Algebra Medium
Algebra Medium
Line is defined by . Line is perpendicular to line in the xy-plane. What is the slope of line ?
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A cargo helicopter delivers only 100-pound packages and 120-pound packages. For each delivery trip, the
helicopter must carry at least 10 packages, and the total weight of the packages can be at most 1,100
pounds. What is the maximum number of 120-pound packages that the helicopter can carry per trip?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
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A. 3
B.
C. 4
D. 6
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The function is defined by . The graph of in the xy-plane has an x-intercept at and a y-intercept at , where and are
constants. What is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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According to a model, the head width, in millimeters, of a worker bumblebee can be estimated by adding 0.6
to four times the body weight of the bee, in grams. According to the model, what would be the head width, in
millimeters, of a worker bumblebee that has a body weight of 0.5 grams?
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Line is defined by . Line is perpendicular to line in the xy-plane. What is the slope of line ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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For the given linear function , which table gives three values of and their corresponding values of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A company that provides whale-watching tours takes groups of people at a time. The company’s revenue is dollars per adult and dollars per child. If the
company’s revenue for one group consisting of adults and children was dollars, how many people in the group were children?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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In the xy-plane, the graph of the linear function contains the points and . Which equation defines , where ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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At how many points do the graphs of the equations and intersect in the xy-plane?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Marisa needs to hire at least 10 staff members for an upcoming project. The staff members will be made up
of junior directors, who will be paid $640 per week, and senior directors, who will be paid $880 per week. Her
budget for paying the staff members is no more than $9,700 per week. She must hire at least 3 junior
directors and at least 1 senior director. Which of the following systems of inequalities represents the
conditions described if x is the number of junior directors and y is the number of senior directors?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A model predicts that a certain animal weighed pounds when it was born and that the animal gained pounds per day in its first year of life. This model is
defined by an equation in the form , where is the predicted weight, in pounds, of the animal days after it was born, and and are
constants. What is the value of ?
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A group of 202 people went on an overnight camping trip, taking 60 tents with them. Some of the tents held
2 people each, and the rest held 4 people each. Assuming all the tents were filled to capacity and every
person got to sleep in a tent, exactly how many of the tents were 2-person tents?
A. 30
B. 20
C. 19
D. 18
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In North America, the standard width of a parking space is at least 7.5 feet and no more than 9.0 feet. A
restaurant owner recently resurfaced the restaurant’s parking lot and wants to determine the number of
parking spaces, n, in the parking lot that could be placed perpendicular to a curb that is 135 feet long, based
on the standard width of a parking space. Which of the following describes all the possible values of n ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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Line in the xy-plane has a slope of and passes through the point . Which equation defines line ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A tree had a height of 6 feet when it was planted. The equation above can be used to find how many years n
it took the tree to reach a height of 14 feet. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the number 2
in this context?
B. The average number of feet that the tree grew per year
C. The height, in feet, of the tree when the tree was 1 year old
In the given equation, is a constant. If the equation has infinitely many solutions, what is the value of ?
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A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 10
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A team of workers has been moving cargo off of a ship. The equation below models the approximate number of tons of cargo, y, that remains to be moved x
hours after the team started working.
The graph of this equation in the xy-plane is a line. What is the best interpretation of the x-intercept in this
context?
A. The team will have moved all the cargo in about 4.8 hours.
B. The team has been moving about 4.8 tons of cargo per hour.
C. The team has been moving about 25 tons of cargo per hour.
At how many points do the graphs of the given equations intersect in the xy-plane?
A. Zero
B. Exactly one
C. Exactly two
D. Infinitely many
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The function is defined by . What is the x-intercept of the graph of in the xy-plane?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The table shows four values of and their corresponding values of . There is a linear relationship between and that is defined by the equation
, where is a constant. What is the value of ?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The graph of the function , where , gives the total cost , in dollars, for a certain video game system and games. What is the best interpretation of the
slope of the graph in this context?
A bus traveled on the highway and on local roads to complete a trip of . The trip took . The bus traveled at an average speed of
on the highway and an average speed of on local roads. If is the time, in hours, the bus traveled on the highway and is the
time, in hours, it traveled on local roads, which system of equations represents this situation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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On a 210-mile trip, Cameron drove at an average speed of 60 miles per hour for the first x hours. He then
completed the trip, driving at an average speed of 50 miles per hour for the remaining y hours. If , what
is the value of y ?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A. 0
B. 9
C. 18
D. 38
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Caleb used juice to make popsicles. The function approximates the volume, in fluid ounces, of juice Caleb had remaining after making
popsicles. Which statement is the best interpretation of the y-intercept of the graph of in the xy-plane in this context?
B. Caleb had approximately fluid ounces of juice when he began to make the popsicles.
C. Caleb had approximately fluid ounces of juice when he began to make the popsicles.
A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12
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In the xy-plane, the graph of the linear function contains the points and . Which equation defines , where ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The boiling point of water at sea level is 212 degrees Fahrenheit . For every 550 feet above sea level, the
boiling point of water is lowered by about . Which of the following equations can be used to find the
boiling point B of water, in , x feet above sea level?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A. ( , )
B. ( , )
C. ( , )
D. ( , )
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A certain elephant weighs 200 pounds at birth and gains more than 2 but less than 3 pounds per day during
its first year. Which of the following inequalities represents all possible weights w, in pounds, for the elephant
365 days after birth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A. 1
B. 2
C.
D.
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In the equation above, a and b are constants. If the equation has infinitely many
solutions, what are the values of a and b ?
A. and
B. and
C. and
D. and
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The Karvonen formula above shows the relationship between Alice’s target heart rate H, in beats per minute
(bpm), and the intensity level p of different activities. When , Alice has a resting heart rate. When ,
Alice has her maximum heart rate. It is recommended that p be between 0.5 and 0.85 for Alice when she
trains. Which of the following inequalities describes Alice’s target training heart rate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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An agricultural scientist studying the growth of corn plants recorded the height of a corn plant at the
beginning of a study and the height of the plant each day for the next 12 days. The scientist found that the
height of the plant increased by an average of 1.20 centimeters per day for the 12 days. If the height of the
plant on the last day of the study was 36.8 centimeters, what was the height, in centimeters, of the corn plant
at the beginning of the study?
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A number is at most less than times the value of . If the value of is , what is the greatest possible value of ?
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The score on a trivia game is obtained by subtracting the number of incorrect answers from twice the
number of correct answers. If a player answered 40 questions and obtained a score of 50, how many
questions did the player answer correctly?
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The graph shows the relationship between the number of shares of stock from Company A, , and the number of shares of stock from Company B, , that Simone
can purchase. Which equation could represent this relationship?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
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B.
C.
D.
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The graph above shows the distance traveled d, in feet, by a product on a conveyor belt m minutes after the
product is placed on the belt. Which of the following equations correctly relates d and m ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A company’s total cost , in dollars, to produce x shirts is given by the function above, where m is a
constant and . The total cost to produce 100 shirts is $800. What is the total cost, in dollars, to produce
1000 shirts? (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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An artist paints and sells square tiles. The selling price P, in dollars, of a painted tile is a linear function of the side length of the tile s, in inches, as shown in the
table below.
3 8.00
6 18.00
9 28.00
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A linear model estimates the population of a city from to . The model estimates the population was thousand in , thousand in , and
thousand in . To the nearest whole number, what is the value of ?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The given function represents the perimeter, in , of a rectangle with a length of and a fixed width. What is the width, in , of the
rectangle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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One of the two equations in a system of linear equations is given. The system has infinitely many solutions. Which of the following could be the second equation in
the system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The function models the volume of liquid, in milliliters, in a container seconds after it begins draining from a hole at the bottom. According to the model, what is
the predicted volume, in milliliters, draining from the container each second?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The point is a solution to the system of inequalities in the xy-plane. Which of the following could be the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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In an article about exercise, it is estimated that a 160-pound adult uses 200 calories for every 30 minutes of
hiking and 150 calories for every 30 minutes of bicycling. An adult who weighs 160 pounds has completed
1 hour of bicycling. Based on the article, how many hours should the adult hike to use a total of
1,900 calories from bicycling and hiking?
A. 9.5
B. 8.75
C. 6
D. 4
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The table above gives the typical amounts of energy per gram, expressed in both food calories and kilojoules,
of the three macronutrients in food. If x food calories is equivalent to k kilojoules, of the following, which best
represents the relationship between x and k ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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If , what is the
value of ?
A. 2
B.
C.
D.
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The table gives the number of hours, , of labor and a plumber’s total charge , in dollars, for two different jobs.
There is a linear relationship between and . Which equation represents this relationship?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A wire with a length of inches is cut into two parts. One part has a length of inches, and the other part has a length of inches. The value of is more than
times the value of . What is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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When line is graphed in the xy-plane, it has an x-intercept of and a y-intercept of . What is the slope of line ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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In the xy-plane, line passes through the points and . Which equation defines line ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A city is planning to build a rock retaining wall, a monument, and a garden in a park. The table above shows
four rock types that will be considered for use in the project. Also shown for each rock type is its weight per
volume, in pounds per cubic foot (lb/ft3), and the cost per pound, in dollars. Only basalt, granite, and
limestone will be used in the garden. The rocks in the garden will have a total weight of 1,000 pounds. If 330
pounds of granite is used, which of the following equations could show the relationship between the
amounts, x and y, in ft3, for each of the other rock types used?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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The given function models the number of gallons of gasoline that remains from a full gas tank in a car after driving miles. According to the model, about how
many gallons of gasoline are used to drive each mile?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The equation above represents the speed y, in feet per second, of Sheila’s bicycle x seconds after she applied
the brakes at the end of a ride. If the equation is graphed in the xy-plane, which of the following is the best
interpretation of the x-coordinate of the line’s x-intercept in the context of the problem?
A. The speed of Sheila’s bicycle, in feet per second, before Sheila applied the brakes
B. The number of feet per second the speed of Sheila’s bicycle decreased each second after Sheila applied the brakes
C. The number of seconds it took from the time Sheila began applying the brakes until the bicycle came to a complete stop
D. The number of feet Sheila’s bicycle traveled from the time she began applying the brakes until the bicycle came to a complete stop
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Figure A and figure B are both regular polygons. The sum of the perimeter of figure A and the perimeter of figure B is inches. The equation
represents this situation, where is the number of sides of figure A and is the number of sides of figure B. Which statement is the best interpretation of in this
context?
A.
B.
C. 9
D. 15
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The given equation describes the relationship between the number of birds, , and the number of reptiles, , that can be cared for at a pet care business on a given
day. If the business cares for reptiles on a given day, how many birds can it care for on this day?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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An event planner is planning a party. It costs the event planner a onetime fee of to rent the venue and per attendee. The event planner has a budget of
. What is the greatest number of attendees possible without exceeding the budget?
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Megan’s regular wage at her job is p dollars per hour for the first 8 hours of work in a day plus 1.5 times her
regular hourly wage for work in excess of 8 hours that day. On a given day, Megan worked for 10 hours, and
her total earnings for that day were $137.50. What is Megan’s regular hourly wage?
A. $11.75
B. $12.50
C. $13.25
D. $13.75
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A model estimates that whales from the genus Eschrichtius travel to miles in the ocean each day during their migration. Based on this model, which
inequality represents the estimated total number of miles, , a whale from the genus Eschrichtius could travel in days of its migration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A. Exactly one
B. Exactly two
C. Infinitely many
D. Zero
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Which of the following systems of equations has the same solution as the
system of equations graphed above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A moving truck can tow a trailer if the combined weight of the trailer and the boxes it contains is no more than pounds. What is the maximum number of
boxes this truck can tow in a trailer with a weight of pounds if each box weighs pounds?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A proposal for a new library was included on an election ballot. A radio show stated that times as many people voted in favor of the proposal as people who voted
against it. A social media post reported that more people voted in favor of the proposal than voted against it. Based on these data, how many people voted
against the proposal?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The average annual energy cost for a certain home is $4,334. The homeowner plans to spend $25,000 to
install a geothermal heating system. The homeowner estimates that the average annual energy cost will then
be $2,712. Which of the following inequalities can be solved to find t, the number of years after installation at
which the total amount of energy cost savings will exceed the installation cost?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The table shows three values of and their corresponding values of , where is a constant, for the linear relationship between and . What is the slope of the
line that represents this relationship in the xy-plane?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The minimum value of is less than times another number . Which inequality shows the possible values of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The width of a rectangular dance floor is w feet. The length of the floor is 6 feet longer than its width. Which
of the following expresses the perimeter, in feet, of the dance floor in terms of w ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A neighborhood consists of a -hectare park and a -hectare residential area. The total number of trees in the neighborhood is . The equation
represents this situation. Which of the following is the best interpretation of x in this context?
Scientists collected fallen acorns that each housed a colony of the ant species P. ohioensis and analyzed each colony's structure. For any of these colonies, if the
colony has worker ants, the equation , where , gives the predicted number of larvae, , in the colony. If one of these colonies has
worker ants, which of the following is closest to the predicted number of larvae in the colony?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The graph represents the total charge, in dollars, by an electrician for hours of work. The electrician charges a onetime fee plus an hourly rate. What is the best
interpretation of the slope of the graph?
If , what is
the value of ?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 12
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A line passes through the points and in the xy-plane. What is the slope of the line?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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For the given function , the graph of in the xy-plane is parallel to line . What is the slope of line ?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The table above shows the population of Greenleaf, Idaho, for the years 2000 and 2010. If the relationship between population and year is linear, which of the
following functions P models the population of Greenleaf t years after 2000?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A candle is made of ounces of wax. When the candle is burning, the amount of wax in the candle decreases by ounce every hours. If ounces of wax remain
in this candle, for how many hours has it been burning?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.