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Properties of Perfect Squares & Modulus Function

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Properties of Perfect Squares & Modulus Function

Examples
1. Given a and b are real numbers and satisfy equations a + b = 9 and ab
= 7, find the value of a2 + b2. (HKIMO 2020 Heat S1)

2. Find the value of y if |5x – 3y +9| + (x + 9)2 = 0.

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3. Find the value of |x – y| if |23x – 12y + 14| + |3y + 7x – 29| = 0.

4. Given a and b are real numbers and satisfy equations a + b = -13 and
140
𝑎=− , find the value of a3b + ab3.
𝑏

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Exercises
1. Given a and b are real numbers and satisfy equations a + b = 11 and
ab = 8, find the value of a3b + ab3. (HKIMO 2020 SF S1)

2. Find the value of x if |2x – y – 8| + |y + 4| = 0. (HKIMO 2020 Heat S1)

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3. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy equations a 2 – b2

= 102 and a = b + 6, find the value of a + b. (HKIMO 2018 Heat S1)

4. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy equations a + b =

1 1
20 and ab = 51, find the value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 . (HKIMO 2021 F S1)

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5. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy equations a 2 – b2

= 51 and a = 3 + b, find the value of a + b. (HKIMO 2019 SF S1)

6. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy a 2 + b2 = 88 and a

= 11 – b, find the value of ab. (HKIMO 2018 Final)

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7. Find the value of x if |3x – 2y + 20| + |4 – y| = 0. (HKIMO 2021 SF)

8. Given a and b are real numbers and satisfy equations a + b = 12 and

ab = 11, find the value of a4b2 + a2b4. (HKIMO 2021 SF)

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9. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy equations a + b =

1 1
3 and ab = -5, fins the value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 . (HKIMO 2019 Final)

10. Find the value of y if |x + 2y + 3| + |5x – 3y – 11| = 0. (HKIMO 2021 Heat)

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11. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy equations a2- b2 =
128 and a = 8 – b, find the value of b – a. (HKIMO 2019 Heat)

12. Given that a and b are real numbers and satisfy the equations a 2 + ab
+ b2 = 39 and a3 – b3 = 117, find the value of a2 – 2ab + b2.

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13. Given that x and y are real numbers and satisfy the equations +
𝑥2
1 25
= 144 and xy = 12, find the value of (x – y)2 + 2xy.
𝑦2

14. Find the value of xy if |3|x – 5y + 2| = - |10y – 93x – 1||.

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15. Find the value of x + y if (-2x – 9)2 + |16x + 5y + 2| = 0

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