MATH 111 Practice Exercise 4

I. Solve the following systems of equations.

3x  2y  2z  1 x  3 y  3z  1
4x 2  3y 2  9 x2  y2  1
1. 2. 3. 5 x  3 y  4z   3 4. 2x  y  z  3
y 2  4x 2  7 2x 2  3y 2  2
2 x  y  2z  2 3x  5y  7 z  1

3x  2y  5z  1
2x  y  2 x 2  4y 2  25 x 2  y 2  13
5.  13y  24z  11 6. 7. 8.
x  5 y  8 z  5 x  4x  y  7
2
xy  6 3x  2y  0

x 2  4y 2  5 x 2  4y 2  16 x  2y  5 x  2y  7
9. 10. 11. 12.
9x 2  y 2  8 2y  x  2 x 2  2y 2  23 y 2  2 x  2

II. A. Find the solution set of each equation with absolute value.
1. 2x  9  4 4. x  3  4x  2 7. 3x  1   x  7
x2 x
2. 3x  10  5 5. 2x  3   x  5 8. 
4 6
3. 1
4
x 2
3
1 6. 2x  4  x  3

B. Find the solution set of each inequality.

1 3x
1. 2
x 2
3
x 4
3 7. x 2  4x  5 13. 0
x5
2x  3
2. 1
4
x 1
2
 12 x  2
3 8. 2x 2  6x  0 14. 0
x5
y 4 y 5 2x  1
3. 2
3 4 9. (x – 2)(2x + 1) (x – 4) > 0 15. 1
3 x
1 2 1
4. 2
( x  2)  2
5
 1
3
( 2x  1) 10. x(x + 2)( x + 3) < 0 16. 
x 1 x  3
4
5. ( x  5) ( 3x  1)  0 11. x 2  15  2x 17. x3
x2
6. ( 2x  3) ( x  1)  0 12. x(11 – 3x)> 10

C. Find the solution set of each inequality with absolute value.

1. 2x  3  6 6. 5x  8  2
2. 3 2x  1  6 7. 4  2x  8
3. x  7  3  12 8. 4x  3  3  8
4. 3x  5  2 9. 2 x  8  3  2
5. 1
2
x 1
3
2 10. 1
2
x  13 2

III. LINES
A. Find the slope of the line joining the given two points.
1. ( -1, 5 ) , ( 2, - 3 ) 3. ( 13 , 12 ) , (  53 , 23 )
2. ( -6, -3 ) , ( -2, -5) 4. ( a , b ) , ( 2a , -2b )

B. For each given pair of points, find the distance between points P and Q and the midpoint
of the line segment joining P and Q.

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 1. P ( 2 , -1 ) , Q ( 4, -3 ) 3. P ( -4 , -5 ) , Q ( 5, -4 )
2. P ( 0 , 5 ) , Q ( -3, 4 ) 4. P ( 13 , 12 ) , Q ( 2, -1 )

C. Find the x- and y-intercepts of the given line. Draw the line.
3x 2y 3y
1. 5x – 2y = 10 3. 5x - 3y =0 5. 2  5  1 7. 5x  4  10
2. 3x + 4y = -27 4. y - 5 = 0 6. 4x + 9 = 0 8. y = 7x – 4
D. For each equation in C, reduce the equation to slope-intercept form and give the slope and
y-intercept.
E. Find an equation of the line ( in general form ) satisfying the given conditions.
1. Passing through ( -1, 4 ) and slope –5
2. Passing through ( 2,  73 ) and slope 23
3. Passing through ( 4, -3 ) and ( -3, -1 )
4. Passing through ( 13 , 12 ) , (  53 , 23 )
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5. slope 3 and y-intercept – 4
6. slope – 8 and y-intercept  45
7. slope 6 and x-intercept -9
8. x-intercept 5 and y-intercept – 4
9. x-intercept 13 and y-intercept 43
10. Through ( - 4, 7 ) and parallel to the x-axis
11. Through ( 5, 4 ) and parallel to the y-axis
12. Through ( 6, -1 ) and parallel to the line 2x + 5y = 15
13. Through ( -3, -2 ) and perpendicular to line 4x – 5y + 16 = 0
3x 2y
14. Through ( 1 , 4 ) and parallel to the line 2  5  1
4x y
15. Through (  23 , 2 ) and perpendicular to line 3  5  6
16. The slope is thrice the slope of line 3x + 7y = 12 and the x-intercept is half that of
the line 5x – 3y = 2
IV. CIRCLES

A. Find the center and radius of each circle by reducing to center-radius form.
1. x 2  y 2  2x  6y  6  0 4. x 2  y 2  4x  10y  5  0
2. x 2  y 2  12x  8y  23  0 5. 3x 2  3y 2  12x  24y  10  0
3. x  y  5x  3y  3  0
2 2
6. 4x 2  4y 2  8x  3y  20  0
B. Find equation of the circle ( in general form ) that satisfies the given condition.
1. Center ( 3 , -5 ) , radius 10
2. Center (  23 , 2 ) , radius 23
3. Center ( -3 , 2 ), passes through ( 4 , -5 )
4. Center ( 5 , 1 ), passes through ( -6 , -2
5. Endpoints of a diameter at ( 1 , 3 ) & ( 5 , -7 )
6. Endpoints of a diameter at ( 2 , -5 ) & ( 3 , -2 )
7. Endpoints of a diameter at (  13 , 3 ) & ( 12 , 23 )

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