Module 12 Answers

1. Correct Answer Explanation: A) Substituting x = 0 into the function p(x) gives

p(0) = 300(0.15)0 . Any number raised to the power of 0 is 1, so p(0) = 300 × 1 = 300.

2. Correct Answer Explanation: D) In a right triangle, the cosine of one acute angle is
the sine of the other acute angle. Given that cos(Y ) = 40
41
, we can use r
the Pythagorean
q  2
identity sin2 (θ) + cos2 (θ) = 1 to find sin(Y ), which is 1 − cos2 (Y ) = 1− 40
41
= 9
41
.
9
Therefore, cos(A) = sin(Y ) = 41
.

v
3. Correct Answer Explanation: B) First, solve for v in the equation 11 = 6 to get v
= 66. Then, substitute v = 66 into the expression v to get 66 . Finally, simplify 11
11 11
66
to
1
get 6 .

4. Correct Answer Explanation: 200: 90 is s% more than 30 can be written as 90 =

30s
30 + 100 . Solving for s gives s = (90−30)×100
30
= 200

5. Correct Answer Explanation: A) The equation of a line in slope-intercept form is

y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Given the slope m = 34 and
a point on the line (x, y) = (8, 9), we can substitute these values into the equation to
solve for b: 9 = 34 × 8 + b. Simplifying gives b = 9 − 6 = 3. So, the equation of the line
is y = 34 x + 3.

6. Correct Answer Explanation: D) The equation is a quadratic equation, which can

be solved using the quadratic formula. After substituting the values of a, b, and c into
the formula and simplifying, we get two possible solutions for x. However, since √ the
discard the negative solution x = −13−16 3497 .
question asks for a positive solution, we √
Therefore, the correct answer is x = −13+16 3497 .

7. Correct Answer Explanation: √ B) The triangle is an isosceles right triangle, so the

sides are in the√ratio 1 : 1 : 2. The hypotenuse is given√as 84 inches, so we can set up
the equation a 2 √ = 84 and √ solve for ’a’√to get a = 42 2. The sum of the lengths of
all sides is then 42 2 + 42 2 + 84 = 84 2 + 84.

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8. Correct Answer Explanation: C) 80 is the coefficient of d in the function n(d) =

450 + 80d. In this context, d represents the number of daily deposits, so 80 represents
the amount of money, in dollars, that Alex deposits into his savings account each day.

a
9. Correct Answer Explanation: 35: The function p(a) = 6000(0.65) 12 represents an
x
exponential decay, where 0.65 is the decay factor. The decay factor is equal to 1 − 100 ,
where x is the percentage decrease each year. Therefore, we can set up the equation
x
0.65 = 1 − 100 . Solving for x gives x = 35.

10. Correct Answer Explanation: A) For a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, the

discriminant is given by b2 − 4ac. The equation will not have real solutions if the
discriminant is less than 0. In the given equation, a = −1, b = h, and c = −361. So,
the discriminant is h2 − 4(−1)(−361) = h2 − 1444. For the equation to not have real
solutions, h2 − 1444 < 0. Solving 2
√ this inequality, we get h < 1444. Taking the square
root of both sides, we get h < 1444 = 38. Since h is a positive integer, the maximum
possible value of h is 37.

11. Correct Answer Explanation: C) In the function j(x) = 1000(1.02)x , x represents

the number of years after 1980 and j(x) represents the number of trees. So, j(15) means
the number of trees 15 years after 1980, which is approximately 1806. Therefore, the
statement j(15) ≈ 1806 represents that the number of trees in the park in 1995 was
approximately 1806.

12. Correct Answer Explanation: B) The phrase ’4 less than 6 times a number z’
translates to 6z − 4, and ’is equal to 50’ translates to = 50. Combining these gives the
equation 6z − 4 = 50.

13. Correct Answer Explanation: A) The area of a rhombus is given by the formula
1
d d , where d1 and d2 are the lengths of the diagonals. Therefore, the function v that
2 1 2
gives the area of rhombus U is v(r) = 21 d1 d2 .

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14. Correct Answer Explanation: C) The function j(x) = (x−12)(x+8) is a quadratic

function, and its graph is a parabola. The x value that minimizes j(x) is the x-
coordinate of the vertex of the parabola. The x-coordinate of the vertex of a parabola
given by f (x) = a(x − h)2 + k is h. In the given function, we can rewrite it in the form
f (x) = a(x − h)2 + k by completing the square. j(x) = (x − 12)(x + 8) = x2 − 4x − 96.
b −4
The x-coordinate of the vertex is h = − 2a = − 2∗1 = 2.

15. Correct Answer Explanation: D) The vertex of a parabola given by the equation
y = a(x − h)2 + k is at the point (h, k). In this case, the vertex is at (7, 4). This means
that 7 minutes after the balloon was released, it was at its highest point of 4 meters.

16. Correct Answer Explanation: A) Substitute r from the second equation into the
first equation to get 8s + s = 28. Simplify the equation to get 9s = 28. Solve for s to
get s = 28 . Substitute
9  
s = 28
9
into the second equation to get r = 224
9
. So, the solution
for (r, s) is 224
9
, 28
9
.

17. Correct Answer Explanation: C) The percentage is calculated by dividing the part
(25) by the whole (500) and then multiplying by 100. So, (25/500) × 100 = 5%.

18. Correct Answer Explanation: B) The margin of error means that the true fraction
of the group that has the trait could be as low as 0.46 - 0.03 = 0.43 or as high as 0.46
+ 0.03 = 0.49. Therefore, the possible range for the fraction of the group that has this
trait is from 0.43 to 0.49.

19. Correct Answer Explanation: D) First, subtract the weight of the wagon from the
total weight the train can haul to find the weight available for cargo: 20000 − 2000 =
18000 pounds. Then, divide this weight by the weight of each cargo item to find the
number of items the train can haul: 18000
150
= 120 items.

20. Correct Answer Explanation: A) The equation has no solution when the expression
in parentheses is equal to zero. Therefore, we set 18k − 2 = 0 and solve for k to get
2
k = 18 = 19 .

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21. Correct Answer Explanation: D) To find the gallons supplied by company 4, we

substitute look at x = 4 and look at the y value on the bar graph, which is between 30
and 40. It is slightly lower than half of the value between 30 and 40, which is 33.

22. Correct Answer Explanation: A) The minimum point of the function y = 0.2 ∗
(x − 15)2 + 50 is at x = 15, which corresponds to the 15th day of January.

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