MATH 115 QUIZ 2 March-April, 2018 Instructor: S.

Sands
NAME: ________Nate Townsell______________
I have completed this assignment myself, working independently and not consulting anyone except the instructor.

INSTRUCTIONS
• The quiz is worth 100 points. There are 13 problems. This quiz is open book and open notes. This means that you may
refer to your textbook, notes, and online classroom materials, but you must work independently and may not consult
anyone (and confirm this with your submission). You may take as much time as you wish, provided you turn in your
quiz no later than Sunday, April 1.
• Show work/explanation where indicated. Answers without any work may earn little, if any, credit. You may type
or write your work in your copy of the quiz, or if you prefer, create a document containing your work. Scanned work is
acceptable also. In your document, be sure to include your name and the assertion of independence of work.
• General quiz tips and instructions for submitting work are posted in the Quizzes module.
• If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail.

1. (5 pts) Find the slope-intercept equation of the line pictured below. Show work.

2−0 2 1
! =! =!
0 − 4 −4 −2
1
!y = x+2
−2
 2. (10 pts) Consider the points (5, 3) and (–1, –6).
(a) Find the slope-intercept equation of the line passing through the two given points. Show work.

−6 − 3 −9 −3
! = −=
−1 − 5 −2 4
−3
y! = ( )x + b
4
−3
−3
! =( )(−5) + b
4
−3
(! )(−5) + b = − 3
4
−3
! *5 + b = − 3
4
15
! +b =−3
4
−15 −15
! −
b =−3−
4 4
15
! −3 −
4
−3 15
! −
1 4
−3 * 4 15
! −
4 4
−12 15
! −
1 4
−27
b
! =
4
−3 27
y! = x−
4 4

(b) Graph the line you found in (a), either drawing it on the grid in the previous problem #1, or generating the
graph electronically and attaching it.
(c) Compare your line for this problem, #2, with the line in the previous problem #1. Are the two lines parallel,
perpendicular, or neither parallel nor perpendicular? (The terms parallel and perpendicular are discussed on pages
166 and 167.) No explanation required – just state your answer.

Neither

3. (7 pts) An organization is holding an event including a catered dinner. A-One Catering offers the
following event charge: Pay a fixed fee of $325.00, plus $12.50 per meal.

(a) State a linear function f (x) that represents A-One Catering's total charge for an event with x meals.
!f (x) = 12.50x + 325

(b) The organization expects 42 guests to be served meals. What is the total charge? Show work/
explanation.
!f (x) = (12.50)(42) + 325
!525 + 325
$850

(c) If the total charge is $1,012.50, how many meals were ordered? Show work/explanation.

! 1012.50 = (12.50)(x) + 325

! 12.50x + 325 = 1012.5

! 12.50x + 325 − 325 = 1012.5 − 325

! 12.50x = 687.5

! 12.5x /12.5x = 687.5/12.5x

55
! meals ordered if the total charge was $1,012.50
4. (8 pts) Look at the graph of the quadratic function and complete the parts. [No explanations required.]
Graph Fill in the blanks Equation

(a) State the vertex: (d) The graph represents

which of the following
_____(-2,9)_______ equations?

(b) State the range: Choice:__D__

_____y ≤ 9___ A. y = x2 + 4x + 5

(c) State the interval B. y = x2 – 4x – 3

on which the
function is C. y = –x2 + 2x + 5
increasing:
D. y = –x2 – 4x + 5
! -6 < x < -2
5. (8 pts) Look at the graph of the polynomial function and complete the parts. [No explanations required.]

Graph Fill in the blanks

(a) Is the degree of the polynomial odd or even?

(choose one) ODD
(b) Is the leading coefficient of the polynomial positive
or negative? (choose one)Negative

(c) The graph represents which of the following

polynomials, shown in factored form?
Choice:__A__

A. f (x) = – 0.2 (x + 3)(x + 1)(x – 5)

B. f (x) = 0.2 (x + 3)(x + 1)(x – 5)

C. f (x) = – 0.2 (x + 3)(x + 1)(x – 3)(x – 5)

!

D. f (x) = – 0.2 (x – 3) (x – 1)(x + 5)

(d) State the real-number zeros:

__(-3,0),(-1,0),(5,0)_________________
 6. (7 pts) Ron went on a diet. Ron's weight w in pounds t weeks after the start of the diet is modeled by

w(t) = –0.004t3 + 0.18t2 – 3t + 260 for 0 ≤ t ≤ 15 weeks.

Find and interpret the average rate of change of w over the interval [0, 15]. Show work.

!−0.004 ( 153) + 0.18 (152) − 3 (15) + 260

!−0.004 ( 3375) + 0.18 (225) − 45 + 260
!−13.5 + 40.5 − 45 + 260
242 lbs is how much Ron weighed after 15 weeks has elapsed

!−0.004(03) + 0.18(0 2 ) − (3)(0) + 260

!0 + 0 − 0 + 260
260 lbs Rons staring weight

242 − 260
!
15 − 0
−18
!
15

−6
!
5

-1.2 lbs per week. This is an average of pounds lost per week by Ron
7. (6 pts) Let f (x) = 3 | 2 – x |. [No explanations required.]

(a) Which of the following is the graph of this function? B

Graph A Graph B Graph C Graph D

! ! ! !

(b) Solve the inequality 3 | 2 – x | > 6 and write interval notation for the solution set. #7(b).___D____
(no explanation required)
A. (0, 4)
B. (0, ∞)
C. (4, ∞)
D. (–∞, 0) ∪ (4, ∞)
8. (4 pts) Solve the inequality 3x ≤ x2 and write the solution set in interval notation.

(no explanation required) 8. ___C___

A. [0, 3]
B. (–∞, 3] ∪ [0, ∞)
C. (–∞, 0] ∪ [3, ∞)
D. (–∞, 3]

9. (4 pts) For f (x) = x4 – 3x2 – 1, use the Intermediate Value Theorem to determine which interval
must contain a zero of f. (no explanation required) 9. ___B____
A. Between 0 and 1
B. Between 1 and 2
C. Between 2 and 3
D. Between 3 and 4

10. (5 pts) For z = 5 + 2i and w = −8 + 3i, find zw. That is, determine (5 + 2i)( −8 + 3i) and simplify
as much as possible, writing the result in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers. Show some
work.

(5
! + 2i )(−8 + 3i )

!(5 (−8) − 2 ⋅ 3) + (5 ⋅ 3 + 2 (−8)) i

! −46 + −1i

! −46 −i

11. (8 pts) Consider the equation 5x2 + 10 = 2x. Find all solutions (real and non-real) of the
equation, and simplify as much as possible. Show algebraic work.

5x
! 2 + 10 = 2x

! 2 − 2x + 10 = 0
5x

(−2)2 − 4 (5) (10)

x! = − (−2) ±
2 (5)
 −196
x! = 2 ±
10

! −196 = −1 196

! 196 = 142 = 14

! 14i

2 + 14i 2 − 14i
x! = and. !x =
10 10
12. (10 pts) Based on data retrieved from http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/climate/dca/dcatemps.txt the following
chart of Washington, DC yearly average temperatures has been prepared.

Washington DC Avg Temp

62
y = 0.0344x - 10.107
R² = 0.6242
Temperature

59.5
(degrees)
Average

57

54.5

52
1800 1875 1950 2025 2100
! Year

The line of best fit, the regression line, is y = 0.0344x – 10.107, where x = year and y = average
Washington, DC temperature, in degrees.
(a) Use the regression line to estimate the average Washington, DC temperature in 1918, to the nearest tenth of
a degree. Show some work.
!y = (0.03440)(1918) − 10.107
!65.9792 − 10.107
y = 55.9 Degrees in the year 1918

(b) Use the regression line to predict the average Washington, DC temperature in 2018, to the nearest tenth of a
degree. Show some work.
!y = (0.03440)(2018) − 10.107
!69.4192 − 10.107
Y = 59.3 Degrees in the year 2018

(c) What is the slope of the regression line and what are the units of measurement? In a sentence, interpret what
the slope is telling us, in the context of this real-world application.

The slope of the regression line is 0.0344 degrees/year. The slope is telling us that there is a 0.0344 degree
increase as the year increases by one year.

(d) Assuming the linear trend continued, In what year (to the nearest year) does the regression line predict an
average Washington, DC temperature of 61.0 degrees? Show work, solving an appropriate equation
! 61.0 = 0.0344x − 10.107

0.0344x
! − 10.107 = 61.0

0.0344x
! − 10.107 + 10.107 = 61.0 + 10.107

! 0.0344x = 71.107
 0.0344x 71.107
! =
0.0344 0.0344

x=2067.063953

In the year 2067, the regression line predict a temperature of 61.0 degrees

13. (18 pts) The cost, in dollars, for a company to produce x widgets is given by C(x) = 212.50 + 4.20x
for x ≥ 0, and the price-demand function, in dollars per widget, is p(x) = 18 − 0.02x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 900.

In Quiz 1, problem #9(d), we saw that the profit function for this scenario is

P(x) = ____!13.8x − 0.02x 2 − 212.50_________.

(a) The profit function is a quadratic function and so its graph is a parabola.

Does the parabola open up or down? __Down____

(b) Find the vertex of the profit function P(x) using algebra. Show algebraic work.

13.8
h
! =−
(2) (−0.02)

13.8
! =
h
0.04

! = 345
h

(345) − (0.02) (345 ) − 212.5 = 2168

2
(13.8)
!

(c) State the maximum profit and the number of widgets which yield that maximum profit:

The maximum profit is __2168____ when ____345____ widgets are produced and sold.

(d) Determine the price to charge per widget in order to maximize profit.

18
! − (0.020(345) = 11.1

You need to charge $11.10 per widget to maximize profits

(e) In order to earn exactly $1,200 profit, how many widgets must be made and sold? Show algebraic work.
! 1200 = 13.8 − 0.02x 2 − 212.50

! −13.8 − 0.02x 2 − 212.50 from both sides

!−0.02x 2 − 13.8x + 1412.50 = 0

(−13.8)2 − 4 (0.02) (1412.50)

x! = − (−13.8) ±
2 (0.02)

13.8 ± 77.44
x! =
0.04

x! = 565,125

In order to ear exactly $1,200 in profit, 565,124 widgets must be sold

(f) In order to earn at least $1,200 profit, how many widgets must be made and sold? Write a sentence to
answer the question.

In order to earn at least $1200, we must make more than 125 widgets but less than 565 widgets.