MATH III Review Drill Exam # 1

Operations with Complex Numbers

& Solving Quadratic Equations
(107 marks)
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I. Perform the indicated operations and simplify.
1)

(12-6i) - (8+2i)

11) (5-3i) (2+9i)

2)

4 (5 8i) + (7 - 13i)

12) i (15 - 9i) (2 +3i )

3) (7-6i) - (5+4i) + (11-5i)

13) 5 ( 3 - 6i )

4) (8 + 6i ) ( 36 100 )

14) ( 4 - 8i ) ( 5 + 6i )

5) (23 7i ) + (15 81)

15) ( 6 - 2i ) 2

(32 19i ) + (16 7i ) ( 9 + 25 )

6)

16) (10 + 9i) 2

7) (4 15i ) (16 7i ) ( 4 + 49 )

17) (13 25 )(17 + 144 )

8) ( 100 36 ) (5 6i ) + (18 6i )

18) (7 9 )(12 16 )

9) (8i) (13i)

19) -7i (8+9i)

10) (7i) (-4i) (8i)

20) (6 - 8i) (2 + 4i) (7-10i)

II. Perform the indicated division and write answer in standard form.
1)
3)
5)

6
5 3i

4i
2 9i
5 7i
8 + 3i

7 5i
5 + 9i
III. Solve by factoring.
7)

2)
4)
6)
8)

9
4i
8i
7 + 10i

6 8i
1 6i
4 9i
8 2i

1. 9x2 - 6x = 0

2. 5u2 + 10u = 0

3. 4z ( z + 9) 5 (z + 9) = 0

4. 5x (3x 7) + 9 (3x 7) = 0

5. 16y2 25 = 0

6. 9z2 64 = 0

7. 9y2 + 36y + 36 = 0

8. 4x2 12x + 9 = 0
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9. x2 + 15x = 0
11. 4x2 7x = 0

10. 25x2 64 = 0
12. x2 3x 18 = 0

13. 6x2 + x - 2 = 0

14. 2x2 +3 x 2 = 0

15. x (6x 2) + 3(6x 2) = 0

16. 3x2 - 5x - 2 = 0

17. 2x2 = 21 + 11x

18. x2 + x - 20 = 0

19. 36x2 - 12x +1 = 0

20. 4 x2 = 81

21. 9x2 + 30x + 25 = 0

22. 15x2 - 2 = 7x

IV. Solve by extracting square roots.

1. x2 = 121

2. x2 + 25 = 0

3. y2 1.44 = 0

4. y2 3 = 0

5. (x 7)2 = 900

6. (x + 2)2 = 0.16

7. (x + 5)2 + 6 = 0

8. (x 3)2 - 10 = 0

9. 9 (x - 2) 2 - 4 = 0

10. 4 (x + 1)2 = 16

11. x2 = 49

12. x 2 + 25 = 0

13. 25x2 = 64

14. 49x2 - 4 = 0

15. (x + 7)2 = 0.04

16. (x + 10)2 = 0.09

17. (4x 5)2 = 5

18. (5x 1)2 = 7

19. x2 - 81 = 0

20. (x + 3)2 = 4

V. Solve by completing the square.

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1) x2 + 10x = 0

8) 2x2 + 4x + 1 = 0

2) x2 12x = 0

9) 3x2+ 6x + 1 = 0

3) x2 + 6x+ 5 = 0

10) x2 - 7x + 6 = 0

4) x2 2x - 3 = 0

11) x2 + x - 3 = 0

5) x2 + 3x 10 = 0

12) x2 + 2x - 4 = 0

6) x2 + 5x + 4 = 0

13) 2x2 3 x 5 = 0

7) 6x2 + 5x - 6 = 0

14) 3x2 - 5x - 2 = 0
15) 2x2 + 4x + 1 = 0

VI. Use the quadratic formula to solve each equation.

1) x2 + x + 1 = 0

9) x2 -7x + 6 = 0

2) 3x2 + 5x + 2 = 0

10) 5x2 + x + 2 = 0

3) x2 - 5x + 4 = 0

11) 4x2 -4x + 1 = 0

4) x2 - 7x + 12 = 0

12) 6x2 -5x - 6 = 0

5) x2 + x - 6 = 0

13) 3x2 +10x - 2 = 0

6) 2x2 - 3x - 2 = 0

14) x2 -2x - 3 = 0

7) x2 + 3x -10 = 0

15) x2 - 4x + 13 = 0

8) 8x2 - x + 2 = 0
VII.

Applications of Quadratic Equations.

1. The sum of a number and twice its reciprocal is equal to 19/3. What is the number?

2. The length of a rectangle is 3 inches less that twice its width. The area is 54 square inches. What
are the dimensions L and W?
3. Consider a triangle with three different sides, if the longest side is one unit longer than the shortest
side, and the hypotenuses length is 9 units larger than the shortest side, what are the dimensions
of the triangle.?
4. The hypothenuse of an isosceles triangle is 2 units longer than one of the sides. Find the perimeter
of the triangle.
5. A rectangular box has an area of 400 square units. If one of the sides is 2.5 times the size of the
other, what are the dimensions of the box?

6. The smaller of two numbers is 4 units less than the larger one. If the sum of its squares is 58,
what are the numbers?
7.- The sum of the reciprocals of two consecutive odd numbers is 8/15. Find the numbers