Advance Algebra Name: _________________________________________________ Score: ____________________ Date: __________________________________________________ Directions: Solve each problem in a clean sheet of paper.

Show all pertinent solutions. 1. Find the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 11, 2, -7 2. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 15 and the fifth term is 13. Find the fortieth term. 3. Find S20 for the arithmetic sequence whose first term is a1 = 3 and whose common difference is d = 5. 4. Find the sum of the first 10,000 terms of the arithmetic sequence beginning with 246, 261, and 276 5. Which of the following is/are example(s) of arithmetic sequence? A) 1, 3, 5, 7, B) 2, 4, 8, 16, C) 3, -2, -1, 0, D) 1, 2, 3, 5, Find the 30th term of the sequence 120, 126, 132, 138, The first multiple of 3 after 4 is 6 = a1 and the one preceding 262 is 261 = an. Now find n. Find S80 for the sequence ak = k + 10 Suppose you save $10 one week and that each week thereafter you save $0.50 more than the preceding week. How much will you have saved by the end of 1 year? 10. An editor takes a position at $7,400 a year. She receives annual increases in salary of $350. What will her salary be during her twelfth year of service? 11. A student taking a test consisting of ten questions is told that each question after the first is worth two credits more than the preceding question. If the third question is worth fifteen credits, how much is the last question worth? 12. A bank clerk is offered a yearly salary of CHF18 000 (Swiss Francs) for the first year of employment. She is also to receive CHF500 a year increase at the beginning of each subsequent year. a. What is her salary at the beginning of the fifth year? After the first five years she is to receive a yearly increase of CHF750 until she reaches a maximum annual salary of CHF26 000. b. What is her salary at the beginning of the sixth year? c. At the beginning of which year of her employment does her salary reach the maximum? 13. The population of Bangor is growing each year. At the end of 1996, the population was 40 000. At the end of 1998, the population was 44 100. Assuming that these annual figures follow a geometric progression, calculate a. the population of Bangor at the end of 1997; b. the population of Bangor at the end of 1992. 14. A geometric sequence has its entire terms positive. The fi rst term is 7 and the third term is 28. a. Find the common ratio. b. Find the sum of the first 14 terms. 15. A basketball is dropped vertically. It reaches a height of 2 m on the first bounce. The height of each subsequent bounce is 90% of the previous bounce. a. What height does it reach on the 8th bounce? b. What is the total vertical distance travelled by the ball between the first and the sixth time the ball hits the ground?
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Direction: Divide using polynomial long division. 16. (2x2 + 3x 1) (x + 4) 17. (2x3 + 11x2 + 18x +9) (2x + 3)

18. (x4

6x3

40x + 33) (x

7)

19. (x2 + 3) (x + 3)

20. (3x2

10x) (x + 3)

21. (x3 + 8x

26) (x + 6)

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Direction: Divide using synthetic division. 22. (x3 7x 6) (x 2) 23. (4x2 + 5x 4) (x + 1)

24. (x4

6x3

40x + 33) (x

7)

25. (4x4 + 5x3 + 2x2

1) (x + 1)

Good luck!

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