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Simplify each expression. Use only positive exponents. Rationalize all denominators. Assume all variables are
positive. Write complex numbers in the form of a + bi .
3
10. 3
16x9 y 3 14.
x ⎛ 9x −5 y 4 ⎞ 2
x+ y 17. ⎜ −7 ⎟
⎜ x ⎟
⎝ ⎠
11. 50x7 y 9
−3
⎛ 25 ⎞ 2 18. (5 + 2i ) − ( −4 − 7i )
15. ⎜ ⎟
12.
2 ⎝ 16 ⎠
7 (4 − i )
19.
⎛ 2 ⎞⎛ 5 ⎞ (3 + i )
16. ⎜ 5 x 3 ⎟ ⎜ 6 x 2 ⎟
13. 10 12 x3 + 3 x 75 x ⎝ ⎠⎝ ⎠
20. Solve for x:
2 x + 5 = 3x − 3
x y
−2
−1
0
1
2
y
26. Find the equation of the line that passes through the points (−3, 2) and ( −5,10)
27. Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line x + 3 y = 4 and passes through the point (4, 6) .
28. Find the equation of the line that is parallel to the line y = 6 and passes through the point (5,1) .
33. Solve 5( x + 3)2 + 45 = 0 using the square root method (extraction of roots).
35. Set up an equation and solve: The area of a rectangle is 40 sq. ft. The length is 2 ft. less than twice the
width. Find the dimensions.
36. Set up equations and solve: The sum of 2 numbers is 18. Their difference is 42. Find the numbers.
Answers
x(x + y )
7.
2
8. x = −12
9. x = 2 hours
10. 2 x3 y 3 2
x
11. 5 x3 y 4 2 xy
2 7
12.
7
13. 35 x 3 x
x( x − y) x − xy
14. or
x− y x− y 25.
y
64
15.
125
19
16. 30x 6
17. 27 x3 y 6
18. 9 + 9i
11 − 7i 11 7 x
19. or − i
10 10 10
2
20. x = 2 x = is extraneous solution
9 y
21.
x y
−2 6
26. y = −4 x − 10
−1 3 27. y = 3 x − 6
0 2 x 28. y = 1
1 3
2 6
⎛1 ⎞
31. ⎜ , 0 ⎟ ( −2, 0 )
⎝3 ⎠
−1 ± 17
32.
2
33. x = −3 ± 3i
34. x = −3 ± 6
35. length = 8 ft. width = 5 ft.
36. The two numbers are 30 and −12