PRACTICE QUESTION BY ALGORITHMS SIMBALASHE

MATH -111: COLLEGE ALGEBRA

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QUESTION 1

a) Write the set A={1,4,9,16,25, … } in set-builder notation.(2 marks)

b) In a survey of university students, 64 had taken mathematics course, 94 had taken chemistry
course, 58 had taken physics course, 28 had taken mathematics and physics, 26 had taken
mathematics and chemistry, 22 had chemistry and physics course, and 14 had taken all the
three courses. Find how many had taken one course only.(8 marks)

c) Define a permutation? (2 marks)

d) There are 3 copies each of 4 different books. In how many different ways can they be
arranged on a shelf? (4 marks)

e) Find n , given that 𝑛𝐶 𝑛−2 = 10. (5 marks)

f) Let C={4𝑛 + 1|𝑛 ∈ 𝑍}. Show that if x,y∈ 𝐶, then xy∈ 𝐶. (4 marks)

g) Simplify the following :

1. (3 + √−16) + (2 + √−25).(4 marks)
2−5𝑖
2. 1−6𝑖
(4 marks)
h) Factorise the following completely:
1. (𝑥 + 𝑦)3 − 𝑧 3 .(3 marks)
2. 𝑥 6 − 7𝑥 3 − 8.(4 marks)

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i) Find an approximation correct to four decimal place of (100) using the pascal’s triangle. (5
marks)

QUESTION 2
a) Determine whether each of the following function is even , odd or neither.
1. 𝑓(𝑥) = 5𝑥 7 − 6𝑥 3 − 2𝑥.(2 marks)
2. 𝑓(𝑥) = 5𝑥 6 − 3𝑥 2 − 7.(2 marks)

b) The function 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 is defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 1

1. Find;

𝛼)𝑓(𝑡 2 ). (2 marks)

𝛽)[𝑓(𝑡)]2 . (2 marks)

2. Solve the equation 𝑓(𝑓(𝑥)) = 𝑓 (𝑓(√2)). (4 marks)

c) solve the following inequalities and write your answers in interval notation:

1. |2𝑥 + 1| < 3. (4 marks)

𝑥+2
2. 𝑥+4 ≤ 3.( 7marks)

QUESTION 3

a) Express 4+11+18+25+32 in SIGMA notation.(3 marks)

b) Evaluate ∑20 2
𝑘=1(2𝑘 + 7𝑘).(5 marks)

c) Using the principle of mathematical induction, prove that 2 is a factor of 𝑛2 + 5𝑛 for every
positive integer n.(5 marks)

d) Determine whether these biconditionals are true or false.

1. 1+1=2 if and only if 2+3=4.(2 marks)

2. 0>1if and and only if 2>1.(2 marks)

e) Suppose x is a real number. Consider the statement “if 𝑥 2 = 4, then x=2. Contruct the
converse, the inverse and the contrapositive.

f) Write 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 (𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 12) − 2𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 (𝑥 + 4) as a single logarithm with a coefficient of 1.

g) Evaluate 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 5 × 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 7 × 𝑙𝑜𝑔7 9

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