Interactive: Hyperbolas


Interactive Instructions: Move any of the green points. Also, you can change the orientation below.

Hyperbola: Horizontal Vertical


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Intermediate Algebra (Algebra 2) Sample Exams

A complete set of sample exams covering topics found in the first 7 chapters of the online textbook Intermediate Algebra.



You will find mobile friendly solutions as well as links to printable copies in pdf format. Please feel free to copy and paste anything you find here into your LMS.

Intermediate Algebra Exam #4


Click on the 10 question exam covering topics in chapter 7. Give yourself one hour to try all of the problems and then come back and check your answers.

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8. A $1,000 investment is made at an annual interest rate of  7 3/4% that is compounded quarterly.  How long will it take the investment to double?
 
9. Francium-223 has a half-life of about 22 minutes. How much of a 3-microgram sample of francium-223 will be left after 5 minutes of decay? Round off answer to the nearest hundredth of a microgram.
  
10. In the year 2000 a certain small town had a population of 72,000 people.  In the year 2010 the population was estimated to have grown to 108,000 people. If the population continues to grow exponentially at this rate, estimate the population in the year 2016.
  
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Interactive: Mean Value Theorem for Integrals

Mean Value Theorem for Integrals: If \(f\) is continuous on \([a,b]\), then there exists a number \(c\) in \([a,b]\) such that \[\int_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx = f\left( c \right)\left( {b - a} \right)} \]


Instructions: Drag a and b to see c calculated dynamically. The area under the curve from a to b is the same as the area of the pink rectangle formed by b - a and f(c).



Interactive: Net Area

Net Area: If the function f takes on both positive and negative values, then the Riemann sum is the result of the area under the curve above the x-axis less the area under the x-axis above the curve.


Instructions: Drag a and b to see net area change sign. Purple indicates positive net area and pink indicates negative net area.



Interactive: Definite Integral

Definite Integral: If \(f\) is a continuous function defined on the interval \([a, b]\) that is divided into \(n\) equal subintervals \(\Delta x = \frac{{b - a}}{n}\) where \(x_i^*\) lies in the ith subinterval then the definite integral of \(f\) from \(a\) to \(b\) follows:

\[\int_a^b {f\left( x \right)dx} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {f\left( {x_i^*} \right)} \,\Delta x\]


Instructions: Drag the slider to see that the area under the curve is the limit of Riemann sums. You can also change the sums to left, middle, right, and trapezoidal below the graph.

Riemann Sum: Left Middle Right Trapezoidal


Interactive: Derivative of Cosine

Derivative of the Sine Function: \[\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\cos x} \right) = - \sin x\]


Instructions: Drag P along \(f(x) = cos(x)\) to see that the slope of the tangent line through it traces out \(f'(x) = -sin(x)\).



Interactive: Derivative of Sine

Derivative of the Sine Function: \[\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\sin x} \right) = \cos x\]


Instructions: Drag P along \(f(x) = sin(x)\) to see that the slope of the tangent line through it traces out \(f'(x) = cos(x)\).



Interactive: Fermat's Theorem

Fermat's Theorem: If \(f\) is a local maximum or minimum at \(c\), and if \(f'(c)\) exists, then \(f'(c)=0\).

Critical Number: A number \(c\) in the domain of \(f\) such that either \(f'(c)=0\) or \(f'(c)\) does not exist.


Instructions: With the mouse, move point P along the function and you will see it's derivative traced in green. Here c and d are the critical numbers for the function graphed in blue. Refresh browser to start over.



Interactive: Mean Value Theorem


Mean Value Theorem: Let \(f\) be a function that satisfies the following:
  • \(f\) is continuous on a closed interval \([a, b]\).
  • \(f\) is differentiable on the open interval \((a,b)\).
Then there is a number \(p\) in \((a,b)\) such that
\[f'\left( p \right) = \frac{{f\left( b \right) - f\left( a \right)}}{{b - a}}\]

Instructions: With the mouse, move points A and B along the function to see the Mean Value Theorem in action. Refresh browser to start over.




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Interactive: Derivative of a Function

Derivative of a Function at \(a\), if it exists:

\[f'\left( a \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f\left( {a + h} \right) - f\left( a \right)}}{h}\]


Instructions: Drag the green dot representing a+h toward a to simulate h tending toward zero.



Interactive: Tangent Line at a Point

Definition: The tangent line to the curve \(y = f(x)\) at the point \(P(a, f(a))\) is the line through \(P\) with slope

\[m = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to a} \frac{{f\left( x \right) - f\left( a \right)}}{{x - a}}\]

provided that this limit exists.


Instructions: With the mouse, move the x-value toward a to see that the tangent line is the limiting position of the secant line shown dashed. You can also move the points on the function. Refresh browser to start over.



Elementary Algebra Exam #4

Click on the 10 question exam covering topics in chapter 7 (Rational Expressions and Equations). Give yourself one hour to try all of the problems and then come back and check your answers.


Simplify (Assume all denominators are nonzero.)
Perform the operations and state the restrictions.
  
Solve.
 
  
10. The sum of the reciprocals of two consecutive odd integers is 4/3.  Set up an algebraic equation and use it to find the two integers.
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