 continued.

Determine the period of P. Explain what this value represents in the given context.

Normal resting blood pressure for an adult is 120 over 80. This means that the blood pressure
oscillates between a maximum of 120 and a minimum of 80. Adults with high blood pressure
(above 140 over 90) and adults with low blood pressure (below 90 over 60) may be at risk for
health disorders. Classify the given patient’s blood pressure as low, normal, or high and explain
your reasoning.

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1 inch  2.54 centimeters 1 kilometer  0.62 mile 1 cup  8 fluid ounces

1 meter  39.37 inches 1 pound  16 ounces 1 pint  2 cups
1 mile  5280 feet 1 pound  0.454 kilogram 1 quart  2 pints
1 mile  1760 yards 1 kilogram  2.2 pounds 1 gallon  4 quarts
1 mile  1.609 kilometers 1 ton  2000 pounds 1 gallon  3.785 liters
1 liter  0.264 gallon
1 liter  1000 cubic centimeters

1 Pythagorean
Triangle A bh a2  b2  c2
2 Theorem

Quadratic b  b2  4ac
Parallelogram A  bh x
Formula 2a

Arithmetic
Circle A  πr 2 an  a1  (n  1)d
Sequence

Geometric
Circle C  πd or C  2πr a n  a 1r n  1
Sequence

Geometric a1  a1r n
General Prisms V  Bh Sn  where r  1
Series 1r

180
Cylinder V  πr 2h Radians 1 radian  degrees
π

4 3 π
Sphere V πr Degrees 1 degree  radians
3 180

1 2 Exponential
Cone V πr h A  A0ek(t  t0)  B0
3 Growth/Decay

1
Pyramid V Bh
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