Calculating the equation of a curve

Practice Questions

GMAT Quantitative Reasoning › Calculating the equation of a curve

Questions
9
1

Suppose the points and are plotted to connect a line. What are the -intercept and -intercept, respectively?

2

If the -intercept and the slope are , what's the equation of the line in standard form?

3

Which of the following functions does not have as its graph a curve with as an -intercept?

4

Which of the following functions has as its graph a curve with -intercepts , , and ?

5

Only one of the following equations has a graph with an -intercept between and . Which one?

6

Between which two points is an -intercept of the graph of the function

located?

7

A function is defined as

where are integer coefficients whose values (which might be positive, negative, or zero) are not given. Which of the following cannot be an -intercept of the graph of no matter what the values of those three coefficients are?

8

Suppose the curve of a function is parabolic. The -intercept is and the vertex is the -intercept at . What is a possible equation of the parabola, if it exists?

9

Which of the following functions has as its graph a curve with , and as its only two -intercepts?

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