CE CORREL ALGEBRA (A)

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1. Which of the following is equivalent to + ?
𝑥 𝑥+1
2𝑥+1 2𝑥−1 2𝑥+3 2𝑥+1
a. b. c. d.
𝑥 2 +1 𝑥 2 +𝑥 𝑥 2 +4 𝑥 2 +𝑥
𝑥 5 2
2. Which of the following gives the expansion of ( − ) ?
5 2
𝑥2 25 𝑥2 25 𝑥2 25 𝑥2 25
a. +𝑥− b. + 2𝑥 − c. +𝑥+ a. −𝑥+
25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4

(𝑥 2 +9𝑥+14) (3𝑥+6)
3. If (𝑥 2 −49)
is divided by (𝑥2 the quotient is
+𝑥−56)
a. 𝑥 + 8 𝑥+8 𝑥+3
c. d.
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b. 𝑥 + 3

4. If a negative number is divided by a positive number, which of the following must be the quotient?
a. negative b. positive c. integer d. fraction

5. Which of the following can be a product of an even prime number and odd prime number?
a. 4 b. 12 c. 6 d. 8

6. Which of the following must be true for the product of (𝑥 + 1)𝑥(𝑥 − 1) when x is a positive integer
a. it is either odd or even b. it is always divisible by 3 c. it can be negative d. it is always divisible by 4

7. The sum of seven consecutive integers is zero, what is the smallest integer?
a. -4 b. -1 c. -3 d. -2

8. The sum and product of three distinct positive integers are 15 and 45, respectively. What is the largest integer?
a. 5 b. 9 c. 15 d. 7

9. Solve for x if 481/𝑥 = 4 × 31/𝑥

a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 3

10. What is the value of 𝑥 − 𝑦 from the following linear equations?

3𝑥 − 5𝑦 = 14 𝑎𝑛𝑑 6𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 21
a. 4 b. 3 c. 5 d. 2

11. Given the following equations:

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𝑎𝑏 = , 𝑎𝑐 = 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑐 = 6
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Find the product of a,b, and c
a. 3/2 b. 2/3 c. 9/4 d. 3/4

12. If 𝑥𝑦𝑧 = 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧𝑦 2 = 12, what is the value of x/y

a. 2/3 b. 1/3 c. 3/2 d. 3/4

13. Find the non-zero solution to the equation 3𝑥 4 − 30𝑥 3 = 0

a. 10 b. 5 c. 15 d. 3

14. A line is divided into 10 equal parts, if the measure of each part is a prime integer, what is the possible length of the line?
a. 150 b. 210 c. 90 d. 230

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15. If (𝑥) = 𝑥 5 − 2𝑥 + , then 𝑓(−1) is equal to?
𝑥
a. -6 b. -5 c. -4 d. -8

16. If the absolute value of x is greater than the absolute value of y, which of the following is always true?
a. xy > 0 b. 𝑦 2 > 𝑥 2 c. x-y = 0 d. 𝑥 2 > 𝑦 2

17. How many significant digits do 10.097 have?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

18. Round off 0.003086 to three significant figures

a. 0.003 b. 0.00309 c. 0.0031 d. 0.00308

19. Round off 34.2814 to four significant figures

a. 34.2814 b. 34.281 c. 34.28 d. 34.0

20. MCMXCIV is equivalent to what number?

a. 1964 b. 1994 c. 1984 d. 1974
21. The polynomial 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 8 is divided by 𝑥 − 5, then the remainder is?
a. 175 b. 140 c. 218 d. 200

22. Find the remainder if we divide 4𝑦 3 + 18𝑦 2 + 8𝑦 − 4 𝑏𝑦 2𝑦 + 3

a. 10 b. 11 c. 15 d. 13

23. The expression 𝑥 4 + 𝑎𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 6 when divided by x-2 leaves a remainder of 16 and when divided by x+1 leaves a remainder of 10. Find
a and b.
a. a = 5, b = 7 b. a = -5, b = 7 c. a = -5, b = -7 d. a = 5, b = -7

24. The mean of x and y is a, the mean of y and z is b and the mean of x and z is c. What is the mean of x, y, and z?
a. (a+b+c)/3 b. (a+b+c)/2 c. (a+b+c)/abc d. abc/(a+b+c)

25. The equation of whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 is?
a. 5𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 2 = 0 b. 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 c. 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2 = 0 d. 2𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 3 = 0

26. Determine k so that the equation 4𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 1 = 0 will just have one real solution
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

27. What is the discriminant of the equation 4𝑥 2 = 8𝑥 − 5?

a. 8 b. -16 c. 16 d. -8

28. Find the sum of the roots of equation 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 6 = 0

a. -5 b. 5 c. 4 d. -2

29. Find the product of the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 8 = 0

a. 5 b. 8 c. -5 d. -8

30. In the expression of (𝑥 + 4𝑦)12 , the numerical coefficient of the 5th term is?
a. 63,360 b. 126,720 c. 506,880 d. 253,440

31. What is the fourth term of the expansion (𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )100 ?

a. 1650𝑥103 b. 161700𝑥103 c. 167100𝑥103 d. 167100𝑥100

32. What is the numerical coefficient of the term next to 495𝑥 8 𝑦 4 ?

a. 660 b. 792 c. 990 d. 1100

33. Find the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2𝑥 − 1)20 ?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

34. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧)8 ?

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

35. Solve for the value of x in

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𝑙𝑜𝑔2𝑥 3 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 = 6.278
𝑥
a. 379.65 b. 365.97 c. 397.56 d. 3