Algebra Antics
A BW student is considering two different meal plan options:
The student expects to purchase x meals during the semester. How many meals must they purchase for Plan B to become the better deal?
What is 161?
Given the functions:
f(x) = 2x^2 − 3x + 1
g(x) = x + 4
Find f(g(1)).
What is 36?
BW has 500 students: 300 are majoring in STEM and 200 are majoring in non-STEM fields. A student is randomly selected. The probability that the student is a STEM major expressed as a percent.
What is 60%?
Who has a green backpack?
Who is Oscar?
If you're looking for love in the warmer months, go pick a petal and wish at this spot.
What is the rose fountain?
Expand and simplify:
(2x + 3)(x - 4) + (x - 2)(x + 5)
What is 3x^2−2x−22
Find the x-intercept(s) for the following function:
f(x) = x^2 - 4x + 3
What is x=1, 3?
A fair six-sided die is rolled twice.
The probability of rolling two numbers that sum to 7.
What is 16.67%?
A student went to colony and buys a sandwich for $8.47 and pays with a $20 bill. The minimum number of coins (using quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies) required to get your change back.
What is 49 coins?
(46 quarters and 3 pennies)
Once a civil war hospital turned dorm, now a haunted legend, this building on our campus is known for its ghostly occupant.
What is Kohler hall?
Solve the following system of linear equations for x, y, and z:
(i) 2x + y - z = 5
(ii) x - y + 2z = 3
(iii) 3x + 2y + z = 14
What is x=2, y=3, z=2?
The inverse of the following function:
f(x)= (3x−2) / 5.
What is f^-1(x) = (5x+2) / 3 ?
BW surveyed 200 students about their study habits:
The probability that a randomly selected student studies in the library OR in their dorm.
What is 80% ?
BW has a parking lot with 10 parking spaces in a row. A student needs to park their car, but they notice:
The amount of different spaces the student can park in.
What is 0?
This "ring of ribbons" as it is known sits in Strosacker Hall and has ribbons from each graduating class since this year. Closest guess gets the points.
What is 1915?
Solve for x:
(x+3)/(x-2)=(2x-1)/(x+4)
What is x=6 - sqrt(46), 6 + sqrt(46)?
The holes of the function:
f(x) = (2x^2 − 8) / (x^2 - 4)
are at these points.
What is x=2, -2 ?
In a deck of 52 standard playing cards, three cards are drawn without replacement.
The probability that all three cards are hearts
What is 1.29%?
You have n ants evenly spaced on a 1-meter log. Each ant moves left or right at 1 m/s. When two ants collide, they instantly reverse direction. The longest possible time before all ants fall off.
What is 1 second?
These branches make up the structure of the BW Student Government.
What are the executive, judicial, and legislative branches?
Solve for x:
2^{x+1}+2^x=e^x
What is ln(3)/-ln(2)+1 ?
For the following recursive function:
a1=2
an= 3an-1−1 for n>1
The explicit formula (nth term formula).
What is an = 3n+1 / 2 ?
The Union offers a special where students randomly select one item from each of three categories:
Main Course: Chicken, Beef, or Fish
Side Dish: Rice, Pasta, or Vegetables
Beverage: Water, Soda, or Juice
The probability of selecting a combination with Fish and Soda.
What is 11.11%?
A patch of lily pads on a pond doubles in size every day. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire pond, how many days would it take for the patch to cover half of the pond?
What is 47 days?
The last time the BW football team won a national championship was in this year. Closest answer gets the points.
What is 1978?