Math 17 - HOMEWORK # 4

Directions: Answer in a yellow pad paper and use black ballpen. Write your name and student number on
the top-left part of your paper. Show all solutions as necessary and BOX your final answers.

Deadline: July 24, 2009

I. Find the solution set of the following ( 5 points each )

x K1 x C2
1.) 2
C R0
2 x K18 9 x K3 x2
5 2 5
2.) x K K2 x K =8
x x
3x
3.) !8
x C1
1/2 1/2
II. Simplify the expression x2 K8 x C16 C x2 C8 x C16 . For what values of x is this
expression equivalent to 2 x ? ( 5 points )
III. Find the value of k such that the lines whose equations are 3 kx C8 y = 5 and 6 y K4 kx =K1 are
perpendicular. ( 2 points )
IV. --- ( Do page 168 no.34 of Leithold ) --- ( 5 points )

V. Let r and s be the roots of a quadratic equation in x such that r ,s = 5 and r2 Cs2 = 6. Find all such
quadratic equations in x which satisfies these conditions. ( 5 points )

VI. Find the equation of a circle whose center is the midpoint of the line segment joining K1, 6 and
7,K16 and which passes through the point 2, 7 . ( 5 points )

VII. --- ( Do page 95 no.20 of Leithold ) --- ( 3 points )

VIII. BONUS --- Research and write something about the golden ratio Φ (phi). What is its value in
radical form? How was it derived from the quadratic equation? Also, give some manifestations of the
golden ratio in nature, architecture, art, the human body, etc. ( 10 points )

TOTAL: 50 points