Chapter 1 Practice Test

1. Translate each sentence into an equation. 6. Use the method of elimination to solve
a) In a group of 20 people, there are seven each linear system. Check each solution.
more men than women. a) 3x ⫹ 2y ⫽ 19
b) The total of seven and twice a number 5x ⫺ 2y ⫽ 5
gives the same result as three times that b) 4x ⫺ 3y ⫽ 15
number. 4x ⫹ 3y ⫽ 5
c) 6k ⫹ 5h ⫽ 20
2. Write a system of equations that can be
3k ⫺ 4h ⫽ 23
solved by graphing and then show the
solution. d) 4p ⫺ 2q ⫽ 6
10p ⫺ 3q ⫽ ⫺1
3. a) Use graphing to find the point of
intersection of the lines y ⫽ 3x ⫺ 22 7. Solve each linear system. Choose a method
and y ⫽ 4x ⫺ 29. and explain why you chose that method.
Check each solution.
b) What is the solution to the following
linear system? a) y ⫹ 3x ⫽ 6
y ⫽ 2x ⫹ 1
y ⫽ 3x ⫺ 22
y ⫽ 4x ⫺ 29 b) 2x ⫺ y ⫽ 3
4x ⫺ y ⫽ ⫺1
4. Solve each linear system using the method c) 2x ⫺ y ⫽ ⫺6
of substitution. Check each solution. 4x ⫹ y ⫽ ⫺6
a) y ⫽ 2x ⫺ 13 d) 6x ⫺ 5y ⫽ ⫺1
x ⫹ 2y ⫽ ⫺6 5x ⫺ 4y ⫽ ⫺1
b) a ⫹ b ⫽ 5
3a ⫹ 4b ⫽ 15 8. Which is your preferred method for
solving linear systems? Explain why. Give
c) x ⫹ 3y ⫽ 0
two advantages and two disadvantages of
3x ⫺ 6y ⫽ 5
the method you prefer.
d) 3m ⫺ 2n ⫽ ⫺12
m ⫺ 4n ⫽ 8 9. A triangle lies on a Cartesian plane. The
sides are formed by the intersection of the
5. A graph of a y lines y ⫽ 3x ⫺ 1, 2x ⫹ y ⫺ 4 ⫽ 0, and
linear system is 2 x ⫺ 2y ⫽ ⫺7. Find the coordinates of each
y = 2x + 1
shown. Explain vertex of the triangle.
why each of the —4 —2 0 2 x
following is an 10. Gregory works half as many hours per
—2 y=2
_x — 3
equivalent linear 3 week as Paul. Between the two, they work
system to the —4 a total of 48 h one week.
system shown in a) Write an equation to represent the
—6
the graph. information in the first sentence.
a) y ⫽ 2x ⫹ 1 b) Write an equation to represent the
2x ⫺ 3y ⫽ 9 information in the second sentence.
b) x ⫽ ⫺3 c) Use the method of substitution to find
y ⫽ ⫺5 the number of hours worked by each of
c) 4x ⫺ 2y ⫹ 2 ⫽ 0 them.
4x ⫺ 6y ⫺ 18 ⫽ 0

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11. A physics contest has 30 multiple-choice 17. Maya inherited $50 000. She invested
questions. A correct answer gains part of it in a Guaranteed Investment
4 points, while a wrong answer loses Certificate (GIC) that paid 5%/year and
1 point. Rolly answered every question the rest in a venture capital that returned
and scored 55 points. How many 10%/year. The total simple interest after
questions did he answer correctly? 1 year was $4000. How much did she
invest at each rate?
12. A swimming pool has a perimeter of 96 m.
The length is 3 m more than twice the 18. Chemex Lab needs to make 500 L of a
width. Find the length and width of the 34% acid solution for a customer. The
pool. lab has 25% and 50% acid solutions
available to make the order. How many
13. A restaurant that serves a buffet lunch litres of each should be mixed to make
has one price for adults and another price the 34% solution?
for children under 12. The Jung group has
two adults and three children and their 19. Carl travelled the 1900 km from his home
bill is $48.95. The Harvey group has three in Eastern Ontario to Winnipeg. He
adults and two children. Their bill is travelled by bus to Toronto at an average
$52.05. What is the price of the buffet for speed of 60 km/h and then flew to
an adult? for a child? Winnipeg at an average speed of
700 km/h. His total travelling time was
14. A total of 27 coins, in nickels and dimes, 7 h. How many kilometres did he travel
are in a wallet. If the coins total $2.15, by bus? How far did he travel by airplane?
how many of each type of coin are there?

15. Candice and Dino operate computer Achievement Check

repair services. For a service call, Candice
20. a) Choose an algebraic method to solve
charges $40 and Dino charges $50. In
addition, they each charge an hourly rate. the following linear system. Explain
Candice charges $35/h, and Dino charges why you chose this method.
$30/h. One day, their charges for two x 2y 7
⫺ ⫽
service calls were the same. What did 2 3 3
they charge and how long did each 3x
person work? ⫹ 2y ⫽ 5
2
16. Simplify and then solve each linear b) Use the method you chose to solve the
system. system. Check your solution.
a) 3(x ⫹ 1) ⫺ 4(y ⫺ 1) ⫽ 13 c) A fishing boat took 3 h to travel 36 km
5(x ⫹ 2) ⫹ 2(y ⫹ 3) ⫽ 0 upstream, against the current, on the
b) 3c ⫹ 0.8d ⫽ 1.4 St. Lawrence River. The same trip
0.5c ⫺ 0.4d ⫽ 1.4 downstream only took 2 h. What is
the average speed of the fishing boat
c) x ⫹ y ⫽ 40
in still water? What was the speed of
x y
⫺ ⫽1 the river current?
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