Gina watched as a plane took off from the runway and climbed to 30,000 feet. She calculated the plane's height, h feet, t seconds after takeoff to be given by h = 1,200 + 32t. To the nearest second, how many seconds did it take the plane to climb to a height of 2 miles? (Note: 1 mile = 5,280 feet)
(A)37
(B) 128
(C) 293
(D) 900
(E) 1,264
Which of the following expressions gives the area, in square feet, of ABC shown below with the given side lengths in feet?
(A)50 tan 35°
(B) 50 cos 35°
(C) 50 sin 35°
(D) 100 cos 35°
(E) 100 sin 35°
Correct Answer: C
Whenever a, b, and c are positive real numbers, which of the following expressions is equivalent to
(A) (B) (C) (D) log4(a - c) - log8 2b (E) log4(a - c) - log8b2
Correct Answer: A
What is the y-intercept of the line given by the equation 7x – 3y = 21?
(F) -7 (G) - (H) (J) 7 (K) 21
Correct Answer: F
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1
If x = - and x = are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then which of the following could represent the two factors of ax2 + bx + c?
- 2
When x = 5 and y = 2, the expression
- 3
What is the distance, in coordinate units, between the points M (1,-3) and N (-5,5) in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane?
- 4
In the following figure, each circle is tangent to the other two circles, and the two shaded circles are identical to each other. What is the ratio of the shaded region to the nonshaded region?
- 5Lines and intersect at point V on line , as shown in the figure below. The measures of 2 angles are given in terms of a, in degrees. What is the measure of XVZ in degrees?