Week 2: Formative Task

1. I) Given the universal set . Find

the following sets, for all
a)
b)
c) | |
d) | |

II) Find the distances between and , between and and between and .

2. Solve the following expressions for and .

a)
b)

3. Using the properties of exponents, simplify the following expressions leaving the
final expressions in positive exponents.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

4. Simplify the following expressions involving radicals

a) √
b) √
⁄
c) √

d) √ √

5. Carry out the following polynomial operations

a)
b)
c)

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 d)

6. Factorize the following expressions

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

7. Carry out the following operations on the rational expressions to their simplest
forms.
a)

b)

c)
d)
e)

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