Algebra > Equation solving > Rationals: Summary

1. Solve the equation 11 x  2 . 2. Solve for a: - 8 a - 5  0.

5 9 9 13

x  10 a  - 45
99 104

x  - 10 a  45
99 104

x  - 89 a  - 149
45 117

x  89 a  59
45 117

3. Solve for x in the equation 3 - 7 x

3 2
2 12 4. Solve the equation x -7 x +14 x-8
x-3
 0.  0 for x.

x  18 x 3
7
x  1, 2, 5
x  - 25
12
x  1, 2, 4
x  25
12 x  1, 2
x  - 18
7

5. Solve for x: 7 x - 6  5 x - 10 . 6. Solve for x: 7 - 5 x  0.

6 5 3 9 5 3

x  208 x - 4
45 15

x - 8 x 4
45 15

x 8 x  - 21
45 25

x  - 208 x  21
45 25
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7. Solve for x: 9 x - 9  - 2 x - 3 . 8. Calculate all values of a such that

7 7 9 5 a3-15 a2+68 a-84
 0.
x  - 594 a-7
475

x  - 594 a  2, 6, 8
335
a  6, 14, 42
x  216
475 a  2, 6
x  - 216 a  1, 2, 7
475

9. Solve for x in the equation - 11 x

3 2
9
10. Solve the equation m -14 m +49 m
m-2
7  0 for m.
 .
2

m  2, 7
x  - 63
22 m 2
x  63 m  0, 7, 8
22

x  - 85 m  0, 7
18

x  85
18
11. Solve for x in the equation 12. Calculate all values of w such
x3-10 x2+25 x 3 2
 0. that w -14 w +60 w-72  0.
x-5 w

x 0 w  2, 6

x  0, 5, 6 w 6

x 5 w  0, 2, 6

x  0, 5 w  3, 6
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13. Calculate all values of w such 14. Solve the equation 11 - 2 s  10 .

3 2 4 3 11
that w -15 w +68 w-84  0.
w-2
s  243
88
w  2, 6, 7 s  - 88
243
w  3, 6, 7
s  - 483
w  6, 7 88

w  1, 2 s  - 243
88

15. Solve for x: - 3 x - 12  0. 16. Solve for w: - 12 w  3 .

2 7 7 8

x  45 w  - 117
14 56

x 8 w 7
7 32

x - 8 w  117
7 56

x  - 45 w - 7
14 32

17. Solve the equation 18. Solve for x in the equation

s3-12 s2+45 s-54 x3-10 x2+31 x-30
0 for s.  0.
s-6 x-3

s  3, 7 x  0, 6, 15

s 3 x  3, 5

s 6 x  6, 15

s  3, 6 x  2, 5
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19. Solve the equation 20. Find all the solutions to the
x3-17 x2+96 x-180 3 2
 0 for x. equation u -13 u +42 u  0.
x-6 u-1

x 5 u  0, 6

x  5, 6 u  0, 6, 7

x  6, 30 u  0, 1, 6

x  5, 6, 7 u  0, 6, 8