College Algebra – Test #1

Simplify:

24 x 9 y 6 3x 5
1. =
16 x 4 y 11 2y5

2. 15 x 3 y 7 5
=
27 x 4 y 7 9x

3. 18a 17 b 1
=
36a 20 b 3 2a 3 b 2

4. 28 xy 9 4y5
=
21x 7 y 4 3x 6

5. 14 p 5 q 8 2
=
35 p 9 q 13 5 p4q5

1
6. ⎛ 49 x −3 y 7 ⎞2 7 y3
⎜⎜ 2
⎟⎟ = 5

⎝ 36 x y ⎠ 6x 2

1
⎛ 8 xy 11 ⎞3 2
7. ⎜⎜ 14
⎟⎟ =
⎝ 125 xy ⎠ 5y

1
⎛ 16 p 9 q 15 ⎞ 4 2
8. ⎜⎜ 11 23 ⎟
⎟ = 1
⎝ 81 p q ⎠ 3p q22

1
⎛ 27 x 16 y 7 ⎞ 3 3
9. ⎜⎜ ⎟ =
19 13 ⎟
⎝ 64 x y ⎠ 4 xy 2

1
⎛ 16 p q ⎞
9 15 2 4
10. ⎜⎜ ⎟ =
11 23 ⎟
⎝ 81 p q ⎠ 9 pq 4
11. 13 12 − 2 48 + 4 75 = 38 3

12. 8 63 + 9 7 − 11 28 = 11 7

13. 5 54 − 7 150 + 8 96 = 12 6

14. 7 18 + 11 98 + 4 200 = 138 2

15. 6 45 − 13 80 + 8 125 = 6 5

Write in the form of : a + bi

6i 3 9
16. − + i
3−i 5 5

i 1 5
17. + i
5+i 26 26

4i 4 24
18. − + i
6−i 37 37

2i 1 7
19. + i
7+i 25 25

9i 27 90
20. − + i
10 − 3i 109 109
Solve and Graph:

21. − 7 < 6 − x < 23 − 17 < x < 13

-17 13

38
22. 28 ≤ 4 − 3 x ≤ 42 − ≤ x ≤ −8
3

38 -8
−
3

23. 43 ≤ 5 + 2 x ≤ 67 19 ≤ x ≤ 31

19 31

10
24. − 62 ≤ 4 − 6 x ≤ 24 − ≤ x ≤ 11
3

10 11
−
3
25. − 27 < 3 − x < 19

-16 30

26. x 2 < −7 x − 10

-5 -2

27. x 2 ≥ 5 x + 24    

-3 8

28. x 2 > −17 x + 18    

-18 1
29. x 2 ≤ 3x + 28

−4 7

30. x 2 ≥ 6 x + 27    

-3 9