1.

Solve for the following equations:

(12𝑥 + 16𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1) + (13𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 − 1) + 13 = 12
Solution:
(12𝑥 + 16𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 1)2 + (13𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 − 1) + 1 = 0
4(3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1)2 + (13𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 − 1) + 1 = 0
4(3𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1)2 + (13𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 − 1) + 1 = 0
(12𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1)2 + [(12𝑥 + 4) + (𝑥 + 1)](𝑥 − 1)] + 1 = 0
[(12𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 1) + 1][(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1) + 1] = 0
(12𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 2 ) = 0
8 ± √64 + 144
𝑥= ,0
24
8 ± 4√4 + 9
𝑥= ,0
24
𝟐 ± √𝟏𝟑
𝒙= ,𝟎
𝟔

√𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 12 − √2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 20 − √3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 21 + √6𝑥 2 − 29𝑥 + 35 = 0

Hint: the radicands are factorable.
Solution:
√(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 4) − √(2𝑥 − 5)(𝑥 + 4) − √(3𝑥 − 7)(𝑥 + 3) + √(3𝑥 − 7)(2𝑥 − 5) = 0
√𝑥 + 3(√𝑥 + 4 − √3𝑥 − 7) − √2𝑥 − 5(√𝑥 + 4 − √3𝑥 − 7) = 0
(√𝑥 + 3 − √2𝑥 − 5)(√𝑥 + 4 − √3𝑥 − 7) = 0
√𝑥 + 3 = √2𝑥 − 5 𝑜𝑟 √𝑥 + 4 = √3𝑥 − 7
𝑥 + 3 = 2𝑥 − 5 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 + 4 = 3𝑥 − 7
11
𝑥 = 8,
2
Check if there are no negative radicands:
11 17
√𝑥 + 3 → √8 + 3, √ + 3 → √11, √
2 2

11
√2𝑥 − 5 → √2(8) − 5, √2 ( ) − 5 → √11, √6
2

11 19
√𝑥 + 4 → √8 + 4, √ + 4 → √12, √
2 2

11 19
√3𝑥 − 7 → √24 − 7, √3 ( ) − 7 → √17, √
2 2
Thus:
𝟏𝟏
𝒙 = 𝟖,
𝟐

2. Solve the following inequalities:

1 1
−
𝑓+5 𝑓+2
≥0
1
2−
𝑓+3
Solution:
(𝑓 + 2) − (𝑓 + 5)
(𝑓 + 5)(𝑓 + 2)
≥0
2𝑓 + 6 − 1
(𝑓 + 3)
 3
(𝑓 + 5)(𝑓 + 2)
≤0
2𝑓 + 5
(𝑓 + 3)
-5 -3 -5/2 -2
𝑓+5 - 0 + + + + + + +
𝑓+2 - - - - - - - 0 +
2𝑓 + 5 - - - - - 0 + + +
𝑓+3 - - - 0 + + + + +
3
(𝑓 + 5)(𝑓 + 2)
+ und - und + und - und +
2𝑓 + 5
(𝑓 + 3)

𝟓
−𝟓 < 𝒙 < 𝟑, − < 𝒙 < −𝟐
𝟐

|𝑐|6 + 19|𝑐|3 ≤ 216, 𝑐 ∈ ℝ

Solution:
Let |𝑐| = 𝑥:
𝑥 6 + 19𝑥 3 − 216 ≤ 0
(𝑥 3 − 8)(𝑥 3 + 27) ≤ 0
(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 2𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 9) ≤ 0
2

-3 2
(𝑥 − 2) - - - 0 +
(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 4) + + + + +
(𝑥 + 3) - 0 + + +
2
(𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 9) + + + + +
(𝑥 3 − 8)(𝑥 3 − 27) + 0 - 0 +

−3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
−3 ≤ |𝑐| ≤ 2
𝟎≤𝒄≤𝟐

3. Find the equation of a concavely-downward parabola that contains the center of the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 23 as
its vertex and has (-3, -2) as one of their points of intersection.
Solution:
𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑦 + 1 = 23 + 1 + 1
(𝑥 − 1)2 + (𝑦 − 1)2 = 25
Thus, vertex is (1,1). We have a system of equations:
𝑎+𝑏+𝑐 =1
9𝑎 − 3𝑏 + 𝑐 = −2
𝑏
− = 1 → 𝑏 = −2𝑎
2𝑎

(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) − (9𝑎 − 3𝑏 + 𝑐) = 3
−8𝑎 + 4𝑏 = 3
−8𝑎 + 4(−2𝑎) = 3
3 3
𝑎=− →𝑏=
16 8
𝑎 − 2𝑎 + 𝑐 = 1
3 13
𝑐 =1+𝑎 =1− =
16 16
 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏𝟑
𝒚=− 𝒙 + 𝒙+
𝟏𝟔 𝟖 𝟏𝟔

4. Find the equation of the tangent line to 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 10 and passes through (5, 5).
Solution:
The radius, the tangent line, and the line connect (5,5) and the center of the circle form a right triangle.

𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 𝑐 2
10 + (5 − 𝑥)2 + (5 − 𝑦)2 = 25 + 25
10 + 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 25 + 𝑦 2 − 10𝑦 + 25 = 25 + 25
𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 10𝑥 − 10𝑦 = −10
10 − 10𝑥 − 10𝑦 = −10
−𝑥 − 𝑦 = −2
𝑥+𝑦 =2→𝑦 =2−𝑥

𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4 = 10
2𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 6 = 0
𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3 = 0
(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 3) = 0
𝑥 = −1 → 𝑦 = 3, 𝑥 = 3 → 𝑦 = −1

Thus, there are two tangent lines that pass through (5,5). One passes through (-1,3), and the other passes through (3, -1).

𝑦 − 𝑦1 = 𝑚(𝑥 − 𝑥1 )
5−3
𝑦−5=( ) (𝑥 − 5)
5+1
𝟏 𝟏𝟎
𝒚= 𝒙+
𝟑 𝟑
5+1
𝑦−5=( ) (𝑥 − 5)
5−3
𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎

5. Solve for (a, b, c) in the following system of equations:

1 2 3
− + =6
𝑎𝑏 𝑏𝑐 𝑎𝑐
4 10 3
− + =0
𝑎𝑏 𝑏𝑐 𝑎𝑐
13 20 9
{𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑎𝑐 = 0

Solution:
Let x = 1/ab, y = 1/bc, and z = 1/ac.

𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 6
{ 4𝑥 − 10𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 0
13𝑥 − 20𝑦 − 9𝑧 = 0

𝐸1 − 𝐸2 = −3𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 6
3𝐸1 + 𝐸3 = 16𝑥 − 26𝑦 = 18
8𝑥 − 13𝑦 = 9
8(−3𝑥 + 8𝑦) + 3(8𝑥 − 13𝑦) = 48 + 27
25𝑦 = 75 → 𝑦 = 3

−3𝑥 + 24 = 6 → 𝑥 = 6
 6 − 2(3) + 3𝑧 = 6 → 𝑧 = 2
1 1 1
Thus, 𝑎𝑏 = , 𝑏𝑐 = , 𝑎𝑐 = .
6 3 2

1 1 1 1
(𝑎𝑏)(𝑏𝑐)(𝑎𝑐) = 𝑎2 𝑏 2 𝑐 2 = ( ) ( ) ( ) =
6 3 2 36
1
𝑎𝑏𝑐 = ±
6
1
𝑎𝑏𝑐
= 𝑐 = ± 6 = ±1
𝑎𝑏 1
6
1
𝑎𝑏𝑐 1
=𝑎=±6 =±
𝑏𝑐 1 2
3
1
𝑎𝑏𝑐 1
=𝑏=±6 =±
𝑎𝑐 1 3
2
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Thus the answer is ( , , 𝟏) , (− , − , −𝟏).
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑