Assignment No.

1: Pre-Calculus Exercises
Due: September 4, 2020
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1. Solve the following equations for x.

a) x  2  x  2  4 x  2
b) x  43 x
x 1 2x  1
c)  0
x2 x2
d )3 x  x  4

2. Simplify the following expressions.

a)
 
x 2 x 3
4

   1 
x  2  3 
x 
1 1
b)9 3  9 6

   
1 1
c ) 3 2  12 2

3. Factor the following expressions:

a ) xy  y 2  yz  xz
b)6rt  2ru  5su  15st
c )4 x 2  3 xy  24 xz  18 yz
d )6r 2  5rs  18rt  15st
e)6bc  9c 2  12cd  8be  12ce  16de

4. Reduce the following to its lowest term.

2x 4 8x
a)   2
y x  2 y  x  2 y x  4 y 2
x 6x  6 x 1
b)  2 
x3 x 9 x3
3 2 4
c)  
 x  2 x  y   x  2 y  x  y   x  2 y  x  2 y 
5. Simplify the following:

1
 4 4

a ) 81a  4b 3 
 
2
 3  4 3
 8x y  3
b) 6 
 27 x y 
 
1 1
c ) x  1 2 x  3 2   2 x  3 2

6. Reduce the following to its lowest term.

3 4 2 3
 6a 4   bc 2   c 4a 2   a3 
a ) 2 5    3    4    2 
b c   2a   b  c d 
2
 x 3a 1 y a  3 
b) a  2 a 1 
x y 