Modeling with Rational Functions — Unit test Answers

Answer the following questions in 3-4 complete sentences. Above is a picture of one of the most famous discoveries ever to be found in China. Answer the following questions: - What does the picture show? - When and where was it discover? - Who discovered it and what was he doing when he/she discovered it?

Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. Name this piece of art from the Middle Byzantine period. Describe the characteristics of art during this period.

The resistance, R, to electricity of a cylindrical-shaped wire is given by the equation , where p represents the resistivity of the wire’s material, L represents the length of the wire, and d represents the diameter of the wire. What happens to the resistance of the wire as the diameter approaches 0?

Which research question would be the most effective in researching the effects of text messaging on adolescents?

The height, h, in feet of a ball suspended from a spring as a function of time, t, in seconds can be modeled by the equation . What is the height of the ball at its equilibrium?

Which best describes the ideas of Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama?

Which right does the First Amendment protect?

How many edges does a rectangular prism have?

What is the range of ?

Which best describes the strength of the model with an r-value of –0.93?

Which statement best describes a command economy?

Read the excerpt from "Prometheus Unbound” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.[Prometheus.]If then my words had power,Though I am changed so that aught* evil wishIs dead within; although no memory beOf what is hate, let them not lose it now!What was that curse? for ye all heard me speak.***any**Jupiter has chained Prometheus to the face of a steep cliff to be tortured for all eternity as punishment for giving humans fire. Prometheus curses all-powerful Jupiter; however, Prometheus becomes so compassionate during his torture that he forgets the curse, and he wants to remember it. (Note: Jupiter and Zeus are the same god; the only difference is the name. Jupiter is the supreme god in Roman mythology, and Zeus is the supreme god in Greek mythology.)Read the excerpt from Prometheus by Josephine Preston Peabody.With every new gift, men desired more and more. They set out to see unknown lands, and their ambitions grew with their knowledge. They were like a race of poor gods gifted with dreams of great glory and the power to fashion marvellous things; and, though they had no endless youth to spend, the gods were troubled.Last of all, Prometheus went up secretly to heaven after the treasure of the immortals. He lighted a reed at the flame of the sun, and brought down the holy fire which is dearest to the gods. For with the aid of fire all things are possible, all arts are perfected.

The image shown is an illustration of Kepler’s second law.

The product of a non-zero rational number and an irrational number can always be written as

How did the WPA support the arts in the 1930s?

What is the solution to –4(8 – 3x) ≥ 6x – 8?

Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better. The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient. Phrases like a not unjustifiable assumption, leaves much to be desired, would serve no good purpose, a consideration which we should do well to bear in mind, are a continuous temptation, a packet of aspirins always at one’s elbow.

For which of the following crimes was Fred Korematsu found guilty?

Which of the following events occurred in May 1945?

Kari is flying a kite. She releases 50 feet of string. What is the approximate difference in the height of the kite when the string makes a 25o angle with the ground and when the string makes a 45o angle with the ground? Round to the nearest tenth.