Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the work of artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the work of artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
COLLEGE ALGEBRA II (MATH 010)
SPRING 2015
——PRACTICE FOR EXAM II(SOLUTIONS)——
1. Find the intercepts, asymptotes, and domain of each rational function.
(a) s(x) =
(b) r(x) =
(c) f (x) =
x−1
x2 −4
2x−1
x+1
x2 −x−6
x+1
Solution:
x−1
(a) s(x) = xx−1
2 −4 = (x−2)(x+2)
−1
x−int: x = 1, y−int: y = −4
= 14
Horiz. Asymp: y = 0, Vert. Asymp: x = ±2
y
5
−5
5
x
−5
Figure 1: Domain: {x : x 6= ±2}, Range: (−∞, ∞)
1
(b) r(x) = 2x−1
x+1
x−int: 2x − 1 = 0, x = 12 , y−int: y =
Horiz. Asymp: y = 12 = 2
Vert. Asymp: x + 1 = 0, x = −1
y
−1
1
= −1
5
−5
5
x
−5
Figure 2: Domain: {x : x 6= −1}, Range: {y : y 6= 2}
2
−x−6
(c) f (x) = x x+1
= (x−3)(x+2)
x+1
x−int: (x − 3)(x + 2) = 0, x = 3, and x = −2
y−int: y = −6
1 = −6
Horiz. Asymp: None, Vert. Asymp: x + 1 = 0, x = −1
Oblique/Slant: y = x − 2(Long Division)
y
5
−5
5
x
−5
Figure 3: Domain: {x : x 6= −1}, Range: (−∞, ∞)
2
2. Find the focus and directrix of the parabola
y = − 18 x2 , and sketch the graph.
Solution:
x2 = −8y
4p = −8, p = −2
Focus (0, −2) and Directrix y = 2.
4
3
2
1
0
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0
−1
1
2
3
4
5
−2
−3
−4
−5
3. Find the focus and directrix of the parabola. Sketch the
graph.
y 2 − 12x = 0 Solution:
y 2 = 12x, 4p = 12, p = 3
Focus (3, 0) and Directrix x = −3
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
−4
−3
−2
−1 0
−1
1
2
3
4
5
−2
−3
−4
−5
−6
−7
3
4. Find the foci, the vertices, and the lengths of the major
and minor axes of the ellipse, and sketch the graph.
x2 y 2
+
=1
16
9
Solution:
√
√
2
2
2
a = √ 16 = 4, b =
√ 9 = 3, and c = a − b
c = 7, Foci (± 7, 0) and Vertices (±4, 0).
Major Axis Length: 2a = 8 and Minor Axis Length: 2b = 6
4
3
2
1
0
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0
−1
1
2
3
4
5
−2
−3
−4
4
5. The vertices of an ellipse are (0, ±4), and the foci are (0, ±3).
Find its equation, and sketch the graph.
Solution:
a = 4, c = 3, and c2 = a2 − b2 or b2 = a2 − c2 = 7
2
y2
=1
Equation: x7 + 16
5
4
3
2
1
0
−4 −3 −2 −1 0
−1
1
2
3
4
−2
−3
−4
−5
6. Find the vertices, foci, and asymptotes of the hyperbola,
and sketch the graph.
x2 − 4y 2 = −4
Solution:
√
y2
x2
Rewrite
as
−
=
1,
a
=
1,
b
=
4 = 2, and c2 = a2 + b2
1
4
√
√
c = 5, Vertices (0, ±1), Foci (0, ± 5), y = ± ab x = ± 12 x
5
4
3
2
1
0
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0
−1
1
2
3
4
5
−2
−3
−4
−5
5
7. Find the equation of the hyperbola with vertices (±2, 0)
and foci (±3, 0). Sketch the graph.
Solution:
a =√
2, c = 3, and c2 = a2 + b2
2
2
b = 5, Equation x4 − y5 = 1
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0
1
2
3
4
5
−2
−3
−4
−5
−6
8. Complete the square to put each equation in standard form.
Identify the type of conic, and its components (vertices,
center, foci, etc.)
(a) 4x2 + 9y 2 − 16x − 36y + 16 = 0
(b) x2 + 8x + 8y = 0
(c) −9x2 + 16y 2 − 72x − 96y − 144 = 0
Solution:
(a) 4x2 + 9y 2 − 16x − 36y + 16 = 0
(4x2 − 16x) + (9y 2 − 36y) = −16
4(x2 − 4x) + 9(y 2 − 4y) = −16
4(x2 − 4x + 4) + 9(y 2 − 4y + 4) = −16 + 4(4) + 9(4)
4(xh − 2)2 + 9(y − 2)2 = 36
i
1
1
2
2
4(x
−
2)
+
9(y
−
2)
= 36
· 36
36
6
(x−2)2
9
2
+ (y−2)
=1
4
Ellipse: Center=
(2, 2), vertices= (±3, 0),
√
foci= (± 5, 0)
(b) x2 + 8x + 8y = 0
(x2 + 8x) = −8y
(x2 + 8x + 16) = −8y + 16
(x + 4)2 = −8(y − 2)
Parabola: Vertex= (−4, 2), focus= (−4, 0),
directrix: y = 4
(c) −9x2 + 16y 2 − 72x − 96y − 144 = 0
(−9x2 − 72x) + (16y 2 − 96y) = 144
−9(x2 + 8x) + 16(y 2 − 6y) = 144
−9(x2 + 8x + 16) + 16(y 2 − 6y + 9) = 144 − 9(16) + 16(9)
16(yh − 3)2 − 9(x + 4)2 = 144
i
1
1
2
2
· 144
16(y
−
3)
−
9(x
+
4)
= 144
144
2
2
(y−3)
− (x+4)
=1
9
16
Hyperbola: Center= (−4, 3),
Vertices= (−4, 3 ± 3), foci= (−4, 3 ± 5),
asymptotes: y − 3 = ± 34 (x + 4)
7
9. Solve each system.
(a)
x − y = 1
4x + 3y = 18
(b)
3x + 4y = 10
x − 4y = −2
Solution:
(a) Substitution:
x=1+y
4(1 + y) + 3y = 18
4 + 4y + 3y = 18
7y = 14
y=2
x=1+y =3
(3, 2)
(b) Elimination:
3x + 4y = 10
x − 4y = −2
4x
= 8
x
= 2
8
2 −
4y
−4y
y
= −2
= −4
=
1
(2, 1)