LEARNING UNIT 1-Exercise
LEARNING UNIT 1-Exercise
LEARNING UNIT 1-Exercise
EXERCISE
(c) 𝑃(𝑥)𝑄(𝑥)
Ans: 4𝑥 3 + 14𝑥 2 + 14𝑥 + 3
(d) Find the Point-Slope Form and Slope-Intercept Form of the equation of
the line.
1 1
Ans: Point-Slope Form, 𝑦 − 3 = (𝑥 − 4), Slope-Intercept Form, 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 1
2 2
3. 2𝑥 1 1
Solve 𝑥 2 −1 + 𝑥+1 = 𝑥−1. Ans: No solution
4. A chemist wants to make 500ml of 5% HCL from 10% solution. What is the
volume of water and the volume of 10% acid needed?
Ans: 250 ml water and 250 ml of 10% acid
5. Solve
(a) 4𝑥 2 − 12 = 4𝑥 + 36 (using factoring method)
Ans: 𝑥 = 4 or 𝑥 = −3
2
(b) 9𝑥 = 24 (using extracting square roots)
2√6
Ans: 𝑥 = ±
3
2
(c) 2𝑥 − 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 (using completing the square)
Ans: 𝑥 = 5⁄2 or 𝑥 = −1
(b) 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4 = 0
Ans: One repeated real solution, graph has one x-intercept
(c) 2𝑥 2 + 8 = 0
Ans: No real solutions, graph has no x-intercept (has two complex solution)
(b) 2𝑖
−3 + 4𝑖
8 6
Ans: − 𝑖
25 25
8. Solve |𝑥 2 − 3| = 5 − 2𝑥
Ans: 𝑥 = 2 or 𝑥 = −4 , 𝑥 = 1 ± 𝑖
9. Solve the following inequalities. Write using interval notation or solution set
and present the inequality on a real number line.
(a) 3𝑥 − 9 > 0
Ans: (3, ∞)
10. Solve 2𝑥 3 −3𝑥 2 − 32𝑥 > −48 using the following methods.
Ans: (−4, 3⁄2) ∪ (4, ∞)