Chapter 1 A Review of Basic Algebra MAT 1103 Fundamentals of Mathematics

Tutorial 1- Rational exponents and radicals

A) Simplify without negative expression.

1. 2a  3ab 2  2.  10x 2 y 3z 3xy 4 z 6 

3. 5m 2
n 3  mn 5  9m 4n 2  4. a m  5  a3m 8  b3n 1  b6n  4

5. x 2a 9  y 3b  x a 4  y 4b 2 6. 4xy  2 3

7.  5a bc 2 5 2
8. 33m n   2 3 2
3

 16a 8b 2 9x 1 y 4 z 6
9. 10.
4ab  3x 3 y 2 z 2
1
 25x y 
1 2 2

x y 3 3
2
2 3
 
6

x 
11. 1 12. 1
 x y 
1
2
1
3
4 8
y 16
4
 
1
3a 2 b 3  4x 4 y 6 
13. 14.  
9a 4b 2  2 xy 
1
9
 81a b 3
 3
 16a 4b 2c 6 
2

15.  6 3  16.  1 

 3a b    4abc 
1
3 3
 2x y 
8 3  9m 2n 3 p 
17.  
1 3  18.  
3 3 
 16 x y    3mn p 
Chapter 1 A Review of Basic Algebra MAT 1103 Fundamentals of Mathematics

B) Simplify each of the radical expressions

1. 4 2. 16 3.  100 4. a8 5. w12

6. a 6b 10 7. 9a 2 8.  81m 64 9. 49a 4b 12 10. 121x 14 y 6

11. 18 12. 125 13. 72 14. 180 15. a3 16. b7

17. m9 18. 75x 7 y 5 19. 27a 11b 7 20. 32a 7b 4 22. 36x 2 y 6

C) Simplify and combine like radicals. All variables represent positive numbers.

1.) 6 3  7 3  4 3 2.) 8 5  3 5  7 11  10 11

3.) 3 7  4 6  3 5  2 7  6 4.) 3 3 3

5.) 3
4  43 4  83 4 6.) 6 7  4 10  6 7

7.) 3 3  27 8.) 5 5  6 20

9.) 2 2  3 5  4 32  3 125 10.) 44  99  11  27

11.) 3
32  3 4 12.) 2 3 24  5 3 81

13.) 14.)
Chapter 1 A Review of Basic Algebra MAT 1103 Fundamentals of Mathematics

Factor fully.

1. x2  9 x 2. 8m3  4m 3. x 2  36

4. 36  x 2 5. 16 x2  81 6. 4 x2  64m2

7. 7 x2  7 y 2 8. 2 x 2  98 y 2 9. 4 x2  4 x  1

10. 9 x 2  18xy  9 y 2 11. 9 x2  24 x  16 12. 6 x2  21x  9

13. 7 x2  28x  21 14. 8x3  48x2  72 x 15. 3x 2  3x  6

16. 3x2  11x  20 17. 2 x2  5x  2 18. x2  10 xy  75 y 2

19. 6 x2  2 x  2 20. 8x2  10 x  3

Complete.

21. (x3 - 3x2 - 108x) ÷ (x - 12)
23. (-2x3 + 14x2 + 36x) ÷ (x + 2)
25. (x3 + 9x2 + 20x) ÷ (x + 5)
27. (-4x3 + 52x2 - 120x) ÷ (x - 10)
29. (3x3 + 3x2 - 216x) ÷ (x - 8)
22. (-4x3 + 72x2 - 288x) ÷ (x - 12)
24. (-x3 + 13x2 - 22x) ÷ (x - 11)
26. (3x3 + 15x2 - 252x) ÷ (x - 7)
28. (2x3 - 12x2 + 10x) ÷ (x - 5)
30. (4x3 - 80x2 + 400x) ÷ (x - 10)

Reduce to lowest terms.

4x 6x 2 4 x  16 x7 x 2  2 x  15
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36 x x4 x 2  49 x2  x  6

Do the indicated operations. Express your answers in lowest terms.

5 2 x 1 1 x y
36.  37. 1 38.  2 39. 
x 6x y 2x 6x xy  x 2
yx

x x m 2m 3x 6 y
40.  41.  42. 
x6 x3 z 4z y x