Precalculus Quiz 1

In the Old West, settlers made tents out of a piece of cloth thrown over a clothesline and then secured it to the ground with stakes forming an isosceles triangle. How long would the cloth have to be so that the opening of the tent was 6 feet high and 8 feet wide?

• 14.4 feet

• 7.2 feet

• 10 feet

• 20 feet

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

Find the midpoint of the segment with the endpoints:(-7, -8) and (4, 7) 

• (-5.5, -7.5)
• (-1.5, -0.5)
• (-3, -1)
• (0.5, 1.5)

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.6

Identify the quadrant where the point is located. (-3 , -4)

• I

• II

• III

• IV

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6

CCSS.6.NS.C.8

Which of these is a point on the line represented by the equation
5y - x = -12 ?

• (-4, -8)
• (2, -2)
• (-27, 3)
• (0, -12)

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

CCSS.8.F.A.2

CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.8.F.B.5

Find the slope between (5,2)  and (3,2).

• 0
• Undefined
• 3
• None of these.

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What is the y-intercept of the equation?
3x - 3y = 21

• y = -3 or (0, -3)
• y = 3 or (0, 3)
• y = 7 or (0, 7)
• y = -7 or (0, -7)

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.6

CCSS.8.F.A.3

What is the x-intercept of the equation?
y = 3x - 12

• x = 3 or (3, 0)
• x = 4 or (4, 0)
• x = 1 or (1, 0)
• x = -12 or (-12, 0)

Tags

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.D.10

CCSS.HSA.REI.D.11

In the equation (x-3)²+(y-2)²=16, the center of the circle is...

• (3,2)
• (-3, -2)
• (-2, -3)
• (2, 3)

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.A.1

What is the equation of the circle, with center (4,2) and radius 5 units?

• (x + 4)² + (y + 2)² = 25
• (x + 4)² + (y + 2)² = 5
• (x - 4)² + (y - 2)² = 5
• (x - 4)² + (y - 2)² = 25

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GPE.A.1

Write the equation of the line through the points (-6, -19) and (2, 5).

• y = -7/2x + 12
• y = 3x + 11
• y = -7/2x - 40
• y = 3x - 1

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2