AP Pre-Calculus 2.1-2.
6 Quiz Review Name: ______________________
Complete each problem. Show all necessary work. Only use a calculator on the problems that allow a calculator.
2.1 Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
1) Let an be an arithmetic sequence with a2 = -13 and a7 = 22. Find an expression for an and apply the expression to
find a20.
2) Let gn be a geometric sequence with g1 = 243 and r = 1/3. Create an expression for gn and apply the expression to
find g6. (calculator allowed to find g6)
3) Several terms of the geometric sequence gn are shown in the graph at right. Find an
expression for gn and use the expression to find g12. (calculator allowed to find g12)
4) The first two numbers in a sequence ℎ are ℎ1 = 2 and ℎ2 = 6.
a) If ℎ is an arithmetic sequence, write an expression for h. Then find the value of ℎ10 .
b) If ℎ is a geometric sequence, write an expression for h. Then find the value of ℎ10 ).
(calculator allowed to find g10)
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2.2 Linear and Exponential Functions
5) Selected values of several functions are given in the table below. For each table, determine if the function could be
linear, exponential, or neither. Give a reason for your answer. If possible, write an equation to model the data in the
table.
Calculator
x f(x) x h(x) x k(x)
2 15 0 32 1 -3
4 18 2 72 2 0
8 24 4 162 3 5
10 27 6 364.5 4 12
6) The graph at right represents an exponential function. Use the given
information to create an expression to model the function.
7) Calculator A bank account is growing exponentially. At the beginning of 2017, the balance, in dollars, was 1,200.
At the beginning of 2022, the balance was 1,350. What would the bank account balance be at the beginning of 2025?
8) Calculator Mary wants to save for a vacation. She decides she is going to deposit the same amount of money into
a special savings account each month. On the third month, Mary’s balance of her savings account is $775 and on the
tenth money, the balance is $1650.
a) Determine the initial balance of the account. (Month 0)
b) Create an expression to model the amount of money in the account after each month.
c) How long will it take Mary to save for her vacation if she needs $3500?
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2.3 Exponential Functions
9) Write the limits statements for the end behavior of the following exponential functions. Then determine if the
function is increasing/decreasing and concave up/down.
1 𝑥
a) Graph of f(x) b) 𝑔(𝑥) = ∙4
2
Left: Left:
Right: Right:
Increasing or Decreasing Increasing or Decreasing
Concave Up or Concave Down Concave Up or Concave Down
2.4 Exponential Function Manipulation
10) Each of the following exponential functions has a horizontal translation. For each, write an equivalent
( )
representation that has a vertical dilation and no horizontal translation f ( x ) = ab .
x
𝑥−3
1
𝑎) 𝑔(𝑥) = 10𝑥+2 𝑏) 𝑗(𝑥) = 8 ( )
2
11) Write an equivalent form for each of the exponential functions below.
1
𝑎) 𝑘(𝑥) = 62𝑥 𝑏) 𝑗(𝑥) = 162𝑥
2.5 Writing Exponential Models with Vertical Translations
12) Selected values from several exponential functions are given in the tables below. For each, find the constant
value that can be added/subtracted to the output values to reveal a proportional growth pattern. Then, write an
equation to model the function.
a) x f(x)
0 6
1 14
2 38
3 110
4 326
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b) x f(x)
0 13
1 5
2 1
3 -1
4 -2
c)
x f(x)
0 3
1 21
2 93
3 381
4 1533
13) CALCULATOR A bacteria is placed in an environment where it will grow at an exponential rate. The table below
gives the number of bacteria in the given environment after t hours. Use this table to answer the following questions.
a) Determine an exponential function to model this growth (regression) t B(t)
(hours) (# of bacteria)
0 68
1 102
b) How many bacteria will there be after 10 hours? 3 275
6 1466
c) After how many hours will there be 25,000 bacteria?
d) Determine the rate of change of B(t) in the time interval of [0, 10].
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14) CALCULATOR: Rent is becoming very expensive. So, you decide to purchase a house for $275,000 this year. The
value of the house can be modeled by an exponential function 𝑉(𝑡) = 𝑎 ∙ 𝑏 𝑡 The housing market is expected to
increase at an average of 2.25% per year. If this increase does continue to occur, answer the following questions.
a) Find the values of a and b and use these values to write an expression to model V(t).
b) According to the model found in part (a), what will be the value of the house in 6 years?
c) When will the value of the house be ½ of a million dollars?
d) Find an equivalent expression for V(t) where t is measured in months, instead of years.
2.6 Competing Function Model Validation
15) CALCULATOR: Is there a correlation between a person’s shoe size and their height? A
Shoe Height
survey was given, and the data collected is presented in the table at right.
Size (in)
8 64
a) What model would best be used to represent this data? Linear, Quadratic, or
8 66
Exponential?
8.5 66.5
9 68
9.5 67
b) Use the regression capabilities on your calculator to find the model chosen above 9.5 68.5
for the height of a person, h(x), given their shoe size, x. 10 72
c) Use the model found in part b to predict the height of a person with a size 12 shoe.
d) The actual height of a person with a size 12 shoe is 76 inches. What is the residual for this height? Did the
model overestimate or underestimate the height of this person?
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16) Taylor Swift created a video and posted it on her Instagram account. Taylor’s media personnel collected the
number of views the video had after every hour. Use the data to answer the following questions.
a) What model would best be used to represent this data? Linear, Quadratic, or Hours # of
Exponential? Views
1 50
3 182
5 613
6 1489
b) Use the regression capabilities on your calculator to find the model chosen above for 8 7200
the height of a person, h(x), given their shoe size, x. 10 30,957
c) Use the model found in part b to predict the number of views the video had after 1 day.
d) The actual number of views after one day was 6 million. What is the residual for this number of views? Did
the model overestimate or underestimate the number of views?
17) If a function is a good model of a set of data, describe and graph what the residual plot should look like.
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