Practice Algebraic Expressions and Equations II 1. It is given that p = q + r . (a) Make q the subject of the formula.

(b) Find the value of q when p = 8 and r = 12. 2. It is given that V = h(R + r)(R r). (a) Make R2 the subject of the formula. (b) Find the value of R, where R > 0, given that V = 100, h = 10, r = 2.5 and = 3.142. 3. Make S the subject of the formula U =
V 2 2VS . kS
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Find the value of S when U = 5, V = 10 and k = 4. 4. Factorise each of the following. (a) 9x2 24xy + 16y2, (b) 5. Factorise each of the following. (a) x2 9x + 18, (b) 6. Factorise each of the following. (a) 2x2 9x 18, (b) 7. Simplify each of the following. (a) 27x2 75y2, x2 xy 20y2, 6x2 + 17x + 12, (c) (2x y)2 + 4x2 y2. (c) (c) x2 + 13xy + 42y2. 8x2 14xy + 3y2.

( x + 3) x x , 2 x 9 ( 2x) 2 x 3
2

(b)

x 3 18 2 . x + 4 x 2 x + 2x 8

8. Simplify each of the following.

p2 p 6 (a) 2 , p + p 12

(b)

2 x 2 + 14 x + 20 , x 2 x 30
10 x 2 +11xy 6 y 2 , 25 x 2 4 y 2

(c)

2x 2 + x 3 . 3x 2 7 x + 4
49 y 2 9 x 2 . 6 x 2 xy 35 y 2

9. Simplify each of the following. 4 x 2 + 4 x 15 (a) , (b) 6 x 2 5x 6 10. Solve the following equations. (a) 3x2 300 = 0, (c) 4x2 12x = 0,

(c)

(b) (d)

5x2 180 = 0, 15x2 = 10x.

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Homework Algebraic Expressions and Equations II 1. Solve the following equations. (a) x2 9x + 18 = 0, 2. Solve the following equations. (a) 6x2 x 2 = 0, 3. Solve the equation (b) (b) x2 5x 10 = 11 x.

13x2 9x + 10 = x2 + 20x 5.

2x 1 5 + = 2 . x + 3 x + 1 x + 4x + 3

4. The smallest of three consecutive positive numbers is n. Ten times the smallest number is less than the product of the other two numbers by 10. Find the smallest number. 5. In a triangle ABC, AB = (x 5) m, BC = (2x + 1) m and ABC = 90o. The area of the triangle is 69 m2. Find the value of x. 6. The diagram shows a rectangle whose breadth is (2x 1) m and whose perimeter is 40 m. If its area is 99 m2, find its length. 99 m2 (2x 1) m

7. The breadth of a rectangular room is 3 times its height. Its length is 2 m more than its breadth. If the total area of the walls is 161 m2, find the dimensions of the room. 8. The sum of twice a positive whole number and thrice its reciprocal is 10.6. Find the number. 9. A solid cylinder of height 5.5 cm has a total surface area of 76 cm2. Find its radius. 10. A motorist drove from a place P to another place Q 50 km away. When he returned from Q to P, he drove at an average speed that was 20 km/h more than his speed from P to Q. The time taken was 25 minutes less than that he took to drive from P to Q. What was his average speed for his journey from Q to P? End of Homework

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