MAT1511/101/0/2023

Tutorial letter 101/0/2023

PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS B
MAT1511

Year module

Department of Mathematical Sciences

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ASSIGNMENT 01
3.2 – 3.5, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4
FIXED CLOSING DATE: 18 May 2023
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1. Use Descartes’ Rule of Signs to determine the possible number of positive, negative and
imaginary zeros of P (x) .

(i) P (x) = x 4 + x 3 + x 2 + x + 12. (4)

(ii) P (x) = 2x 5 + x 4 + x 3 − 4x 2 − x − 3. (4)

2. Let P (x) = x 6 − 2x 5 − x 4 + x 3 + 2x 2 + x − 2

(a) Determine whether (x − 2) is a factor of P (x) . (2)

(b) Find all the possible rational zeros of P (x) by using the Rational Zeros Theorem. (2)
(c) Solve P (x) = 0. (4)

3. Find a fourth-degree polynomial with integer coefficients that has zeros 3i and −1, with −1 a
zero of multiplicity 2. (4)

4. Use the Upper and Lower Bounds Theorem to show that the real zeros of

(i) P (x) = x 4 − 2x 3 + x 2 − 9x + 2 lie between −2 and 3. (4)

(ii) P (x) = 2x 3 − 2x 3 − 5x 2 − x + 8 lie between −1 and 3. (4)

5. Decompose

(i)
x 5 − 2x 4 + x 3 + x + 5
x 3 − 2x 2 + x − 2
(5)

(ii)
4x 2 − 14x + 2
4x 2 − 1
(5)

into partial fractions (show all the steps).

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6. Determine without converting the form and leave your answer in the form a + bi, where a, b ∈
R.

(i)
i 21 (i + 2) (i − 3)
(2)

(ii)
(1 + 2i) (3 + i)
−2 + i
(4)

7. Simplify the following complex number, without changing the polar form and leave your
answer in polar form

3
2∠ 2π 3π


3 3∠ 2
4∠ 7π
3
(6)

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