Topic6:AlgebraicFormulae

6.1 SubjectOfaFormula

(a) Thesubjectofaformulamustbeequalto

anexpression.

(b) Thesubjectofformulaisusuallywriteron

theleftoftheequation.

REMEMBER1:

Example1:

1. Giventhat4x3y=2y5,expressyintermof

Movetermofytoleftside

Otherterm&numbertorightside

2y
2. Giventhat4x+1=
,ungkapkanydalam

sebutanxexpressyintermofx

2. Giventhat5x+2y=3y+10,expressyinterm

ofx

2y

3. Giventhat
+ 1 = 4 x ,expressyintermofx
x

REMEMBER2:

Example2:

1. Giventhatx2(x+y)=2x,expressxinterm

ofy

Bracket:Expand

2y

4. Giventhat 4 x + 1 =
+2,expressyinterm

x
2. Giventhat5(x+2y)=3y+10,expressyin
ofx
termofx

REMEMBER3:

Example3:

4x + 1 2 y

1. Giventhat
=
,expressyintermofx

2
x
REMEMBER4:
Fraction:Multiplybysuitable
Example4:
term/numberbothside.
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1.

2.

Giventhatax+bx=5,expressxintermofa
andb
Twicesubjectofaformula:FACTORISE

REMEMBER6:
Example6:
1.

Giventhat2xy+4x=10,ungkapkanxdalam
sebutanyexpressyintermofx

REMEMBER5:
Example5:
1. Giventhat9x2=y1,expressxintermofy
Findthesubjectofaformulaasx2

Takesquarerootonbothsides.

2. Giventhat9x2=y21,expressxintermofy

Giventhat2 x 1 =y1,expressxintermof
y
Squarebothside.

2.

Giventhat

2y 1
=x21,expressyinterm
3

ofx

Exercise6:
1.

Giventhat4x2y=

3y
,expressyintermofx
x

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2.

Giventhat4x2y=

3y
,expressyintermofx
x

3.

Giventhat

x
2 = x ,expressxin
y

termofy

4.

Giventhat

x=

y ( x 2)
,expressy
2 y

intermofx

5.
Giventhatxy(3+x)=y,

expressxintermofy

6.

Giventhat p =

2q
,expressqin
3

termofp

7.

Giventhat

2x 3
= 2 x y ,expressx
3

intermofy

8.

Giventhat

pq
r

=x,expressrintermof

x,pandq.

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9.

Giventhat

pq
r

=x,expresspinterm

ofx,qandr

10.

Giventhat

pq
r

=x,expressqinterm

ofx,pandr.

11. FORMATPENTAKSIRAN

2y
Giventhat4x3y=
,expressyintermofx.
x

12. PAPER2PMR2004
Giventhat

2( p 3)
= 5 ,expresspintermofk.
k

13. PAPER2PMR2005
Giventhat,expressqintermofx

EXERCISE:[30marks]
1.

1
3 1
2 and
2
5 4

Calculatethevalueof 3

expresstheanswerasafractioninitslowest
term.

[2]
2. Calculatethevalueof 28 (12 + 28 ) + ( 62 46 )

3.

[2]

3
5

Calculatethevalueof 4 ( 5.21) 0.6 and

expresstheanswerasadecimal.
[2]

4.

(a) Findthevalueof 3 0.064

(b) Calculatethevalueof

5.

6.

81 14

Simplify
(a) 5p4(82p)

[3]

( h 3)

[3]

Solveeachoftheequations
(a) 3p=9p
(b) h3(h+6)=6h

[3]

(b)

15 + 4h

m + 2n
7. Giventhat
= 6v ,expressmintermofr,n
r
andv.

[3]

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Factorisecompletely
(a) 6x24xy
(b) 2y(x+3y)+4x2

9.

Expressasasinglefraction

8.

simplestform

[3]

2 x 3x 2 8
inits

5 xy
y

[3]

10. Setsquareandprotractorarenotallowedfor

part(a)inthisquestion
Indiagrambelow,PQRisastraightlinesuchthat
PQ=QR.TQisperpendiculartoPQRandSQR=
1200.

(a) StartingfromthepointsPandTprovidedin
diagramabove,construct
(i)
thepointQandthepointR
(ii)
thepointS
(b) Basedontheconstructionin(a)measure
(i)
SQR
(ii)
thelengthofRS

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