Homework 09.

Basic Mathematics NUMERICAL SETS: Classification, Operations,

Instructor: Roosevelt Moreno The Real Number Line, Absolute Value.

A. Solve each equation.

1. 3x + 4 = 16 15. 4x − 1 = 2x + 7 29. 6n − 4 − 3n = 3n + 10 + 4n
2. 4x + 2 = 22 16. 9x − 3 = 6x + 18 30. 2n − 1 − 3n = 5n − 7 − 3n
3. 5x + 1 = −14 17. 5y + 2 = 2y − 11 31. 4(−3) = −20
4. 7x + 4 = −31 18. 9y + 3 = 4y − 10 32. 3(x + 2) = −15
5. −x − 16 = 8 19. 3x + 4 = 5x − 2 33. −3(x − 2) = 11
6. 8 − x = −2 20. 2x − 1 = 6x + 15 34. −5(x − 1) = 12
7. 4y − 3 = 21 21. −7a + 6 = −8a + 14 35. 5(2x + 1) = 4(3x − 7)
8. 6y − 7 = 41 22. −6a − 4 = −7a + 11 36. 3(2x − 1) = 2(4x + 7)
9. 3x − 4 = 15 23. 5x + 3 − 2x = x − 15 37. 5x − 4(x − 6) = −11
10. 5x + 1 = 12 24. 4x − 2 − x = 5x + 10 38. 3x − 5(2x + 1) = 13
11. −4 = 2x − 6 25. 6y + 18 + y = 2y + 3 39. −2(3x − 1) − 3 = −4
12. −14 = 3a − 2 26. 5y + 14 + y = 3y − 7 40. −6(x − 4) − 10 = −12
13. −6y − 4 = 16 27. 4x − 3 + 2x = 8x − 3 − x 41. −2(3x + 5) = −3(4x + 3)
14. −8y − 2 = 18 28. x − 4 − 4x = 6x + 9 − 8x 42. −(2x − 1) = −5(2x + 9)

B. Solve each equation.

3 a a 2a−3
43. 4x = 9 51. 4 −1= 3 +2 59. 6 + 3a−24 + 5a+6
12 = 4
2 3a a 3a−1 a−2 a−1 21
44. 3 x = −14
52. 7 −1= 3 60. 4 + 3 − 5 = 20
−2x 2 h h
45. 3 = 5
53. 4 + 5 =1 61. x + 3x−1
9 − 4 = 3x+1 3
−5x 7 h 3h 2x+7 x−1
46. 4 = 2 54. 6 + 8 =1
62. 8 + x − 2 = 2
n 2 5 h h h x+3 x+4 3
47. 2 − 3 = 6 55. 2 − 3 + 6 =1
63. 2 + 5 = 10
n 5 5 x−2 x−3 1
4 − 6 = 12 − −
48. 3h 2h 64. =
56. 4 + 5 =1 5 4 20
5n n −17
49. 6 − 8 = 12 57. x−2 x+3
3 + 4 = 6
11 65. n + 2n−3
9 − 2 = 2n+1 3
2n n −7 3x+1 x−1
50. 5 − 6 = 10 58. 9 +2= 4 66. n − 3n+1
6 − 1 = 2n+4
12

C. Solve each equation.

67. 0.14x = 2.8 81. 0.12t − 2.1 = 0.07t − 0.2

68. 1.6x = 8 82. 0.13t − 3.4 = 0.08t − 0.4
69. 0.09y = 4.5 83. 0.92 + 0.9(x − 0.3) = 2x − 5.95
70. 0.07y = 0.42 84. 0.3(2n − 5) = 11 − 0.65n
71. n + 0.4n = 56 85. 0.1d + 0.11(d + 1500) = 795
72. n − 0.5n = 12 86. 0.8x + 0.9(850 − x) = 715
73. s = 9 + 0.25s 87. 0.12x + 0.1(500 − x) = 560
74. s = 15 + 0.4s 88. 0.10t + 0.12(t + 1000) = 560
75. s = 3.3 + 0.45s 89. 0.09(x + 200) = 0.08x + 22
76. s = 2.1 + 0.6s 90. 0.09x = 1650 − 0.12(x + 5000)
77. 0.11x + 0.12(900 − x) = 104 91. 0.3(2t + 0.1) = 8.43
78. 0.09x + 0.11(500 − x) = 51 92. 0.5(3t + 0.7) = 20.6
79. 0.08(x + 200) = 0.07x + 20 93. 0.1(x − 0.1) − 0.4(x + 2) = −5.31
80. 0.07x = 152 − 0.08(2000 − x) 94. 0.2(x + 0.2) + 0.5(x − 0.4) = 5.44

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D. Solve each equation. You will need to use factoring techniques that we discussed throughout this
chapter.

95. x2 + 4x + 3 = 0 113. −6n2 + 13n − 2 = 0 131. 35n2 − 18n − 8 = 0

96. x2 + 7x + 10 = 0 114. (x + 1)2 − 4 = 0 132. 8n2 − 6n − 5 = 0
97. x2 + 18x + 72 = 0 115. 2n3 = 72n 133. −3x2 − 19x + 14 = 0
98. n2 + 20 + 91 = 0 116. a(a − 1) = 2 134. 5x2 = 43x − 24
99. n2 − 13n + 36 = 0 117. (x − 5)(x + 3) = 9 135. n(n + 2) = 360
2 3 2
100. n − 10n + 16 = 0 118. 3w − 24w + 36w = 0 136. n(n + 1) = 182
2 2
101. x + 4x − 12 = 0 119. 16 − x = 0 137. 9x4 − 37x2 + 4 = 0
102. x2 + 7x − 30 = 0 120. 16t2 − 72t + 81 = 0 138. 4x4 − 13x2 + 9 = 0
103. w2 − 4w = 5 121. n2 + 7n − 44 = 0 139. 3x2 − 46x − 32 = 0
104. s2 − 4s = 21 122. 2x3 = 50x 140. x4 − 9x2 = 0
105. n2 + 25n + 156 = 0 123. 3x2 = 75 141. 2x2 + x − 3 = 0
106. n(n − 24) = −128 124. x2 + x − 2 = 0 142. x3 + 5x2 − 36x = 0
107. 3t2 + 14t − 5 = 0 125. 15x2 + 34x + 15 = 0 143. 12x3 + 46x2 + 40x = 0
108. 4t2 − 19t − 30 = 0 126. 20x2 + 41x + 20 = 0 144. 5x(3x − 2) = 0
2 2
109. 6x + 25x + 14 = 0 127. 8n − 47n − 6 = 0 145. (3x − 1)2 − 16 = 0
110. 25x2 + 30x + 8 = 0 128. 7x2 + 62x − 9 = 0 146. (x + 8)(x − 6) = −24
2
111. 3t(t − 4) = 0 129. 28n − 47n + 15 = 0 147. 4a(a + 1) = 3
2 2
112. 1 − x = 0 130. 24n − 38n + 15 = 0 148. −18n2 − 15n + 7 = 0

E. Solve each equation.

x+1 x−2 3 1 17 3 4
149. 4 + 6 = 4 163. n + n 4 = 176. x−1 = x+2
x+2 x−1 3
150. 5 + 6 = 5 164. 1
n + = 37
n 6 177. 3x−7
10 = x
2

x+3 x−4 2 23
2 − 7 =1
151. 165. n− = 5 x 3
n 178. −4 = 12x−25
x+4 x−5
3 − 9 =1 n − = 26
152. 3
166. x 6
n 3 179. x−6 − 3 = x−6
5 1 7
153. n + 3 = n 167. 5
= 3 x 4
7x−3 4x−5 180. x+1 + 3 = x+1
3 1 11
154. n + 6 = 3n 168. 3
= 5 3s 35
2x−1 3x+2 181. s+2 + 1 = 2(3s+1)
7 3 2
155. 2x + 5 = 3x −2 1
169. x−5 = x+9 182. s
−3= −32
9 1 5 2s−1 3(s+5)
156. 4x + 3 = 2x 5 −6
170. = 183. 2 − 3x 14
x−4 = x+7
3 5 4 2a−1 3a+2
157. 4x + 6 = 3x x 3
5 5 1 171. −2= 184. 2x
−1 + x+3 −4
= x+4
158. 7x − 6 = 6x
x+1 x−3
x 8
47−n 2 172. +1= 185. n+6 1
159. n = 8 + 65−n x−2 x−1 27 = n
a 3a n 10
160. 45−n
= 6 + n3 173. a+5 −2= a+5 186. 5 = n−5
n
n 2 a 3 3 3n 1 −40
161. 65−n = 8 + 65−n
174. a−3 − 2 = a−3 187. n−1 − 3 = 3n−18
n 6 5 6 n 1 −2
162. 70−n = 7 + 70−n 175. x+6 = x−3 188. n+1 + 2 = n+2

F. Solve each equation.

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x 5 1 n 1 11−n 2n n−3
189. 4x−4 + x2 −1 = 4 200. n+3 + n−4 = n2 −n−12 211. 6n2 +7n−3 − 3n2 +11n−4 =
5
x 4 1 2 2 x
190. + = 201. 2x−3 − 10x2 −13x−3 = 5x+1
2n2 +11n+12
3x−6 x2 −4 3
x+1 x
6 6
202. 1 6 x 212. − =
191. 3 + t−3 = t2 −3t 3x+4 + 6x2 +5x−4 = 2x−1 2x2 +7x−4 2x2 −7x+3
1
4 4 2x 3 29 x2 +x−12
192. 2 + t−1 = t2 −t
203. x+3 − x−6 = x2 −3x−18
1 3 2
3 4 2n+11 x 2 63 213. + =
193. n−5 + n+7 = n2 +2n−35
204. x−4 − x+8 = x2 +4x−32
2x2 −x−1 2x2 +x x2 −1
2 3 5
2 3 2n−1 205. a 2 2 214. + =
194. n+3 + n−4 = n2 −n−12 a−5 + a−6 = a2 −11a+30 n2 +4n n2 −3n−28 n2 −6n−7
5x 4 5 a 3 14 x+1 1 1
195. 2x+6 − x2 −9 = 2
206. a+2 + a+4 = a2 +6a+8
215. x3 −9x − 2x2 +x−21 = 2x2 +13x+21
3x 2 3 −1 2x−4 5 x x 2
196. 5x+5 − x2 −1 = 5
207. 2x−5 + 4x2 −25 = 6x+15 216. − =
2x2 +5x 2x2 +7x+5 x2 +x
1 −2 x1 3
197. 1 + n−1 = n21−n 208. 3x+2 + 9x2 −4 = 12x−8 217. 4t
+ 2−3t
= 1
4t2 −t−3 3t2 −t−2 12t2 +17t+6
9 7y+2 1 2
198. 3 + n−3 = n227−3n
209. 12y 2 +11y−15 − 3y+5 = 4y−3 218. 2t
+ 1−3t
=
2t2 +9t+10 3t2 +4t−4
2 n 10n+15 5y−4 2 5 4
199. n−2 − n+5 = n2 +3n−10 210. 6y 2 +y−12 − 2y+3 = 3y−4 6t2 +11t−10

G. Solve each equation. Don’t forget to check each of your potential solutions.
√ √ √ √
219. 5x = 10 238. 4x + 2 = 3x + 4 257. 3y = y − 6
√ √ √ √
220. 2x + 4 = 0 239. 3x + 1 = 7x − 5 258. 2 n=n−3
√ √ √ √
221. 3x = 9 240. 6x + 5 = 2x + 10 259. 4 x+5=x
√ √ √ √
222. 4x + 5 = 0 241. 3x − 2 − x+4=0 260. −x − 6 = x
√ √ √ √
223. 2 n−2=0 242. 7x − 6 − 5x + 2 = 0 261. 3
x−2=3
√ √ √
224. 5 n=3 243. 5 t−1=6 262. 3
x+1=4
√ √
225. 3 n−2=0 244. 4 t+3=6 √3
√ √ 263. 2x + 3 = −3
226. 2 n−7=0 245. x2 + 7 = 4 √3
√ √ 264. 3x − 1 = −4
227. 3y + 1 = 4 246. x2 + 3 − 2 = 0 √3
√
√ √ 265. 2x + 5 = 3 4 − x
228. 2y − 3 = 5 247. x2 + 13x + 37 = 1 √ √
√ √ 266. 3
3x − 1 = 3 2 − 5x
229. 4y − 3 − 6 = 0 248. x2 + 5x − 20 = 2 √ √
√ √ 267. x + 19 − x + 28 = −1
230. 3y + 5 − 2 = 0 249. x2 − x + 1 = x + 1 √ √
√ √ 268. x+4= x−1+1
231. 3x − 1 + 1 = 4 250. n2 − 2n − 4 = n √ √
√ √ 269. 3x + 1 + 2x + 4 = 3
232. 4x − 1 − 3 = 2 251. x2 + 3x + 7 = x + 2 √ √
√ √ 270. 2x − 1 − x + 3 = 1
233. 2n + 3 − 2 = −1 252. x2 + 2x + 1 = x + 3 √ √ √
√ √
234. 5 − +1 − 6 = −4 253. −4x + 17 = x − 3 271. n−4+ n+4=2 n−1
√ √ √ √ √
235. 2x − 5 = −1 254. 2x − 1 = x − 2 272. n−3+ n+5=2 n
√ √ √ √ √
236. 4x − 3 = −4 255. n+4=n+4 273. t+3− t−2= 7−t
√ √ √ √ √ √
237. 5x + 2 = 6x + 1 256. n+6=n+6 274. t+7−2 t−8= t−5

H. Add or subtract as indicated.

275. (6 + 3i) + (4 + 5i)
276. (5 + 2i) + (7 + 10i)
277. (−8 + 4i + (2 + 6i)
278. (5 − 8i) + (−7 + 2i)
279. (3 + 2i) − (5 + 7i)
280. (1 + 3i) − (4 + 9i)
281. (−7 + 3i) − (5 − 2i)
282. (−8 + 4i) − (9 − 4i)
283. (−3 − 10i) + (2 − 13i)
284. (−4 − 12i) + (−3 + 16i)
285. (4 − 8i) − (8 − 3i)
286. (12 − 9i) − (14 − 6i)
287. (−1 − i) − (−2 − 4i)
288. (−2 − 3i) − (−4 − 14i)
289. ( 23 + 31 i) + ( 61 − 34 i
290. ( 23 − 51 i) + ( 53 − 34 i
291. (− 59 + 35 i) − ( 43 − 61 i
292. ( 38 − 25 i) − ( 65 + 17 i

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I. Write
√ each√of the √
following
√ in√terms of i and simplify. For example:
−20 = i 20 = i 4 5 = 2i 5
√ q √
293. −81 298. − 36 64 304. 5 −72
√ √ √
294. −49 299. −18 305. −2 −80
√ √ √
295. −14 300. −84 306. −6 −27
√
√ 301. −75 √
296. −33 √ 307. 12 −90
302. −63
q √ √
297. − 16 25 303. 3 −28 308. 42 −40

J. Write
√ √each of the
√ following
√ in√terms of i, perform
√ √ the indicated
√ operations, and simplify. For example:
−3 −8 = (i 3)(i 8) = i2 24 = (−1) 4 6 = −2 6
√ √ √ √ √
309. −4 −16 316. −2 −20 322. √−81
√ √ √ √ −9
310. −81 −25 317. −2 −27 √
√ √ 323. √−56
311. −3 −5 √ √ −7
√ √ 318. −3 −15 √
−72
312. −7 −10 √ √ 324. √
−6
√ √ 319. 6 −8
313. −9 −6 √
√ √ √ √ 325. √−24
314. −8 −16 320. −75 3 6
√ √ √ √
315. −15 −5 321. √−25 326. √−96
−4 2

K. Find each of the products and express the answers in the standard form of a complex number.

327. (5i)(4i) 335. (3 + 2i)(5 + 4i) 343. (4 + 5i)2

328. (6i)(9i)
329. (7i)(−6i)
330. (−5i)(−12i)
331. (3i)(2 − 5i)
332. (7i)(−9 + 3i)
333. (−6i)(−2 − 7i)
334. (−9i)(−4 − 5i)
336. (4 + 3i)(6 + i)
337. (6 − 2i)(7 − i)
338. (8 − 4i)(7 − 2i)
339. (−3 − 2i)(5 + 6i)
340. (−5 − 3i)(2 − 4i)
341. (9 + 6i)(−1 − i)
342. (10 + 2i)(−2 − i)
344. (5 − 3i)2
345. (−2 − 4i)2
346. (−3 − 6i)2
347. (6 + 7i)(6 − 7i)
348. (5 − 7i)(5 + 7i)
349. (−1 + 2i)(−1 − 2i)
350. (−2 − 4i)(−2 + 4i)

L. Find each of the following quotients, and express the answer in the standard form of a complex
number.

3i −4−7i 7−3i
351. 2+4i 356. 6i 362. 4−3i
2
352. 4i 357. 7i 363. −2+7i
5+2i 3 −1+i
358. 10i
−2i −3+8i
353. 3−5i 2+6i 364. −2+i
359. 1+7i
−5i −1−3i
354. 2−4i 360. 5+i 365. −2−10i
2+9i
−2+6i 3+6i −3−4i
355. 3i 361. 4−5i 366. −4−11i

M. Solve each radical eqution. Don’t forget, you must check potential solutions.

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√ √ √
367. 3 x = x + 2 369. 2x = x − 4 371. 3x + 6 = x
√ √ √
368. 3 2x = x + 4 370. x=x−2 372. 5x + 10 = x

N. Solve each quadratic equation.

373. x2 = 1 385. 15y 2 = 20 397. (2x − 3)2 = 1

374. x2 = 81 386. 14y 2 = 80 398. (2x + 5)2 = −4
375. x2 = −36 387. 10x2 + 48 = 0 399. (n − 4)2 = 5
376. x2 = −49 388. 12x2 + 50 = 0 400. (n − 7)2 = 6
377. x2 = 14 389. 24x2 = 36 401. (t + 5)2 = 12
378. x2 = 22 390. 12x2 = 49 402. (t − 1)2 = 18
379. n2 − 28 = 0 391. (x − 2)2 = 9 403. (3y − 2)2 = −27
380. n2 − 54 = 0 392. (x + 1)2 = 16 404. (4y + 5)2 = 80
381. 3t2 = 54 393. (x + 3)2 = 25 405. 3(x + 7)2 + 4 = 79
382. 4t2 = 108 394. (x − 2)2 = 49 406. 2(x + 6)2 − 9 = 63
383. 2t2 = 7 395. (x + 6)2 = −4 407. 2(5x − 2)2 + 5 = 25
384. 3t2 = 8 396. (3x + 1)2 = 9 408. 3(4x − 1)2 + 1 = −17

O. Use the quadratic formula to solve each of the qudratic equations.

409. x2 + 2x − 1 = 0 423. 4x2 + 2x + 1 = 0 437. 3x2 = 5

410. x2 + 4x − 1 = 0
2 2
411. n + 5n − 3 = 0
412. n2 + 3n − 2 = 0
413. a2 − 8a = 4
414. a2 − 6a = 2
415. n2 + 5n + 8 = 0
416. 2n2 − 3n + 5 = 0
417. x2 − 18x + 80 = 0
418. x2 + 19x + 70 = 0
419. −y 2 = −9y + 5
420. −y 2 + 7y = 4
421. 2x2 + x − 4 = 0
422. 2x2 + 5x − 2 = 0
424. 3x2 − 2x + 5 = 0
425. 3a − 8a + 2 = 0
426. 2a2 − 6a + 1 = 0
427. −2n2 + 3n + 5 = 0
428. −3n2 − 11n + 4 = 0
429. 3x2 + 19x + 20 = 0
430. 2x2 − 17x + 30 = 0
431. 36n2 − 60n + 25 = 0
432. 9n2 + 42n + 49 = 0
433. 4x2 − 2x = 3
434. 6x2 − 4x = 3
435. 5x2 − 13x = 0
436. 7x2 + 12x = 0
438. 4x2 = 3
439. 6t2 + t − 3 = 0
440. 2t2 + 6t − 3 = 0
441. n2 + 32n + 252 = 0
442. n2 − 4n − 192 = 0
443. 12x2 − 73 + 110 = 0
444. 6x2 + 11x − 255 = 0
445. −2x2 + 4x − 3 = 0
446. −2x2 + 6x − 5 = 0
447. −6x2 + 2x + 1 = 0
448. −2x2 + 4x + 1 = 0

P. Find all real solutions of the equation.

449. x3 = 16x 456. x4 − x3 − 6x2 = 0

450. x5 = 27x2 457. x4 + 4x3 + 2x2 = 0
451. x6 − 81x2 = 0 458. (x − 2)5 − 9(x − 2)3 = 0
452. x5 − 16x = 0 459. x3 − 5x2 − 2x + 10 = 0
453. x5 + 8x2 = 0 460. 2x3 + x2 − 18x − 9 = 0
454. x4 + 64x = 0 461. x3 − x2 + x − 1 = x2 + 1
455. x3 − 5x2 + 6x = 0 462. 7x3 − x + 1 = x3 + 3x2 + x

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463. x−1 + x+2 = 4 484. x4 − 5x2 + 4 = 0
464. 10 12
x − x−3 + 4 = 0 485. 2x4 + 4x2 + 1 = 0
465. x2
= 50 486. x6 − 2x3 − 3 = 0
x+100
466. 1 + 2x
= 2
+ 4 487. x6 − 26x3 − 27 = 0
(x+3)(x+4) x+3 x+4
x+5 5 28 488. x8 + 15x4 = 16
467. x−2 = x+2 + x2 −4
x x+1 489. x4/3 − 5x2/3 + 6 = 0
468. 2x+7 − x+3 = 1 √ √
1 2
490. x − 3 4 x − 4 = 0
469. x−1 − x2 = 0
2
491. 4(x + 1)1/2 − 5(x + 1)3/2 + (x + 1)5/2 = 0
x+ x
470. 4
3+ x
= 5x 492. 2(x − 4)7/3 − (x − 4)4/3 − (x − 4)1/3 = 0
√
471. x+2=x 493. x3/2 + 8x1/2 + 16x−1/2 = 0
√
472. 4 − 6x = 2x 494. x1/2 + 3x−1/2 = 10x−3/2
√
473. 2x + 1 + 1 = x 495. x1/2 − 3x1/3 = 3x1/6 − 9
√ √
474. x − 9 − 3x = 0 496. x − 5 x + 6 = 0
√
475. 5−x+1=x−2 497. 1
+ 4
+ 4
√ x3 x2 x = 0
476. 2x + x + 1 = 8 −4 −2
√ 498. 4x − 16x + 4 = 0
477. x − x + 3 = x2 p√
√ 499. x+5+x=5
478. x + 2 x − 7 = 10 √3
500. 4x2 − 4x = x
479. (x + 5)2 − 3(x − 5) − 10 = 0 √
501. x2 x + 3 = (x + 3)3/2
480. ( x+1 2 x+1
x ) + 4( x ) + 3 = 0
√ 2
1 2 1
502. 11 − x2 − √11−x 2
=1
481. ( x+1 ) − 2( x+1 )−8=0 p √
x 2
482. ( x+2 ) = 4x
−4 503. x + x + 2 = 2
x+2
√ √
q p p
4 2
483. x − 13x + 40 = 0 504. 1 + x + 2x + 1 = 5 + x

Q. Find all solutions, real and complex, of the equation.

505. x3 = 1 508. x4 + x3 + x2 + x = 0
506. x4 − 16 = 0 509. x4 − 6x2 + 8 = 0
507. x3 + x2 + x = 0 510. x3 + 3x2 + 9x + 27 = 0

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