If possible, come to UWW campus, McGraw Hall room 115 at any time between 5:30 PM and 10 PM to take your first exam. This room is a special computer lab which can accommodate 20 students at once, first-come-first-serve. Students in excess of 20 must wait. I will estimate that it will take the average student 45-60 minutes to take EXAM #1. If this time interval is not possible for you, contact Prof McFarland. Since Prof McFarland has only one PC, however, an office visit may require you to wait or return at a time when his only PC is free; thus, you should call first to use this option.

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Mathematics 141 Sample Test
Each of your 4 tests will have the appearance below.
Actual tests will have 25-35 questions; this sample has 10.
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[1] Which of the following illustrates the associative property of multiplication?
  (a) 2(x + y) = 2x + 2y
(b) (x + 1)(x - 1) = (x - 1)(x + 1)
(c) a(bc) = (ab)c
(d) x.1 = x
(e) x + 0 = x
[2] Find the solution set of the equation: |2x - 3| = 1
  (a) {1}
(b) {2,1}
(c) {0,1}
(d) {-2}
(e) none of the above
[3] What is the solution for the inequality "7 - 3x < 19" ?
  (a) x > -4
(b) x < -4
(c) x > 4
(d) x < 4
(e) none of the above
[4] Let x represent the length (in feet) of one side of a square. Translate into mathematical symbols:
"If two opposite sides of a square are each increased by 6 feet, and the other two sides are each reduced by 5 feet, the resulting rectangle has the same area as the square."
  (a) x2 - 30 = 0
(b) (x + 6)(x - 5) = x2
(c) (x + 6)(x - 5) = 30
(d) x2 + 6 - 5 = x2
(e) none of the above
[5] Which alternative below correctly factors: 9x2 - 625?
  (a) (3x - 25)2
(b) (3x)2 - (25)2
(c) 9(x2) - (25)2
(d) (3x + 25)(3x - 25)
(e) cannot be factored
[6]
Enter the value of x which solves the equation: x
3		 - x - 5
5		 = 3
[7] Enter the coefficient and power of x which makes the equation true:
 
54x2 ( 3x-2)-3 = x See Rules for Exponents?
[8] Enter the two factors which make the equation true:
 
4x2 + 11x + 6 = ( ) ( )
[9]
For the problem in the box below, do not solve. Instead, enter information which would eventually lead to a solution:
Luke has saved up 26 coins to buy an imperial battle cruiser. He has twice as many quarters as dimes, and two more dimes than nickels. If Luke has no other coins, what is the value of Luke's savings?
Using English only, enter a definition for a variable "x":
Let x =
Using information in the boxed problem (above) and/or the variable "x" which you defined above, fill in the table below:
number of coins
expressed using "x"		 value of each coin total value of coins
expressed using "x"
Nickels
Dimes
Quarters
Write an equation in variable "x" which translates the boxed problem above:
[10]
For the problem in the box below, do not solve. Instead, enter information which would eventually lead to a solution:
Becky, driving at a constant speed, took 75 minutes to travel between Chicago and Kenosha. A train travelling 40 mph faster took 45 minutes to cover the same distance. What was the speed of the train ?
Using English only, enter a definition for a variable "x":
Let x =
Using information in the boxed problem (above) and/or the variable "x" which you defined above, fill in the table below:
Speeds
(rates)		 Time traveled:
expressed using "x"		 Distance traveled:
expressed using "x"
Becky
Train
Write an equation in variable "x" which translates the boxed problem above:

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