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COLLEGE ALGEBRA
Assignment Problems

Paul Dawkins
College Algebra

Table of Contents

Preface ............................................................................................................................................ ii
Outline ........................................................................................................................................... iii
Preliminaries .................................................................................................................................. 5
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 5
Integer Exponents ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Rational Exponents .................................................................................................................................... 7
Real Exponents .......................................................................................................................................... 9
Radicals ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
Polynomials ...............................................................................................................................................12
Factoring Polynomials ..............................................................................................................................13
Rational Expressions .................................................................................................................................16
Complex Numbers ....................................................................................................................................18
Solving Equations and Inequalities ............................................................................................ 19
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................19
Solutions and Solution Sets .......................................................................................................................19
Linear Equations .......................................................................................................................................20
Application of Linear Equations ...............................................................................................................21
Equations With More Than One Variable .................................................................................................22
Quadratic Equations Part I .....................................................................................................................23
Quadratic Equations Part II ....................................................................................................................25
Solving Quadratic Equations : A Summary ..............................................................................................26
Application of Quadratic Equations ..........................................................................................................27
Equations Reducible to Quadratic Form ...................................................................................................27
Equations with Radicals ............................................................................................................................28
Linear Inequalities .....................................................................................................................................28
Polynomial Inequalities .............................................................................................................................29
Rational Inequalities .................................................................................................................................30
Absolute Value Equations .........................................................................................................................31
Absolute Value Inequalities ......................................................................................................................32
Graphing and Functions ............................................................................................................. 32
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................33
Graphing ...................................................................................................................................................33
Lines ..........................................................................................................................................................34
Circles .......................................................................................................................................................36
The Definition of a Function .....................................................................................................................37
Graphing Functions ...................................................................................................................................40
Combining Functions ................................................................................................................................41
Inverse Functions ......................................................................................................................................42
Common Graphs ......................................................................................................................... 43
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................43
Lines, Circles and Piecewise Functions ....................................................................................................43
Parabolas ...................................................................................................................................................44
Ellipses ......................................................................................................................................................45
Hyperbolas ................................................................................................................................................46
Miscellaneous Functions ...........................................................................................................................47
Transformations ........................................................................................................................................47
Symmetry ..................................................................................................................................................48
Rational Functions ....................................................................................................................................48
Polynomial Functions .................................................................................................................. 49
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................49
Dividing Polynomials ...............................................................................................................................49
Zeroes/Roots of Polynomials ....................................................................................................................50
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Graphing Polynomials ...............................................................................................................................51
Finding Zeroes of Polynomials .................................................................................................................52
Partial Fractions ........................................................................................................................................52
Exponential and Logarithm Functions ...................................................................................... 54
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................54
Exponential Functions ...............................................................................................................................54
Logarithm Functions .................................................................................................................................55
Solving Exponential Equations .................................................................................................................57
Solving Logarithm Equations ...................................................................................................................58
Applications ..............................................................................................................................................59
Systems of Equations ................................................................................................................... 60
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................60
Linear Systems with Two Variables .........................................................................................................60
Linear Systems with Three Variables .......................................................................................................61
Augmented Matrices .................................................................................................................................62
More on the Augmented Matrix ................................................................................................................63
Non-Linear Systems ..................................................................................................................................64

Preface

Here are a set of problems for my Algebra notes. These problems do not have any solutions
available on this site. These are intended mostly for instructors who might want a set of problems
to assign for turning in. I try to put up both practice problems (with solutions available) and these
problems at the same time so that both will be available to anyone who wishes to use them.

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Outline

Here is a list of sections for which problems have been written.

Preliminaries
Integer Exponents
Rational Exponents
Real Exponents
Radicals
Polynomials
Factoring Polynomials
Rational Expressions
Complex Numbers

Solving Equations and Inequalities
Solutions and Solution Sets
Linear Equations
Applications of Linear Equations
Equations With More Than One Variable
Quadratic Equations, Part I
Quadratic Equations, Part II
Quadratic Equations : A Summary
Applications of Quadratic Equations
Equations Reducible to Quadratic Form
Equations with Radicals
Linear Inequalities
Polynomial Inequalities
Rational Inequalities
Absolute Value Equations
Absolute Value Inequalities

Graphing and Functions
Graphing
Lines
Circles
The Definition of a Function
Graphing Functions
Combining functions
Inverse Functions

Common Graphs
Lines, Circles and Piecewise Functions
Parabolas
Ellipses
Hyperbolas
Miscellaneous Functions
Transformations
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Symmetry
Rational Functions

Polynomial Functions
Dividing Polynomials
Zeroes/Roots of Polynomials
Graphing Polynomials
Finding Zeroes of Polynomials
Partial Fractions

Exponential and Logarithm Functions
Exponential Functions
Logarithm Functions
Solving Exponential Equations
Solving Logarithm Equations
Applications

Systems of Equations
Linear Systems with Two Variables
Linear Systems with Three Variables
Augmented Matrices
More on the Augmented Matrix
Nonlinear Systems

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Preliminaries

Introduction
Here are a set of problems for which no solutions are available. The main intent of these
problems is to have a set of problems available for any instructors who are looking for some extra
problems.

Note that some sections will have more problems than others and some will have more or less of
a variety of problems. Most sections should have a range of difficulty levels in the problems
although this will vary from section to section.

Here is a list of topics in this chapter that have problems written for them.

Integer Exponents
Rational Exponents
Real Exponents
Radicals
Polynomials
Complex Numbers

Integer Exponents
For problems 1 10 evaluate the given expression and write the answer as a single number with
no exponents.

1. ( )
2
2
2 5 4 +

2.
0 5
6 3

3.
3 2
3 4 2 3 +

4. ( ) ( )
4 4
1 2 3 +

5.
( )
2
0 2 2
7 4 3

6. ( )
3
3
4 4 +

7.
3 0
8 2 16
+
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8.
( )
1
1 1
2 3

+

9.
( )
3
2
2
3 2
6

10.
2 3
4
4 5
3

For problems 11 18 simplify the given expression and write the answer with only positive
exponents.

11.
( )
1
2 4
3x y

12.
( )
( )
3
3
2 4
2a b

13.
6 10
9 11
c b
b c

14.
( )
4
3 2
6 2 7
4a b a
c a b

15.
( )
( )
1
2 4
3
10
6
2
v w
v w

16.
( )
6
0
21 3 8
9 1
8x y x
y x

| |
|
|
\ .

17.
2
2 4 1
9 8 4
a b c
b c a

| |
|
\ .

18.
( )
( )
3
3
6 7 2
2
1 4 10
p q p q
p q p

| |
|
|
\ .

For problems 19 23 determine if the statement is true or false. If it is false explain why it is
false and give a corrected version of the statement.


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19.
1
1
6
6
x
x
=

20.
( )
7
3 10
x x =

21.
( )
2
3 4 12 8
m n m n =

22.
( )
( )
4
3
2 24
z z =

23. ( )
3
3 3
x y x y + = +

Rational Exponents
For problems 1 15 evaluate the given expression and write the answer as a single number with
no exponents.

1.
1
2
64

2.
1
2
64

3.
1
2
16

4.
1
4
16

5. ( )
1
5
243

6.
1
2
121

7. ( )
1
3
64

8.
1
4
625
256
| |
|
\ .

9.
1
3
27
8
| |
|
\ .


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10.
5
2
49

11.
5
6
64

12. ( )
4
3
729

13.
3
2
121
36
| |
|
\ .

14.
2
5
32
243
| |
|
\ .

15.
3
4
81
625
| |
|
\ .

exponents.

16.
( )
3
2 4
2
p q

17.
3
1 3
2
2
3 4
x x x
| |
|
\ .

18.
1 1 1
3 2 4
a a a

19.
8
7 5
9
3 4
m n
| |
|
\ .

20.
1
1
5
2
3
2 3
3 4
a b
b a
| |
|
|
|
\ .

21.
3
1 1
3 2
1 1
3 4
p q
p q

| |
|
|
|
\ .


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22.
7
2 3
8
3 4
7
4
x y
x
| |
|
|
|
\ .

23.
2
1
3
3 1
4
2 1 3
7 4 2
b c a
b a c
| |
|
|
|
\ .

For problems 24 & 25 determine if the statement is true or false. If it is false explain why it is
false and give a corrected version of the statement.

24.
2 3
3 2
a a
=

25.
1
n
n
x x
=

Real Exponents
exponents.

1.
( )
0.7
1.9 5.2
a b

2.
( )
0.1
8.1 0.3 3.5
x y z

3.
0.2
1.1 2.2
3.3 4.4
m n
n m
| |
|
\ .

4.
2
2.6 0.4
10.1 1.6
p q
p q

| |
|
\ .

5.
6.2
2 3.4 0.7
2.1 1.9
a b c
c a
| |
|
\ .

Radicals
For problems 1 6 write the expression in exponential form.

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1. 3n

2.
6
2y

3.
5 3
7x

4.
4
xyz

5. x y +

6.
3 3 3
a b +

For problems 7 12 evaluate the radical.

7. 256

8.
4
256

9.
8
256

10.
5
1024

11.
3
216

12.
3
343

For problems 13 22 simplify each of the following. Assume that x, y and z are all positive.

13.
5
z

14.
3 5
z

15.
3 17
16x

16.
11
6
128y

17.
3 17 4
x y z

18.
3 20 5
4
x y x


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19.
7 13
4
729x y z

20.
2 5 2
3 3
4 10 x y x y

21. 3 6 14 x x x

22.
3 2 2
4 4
2 32 xy x y

For problems 23 26 multiply each of the following. Assume that x is positive.

23.
( )( )
2 4 7 x x +

24.
( )
3 4 3 3
2 x x x +

25.
( )( )
2 2 x y x y +

26.
( )
2
2 4 4
x x +

For problems 27 35 rationalize the denominator. Assume that x and y are both positive.
27.
9
y

28.
3
7x

29.
4
1
x

30.
5 2
12
3x

31.
2
4 x

32.
9
3 2 y +

33.
4
7 6 x


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34.
6
5 10 x y
+

35.
4 x
x x
+

For problems 36 38 determine if the statement is true or false. If it is false explain why it is
false.

36.
1
2
3 3 x x =

37.
3 3 3
6 6 x x + = +

38.
2 4
x x =

39. For problems 13 35 above we always added the instruction to assume that the variables
were positive. Why was this instruction added? How would the answers to the problems change
if we did not have that instruction?

Polynomials
For problems 1 18 perform the indicated operation and identify the degree of the result.

1. Add
5 3
10 2 1 x x + to
4 3 2
8 16 x x x +

2. Add
2
7 13 4 t t + to
2
6 13 4 t t +

3. Subtract
2
12 9 3 z z + from
3 2
2 15 7 z z z + +

4. Subtract
4 2
100 19 7 x x x from
3
150 8 14 x x +

5. Subtract
4 3 2
1 w w w w + + + + from
5
w

6.
( )
2 2 3
6 3 2 y y y +

7.
( )
9 2
7 4 x x x +

8. ( )( ) 7 5 4 10 x x

9.
( )( )
2 3
4 9 3 t t t +


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10.
( )( )
3 2
1 8 4 7 y y y + +

11. ( )( ) 7 9 2 3 x x +

12.
( )( )
2 2 2
1 1 z z z +

13.
( )( )
2
2 4 6 7 x x x + +

14.
( )( )
2 3 2
10 4 9 5 2 w w w w + + +

15.
( )
2
2
10 3 x x +

16. ( )( )
2
1 5 4 y y +

17. Subtract ( )( ) 3 3 x x + from
2
7 10 x x +

18. Subtract
( )
2
2
4 1 x from
( )
2
3
9 x x +

19. If we multiply a polynomial with degree n and a polynomial of degree m what is the degree of
the result?

20. If we add 2 polynomials of degree n and m with n m < what is the degree of the result?

21. If we subtract 2 polynomials of degree n and m with n m < what is the degree of the result?

22. If we add two polynomials, both of degree n, is it possible for the result to not be degree n? If
it is not possible can you give an example of two polynomials, both of degree n, whose sum is not
degree n?

23. If we subtract two polynomials, both of degree n, is it possible for the result to not be degree
n? If it is not possible can you give an example of two polynomials, both of degree n, whose
difference is not degree n?

For problems 1 8 factor out the greatest common factor from each polynomial.

1.
3 8 10
6 10 x x x +

2.
6 5 8
25 15 30 u u u +

3.
6 4 10 2 2
2 3 y z y z y z +

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4.
10 7 8 9 6 12
7 14 35 a b a b a b +

5. ( ) ( )( ) 3 9 7 2 9 7 x x x + +

6.
( ) ( )
2 3 3
4 7 4 z z z z z +

7. ( ) ( )
4 9
3
8 2 7 2 2 7 y y y y + +

8.
( )( ) ( ) ( )
4
10 7
2 2 2
1 8 1 9 1 8 1 w w w w w w + + +

For problems 9 13 factor each of the following by grouping.

9.
3 2
18 2 9 x x x +

10.
4 3 2
6 3 14 7 w w w w +

11.
4 3 3 2
9 9 y y y y + + +

12.
4 3 6
21 56 12 32 x x x x +

13.
3 4 5 6
6 3 2 t t t t +

For problems 14 32 factor each of the following.

14.
2
10 9 x x +

15.
2
11 24 t t + +

16.
2
9 10 z z

17.
2
3 28 x x

18.
2
10 24 x x +

19.
2
8 16 w w +

20.
2
6 9 z z + +

21.
2
144 x

22.
2
36 x

23.
2
4 23 6 z z

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24.
2
2 9 10 y y +

25.
2
12 31 7 x x + +

26.
2
6 35 36 z z +

27.
2
8 29 12 t t +

28.
2
21 2 w w

29.
2
36 49 v

30.
2
100 20 1 x x + +

31.
2
25 40 16 z z +

32.
2
9 121 y

For problems 33 38 factor each of the following.

33.
3 2
4 20 144 x x x

34.
4 3 2
15 14 t t t + +

35.
8 6 4
6 3 3 u u u

36.
8 4
5 24 t t +

37.
4 2
2 5 12 z z

38.
6 3
4 5 x x +

For problems 39 & 40 determine the possible values of a for which the polynomial will factor.

39.
2
16 x ax +

40.
2
20 x ax + +

For problems 41 44 use the knowledge of factoring that youve learned in this section to factor
the following expressions.

41.
2 2
1 6 x x
+

42.
2
2
1
2 x
x
+

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43.
4
2
49
x
x

44. 7 18 x x

For problems 1 6 reduce each of the following to lowest terms.

1.
3 2
2
10
6 40
x x
x x
+
+

2.
2
2
18 72
2 11 6
x x
x x
+ +
+

3.
2
2
3 28
49
x x
x

4.
2
2
6 13 5
3 26 35
x x
x x
+ +
+ +

5.
2
2
10 9
6 27
x x
x x
+
+ +

6.
3 2
4 3 2
20
12 36
x x x
x x x
+
+

For problems 7 13 perform the indicated operation and reduce the answer to lowest terms.

7.
2 2
2 2
14 40 5 14
2 8 7 30
x x x x
x x x x
+ + +
+ +

8.
3 2 2
2 4 3
4 3 10 3
10 25
x x x x x
x x x x
+
+

9.
2 2
2
5 24 12
5 4 1
x x x x
x x x
+ +
+

10.
2 3 4 3 2
2 2
6 3 9
4 6 16
x x x x x
x x x
+
+


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11.
2 2
2 2
3 23 14 6 13 6
4 3 2 1
x x x x
x x x x
+ + + +
+ + + +

12.
2
5 18 8
4
6
x x
x
x

+

13.
3 2
2
2
4
6 17
3 4
x
x x
x x
+
+
+

For problems 14 22 perform the indicated operations.

14.
2 7 3
2 1 7
3 4 6 x x x
+

15.
2 1
9
x x
x x
+

16.
1 6
1 7
x
x x
+
+

17.
2 2
9 7
4 4 4
x
x x x
+

18.
2
2 1 3
4 3 7 1 4 7
x x x
x x x x
+ +
+
+

19.
2 2
3
6 5 6
x
x x x x

20.
2 2
2 8
4 12 12 20
x
x x x x
+
+ +

21.
2 2 2
3 9 2
5 10 25
x
x x x x x
+
+
+ + +

22.
( ) ( )
2 3
1 2 3
1
1 1
x
x x

+
+ +


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Complex Numbers
Perform the indicated operation and write your answer in standard form.

1. ( ) 2 8 15 i i +

2. ( ) ( ) 12 9 2 i i + + +

3. ( ) 4 3 20i

4.
( ) ( )
3 5 7 1
2 3 4 9
i i +

5. ( ) ( ) ( ) 3 2 3 8 4 7 i i i + +

6. ( ) 2 9 i i +

7.
( )( ) 10 3 1 7 i i + +

8. ( )
2
6 2i +

9.
( )( ) 2 14 2 14 i i +

10. ( )( )
1 1
2 3
2 5 i i +

11. ( )( )( ) 9 2 1 3 5 4 i i i + +

12.
1
7
i
i
+

13.
2 4
9 3
i
i
+
+

14.
6
4 7
i
i

15.
12 2
9
i
i

16.
4 5
4 5
i
i
+


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17.
( )
( )( )
10 12
2 1 4
i i
i i
+ +

Solving Equations and Inequalities

Introduction
problems.



Linear Equations
Applications of Linear Equations
Quadratic Equations, Part I
Quadratic Equations, Part II
Quadratic Equations : A Summary No problems written yet.
Applications of Quadratic Equations
Linear Inequalities

For each of the following determine if the given number is a solution to the given equation or
inequality.

1. Is 1 u = a solution to ( )
2
4 40 10 2 1 6 u u = ?

2. Is 7 t = a solution to
( ) ( ) 7 2 5 4 2 t t + = + + ?


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3. Is
1
3
z = a solution to
( ) 6 1 5 9 z z + = ?

4. Is 6 x = a solution to
2
10 24 x x = ?

5. Is
1
4
t = a solution to
( )
2
3 8 3 1 t t t + = ?

6. Is 3 w = a solution to
2 2
2 10 7 8 w w w = + ?

7. Is
1
2
x = a solution to
2
3 1
2
x x
= ?

8. Is 2 v = a solution to
2
2
0
1
v v
v
+
=
?

9. Is 1 v = a solution to
2
2
0
1
v v
v
+
=
?

10. Is 1 x = a solution to
2
3 1 6 7
2 3 4
x x
x x x
+
=
+ +
?

11. Is 4 y = a solution to
2 3
4 5 2 y y y + ?

12. Is 0 w = a solution to ( ) ( ) 3 7 2 1 10 w w w + + > ?

13. Is 7 x = a solution to 3 4 24 x x + < + ?

Linear Equations
Solve each of the following equations and check your answer.

1. ( ) ( ) 13 2 1 8 5 7 u u u + = +

2. ( ) ( ) 8 2 3 1 10 1 z z z + + = +

3.
( ) ( ) 8 4 12 2 3 2 7 3 t t t + = +

4.
( ) ( ) 2 6 1 21 8 3 12 x x x x x + =


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5.
3 1 7 2
1
5 15
w w +
+ =

6.
10 1 2 1
9 3 9
y y
+ =

7.
2 5 1
2 3
4 3 3
x x + | |
=
|
\ .

8.
6 24
5
4
x
x
+
=
+

9.
2
3 2 7 4
7 5 14 2
v
v v v v
=
+ +

10.
2
6 1 19
5 4 1
t
t t t
=
+ + +

11.
8 4 10
2
3 2 3 2
z z
z z
=

12.
2
4 1 8 4 3
2 6 8 4
w w w
w w w w
+
+ =
+

Application of Linear Equations

1. In a clearance bin everything has been reduced by 75%. One item is listed in the bin for
$32.40. How much was the price of the item before it was put into the clearance bin?

2. A piece of electronics has been marked up 20% and is selling for $21.50. How much did the
store pay for the item?

3. A widget is on sale for $715.80 and has been marked down by 11%. What was the original
price of the widget?

4. Two cars start at the same point and move in the same direction. One car travels 5mph faster
than the twice the speed of other car. After 10 hours the distance separating the two cars is 60
miles. What was the speed of each car?

5. Two people start out 100 meters apart from each other and start moving towards each other at
the same time. One person is moving at half the speed of the other person and they meet after 25
seconds of travel time. What was the speed of each person?


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6. Two boats start at the same point. One boat starts traveling to the east at 45 mph and two hours
later the second boat starts traveling to the east at 60 mph. At some point in time the faster boat
will be 145 miles in front of the slower boat. How long has each boat been traveling when this
happens?

7. One machine can complete a production run at a factory in 46 hours. Two machines can
complete the production run in 25 hours if they work together. How long would it take the
second machine to complete the production run if it had to do the job by itself?

8. One person can mow a field in 52 minutes and a second can mow the same field in 40 minutes.
How long would it take the two of them to mow the field together?

9. One pump can fill a pool in 11 hours and a second pump can empty the same pool in 4 hours.
While the pool is full both pumps are accidentally both turned on at the same time. How long
will does it take to empty the pool?

10. How much pure acid should we add to a 32% acid solution to get 10 liters of a 60% acid
solution.

11. We have 80 liters of a 2% saline solution. How much of a 10% saline solution should we add
to this to increase the salinity to 4%?

12. We have 10 gallons of a 26% alcohol solution and we need 15 gallons of an 18% alcohol
solution. What % alcohol solution should we add to the 26% solution to get the solution we
want?

13. There is a field whose width is 6 meters less than its length. If both the length and width are
doubled the perimeter will be 120 meters. What are the dimensions of the field?

14. A triangular piece of glass has been cut for a stained glass window. Two of the sides are the
same length and the third side is 1 inch shorter than the length of the other two sides. If the
perimeter is 23 inches what are the lengths of the sides?


1. Solve
( ) 3 4 2 A p r = for p.

2. Solve
( ) 3 4 2 A p r = for r.

3. Solve
3
6 7
3
c q
T p p
c
| |
= +
|
\ .
for p.

4. Solve
3
6 7
3
c q
T p p
c
| |
= +
|
\ .
for c.


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5. Solve
1 2 3
n m q
= for n.

6. Solve
1 2 3
n m q
= for q.

7. Solve
( ) 3 6 4 7 A C A B C + = for C.

8. Solve
( ) 3 6 4 7 A C A B C + = for A.

9. Solve
4 9
3
x
y

= for x.

10. Solve
12
1
y
x
=
for x.

11. Solve
7
10 9
y
x
=
+
for x.

12. Solve
8 5
9 7
x
y
x
for x.

13. Solve
2 11
1 4
x
y
x
+
=
+
for x.

14. Solve
9 2
4
x
y
x
+
=
for x.

Quadratic Equations Part I
For problems 1 15 solve the quadratic equation by factoring.

1.
2
11 24 0 z z + =

2.
2
13 12 0 w w + + =

3.
2
32 12 x x + =

4.
2
6 27 y y = +

5.
2
4 20 3 24 u u u = +

6.
2
36 0 z =

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7.
2
144 25 0 x =

8.
2
7 19 6 x x + =

9.
2
4 15 6 4 y y y + + =

10.
2
6 11 15 12 5 z z z + =

11.
2 2
20 3 5 5 1 v v v v + = + +

12.
2
4 16 4 x x x + =

13.
2
9 17 20 4 7 y y y + + =

14.
2
7 9 0 u u + =

15.
2
14 3 x x =

For problems 16 18 use factoring to solve the equation.

16.
3 2
3 19 14 0 v v v =

17.
6 5 4
20 y y y + =

18.
4 3 2
2 0 z z z + + =

For problems 19 22 use factoring to solve the equation.

19.
2
2 12
1
2 6
x
x x x
+ =
+

20.
( )
2
4 5
1 4
2 2
t
t
t t t t
+
= +
+ +

21.
2
1 5 5
6 6
w w
w
w w

=
+ +

22.
2
2
2 19 34 3
9 10 9 1
y y y y
y y y y
+
+ =
+

For problems 23 31 use the Square Root Property to solve the equation.

23.
2
144 0 v =


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24.
2
81 25 0 x =

25.
2
4 1 0 t + =

26.
2
7 3 0 y =

27.
2
14 2 0 x + =

28. ( )
2
3 8 16 0 t =

29. ( )
2
11 6 0 u + + =

30. ( )
2
4 2 1 36 0 x =

31. ( )
2
4 121 0 z =

Quadratic Equations Part II
For problems 1 6 complete the square.

1.
2
3 w w +

2.
2
10 x x

3.
2
14 y y +

4.
2
3 36 u u

5.
2
2 9 t t

6.
2
18x x

For problems 7 16 solve the quadratic equation by completing the square.

7.
2
3 10 0 x x + =

8.
2
12 40 0 z z + =

9.
2
7 2 0 t t + =

10.
2
5 9 0 u u + + =


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11.
2
4 4 5 0 x x + =

12.
2
16 8 1 0 w w + + =

13.
2
4 24 29 0 y y + =

14.
2
81 54 10 0 z z + + =

15.
2
9 12 14 0 t t =

16.
2
5 14 11 0 v v + =

For problems 17 26 use the quadratic formula to solve the quadratic equation.

17.
2
14 245 0 w w + =

18.
2
3 20 31 0 t t + + =

19.
2
6 61 18 0 x x + + =

20.
2
4 23 x x =

21.
2
20 4 64 y y y + =

22.
2
33 8z z = +

23.
2 2
2 49 32 2 t t t + =

24.
2
40 25 10 11 u u u + =

25.
2 2
10 10 4 3 10 x x x x = +

26.
2
16 4 40 140 19 z z z + = +

Solving Quadratic Equations : A Summary
For problems 1 7 use the discriminant to determine the type of roots for the equation. Do not
find any roots.

1.
2
25 120 619 0 x x + =

2.
2
104 75 14 0 x x =

3.
2
2 60 450 0 x x + + =

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4.
2
1
43 0
6
x =

5.
2
97 136 289 0 x x + + =

6.
2
10 7 0 x x =

7.
2
49 14 1
0
9 15 25
x x + + =

Application of Quadratic Equations

1. The length of a rectangle is 4 feet more than the width. If the area of the rectangle is 136 ft
2

what are the dimensions of the rectangle?

2. The area of some rectangle is 35 in
2
. Four times the width of this rectangle is the same as 3
inches more than twice the length. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

3. The area of a triangle is 28 m
2
and the height of the triangle is 2 meters less than 5 times the
base. What are the height and base of this triangle?

4. Two cars start out at the same spot. One car starts to drive north at 18 mph 5 hours before the
second car starts driving to the east at 32 mph. How long after the first car starts driving does it
take for the two cars to be 350 miles apart?

5. Two cars start out at the same point and at the same time one starts driving north while the
other starts driving east at a speed that is 4 mph faster than the car driving north. Twelve hours
after the cars start driving they are 600 miles apart. What was the speed of each car?

6. Two people can paint a house in 21 hours. Working individually one of the people can paint
the house in 6 hours more than it takes the other person to paint the house. How long would it
take each person working individually to paint the house?

Solve each of the following equations.

1.
6 3
8 215 27 0 x x + =

2.
4 2
3 3
13 36 0 x x + =

3.
10 5
32 31 1 0 x x

=


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4. 8 15 0 x x + =

5.
1 1
2 4
13 30 0 x x

+ =

6.
6 3
3 28 0 x x

=

7.
10
1024 0 x =

8.
4 2
8 5 0 x x + =

9.
4 2
1 10
22 0
x x
+ + =


1. 4 3 x x =

2. 2 3 x x =

3. 4 6 x x + =

4. ( ) 3 11 3 x x + = +

5. 8 22 3 x x = +

6. 2 8 7 x x =

7. 1 3 4 5 x x + = +

8. 3 1 2 x x + + =

Linear Inequalities
For problems 1 6 solve each of the following inequalities. Give the solution in both inequality
and interval notations.

1. ( ) ( ) 7 2 4 12 3 5 6 x x x + < +


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2.
( ) ( ) 10 3 9 2 4 w w +

3. ( ) ( ) 2 4 5 12 6 1 3 y y y +

4.
1 1 1 7
2 4 2
3 6 9 18
z z z
| | | |
> +
| |
\ . \ .

5. ( ) 2 2 4 3 6 x +

6. 4 7 8 1 x < +

7.
1 1 1 3
2
2 4 8 4
t
| |
< + <
|
\ .

8. 12 4 11 3 m

9.
3 5 1
0
7 14 2
x <

10. ( ) ( ) 8 2 3 4 4 1 3 3 x x < + +

11. If 7 6 x < determine a and b for the inequality : 3 8 a x b + <

12. If 3 1 x determine a and b for the inequality : 6 2 a x b <

Solve each of the following inequalities.

1.
2
11 24 0 z z + <

2.
2
2 3 5 x x

3.
2
30 7 t t >

4.
2
7 8 m m

5.
2
6 9 x x +

6.
2
1 u u +

7.
2
4 12 0 w w + >


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8.
2
49 14 x x + >

9.
2
t t

10.
2
8 14 x x >

11.
2
9 6 1 0 u u + <

12.
6 5 4
8 12 0 z z z + +

13.
3 2
2 3 14 w w w >


1.
6
0
1
t
t
+
<

2.
4 2
0
3
x
x
+

3.
2 3
0
6
u
u
+
>
+

4.
3
2
1
z
z
<
+

5.
9
3
2
w
w
+

+

6.
2
9 14
0
1
x x
x
+ +
>

7.
2
4 3 10
0
z z
z
+

8.
2
2
10 16
0
4 3
t t
t t
+ +

+

9.
2
6 4
4
5
z z
z
+
<


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10.
2
3
5
w
w
w

11.
2
8 16
0
x x
x
+ +
>

12.
4 5
8
0
3
u
u u

13.
2
2
0
2 1 x x

+

For problems 1 10 solve each of the equation.

1. 2 9 7 x + =

2. 5 2 3 w =

3. 6 7 10 t =

4.
1 1
2
4 3
m =

5. 8 9 9 u + =

6. 3 4 1 x x + = +

7. 2 7 3 10 z z =

8. 3 9 10 y y + =

9. 6 12 1 w w + = +

10. 8 3 0 x + =

For problems 11 13 find all the real valued solutions to the equation.

11.
2
1 4 x + =

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12.
2
7 12 u u =

13.
2
6 z z =


1. 3 1 9 x +

2. 10 4 2 w <

3. 8 5 0 t

4. 9 14 z <

5. 2 7 20 u

6. 4 2 1 x + <

7. 1 4 1 z >

8. 3 15 4 w+

9. 6 10 12 t >

10. 8 2 5 x

11. 4 1 1 u >

Graphing and Functions


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Introduction
problems.


.

Graphing
Lines
Circles
Graphing Functions
Combining functions
Inverse Functions
.

Graphing

For problems 1 7 construct a table of at least 4 ordered pairs of points on the graph of the
equation and use the ordered pairs from the table to sketch the graph of the equation.

1.
1 3
2 2
y x = +

2. 4 y x =

3.
2
3 y x =

4. ( )
2
3 y x = +

5. 2 y x = +

6. y x =

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7.
3
y x =

For problems 8 18 determine the x-intercepts and y-intercepts for the equation. Do not sketch
the graph.

8.
7
2
3
y x = +

9. 6 11 2 y x + =

10.
2
10 y x =

11.
2
10 25 y x x = +

12.
2
16 8 17 y x x = +

13.
2
25 24 y x x =

14.
2
2 6 7 y x x = +

15.
2
4 3 y x =

16.
3
6 48 y x = +

17. 4 7 y x = +

18. 4 2 y x =

Lines

For problems 1 5 determine the slope of the line containing the two points and sketch the graph
of the line.

1. ( ) ( ) 2,10 , 2,14

2. ( ) ( ) 6,0 , 1,3

3. ( ) ( ) 2,12 , 6,10

4. ( ) ( ) 5,7 , 1, 11

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5. ( ) ( ) 1, 6 , 4, 6

For problems 6 12 write down the equation of the line that passes through the two points. Give
your answer in point-slope form and slope-intercept form.

6. ( ) ( ) 2,10 , 2,14

7. ( ) ( ) 6,0 , 1,3

8. ( ) ( ) 2,12 , 6,10

9. ( ) ( ) 5,7 , 1, 11

10. ( ) ( ) 1, 6 , 4, 6

11. ( ) ( ) 0,10 , 4,2

12. ( ) ( ) 9,2 , 3,24

For problems 13 17 determine the slope of the line and sketch the graph of the line.

13. 6 8 x y =

14. 2 3 y x + =

15. 3 1 x y =

16. 5 4 7 y x + =

17. 6 13 4 y x =

For problems 18 - 20 determine if the two given lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither.

18. The line containing the two points ( ) 0,0 , ( ) 3,18 and the line containing the two points
( ) 1, 5 , ( ) 1,7 .

19. 4 9 y x = and 4 3 y x =

20.
2
4
3
y x = and the line containing the two points ( ) 4,7 , ( ) 2, 2


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21. Find the equation of the line through ( ) 6, 1 and is parallel to the line 9 2 1 x y + = .

22. Find the equation of the line through ( ) 6, 1 and is perpendicular to the line 9 2 1 x y + = .

23. Find the equation of the line through ( ) 4, 9 and is parallel to the line 8 43 y x = .

24. Find the equation of the line through ( ) 4, 9 and is perpendicular to the line 8 43 y x = .

Circles

1. Write the equation of the circle with radius 1 and center ( ) 11,4 .

2. Write the equation of the circle with radius 10 and center ( ) 6,0 .

3. Write the equation of the circle with radius 19 and center ( ) 7, 2 .

4. Write the equation of the circle with radius
7
3
and center
1 3
,
2 4
| |
|
\ .
.

For problems 5 10 determine the radius and center of the circle and sketch the graph of the
circle.

5. ( )
2
2
8 36 x y + + =

6. ( ) ( )
2 2
1 7 16 x y + =

7. ( ) ( )
2 2
10 6 25 x y + + =

8.
( )
2
2
49
4
144
x y + + =

9. ( ) ( )
2 2
2 1 3 x y + + =

10. ( ) ( )
2 2
5 3 11 x y + =

For problems 11 17 determine the radius and center of the circle. If the equation is not the
equation of a circle clearly explain why not.

11.
2 2
8 0 x y y + =

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12.
2 2
6 4 12 0 x y x y + =

13.
2 2
12 2 28 0 x y x y + + + + =

14.
2 2
16 16 16 8 11 0 x y x y + + =

15.
2 2
2 2 3 1 0 x y x + + =

16.
2 2
2 2 11 0 x y x y + + + =

17.
2 2
10 4 29 0 x y x y + + + =


For problems 1 6 determine if the given relation is a function.

1. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) { }
0,1 , 2,6 , 9,4 , 7,2 , 12,3

2. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) { }
4,1 , 2,1 , 0,1 , 3,1

3. ( ) ( ) ( ) { }
0,4 , 0,6 , 0,8

4. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) { }
1,6 , 3,4 , 7,6 , 2, 10

5. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) { }
0,1 , 2,3 , 4,5 , 6,7 , 8,9 , 10,11 , 12,13

6. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) { }
7,0 , 4,2 , 4,1 , 2,3 , 6,0

For problems 7 13 determine if the given equation is a function.

7.
2 7
5 5
y x = +

8.
2
3 4 1 y x x = + +

9.
4
2 y x =

10.
2
10 3 y x =


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11.
2 2
1 y x = +

12.
4 3
1 y x + =

13.
3 4
1 y x + =

14. Given ( ) 7 2 A t t = + determine each of the following.
(a) ( ) 9 A (b) ( ) 0 A (c) ( ) 2 A (d) ( ) 6 A x (e)
( )
2
1 A t +

15. Given
( )
3
f x
x
= determine each of the following.
(a) ( ) 4 f (b)
1
3
f
| |
|
\ .
(c)
6
7
f
| |
|
\ .
(d) ( ) 4 2 f t + (e)
6
f
x
| |
|
\ .

16. Given ( ) 2 10 h w w = + determine each of the following.
(a) ( ) 1 h (b) ( ) 0 h (c) ( ) 3 h (d) ( ) 2 h t (e) ( ) 4 h w+

17. Given ( )
2
3 2 P x x x = determine each of the following.
(a) ( ) 6 P (b) ( ) 0 P (c) ( ) 3 P (d)
( )
2
P z (e) ( ) 4 P x

18. Given ( )
3 2
2 f z z z = determine each of the following.
(a) ( ) 1 f (b) ( ) 0 f (c) ( ) 4 f (d)
1
2
f t
| |
|
\ .
(e) ( ) 1 f z
19. Given ( )
2 if 10
7 if 10
t t
g t
t t
+
=

<
determine each of the following.

(a) ( ) 14 g (b) ( ) 10 g (c) ( ) 1 g

20. Given ( )
2
4 if 4
6 if 4
x x
f x
x x
<
=


(a) ( ) 6 f (b) ( ) 4 f (c) ( ) 3 f

21. Given ( )
1
2
2
if 7
1 if 7 11
3 if 11
x x
g x x x
x x

= + < <

(a) ( ) 2 g (b) ( ) 7 g (c) ( ) 8 g (d) ( ) 11 g (e) ( ) 14 g


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22. Given ( )
12 if 8
2 3 if 10 8
1 if 10
w
A w w w
w
>
= +
<

(a) ( ) 12 A (b) ( ) 10 A (c) ( ) 9 A (d) ( ) 8 A (e) ( ) 0 A

23. Given ( )
2
2 if 6
4 if 6
if 6
x x
f x x x
x x
<
= + =
>

(a) ( ) 0 f (b) ( ) 2 f (c) ( ) 6 f (d) ( ) 8 f (e) ( ) 10 f

For problems 24 28 compute the difference quotient for the given function. The difference
quotient for the function ( ) f x is defined to be,

( ) ( ) f x h f x
h
+

24. ( ) 8 1 f x x =

25. ( )
2
3 f x x =

26. ( )
2
7 f x x =

27. ( )
2
3 7 4 f x x x = +

28.
( )
2
f x
x
=

For problems 29 39 determine the domain of the function.

29. ( ) 9 f x x =

30. ( )
2
4 P z z =

31.
( )
2
8 1
x
h x
x
+
=

32. ( )
2
2
4
6 7
t
A t
t t
=
+


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33. ( )
2
2
3 2
12 36
w w
h w
w w
+ +
=
+ +

34. ( ) 10 15 g x x =

35. ( )
10
6 4
t
f t
t
=

36. ( )
7
2
w
f w
w
+
=

37. ( )
2
9 A z z z =

38. ( )
2
20 h z z z =

39. ( )
6
5 10
t
g t
t
+
=

Graphing Functions

For problems 1 13 construct a table of at least 4 ordered pairs of points on the graph of the
function and use the ordered pairs from the table to sketch the graph of the function.

1. ( ) 6 1 f x x =

2. ( ) 3 5 f x x =

3. ( )
2
2 f x x =

4. ( )
2
7 f x x = +

5. ( ) 3 f x x = +

6. ( ) 6 f x x =

7.
( )
1
f x
x
= , use only positive xs


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8.
( )
1
f x
x
= , use only negative xs

9. ( )
3 if 0
4 if 0
x
f x
x x

=

<

10. ( )
4 if 2
3 2 if 2
x x
f x
x x

=

>

11. ( )
( )
2
2
2 if 1
2 if 1
x x
f x
x x
<

12. ( )
2
if 3
4 if 2 3
1 if 2
x x
f x x
x x
>
<

13. ( )
2
1 if 1
1 if 1 1
1 if 1
x x
f x x x
x x

= < <

Combining Functions

1. Given ( ) 12 f x x = + and ( ) 9 4 g x x = + compute each of the following.
(a) f g + (b) ( )( ) 1 f g (c)
( )( ) f g x (d)
f
g

2. Given ( )
2
4 h w w w = and ( )
2
2 f w w = + compute each of the following.
(a) ( )( ) h f w (b)
( )( ) 4 f h + (c) f h (d) ( )
h
w
f
| |
|
\ .

3. Given ( ) 6 1 A x x = and ( )
1
4
P x
x
=
compute each of the following.

(a) ( )( ) 0 A P + (b) ( )( ) 2 P A (c) AP (d)
( )
A
x
P
| |
|
\ .

4. Given ( ) 2 9 f t t = + and ( ) 2 1 g t t = compute each of the following.
(a) ( )( ) f g t (b) ( )( ) f g t (c) ( )( ) g f t (d) ( )( ) g g t

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5. Given ( )
2
1 h x x = + and ( ) 6 4 g x x = compute each of the following.
(a) ( )( ) g h x (b) ( )( ) g h x (c) ( )( ) h g x (d) ( )( ) h h x

6. Given ( )
2
2 9 A w w = + and ( )
2
1 2 R w w w = compute each of the following.
(a) ( )( ) AR w (b) ( )( ) A R w (c) ( )( ) R A w (d) ( )( ) A A w

7. Given ( )
2
9 10 12 f x x x = + + and ( ) 2 g x = compute each of the following.
(a) ( )( ) f g x (b) ( )( ) g f x (c) ( )( ) f g x (d) ( )( ) g g x

8. Given ( ) 1 g t t = + and ( )
2
3
h t
t
=
compute each of the following.

(a) ( )( ) g h t (b) ( )( ) g h t (c) ( )( ) h g t (d) ( )( ) h h x

9. Given
( )
1
3
2
f x x = and
( ) 2 6 g x x = + , 0 t compute each of the following.
(a) ( )( ) f g x (b) ( )( ) g f x

10. Given
( )
1
3
h w
w
=
and
( )
1 3w
f w
w
+
= compute each of the following.
(a) ( )( ) h f w (b) ( )( ) f h w

Inverse Functions

1. Given ( ) 12 7 P x x = find ( )
1
P x
.

2. Given
( ) 7 g x x = find ( )
1
g x
.

3. Given
( )
3 9
4 7
h x x = find ( )
1
h x
.

4. Given ( ) ( )
5
4 3 A x x = + find ( )
1
A x
.

5. Given ( ) ( )
3
2 1 4 1 f x x = + find ( )
1
f x
.

6. Given ( )
7
5 8 P x x = find ( )
1
P x
.


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7. Given ( )
3
1 3 4 g x x = + + find ( )
1
g x
.

8. Given
( )
10 3
8
x
f x
x
= find ( )
1
f x
.

9. Given
( )
6 7
4
x
g x
x
=
+
find ( )
1
g x
.

10. Given
( )
3
9 7
x
f x
x
find ( )
1
f x
.

Common Graphs

Introduction
problems.



Parabolas
Ellipses
Hyperbolas
Transformations
Symmetry
Rational Functions


We looked at these topics in the previous chapter. Problems for these topics can be found in the
following sections.

Lines : Graphing and Functions Lines

Circles : Graphing and Functions Circles

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Piecewise Functions : Graphing and Functions Graphing Functions

Parabolas

For problems 1 18 sketch the graph of the following parabolas. The graph should contain the
vertex, the y-intercept, x-intercepts (if any) and at least one point on either side of the vertex.

1. ( )
2
4 f x x =

2. ( ) ( )
2
6 1 f x x = +

3. ( ) ( )
2
2 4 f x x = +

4. ( ) ( )
2
3 1 12 f x x = +

5. ( ) ( )
2
6 5 54 f x x = + +

6. ( ) ( )
2
7 3 f x x =

7. ( ) ( )
2
2 3 6 f x x = +

8. ( )
2
8 f x x =

9. ( )
2
4 1 f x x =

10. ( )
2
16 55 f x x x = +

11. ( )
2
2 5 f x x x = +

12. ( )
2
4 16 f x x x = +

13. ( )
2
10 25 f x x x = + +

14. ( )
2
2 24 64 f x x x = +

15. ( )
2
3 6 12 f x x x = +

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16. ( )
2
4 12 9 f x x x = +

17. ( )
2
6 16 f x x x = +

18. ( )
2
8 5 f x x x = + +

For problems 19 25 convert the following equations into the form ( )
2
y a x h k = + .

19. ( )
2
4 f x x x = +

20. ( )
2
6 19 f x x x = +

21. ( )
2
2 6 f x x x = + +

22. ( )
2
7 56 111 f x x x = + +

23. ( )
2
3 60 306 f x x x = +

24. ( )
2
25 10 1 f x x x = + +

25. ( )
2
2 16 18 f x x x =

Ellipses
For problems 1 7 sketch the ellipse.

1.
( ) ( )
2 2
5 2
1
4 9
x y +
+ =

2. ( )
2
2
4 1
16
y
x + =

3.
( ) ( )
2 2
1 6
1
25 4
x y + +
+ =

4.
( ) ( )
2 2
3 1
1
5 12
x y +
+ =

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5. ( ) ( )
2 2
9 2 4 3 1 x y + =

6.
( )
( )
2
2
3
2 4 1
9
x
y
+ + =

7.
( ) ( )
2 2
4 1
1
9 9
x y
+ =

For problems 8 10 complete the square on the x and y portions of the equation and write the
equation into the standard form of the equation of the ellipse.

8.
2 2
4 16 2 13 0 x x y y + + + =

9.
2 2
6 4 16 9 0 x x y y + + + + =

10.
2 2
5 10 3 6 7 0 x x y y + + =

Hyperbolas
For problems 1 5 sketch the hyperbola.

1.
2 2
1
9 4
x y
=

2.
( ) ( )
2 2
3 2
1
36 16
y x + +
=

3.
( )
2
2
5
1
49 64
y
x
=

4. ( )
( )
2
2
1
9 4 1
4
y
x

=

5.
( ) ( )
2 2 1
1 15 3 1
25
y x + =

For problems 6 8 complete the square on the x and y portions of the equation and write the
equation into the standard form of the equation of the hyperbola.

6.
2 2
9 4 48 180 0 x y y + =

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7.
2 2
6 4 8 11 0 y y x x =

8.
2 2
7 28 4 40 100 0 x x y y + =


The sole purpose of this section was to get you familiar with the basic shape of some
miscellaneous functions for the next section. As such there are no problems for this section. You
will see quite a few problems utilizing these functions in the Transformations section.

Transformations
Use transformations to sketch the graph of the following functions.

1. ( ) 4 f x x =

2. ( ) 3 f x x =

3. ( )
2
7 f x x = +

4. ( ) 2 f x x = +

5. ( ) ( )
2
3 f x x = +

6. ( ) 1 f x x =

7. ( ) f x x =

8. ( ) f x x =

9. ( ) ( )
3
f x x =

10. ( ) f x x =

11. ( ) 2 3 f x x =

12. ( ) ( )
2
1 4 f x x = +

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13. ( ) 2 4 f x x = + +

14. ( ) ( )
3
5 2 f x x = +

Symmetry
Determine the symmetry of each of the following equations.

1.
5 3
5 2 x y y + =

2.
2 3
4 5 1 y y x + = +

3.
2
2 4
2
8 1
x
y x
y
= +

4.
2
4 7 1 y x x = +

5. 5 8 y x = +

6.
2
9 4 x y =

7.
4 2
8 5 1 y y x + =

8.
2 2
4 1 x xy y + =

9.
2
2
1
x
y
x
=
+

Rational Functions
Sketch the graph of each of the following functions. Clearly identify all intercepts and
asymptotes.

1.
( )
7
5 10
f x
x
=
+

2.
( )
6
3
x
f x
x


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3.
( )
8 6
4 2
x
f x
x
+
=

4.
( )
2
2
5
f x
x x

5.
( )
2
3
4 5
x
f x
x x
+
=
+

6.
( )
2
2
12
f x
x x
=

7. ( )
2
2
5 1
2 32
x
f x
x
+
=

8. ( )
2
2
5 4
2 15
x x
f x
x x
+
=
+

Polynomial Functions

Introduction
problems.



Partial Fractions

For problems 1 6 use long division to perform the indicated division.


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1. Divide
2
7 4 9 x x + by 1 x

2. Divide
3
8 4 1 x x + by 6 x +

3. Divide
4 2
2 7 x x x + by 4 x

4. Divide
4 3
2 9 2 8 x x x + + by 3 x +

5. Divide
4 3 2
8 3 1 x x x + + by
2
2 x

6. Divide
5 3 2
4 7 4 2 x x x x + + by
2
2 3 6 x x

For problems 7 11 use synthetic division to perform the indicated division.

7. Divide
3 2
8 10 x x x + + by 2 x +

8. Divide
3
10 9 x x by 10 x

9. Divide
4 3
3 5 2 x x x + + by 7 x +

10. Divide
4 3
2 9 11 x x x + + by 3 x +

11. Divide
4 3 2
5 4 3 2 1 x x x x + + by 1 x

For problems 1 6 list all of the zeros of the polynomial and give their multiplicities.

1. ( )
2
2 120 f x x x = +

2.
( )
2
12 32 R x x x = + +

3. ( )
3 2
4 3 h x x x x = +

4. ( ) ( ) ( )( )
2 2
5 4 3 2
2 35 92 92 32 1 8 2 A x x x x x x x x x = + + + = +

5. ( ) ( ) ( )
3 2
10 9 8 7 6 5 5
17 115 387 648 432 3 4 Q x x x x x x x x x x = + + + + + = + +

6. ( ) ( )( ) ( )
4 3
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
2 14 16 49 62 44 88 32 4 1 2 g x x x x x x x x x x x x = + + + = + +

For problems 7 11 x r = is a root of the given polynomial. Find the other two roots and write
the polynomial in fully factored form.

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7. ( )
4 3 2
3 18 P x x x x = ; 6 r =

8. ( )
3 2
46 80 P x x x x = + + ; 8 r =

9. ( )
3 2
9 26 24 P x x x x = + ; 3 r =

10. ( )
3 2
12 13 1 P x x x = ; 1 r =

11. ( )
3 2
4 11 134 105 P x x x x = + ; 5 r =

For problems 12 14 determine the smallest possible degree for a polynomial with the given
zeros and their multiplicities.

12.
1
2 r = (multiplicity 1),
2
3
4 r = (multiplicity 1)

13.
1
2

14.
1
2
3

15. A 7
th
degree polynomial has roots
1
9 r = (multiplicity 2) and
2
3 r = (multiplicity 1). What
is the maximum number of remaining roots for the polynomial?

Sketch the graph of each of the following polynomials.

1. ( ) ( )( )( )
3 2
17 15 1 3 5 f x x x x x x x = + = +

2. ( )
3 2
2 3 A x x x x = +

3. ( )
4 3 2
2 3 h x x x x = +

4. ( ) ( ) ( )( )
2
4 3 2
14 68 136 96 2 4 6 g x x x x x x x x = + + + + = + + +

5. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2 2
5 4 3 2
8 13 22 32 32 4 1 2 Q x x x x x x x x x = + + + = +

6. ( ) ( ) ( )
3
4 3 2
5 6 4 8 2 1 P x x x x x x x = + + = +

7. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2 2
5 4 3 2
5 18 58 145 75 1 5 3 h x x x x x x x x x = + + = +

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8. ( ) ( ) ( )
2 2
6 5 4 3 2 2
2 11 12 36 2 3 R x x x x x x x x x = + + = +

Find all the zeroes of the following polynomials.

1. ( )
3 2
2 11 12 h x x x x = +

2. ( )
3 2
10 29 20 f x x x x = + + +

3. ( )
3 2
2 15 34 24 h x x x x = +

4. ( )
4 3
6 22 15 g x x x x = + +

5. ( )
4 3 2
3 7 15 18 f x x x x x = + +

6. ( )
4 3 2
4 35 24 36 Q x x x x x = + +

7. ( )
4 3 2
9 15 11 11 2 h x x x x x = +

8. ( )
5 4 3 2
2 19 68 114 90 27 A x x x x x x = + + + + +

9. ( )
5 4 3 2
16 48 24 40 39 9 P x x x x x x = + + +

Partial Fractions
Determine the partial fraction decomposition of each of the following expressions.

1.
2
22 7
5 4
x
x x
+
+ +

2.
2
7 44
4 25 21
x
x x
+

3.
2
47
11 24
x
x x

+

4.
2
5 38
8 2 1
x
x x
+


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5.
( )( )( )
2
6 50 16
1 2 7
x x
x x x
+ +
+ +

6.
( )( )( )
2
32 39 8
1 2 2 3
x x
x x x
+
+ +

7.
( )( )( )
2
36 115 19
3 5 4 3
x x
x x x
+
+

8.
( )
2
3 5
3
x
x

9.
( )
2
24 41
3 5
x
x
+
+

10.
( )
2
10 93
10
x
x
+
+

11.
( )( )
2
2
7 31 107
4 3
x x
x x
+ +
+

12.
( )( )
2
2
9 58 37
7 2
x x
x x

+

13.
( )( )
2
2
21 43 20
3 2 1
x x
x x
+

14.
( )
2
2
7 108 11
9 1
x x
x x x
+
+

15.
( )
2
2
24 2 117
2 13
x x
x x x
+ +
+ +

16.
( )
2 3
2
2
2 11 7
2
x x x
x
+
+


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17.
( )
3 2
2
2
4 3 5 5
1
x x x
x

+

Exponential and Logarithm Functions

Introduction
problems.



Logarithm Functions
Applications


1. Given the function ( ) 9
x
f x = evaluate each of the following.
(a) ( ) 3 f (b) ( ) 1 f (c) ( ) 0 f (d) ( )
1
2
f (e) ( )
3
2
f

2. Given the function
( ) 8
x
(a) ( )
2
3
f (b) ( ) 1 f (c) ( ) 0 f (d) ( ) 2 f (e) ( )
5
3
f

3. Given the function ( ) ( )
1
7
x
(a) ( ) 2 f (b) ( ) 1 f (c) ( ) 0 f (d) ( ) 2 f (e) ( ) 4 f

4. Given the function ( ) ( )
1
16
x
(a) ( ) 2 f (b) ( )
1
4
f (c) ( ) 0 f (d) ( ) 2 f (e) ( )
1
4
f


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5. Sketch each of the following.
(a) ( ) ( )
1
3
x
f x = (b) ( ) ( )
1
3
2
x
g x = + (c) ( ) ( )
4
1
3
x
g x
+
=

6. Sketch each of the following.
(a) ( ) 5
x
f x = (b) ( ) 5 4
x
g x = (c) ( )
3
5
x
g x

=

7. Sketch the graph of ( )
2
10 6
x
f x

= + .

8. Sketch the graph of ( ) ( )
4
1
7
1
x
f x
+
= .

1
2
x
f x
+
= e .

4
1
x
f x

= e .

Logarithm Functions
For problems 1 5 write the expression in logarithmic form.

1.
3
1
11
1331
=

2.
7
4 16384 =

3.
3
2 343
7 8
| |
=
|
\ .

4.
3
2
25 125 =

5.
5
3
1
27
243
=

For problems 6 10 write the expression in exponential form.

6.
1
6
log 36 2 =

7.
12
log 20736 4 =

8.
9
5
log 243
2
=


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9.
4
1 7
log
128 2
=

10.
8
log 32768 5 =

For problems 11 18 determine the exact value of each of the following without using a
calculator.

11.
7
log 343

12.
4
log 1024

13.
3
8
27
log
512

14.
11
1
log
121

15.
0.1
log 0.0001

16.
16
log 4

17. log10000

18.
5
1
ln
e

For problems 19 20 write each of the following in terms of simpler logarithms

19.
( )
7 3 8
7
log 10a b c

20.
( )
3
2 2
log 4 z x
(
+
(

21.
2 3 4
ln
w t
t w
| |
|
|
+
\ .

For problems 22 24 combine each of the following into a single logarithm with a coefficient of
one.

22. 7ln 6ln 5ln t s w +


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23.
( )
1
log 1 2log 4log 3log
2
z x y z +

24.
( )
3 3
1
2log 6log
3
x y x + +

For problems 25 & 26 use the change of base formula and a calculator to find the value of each of
the following.

25.
7
log 100

26.
5
7
1
log
8

For problems 27 31 sketch each of the given functions.

27. ( ) ( ) ln g x x =

28. ( ) ( ) ln 3 g x x =

29. ( ) ( ) ln 7 g x x = +

30. ( ) ( ) ln 2 4 g x x = +

31. ( ) ( ) ln 6 2 g x x = +


1.
4 7 10
11 11
x x +
=

2.
4 7
3 3
x x
=

3.
2 3 1
2 2
x x
=

4.
2
12 4
9 9
x x
=

5.
2
3 20 5
6 6
x x x +
=

6.
1
4 2
1
6
36
x
x
+
+
=

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7.
2
9 27
x x +
=

8.
4 1
8 1
x+
=

9.
9 2
3 14
x
=

10.
2 8 2
6 8
x x + +
=

11.
5 7 3
13 2
x x +
=

12.
7
10 3
x
=

13.
2 3
16 10
x +
=

14.
4 9
6
x +
= e

15.
6
9 0
x
= e

16.
2
2
4
x
= e


1.
( ) ( )
2
11 11
log 3 log 3 16 x x x + = +

2. ( ) ( ) ( ) ln 4 3 ln 7 ln 11 x x =

3. ( ) ( ) ( ) log log 12 log 10 x x x + + =

4. ( ) ( ) ( ) ln ln 15 ln 1 x x x = +

5.
( )
8
log 4 1 1 x + =

6. ( ) ( )
6 6
log 3 log 5 1 x x + =

7. ( ) ( )
3 3
log log 6 3 x x + + =

8.
( ) ( )
2
2 2
log 2 log 8 x x = +


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9. ( ) ( )
4 4
log 2 log 6 x x = +

10. ( ) ( ) log log 15 2 x x + =

11. ( ) ( ) ln ln 2 3 x x + =

12. ( ) ( )
2
2log log 4 1 0 x x x + + =

Applications

1. We have $2,500 to invest and 80 months. How much money will we have if we put the money
into an account that has an annual interest rate of 9% and interest is compounded
(a) quarterly (b) monthly (c) continuously

2. We are starting with $60,000 and were going to put it into an account that earns an annual
interest rate of 7.5%. How long will it take for the money in the account to reach $100,000 if the
interest is compounded
(a) quarterly (b) monthly (c) continuously

3. Suppose that we put some money in an account that has an annual interest rate of 10.25%.
How long will it take to triple our money if the interest is compounded
(a) twice a year (b) 8 times a year (c) continuously

4. A population of bacteria initially has 90,000 present and in 2 weeks there will be 200,000
bacteria present.
(a) Determine the exponential growth equation for this population.
(b) How long will it take for the population to grow from its initial population of 90,000
to a population of 150,000?

5. We initially have 2 kg grams of some radioactive element and in 7250 years there will be 1.5
kg left.
(a) Determine the exponential decay equation for this element.
(b) How long will it take for half of the element to decay?
(c) How long will it take until there is 250 grams of the element left?

6. For a particular radioactive element the value of k in the exponential decay equation is given by
0.000825 k = .
(a) How long will it take for a quarter of the element to decay?
(b) How long will it take for half of the element to decay?
(c) How long will it take 90% of the element to decay?


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Systems of Equations

Introduction
problems.



Augmented Matrices
Nonlinear Systems

For problems 1 5 use the Method of Substitution to find the solution to the given system or to determine
if the system is inconsistent or dependent.

1. 8 13
3 4 6
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

2. 3 7
2 6 4
x y
x y
=
+ =

3. 12 6 12
4 2 2
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

4. 3 6 12
4 7 12
x y
x y
+ =
=


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5. 12 6 18
4 2 6
x y
x y
=
=

For problems 6 10 use the Method of Elimination to find the solution to the given system or to
determine if the system is inconsistent or dependent.

6. 5 10 1
2 8
x y
x y
+ =
=

7. 7 6 0
2 3 0
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

8. 8 24 12
10 30 15
x y
x y
+ =
=

9. 2 3 24
3 8 57
x y
x y
+ =
=

10. 6 4 20
7 3 35
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

Find the solution to each of the following systems of equations.

1. 3 7 2 8
2 5 10
8 2 3 38
x y z
x y z
x y z
+ + =
+ =
+ =

2. 6 4 8 56
4 5
3 9 10
x y z
x y z
x y z
+ =
+ =
+ + =


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3. 2 6 1
2 9 19
4 3 7 25
x y z
x y z
x y z
+ =
+ + =
+ =

Augmented Matrices

1. For the following augmented matrix perform the indicated elementary row operations.

9 0 7 4
3 2 1 7
2 4 1 2
(
(

(
(

(a)
2
4R (b)
3 1
R R (c)
1 3 1
10 R R R


9 3 11 6
2 7 4 3
1 1 1 1
(
(

(
(

(a)
1
5R (b)
2 3
R R (c)
3 2 3
2 R R R


4 12 8 0
9 2 1 3
1 5 1 10
(
(

(
(

(a)
3
1
3
R (b)
1 2
R R (c)
2 1 2
5
2
R R R +


1 5 6 2
3 15 18 3
4 2 7 1
(
(

(
(


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(a)
3
7R (b)
1 3
R R (c)
2 1 2
3 R R R +

Note : Problems using augmented matrices to solve systems of equations are in the next section.

For each of the following systems of equations convert the system into an augmented matrix and use the
augmented matrix techniques to determine the solution to the system or to determine if the system is
inconsistent or dependent.

1. 8 13
3 4 6
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

2. 3 7
2 6 4
x y
x y
=
+ =

3. 12 6 12
4 2 2
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

4. 3 6 12
4 7 12
x y
x y
+ =
=

5. 12 6 18
4 2 6
x y
x y
=
=

6. 5 10 1
2 8
x y
x y
+ =
=

7. 7 6 0
2 3 0
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

8. 8 24 12
10 30 15
x y
x y
+ =
=


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9. 2 3 24
3 8 57
x y
x y
+ =
=

10. 6 4 20
7 3 35
x y
x y
+ =
+ =

11. 3 7 2 8
2 5 10
8 2 3 38
x y z
x y z
x y z
+ + =
+ =
+ =

12. 6 4 8 56
4 5
3 9 10
x y z
x y z
x y z
+ =
+ =
+ + =

13. 2 6 1
2 9 19
4 3 7 25
x y z
x y z
x y z
+ =
+ + =
+ =

Non-Linear Systems
Find the solution to each of the following system of equations.

1.
2
5 16
7 8
y x x
y x
= + +
=

2.
2
2
3
8 2
y x
y x
=
= +

3.
2
2
1
4
4 4
y
x
y x
+ =
=


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4.
2 2
2
9
1
5
x y
x
y
+ =
= +

5.
2 2
2
2
16
1
15
x y
x
y
+ =
=

6.
2
2
2
1
25
xy
y
x
=
+ =

7.
2 2
2
2
1
1
4
x y
x
y
+ =
+ =

8.
2 2
2
2
3
1
9
x y
x
y
+ =
+ =


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