Name_____________________

Math 30-2 – Practice Final Exam

Use the following information to answer the next two questions.

Let the universal set U ={ natural ¿' s less than13 }

The following are subsets of the universal set U

'
A={natural ¿ s less than 10 }
B={b|b=3 x , 1≤ x ≤ 4 , x ∈ N }
C={2 , 4 ,6 ,8 }

1. The elements in the set equivalent to ( A ∩ B)∪ C are

A. {2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9}
B. {2, 4, 6, 8}
C. {3, 6, 9}
D. {6}

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A. n ( B )=3
B. B⊂ A
C. A ∩ B∩ C=∅
D. B' ={1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ,7 ,8 , 10 , 11}
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A total of 92 workers from Spencer’s Factory were surveyed on the types of TV shows they watch. 11
watch Reality and Sports shows, 21 watch sports and news shows, 13 watch reality and news shows. A
total of 31 watch reality TV, 42 watch sports and 49 watch news. There were 5 workers surveyed who
watch all three types of TV.

3. The number of workers who watch Sports and News or just watch Reality TV is

A. 69
B. 47
C. 33
D. 21

Numerical Response
1. The number of workers who don’t watch any of the three types of TV is ___________
 Use the following information to answer the next question

The following pattern represents the Koch Snowflake. At each iteration, a new more complex
shape is formed with new triangles. The first triangle represents iteration 0, next shape iteration 1
and so on.

4. One pattern that exists in the Koch Snowflake relates to the number of new triangles formed at each
iteration. Using this pattern, the number of new triangles at iteration 5 would be

A. 192
B. 768
C. 1296
D. 7776

5. Each new triangle in the pattern is an equilateral triangle. If the original triangle has side lengths of 1
unit, the side length of the new triangles at iteration 3 are of size

1
A. 3
1
B. 9
1
C. 27
1
D. 81
 Use the following pattern to answer numerical response #2

22 +32 +62 =72

2 2 2 2
3 + 4 +12 =13
4 2 +52 +202=212

Numerical Response
2. The value of the left side of the equation for the fourth row is _____________

6. A standard license plate consists of any 3 consonants followed by any 3 digits. Given that all 20
consonants can be used, without repetition, and that any digit can be repeated, how many standard
license plates are available?

A. 8 000 000
B. 6 840 000
C. 5 760 000
D. 4 924 000

Numerical Response
3. In a particular town, all the streets run north-south or east-west. A student lives 6 blocks west and 2
blocks south of a school. The number of different routes the student can take to get to school is __________
7. The number of different arrangements of 3 boys and 4 girls in a row, if the girls must stand together,
is represented by

A. 4 ! × 4 !
B. 3! × 4 !
C. 4 ! × 4 ! ×2 !
D. 3! × 4 ! ×2 !

8. The students in a music department have practised 6 contemporary and 5 traditional choruses. For
their concert, they will choose a program in which they present 4 of the contemporary and 3 of the
traditional choruses. How many different programs can be presented, if the order of the choruses
does not matter?

A. 25
B. 35
C. 150
D. 330

9. All telephone numbers are preceded by a 3-digit area code. In the original Bell Telephone System of
assigning area codes, the first digit could be any number from 2 to 9, the second digit was either 0 or
1, and the third digit could be any number except 0. In this system, the number of different area
codes possible was

A. 126
B. 144
C. 160
D. 576
10. The number of arrangements of the letters of the word ELLIPTICAL is

A. 3 628 800
B. 1 209 600
C. 10 886 400
D. 302 400

11. The number of 5 card poker hands, from a standard deck of cards, containing at most 2 red cards is

A. 1 299 480
B. 2 144 480
C. 454 480
D. 845 000

Use the following information to answer the next question

Two events A and B are given and the following probabilities are as follows.
P ( A )=0.3 , P ( B )=0.45 , P ( A ∪ B )=0.65 , P ( A ∩ B )=0.10

12. The correct statement below is

A. Events A and B are mutually exclusive and dependent because P ( A ∩ B )=0.10

B. Events A and B are not mutually exclusive and dependent because P ( A ∩ B )=0.10
C. Events A and B are mutually exclusive and independent because P ( A ∩ B )=0.10
D. Events A and B are not mutually exclusive and independent because P ( A ∩ B )=0.10
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13. The probability of rain on Wednesday is . The odds against rain on Wednesday are
4

A. 4:3
B. 3:4
C. 3:1
D. 1:3

Numerical Response
4. The letters of the word OKANAGAN are arranged. The probability, to the nearest hundredth, that an
arrangement chosen at random will begin and end with the letter A is _________

14. A committee of 4 is to chosen from a group of 8 males and 6 females. Bill, one of the males, is
already confirmed to be on the committee serving as the president. What is the probability that there
will be at least 2 females on the committee?

6 C 2 ∙ 7 C1 + 6 C3 ∙ 7 C 0
A.
13 C 3

6 C 2 ∙ 8 C 2 + 6 C 3 ∙ 8 C 1+ 6 C 4 ∙ 8 C 0
B.
14 C 4

6 C 0 ∙ 7 C3 + 6 C 1 ∙ 7 C 2
C.
13 C 3

6 C 0 ∙ 8 C 4 + 6 C 1 ∙ 8 C3
D.
14 C 4
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Brad is back to school shopping and buying tee-shirts. The diagram below illustrates the shirts he is looking
at and the associated probabilities.

3
5

1
2
3
5

2 3
3 4
 3
15. The probability of represents
5

A. P( NF ∩ R)
B. P( NF ∪ R)
C. P ( R|NF )
D. P ( NF |R )

Numerical Response
5. The probability of Brad buying a non-red shirt to the nearest hundredth is _____________

Use the following information to answer the next question

The half-life of iodine-131 is represented by the formula:

()
t
1
N ( t ) =12600 8.04
2
N ( t ) =the mass∈kilograms at time t
t=time ∈days

16. The approximate mass of iodine-131 remaining after 30 days is

A. 70 kg
B. 131 kg
C. 420 kg
D. 949 kg
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17. If the exponential function is of the form f ( x )=bx , and the logarithmic function is of the form
g ( x )=log d x , then values of b and d respectively would be

A. 0< b<1∧0< d <1

 B. 0< b<1∧d>1
C. b> 1∧0< d<1
D. b> 1∧d >1

18. The domain of the function g ( x )=a log 4 x with a> 0, is

A. x >0 , x ∈ R
B. x >4 , x ∈ R
C. x >a , x ∈ R
D. x ∈ R

Use the following information to answer the next question

A sports store is selling Mountain Bikes and notices that as time goes on and the price
decreases, the data models an exponential function. The table below gives the successive
daily prices of a mountain bike with an original price of $1 224.49
Day Price
0 $1224.49
1 $1200.00
2 $1176.00
3 $1152.48
4 $1129.43

Numerical Response
6. How many complete days until the price drops below $1000.00? ____________
 Numerical Response
7. The value of log 6 8+ log 6 9−log 6 2 , to the nearest whole number, is ____________

Use the following information to answer the next 2 questions

A student is attempting to solve the equation 4 log 5 x+ log 5 10=8. The student’s work is shown below.

Line A: 4 log 5 x ∙ 10=8

Line B: log 5 x ∙ 10=2
Line C: 52 ∙10=x
Line D: x=250

19. The student’s work contains one or more errors. The first error occurred in

A. Line A
B. Line B
C. Line C
D. Line D

Numerical Response
8. The correct solution for x to the nearest tenth is ___________
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20. The intensities of two earthquakes can be compared using the formula =10 1
. If the 1960
2

I2
earthquake in Chile was approximately 50 times more intense than the 2005 earthquake in Chile of
magnitude 7.8, the magnitude of the 1960 quake was

A. 6.1
B. 9.5
C. 49.1
D. 50.9

Use the following information to answer the next question

21. The function above could best be described as a polynomial

A. of degree three with a positive leading coefficient

B. of degree three with a negative leading coefficient
C. of degree two with a positive leading coefficient
D. of degree two with a negative leading coefficient

22. The polynomial function of degree 3 which has zeros: −2 , 1, 4 and a y-intercept of −16 is
 A. f ( x )=−(x +2)( x −1)(x−4)
B. f ( x )=(x+ 2)(x−1)(x−4)
C. f ( x )=2( x+2)(x−1)( x−4 )
D. f ( x )=−2(x+2)( x−1)(x−4)

Use the following information to answer the next question

A projectile launched into the air can be modelled by the function

2
h ( t )=−4.9t +4.1 t+ 8.2
where h(t) represents the height of the projectile above the ground, in meters, t seconds after it was
launched.

Numerical Response
9. The time (nearest hundredth of a second) when the projectile is at a height of 3 meters is _____________

Use the following data to answer the next question

Hours of Daylight in Red Deer this Year
Day Number Length of Day (h)
1 7.812
32 9.113
60 10.896
91 12.998
121 14.944
152 16.455
182 16.690
 213 15.494
244 13.595
274 11.597
305 9.580
335 8.064

Numerical Response
10. The data models a sinusoidal function of the form f ( x )=asin ( bx +c ) +d . The values of a, b, c, and d are
_______________

Use the following information to answer the next 2 questions

23. A student wishes to change the range of the above sinusoidal function. Given the form
y=asin ( bx +c ) +d , altering which parameters would accomplish this?

A. a and/or d
B. a and/or b
C. b and/or c
D. c and/or d

24. The amplitude of the above function is

A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 2
D. 0.5 π
 ( x+ 6) ( x +3)
25. The non-permissible values for the expression ÷ is/are:
( x−6) ( x−3)
2

A. x ≠ 3
B. x ≠ 3 , 6
C. x ≠−3 , 3 ,6
D. x ≠−6 ,−3 ,3 , 6
Use the following information to answer question #26

(x +3)
The side length of a square is equivalent to the rational expression:
( x 2−9 )

26. The area of the square is equivalent to

1
A.
(x−3)
1
B. 2
(x−3)
1
C.
(x +3)
1
D. 2
(x +3)

2x 1 2 x−1
27. The following rational expression − + 2 can be simplified using the common
x x−2 x −4
denominator

A. x
B. x−2
C. x ( x−2)
D. x ( x−2)( x+ 2)
Numerical Response
3 6
11. The value of x satisfying the rational equation = is ____________
3 x −2 5 x

3 1
28. The rational expression − simplified is equivalent to
6−x 2 x −12

−7
A. 2( x−6)

5
B. 2 ( x−6 )
2
C. ( x−6)

−4
D. ( x−6)

Use the following information to answer question Numerical Response #12

A private airplane flies at a speed of 205 km/h in still air. On a trip from Red Deer to Fort
McMurray, the airplane flies into a headwind. Then it returns to Red Deer with a tailwind. The
total distance for the trip is 550 km, and the total time is 4 hours 55 min.

Numerical Response
12. The speed of the wind is ____________