MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

Department of Science and Mathematics, Kabwe, Zambia

MSM 111- Mathematical Methods I
TUTORIAL SHEET ONE
LECTURERS : DR.O. CHIMBOLA & Mr. E. MOYO

13 September,2021

(1) Find the indicated sets if

A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, B = {2, 4, 6, 8}, C = {7, 8, 9, 10}

(a) A ∪ B, (b) A ∩ B, (c) B ∪ C, (d) B ∩ C, (e) A ∪ C, (f ) A ∩ C.
(g) A ∪ B ∪ C, (h) A ∩ B ∩ C.

(2) Find the indicated set if

A = {x|x ≥ −2}, B = {x|x < 4}, C = {x| − 1 < x ≤ 5}

(a) B ∪ C, (b) B ∩ C, (c) A ∩ C, (d) A ∩ B.

(3) Express each repeating decimal as a fraction.

(a) 0.7, (b) 0.28, (c) 0.57, (d) 5.23, (e) 1.37, (f ) 2.135.

(4) Simplify each expression, and eliminate any negative exponents

 3    xy −2 z −3 3
(a) 3a4 b−2 a2 b−1 ; (b) 2 3 −4
xy z

(5) Write each union and intersection as a single interval.





 
 
(a) 2, 7 ∪ 5, 20 , (b) −∞, 4 ∪ −2, 6 , (c) −9, −2 ∪ −7, −5 , (d) 3, ∞ ∪ 2, 8 ,



   
(e) −8, −3 ∩ −6, −1 , (f ) −9, −2 ∩ −7, −5 , (g) −∞, −10 ∩ −∞, −8 .

 

c

A = −2, 3 , B = −∞, −5 ∪ −2, 5 and C = 4, ∞ . Express A ∩ B −
(6) Let
C as a union of intervals.
(7) Let A = {1, 2}, B = {a, b, c, d}, and C = {1, a, b}. Use the roster method to
list all the elements of each of the following sets

(a) A × B, (b) B × A, (c) A × C, (d) A2 , (e) A × (B ∩ C), (f ) (A × B) ∩ (A × C),

(g) A × ϕ, (h) B × {2}.

(8) Put each fractional expression into standard form by rationalizing the denom-
inator
r
1 9 8 5 1 a
(a) √ , (b) √ , (c) √ , (d) , (e) √
6 4
2 3
52 x3 6
b2

1
 (9) Factor the following expressions

(a) 2x2 y − 6xy 2 + 3xy, (b) − 7x4 y 2 + 14xy 3 + 21xy 4 , (c) (3x + 2)2 + 8(3x + 2) + 12,
 1 2  1 2
(d) 4x2 + 4xy + y 2 , (e) r2 − 6rs + 9s2 , (f ) 1 + − 1− ,
x x
(g) 9x3 + 18x2 − x − 2, (h) 3x3 − 27x, (i) y 4 (y + 2)3 + y 5 (y + 2)4 ,
−1 2 −4
(j) (x2 + 3) 3 − x2 (x2 + 3) 3 , (k)8s3 − 125t3 , (l) 4a2 c2 − (a2 − b2 + c2 )2 ,
3
(m) x + 4x + 16, (n) A6 − B 6 , (o) An − 1,
4 2

where n is a positive integer.

(10) Find the domain of the expressions

√
2 x2 − 1 √ 2x x2 + 1
(a) 4x − 10x + 3, (b) , (c) x + 3, (d) , (e) 2 .
x−3 x+1 x −x−2

11 Simplify the rational expressions

5(x − 3)(2x + 1) 4(x2 − 1) y2 + y y 2 − 3y − 18 1 − x2

(a) , (b) , (c) , (f ) , (g) .
10(x − 3)2 12(x + 2)(x − 1) y2 − 1 2y 2 + 7y + 3 x3 − 1

(12) Perform the multiplication or division and simplify

4x (x + 2) (x2 + 7x + 12) (x2 + 5x + 6)

(a) , (b) ,
(x2 − 4) 16x (x2 + 3x + 2) (x2 + 6x + 9)
(2x2 −3x−2)
(x + 3) (x2 + 7x + 12) (x2 −1)
(c) ÷ , (d) (2x2 +5x+2)
.
(4x2 − 9) (2x2 + 7x − 15)
(x2 +x−2)

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