MATH 175 Calculus I – 2020-2021 Fall

Worksheet 1

October 20, 2020

1. Rewrite the expression without using the absolute value.

(a) |5 − 23| (d) |x − 2|, if x < 2.

(b) |−π| (e) |x + 1|, if x > −1.
√
(c) 5−5 (f) x2 + 1

2. Solve the inequality and express the solution set with intervals.

(a) 2x + 7 > 3 (g) (x − 1)(x − 2) > 0

(b) 1 − x ≤ 2 (h) 2x2 + x ≤ 1
(c) 2x + 1 < 5x − 8
(i) x2 ≤ 3
(d) −1 < 2x − 5 < 7
(e) 0 ≤ 1 − x < 1 (j) x3 > x
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(f) 4x < 2x + 1 ≤ 3x + 2 (k) x <4

3. Solve the equation.

(a) |2x| = 3 (b) |x + 3| = |2x + 1|

4. Solve the inequality.

(a) |x + 5| ≤ 2 (b) 1 ≤ |x| ≤ 4

a+b
5. Show that if a < b, then a < 2 < b.

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 6. Find the distance between the points.

(a) (1, −3), (5, 7) (c) (a, b), (b, a)

(b) (1, −6), (−1, −3) (d) (a, b), (0, 0)

7. Find the slope of the line, passing through P and Q.

(a) P (−1, 6), Q(4, −3) (b) P (−1, −4), Q(6, 0)

8. Using slopes, show that the triangle with vertices A(6, −7), B(11, −3) and c(2, −2)
is a right triangle. Find the area of this triangle.
9. find an equation of the line that satisfies the given conditions.

(a) Through (2, −3), slope 6 (e) Through (1, −6), parallel to the line
(b) Through (−3, −5), slope − 37 x + 2y = 6.
(c) Slope 3, y-intercept −2 (f) Through (−1, −2), perpendicular to
(d) x-intercept −8, y-intercept 6. the line 2x + 5y + 8 = 0.

10. Find the slope and y-intercept of the given line, draw a graph.

(a) x + 3y = 0 (b) y = −2

11. Sketch the region in the xy-plane.

(a) |x| ≤ 2 (c) 1 ≤ |x| ≤ 4

(b) 0 ≤ y ≤ 4 and x ≤ 2 (d) −x ≤ y ≤ 21 (x + 3)

12. Show that the lines 3x − 5y + 19 = 0 and 10x + 6y − 50 = 0 are perpendicular and
find their point of intersection.
ANSWERS
√
1. (a) 18 (b) π (c) 5 − 5 (d) 2 − x (e) x + 1 (f) x2 + 1

2. (a) (−2, ∞) (c) (3, ∞)

(b) [−1, ∞) (d) (2, 6)

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 √ √
(e) (0, 1] (i) [− 3, 3]
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(f) [−1, )
2 (j) (−1, 0) ∪ (1, ∞)
(g) (−∞, 1) ∪ (2, ∞)
1 1
(h) [−1, ] (k) (−∞, 0) ∪ ( , ∞)
2 4
3 3 4
3. (a) x = − or x = (b) x = 2 or x = −
2 2 3
4. (a) [−7, −3] (b) [−4, −1] ∪ [1, 4]

5.
√ √ √ √
6. (a) 2 29 (b) 13 (c) 2|a − b| (d) a2 + b 2
9 4
7. (a) mP Q = − (b) mP Q =
5 7
41
8.
2
9. (a) y = 6x − 15 (d) 3x − 4y = −24
(b) 7x + 3y = −36 (e) x + 2y = −11
(c) y = 3x − 2 (f) 5x − 2y = −1
1 (b) m = 0, y-intercept: −2
10. (a) m = − , y-intercept: 0
3

11.
12. (2, 5)

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