HIGHER MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS/ENGINEERING

TECHNOLOGISTS

PROBLEM SET # 2

A. Solve the following equations:

5𝑎+20 1 3
1. + 𝑎 = 2𝑎
6𝑎

4 5
2. 1 + 𝑟−2 = 𝑟−2

1 1 6
3. 𝑥−2 + 𝑥 2 −7𝑥+10 = 𝑥−2

𝑝+5 1 𝑝−6
4. 𝑝2 +𝑝 = 𝑝2 +𝑝 − 𝑝+1

5𝑥−20 1 𝑥−4
5. + =
𝑥 2 −9𝑥+18 𝑥−6 𝑥 2 −9𝑥+18

B. Solve each quadratic equation.

1. 6𝑥 2 − 48 = −12𝑥

2. 8𝑛2 + 16𝑛 = 42

3. 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 26 = 8

4. −3𝑛2 + 4𝑛 − 59 = −4𝑛2

5. 3𝑚2 − 16𝑚 − 2 = −7

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C. Problem Solving

Show your completion solution and box your final answer.

1. A number is 1 more than twice another. Their squares differ by 176.

What are their numbers?

2. The length of one rectangle is two times the width. If the length is
decreased by 5 feet and the width is increased by 5 feet, the area
is increased by 75 square feet. Find the dimensions of the original
rectangle.

3. The side of a square equals the width of a rectangle. The length of

the rectangle is 6 feet longer than its width. The sum of their areas
is 176 square feet. Find the side of the square.

4. Tickets to the school play sold at $4 each for adults and $1.50 each
for children. If there were four times as many adult tickets sold as
children’s tickets and the total receipts were $ 3500, how many
children’s tickets were sold?

5. A cellphone company charges a monthly fee of $10 for the first

1000 messages and 10 cents for each additional text message.
Miriam’s bill for text messages for the month of June is $38.50. How
many text messages did she send that month?

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