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This document contains a unit test for rational functions that assesses students' knowledge, application, communication, and thinking skills. The test covers key concepts like finding horizontal and slant asymptotes, identifying holes in graphs, solving rational equalities and inequalities geometrically, graphing rational functions, and writing equations to match given scenarios or features. Students are asked to show work, explain reasoning, analyze functions, and determine equations with specified properties.

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Test 3 Rational Functions1

This document contains a unit test for rational functions that assesses students' knowledge, application, communication, and thinking skills. The test covers key concepts like finding horizontal and slant asymptotes, identifying holes in graphs, solving rational equalities and inequalities geometrically, graphing rational functions, and writing equations to match given scenarios or features. Students are asked to show work, explain reasoning, analyze functions, and determine equations with specified properties.

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Name : ________________________

MHF4U1
Unit 3: Rational Functions
K/U APP COM TH
/17 /7 /10 /17

KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING

1. Find the horizontal/slant asymptotes for the following rational functions: [3K]

(a) f(x)

(b) f(x)

(c)

2. Identify any holes in the graph of f(x) . Graph the function. [3K]

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3. Solve the following equality. Show a geometric representation of your solution. [3K]

(a)

4. Solve the following inequality. Show a geometric representation of your solution.

(a) [4K]

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5. Graph the function: [4K]

APPLICATION
1. Salt water flows into a large tank of pure water. The concentration of the salt in the tank at

t minutes is given by , were c is measured in grams/liter. Properly label the

axes.

a. When does the concentration in the tank reach 5 grams/liter?


b. When is the concentration of salt in the large tank less than 3 grams/litre?
[7T]

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COMMUNICATION

1. Which graph represents ? Explain your reasoning. [2C]

A B

C D

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Reasons:

2. What is the geometric meaning of the equality 4/(X-2) = 3 ? Sketch the graph to show where
the solution would be. [2C]

3. What is the geometric meaning of the rational inequality 1/(x+1)(x-2) < 0 ? Sketch the graph
and show where the solution(s) would be.
[2C]

4. Explain why the inequality has no solution [2C]

5. If is a polynomial function, does always have to have a horizontal asymptote? If no,

provide a counterexample. [2C]

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THINKING

1. Write an equation for the following scenarios: [4T]

(a) A rational quadratic function with no Vas

(b) A rational quadratic function with one VA

(c) A rational quadratic function with two VAs

(d) A rational quadratic function with a slant asymptote

2. Determine a possible equation for each function: [4T]

A. B.

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3. Write an equation for a rational function whose graph of the form has all the
indicated features. [4T]

 X-intercept of

 Y-intercept of

 VA with equation

 HA with equation

4. Analyze and sketch the rational function:

[5T]

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BONUS +2

Determine the equation of a rational function with vertical asymptote , a hole

at and a horizontal asymptote

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