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Next Generation Advanced Algebra and Functions
NEXT-GENERATION MATH ACCUPLACER
TEST REVIEW BOOKLET
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Property of MSU Denver Tutoring Center
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Table of Contents
About..................................................................................................................7 Test Taking Tips.................................................................................................9 1 Integers and Rational Numbers.........................................................................11
1.1 Useful Memorization 1.2 Absolute Value 1.3 Order of Operations 1.4 Substitution 1.5 Rules of Fractions 1.6 Mixed Fractions 1.7 Rules of Exponents 1.8 Simplifying Radicals 1.9 Rules of Radicals
1.10 Rationalizing 2 Linear Expressions and Equationsโฆ.................................................................47
2.1 Simplifying Expressions 2.2 Solving Linear Equations 2.3 Solving Inequalities 2.4 Solving Systems of Equations 2.5 Graphing Linear Equations 2.6 Building Lines
3 Logarithms.........................................................................................................79 3.1 Exponential Form vs. Logarithmic Form 3.2 Rules of Logarithms 3.3 Solving Logarithmic Equations 3.4 Common Base Technique 3.5 Exponential Models
4 Functions.........................................................................................................103 4.1 Introduction, Domain, and Range 4.2 Evaluating Functions 4.3 Composition Functions and Inverses 4.4 Transformations of Functions
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5 Quadratic Equations........................................................................................129 5.1 Distribution and Foiling 5.2 Factoring Expressions 5.3 Solving Quadratic Equations
6 Geometry Concepts.........................................................................................145 6.1 Two-Dimensional Shapes 6.2 Three-Dimensional Shapes 6.3 Lines and Angles
7 Trigonometry...................................................................................................165 7.1 Geometric Trigonometry
8 Word Problems................................................................................................175 8.1 Setting up and Equation 8.2 Word Problem Practice
9 Practice Tests...................................................................................................187 9.1 Practice Test 1 9.2 Practice Test 2 9.3 Practice Test 3
Each subsection in this practice book is followed by practice problems and answers. Make sure to check your answers!
This practice book contains a lot of material. The intention of including so much information is to make sure youโre prepared for the test. You can start at the very beginning and work your way up, or you can focus on specific sections you need help with. Make sure you ask a tutor for help if you arenโt sure about something!
Sections with the โ symbol at the top of the page are more likely to appear on the
test!
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About
Here is some information about the MSU Tutoring Center and the Placement Test. MSU Denver Tutoring Center Mission
The mission of the MSU Denver Tutoring Center is to increase student persistence by offering free student-centered academic support across disciplines. The Tutoring Center is not only for students who are having difficulty with course material, but also for students who are looking to excel. Whether your goal is to catch up, keep up, or do better in your studies, the Tutoring Center is here to help you by offering free one-on-one and group academic support in a variety of subjects. We promote an environment that is welcoming to the diverse student body of MSU Denver by providing professionally trained tutors who are competent in subject material and areas such as diversity, learning styles, and communication. What is the Next-Generation Accuplacer?
The Next-Generation Advanced Algebra and Functions placement test is a computer adaptive assessment of test-takersโ ability for selected mathematics content. Questions will focus on a range of topics, including a variety of equations and functions, including linear, quadratic, rational, radical, polynomial, and exponential. Questions will also delve into some geometry and trigonometry concepts. In addition, questions may assess a studentโs math ability via computational or fluency skills, conceptual understanding, or the capacity to apply mathematics presented in a context. All questions are multiple choice in format and appear discretely (stand-alone) across the assessment. The following knowledge and skill categories are assessed: Linear equations Linear applications Factoring Quadratics Functions Radical and rational equations Polynomial equations Exponential and logarithmic equations Geometry concepts Trigonometry
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Test Taking Tips
Take your time on the test. Students tend to get higher scores the longer they spend finding and double checking their answers.
If a calculator is needed for a specific question, a calculator icon will appear in the top right corner. You may not bring your own calculator in to the test.
Read carefully! Pay careful attention to how questions are worded and what they want you to find.
Make use of the scratch paper provided- you are going to make mistakes if you try to solve problems in your head.
The test is multiple choice, so use that to your advantage. If you canโt remember how to approach a problem, maybe youโll find the correct answer by plugging the multiple choice answers into the original question!
If you donโt remember some of the rules for exponents, radicals, or other operations, try constructing a simpler example that you know better and solve that one. The rules may become clear to you once you try the simple example.
Another strategy for remembering the many rules involved with operations is to break things down to their smaller pieces. Under pressure, itโs easier to see whatโs going on with ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ instead of ๐ฅ๐ฅ4.
The test uses an algorithm called branching. This means that it changes its difficulty level each time you answer a question, depending on how well youโve done. If you are getting questions wrong, the test will make itself easier. If you are getting questions correct, the test will make itself harder. Itโs a good sign if the test seems to be getting more challenging. (You earn more points for more difficult questions).
Eat before you take the test. This will help you concentrate better. Get good sleep the night before you take the test. If you donโt sleep well the
night before, postpone it. Donโt be intimidated by the questions or the test in general. Itโs okay to have
anxiety- recognize it and do your best to relax so you can concentrate. Review for this test right before you go to sleep at night.
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Integers and Rational Numbers
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1.1 Useful Memorization
A calculator will not be allowed on the test, so make sure you have some of this memorized or know how to calculate it! Multiplication Table
ร 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
3 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36
4 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48
5 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
6 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72
7 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 63 70 77 84
8 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96
9 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90 99 108
10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
11 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 110 121 132
12 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144
000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Perfect Squares
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐๐๐
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1.2 Absolute Value
The absolute value | | functions as a grouping and an operation. It groups things together like parentheses, and it also changes negative numbers into positive numbers. One way to think about the absolute value function is a measurement of distance. Consider |3| and |โ3|. How far away is 3 from zero on a number line? How far away is โ3 from zero on a number line?
Since the number 3 is three units away from zero, |3| = 3. Since the number โ3 is three units away from zero, |โ3| = 3. Example
An easy way to think about absolute value is that it turns negative numbers positive, and keeps positive numbers positive. Once the absolute value has been evaluated (turned positive), do not continue to write the vertical bars | |.
|โ2| = 2 |2| = 2
Practice Problems
Evaluate the following.
1) |โ2| 2) |2| 3) |4| 4) |โ5| 5) |โ12| 6) |370| 7) |โ160|
8) |0| 9) |5 โ 3| 10) |12 โ 1| 11) |3 โ 8| 12) |9 โ 16| 13) โ|6| 14) โ|โ1|
15) |1 รท 3| 16) |โ5| + |1| 17) |โ3| + |โ4| 18) |โ9| โ |6| 19) |โ7 + 4| 20) โ|โ7 + 4| 21) โ|โ1 โ 13|
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
3 units away from zero 3 units away from zero
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Answers
1) 2 โ2 is two units away from zero.
2) 2 2 is two units away from zero.
3) 4 4 is four units away from zero.
4) 5 โ5 is five units away from zero.
5) 12 โ12 is twelve units away from zero.
6) 370 370 is 370 units away from zero.
7) 160 โ160 is 160 units away from zero.
8) 0 0 is zero units away from itself.
9) 2 |5 โ 3| = |2|, and 2 is two units away from zero.
10) 11 |12 โ 1| = |11|, and 11 is eleven units away from zero.
11) 5 |3 โ 8| = |โ5|, and โ5 is five units away from zero.
12) 7 |9 โ 16| = |โ7|, and โ7 is seven units away from zero.
13) โ6 6 is six units away from zero and the negative is outside of the absolute value, so โ|6| = โ6.
14) โ1 โ1 is one unit away from zero and there is a negative outside of the absolute value, so โ|โ1| = โ1.
15) 13
|1 รท 3| = ๏ฟฝ13๏ฟฝ, and 1
3 is one third of a unit away from zero.
16) 6 |โ5| + |1| = 5 + 1 = 6
17) 7 |โ3| + |โ4| = 3 + 4 = 7
18) 3 |โ9| โ |6| = 9 โ 6 = 3
19) 3 | โ 7 + 4| = |โ3|, and โ3 is three units away from zero.
20) โ3 โ|โ7 + 4| = โ|โ3|, โ3 is three units away from zero, and there is a negative outside of the
absolute value, so โ|โ3| = โ3.
21) โ14 โ|โ1 โ 13| = โ|โ14|, โ14 is fourteen units away from zero, and there is a negative outside of
the absolute value, so โ|โ14| = โ14.
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1.3 Order of Operations
The different operations in mathematical expressions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation, and grouping) must be evaluated in a specific order. This structure gives us consistent answers when we simplify expressions. Why is it needed? Consider the expression 4 ร 2 + 1. If multiplication is evaluated before addition, 4 ร 2 + 1 becomes 8 + 1 which then becomes 9. If addition is evaluated before multiplication, 4 ร 2 + 1 becomes 4 ร 3 which then becomes 12. Since 9 โ 12, evaluating in any order we want doesnโt give us consistent answers.
The Order of Operations
1) Parentheses (evaluate the inside) ( ) [ ] { } | |
2) Exponents ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
3) Multiplication and Division (evaluate from left to right) ร รท
4) Addition and Subtraction (evaluate from left to right) + โ
Notice that Multiplication and Division share the third spot and Addition and Subtraction share the fourth spot. In these cases, evaluate from left to right
PEMDAS is the mnemonic used to remember the Order of Operations. Start with Parentheses and end with addition and subtraction. (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction).
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Note about exponents
Pay close attention to notation with exponents! The position of a negative sign can change an entire problem.
โ22 = โ(2)(2) = โ4
(โ2)2 = (โ2)(โ2) = 4
Note about absolute value
The absolute value parentheses | | function in two ways. They group an expression just like any other parentheses, but they also turn whatever simplified number they contain into the positive version of that number.
|โ3| = 3 and |3| = 3
Note about radicals
Radicals are technically exponents (see section 1.8). So radicals will be evaluated at the same time as exponents:
โ11 + 5 + 2
โ16 + 2
4 + 2
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Practice Problems
Evaluate the following. 1) (5 + 3) โ 2 2) 5 + (3 โ 2) 3) 2 โ (8 + 5) โ 2
4) 2 โ 8 + 5 โ 2
5) (2 + 3)2 โ |2 โ 4|
6) 5 + (3 โ 6 + 2)
7) โ22 + 32
8) (โ2)2 + 32
9) (โ2)2โ223
10) ((5 โ 3)2)2
11) (5โ2)(6โ3)6รท2
12) (4+2)1+23
|2|
13) 0 โ (3 + 6 โ 8)2 โ 14
In the first expression, the negative is sitting outside of the exponent operation. In the second expression, it is included and cancels out.
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Answers
1) 16 (5 + 3) โ 2 = 8 โ 2=16
2) 11 5 + (3 โ 2) = 5 + 6 = 11
3) 24 2 โ (8 + 5) โ 2 = 2 โ 13 โ 2 = 26 โ 2 = 24
4) 19 2 โ 8 + 5 โ 2 = 16 + 5 โ 2 = 21 โ 2 = 19
5) 23 (2 + 3)2 โ |2 โ 4| = (5)2 โ |โ2| = 25 โ 2 = 23
6) 25 5 + (3 โ 6 + 2) = 5 + (18 + 2) = 5 + (20) = 25
7) 5 โ22 + 32 = โ4 + 9 = 5
8) 13 (โ2)2 + 32 = 4 + 9 = 13
9) 1 (โ2)2 โ 223
=4 โ 2
8=
88
= 1
10) 16 ((5 โ 3)2)2 = ((2)2)2 = (4)2 = 16
11) 10 (5 โ 2)(6 โ 3)6 รท 2
=(10)(3)
3=
303
= 10
12) 7 (4 + 2)1 + 23
|2| =(6)1 + 8
2=
6 + 82
=142
= 7
13) โ14 0 โ (3 + 6 โ 8)2 โ 14 = 0 โ (9 โ 8)2 โ 14 = 0 โ (1)2 โ 14 = 0 โ 1 โ 14 = 0 โ 14 = โ14
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1.4 Substitution
Simply explained, substitution is when you replace the letters in an expression with numbers. The Process
Replace the variables in the original expression with their assigned values.
Example
Evaluate ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 3.
Starting point:
Replace ๐ฅ๐ฅ with 2 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ with 3
Evaluate the exponent
Multiply
๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ
(2)2 โ (3)
4 โ 3
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Example
Evaluate ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3.
Starting point:
Replace ๐ฅ๐ฅ with โ2 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ with โ3
Evaluate the exponent
Multiply
๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ
(โ2)2 โ (โ3)
4 โ โ3
โ12
Note
It is important to plug in negative numbers carefully! A common mistake in the example above would be writing the second step as โ22 โ (โ3) and therefore ending up with โ4 โ โ3 = 12 as your final answer instead of โ12.
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Practice Problems
Evaluate the following.
1) |๐ฅ๐ฅ| where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ3 2) |๐ฅ๐ฅ2| where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ3 3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2 4) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ4 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2 5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 7) โ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3 8) โ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ3 9) (๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ)2 where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3,๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ2, and ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1
2
10) ๐ฆ๐ฆ + โ๐ฅ๐ฅ where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 36 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ4 11) ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ 3
โ๐ฆ๐ฆ where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1
2 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 4
12) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
4โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ2
3 where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2
13) 5(๐ฅ๐ฅ+โ)โ5(๐ฅ๐ฅ)โ
where ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3 and โ = 4
14) ๏ฟฝ ๐๐+๐๐|๐๐โ๐๐|
where ๐๐ = 10 and ๐ ๐ = 6
15) โ๐๐+โ๐๐2โ4โ๐๐โ๐๐
2โ๐๐ where ๐๐ = 4, ๐๐ = 8, and ๐๐ = 3
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Answers
1) 3 |๐ฅ๐ฅ| = |โ3| = 3
2) 9 |๐ฅ๐ฅ2| = |(โ3)2| = |9| = 9
3) 18 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ = (3)22 = 9 โ 2 = 18
4) 32 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ = (โ4)22 = 16 โ 2 = 32 5) 8 ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = 23 = 2 โ 2 โ 2 = 8
6) โ8 ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = (โ2)3 = (โ2)(โ2)(โ2) = โ8
7) โ27 โ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = โ(3)3 = โ(3)(3)(3) = โ27 8) 27 โ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = โ(โ3)3 = โ(โ3)(โ3)(โ3) = โ(โ27) = 27
9) 9 (๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ)2 = (3 โ (โ2) โ 12)2 = (โ3)2 = 9
10) 2 ๐ฆ๐ฆ + โ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ4 + โ36 = โ4 + 6 = 2
11) 12
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ
3
๏ฟฝ๐ฆ๐ฆ= ๏ฟฝ
12๏ฟฝ โ 4 โ
3โ4
=42โ
32
=4 โ 3
2=
12
12) 1112
๐ฅ๐ฅ2
4โ๐ฆ๐ฆ2
3=
32
4โ
22
3=
94โ
43
= ๏ฟฝ33๏ฟฝ
94โ
43๏ฟฝ
44๏ฟฝ =
2712
โ1612
=1112
13) 5 5(๐ฅ๐ฅ + โ) โ 5(๐ฅ๐ฅ)โ
=5(3 + 4) โ 5(3)
4=
5(7) โ 5(3)4
=35 โ 15
4=
204
= 5
14) 2 ๏ฟฝ๐ ๐ + ๐๐
|๐ ๐ โ ๐๐| = ๏ฟฝ6 + 10
|6 โ 10| = ๏ฟฝ16
|โ4| = ๏ฟฝ164
=โ16โ4
=42
= 2
15) โ12
โ๐๐ + โ๐๐2 โ 4 โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐
2 โ ๐๐=โ8 + ๏ฟฝ(8)2 โ 4 โ 4 โ 3
2 โ 4=โ8 + โ64 โ 48
8=โ8 + โ16
8=โ8 + 4
8
=โ48
= โ12
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1.5 Rules of Fractions
Fractions can be reduced, added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided.
Multiplication
Rule Example
๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐
= ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐
23โ
12
= 2 โ 13 โ 2
= 26
= 13
Division
Rule Example
๐๐๐๐
รท๐๐๐๐
= ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐
= ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐
23
รท12
= 23โ
21
= 2 โ 23 โ 1
= 43
Addition and Subtraction
Rule Example
๐๐๐๐
+๐๐๐๐
= ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐
+๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ =
๐๐ โ ๐๐ + ๐๐ โ ๐๐ ๐๐ โ ๐๐
23
+12
= ๏ฟฝ22๏ฟฝ
23
+12๏ฟฝ
33๏ฟฝ =
2 โ 2 + 1 โ 3 2 โ 3
= 4 + 3
6 =
76
The rule above works for addition or subtraction. Just replace the + with a โ to get:
๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐
= ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ =
๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ ๐๐ โ ๐๐
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Practice Problems
1) 12โ 37
2) 910โ 210
3) โ35โ โ15
9
4) 13
รท 19
5) 34
รท 12
6) 8 ๏ฟฝ15๏ฟฝ
7) 37
+ 23
8) 37โ 2
3
9) 54
+ 53
10) 49โ 3
2
11) 54
+ 78๏ฟฝ87๏ฟฝ
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Answers
1) 314
12โ
37
=1 โ 32 โ 7
=3
14
2) 950
9
10โ
210
=9 โ 2
10 โ 10=
18100
=9
50
3) 1 โ35โโ15
9=โ3 โ โ15
5 โ 9=
4545
= 1
4) 3 13
รท19
=13โ
91
=1 โ 93 โ 1
=93
= 3
5) 32 3
4รท
12
=34โ
21
=3 โ 24 โ 1
=64
=32
6) 85
8 ๏ฟฝ15๏ฟฝ =
81โ
15
=8 โ 11 โ 5
=85
7) 2321
37
+23
= ๏ฟฝ33๏ฟฝ
37
+23๏ฟฝ
77๏ฟฝ =
3 โ 33 โ 7
+2 โ 73 โ 7
=9
21+
1421
=9 + 14
21=
2321
8) โ
521
37โ
23
= ๏ฟฝ33๏ฟฝ
37โ
23๏ฟฝ
77๏ฟฝ =
3 โ 33 โ 7
โ2 โ 73 โ 7
=9
21โ
1421
=9 โ 14
21= โ
521
9) 3512
54
+53
= ๏ฟฝ33๏ฟฝ
54
+53๏ฟฝ
44๏ฟฝ =
3 โ 53 โ 4
+5 โ 43 โ 4
=1512
+2012
=15 + 20
21=
3512
10) โ1921
49โ
32
= ๏ฟฝ22๏ฟฝ
49โ
32๏ฟฝ
99๏ฟฝ =
2 โ 42 โ 9
โ3 โ 92 โ 9
=8
18โ
2718
=8 โ 27
21= โ
1921
11) 94
54
+78๏ฟฝ
87๏ฟฝ =
54
+7 โ 88 โ 7
=54
+5656
= ๏ฟฝ1414๏ฟฝ
54
+5656
=7056
+5656
=70 + 56
56=
12656
=94
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1.6 Mixed Fractions
The following are four definitions in regards to fractions. Terminology
A whole number is a fraction where the denominator is 1.
๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐1 โ
41 = 4
Terminology
A proper fraction is a fraction where the numerator is smaller than the denominator.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ
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Terminology
An improper fraction is a fraction where the numerator is larger than the denominator.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ
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Terminology
A mixed fraction is a whole number and a proper fraction combined.
๐ค๐คโ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ 723
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Write Improper Fraction as Mixed Fraction
Starting point: 72
Re-write as the sum of fractions: = 22
+ 22
+ 22
+ 12
Simplify to whole numbers: = 1 + 1 + 1 + 12
Combine: = 3 + 12
Write the whole number next to the proper fraction: = 312
Write Mixed Fraction as Improper Fraction
Starting point: 237
Re-write as the sum of fraction and whole number: = 2 + 37
Expand: = 1 + 1 + 37
Write whole numbers as fractions: = 77
+ 77
+ 37
Add across the top (7 + 7 + 3) and keep the bottom the same: = 177
Practice Problems
Write the following improper fractions as mixed fractions.
1) 87
2) 92
3) 32
4) 113
5) 233
6) 175
7) 176
Write the following mixed fractions as improper fractions.
8) 112
9) 413
10) 3 310
11) 612
12) 259
13) 723
14) 147
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Answers
1) 117 8
7=
77
+17
= 1 +17
= 117
2) 412 9
2=
22
+22
+22
+22
+12
= 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +12
= 4 +12
= 412
3) 112 3
2=
22
+12
= 1 +12
= 112
4) 323 11
3=
33
+33
+33
+23
= 1 + 1 + 1 +23
= 3 +23
= 323
5) 723 23
3=
33
+33
+33
+33
+33
+33
+33
+23
= 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +23
= 7 +23
= 723
6) 325 17
5=
55
+55
+55
+25
= 1 + 1 + 1 +25
= 3 +25
= 325
7) 256 17
6=
66
+66
+56
= 1 + 1 +56
= 2 +56
= 256
8) 32
112
= 1 +12
=22
+12
=32
9) 133
413
= 4 +13
=33
+33
+33
+33
+13
=133
10) 3310
3 310
= 3 +3
10=
1010
+1010
+1010
+3
10=
3310
11) 132
612
= 6 +12
=22
+22
+22
+22
+22
+22
+12
=132
12) 239
259
= 2 +59
=99
+99
+59
=239
13) 233
723
= 7 +23
=33
+33
+33
+33
+33
+33
+33
+23
=233
14) 117
147
= 1 +47
=77
+47
=117
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1.7 Rules of Exponents
An exponent is a base raised to a power. A base โ๐๐โ raised to the power of โ๐๐โ is equal to the multiplication of ๐๐, ๐๐ times:
a n = a ร a ร ... ร a [๐๐ times] ๐๐ is the base and ๐๐ is the exponent.
Examples
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐ 21 = 2
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐ โ ๐๐ 22 = 2 โ 2
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ 23 = 2 โ 2 โ 2
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ 24 = 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ 25 = 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 Rules
๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐+๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ = (๐๐ โ ๐๐)๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐= ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐
๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐= ๏ฟฝ
๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐
๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐
=๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐
(๐๐ โ ๐๐)๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐๐)๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐
๐๐โ๐๐ =1๐๐๐๐
๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝโ๐๐
= ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐
๐๐0 = 1 0๐๐ = 0, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ > 0
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Practice Problems
Simplify the following expressions.
1) 22 + 31
2) 32 โ 32
3) 32 โ 3โ2
4) ๏ฟฝ32๏ฟฝ3โ๏ฟฝ22๏ฟฝ2
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5) โ24 + (โ2)4 โ 21
6) ๏ฟฝ32๏ฟฝ3
7) (32 โ 23) โ 3โ3 + (3 รท 33)
8) 25
โ22+ 2
23
9) (23)โ2(22 โ 13)2
10) ๐ฅ๐ฅ5
๐ฅ๐ฅ2
11) ๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ2
๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ5
12) (2๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ3)0
13) ๏ฟฝ3๐ฅ๐ฅ4๐ฆ๐ฆโ2๏ฟฝโ3
(2๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ2)โ2
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Answers
1) 7 22 + 31 = 4 + 3 = 7
2) 81 32 โ 32 = 9 โ 9 = 81
3) 1 32 โ 3โ2 = 32 โ 132
= 32
32= 1 ๐๐๐๐ 32 โ 3โ2 = 32โ2 = 30 = 1
4) 23 ๏ฟฝ32๏ฟฝ3โ๏ฟฝ22๏ฟฝ
2
31= 36โ24
31= 729โ16
31= 713
31= 23
5) -2 โ24 + (โ2)4 โ 21 = โ16 + 16 โ 2 = 0 โ 2 = โ2
6) 278
๏ฟฝ32๏ฟฝ3
= 33
23= 27
8
7) 259
(32 โ 23) โ 3โ3 + (3 รท 33) = (9 โ 8) โ 133
+ ๏ฟฝ 333๏ฟฝ = 72
27+ 3
27= 75
27= 25
9
8) 334
25
(โ2)2+ 2
23= 32
4+ 2
8= ๏ฟฝ2
2๏ฟฝ 324
+ 28
= 648
+ 28
= 64+28
= 668
= 334
9) 14
(23)โ2(22 โ 13)2 = 2โ6(4 โ 1)2 = 126โ (4)2 = 16
64= 1
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10) ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 ๐ฅ๐ฅ5
๐ฅ๐ฅ2= ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅ= ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅ
1= ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ
5
๐ฅ๐ฅ2= ๐ฅ๐ฅ5โ2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ3
11) ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ3
๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ2
๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ5= ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆ
๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆ= ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆ= ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฆ๐ฆ3 ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ
3๐ฆ๐ฆ2
๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ5= ๐ฅ๐ฅ3โ2๐ฆ๐ฆ2โ5 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ1๐ฆ๐ฆโ3 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๏ฟฝ 1
๐ฆ๐ฆ3๏ฟฝ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฆ๐ฆ3
12) 1 (2๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ3)0 = 20๐ฅ๐ฅ0๐ฆ๐ฆ0 = 1 โ 1 โ 1 = 1 ๐๐๐๐ (2๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ3)0 = 1
(anything to the power of zero is one) 13) 4๐ฆ๐ฆ10
27๐ฅ๐ฅ6
๏ฟฝ3๐ฅ๐ฅ4๐ฆ๐ฆโ2๏ฟฝโ3
(2๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ2)โ2 = 3โ3๐ฅ๐ฅโ12๐ฆ๐ฆ6
2โ2๐ฅ๐ฅโ6๐ฆ๐ฆโ4= 22๐ฅ๐ฅ6๐ฆ๐ฆ4๐ฆ๐ฆ6
33๐ฅ๐ฅ12= 22๐ฅ๐ฅ6๐ฆ๐ฆ10
33๐ฅ๐ฅ12= 4๐ฅ๐ฅ6๐ฆ๐ฆ10
27๐ฅ๐ฅ12= 4๐ฆ๐ฆ10
27๐ฅ๐ฅ6
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1.8 Simplifying Radicals
A radical is anything with the root symbol . Radicals are fractional exponents. The notation is very different, but they follow the same basic rules as regular exponents! With practice, you will be able to see the similarities. The following shows how radicals work on a basic level and how to simplify them.
Notation
โ๐๐ = โ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ 41 2โ = โ42 = โ2 โ 22 = 2
โ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ 81 3โ = โ83 = โ2 โ 2 โ 23 = 2
โ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ 161 4โ = โ164 = โ2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 24 = 2
โ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ 321 5โ = โ325 = โ2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 25 = 2
โ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ 641 6โ = โ646 = โ2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 26 = 2
Simplification Example
A radical is fully simplified when the radicand (the part under the radical) has no square factors. For instance, โ40 = โ4 โ 5 โ 2, and since 4 is a square number, โ40 is not simplified. From here, use the rules of radicals to split the root apart and simplify:
โ40 = โ4 โ 10 = โ4 โ โ10 = 2โ10
So 2โ10 is the most simplified form of โ40.
Pattern-Based Approach
Another way to simplify is to factor the radicand completely. For example, โ40 =โ2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 5. Notice there are three twos. The type of radical we are using is a square root (โ2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 5 = โ2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 5๐๐ ). Since that two is there, we find pairs of two and represent the two outside, leaving behind the unpaired numbers under the radical. โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ 2 โ 5๐๐ = ๐๐ โ โ2 โ 5๐๐ . There are more examples on the next page.
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Pattern-Based Approach Examples
โ40 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ 2 โ 5 = ๐๐ โ โ2 โ 5 = 2โ10 groups of 2 because of โ
โ72 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ 2 = ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ โ2 = 6โ2 groups of 2 because of โ
โ16 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ = ๐๐ โ ๐๐ = 4 groups of 2 because of โ
โ403 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ 53 = ๐๐ โ โ53 = 2โ53 groups of 3 because of โ
โ83 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐3 = ๐๐ = 2 groups of 3 because of โ
โ2503 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ 23 = ๐๐ โ โ23 = 5โ23 groups of 3 because of โ
โ164 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐4 = ๐๐ = 2 groups of 4 because of โ
โ324 = โ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ 24 = ๐๐ โ โ24 = 2โ24 groups of 4 because of โ
If you factor the radicand completely and canโt find any pairs, then the radical is already as simple as it can be. For example, โ30 = โ2 โ 3 โ 5. Since there are no pairs, โ30 is the most simplified form.
Practice Problems
Simplify the following radicals.
1) โ20 2) โ16 3) โ24 4) โ18 5) โ180 6) โ12 7) โ28 8) โ50
9) โ45 10) โ98 11) โ48 12) โ300 13) โ150 14) โ80
15) โ202
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Answers
1) 2โ5 โ20 = โ2 โ 2 โ 5 = 2โ5
2) 4 โ16 = โ4 โ 4 = 4
3) 2โ6 โ24 = โ3 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 = 2โ6
4) 3โ2 โ18 = โ3 โ 3 โ 2 = 3โ2
5) 6โ5 โ180 = โ3 โ 3 โ 2 โ 2 โ 5 = 6โ5
6) 2โ3 โ12 = โ3 โ 2 โ 2 = 2โ3
7) 2โ7 โ28 = โ2 โ 2 โ 7 = 2โ7
8) 5โ2 โ50 = โ2 โ 5 โ 5 = 5โ2
9) 3โ5 โ45 = โ3 โ 3 โ 5 = 3โ5
10) 7โ2 โ98 = โ2 โ 7 โ 7 = 7โ2
11) 4โ3 โ48 = โ4 โ 4 โ 3 = 4โ3
12) 10โ3 โ300 = โ10 โ 10 โ 3 = 10โ3
13) 5โ6 โ150 = โ5 โ 5 โ 3 โ 2 = 5โ6
14) 4โ5 โ80 = โ4 โ 4 โ 5 = 4โ5
15) โ5 โ202
= โ2โ2โ52
= 2โ52
= โ5
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1.9 Rules of Radicals
Since radicals are fractional exponents, we can use rules of exponents to manipulate them. The following are some of the properties and notation with radicals.
Rules
๐๐๐๐๐๐ = โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
๐๐๐๐ = โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐
โ๐๐๐๐ โ ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐ = ๏ฟฝ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ โ ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐ = ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐
๐๐=โ๐๐๐๐
๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐ ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐
๐๐=โ๐๐๐๐
๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐
Note On Multiplication And Division
If the radicals are not the same type (number), the multiplication and division rules do not apply.
Rule Examples โ๐๐๐๐ โ ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ โ ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐ is already as simple as possible โ๐๐๐๐
๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐
๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐ is already as simple as possible
Practice Problems
Evaluate the following radicals.
1) ๏ฟฝโ3๏ฟฝ2
2) ๏ฟฝ(3)2 3) โ2 โ โ15 4) โ6 โ โ8
5) ๏ฟฝ49
6) โ๏ฟฝ 636
7) 1628
8) ๏ฟฝโ83 ๏ฟฝ2
9) 83โ64
10) 2โ7 + 5โ7 11) โโ1253
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Answers
1) 3 ๏ฟฝโ3๏ฟฝ2
= 322 = 31 = 3
2) 3 ๏ฟฝ(3)2 = 322 = 31 = 3
3) โ30 โ2 โ โ15 = โ30 4) 4โ3 โ6 โ โ8 = โ6 โ 8 = โ48 = 4โ3
5) 23
๏ฟฝ49
= โ4โ9
= 23
6) โโ66
โ๏ฟฝ 636
= โ โ6โ36
= โโ66
7) 2 1628 = ๏ฟฝ(16)28 = โ16 โ 168 = โ2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 2 โ 28 = 2
8) 4 ๏ฟฝโ83 ๏ฟฝ2
= (2)2 = 4
9) 13
8
3โ64= 8
3โ8= 1
3
10) 7โ7 2โ7 + 5โ7 = 7โ7
11) โ5 โโ1253 = โ5
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1.10 Rationalizing
When radicals appear in a fraction, we may have to use algebra to rearrange the fraction so that it is in the proper form. Radicals are allowed to be in the numerator, but not the denominator. If a radical is in the denominator, the process of rearranging the fraction so that the radical is only in the numerator is called rationalization. First some terminology is given, then examples of two situations involving rationalization are outlined. Terminology
A binomial is formed when two terms are added or subtracted from one another. (๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ) is a binomial. (2๐ฅ๐ฅโ 7) is also a binomial. The conjugate of a binomial is created when the plus or minus sign in the middle of the binomial is changed to the opposite sign. (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ) is the conjugate of (๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ). (2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7) is the conjugate of (2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 7). Example
Consider the following fraction. In order to rationalize a fraction with a radical in the denominator, multiply both the numerator and denominator by that same radical.
3โ5
= 3โ5
๏ฟฝโ5โ5๏ฟฝ =
3โ5
๏ฟฝโ5๏ฟฝ2 =
3โ55
In other examples, reduce further if necessary.
Not rationalized Multiply by fraction made up
of the radical
The exponent and radical in the denominator cancel out
Rationalized
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Example
When a radical in the denominator is part of a binomial, multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate.
27 + โ5
= 2
7 + โ5๏ฟฝ
7 โ โ57 โ โ5
๏ฟฝ = 2๏ฟฝ7 โ โ5๏ฟฝ
72 โ ๏ฟฝโ5๏ฟฝ2 =
14 โ 2โ549 โ 5 =
7 โ โ522
Practice Problems
Rationalize the following fractions.
1) 1โ2
2) 1โ3
3) 2โ5
4) 4โ3
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
6) 13+โ2
7) 11+โ3
8) 52โโ2
9) 34โโ3
10) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ+โ5
Not rationalized
Multiply by fraction made up of the conjugate
The exponent and radical in the denominator cancel out
Rationalized
Reduceโฆ
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Answers
1) โ22
1โ2
=1โ2
๏ฟฝโ2โ2๏ฟฝ =
1 โ โ2
๏ฟฝโ2๏ฟฝ2 =
โ22
2) โ33
1โ3
=1โ3
๏ฟฝโ3โ3๏ฟฝ =
1 โ โ3
๏ฟฝโ3๏ฟฝ2 =
โ33
3) 2โ55
2โ5
=2โ5
๏ฟฝโ5โ5๏ฟฝ =
2 โ โ5
๏ฟฝโ5๏ฟฝ2 =
2โ55
4) 4โ33
4โ3
=4โ3
๏ฟฝโ3โ3๏ฟฝ =
4 โ โ3
๏ฟฝโ3๏ฟฝ2 =
4โ33
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅโ22
๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
=๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
๏ฟฝโ2โ2๏ฟฝ =
๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ2
๏ฟฝโ2๏ฟฝ2 =
๐ฅ๐ฅโ22
6) 3 โ โ27
1
3 + โ2=
13 + โ2
๏ฟฝ3 โ โ23 โ โ2
๏ฟฝ =3 โ โ2
32 โ ๏ฟฝโ2๏ฟฝ2 =
3 โ โ29 โ 2
=3 โ โ2
7
7) โ
1 โ โ32
1
1 + โ3=
11 + โ3
๏ฟฝ1 โ โ31 โ โ3
๏ฟฝ =1 โ โ3
12 โ ๏ฟฝโ3๏ฟฝ2 =
1 โ โ31 โ 3
=1 โ โ3โ2
= โ1 โ โ3
2
8) 10 + 5โ22
5
2 โ โ2=
52 โ โ2
๏ฟฝ2 + โ22 + โ2
๏ฟฝ =5๏ฟฝ2 + โ2๏ฟฝ
22 โ ๏ฟฝโ2๏ฟฝ2 =
10 + 5โ24 โ 2
=10 + 5โ2
2
9) 12 + 3โ313
3
4 โ โ3=
34 โ โ3
๏ฟฝ4 + โ34 + โ3
๏ฟฝ =3๏ฟฝ4 + โ3๏ฟฝ
42 โ ๏ฟฝโ3๏ฟฝ2 =
12 + 3โ316 โ 3
=12 + 3โ3
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10) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 5
2
๐ฅ๐ฅ + โ5=
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + โ5
๏ฟฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ5
๏ฟฝ =2๏ฟฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ5๏ฟฝ
๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๏ฟฝโ5๏ฟฝ2 =
2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 5
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Linear Expressions and Equations
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2.1 Simplifying Expressions
Some algebraic expressions can be reduced to a simpler form. Most of the time, the answers to a problem will be in the simplest form. Use the basic rules of algebra to combine alike terms and simplify. Example
Combine like terms when possible.
Starting Point: ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
Group alike terms: ๐๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐
Combine terms that can be combined: ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐+๐๐
Simplify exponent: ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Example
Combine like terms.
Starting Point: ๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐
Combine based on number in front: ๐๐๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐
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Example
Cancel terms that are in both the numerator and denominator of a fraction!
Starting Point: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Expand the expression: ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐
Cancel out terms that appear on the top and bottom: ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐
Write without the cancelled terms: ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐โ๐๐
Final answer: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Example
Use the rules of exponents, radicals and fractions to simplify.
Starting Point: ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐
Use rules of exponents: ๐๐ ๏ฟฝ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ
Multiply: ๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Example
Factor and use cancellation when you come across polynomials! Refer to Section 5.2 to learn more about factoring.
Starting Point: ๐๐๐๐+๐๐๐๐+๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐
Factor the numerator and denominator: (๐๐+๐๐)(๐๐+๐๐)(๐๐+๐๐)(๐๐โ๐๐)
Cancel out terms that appear on the top and bottom: (๐๐+๐๐)(๐๐+๐๐)(๐๐+๐๐)(๐๐โ๐๐)
Write without the cancelled terms: (๐๐+๐๐)(๐๐โ๐๐)
Final answer: ๐๐+๐๐๐๐โ๐๐
Practice Problems
Simplify the following algebraic expressions.
1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
2) โ7 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
3) 3๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 3๐ฅ๐ฅ4
4) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ รท ๐ฅ๐ฅ3
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ1 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ3
7) 4๐ฅ๐ฅ3 โ 8๐ฅ๐ฅ3 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ3
8) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
+ ๐ฅ๐ฅ8
9) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ7
2๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ4
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Answers
1) 6๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 8๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 6๐ฅ๐ฅ
2) 1 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ7 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = โ7 + 7 + 1 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ 3) 9๐ฅ๐ฅ6 3๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 3๐ฅ๐ฅ4 = 3 โ 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ4 = 9 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ4 = 9 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ6 = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ6 4) 2
๐ฅ๐ฅ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅโ2 = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1
๐ฅ๐ฅ2= 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฅ๐ฅ2= 2
๐ฅ๐ฅ
5) 1๐ฅ๐ฅ2
๐ฅ๐ฅ รท ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ3
= 1๐ฅ๐ฅ2
6) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ3 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ1 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ3 7) โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ3 4๐ฅ๐ฅ3 โ 8๐ฅ๐ฅ3 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = โ4๐ฅ๐ฅ3 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ3 8) 5๐ฅ๐ฅ
8
๐ฅ๐ฅ2
+ ๐ฅ๐ฅ8
= ๏ฟฝ44๏ฟฝ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
+ ๐ฅ๐ฅ8
= 4๐ฅ๐ฅ8
+ ๐ฅ๐ฅ8
= 4๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฅ๐ฅ8
= 5๐ฅ๐ฅ8
9) ๐ฆ๐ฆ3
2๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ7
2๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ4= ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆ
2โ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆ= ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฆ
2โ๐ฅ๐ฅ= ๐ฆ๐ฆ3
2๐ฅ๐ฅ
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2.2 Solving Linear Equations
The overall goal when solving equations is to isolate the variable on one side of the equation and send all of the numbers to the other side. Rules
What you do to one side of the equation you must do to the other!
When you do something, it must be done to the entire side, not just one part.
To undo addition, subtract from both sides.
To undo subtraction, add to both sides.
To undo multiplication, divide on both sides.
To undo division, multiply on both sides.
Example
Consider the equation 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7 = 1.
To solve for ๐ฅ๐ฅ, begin by moving single integers to the right-hand side.
3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7 = 1 โ7 โ 7 3๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ6
Now, divide the remaining number away from the variable.
3๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ6 3 3
๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2
Subtract 7 from each side since subtraction is the opposite of addition.
Divide both sides by 3 since division is the opposite of multiplication.
Final answer! Try plugging ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 back into the original equation!
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Example
Consider the equation 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 โ 2 = 3.
To solve for ๐ฅ๐ฅ, begin by combining like terms.
2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 โ 2 = 3 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5 = 3
Now proceed by moving single integers to the right-hand side.
2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5 = 3 +5 + 5
2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 8
Now, divide the remaining number away from the variable.
2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 8 2 2
๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4
โ3โ 2 = โ5
Divide both sides by 2 since division is the opposite of multiplication.
Final answer! Try plugging ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4 back into the original equation!
Add 5 to both sides since addition is the opposite of subtraction (the negative 5).
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Example
Consider the equation โ7๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8 + 1.
To solve for ๐ฅ๐ฅ, begin by combining like terms.
โ7๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8 + 1 โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 7
Now proceed by moving single integers to the right-hand side.
โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 7 โ1 โ 1
โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8
If we want the variable to be isolated on one side, we must now move all variables to the left-hand side.
โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8 โ9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 9๐ฅ๐ฅ
โ14๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ8
Now, divide the remaining number away from the variable.
โ14๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ8 โ14 โ 14
๐ฅ๐ฅ =47
Make sure like terms are lined up!
Divide both sides by โ14 since division is the opposite of multiplication.
Final answer! Try plugging ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4
7 back into the original equation!
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Practice Problems
Solve the following equations for the variable.
1) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 = 1
2) 4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6 = 7
3) 14๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5 = 9
4) 7๐ฅ๐ฅ + 8 = 1
5) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 = 7๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1
6) 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6
7) ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6
8) 12๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3
2= 4
9) 34๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5
10) 12๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3
2(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1) โ 1
4= 5
11) 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 13๐ฅ๐ฅ
12) 5(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ
13) 15๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
3= 3
14) 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 12
(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = โ2
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Answers
1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 = 1 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2
2) ๐ฅ๐ฅ =14
4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6 = 7 โ 4๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ =14
3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1 14๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5 = 9 โ 14๐ฅ๐ฅ = 14 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1
4) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ1 7๐ฅ๐ฅ + 8 = 1 โ 7๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ7 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ1
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ =45
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 = 7๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = 7๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ45
= ๐ฅ๐ฅ
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ4 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ8 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ4
7) ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6 โ 5 = โ6 (๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 5 โ โ6,๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐) 8) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5 1
2๐ฅ๐ฅ +
32
= 4 โ12๐ฅ๐ฅ =
52โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5
9) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 28 34๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5 โ 3
4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 7 = 1
4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 28 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
10) ๐ฅ๐ฅ =
158
12๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3
2(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1) โ 1
4= 5 โ 1
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3
2โ 1
4= 5 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5
4= 5 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 15
4โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
= 154โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 15
8
11) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ37
5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 13๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 14
3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 0 โ 14
3๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 โ 14๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ6 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ3
7
12) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ5 5(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 10 = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 10 = โ2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ5 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
13) ๐ฅ๐ฅ =403
15๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
3= 3 โ 1
5๐ฅ๐ฅ = 8
3โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 40
3
14) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ67
3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 12(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = โ2 โ 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = โ2 โ 7
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = โ2 โ 7
2๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ6
7
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2.3 Solving Inequalities
Solving inequalities is almost exactly the same as solving equations! The equal sign = has simply been replaced with one of the following: < โค > โฅ. However, there is one extra rule to solving inequalities. If you ever divide or multiply by a negative number in your solving process, you must switch the direction the inequality sign is facing.
Example
Consider the equation 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7 โฅ 1.
To solve for ๐ฅ๐ฅ, begin by moving single integers to the right-hand side.
3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7 โฅ 1 โ7 โ 7 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โฅ โ6
Now, divide the remaining number away from the variable.
3๐ฅ๐ฅ โฅ โ6 3 3
๐ฅ๐ฅ โฅ โ2
Subtract 7 from each side since subtraction is the opposite of addition.
You do not have to switch the direction of the โฅ sign when subtracting. Only for multiplying or dividing by a negative number!
The โฅ sign does not switch directions since the 3 is positive.
This is your final answer! It means that any number greater than or equal to โ2 will satisfy the original inequality.
Try plugging ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 back into the original inequality! Notice that the inequality holds (1 โฅ 1).
Now try plugging in other numbers greater than โ2! The inequality will hold!
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Example
Consider the equation โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8 โฅ 2.
To solve for ๐ฅ๐ฅ, begin by moving single integers to the right-hand side.
โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8 โฅ 2 +8 + 8 โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ โฅ 10
Now, divide the remaining number
โ5๐ฅ๐ฅ โฅ 10 โ5 โ 5
๐ฅ๐ฅ โค โ2
Example
If your final answer does has > or < involved (instead of โฅ or โค), this excludes the number on the other side of the sign.
For example, ๐ฅ๐ฅ > 5 means the answer is any number greater than 5, but not including ๐๐.
Add 8 to both sides since addition is the opposite of subtraction.
The โฅ sign MUST change direction now, since we divided by a negative number!
This is your final answer! It means that any number less than or equal to โ2 will satisfy the original inequality.
Try plugging ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 back into the original inequality! Notice that the inequality holds (2 โฅ 2).
Now try plugging in other numbers less than โ2! The inequality will hold!
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Example
Solve the following inequalities.
1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 โฅ 12
2) 4๐ ๐ < โ16
3) 5๐ค๐ค + 2 โค โ48
4) 2๐๐ > 7
5) 2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 4 โค ๐ฆ๐ฆ + 8
6) โ3๐๐ โฅ 9
7) โ3(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6) > 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2
8) โ2๐๐ + 8 โค 2๐๐
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1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ โฅ 15 ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 โฅ 12 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โฅ 15
2) ๐ ๐ < โ4 4๐ ๐ < โ16 โ ๐ ๐ < โ4 3) ๐ค๐ค โค โ10 5๐ค๐ค + 2 โค โ48 โ 5๐ค๐ค โค โ50 โ ๐ค๐ค โค โ10 4) ๐๐ >
72
2๐๐ > 7 โ ๐๐ >72
5) ๐ฆ๐ฆ โค 4 2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 4 โค ๐ฆ๐ฆ + 8 โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ โค ๐ฆ๐ฆ + 4 โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ โค 4
6) ๐๐ โค โ3 โ3๐๐ โฅ 9 โ ๐๐ โค โ3 7) ๐ฅ๐ฅ < 4 โ3(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6) > 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 18 > 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ 18 > 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ 20 > 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 > ๐ฅ๐ฅ
8) ๐๐ โฅ 2 โ2๐๐ + 8 โค 2๐๐ โ 8 โค 4๐๐ โ 2 โค ๐๐
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โ 2.4 Solving Systems of Equations
Sometimes there are two or more equations that are related because their variables are the same. This means that if you find that ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4 in one equation, the ๐ฅ๐ฅ in the other equation is also guaranteed to be 4. Most often you will have to create two equations from a word problem and then solve them as a system!
Example
The following is a system of equations:
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 15
The solution to this system is ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ5. Try plugging these values into each equation! They work for both!
Example
Consider the system: 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 15
To solve this system, we must isolate one of the variables. In this case, it looks easy to isolate the ๐ฅ๐ฅ in the second equation, so weโll start with that. (You could just as easily choose to isolate the ๐ฆ๐ฆ variable in the first equation- it doesnโt make a difference).
๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 15
๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 15
(Continued on next page)
Use algebra here and isolate the variable. For more on solving equations, refer to Section 4.2.
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Example Continued
Notice, ๐ฅ๐ฅ and 2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 15 are exactly equal to one another. This means we can replace any ๐ฅ๐ฅ we see with 2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 15.
We will replace the ๐ฅ๐ฅ in the first equation with 2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 15.
2๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5
2(2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 15) + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5
4๐ฆ๐ฆ + 30 + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5
5๐ฆ๐ฆ + 30 = 5
Now that we have substituted that expression in for ๐ฅ๐ฅ, our first equation has only one variable to solve for! So now we solve for ๐ฆ๐ฆ.
5๐ฆ๐ฆ + 30 = 5
5๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ25
๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ5
So ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ5! Now we can take that information and plug ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ5 in to either of our beginning equations in order to find ๐ฅ๐ฅ. It does not matter which equation we choose because they are both related!
๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 15
๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2(โ5) = 15
๐ฅ๐ฅ + 10 = 15
๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5
So our final answer is ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ5.
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Example
Solve the following systems of equations.
1) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 15
2) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9
3) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ 42 = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ
4) 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 10
5) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3
6) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ2 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3๐ฆ๐ฆ = 18
7) โ7๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ13 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 11
8) 6๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 8
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1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ5
2) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 6
3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 6, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 9
4) ๐ฅ๐ฅ =
25
,๐ฆ๐ฆ =545
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ2
7) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ4
8) ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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2.5 Graphing Linear Equations
There are two methods to graph a line: 1) Use the ๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐ฆ๐ฆ intercepts: If you have the coordinates of the ๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐ฆ๐ฆ intercepts, plot those two points and connect them with a line.
2) Use slope-intercept form: If you have an equation in slope intercept form (๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐๐), plot the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept and then construct the line using the slope. If the equation is not in slope-intercept form, it can be rearranged to be in slope-intercept form.
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2
๐๐ =32
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Method 1
Consider the equation 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12.
Find the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-intercept:
To find the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-intercept, set ๐ฆ๐ฆ equal to zero and solve for ๐ฅ๐ฅ.
6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12
6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2(0) = 12
6๐ฅ๐ฅ = 12
๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2
Find the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept:
To find the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept, set ๐ฅ๐ฅ equal to zero and solve for ๐ฆ๐ฆ.
6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12
6(0) + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12
2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12
๐ฆ๐ฆ = 6
Now, plot the points (2,0) and (0,6) on the graph and connect them with a line:
This is the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-intercept, meaning the point (2,0) is on
the graph.
This is the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept, meaning the point (0,6) is on
the graph.
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Method 2
Consider the equation 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12.
First, use algebra to rearrange the equation:
6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12
2๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 12
๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6
Then identify your slope and y-intercept:
Compare ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6 with ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐๐.
In this case, ๐๐ = โ3 and ๐๐ = 6. In other words, the slope is โ3 and the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept is at (0,6).
Plot the y-intercept:
Use the slope to draw the rest of the line:
Now the equation is in ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept form (๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐๐).
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The slope is โ3 = โ31
= ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
The slope is rewritten as a fraction to reveal the rise (numerator) and run (denominator). The rise is the amount the slope changes on the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-axis and the
run is the amount the slope changes on the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-axis.
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Graphs with one variable
If a graph only involves one variable, it can be graphed as a horizontal or vertical line. Below are two examples.
Equation Form Resulting Graph ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5 A horizontal line that crosses
the y-axis at (0,5)
๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5 A vertical line that crosses the
x-axis at (5,0)
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Practice Problems
Graph the following equations.
1) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
2) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3
3) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
4) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4
5) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 23๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2
6) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
7) 3๐ฆ๐ฆ โ 12 = โ6๐ฅ๐ฅ
8) ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6๐ฆ๐ฆ = 7
9) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4
10) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ2.5
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2)
7)
3)
8)
4)
9)
5)
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2.6 Building Lines
You may be asked to state the equation of a line based on the points it passes through or its slope. You may also be asked to write the equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to another line. If you donโt know how to graph linear equations, see Section 2.5.
Parallel Lines Lines are parallel if they have the same slope. Below are two examples of parallel lines. The red lines have different ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercepts than the blue lines, but they have matching slopes. In order to construct parallel lines, just find two lines with the same slope.
Example
Find a line parallel to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3.
Any line that has the same slope (๐๐ = 2) is a correct answer! For instance ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 24.
Example
Find a line parallel to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 57๐ฅ๐ฅ.
Any line that has the same slope (๐๐ = 57) is a correct answer! For instance
๐ฆ๐ฆ = 57๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5
7๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 10.
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Perpendicular Lines Lines are perpendicular if they intersect at a 90ยฐ angle. Below is an example of a pair of perpendicular lines. The slopes of perpendicular lines are the negative reciprocals of one another.
Example
Find a line perpendicular to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3.
To find the perpendicular slope, take the negative reciprocal of ๐๐ = 2. The reciprocal of 2 is 1
2. Then make it negative. Therefore, any equation with the
slope ๐๐ = โ12 is perpendicular to our original equation. For instance,
๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ12๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ1
2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1.
Example
Find a line perpendicular to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ54๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6.
To find the perpendicular slope, take the negative reciprocal of ๐๐ = โ54.
The reciprocal of โ54 is โ4
5. Then negate it, causing it to turn positive.
(Continued on the next page)
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Example Continued
Therefore, any equation with the slope ๐๐ = 45 is perpendicular to our
original equation. For instance, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 45๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
2 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 4
5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3.
Line Equations When given characteristics of a line, you can build the corresponding equation. When given a ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept and a slope, use the equation ๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐. Plug in your slope for ๐๐ and your ๐ฆ๐ฆ-intercept for ๐๐.
When given a point (๐ฅ๐ฅ1,๐ฆ๐ฆ1) and a slope ๐๐, use the equation ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐(๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐). Then just algebraically rearrange your result into the form ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐๐.
When given only two points, (๐ฅ๐ฅ1, ๐ฆ๐ฆ1) and (๐ฅ๐ฅ2,๐ฆ๐ฆ2), first plug these points into the slope formula ๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ to find your ๐๐. Then just use ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ1 = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ1) like in
the previous case.
Example
Find the equation of the line which passes through the points (1,2) and (4,9).
First we find the slope using ๐๐ = ๐ฆ๐ฆ2โ๐ฆ๐ฆ1๐ฅ๐ฅ2โ๐ฅ๐ฅ1
. Label the points (๐ฅ๐ฅ1,๐ฆ๐ฆ1) and (๐ฅ๐ฅ2,๐ฆ๐ฆ2). In this case ๐ฅ๐ฅ1 = 1, ๐ฆ๐ฆ1 = 2, ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 4, and ๐ฆ๐ฆ2 = 9. So ๐๐ = 9โ2
4โ1 = 73.
Now choose either point, and plug it in to ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ1 = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ1). Weโll use the point (1,2) here. ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ1 = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ1)
๐ฆ๐ฆ โ 2 = 73(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1)
๐ฆ๐ฆ โ 2 = 73๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 7
3
๐ฆ๐ฆ = 73๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1
3
Therefore the equation of the line that passes through the desired points is ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 7
3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ13.
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Practice Problems
1) Find the equation of a line parallel to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 7.
2) Find the equation of a line parallel to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2.
3) Find the equation of a line parallel to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ32๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9.
4) Find the equation of a line perpendicular to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1.
5) Find the equation of a line perpendicular to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 12.
6) Find the equation of a line perpendicular to ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ27๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 8.
7) Find the equation of the line that has a slope of 2 and intercepts the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-axis at
๐ฆ๐ฆ = 7.
8) Find the equation of the line that has a slope of 45 and intercepts the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-axis at
๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ3.
9) Find the equation of the line which passes through the points (4,3) and
(2,2).
10) Find the equation of the line which passes through the points (โ4,5) and
(0,0).
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1) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ ยฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
2) ๐ฆ๐ฆ =12๐ฅ๐ฅ ยฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
3) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ32๐ฅ๐ฅ ยฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
4) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ2๐ฅ๐ฅ ยฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
5) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ15๐ฅ๐ฅ ยฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
6) ๐ฆ๐ฆ =72๐ฅ๐ฅ ยฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐
7) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ+7
8) ๐ฆ๐ฆ =45๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3
9) ๐ฆ๐ฆ =12๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
10) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ
54๐ฅ๐ฅ
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Logarithms
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3.1 Exponential Form vs. Logarithmic Form
Logarithms (or logs for short) are the inverse of exponentiation. Consider the following example:
8 = 23 This equation shows that โ8 is 2 to the power of 3.โ Logs take the left side of the equation and the base of the exponent to identify the power. So in terms of logs, this equation also shows that โlog base 2 of 8 is 3.โ This is written as follows:
log2 8 = 3
This relationship is useful for solving equations with a variable in the exponent, such as:
10๐ฅ๐ฅ = 100 โ
log10 100 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ
2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Many logs can be evaluated by hand, but most are evaluated using a calculator. Techniques for evaluating logarithms will be covered in Section 3.2. For this section the focus is changing an equation from one form to the other. The general formula is:
๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐ โ
log๐๐ ๐๐ = ๐๐ Equations of these forms can always be interchanged.
Exponential Form
Logarithmic Form
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Example
Write the exponential equation 25 = 32 in logarithmic form.
Original equation in exponential form
25 = 32
Identify ๐๐, ๐๐, and ๐๐ in the exponential equation
25 = 32
Rearrange into logarithmic form (final answer)
log2 32 = 5
Example
Write the logarithmic equation log9 81 = 2 in exponential form.
Original equation in logarithmic form
log9 81 = 2
Identify ๐๐, ๐๐, and ๐๐ in the logarithmic equation
log9 81 = 2
Rearrange into exponential form (final answer)
92 = 81
The next few sections cover more properties of logarithms.
๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐
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Practice Problems
Write the following exponential equations as logarithmic equations.
1) 102 = 100 2) 103 = 1000 3) 54 = 625 4) 21 = 2 5) 26 = 64 6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 10 7) ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Write the following logarithmic equations as exponential equations.
8) log7 49 = 2
9) log2 8 = 3
10) log5 5 = 1
11) log4 1 = 0
12) log3 27 = 3
13) log10 1000 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
14) log๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ
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Answers
1) log10 100 = 2
2) log10 1000 = 3
3) log5 625 = 4
4) log2 2 = 1
5) log2 64 = 6
6) log๐ฅ๐ฅ 10 = 2
7) log๐ค๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฅ = ๐ฆ๐ฆ
8) 72 = 49
9) 23 = 8
10) 51 = 5
11) 40 = 1
12) 33 = 27
13) 10๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1000
14) ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ง = ๐ฆ๐ฆ
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3.2 Rules of Logarithms
Logarithms are derived from exponents, so all logarithmic rules are based on the rules of exponents. Rules
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐๐๐) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) + ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) log2(15) = log2(3 โ 5) = log2(3) + log2(5)
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๏ฟฝ๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ
= ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) log2(5) = log2 ๏ฟฝ102๏ฟฝ = log2(10) โ log2(2)
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐๐๐) =๐ง๐ง โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) log2(9) = log2(32) = 2log2(3)
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) =๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐(๐๐)๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐(๐๐) log3(5) =
log10(5)log10(3)
(๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐คโ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐) ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) =๐๐ log6(6) = 1
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) = ๐๐ log4(1) = 0 Notation
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐(๐๐) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ 10 ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, log10 ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ log
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐(๐๐) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ (โ 2.71828) ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐, ๐ ๐ ๐๐
log๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ln
Note On Negatives
For log๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ), ๐ฅ๐ฅ cannot be negative. For example, log10(โ4) has no solution. Example
Expand the logarithmic expression log5 ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ2.
Original expression log5 ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ2 Use multiplication rule log5 ๐ฅ๐ฅ + log5 ๐ฆ๐ฆ2
Use power rule log5 ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2log5 ๐ฆ๐ฆ (logarithm is now fully expanded)
Change of base formula
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Example
Condense the logarithmic expression log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ log2 ๐ฆ๐ฆ + log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ.
Original expression log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ log2 ๐ฆ๐ฆ + log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ Rearrange log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ + log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ log2 ๐ฆ๐ฆ
Use multiplication rule log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ log2 ๐ฆ๐ฆ Use division rule log2
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ
(logarithm is now fully condensed) Example
Condense the logarithmic expression 3log11 ๐๐ + 2log11 ๐๐ + 12
log11 ๐ ๐ โ log11 ๐๐.
Original expression 3log11 ๐๐ + 2log11 ๐๐ + 12log11 ๐ ๐ โ log11 ๐๐
Use power rule log11 ๐๐3 + log11 ๐๐2 + log11 ๐ ๐ 12 โ log11 ๐๐
Rewrite fractional power as root
log11 ๐๐3 + log11 ๐๐2 + log11 โ๐ ๐ โ log11 ๐๐
Use multiplication rule log11 ๐๐3๐๐2โ๐ ๐ โ log11 ๐๐ Use division rule
log11๐๐3๐๐2โ๐ ๐
๐๐
(logarithm is now fully condensed) Example
Expand the logarithmic expression log8โ๐๐3 โ๐๐โ
.
Original expression log8
โ๐๐3 โ ๐๐โ
Use multiplication/division rules log8 โ๐๐3 + log8 ๐๐ โ log8 โ
Rewrite root as fractional power log8 ๐๐13 + log8 ๐๐ โ log8 โ
Use power rule 13log8 ๐๐ + log8 ๐๐ โ log8 โ
(logarithm is now fully expanded)
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Example Evaluate the logarithmic expression log2 8. Simplify down to a single number.
Original expression log2 8 Rewrite 8 as 23 log2(23)
Use power rule 3 log2 2
log2 2 = 1 3 โ 1 Final answer 3
Example Evaluate the logarithmic expression ln ๐๐. Simplify down to a single number.
Original expression ln ๐๐ Rewrite ln ๐๐ as log๐๐ ๐๐ log๐๐ ๐๐
log๐๐ ๐๐ = 1, final answer 1
Example Evaluate the logarithmic expression log10 1. Simplify down to a single number.
Original expression log10 1 Rewrite 1 as 100 log10 100
Use power rule 0 โ log10 10
log10 10 = 1 0 โ 1 Final answer 0
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Practice Problems
Expand the logarithmic expressions.
1) log2๐๐โ๐๐๐๐
2) log1010๐ฅ๐ฅ2
3) ln(๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ) 4) log 7๐๐
๐๐
Condense the logarithmic expressions.
5) 5log9 ๐ฅ๐ฅ + log9 ๐ฆ๐ฆ 6) log๐๐ + log๐๐ + 2log ๐๐ โ log๐๐ 7) โlog11 ๐ค๐ค + 2log11 ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ log11 ๐ฆ๐ฆ + 1
2log11 ๐ฅ๐ฅ
8) ln ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ln๐ฆ๐ฆ โ 2ln ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Simplify the logarithmic expression down to a single number.
9) 3log4 2 โ log4 8 10) log3 3 + log8 8 + log 10 11) ln ๐๐6 + ln ๐๐
12) log 100
13) log15(โ3)
14) ln 2 + ln 6 โ ln 12
Use the change of base formula to rewrite the expression (donโt simplify).
15) log7 5
16) log2 ๐๐
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1) log2 ๐๐ + log2 ๐๐ โ log2 ๐ ๐
2) log10 10 โ 2log10 ๐ฅ๐ฅ
3) 3log๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + log๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ
4) log 7 + log ๐๐ โ log ๐๐
5) log9 (๐ฅ๐ฅ5๐ฆ๐ฆ)
6) log ๐๐๐๐๐๐2
๐๐
7) log11 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2โ๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ
8) ln ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ
9) 0
10) 3
11) 7
12) 2
13) ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
14) 0
15) log10(5)log10(7)
16) log10(๐๐)log10(2)
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3.3 Solving Logarithmic Equations
Using the rules of logarithms and the ability to rearrange logarithmic and exponential equations, you can solve for variables that might not have been easy to solve for before. Practice Problems
Solve the following logarithmic expressions.
1) log๐ฅ๐ฅ 144 = 2 2) log๐ฅ๐ฅ 5 = 1
4
3) log9 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 4) log4 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3 5) log25 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ1
2
6) log 110๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2
7) log๐ฅ๐ฅ 49 = 2 8) log๐ฅ๐ฅ 5 = 1
3
9) log๐ฅ๐ฅ 32 = 52
10) log2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3 11) log10 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3 12) log16 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1 13) 3 log๐ฅ๐ฅ 3 = 1
14) 4 log๐ฅ๐ฅ 32 = 5
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1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 12
2) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 625
3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 81
4) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 64
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 15
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 100
7) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 7
8) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 125
9) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4
10) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 8
11) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1000
12) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 16
13) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 27
14) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 16
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3.4 Common Base Technique
When two exponential expressions with the same base are equal to one another, their exponents can also be set equal to one another. Consider the following example:
2๐ฅ๐ฅ = 25
Notice how the only possible value for ๐ฅ๐ฅ is 5. Setting the exponents equal to one another, we get ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5. We are only allowed to set the exponents equal to each other when the bases are the same (in this case, the base on each side of the equation was 2). Now consider another example:
52๐ฅ๐ฅโ3 = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ+5
Since the bases are the same (5), we can set the exponents equal to one another:
2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ
๐ฅ๐ฅ = 8
Practice Problems
Solve the equations for ๐ฅ๐ฅ:
1) 310 = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ 2) 116๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1136 3) 22๐ฅ๐ฅ+9 = 23๐ฅ๐ฅโ9 4) ๐ฆ๐ฆ5 = ๐ฆ๐ฆ2๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ1
5) 91
9๐ฅ๐ฅ= 9๐ฅ๐ฅ
6) ๏ฟฝ๐๐
13๏ฟฝ
9
๐๐โ1= ๐๐4๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐๐12
7) 711๐ฅ๐ฅโ5 = 49๐ฅ๐ฅ
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1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 10
2) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 6
3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 18
4) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ =12
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4
7) ๐ฅ๐ฅ =19
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3.5 Exponential Models
Word problems modelling growth or decay using exponents may be on the test. Logarithms can be used to solve these equations Investment Growth
We can use logarithms to determine the growth and decay of certain models. Investment growth is a perfect example when dealing with exponential growth.
Letโs say that $1000 is deposited in an account that pays 10% interest annually, compounded monthly. This means that the interest rate each month is
10%12 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐
= .83% ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ
At the end of the month, . 83% of the amount deposited in the account is added to the account. Letโs look at some conditions we have specified:
Initial amount: $1000
Time period: 1 month
Monthly growth rate: . 83%
Monthly growth factor: 1 + .83 = 1.83
For the monthly growth factor, 1 is given by the total amount in the account added by the percent of that total (83% = .83).
The amount of money in the account at any given month ๐ฅ๐ฅ can be modeled by the exponential function
๐ด๐ด(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 1000(1.83)๐ฅ๐ฅ
In general, if the annual interest rate ๐๐ expressed as a decimal, is compounded ๐๐ amount of times each year then in each period the interest rate is ๐๐ รท ๐๐ . In ๐๐ years, there are ๐๐๐๐ time periods with an initial value of ๐๐ deposited into the account. This leads to the formula:
Compound Interest: ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = ๐๐(1 + ๐๐๐๐
)๐๐๐๐
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Lets look at our values again:
๐๐ = $1000
๐๐ = .83 (decimal percent)
๐๐ = 1 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ
If we substitute these values into the general compound interest formula we get:
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 1000(1.83)๐๐
This equation is identical to the first one we derived with a replacement of ๐๐ for ๐ฅ๐ฅ.
If money is invested and compounded annually, use the following formula:
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = ๐๐(1 + ๐๐)๐๐
Example
Majid invests $5000 in a high yield bond that pays 12% annual interest, compounded every 2 months.
1) Find a formula for the amount of money in the account after ๐๐ amount of years. 2) What is the amount of money in the account after 5 years? 3) How long will it take for Majidโs investment to grow to $15,000?
Solution:
1) We use the compound interest formula and plug in our new conditions:
Initial value: ๐๐ = $5000
Interest rate: ๐๐ = 12% = .12 as a decimal
Compound monthly: ๐๐ = 2 months
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = ๐๐(1 +๐๐๐๐)๐๐๐๐
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 5000(1 +. 12
2 )2๐๐
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 5000(1.06)2๐๐
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2) To find the amount in the account after 5 years we replace ๐๐ with 5 in the formula we just derived
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 5000(1.06)2(5)
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = $8954
So in 5 years the balance in the account will sit at $8954.
3) We want to know what time (or value of ๐๐) the amount of money will reach a value of $15,000. So we need to find the value ๐๐.
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 5000(1.06)2๐๐
15,000 = 5000(1.06)2๐๐
3 = 1.062๐๐
log(3) = log( (1.06)2๐๐)
log (3) = (2๐๐) log (1.06)
๐๐ =log (3)
2log (1.06)
๐๐ = 9.42 ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Decay
Sometimes youโll use the formula for exponential decay (using the same variables as before):
๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = ๐๐(1 โ ๐๐)๐๐
A great example of modeling decay is with radioactive material. The amount of radioactive material present at time ๐๐ is given by:
๐ ๐ (๐๐) = ๐ ๐ 0๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ < 0
๐ ๐ 0 ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Example
The half-life of Carbon-12 is 5730 years. How much Carbon-12 is left in an object that has been decaying for 3750 years if the original amount of Carbon-12 is 30,000 atoms?
The half-life of an atom is the time it takes for half of the amount of an atom to decay. Using this value for ๐๐ we can solve for ๐๐ and then use that value along with other initial conditions to find the amount of atoms left after ๐๐ = 3750 years. First, solve for ๐๐:
๐ ๐ (๐๐) = ๐ ๐ 0๐๐๐๐๐๐
1 = 2๐๐5730๐๐
12 = ๐๐5730๐๐
ln ๏ฟฝ12๏ฟฝ
= 5730๐๐
๐๐ =ln ๏ฟฝ1
2๏ฟฝ5730
๐๐ = โ.00012
We now use our ๐๐ value to find the amount of atoms left after 3750 years if we initially start with 30,000 atoms.
๐ ๐ (๐๐) = ๐ ๐ 0๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐ (3750) = 30,000๐๐โ.00012(3750)
๐ ๐ = 30,000๐๐โ.45363
๐ ๐ = 30,000(. 6353)
๐ ๐ = 19,059
We conclude that there are 19,059 atoms of Carbon-12 after 3750 years of decay.
If we start with 2 atoms of carbon-12, then we can see that after 5730 years, half of 2 would be our current amount. Thatโs why weโre plugging in 2 and 1. We could use any initial value and come to the same result.
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Population Growth
We can also see models grow exponentially. Letโs take the example of bacteria. In an idealized environment, the amount of bacteria can be modeled by the equation:
๐๐(๐๐) = ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ represents the initial amount of bacteria present and ๐๐ is the growth factor.
Example
Suppose that at the start of an experiment in a lab, 1200 bacteria are introduced into an environment. After some time, a scientist found the amount of bacteria to be 1500. Knowing that the growth rate is 14.46 for this bacteria, what amount of time had passed (in hours)?
Given our initial conditions of
๐๐(๐๐) = 1500
๐๐ = 1200
๐๐ = 14.46
Letโs solve for ๐๐:
๐๐(๐๐) = ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
1500 = 1200๐๐14.46๐๐
15001200 = ๐๐14.46๐๐
ln ๏ฟฝ1512๏ฟฝ
= 14.46๐๐
๐๐ =ln (1.25)
14.46
๐๐ = .015 โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
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Practice Problems
Set up the following equations. You do not need to solve them.
1) Sam invests $4025 in a high yield bond that pays 5% annual interest, compounded every 2 months.
2) Suppose that at the start of an experiment in a lab, 7700 bacteria are introduced into an environment. After some time, a scientist found the amount of bacteria to be 8000. The growth rate is 42.30 for this bacteria.
3) $10,000 is invested at 7% interest compounded annually. 4) The value of a new $40,000 car decreases by 15% per year.
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1) ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 4025(0.025)2๐๐ 2) 8000 = 7700๐๐42.30๐๐
3) ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 10,000(1.07)๐๐
4) ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 40,000(0.85)๐๐
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Functions
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4.1 Introduction, Domain, and Range
A function is a relation from a set of inputs to a set of possible outputs where each input is related to exactly one output. Think of it as taking one number as an initial condition and producing another number as a result. You might feel that a lot of the following information doesnโt seem new. Functions are very similar to equations, but they have slightly different notation and some stricter rules. Functions always have one output for every input. Example
Consider the equation ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1. Here, ๐ฅ๐ฅ is an independent variable. If we choose a number to replace ๐ฅ๐ฅ, we get a corresponding ๐ฆ๐ฆ value. So we call the ๐ฆ๐ฆ variable dependent. The value of ๐ฆ๐ฆ will depend on what you choose for your value of ๐ฅ๐ฅ. The relationship between input and output can be written as an ordered pair (๐ฅ๐ฅ,๐ฆ๐ฆ):
Ordered pairs ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = ? Input Output (0,1) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 0 + 1 = 1 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 0 ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 1 (1,2) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 1 + 1 = 2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1 ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2 (2,3) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2 + 1 = 3 ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 3
Domain and Range The domain of a function is the set of values for the independent variable. These input values for ๐ฅ๐ฅ must produce a real number for the output of ๐ฆ๐ฆ. Sometimes the domain is specified explicitly and other times you have to find the domain from the given function. The range of a function is the set of ๐ฆ๐ฆ values- the output that is produced by a domain. Ask yourself what the smallest and largest values of ๐ฆ๐ฆ are that will be produced from all the values of ๐ฅ๐ฅ. The function on the right has ๐ฅ๐ฅ-values between ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 0 and ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ-values between ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 0 and ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2. So the domain of the function is 0 to 4 and the range is 0 to 2. The notation for domain and range will be explained on the next page.
โ
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Notation for Domain/Range
Set notation is used for domain and range. Parentheses are used to note a set of values in this case. Since the graph to the left uses every single ๐ฅ๐ฅ value between 0 and 4 (including 0 and 4), the notation would be [0,4]. This notation says that every value between 0 and 4 is used, including 0 and 4. If the domain did not include 0 and 4, the notation would be (0,4). Similarly, the range for this graph is [0,2].
Example
What is the domain of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3? (Think of all the values for ๐ฅ๐ฅ that would result in a real number ๐ฆ๐ฆ) Thinking through it (or looking at a graph), we can determine that all real numbers substituted in for ๐ฅ๐ฅ will produce a real number for ๐ฆ๐ฆ. Therefore the domain of the function ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 is (โโ,โ). In this case, all numbers work, so the set of possible values stretches from negative infinity to infinity. Whenever an infinity sign is used, these parentheses ( ) are used instead of [ ]. This is because infinity is a concept, not a number- so it cannot be included in the set of values. All linear equations (equations of the form ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐๐) have a domain and range of (โโ,โ). Example
What is the domain of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 15? (Think of all the values for ๐ฅ๐ฅ that would result in a real number ๐ฆ๐ฆ) Some values of ๐ฅ๐ฅ would result in an imaginary number (a negative number under the square root, which is not allowed) for ๐ฆ๐ฆ, so those ๐ฅ๐ฅ-values cannot be included in the domain. For example, ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ16 would produce the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-value ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โโ1 which is not a real number, so โ16 is not in the domain. The square root of any number less than 0 does not exist. Therefore any value for ๐ฅ๐ฅ that will produce a negative output under the radical will not be part of the domain for this function. (Continued on the next page)
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Example Continued
So we need to think of the smallest possible ๐ฅ๐ฅ-value that produces a zero under the square root. We could solve for this by equating 0 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 15 and solving for ๐ฅ๐ฅ:
๐ฅ๐ฅ + 15 = 0
โ
๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ15
If we plug โ15 in for ๐ฅ๐ฅ, the value of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โโ15 + 15 = โ0 = 0. Thus โ15 is the smallest value of ๐ฅ๐ฅ that will produce a real number for ๐ฆ๐ฆ. We can also see that any positive value for ๐ฅ๐ฅ will yield a real number for ๐ฆ๐ฆ; Therefore the domain of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 15 is [โ15,โ). This is reflected on the graph:
Example
Letโs look at the Domain for the two examples: ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 D: (โโ,โ) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 15 D: [โ15,โ)
The ranges for each equation are not bounded as the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-values increase towards โ. So the range for each will approach โ. For the first equation, the range will also approach โโ as the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-values go toward โโ. But for the second equation, there is no way for ๐ฆ๐ฆ to be a negative number because of the radical, so the range is positive. The resulting ranges are:
๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 R: (โโ,โ) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 15 R: [0,โ)
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Example
What is the domain of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 1๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
?
(Think of all the values for ๐ฅ๐ฅ that would result in a real number ๐ฆ๐ฆ)
In the case of fractions, the most important rule to remember is that dividing by zero is not allowed. So whatever values of ๐ฅ๐ฅ make the denominator equal to zero must be excluded from the domain. In this case, we can see that ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 would cause the denominator to become zero.
๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2
โ
2 โ 2
โ
0
So the domain is all real numbers except 2.
This domain is notated as (โโ, 2) โช (2,โ). The โโชโ symbol in between stands for โunion.โ This means we are uniting the set of values (โโ, 2) and the set of values (2,โ) into one large set of values. Since the open brackets ( ) are used around the 2, that value is not included. It is interpreted as โall values from negative infinity up to two, and all values after two to infinity,โ which was what we concluded from finding the domain.
On the test, you are more likely to see domain written in a form such as โall real numbers except for 2,โ which is the same as (โโ, 2) โช (2,โ).
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Practice Problems
Find the domain and range for 1-5. Then just find the domain for 6-10.
1) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
2) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6
3) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 7๐ฅ๐ฅ
4) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ
5) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3
6) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 1๐ฅ๐ฅโ4
7) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 1๐ฅ๐ฅ
8) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ+3๐ฅ๐ฅ+7
9) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
10) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = |๐ฅ๐ฅ|
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1) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ)
๐ ๐ : (โโ,โ)
2) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ)
๐ ๐ : (โโ,โ)
3) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ)
๐ ๐ : (โโ,โ)
4) ๐ท๐ท: [0,โ)
๐ ๐ : [0,โ)
5) ๐ท๐ท: [3,โ)
๐ ๐ : [0,โ)
6) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ, 4) โช (4,โ) or all real numbers except for 4
7) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ, 0) โช (0,โ) or all real numbers except for 0
8) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ7) โช (โ7,โ) or all real numbers except for โ7
9) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ) or all real numbers
10) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ) or all real numbers
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4.2 Evaluating Functions
Evaluating functions is just like substitution. First, function notation will be introduced. Function Notation
Instead of writing a function as ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐, you will see a function expressed as ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐. This is read as โf of x.โ Other letters can be used other than ๐๐ in order to distinguish different functions. This notation is meant to indicate that the function output is dependent upon the variable ๐ฅ๐ฅ. Here are two examples of function notation:
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 15
We can also refer to these functions just by their letter name. The function ๐๐ is the top one, ๐๐ is the bottom one. Evaluating Functions
To evaluate a function, substitute the input for the functionโs variable. Consider the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3. Below, ๐๐ is evaluated at ๐ฅ๐ฅ, 0, 1, 2, and โ3.
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 ๐๐(0) = 2(0) + 3 = 3 ๐๐(1) = 2(1) + 3 = 5 ๐๐(2) = 2(2) + 3 = 7
๐๐(โ3) = 2(โ3) + 3 = โ3 In all of the functions we have seen, the variable has been ๐ฅ๐ฅ and the input has been a number substituted in place of ๐ฅ๐ฅ. This is not always the case. A function can be evaluated with any other variable or expression as input. Examples of this are on the next page.
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Evaluating Functions Continued
Below ๐๐ is evaluated at ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5, ๐ฅ๐ฅ2, and ๐ฅ๐ฅ + โ.
๐๐(๐ฆ๐ฆ) = 2๐ฆ๐ฆ + 3 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5) = 2(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5) + 3 = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 13
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ2) = 2(๐ฅ๐ฅ2) + 3 = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ + โ) = 2(๐ฅ๐ฅ + โ) + 3 = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2โ + 3
Example
Find ๐๐(14) for the function ๐๐(๐ค๐ค) = ๐ค๐ค(๐ค๐ค โ 16).
๐๐(14) = 14(14 โ 16)
๐๐(14) = 14(โ2)
๐๐(14) = โ28
Example
Find ๐๐(5) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 12.
๐๐(5) = 3(5) + 12
๐๐(5) = 15 + 12
๐๐(5) = 27
Example
Find โ(2๐ค๐ค) for the function โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
๐๐(2๐ค๐ค) = (2๐ค๐ค)2
๐๐(2๐ค๐ค) = 4๐ค๐ค2
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Practice Problems
Evaluate the following functions.
1) Find ๐๐(2) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
2) Find ๐๐(โ5) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
3) Find ๐๐๏ฟฝ12๏ฟฝ for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4.
4) Find ๐๐(โ2) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4.
5) Find โ(โ5) for the function โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9.
6) Find ๐๐(3) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ+2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2.
7) Find ๐๐(๐๐) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4.
8) Find ๐๐(2๐ฅ๐ฅ) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4.
9) Find ๐๐(2๐ฅ๐ฅ) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
10) Find ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ2) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
11) Find ๐๐๏ฟฝโ๐ ๐ ๏ฟฝ for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
12) Find โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3) for the function โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9.
13) Find ๐๐(๐๐2 + 1) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ9 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ.
14) Find ๐๐๏ฟฝโ๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝ for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ+2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
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15) Find ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ+2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
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Answers
1) ๐๐(2) = 4 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = (2)2 = 4
2) ๐๐(โ5) = 25 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = (โ5)2 = 25
3) ๐๐ ๏ฟฝ12๏ฟฝ = 5 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = 2 ๏ฟฝ1
2๏ฟฝ + 4 = 1 + 4 = 5
4) ๐๐(โ2) = 0 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = 2(โ2) + 4 = โ4 + 4 = 0
5) โ(โ5) = 2 โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9 = ๏ฟฝ(โ5) + 9 = โ4 = 2
6) ๐๐(3) = 5 ๐ฅ๐ฅ+2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
= (3)+2(3)โ2
= 51
= 5
7) ๐๐(๐๐) = 2๐๐ + 4 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = 2(๐๐) + 4 = 2๐๐ + 4
8) ๐๐(2๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = 2(2๐ฅ๐ฅ) + 4 = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4
9) ๐๐(2๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = (2๐ฅ๐ฅ)2 = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ2
10) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ2) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ4 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = (๐ฅ๐ฅ2)2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ4
11) ๐๐๏ฟฝโ๐ ๐ ๏ฟฝ = ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = ๏ฟฝโ๐ ๐ ๏ฟฝ2
= ๐ ๐
12) โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6 โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9 = ๏ฟฝ(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3) + 9 = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6
13) ๐๐(๐๐2 + 1) = ๏ฟฝ8 โ ๐๐2 โ9 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = ๏ฟฝ9 โ (๐๐2 + 1) = ๏ฟฝ9 โ ๐๐2 โ 1 = ๏ฟฝ8 โ ๐๐2
14) ๐๐๏ฟฝโ๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝ =
โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2โ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2
๐ฅ๐ฅ+2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
= ๏ฟฝโ๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝ+2๏ฟฝโ๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝโ2
= โ๐ฅ๐ฅ+2โ๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
15) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1) =๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1
๐ฅ๐ฅ+2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2
= (๐ฅ๐ฅ+1)+2(๐ฅ๐ฅ+1)โ2
= ๐ฅ๐ฅ+3๐ฅ๐ฅโ1
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4.3 Composition of Functions and Inverses
The process of taking one function and using it as the input for another function is known as composition of functions. The notation uses the symbol " โ " to show that composition is happening. Composition Notation
The composition of functions ๐๐ and ๐๐ is a function that is denoted by ๐๐ โ ๐๐ and defined as
(๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ))
When the order is reversed, you get (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ))
This works exactly like the substitution of an expression into a function from the last section (Section 4.2). Example
Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ.
(๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) โ
๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ)๏ฟฝ โ
๐๐(2๐ฅ๐ฅ) โ
(2๐ฅ๐ฅ)2 โ
4๐ฅ๐ฅ2 Visualization of the Example Above
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ)๏ฟฝ = (2๐ฅ๐ฅ)2
The function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) is inserted into the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ).
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If you are asked to evaluate a composite function, first simplify the composite function and then plug in the number. Example
Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(2) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 10๐ฅ๐ฅ.
(๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) โ
๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ)๏ฟฝ โ
๐๐(2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3) โ
10(2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3) โ
20๐ฅ๐ฅ + 30 Now that (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) has been found, evaluate (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(2)
(๐๐ โ ๐๐)(2)
โ 20๐ฅ๐ฅ + 30
โ 20(2) + 30
โ 40 + 30
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Visualization of the Example Above
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 10๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 ๐๐๏ฟฝ๐๐(2)๏ฟฝ = 10(2(2) + 3)
In this case, 2 is inserted into the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ), which is then inserted into the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ).
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Inverse Functions A function that undoes the action of a function ๐๐ is called the inverse of ๐๐.
Basically, if two functions are inverses of one another, their inputs and outputs are switched. Graphically, this looks like a reflection across the diagonal ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ line.
In the graphs above, the green and purple functions are inverses of one another.
A function ๐๐ is an inverse of the function ๐๐ if the domain of ๐๐ is equal to the range of ๐๐:
For every ๐ฅ๐ฅ in the domain of ๐๐ and every ๐ฆ๐ฆ in the domain of ๐๐,
๐๐(๐ฆ๐ฆ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฆ๐ฆ
The notation for an inverse function is given by ๐๐โ1, therefore,
๐๐โ1(๐ฆ๐ฆ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฆ๐ฆ
*The notation ๐๐โ1 does not mean 1๐๐
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Finding an Inverse Function In order to find the inverse of a function, simply switch the ๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐ฆ๐ฆ values and then solve for ๐ฆ๐ฆ. Example
Find the inverse function of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1.
Original expression ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 Replace ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) with ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
Interchange the variables ๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3๐ฆ๐ฆ + 1
Solve for ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 13๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1
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Final answer, replace ๐ฆ๐ฆ with ๐๐โ1(๐ฅ๐ฅ) ๐๐โ1(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 13๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1
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Graphically, ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 and ๐๐โ1(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 13๐ฅ๐ฅ โ
13 are shown below.
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1
๐๐โ1(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 13๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1
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Practice Problems
Evaluate the following.
1) Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ.
2) Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ.
3) Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ.
4) Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 1๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 21.
5) Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ.
6) Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(2) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
7) Find (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(100) when ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
8) Find the inverse function of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
9) Find the inverse function of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
10) Find the inverse function of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
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Answers
1) (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 25๐ฅ๐ฅ2
2) (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 5๐ฅ๐ฅ2
3) (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 25๐ฅ๐ฅ
4) (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 1๐ฅ๐ฅ+21
5) (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 4๐ฅ๐ฅ
6) (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(2) = 32
7) (๐๐ โ ๐๐)(100) = 100
8) ๐๐โ1(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 2
9) ๐๐โ1(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 13(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)
10) ๐๐โ1(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
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4.4 Transformations of Functions
There are ways we can manipulate a function to produce a graph similar to the shape of the original function. We will develop techniques for graphing these functions. These techniques are called transformations. Example
Letโs look at the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2:
We can see that it is centered at the origin (0,0). Now look at the graph of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)2 + 1:
The function ๐๐ is a transformation of the function ๐๐.
โ
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We can see that the graph of ๐๐ is identical in shape to that of ๐๐ but has been shifted 2 units to the right and 1 unit up. This is because the values of โ2 and 1 in the function ๐๐ determined where the vertex was placed. Therefore:
With the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)2 + 1, the value โ2 played the role of shifting the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 to the right 2 units and the value 1 played the role of raising the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 up 1 unit. Some more examples are below:
Vertical Shifts
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) + ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ > 0 ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) โ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ > 0 ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
Horizontal Shifts
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ + โ), ๐๐๐๐ โ > 0 ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ), ๐๐๐๐ โ > 0 ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 1 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 1
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)2 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1)2
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We can also compress and stretch graphs horizontally and vertically. Take a look at the functions:
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (2๐ฅ๐ฅ)2 โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ2 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๏ฟฝ12๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝ
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The functions ๐๐ and ๐๐ are only different because of the placement of the 2. Similarly, the functions โ and ๐๐ are only different because of the placement of the 12. To start off, look at the original parent function, ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ), without transformations:
On the next page, the different ways this graph can be stretched and compressed will be shown. Compare what you see to this original graph. The differences can be subtle.
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
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With the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2, the value 2 on the outside plays the role of stretching the function ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 vertically by a factor of 2. With the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (2๐ฅ๐ฅ)2, the value 2 on the inside plays the role of compressing the function ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 horizontally by a factor of 2. With the function โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 1
2๐ฅ๐ฅ2, the value 12 on the
outside plays the role of compressing the function ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 vertically by a factor of 12. With the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๏ฟฝ12๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝ
2, the value 12 on the inside plays the role of stretching the function ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 horizontally by a factor of 12.
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (2๐ฅ๐ฅ)2
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๏ฟฝ12๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝ
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Compressing and Stretching Vertically
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ), ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ > 0
Compressing and Stretching Horizontally
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ), ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ > 0
๐๐ stretches the graph of ๐๐ if ๐๐ > 1
๐๐ compresses the graph of ๐๐ if 0 < ๐๐ < 1
๐๐ stretches the graph of ๐๐ if 0 < ๐๐ < 1
๐๐ compresses the graph of ๐๐ if ๐๐ > 1
โ(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ2
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Look again at the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
Notice the graph has an upward oriented parabola. Now look at the graph ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
We see that this graph still represents a parabola. However, the shape is oriented downward. The difference between the two functions is the negative sign in front of the original function ๐ฅ๐ฅ2. This caused a reflection across the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-axis. If the negative had been inside the function like (โ๐ฅ๐ฅ)2, the reflection would happen over the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-axis. In this case with (โ๐ฅ๐ฅ)2 the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-axis reflection looks no different from ๐ฅ๐ฅ2.
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You can also transform a function by taking its absolute value as well. Remember the absolute value takes all negative values of an input and produces a positive output. Look at the graph of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ below (left). For every negative value of ๐ฅ๐ฅ we get a negative output for ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ). However, notice the difference with the absolute value of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) shown below (right). We see that for every negative value of ๐ฅ๐ฅ we get a positive output of ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ). So basically, taking the absolute value of a function makes all of its output positive.
Reflection about the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-axis
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) Multiply ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) by โ1
Reflection about the ๐ฆ๐ฆ-axis
๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(โ๐ฅ๐ฅ) Replace ๐ฅ๐ฅ with โ๐ฅ๐ฅ
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Practice Problems
Match the function on the left to its corresponding graph on the right.
1) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
2) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 1
3) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 4
4) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)2
5) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)2
6) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 4๐ฅ๐ฅ2
7) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 14๐ฅ๐ฅ
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8) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3)2 โ 1
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
F)
G)
H)
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Answers
1) ๐ถ๐ถ
2) ๐ด๐ด
3) ๐น๐น
4) ๐ท๐ท
5) ๐ต๐ต
6) ๐ป๐ป
7) ๐บ๐บ
8) ๐ธ๐ธ
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Quadratic Equations
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5.1 Distribution and Foiling
When two quantities are multiplied, all of the pieces being multiplied must be taken into account. Distribution and foiling are the same thing, technically- but they are defined separately so that each process is easier to understand. Distribution Example
When multiplying two quantities with no pluses or minuses involved, distribution is simple. Multiply like terms together.
5 โ (2๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 5 โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 10๐ฅ๐ฅ
3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ (4๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 3 โ 4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ2
๐ฆ๐ฆ โ (6๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 6 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 6๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ
Distribution Example
When multiplying two quantities where one has a plus or minus involved, multiply the outer term to each term connected by the plus or minus.
5 โ (2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1) = 5 โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ 1 = 10๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5
3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ (4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = 3 โ 4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ
2 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) = 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ 2 = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4
โ2 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) = (โ2) โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ (โ2) โ 2 = โ2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ4 = โ2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4
There are no like terms to combine here, but the multiplication still happens.
The negative is carried through the distribution always.
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Foiling Example
When multiplying two quantities which both have a plus or minus involved, multiply them in the following way
(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
First
(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
Outside
(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = 1๐ฅ๐ฅ
Inside
(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = 2
Last
First, outside, inside, last is where the name Foiling comes from.
Foiling Example
This is the result of the above method.
(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
Thus the distribution results in ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
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Practice Problems
Perform the following distributions.
1) 2(3๐ฅ๐ฅ) 2) 10(10๐ฅ๐ฅ) 3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ(7๐ฅ๐ฅ) 4) 3๐ฅ๐ฅ(5๐ฅ๐ฅ2) 5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ(๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ) 6) 6๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ3(2๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ3) 7) โ๐ฅ๐ฅ(8๐ฅ๐ฅ) 8) โ3(4๐ฅ๐ฅ9) 9) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) 10) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5) 11) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3) 12) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 9) 13) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4) 14) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) 15) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3) 16) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4) 17) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) 18) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6)
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1) 6๐ฅ๐ฅ 2(3๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2 โ 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 6 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 6๐ฅ๐ฅ
2) 100๐ฅ๐ฅ 10(10๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 10 โ 10 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 100 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 100๐ฅ๐ฅ 3) 7๐ฅ๐ฅ2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ(7๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 7 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 7 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 7๐ฅ๐ฅ2 4) 15๐ฅ๐ฅ3 3๐ฅ๐ฅ(5๐ฅ๐ฅ2) = 3 โ 5 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 15 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = 15๐ฅ๐ฅ3 5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฅ(๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ 6) 12๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ4๐ฅ๐ฅ3 6๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ3(2๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ3) = 6 โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = 12 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ3 = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ4๐ฅ๐ฅ3 7) โ8๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ๐ฅ๐ฅ(8๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ8 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ8 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = โ8๐ฅ๐ฅ2
8) โ12๐ฅ๐ฅ9 โ3(4๐ฅ๐ฅ9) = โ3 โ 4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ9 = โ12 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ9 = โ12๐ฅ๐ฅ9 9) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 โ 2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 10) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 โ 5 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5
11) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9 (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 โ 3 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9
12) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 7๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 18 (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 9) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 9 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ 9 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 9๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 18 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 7๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 18
13) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1 โ 4 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4
14) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4 (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ 2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4
15) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 9 (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 โ 3 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 9 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 9
16) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 16 (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 โ 4 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 16 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 16
17) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4 (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 โ 2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4
18) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 11๐ฅ๐ฅ + 30 (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ 6 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 6๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 30 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 11๐ฅ๐ฅ + 30
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5.2 Factoring Expressions
Factoring is the opposite of foiling. Foiling distributes two quantities into one another, factoring breaks a quantity up into its smaller pieces.
Factoring Example
When factoring an expression, take note what each piece of the expression has in common.
5๐ฅ๐ฅ4 + 10๐ฅ๐ฅ3 + 15๐ฅ๐ฅ2
= 5 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ
= 5 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5 โ 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Now, rewrite the expression using parentheses. On the left side of the parentheses, we will write the numbers and variables each piece has in common. Inside the parentheses we will write the leftovers of each piece.
= 5 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)
= 5๐ฅ๐ฅ2(๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)
The quadratic leftover in the parentheses cannot be simplified further, so we are done.
In conclusion, the factored form of 5๐ฅ๐ฅ4 + 10๐ฅ๐ฅ3 + 15๐ฅ๐ฅ2 is 5๐ฅ๐ฅ2(๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3).
Another factoring example is given on the next page.
Identify what each has in common. In this example, each part of the expression has a 5 and an ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 in common.
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Quadratic Factoring Example
When factoring a quadratic, you can guess and check, or you can use the following process. This process starts by filling out an X diagram that looks like this:
Consider the quadratic equation 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3.
Step 1:
Take the first and last coefficients and multiply them together. Place the result in the top part of the X. Then take the middle coefficient and place it in the bottom part of the X.
2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3
Step 2:
Now, find two numbers that multiply together to make the top number, and add together to make the bottom number. In this case, we need two numbers which multiply to make โ6 and add to make โ5.
The two numbers that meet those conditions are โ6 and 1. These numbers are placed in the sides of the X. It doesnโt matter which side you put them on.
โ6 โ 1 = โ6 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ 6 + 1 = โ5
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X
X
2 โ โ3 = โ6
โ5 โ5
โ6
X โ6
โ5
โ6 1
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Quadratic Factoring Example Continued
Step 3:
Now that the X diagram is filled out, we use that information to rewrite our quadratic equation as follows.
2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 Original
2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 New
Notice, the โ6 and 1 come from the X diagram.
Step 4:
Our fourth step is to draw a line down the center of the equation and factor each side separately.
2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3
Step 5:
Our final step is to write our factors! One of the factors will be the expression inside the parentheses. Notice how they are both the same! So one of our factors is (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3). The other factor is made up of the remaining pieces. In this case, the 2๐ฅ๐ฅ and the positive 1. So our other factor is (2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1).
In conclusion, the factored form of 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 is (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3)(2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1).
โ6
โ5
โ6 1 X
2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 6๐ฅ๐ฅ 1๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3
2๐ฅ๐ฅ(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3) 1(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3)
Factor this side. Factor this side.
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Practice Problems
Factor the following expressions.
1) 3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 9
2) 5๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
3) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 4๐ฅ๐ฅ
4) 10๐ฅ๐ฅ3 + 30๐ฅ๐ฅ2
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6
7) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5
8) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 8๐ฅ๐ฅ + 16
9) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9
10) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 11๐ฅ๐ฅ + 30
11) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2
12) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 8๐ฅ๐ฅ + 12
13) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 13๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 30
14) 5๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2
15) 6๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 13๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6
16) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4
17) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 9
18) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 1
19) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 16
Hint: When you see quadratics in this form, rewrite them with +0๐ฅ๐ฅ in the middle.
๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 0๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4
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1) 3(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3)
2) ๐ฅ๐ฅ(5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)
3) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)
4) 10๐ฅ๐ฅ2(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)
5) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)
6) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)
7) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5)
8) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4)
9) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)
10) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6)
11) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)
12) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6)
13) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 10)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3)
14) (5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)
15) (3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)
16) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)
17) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3)
18) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 1)
19) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 4)
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5.3 Solving Quadratic Equations
Solving quadratic equations requires factoring.
Example
First, use algebra to rearrange the quadratic equation so that it is equal to zero.
๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = โ3๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2
๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 0
Next, factor the left side.
๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 3๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 0
(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1) = 0
Now, set each of those expressions equal to zero and solve.
๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 0
๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2
๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = 0
๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ1
The solutions to the quadratic equation are ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 and ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ1. Try plugging ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2 into the original equation. Then try plugging ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ1 into the original equation. Note you will get 0 = 0 each time, meaning both values for ๐ฅ๐ฅ satisfy the equation!
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Practice Problems
Solve the following equations. (If you have already completed the factoring practice problems in Section 5.2, you can use that work to focus on the solving process here).
1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6 = 0
2) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 8๐ฅ๐ฅ + 16 = 0
3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 = 0
4) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 8๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ12
5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 4
6) 5๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 9๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
7) โ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9
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1) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2, ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ3 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6 = 0 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3) = 0 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 0 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 = 0 2) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ4 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 8๐ฅ๐ฅ + 16 = 0 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4) = 0 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = 0 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4 = 0
3) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ1, ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 = 0 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) = 0 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = 0 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 = 0
4) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2, ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 6 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 8๐ฅ๐ฅ + 12 = 0 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6) = 0 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 = 0 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6 = 0 5) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ2, ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 4 = 0 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) = 0 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 = 0 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 = 0
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ15,๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 5๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 9๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 = 0 โ (5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2) = 0 โ 5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = 0 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 2 = 0
7) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = โ3 ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 9 = 0 โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3) = 0 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 = 0 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3 = 0
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6.1 Two-Dimensional Shapes
Geometry word problems consist of relating two things: the information you are given and your knowledge of formulas. Often you will be asked to recall a formula from memory (such as area or perimeter) and use that formula to solve the problem. The following is a list of common 2D shapes and their formulas.
Terminology
Perimeter: The total distance around the edge of a shape. Finding the perimeter means adding up the lengths of all its sides.
Area: The size of a surface. Hypotenuse: The longest side of a right triangle.
Rectangles
Perimeter: ๐๐ = ๐ฟ๐ฟ + ๐ฟ๐ฟ + ๐๐ + ๐๐
= 2๐ฟ๐ฟ + 2๐๐
Area: ๐ด๐ด = ๐ฟ๐ฟ โ ๐๐
Squares
Perimeter: ๐๐ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ
= 4๐ฅ๐ฅ Area: ๐ด๐ด = ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ
= ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
โ
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Triangles
Perimeter: ๐๐ = ๐ด๐ด + ๐ต๐ต + ๐ถ๐ถ
Area: ๐ด๐ด = 12โ ๐ต๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ โ ๐ป๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐
= 12๐ต๐ต โ ๐ป๐ป
Right Triangles
Pythagorean Theorem: ๐๐2 = ๐๐2 + ๐๐2
Circles
Circumference: ๐ถ๐ถ = 2๐๐๐ ๐
Area: ๐ด๐ด = ๐๐ ๐ ๐ 2
Diameter: ๐ท๐ท = 2๐ ๐
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Practice Problems
Solve the following problems.
1) Find the area of the shaded region.
2) Find the area of the shaded region.
3) Find the area of the shaded region.
4) If the width of this rectangle is 4 times the length, and the area is 36 units squared, what is the width?
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5) If the hypotenuse of the triangle below is โ2, what is the area of the triangle?
6) The area of the figure below is 144 units squared. What is the value of x?
7) If ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2, find the Area and the Perimeter.
8) Given that the circumference of the circle is 8 ๐๐ , what is the area of the shaded
region?
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1) ๐ด๐ด = 12๐ฅ๐ฅ2
2) ๐ด๐ด = 4๐๐2
3) ๐ด๐ด = ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ2
4) ๐ค๐ค = 12
5) ๐ด๐ด = 12
6) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4
7) ๐๐ = 28,๐ด๐ด = 24
8) ๐ด๐ด = 64 โ 16๐๐
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6.2 Three-Dimensional Shapes
The following is a list of common 3D shapes and their formulas. You are more likely to see cubes and spheres on the test.
Terminology
Surface Area: The total area of the surfaces of a three-dimensional object.
Volume: The amount of space inside of a solid figure.
Rectangular Prisms
Surface Area: ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 2(๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ + ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ป๐ป + ๐ป๐ป๐๐)
Volume: ๐๐ = ๐ฟ๐ฟ โ ๐๐ โ ๐ป๐ป
Cubes
Surface Area: ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 6๐ฅ๐ฅ2
Volume: ๐๐ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ3
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Triangular Prisms In prisms there are two triangles (front and back), two surfaces (right and left), and one base surface (bottom).
Surface Area: ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 2 โ 1
2๐ต๐ต๐ป๐ป + 2๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ + ๐ต๐ต๐ฟ๐ฟ
= ๐ต๐ต๐ป๐ป + 2๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ + ๐ต๐ต๐ฟ๐ฟ
Volume: ๐๐ = ๐ด๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ โ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ
= 12๐ต๐ต โ ๐ป๐ป โ ๐ฟ๐ฟ
Spheres
Surface Area: ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 4๐๐๐ ๐ 2
Volume: ๐๐ = 43๐๐๐ ๐ 3
Practice Problems Find the surface area and volume of the following shapes. Use the information and diagram provided.
1) The length of the cube is 5 cm.
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2) The smaller square of a Rubikโs cube has a length of 2 cm.
3) The following is a prism.
4) The soccer ball has a diameter of 9 inches. Find its surface area and volume.
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Answers
1) ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 150 ๐๐๐๐2,๐๐ = 125 ๐๐๐๐3
2) ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 216 ๐๐๐๐2,๐๐ = 216 ๐๐๐๐3
3) ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 240 ๐๐๐๐2,๐๐ = 144 ๐๐๐๐3
4) ๐๐๐ด๐ด = 81๐๐ ๐๐๐๐2,๐๐ = 121.5๐๐ ๐๐๐๐3
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6.3 Lines and Angles
When lines intersect each other, we can find the angles created by the two lines.
Angles and Parallel Lines
When two lines intersect they form two pairs of opposite angles.
In the image above, ๐ด๐ด and ๐ถ๐ถ are opposite angles and ๐ท๐ท and ๐ต๐ต are opposite angles. Opposite angles are always congruent, meaning they are equal. If ๐ด๐ด is 49ยฐ, then ๐ถ๐ถ is 49ยฐ.
Two angles that are right next to one another are called adjacent angles.
In the image above, the angle ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ is the sum of angles ๐ด๐ด and ๐ต๐ต. If ๐ด๐ด is 30ยฐ and ๐ต๐ต is 60ยฐ, then ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ is 90ยฐ.
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Complementary Angles
Two angles are Complementary when they add up to 90ยฐ (a right angle ).
Supplementary Angles
Two Angles are Supplementary when they add up to 180ยฐ (a straight angle).
When there are two parallel lines with a third line intersecting them, eight angles are produced. The crossing line (in blue below) is called a transversal. An example is shown below.
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The eight angles created by the transversal form four pairs of corresponding angles. Corresponding angles are congruent.
Angles 1 and 5 are corresponding angles. The pairs 3 and 7, 4 and 8, and 2 and 6 are also corresponding. Angles that are in the area between the parallel lines such as 3 and 5 are called interior angles. Angles that are on the outside of the parallel lines like 4 and 7 are called exterior angles. Angles on the opposite sides of the transversal like 4 and 5 are called alternate angles.
Example
Which angles in the diagram to the right measure 65ยฐ?
Angle 6 is given to be 65ยฐ.
Angles 6 and 8 are opposite angles and are therefore congruent. So angle 8 is 65ยฐ.
Angles 6 and 2 are corresponding angles and are therefore congruent. So angle 2 is 65ยฐ.
Angles 6 and 4 are alternate exterior angles and are therefore congruent. So angle 4 is 65ยฐ.
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Distance and Midpoint Formula
On the next pages, two formulas will be given. The distance formula gives the distance between two points and the midpoint formula gives the coordinate point of the center of a line segment.
Distance Formula
Given two points: The distance, ๐๐, between those points is given by:
(๐ฅ๐ฅ1,๐ฆ๐ฆ1)
(๐ฅ๐ฅ2,๐ฆ๐ฆ2)
Example
Find the distance between the points (2, 5) and (โ4, 1).
So here ๐ฅ๐ฅ1 = 2, ๐ฆ๐ฆ1 = 5, ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = โ4, and ๐ฆ๐ฆ2 = 1.
๐๐ = ๏ฟฝ(๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ1)2 + (๐ฆ๐ฆ2 โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ1)2
= ๏ฟฝ(โ4โ 2)2 + (1 โ 5)2
= ๏ฟฝ(โ6)2 + (โ4)2
= โ36 + 16
= โ52
= 2โ13
โ 7.21
The distance between (2, 5) and (โ4, 1) is 2โ13 units (or about 7.21 units).
๐๐ = ๏ฟฝ(๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ1)2 + (๐ฆ๐ฆ2 โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ1)2
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Midpoint Formula
Given two points: The midpoint, ๐๐, of those points is given by:
(๐ฅ๐ฅ1,๐ฆ๐ฆ1)
(๐ฅ๐ฅ2,๐ฆ๐ฆ2)
Example
Find the midpoint between the points (4, 1) and (10, 5).
So here ๐ฅ๐ฅ1 = 4, ๐ฆ๐ฆ1 = 1, ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 10, and ๐ฆ๐ฆ2 = 5.
๐๐ = ๏ฟฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ1 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
2 ,๐ฆ๐ฆ1 + ๐ฆ๐ฆ2
2 ๏ฟฝ
= ๏ฟฝ4 + 10
2 ,1 + 5
2 ๏ฟฝ
= ๏ฟฝ142 ,
62๏ฟฝ
= (7, 3)
The point between (4, 1) and (10, 5) is (7, 3).
๐๐ = ๏ฟฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ1 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ2
2 ,๐ฆ๐ฆ1 + ๐ฆ๐ฆ2
2 ๏ฟฝ
This formula is given in the form of a coordinate point. Once all of the numbers are plugged in and it is simplified, you will be left with a point on a graph.
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Practice Problems Find the distance between the following points.
1) (0,0) and (1,1)
2) (1,1) and (2,9)
3) (โ1,โ3)and (โ9,โ9)
4) (6,โ1) and (โ4,4)
Find the midpoint of the following points.
5) (1,1) and (2,9)
6) (0,3) and (5,2)
Use the diagram to the right.
7) If angle 8 is 40ยฐ, which other angles are 40ยฐ?
8) If angle 1 is 100ยฐ, which other angles are 100ยฐ?
9) If angle 8 is 40ยฐ, what is the measure of angle 1?
10) If angle 1 is 100ยฐ, what is the measure of angle 6?
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Answers
1) โ2
2) โ50
3) 10
4) 5โ5
5) ๏ฟฝ32, 5๏ฟฝ
6) ๏ฟฝ52, 52๏ฟฝ
7) ๐ด๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ 2, 4, 6
8) ๐ด๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ 3, 5, 7
9) 140ยฐ
10) 80ยฐ
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Trigonometry
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7.1 Geometric Trigonometry
Trigonometry is the study of triangles. Here are some important equations that help relate different angle units and triangle sides. Definitions
Both degrees and radians are ways to measure angles. Degrees are a common unit of measurement you have probably seen before. Radians are numerical values that use ๐๐. Radians are often used in higher level math because much of trigonometry involves relating an angle to a circle.
Conversions
Since degrees and radians both measure the same thing, you can convert from one unit of measurement to another.
Degrees โ Radians
๐ผ๐ผ is the starting angle in degrees.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ = ๐ผ๐ผ โ๐๐
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Radians โ Degrees
๐ฝ๐ฝ is the starting angle in radians.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ = ๐ฝ๐ฝ โ180๐๐
Example
Convert 30ยฐ to radians.
30 โ๐๐
180 =30๐๐180 =
๐๐6
The angle 30ยฐ in radians is ๐๐6.
Example
Convert 2๐๐3 to degrees.
2๐๐3 โ
180๐๐ =
360๐๐3๐๐ =
3603 = 120
The angle 2๐๐3 in degrees is 120ยฐ.
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Use the following diagram for reference:
Pythagorean Theorem
The Pythagorean Theorem relates the three sides of a right triangle in terms of length. The labelling of ๐ด๐ด and ๐ต๐ต doesnโt matter, but ๐ถ๐ถ is always the hypotenuse. This only works for right triangles. It is as follows:
๐ด๐ด2 + ๐ต๐ต2 = ๐ถ๐ถ2
Trig Functions
The values of the following trigonometric functions (or just trig functions) can be found as follows. The words on the right might help you remember the fractions!
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐) = ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
= ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ถ
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐) = ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
= ๐ต๐ต๐ถ๐ถ
๐๐๐๐๐๐(๐๐) = ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
= ๐ด๐ด๐ต๐ต
SOH
CAH
TOA
๐ถ๐ถ ๐ด๐ด
๐ต๐ต
๐๐
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Example
What is the length of the missing side on the figure to the right? Using the Pythagorean theorem, the missing side can be found:
๐ด๐ด2 + ๐ต๐ต2 = ๐ถ๐ถ2
42 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 52
16 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 25
๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 25 โ 16
๐ฅ๐ฅ2 = 9
๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3
Example
What is the value of ๐๐๐๐๐๐(๐๐)?
๐๐๐๐๐๐(๐๐) = ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
= 2120
Opposite and adjacent are relative to where ๐๐ is. In this case, 21 is directly opposite of ๐๐ and 20 is adjacent to it. The hypotenuse is always the longest side of the triangle, opposite the right angle. This works the same for all of the trig functions. Each of them is simply equal to the ratio (fraction) of the sides. For more explanations and examples, ask a tutor for help!
5 4
๐ฅ๐ฅ
29 ๐๐
20
21
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Sometimes youโll have to solve problems for triangles with no right angle.
Use the following diagram for reference:
The Law of Sines and Law of Cosines show relationships between the sides and angles of any triangle (including non-right triangles). Use whichever equations are helpful depending on what information is given!
The Law of Sines
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐)๐ด๐ด
=๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐)๐ต๐ต =
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐)๐ถ๐ถ
The Law of Cosines
๐ด๐ด = ๏ฟฝ๐ต๐ต2 + ๐ถ๐ถ2 โ (2๐ต๐ต๐ถ๐ถ)(๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐))
๐ต๐ต = ๏ฟฝ๐ด๐ด2 + ๐ถ๐ถ2 โ (2๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ถ)(๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐))
๐ถ๐ถ = ๏ฟฝ๐ด๐ด2 + ๐ต๐ต2 โ (2๐ด๐ด๐ต๐ต)(๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐))
๐ถ๐ถ
๐ด๐ด
๐ต๐ต ๐๐
๐๐
๐๐
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Example
Find the measure of side ๐ถ๐ถ.
With the given information, using the Law of Sines is the most appropriate. Side ๐ด๐ด and its opposite angle ๐๐ are there, so we can apply the rule to find side ๐ถ๐ถ.
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐)๐ด๐ด
=๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐)๐ถ๐ถ
โ
๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(50ยฐ)4
=๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(20ยฐ)
๐ถ๐ถ
โ
๐ถ๐ถ โ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(50ยฐ)
4= ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(20ยฐ)
โ
๐ถ๐ถ =4๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(20ยฐ)๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(50ยฐ)
Then, by using a calculator,
๐ถ๐ถ = 1.9
So the length of side ๐ถ๐ถ is 1.9.
The AAF Accuplacer has a calculator built in for you to use if necessary.
๐ต๐ต
๐ถ๐ถ
4
50ยฐ
20ยฐ
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Example
Find the length of side ๐ต๐ต.
Notice that the Pythagorean Theorem cannot be used here because there is no right angle. With the given information, using the Law of Cosines is the most appropriate. Side ๐ด๐ด, side ๐ถ๐ถ, and angle ๐๐ are there, so we can apply the rule to find side ๐ต๐ต.
๐ต๐ต = ๏ฟฝ๐ด๐ด2 + ๐ถ๐ถ2 โ (2๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ถ)(๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐))
โ
๐ต๐ต = ๏ฟฝ32 + 22 โ (2 โ 3 โ 2)(๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (100ยฐ))
โ
๐ต๐ต = ๏ฟฝ9 + 4 โ (12)(๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (100ยฐ))
โ
๐ต๐ต = ๏ฟฝ13โ 12๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (100ยฐ)
Then, by using a calculator,
๐ต๐ต = 15.04
So the length of side ๐ต๐ต is 15.04.
The AAF Accuplacer has a calculator built in for you to use if necessary.
๐ถ๐ถ = 2
๐ด๐ด = 3 100ยฐ
๐ต๐ต
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Practice Problems
Convert the following.
1) Convert 90ยฐ to radians. 2) Convert 180ยฐ to radians. 3) Convert 225ยฐ to radians. 4) Convert ๐๐3 to degrees. 5) Convert 5๐๐6 to degrees. 6) Convert 2๐๐ to degrees.
Use the triangle to the right for reference.
7) If ๐ต๐ต = 3 and ๐ถ๐ถ = 5, what is the length of ๐ด๐ด? 8) If ๐ด๐ด = 5 and ๐ต๐ต = 12, what is the length of ๐ถ๐ถ? 9) If ๐ด๐ด = 28, ๐ต๐ต = 96, and ๐ถ๐ถ = 100, what is ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐)? 10) If ๐ด๐ด = 28, ๐ต๐ต = 96, and ๐ถ๐ถ = 100, what is ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐)? 11) If ๐ด๐ด = 28, ๐ต๐ต = 96, and ๐ถ๐ถ = 100, what is ๐๐๐๐๐๐(๐๐)?
Use the triangle to the right for reference. Not to scale. Round to one decimal place.
12) If ๐ถ๐ถ = 49, ๐๐ = 17ยฐ, and ๐๐ = 115ยฐ, what is ๐ต๐ต? 13) If ๐๐ = 29ยฐ, ๐๐ = 118ยฐ, and ๐ต๐ต = 11, what is ๐ด๐ด? 14) If ๐ด๐ด = 14, ๐ต๐ต = 10, and ๐๐ = 44ยฐ, what is ๐ถ๐ถ? 15) If ๐ด๐ด = 52, ๐ต๐ต = 16, and ๐๐ = 115ยฐ, what is ๐ถ๐ถ?
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1) ๐๐
2
2) ๐๐
3) 5๐๐4
4) 60ยฐ
5) 150ยฐ
6) 360ยฐ
7) ๐ด๐ด = 4
8) ๐ถ๐ถ = 13
9) ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐(๐๐) = 725
10) ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐) = 2425
11) ๐๐๐๐๐๐(๐๐) = 724
12) ๐ต๐ต = 15.8
13) ๐ด๐ด = 20.0
14) ๐ถ๐ถ = 9.7
15) ๐ถ๐ถ = 60.5
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8.1 Setting up an equation
An important skill needed on the test is translating sentences into equations. In this section you will practice translating from a phrase into a mathematical expression. Sometimes this can be straightforward and sometimes it can be very challenging. There is no single perfect strategy to translate, so as you go forward think of these questions:
-Can you explain why the answer you chose is correct?
-If you plugged a number into the expression you chose, would that expression manipulate the number in the way you expect it to?
-Are there any multiple choice answers you can eliminate right away? (Ones that donโt make sense or are trying to mislead you).
Addition (+)
When trying to determine if the + operation should be used in an expression, look for key words or phrases like โsumโ, โplusโ, โtotalโ, โandโ, โtogetherโ, โadditionalโ, โadded toโ, โcombined withโ, โmore thanโ, โincreased byโ.
Subtraction (โ)
When trying to determine if the โ operation should be used in an expression, look for key words or phrases like โminusโ, โreduceโ, โdifferenceโ, โleftโ, โchangeโ, โlessโ, โfewerโ, โdecreased byโ, โless thanโ, โtake awayโ, โsubtract fromโ, โhow much lessโ, โhow much leftโ.
Multiplication (ร)
When trying to determine if the ร operation should be used in an expression, look for key words or phrases like โproductโ, โtimesโ, โtwiceโ, โdoubledโ, โtripledโ, โperโ, โsquaredโ, โcubedโ, โofโ, โmultiplied byโ.
Division (รท)
When trying to determine if the รท operation should be used in an expression, look for key words or phrases like โratioโ, โquotientโ, โaverageโ, โoverโ, โintoโ, โhalf ofโ, โa third ofโ, โsplit evenlyโ, โshared equallyโ, โdivided byโ.
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Practice Problems
1) Which of the following expressions is twice as much as x?
A) ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2 B) ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 C) ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ D) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
2) Which of the following expressions is 3 times as much as the sum of y and z?
A) 3 โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ B) 3 + ๐ฆ๐ฆ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ C) ๐ฆ๐ฆ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3 D) (๐ฆ๐ฆ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ) โ 3
3) Which of the following expressions is one less than the sum of x and y?
A) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ) โ 1 B) ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ 1 C) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ) + 1 D) โ1 + (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ)
4) Which expression represents 10 more than twice the value of x?
A) 2 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 10 B) 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 10 C) ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 20 D) 10๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2
5) Which expression represents y minus the sum of x and z?
A) ๐ฆ๐ฆ โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ) B) ๐ฆ๐ฆ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ C) ๐ฆ๐ฆ(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ) D) ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ
6) What is 2 more than the product of x and y?
A) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2) โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ B) 2 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ C) 2 + (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ) D) (๐ฆ๐ฆ + 2) โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ
7) Which expression represents the difference between x and y, multiplied by z?
A) ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ B) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ) โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ C) ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ (๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ) D) ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ
8) Which expression represents three times the quotient of x and y?
A) 3 โ ๏ฟฝ๐ฆ๐ฆ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๏ฟฝ
B) 3๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ C) 3 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฆ๐ฆ2 D) 3 โ ๏ฟฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฆ๐ฆ๏ฟฝ
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1) ๐ท๐ท
2) ๐ท๐ท
3) ๐ด๐ด
4) ๐ต๐ต
5) ๐ด๐ด
6) ๐ถ๐ถ
7) ๐ต๐ต
8) ๐ท๐ท
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8.2 Word Problem Practice
The following is word problem practice. A majority of the test will be interpreting a situation and using your math skills to solve for something. When you approach word problems, keep these guidelines in mind:
-What information is a distraction (unneeded)?
-What information is given? Can you list it out or should it be written as an equation?
-What does the word problem want you to solve for in the end? (Keep this in mind as you proceed).
-If you feel like you donโt have the tools to solve the problem given, is there a way to approximate it?
Practice Problems
Solve the following word problems.
1) Alex the farmer wants to fence off a rectangular area of 100 square feet on their farm and wants the side closest to their house to be 25 feet long. How many feet of fencing do they need to purchase to complete the project?
A) 29 feet B) 58 feet
C) 100 feet D) 75 feet
2) Erin makes ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ dollars selling lemonade, Glenn makes ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ฆ
๐ฆ๐ฆ dollars as a cook,
and James only makes 23 as much as what Glenn makes. Which of the
following equations represents the total combined income of all three people?
A) 2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2๐ฆ๐ฆ3๐ฆ๐ฆ B) 1 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅโ2๐ฆ๐ฆ
3๐ฆ๐ฆ C) 1 + 6๐ฅ๐ฅโ3๐ฆ๐ฆ
3๐ฆ๐ฆ D) 8๐ฅ๐ฅโ5๐ฆ๐ฆ3๐ฆ๐ฆ
โ
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3) If Lee can walk two miles in one hour, how many miles could they walk in four and a half hours?
A) 8 ยผ miles B) 8 ยฝ miles
C) 9 ยผ miles D) 9 miles
4) If the price of an item is represented by ๐๐, how much is the item worth if it
is discounted by 23%? A) 0.23๐๐ B) 0.77๐๐
C) ๐๐ โ 0.23 D) ๐๐ + 0.77๐๐
5) Micah drops a ball from a cliff that is 200 meters high. If the distance of
the ball down the cliff is represented by ๐ท๐ท = 12๐๐๐๐
2, how long will it take the ball to travel 122.5 meters down the cliff? (Assume ๐๐ = 9.8๐๐ ๐ ๐ 2๏ฟฝ )
A) 5 seconds B) 10 seconds
C) 12 seconds D) 15 seconds
6) If Pat is half the age of Tyler and Tyler is three times the age of Grace,
what is Patโs age in 1995 if Grace was born in 1983?
A) 12 years old B) 16 years old
C) 18 years old D) 36 years old
7) The area of a right triangle is given by the equation ๐ด๐ด = 1
2๐๐โ, where ๐๐ represents the base and โ represents the height. If a right triangle has an area of 10 and a height of 5, what is the length of its base?
A) 5 B) 2
C) 4 D) 25
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8) In the beginning of the month, Morgan owes Payton, John, and Susan
$3.50 each. If Morgan receives a paycheck of $250.00 and repays Payton, John, and Susan, how much will she have left afterwards?
A) $239.50 B) $241.50
C) $246.00 D) $243.50
9) Taylor has $90 in their checking account. They make purchases of $22
and $54. Then they overdraft their account with a purchase of $37 resulting in a $35 fee. The next day, Taylor deposits a check for $185. What is the balance of their bank account after the deposit?
A) โ$58.00 B) $58.00
C) โ$127.00 D) $127.00
10) The temperatures on a certain planet can be as high as 102โ during the
day and as low as โ35โ at night. How many degrees does the temperature drop from day to night?
A) 67โ B) 102โ
C) 137โ D) 35โ
11) To calculate the Body Mass Index of an individual, their weight (in
kilograms) is divided by the square of their height (in meters). If Mike weighs 108 kilograms and stands 2 meters tall, what is his BMI?
A) 27 B) 24
C) 22 D) 18
12) Jasmine buys a car at a major dealership. She pays a single payment of
$5,775 for it. If 5% of that payment was taxes and fees, what was the actual price of the car? (Round to the nearest dollar)
A) $6,064 B) $5,500
C) $3,850 D) $5,486
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13) The perimeter of a rectangle is three times the length. The length is six
inches longer than the width. What are the dimensions of this rectangle?
A) 12 ๐๐๐๐ ร 6 ๐๐๐๐ B) 15 ๐๐๐๐ ร 9 ๐๐๐๐ C) 18 ๐๐๐๐ ร 10 ๐๐๐๐ D) 10 ๐๐๐๐ ร 4 ๐๐๐๐
14) What is the area under the curve shown below (above the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-axis)?
A) 10 B) 8 C) 16 D) 12
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1) ๐ต๐ต
2) ๐ท๐ท
3) ๐ท๐ท
4) ๐ต๐ต
5) ๐ด๐ด
6) ๐ถ๐ถ
7) ๐ถ๐ถ
8) ๐ด๐ด
9) ๐ท๐ท
10) ๐ถ๐ถ
11) ๐ด๐ด
12) ๐ท๐ท
13) ๐ด๐ด
14) C The trick with this question is to adjust the position of the curve so that the vertex is
over (0,0). Once the graph is in that position, you can approximate the area with a
triangle. After getting this approximation, choose the answer that is larger than the
number you got (since the triangle under-approximates the area).
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Practice Tests
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9.1 Practice Test 1
Answer the following questions.
1) What is 45ยฐ in radians? A) ๐๐2 B) ๐๐4 C) ๐๐ D) 3๐๐2
2) Find the Domain and Range of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ A) ๐ท๐ท: [0,โ),๐ ๐ : (โโ,โ) B) ๐ท๐ท: [0,โ), ๐ ๐ : [0,โ) C) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ), ๐ ๐ : [0,โ) D) ๐ท๐ท: (โโ,โ), ๐ ๐ : (โโ,โ)
3) The function ๐๐ is shown on the graph below. For what value of ๐ฅ๐ฅ does ๐๐ reach its maximum value?
A) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 1 B) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5.5 C) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 D) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 7
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4) A biologist puts an initial population of 500 bacteria into a growth plate. The population is expected to double every 4 hours. Which of the following equations gives the expected number of bacteria, ๐๐, after ๐ฅ๐ฅ days? (24 โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ = 1 ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ)
A) ๐๐ = 500(2)๐ฅ๐ฅ B) ๐๐ = 500(2)6๐ฅ๐ฅ C) ๐๐ = 500(6)๐ฅ๐ฅ D) ๐๐ = 500(6)2๐ฅ๐ฅ
5) Solve for ๐ฅ๐ฅ when log10 100 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ.
A) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 10 B) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 100 C) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 2 D) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 20
6) If ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ2 and ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ โ32, what is the solution to 5
๐ฅ๐ฅ+2 = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2๐ฅ๐ฅโ3?
A) 3 and 5 B) 2 and โ3
2 C) โ2 and 32 D) โ3 and โ5
7) Solve the system of equations ๏ฟฝ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 7๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 11
A) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 0, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 1 B) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2 C) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 3, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 4 D) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4, ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 4
8) Which of the following expressions is equivalent to ๏ฟฝ3๐ฅ๐ฅ4๐ฆ๐ฆโ2๏ฟฝโ3
๏ฟฝ2๐ฅ๐ฅ3๐ฆ๐ฆ2๏ฟฝโ2 ?
A) 27๐ฆ๐ฆ
10
4๐ฅ๐ฅ6
B) 4๐ฅ๐ฅ6
27๐ฆ๐ฆ10
C) 27๐ฅ๐ฅ6
4๐ฆ๐ฆ10
D) 4๐ฆ๐ฆ10
27๐ฅ๐ฅ6
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9) Use the triangle shown to the right. What is the value of ๐๐?
A) โ7
B) โ25
C) 7
D) 12
10) What would ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ look like if it were reflected about the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-axis?
A) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
B) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
C) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
D) ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = โ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + 2๐ฅ๐ฅ
3 ๐๐
4
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1) ๐ต๐ต
2) ๐ต๐ต
3) ๐ถ๐ถ
4) ๐ต๐ต
5) ๐ถ๐ถ
6) ๐ด๐ด
7) ๐ถ๐ถ
8) ๐ท๐ท
9) ๐ต๐ต
10) ๐ด๐ด
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9.2 Practice Test 2
Answer the following questions.
1) The perimeter of a rectangle is three times the length. The length is six inches longer than the width. What are the dimensions of this rectangle?
A) 12 ๐๐๐๐ ร 6 ๐๐๐๐ B) 15 ๐๐๐๐ ร 9 ๐๐๐๐ C) 18 ๐๐๐๐ ร 10 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ D) 10 ๐๐๐๐ ร 4 ๐๐๐๐
2) Find the distance between the points (โ2, 2) and (2,โ2).
A) โ2 B) โ4 C) 2โ4 D) 4โ2
3) What is the value of ๐ ๐ when โ๐ ๐ = 5?
A) โ5 B) โ25 C) 52 D) 252
4) Which of the following is not equivalent to ๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐ฅ๐ฅ+โ๐ฆ๐ฆ
?
A) (๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆ)(โ๐ฅ๐ฅโโ๐ฆ๐ฆ)(๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ฆ)
B) (๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆ)(โ๐ฅ๐ฅโโ๐ฆ๐ฆ)๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆ+2โ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ
C) โ๐ฅ๐ฅ(๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆ)โโ๐ฆ๐ฆ(๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆ)(๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ฆ)
D) (๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆ)(โ๐ฅ๐ฅ+โ๐ฆ๐ฆ)๐ฅ๐ฅ+๐ฆ๐ฆ+2โ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ
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5) What is 3๐๐2 in degrees? A) 90ยฐ B) 180ยฐ C) 270ยฐ D) 360ยฐ
6) Use the triangle shown to the right. What is the value of ๐ฆ๐ฆ? A) 45ยฐ B) 54ยฐ C) 144ยฐ D) 36ยฐ
7) Find ๐๐(5) for the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = 2๐ฅ๐ฅ + 4. A) 14 B) 15 C) 16 D) 17
8) In the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฆ๐ฆ plane, a line passes though the points (3,5) and the origin (0,0).
Which of the following is the equation for the line? A) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 3
5๐ฅ๐ฅ + 5
B) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 53๐ฅ๐ฅ
C) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 53
D) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = 53๐ฅ๐ฅ + 3
9) Determine the point at which the equations 6๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2๐ฆ๐ฆ = 2 and ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 1 = ๐ฆ๐ฆ
intersect on a graph. A) (0,1) B) (1,0) C) (1,โ2) D) (โ2,1)
36ยฐ
๐ฆ๐ฆ
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10) The function ๐๐ is shown on the graph below.
Which of the following is the graph of |๐๐|?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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1) ๐ด๐ด
2) ๐ท๐ท
3) ๐ถ๐ถ
4) ๐ต๐ต
5) ๐ถ๐ถ
6) ๐ต๐ต
7) ๐ด๐ด
8) ๐ต๐ต
9) ๐ด๐ด
10) ๐ท๐ท
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9.3 Practice Test 3
Answer the following questions.
1) What is the equation of the following graph?
A) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6 B) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6 C) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6 D) ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐ฅ๐ฅ2 + ๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6
2) Use the triangle to the right. What is the value of ๐๐?
A) โ4 B) โ2 C) 4 D) 5
3) What is a value of ๐ฅ๐ฅ that satisfies the inequality?
18 < 2๐ฅ๐ฅ2 < 50 A) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 4 B) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 5 C) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 20 D) ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 25
โ3 ๐๐
1
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4) Set up the equation for when $1000 is invested at 5% interest compounded annually.
A) ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 1000(0.05)๐๐ B) ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 1000(0.05)12๐๐ C) ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 1000(1.05)๐๐ D) ๐ด๐ด(๐๐) = 1000(1.05)12๐๐
5) The linear equation is in the form ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ + ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐, where ๐๐, ๐๐, and ๐๐ are
constants. If the line is graphed in the ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ฆ๐ฆ plane and passes through the origin (0,0), which of the following constants must equal zero?
A) ๐๐ B) ๐๐ C) ๐๐ D) It cannot be determined
6) Which of the following is the graph of a function where ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ)?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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7) Which of the following best describes the range of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = โ2๐ฅ๐ฅ4 + 7? A) ๐ฆ๐ฆ โค โ2 B) ๐ฆ๐ฆ โฅ 7 C) ๐ฆ๐ฆ โค 7 D) ๐ด๐ด๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
8) In the triangle ๐ด๐ด๐ต๐ต๐ถ๐ถ, angle ๐ถ๐ถ is a right angle. If ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐ด๐ด) = 5
8, what is the value of ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐ต๐ต)?
A) 38 B) 58 C) โ398 D) โ898
9) For which of the following equations is ๐ฅ๐ฅ = 6 the only solution?
A) (6๐ฅ๐ฅ)2 = 0 B) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6)2 = 0 C) (๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6)2 = 0 D) (๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 6)(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 6) = 0
10) In the function ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ + 2)(๐ฅ๐ฅ โ 3)๐๐, ๐๐ and ๐๐ are both integer
constants and ๐๐ is positive. If the end behavior of the graph of ๐ฆ๐ฆ = ๐๐(๐ฅ๐ฅ) is positive for both very large negative values of ๐ฅ๐ฅ and very large positive values of ๐ฅ๐ฅ, what is true about ๐๐ and ๐๐?
A) ๐๐ is negative, and ๐๐ is even. B) ๐๐ is positive, and ๐๐ is even. C) ๐๐ is negative, and ๐๐ is odd. D) ๐๐ is positive, and ๐๐ is odd.
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Answers
1) ๐ด๐ด
2) ๐ด๐ด
3) ๐ด๐ด
4) ๐ถ๐ถ
5) ๐ถ๐ถ
6) ๐ถ๐ถ
7) ๐ถ๐ถ
8) ๐ถ๐ถ
9) ๐ต๐ต
10) ๐ท๐ท
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