Solve the problem.A rug is to fit in a room so that a border of consistent width is left on all four sides. If the room is  by  and the area of the rug is 112 square feet, how wide will the border be?

A. 4 ft
B. 5 ft
C. 3 ft
D. 5.5 ft


Answer: C

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Use reduction formulas to evaluate the integral.

A.  + C
B.  + C
C.  + C
D.  + C

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Solve the problem.The population of a particular country was 24 million in 1982; in 1992, it was 28 million. The exponential growth function  describes the population of this country t years after 1982. Use the fact that 10 years after 1982 the population increased by 4 million to find k to three decimal places.

A. 0.025 B. 0.651 C. 0.139 D. 0.015

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Find the vertex.f(x) = 4x2 - 40x + 104

A. (-4, -5) B. (4, 5) C. (-5, -4) D. (5, 4)

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Find ?y and f '(x) ?x for the given function.y = f(x) = 3x + 2, x = 9, and ?x = 2

A. 10; 10 B. 6; 6 C. 8; 6 D. 10; 6

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