A start-up company opened with 8 employees. The company’s growth plan assumes that 2 new employees will be hired each quarter (every 3 months) for the first 5 years. If an equation is written in the form y = ax + b to represent the number of employees, y, employed by the company x quarters after the company opened, what is the value of b ?

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In the circle above, point A is the center and the length of arc $stack B C with hat on top$ is $2 over 5$ of the circumference of the circle. What is the value of x ?

−x + y = −3.5
x + 3y = 9.5
If (x, y) satisfies the system of equations above, what is the value of y ?

The sum of −2x² + x + 31 and 3x² + 7x − 8 can be written in the form ax² + bx + c, where a, b, and c are constants. What is the value of a + b + c ?

x² + x − 12 = 0
If a is a solution of the equation above and a > 0, what is the value of a ?

In triangle RST above, point W (not shown) lies on $top enclose R T end enclose$ . What is the value of cos(∠RSW) − sin(∠WST) ?

$x minus 1 half a equals 0$
If x = 1 in the equation above, what is the value of a ?

(x − 6)² + (y + 5)² = 16
In the xy-plane, the graph of the equation above is a circle. Point P is on the circle and has coordinates (10, −5). If $top enclose P Q end enclose$ is a diameter of the circle, what are the coordinates of point Q ?

f (x) = x³ - 9x
g(x) = x² - 2x - 3
Which of the following expressions is equivalent to $fraction numerator f left parenthesis x right parenthesis over denominator g left parenthesis x right parenthesis end fraction comma text for end text x greater than 3$ ?

x

g(x)

-2

1

-1

2

0

3

1

4

2

5

3

6

4

7

The complete graph of the function f and a table of values for the function g are shown above. The maximum value of f is k. What is the value of g(k)?

Volume $equals fraction numerator 7 pi k cubed over denominator 48 end fraction$

The glass pictured above can hold a maximum volume of 473 cubic centimeters, which is approximately 16 fluid ounces.
Jenny has a pitcher that contains 1 gallon of water. How many times could Jenny completely fill the glass with 1 gallon of water? (1 gallon = 128 fluid ounces)

In the xy-plane, the point (p, r) lies on the line with equation y = x + b, where b is a constant. The point with coordinates (2p, 5r) lies on the line with equation y = 2x + b. If p ≠ 0, what is the value of $r over p$ ?

If we have coordinates of two points on a line, then we can use the slope formula to determine that line's slope. m = (y₂-y₁) / (x₂-x₁), or the ratio of the change in the y values and the x values, is the slope formula. 'x₁' and 'y₁' are the coordinates of the first point. The second points have the coordinates x₂ and y₂. If you have two points, you can always calculate the slope of a line. If you don't have access to two points, you can locate two points on the graph and use those to calculate the slope.
¶Observe the following helpful information:
- m = slope
¶-Rise = the difference between the y-values (y₂- y₁), where (x₁, y₁) = point 1 and (x₂, y₂) = point 2.
Run is equal to the difference between x-values (x₂ - x₁).

In the xy-plane, the point (p, r) lies on the line with equation y = x + b, where b is a constant. The point with coordinates (2p, 5r) lies on the line with equation y = 2x + b. If p ≠ 0, what is the value of $r over p$ ?

The average annual energy cost for a certain home is $4,334. The homeowner plans to spend $25,000 to install a geothermal heating system. The homeowner estimates that the average annual energy cost will then be $2,712. Which of the following inequalities can be solved to find t, the number of years after installation at which the total amount of energy cost savings will exceed the installation cost?

Which of the following is a value of x for which the expression $fraction numerator negative 3 over denominator x squared plus 3 x minus 10 end fraction$ is undefined?

If $a to the power of negative 1 half end exponent$ = x, where a > 0, what is a in terms of x?