Math For Social Sciences. Practice Exam


  1. Find an equation for the line through the point (-2,5), which is perpendicular to the line 3y-x+2=0.
  2. The cost of producing x units of a product is given by:

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    The product sells for $45 per unit.

  3. A 45-year old man puts $1,500 in a retirement account at the end of the each quarter until he reaches the age of 60 and makes no further deposits. If the account pays 12% interest compounded quarterly, how much will be in the account when the man retires at age 65?
  4. Use the method of matrix inverses to solve the system of equations

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  5. Sketch the graph of f(x)=|3x-12|. Identify and include any intercepts in your sketch.
  6. Solve each of the following for x:
  7. Which of the following (if any) represent y as a function of x? Explain your answers. That is, if you believe that the first expression is (or is not) a function, explain how you came to this conclusion. Do the same for the second expression.
  8. Use the elimination method to solve the following system:

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  9. Consider the supply and demand curves in the sketch below:

  10. A small resort must add a swimming pool to compete with a new resort built nearby. The pool will cost $28,000. The resort borrows the money and agrees to repay it in equal payments at the end of each quarter for tex2html_wrap_inline178 years at an interest rate of 6% compounded quarterly. Find the amount of each payment.
  11. Consider the function tex2html_wrap_inline180 .
  12. If tex2html_wrap_inline186 , tex2html_wrap_inline188 , and tex2html_wrap_inline190 .
    Find tex2html_wrap_inline192 .
  13. Using the Gauss-Jordan method, solve the system of equations:

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  14. A patient was admitted to a hospital with a declining white blood cell count, described by the equation:

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    where t is time in hours since the patient was admitted, and y is the blood count.

  15. The Waputi Indians make woven blankets, rugs, and skirts. Each blanket requires 24 hrs for spinning the yarn, 4 hrs for dying the yarn, and 15 hrs for weaving. Rugs require 30 hrs for spinning, 5 hrs for dying, and 18 hrs for weaving. Skirts require 12 hrs for spinning, 3 hrs for dying, and 9 hrs for weaving. There are 306 hours available for spinning, 59 hrs for dying, and 201 hrs for weaving. Set up a system of equations which could be used to determine the number of blankets, rugs, and skirts made. Do not solve!
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    Formulas


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