Chapter 4 Equations, Inequalities and Graphs Exercise

Chapter 4 Equations, Inequalities and Graphs

1. Solve the equations using the algebraic method.

(a) x + 5 = x − 4 (b) 7 x + 12 = x − 8

(c) 3 x − 4 = 2 x + 3 (d) 2 + 3 x =4 − 2 x

4x − 2 6x + 3 3x + 2 2 x − 3
(e) = (f) =
5 2 2 3

x 1 x
(g) − 2= x−2 (h) 5 +1 = 8 x −1
2 2 5

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2. Solve the following simultaneous equations.
(a) =
y 4 x + 2 and =
y 2x + 1 (b) =
y 2 x + 3 and y= x − 1

3. Solve the equations.

2 2
(a) 4 x + 3 − 13 x + 3 + 3 =0 (b) 2 x − 1 − 2 x − 1 − 12 =0

4. Solve the following modulus inequalities using (i) algebra and (ii) graph.
(a) 2 x − 10 < 40 x
(b) − 53 ≤ −52
12

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x−2 (d) − x − 5 + 7 ≤ 6
(c) >5
3

5. Solve the following inequalities.

(a) 4 x − 1 < 3 x (b) x + 3 > 2 x − 1

6. Sketch each of these curves and indicate clearly the axis-intercepts.

(a) y =( x + 2)( x + 3)( x − 9) (b) y = (2 + x)(2 − x)(5 + x)

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2 3 2
(c) y =
( x − 3) (2 x + 5) (d) y = x + 2 x − 5 x − 6

(e) y =(4 + x)(1 − x)(3 + x) (f) y =− x 3 + 7 x 2 − 15 x + 9

7. Solve the following problems.

(a) On the same axes, sketch the graphs of= y x(5 − x) (b) Use algebra to find the coordinates of all the
and y = ( x − 3)( x − 5)( x + 2) , showing clearly the points where the graphs intersect.
points at which the curves meet the coordinate axes.

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(c) On the same axes, sketch the graphs of = y 2 x( x − 4) (d) Use algebra to find the coordinates of all the
and y =( x + 1)( x − 4)( x − 2) , showing clearly the points where the graphs intersect.
points at which the curves meet the coordinate axes.

8. The diagram shows part of the graph of y = 2( x + 1)( x − 2)( x − 3) .

y

12 –

| | | | x
–1 1 2 3

Use the graph to solve each of the following inequalities.

(a) 2( x + 1)( x − 2)( x − 3) < 0 (b) 2( x + 1)( x − 2)( x − 3) ≥ 8 (c) 2( x + 1)( x − 2)( x − 3) > 12

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9. Solve the following equations.
(a) 25 x 4 − 26 x 2 + 1 =0 (b) x 4 − 13 x 2 + 36 =
0

(c) 27 x 6 − 217 x 3 + 8 =0 (d) 8 x 6 − 35 x 3 + 27 =

0

(e) x + 5 x + 6 =0 (f)=
6 x 14 x − 4

(g) 27(9 x ) − 36(3x ) + 9 =0 (h) 5(5 x ) 2 − 126(5 x ) + 25 =

0