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1.
A local business is looking to become a franchise. The companywants to predict the number of franchises, F, givena
certain number ofyears, Y. This prediction is modeled by the function F( Y).
What can be concluded by F (5)=10?
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Every 5 years, 10 stores will be opened.
Every 10years, 5stores will be opened.
In 5 years, there will be 10 open stores.
In 10 years, there will be 5 open stores.
2.
A bank begins a marketing campaign to increaseits number of customers. Each month, all new customers are put into
a drawing. One customerthen receives a $50 credit ina checking account.
The amount of money given away in the drawing, G, is a function of the number of months, M, the drawing has been
going on for.
What is the correct function notation to represent the amount of money given away after the drawing has been going
on for 5 months?
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G(5)=250
G(250)=5
G(5)=10
G(10)=5
3.
The volume of calls, V( h), at a particular customer service center can be written as a function of the number of hours
after openingeach day, h.
What would the ordered pair (6,8) represent for this function?
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There were 8 calls 6hours after opening.
There were 6 calls 8 hours after opening.
There were h calls 6 hours after opening.
There were 8 calls V hours after opening.
4.
A companyhas developed two functions, L( t)and M( t), that determine theleast amount andmost
amount,respectively, of revenue it will make in any given month in dollars(with t=1corresponding to January).
What can the company reasonably conclude if L(2)=3,000and M(2)=5,000?
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In February,it will make $2,000.
In February,it will make between $3,000and $5,000.
Itwill make more money in February ifit uses M( t )instead of L( t).
Itcannot make more than $3,000in February but can make up to $5,000after February.
5.
Aserver at a restaurant has realized thattips, T, in dollars are related to the number of hours, h, that have been
worked on any given day.Tips can be modeled by the function T( h)= X.
How can this function be interpreted?
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Iftheserverworks h hours, the tips will be $ X.
If theserver works Thours, the tips will be$ h.
Iftheserverworks hhours, the tips will be$ T( X).
If theserver works Xhours, the tips will be$ T.
6.
A companypays its employees a base salary each month plus a commission, C, based on the number of sales, s , made
by an employee during the month. An employee made8 sales in the last month and received a commission of $1,600.
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How would this be represented in function notation?
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C(8)=1600
C(1600)=8
s(8)=1600
s(1600)=8
7.
Below is a growth graph of a business. It compares gross growth and net growth.
What can be said about the growth between the years of 2012 and 2014?
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Both gross and net growth decreased.
Both gross and net growth increased.
The gross growth increased while thenet growth decreased.
The gross growth decreasedwhile thenet growth increased.
, 8.
The graph below shows thethree-month averagepercentage year-on-year growth for real total pay for the years
2010–2016, along with the Ofce for Budget Responsibility's (OBR's) growth forecast for the years 2016–2021.
What can be concluded from this graph?
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The real total pay growth outturn remained between –2% and 2% from 2010 and 2016.
The OBR forecasts the growth will remain between 1% and 2% between 2016 and 2021.
The real total pay growth outturn exceeded 3% at some point between 2010 and 2016.
The OBR forecasts the growth will remain above 1% between 2016 and 2021.
9.
The following graph shows the prots of a company for the last scal year.