TRANSPOSING FORMULAE

Show each stage of the working carefully.

1. Change the subject of the formula to w:

(a) f = w + 7m (b) d = w - r 2 (c) s = w - 6 t

(d) p = 2w + r (e) n = 3w - g (f) r = 2 + 5w

† (g) h = nw + 3 † (h) t = fw - r † (i) m = kw + r 2

† † †
(j) a = n + t 2 w (k) v = 2aw - h (l) e = rtw + k
† † †
(m) r = 3d - w (n) u = r 2 - w (o) h = at - w
† (p) g = t - 3w † (q) y = 4 - nw † (r) x = p - r w

† (s) r = m - 2aw † (t) h = s - m nw † (u) p = n - r 2 w

† † †
2. Change the subject of the formula to t:
† † † 5t
(a) h = 13 t (b) f = 34 t (c) v =
2

t-2 t -5 t -1
(d) s = (e) g = (f) r =
† 3 † n n
†
2t + 3 4t - k 3t + r
(g) d = (h) x = (i) w =
5 n 2
† † †
1 2
(j) p = 4 (t - 6) (k) u = 5 (t - 3) (l) c = 13 (2 t + 5)

† (m) n = 13 t - 2 † (n) e = 3+ 14 t † (o) u = 12 t - w

† (p) d = 23 t + n † (q) w = 5 - 12 t † (r) k = u - 13 t

† t † mt † a
(s) m = +w (t) v = -3 (u) p = h - t
a n b
† † †

3. Change the subject of the formula to r:

† (a) s = r 2 + t † (b) m = r2 - 5 † (c) h = r 2 - t

n 2
(d) w = 16 r 2 (e) g = 32 r2 (f) t = r
a
† † †
r2 - 3 r2+ 4 r2- h
(g) p = (h) x = (i) v =
† 4 † n 5
†
2 2
1
(j) u = r - 2
3
1
(k) e = r + t
2 (l) k = 34 r 2 + m

† (m) b = 3r2 - 5 † (n) c = 4 r2 - n † (o) a = 5r 2 + f

† (p) h = n r 2 - 3 † (q) w = pr 2 - m † (r) v = ar 2 + c

† 2 † 2 † 2
(s) x = (r - 2) (t) w = (r + n ) (u) t = (2r + c)
† † †
 4. Change the subject of the formula to n:
(a) t = n - 2 (b) h = r + n (c) w = n - at

(d) x = 2 - n (e) f = c - n (f) g = ab - n

† † †
(g) r = 3n + 2 (h) p = 3n - d (i) c = 2n + f
† † †
(j) d = an - 3 (k) s = an - c (l) e = nt + u
† † †
(m) u = 5 - 2n (n) k = w - 3n (o) t = h - an
† † †
(p) p = n - 5 (q) g = n - t (r) s = 3 - n
† † †
(s) h = x - n (t) y = 3n + r (u) v = t - m n
† † †

† 5. Change the subject of the formula

†
to t: †
(a) p = nt + 2t (b) u = at - r t (c) c = r 2 t + 2t

3t + wt at + 3t r 2t - t
(d) r = (e) e = (f) v =
2 † 4 † 3
†
2t + 5 a - 3t r2- t
(g) s = (h) m = (i) w =
t t t
† † †
pt+2 t+a 4n+ t
(j) d = (k) g = (l) s =
t 3t t
† † †
3t- 2 t-3 pt - a
(m) f = (n) n = (o) p =
† t † t † t

6. Change the subject of the formula to that given in square brackets:

† † †
(a) v = u + at [a] (b) v 2 = u 2 + 2as [s] (c) s = ut + 12 at 2 [u]

(d) P = mgh [g] (e) V = p r2 h [h] (f) K = 12 mv 2 [m]

† † †
(g) A = p r 2 [r] (h) V = p r2 h [r] (i) V = 13 p r 2h [r]
† † †
(j) V = 43 p r 3 [r] (k) v = t 2 - 3 [t] (l) p = p n 2 + 2n2 [n]
† † †
4A L
(m) m = 2p v [v] (n) d = [A] (o) T = 2p [L]
† p g
† †

†
† †
 ANSWERS
1. (a) w = f - 7m (b) w = d + r 2 (c) w = s + 6t
p-r n+g r-2
(d) w = (e) w = (f) w =
2 3 5
† † †
h-3 t+r m - r2
(g) w = (h) w = (i) w =
n f k
† † †
a-n v+h e- k
(j) w = 2 (k) w = (l) w =
t 2a rt
† † †
(m) w = 3d - r (n) w = r 2 - u (o) w = at - h

† t-g † 4-y † p- x
(p) w = (q) w = (r) w =
3 n r
† † †
m-r s-h n-p
(s) w = (t) w = (u) w =
2a mn r2
† † †

4 2v
† 2. (a) t = 3h † (b) t = 3 f † (c) t =
5
(d) t = 3s + 2 (e) t = ng + 5 (f) t = nr + 1
† 5d - 3 † nx + k 2w - r
(g) t = (h) t = † (i) t =
2 4 3
† † †
3c - 5
(j) t = 4p + 6 (k) t = 52 u + 3 (l) t =
2
† † †
(m) t = 3n + 6 (n) t = 4e - 12 (o) t = 2u + 2w
† 3d - 3n †
(p) t = (q) t = 10 - 2w † (r) t = 3u - 3k
2
† † †
nv + 3n bh - bp
(s) t = am - aw (t) t = (u) t =
† m † a
†

† 3. (a) r = s - t (b) r = m + 5 (c) r = h + t

† †
2g at
(d) r = 6w (e) r = (f) r =
3 n
† † †
(g) r = 4 p + 3 (h) r = nx - 4 (i) r = 5v + h
†
† † 4k - 4m
(j) r = 3u + 6 (k) r = 2e - 2t (l) r =
† † 3
†
b+5 c+n a- f
(m) r = (n) r = (o) r =
† 3 † 4 5
†
h+ 3 w+ m v-c
(p) r = (q) r = (r) r =
n p a
† † †
t -c
(s) r = x + 2 (t) r = w - n (u) r =
2
† † †
 4. (a) n = t 2 + 2 (b) n = h 2 - r (c) n = w 2 + at

(d) n = 2 - x 2 (e) n = c - f 2 (f) n = ab - g 2

† † †
r2- 2 p2 + d c2 - f
(g) n = (h) n = (i) n =
† 3 3 2
† †
d2+3 s2 + c e2 - u
(j) n = (k) n = (l) n =
a a t
† † †
5 - u2 w - k2 h - t2
(m) n = (n) n = (o) n =
2 3 a
† † †
2 2 2
(p) n = ( p + 5) (q) n = (g + t ) (r) n = (3- s)
† † 2 † 2
2 (y - r) (t - v )
(s) n = (x - h ) (t) n = (u) n =
3 m
† † †

p u c
† 5. (a) t = (b) t = (c) t =
n+2 † a-r † 2
r +2
2r 4e 3v
(d) t = (e) t = (f) t =
3+ w a+3 r 2 -1
† † †
5 a r2
(g) t = (h) t = (i) t =
s- 2 m+3 w +1
† † †
2 a 4n
(j) t = (k) t = (l) t =
d-p 3g - 1 s-1
† † †
2 3 a
(m) t = (n) t = (o) t =
3- f 1- n p- p
† † †

v-u v 2 - u2 2s - at 2
† 6. (a) a = t
† (b) s =
2a † (c) u =
2t

P V 2K
(d) g = (e) h = (f) m =
mh pr2 v2
† † †
A V 3V
(g) r = (h) r = (i) r =
p ph ph
† † †
3V p
(j) r = 3 (k) t = v2 + 3 (l) n =
4p p+2
† † †
Ê m ˆ2 1 2 Ê T ˆ2
(m) v = Á ˜ † (n) A = pd 4 (o) L = gÁ ˜
Ë 2p ¯ Ë 2p ¯
† †

†
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