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Caroline Justen – Hochschule Augsburg – Mathematics I for International Information Systems – Winter semester 2022/23 – (Seite 1 von 5)

Basics

Topic: Powers, roots, logarithms, sums, binomial theorem

 Exercise 0.1:

(a) Factor out the term T :

1 2 1 1 1
i.) 16 x − 8 x + 4 ; T = 4
1 2 1 1 1
ii.) 16 x − 8 x + 4 ; T = 16
iii.) x3 − 3x + 9; T = 27
iv.) bx3 − b2 x − b; T =b
v.) −2x3 − 4x2 + 10x; T = −2x

(b) Expand the following terms, use the binomial theorem where suitable.
i.) (3a + b)(4 − a)
ii.) (2 + a)(b − a)(b + 1)
iii.) (5x − 3y)(3x − 5y)
iv.) (5y + 2y 2 )(2y 2 − 5y)
v.) 7(a − b)2 + 3(b − a)2
vi.) 7(a − b)3 + 3(b − a)3
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 Exercise 0.2:

(a) Simplify the following terms

a3 a−2
i.) a6
ii.) (b3 )2
(−3)4 ·32
iii.) −3
2
33
iv.)
323
(x−1)3
v.) (1−x)3
−1 −1
vi.) − a1 · a · 1
−a · −a
(a2 b)3
vii.) (b2 a−2 )2

viii.) (−x2 )(−x)2 (x−2 )2

 2  3 2
4 3 x3
· 2x6


ix.) x 2 · 2

√ 1 3
(b) Simplify the following terms by using fractional exponents, e.g.: a a = a · a 2 = a 2 .
√ √
( 3)4 ·(( 3)4 32 )
i.) √
9· 3−2
a−2
ii.) √
3 2
a
√
−3
iii.) √g
g2 g −5
√
−2 n
p p4
iv.) √
p 23 p
√
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t2 s3√ st
v.) √
3 5
t s2
√2 √ 2 √ √
339 2
vi.) √2 3 · √16
3 ( 3 3)2
 Exercise 0.3:

In the following ln denotes the natural logarithm, i.e. loge (x) =: ln(x) and lg the logarithm to the base 10, i.e. lg(x) =
log10 (x). Solve these exercises without a calculator !
(a) Calculate:
i.) ln(e2 )
ii.) eln(e)
√
iii.) ln( e)
iv.) eln(3)
 
v.) ln √1
e3

vi.) ln(3ek )

(b) Simplify the following terms:

√ 
3a4
i.) log3 9
 6
16x
ii.) log4 √
2

(c) Simplify the following terms:

i.) lg(5) − 2 lg(5) + lg(30) − lg(6)
1
ii.) 2 lg(81) − lg(2) − 2 lg(3) + lg(20)

(d) Simplify the following terms:

i.) log2 (64) + log4 (64) − log8 (64)
ii.) 2 ln(x) + ln(x + y) − ln(x2 − y 2 )
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(e) Solve for x:

2 x 3


i.) 3 = 2
ii.) log2 (x3 ) = 6
1
iii.) log5 (25x ) = 2

(f) Solve for A:

ln(B) − ln(D)
C=
ln(1 + A)
 Exercise 0.4:

(a) Consider the following numbers:

k 1 2 3 4 5
xk 1 3 2 2 0
yk −2 1 0 5 3
Calculate the following terms:
3
P
i.) xi
i=1
5
P
ii.) (xj + yj )
j=2
5
P
iii.) x` y6−`
`=1
5
P
iv.) i · xi
i=1
!
5
P j
P
v.) j yi
j=1 i=1
5 5
yi2
P P
vi.) (ixi )
i=1 i=1
P
(b) Rewrite the following terms using :
i.) 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10
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ii.) 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + 13 + 16 + 19 + 22
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21
iii.) 2 + 7 + 12 + 17 + 22 + 27 + 32 + 37 + 42 + 47 + 52
iv.) 4 + 9 + 16 + 25 + 36 + 49 + 64 + 81 + 100
v.) −1 + 2 − 3 + 4 − 5 + 6 − 7 + 8 − 9 + 10
vi.) 22 + 33 + 44 + 55 + 66