MCR3U Review Page 1

1. Graph using transformation of the graph

2
x y = .
( )
2
1 2 4 + = x y

2. Graph the following functions using transformations.
a) ( ) 1
1
2

=
x
x f b) ( ) 2 3 2
3
+ + = x y
c) ( ) 2
3
2
= x x f d) ( ) 4 2 3
2
+ = x y
3. Given a function ( ) x f , where the domain is
} 5 2 / {
} 2 / {
p y y R
x x D
=
=

a) What is the domain and range of ( ) ( ) 16 + = x f x g
b) What is the domain and range of ( ) ( ) 9 8 2 2 + = x f x g

4. Given ( ) x f , graph the function ( ) 2 2
2
1
2
1
+

= x f x g









5. Solve the following,
a) 7 4 3 < x b) ( ) 21 9 6 2
2
+ x

6. Given the function ( ) ( ) 7 2 3
2
+ = x x f , find the range where, 0 3 < x .

7. Find the roots:
a) 0 3 5 3
2
= + x x b) 0 1 2
2
= + x x

8. Find the value of k in the following quadratic functions that satisfies;
a) ( ) 3 2
2
+ = x kx x f b) ( ) ( ) 1 1 2
2
+ + = x k x x f
has two different real roots has one real root

9. Given ( )
2
5 x
x f

= , find ( )
1
x f and graph both ( ) x f , and ( )
1
x f .

10. The height of a javelin can be determined by the equation,
( ) 5 . 1 120 9 . 4
2
+ + = t t t h , where h is in meters off the ground and t is in seconds after it is
released
a) How long will it take for the javelin to hit the ground?
b) What is the highest point the javelin reaches?
c) If the average speed of the javelin is s m/ 5 . 18 what distance is achieved by the javelin?

11. A minimum of 800 yearbooks must be produced. The price for each is $17.50 if the minimum is to be
produced. For each additional 10 books sold the cost is reduced by 10 cents per book. If you were the
publisher how many books sold will give you the maximum revenue?

12. Determine the value of p so that, 0 2 1 2
2
= + p x x , has one root.

13. A lifeguard marks off a rectangular swimming area at a beach with 200m of rope. What is the
maximum area of water she can enclose? (Note: the side along the beach does not need to be roped off.)


1. Simplify each rational expression. State any restrictions on the variables.

a)
6 7
5 5
2
+

x x
x
b)
15 8
3
7
35 2
2
2
+ +
+

y y
y
y
y y

c)
9
4 4
2 5
3 3
2
+

x
x
x
d)
p
p
p p
p
2 3
4
3 2
3
2

+



16. Given the function 9
2
= x y , graph the reciprocal
( ) x f
y
1
= .
17. Solve for x: a) 0 4
2
= x x b) 2 5 2
2
= x c) 20 2 10 2 3
2 2
+ = x x x x

18. Determine the quadratic equation with the following information:
a) Vertex ) 2 , 3 ( and passing through the point ) 10 , 7 (
b) Passing through the points ) 7 , 4 ( and ) 7 , 2 ( with optimum value 11

19. Given the following quadratic, determine the vertex by the method indicated.

Completing the square Partial factoring
a)
11 20 4
2
+ = x x y
b)
7 4 2
2
+ = x x y


20. Convert 7 5 3
2
+ + = x x y to vertex form. (Any method.)

21. Given a quadratic of the form ( )( ) q x p x a y = , how can you determine if the optimum value is a
maximum?

22. For any quadratic in standard form, what do you get from partial factoring? Why would you do this?
Explain.

23. Masseys student council has decided to invite a hypnotist to the school. A couple years ago they sold
1000 tickets for a price of $4. A survey indicates that for every ticket price increase of 50 cents, the
number of tickets sold will decrease by 50. What ticket price will result in the greatest revenue for the
school?

24. A lifeguard has 300 ft of rope and wants to rope off two equal rectangular beaches that border the
water (as shown in the diagram). Find the dimensions of the total beach that maximizes the area.






25. The hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is 34 cm. One of the sides is 14 cm longer than the other side.
Find the lengths of the other two sides.

26. Given the following functions,
a) ( ) 1 2 3
2
+ = x x x f , find ( ) 5 f b) ( ) 5 2
2
= x x f , find
( ) ( )
1 3
1 3 2

f f

27. Given, ( ) 5 3 = x x f find the following;
a) ( ) 4 f b) ( ) 3 + a f
c) ( ) x f
1
d) ( ) 4
1
f


28. Given the function ( ) x f , determine the following, 4
3
2
) ( +

=
x
x f
a) ( ) = 3 f
b) ( ) = 0 f
c) ( ) = 7 f
d) ( ) ( ) 2 2 3 f f
e) ( ) 1 = x f f)
( )
=
x f
R g)
( )
=
x f
D


29. Find the range and domain of the following relation AND state whether each is a function or not.

a) b) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )} { 3 , 1 , 2 , 5 , 1 , 5 , 6 , 3 , 5 , 2










Water
5
8
13
15
4
5
8
30. Solve the following inequalities and graph the solution on a number line.
a) 7 2 3 x b) 5
2
1
3 > x x c) 197 5 3
2
+ x
31. Given ( ) ( ) 2 1 3
2
+ + = x x f ,
a) graph ( ) x f and its inverse on the same grid
b) find the equation for the inverse c) range of ( ) x f , 1 4 p x

32. Given the following quadratic equations determine the vertex.
a) ( ) 5 . 2 5 3
2
+ = x y b)
2
3 1 x y = c) ( ) ( ) 3 3 2
2
= x x f

33. Find the vertex of the quadratic equation given by, 19 48 6
2
+ = x x y
34. Graph ( ) 4 2 3
2
+ = x y , by stretching and shifting the original quadratic
2
x y =
35. Given, ( ) 5 3 = x x f find the following;
a) ( ) 4 f b) ( ) 2 f c) ( ) 3 + a f
d) ( ) x f
1
e) ( ) 4
1
f f)
1065 279
) 1065 ( ) 279 (
+
f f

38. Expand and simplify.
a) ( ) ( ) 6 5 3 4 3 2 x x x b) ( ) 8 5 3 2 7
2
+ + n n
39. Factor fully.
a) x x 6 24
2
b) 32 12
2
+ y y c) 18 2
2
m

40. Evaluate each expression.
a)
2
1
49 b) ( )
4
3 3
64x c)
4
3
16
81

41. Simplify.
a) ( )
2
1
2 4
9 b a b)
3
2
2
3
2 3
4 8
5

y x
xy
y x

42. Solve.
a) ( ) ( ) ( ) 4 3 5 7 7 13 2 5 x x x = b) 0 2 7 15
2
= x x
c) 36 6
5 3
=
x
d) ( )( )
3 3 1 2
27 3 3

=
x x x
e)
1
4
8
1
4
2
+

=
x
x


43. Find the first 3 (three) terms of the following general terms;
a) 5 3 = n t
n
b) 3 2
1
+ =
n n
t t , 7
1
= t

44. Find the general term of the following sequences;
a) 4, 7, 10, 13, b) , 3 , 6 , 12 24, c) , 1 ,
4
3

2
1
, ,
4
1

45. The following terms are terms in an arithmetic sequence. Find the general term.

5
5
= t

110
20
= t





46. Determine the number of terms in the following geometric sequence.

3
2
, , 2 , 6 , 86 093 442

47. There are 28 days in February 2002. Suppose I was given one penny on Feb. 01 then 2 pennies on Feb.
02, then 4 pennies on Feb. 03 and so on for the entire month (doubled each day). How much money will I
have at the end of the month in total?

48. How long would it take for a colony of ants to triple in size if they grow at a rate of 0.98 % every week?

49. Suppose a coin estimated to be $ 23.58 has been increasing in value by 4.5% each year for the last little
while. If this trend continues, how much would this coin be worth in 36 years?

50. Mr. Tran currently has a fair chunk of money stashed in his mutual funds (a type of savings account). It
was calculated that he would have $109 200 in 17 years when he will retire. If the rate of return is 8.9%/a
compounded monthly how much does he have in his mutual funds today?

52. An annual scholarship of $ 500 is to be given out every year for the next 50 years. How much must be
invested today if an investment at 10.4 %/a compounded annually could found?

53. How much must Mrs. Romiens deposit each week to pay for her sons first years education which is
projected to cost $ 13 000 in three years at 6.85%/a compounded weekly?

54. Being a new teacher Mr. Tran can only afford to put away $25 every week. He currently has $1200 in
this account. Suppose the investment will grow at 10.2%/a compounded weekly how much will Mr. Tran
have in 32 years when he finally retires?

55. Find the interest rate compounded semi-annually, that is equivalent to 7%/a compounded weekly?

56. Graph the function ( ) 8 3 2
2
+ = x y , by first finding.
a) the vertex b) the y-intercept c) the zeros or (roots)

57. Sketch ( ) ( ) 1 4 3
2
+ = x x f , using transformations (shifts and stretches) from the original graph
( )
2
x x f = .

58. Given ( ) ( ) 3 1 2
2
+ = x x f ,

a) Find ( ) x f
1
. b) Sketch the graph of both ( ) x f , and ( ) x f
1
.

c) State the range and domain of the above 58a and 58b,

i) ( ) x f ii) ( ) x f
1

59. Given ( )
2
5 3
=
x
x f , find the following.
a) ( ) 2 f b) ( ) 3 2 a f c) ( ) 28
1
f
60. Given ( )
x
x
x h
3 2
= , find.
a) ( ) 2 h b) ( ) 3 2h c)
( ) ( )
2 4
2 4

h h







60. a) Given the following graph ( ) x f y = , graph the inverse ( ) x f y
1
= and state the range and
domain of both ( ) x f y = , and ( ) x f y
1
= .












b) Which of the above 60a) is/are function(s)? Circle one.
i) ( ) x f y = ii) ( ) x f y
1
= iii) both iv) neither


61. Given ( ) 11 12 3
2
+ = x x x f , graph this function for 1 x . State the range and domain for this
graph.

62. Simplify the following:
a) (xy
-3
)
4
b)
3
6 2
27 p
c)
3
2 1
3
3 3

+
d)
3
1
2
1
2
4
3
6
3
a
a a

63. Define asymptote.

64. State all transformations and sketch: a) y =3
2x-4
b) 6
2
1
4
1

=
x
y
65. A house was bought six years ago for $175 000. If real-estate values have been increasing at the rate
of 4% per year, what is the value of the house now?

66. An element is decaying at the rate of 12% every 6 hours. If we have 100g now find:
a) how much remains after 12 hours?
b) how much was present 8 hours before now?

67. For a biology experiment, there are 50 cells present. After 2 hours there are 1600 bacteria. How many
bacteria would there be in 7 hours assuming a continuous growth rate.

68. Solve for theta

a) b)






69. Graph the function within the domain specified.
4
3
sin 2 +

=

y , 3 0

m 30
m 24

m 15
m 14
m 12
70. Solve in the domain stated.
a) 5 4 cos 12 = , 360 90 b) 12
3
2
tan 3 5 =

, 2 0
71. Given the equation ( )
( )
10
3
5 2
sin 12 +

=
t
t h

, where h the height of a ball in meter above the
ground and t in seconds,
a) What is the maximum height of the ball.
b) Find 2 different times when the height of ball reaches m 5
c) What is the height of the ball after sec 6 ? (Exact value!)

72. A car driving along a straight road at a constant speed runs over a nail that is on the ground. Suppose
the nail is impaled in the tire at time 0 = t sec (assume it does not puncture the tire). If the tire has a
diameter of cm 80 and rotates once every sec 5 . 0 ;
a) Draw the graph of the height of the nail in cm in terms of time in sec. (3 rotations).
b) Write the equation of the above in terms of a cosine function.
c) Calculate the height of the nail after sec 45 .

73. a) ( ) 210 cos b) ( ) 45 sin
c) ( ) 240 tan d) ( ) 2460 w

74. Find the angle in the domain stated.

a) 5 . 0 sin = , 360 0 b) = 540 180 , 5 . 2 tan 1
c) ( ) = 30 90 , 2 . 2 4 cos 3

75. Solve for the missing variable(s).

a) b)

4




c) b)






76. A tree cast a shadow that is 3.5m in length. If the suns ray strikes the top of the tree at an angle of
elevation of 37 how tall is the tree?

77. From an air balloon looking in the same line of sight 2 boats are sighted. The boats are approximately
1km apart and the angle of depression from the balloon to one boat is 43 and to the other boat is 12 .
Find the height of the air balloon. (1 decimal place)

78. Find the vertex and state the domain and range.
a) f(x)=x
2
-6x+1 b) f(x)=-2(x-5)(x+3) c) f x x x ( ) = +
2
3
4
9
2
2

79. An arena seats 2000 people and charges $10 per ticket. At this price all the tickets are sold. The team
owner wants to increase the ticket prices. A survey indicated that for every one-dollar increase in price, the
number of tickets sold will decrease by 100.
a) Find the ticket price that will yield the greatest revenue.
b)Find the largest revenue.
30
cm 8
x

m 2 . 5
49
m 5
m 4

x
42
m 18
m 22

80. The demand function for a new product is p(x)=-5x+22, where x is the number of items sold in
thousands and p(x) is the price in dollars. The cost function is C(x) =3x+15.
a)Find the profit function.
b)Find the value of x that maximizes profit.
c)Find the break-even quantities.

81. Find the number of different real roots for the following equations:
a) y=3(x-2)
2
-4 b) y=2x
2
-5x+4

82. Find the value of k so the following has two different real roots.
a) f(x)=kx
2
-8x+2 b) f(x)=9x
2
+kx+4

83. Factor fully
a) 48 2
2
x x b)
2
48 27 x c) 3 11 20
2
x x

84. Find the vertex by partial factoring. (No decimals!)
a) 5 2
2
+ = x x y b) 1 6 3
2
+ + = x x y c) 1 9 5
2
+ = x x y
d) 2
3
2
5
3
2
+ = x x y
85. Graph 1 6 3
2
+ + = x x y (from above 2b).

86. Convert to vertex form. (No decimals!)
a) 7 5
2
+ + = x x y b)
6
1
4
3
2
3
2
+ = x x y
87. Graph 7 5
2
+ + = x x y (from above 4a)

88. State the number of real roots for each equation.
a) 0 5 6 3
2
= + x x b) 0 1 6 9
2
= + + x x c) 0 6 3 2
2
= x x