[CHAPTER 2 EQUATIONS, INEQUALITIES AND ABSOLUTE VALUES]

TUTORIAL
2.1 EQUATIONS
1. Solve the equation by completing the square
1
(a) x(3x  4)  5 (c) x2  x  2  0
3
(b) ( x  2)( x  1)  3 (d) 3x 2  12 x  3  0

2. Solve the following equations

(a) 10(3) 2 x1  2 4 x3 (c) 32 x 1  10(3 x )  3

5 2 x  7 x1 4 ( 2 x1)  2 x1

2
(b) (d)

3. Solve the following equations

100 x  10 5 x 3 9(3) 2 x  28(3) x  3  0

2
(a) (b)

4. Solve x 5 e 3 ln x  4 x  21 .

5. Solve the equation 5(2 x1 )  4 x  16 .

6. By substituting a  2 x , solve the equation 4 x  3  2 x2 .

7. Solve the following equations

(a) 2(log 8 x  log x 8)  5 (c) (ln x) 3  ln x 4

(b) log x 3  log 3 x  2 (d) x log x  100 x

8. Find the value of x satisfying the equation log 4 ( x 4  4)  1  log 4 ( x 2  4) .

9. Solve the following equations

(a) log 2 [log 3 (2 x  1)]  2 (b) log 2 x  6  2

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10. Solve the following equations

(a) x5  7 x (c) 2x  1  x  1  5

(b) 5t  4  2 t  1 (d) w 7  2 3 w

2.2 INEQUALITIES

11. Express the inequality as an interval, and draw its number line :
(a) x5 (c) 3 x 7
(b) x  3 (d)  3  x  1

12. Express the interval as an inequality in the variable of x .

(a) (5,8] (c) (,5)
(b) [4,1] (d) (,2]

13. Solve the inequality, and express the solution in terms of intervals whenever possible.
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(a)  2  3x  2 (c) 0
3x  2
2x  3
(b) 2 x  5  3x  7 (d) 3 7
5

14. Solve the following :

(a) 5  3x  10  16 (c)  x 2  5x  4  0
2x  1
(b) 3 (d) 18x  x 2  0
x3

15. Find the solution set of the following inequalities :

4x  4 9
(a) 1 3 (b) 4x   12
2x  3 x

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41. Given 2 log 2 x  yand log 2 2 x  y  4. Find the value of x and y. [5marks]

42. (a) Determine the solution set of the inequality

x
2
5 x [7marks]
2 1

(b) Solve 3x  4 x  4  0.
3 3
[5marks]
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SUGGESTED ANSWERS
2.1 EQUATIONS
2 1 1 1 1 1
1. (a)   19 (b)  21 (c)   73 (d) 2  3
3 3 2 2 6 6
1
2. (a) x  9.53 (b) x  1.53 (c) x  1 (d) x  1,
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3. (a) x  ,1 (b) x  1,2
2
4. x  3
5. x  3 0r 1
6. x  0,1.58
1
7. (a) x  8 ,64 (b) x  3 (c) x  1, e 2 , e 2 (d) x  100,
10
8. x   6

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9. (a) x  41 (b) x  250

10. (a) x  2 (b) t  1, t  9 (c) x  5 (d) w  2

2.2 INEQUALITIES
11. (a)  ,5 (b)  3,  (c) 3,7 (d)  3,1
12. (a)  5  x  8 (b)  4  x  1 (c) x  5 (d) x  2
 4  2 
13. (a)   ,  (b) 12,  (c)   ,   (d) 9,19
 3  3 
 5 
14. (a)   ,2 (b)  8,3 (c)  ,1  4,  (d) 0,18
 3 
13 7
15. (a) {x : x   x } (b) {x : x  0}
2 2

2.3 ABSOLUTE VALUES

x , x  0 x  3 , x  3
16. (a) x   (b) x  3  
 x , x  0  ( x  3) , x  3
2  x ,x2 5 x  5 , x  1
(c) 2  x   (d) 5x  5  
x  2 ,x  2  (5 x  5) , x  1

17. (a)  3,3 (b)  7,7 (c)  ,5  5,  (d)  , 2    2,  

1  1 
18. (a) x  5 or x (b)  ,1  4,  (c)   ,   (d)  4,2  0,2
3  3 
1
19. (a) {x : x  1.45  x  1} (b) {x :   x  2  2  x  9}
3
(c) {x : 0  x  1  1  x  3} (d) {x : x  6  x  0}

1  2 
20. (a)  ,1 (b)  ,4   ,  
5  3 

21. (a) x  3  1; (4,2) (b) 2x  3  5 ;  ,1  4, 

1  2
(c) 4x  3  1 ;  ,1 (d) x  1  2  0 ; 
2 

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