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MAT 101 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
THE REAL NUMBER SYSTEM
EQUATIONS WITH ONE UNKNOWN
x+1 x−2 2x+3
1. Solve the equation 3 − 4 = 6
2. Solve the equation x2 − 5x − 11 = 0
x+1 5x−1
3. Solve the equation 2x+3 = 7x+3
√
4. Solve the equation x− √6 =1
x
36
5. Solve the equation y 2 + 5y − y 2 +5y =0
6. Solve the equation x4 − 25x2 + 144 = 0
p p
7. Find the values of x which satisfy the equation 2 (x + 5) − (2x + 8) = 2
p p p
8. Solve the equation (x + 1) + (5x + 1) = 2 (x + 6)
9. Solve the equation x4 − 2x3 − 6x2 − 2x + 1 = 0
10. Solve the equation y 4 − 2y 3 − 2y 2 + 2y + 1 = 0 (Hint: let z = y − y1 )
12
11. Solve x(x + 1) + x(x+1) = 8 (A) -3,2,-2,1 (B)3,-2,2,-1 (C) -3,-2,2,-1 (D) 3,-2,-2,1
12. Consider the three distant positive integers a,b,c all less than 100, if |a − b| + |b − c| = |c − a|. What is the maximum value
possible for b (A) 98 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 99
SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS WITH TWO UNKNOWNS
1. Solve the following pairs of equations simultaneously:
(i) 2x − 3y = 17, x2 + 2y 2 − 3x + y = 19
(ii) 4x − 3y = 17, 3x2 + 3y 2 + x − 4y = 73
(iii) 2x − y = 9, 4x2 + 3y 2 − 2x + y = 16
(iv) 2x + y = 9, 3x2 + 2y 2 + x − y = 45
(v) 2x + y = 3, 4x2 − y 2 + 2x + 3y = 16
2. Solve the simultaneous equations
(i) x2 + 2xy = 3, 3x2 − y 2 = 26
(ii) x2 + y 2 = 13, x2 − 3xy + 2y 2 = 35
(iii) x2 + y 2 = 5, x12 + y12 = 45
(iv) x2 + y 2 = 10, x1 + y1 = 43
(v) x2 − xy + 7y 2 = 27, x2 − y 2 = 15
1 3
(vi) x2 − y 2 = 24, x+y + x−y = 1112
(vii) xy + xy = 17
4 , x 2
− 4xy + y 2
= 1
3. Solve in N2 the system
xy ≤ 2x
x+y =4
4. Solve in Z2 the system
xy = 2x
3x + y = −4
√ √ √ √ √
5. Solve √
the simultaneous equations
√ 7x − (3 5)y = 9 5 and (2 5)x + y = 34 (A) x = 4, y = 3 5 (B) x = 4, y = 5 3 (C)
x = 5 3, y = 4 (D) x = 3 5, y = 4
ELIMINATION OF A VARIABLE IN EQUATIONS
1
1. Eliminate t from the equations x = 1 + t, y = 1 + t
1
2. Eliminate t from the equations x = 3 + t3 , y = 2 + t
1 1
3. Eliminate t from the equations x = t − t, y = t2 −1
2at b(1−t2 ) x2 y2
4. If x = 1+t2 , y= 1+t2 , show that a2 + b2 =1
5. Eliminate θ from the equation x − a cos θ = 0, y − b sin θ = 0
6. If x = 1 + t2 , y = 2t, show that y 2 = 4(x − 1)
7. If x = 1 − t2 and y = 1 + 5t − t2 , show that (x − y)2 = 25(1 − x)
MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION
1. Use the method of mathematical induction to prove that if n is a positive integer
(a) 2n > n
(b) 12 + 22 + 32 + ... + n2 = 16 n(n + 1)(2n + 1)
(c) 1 + 3 + 5 + ... + (2n − 1) = n2
(d) 72n+1 + 1 is an integer multiple of 8.
2. Prove that for every non-zero natural number n, we have:
n
k(k + 1) = n(n+1)(n+2)
P
(a) 3
k=1
n
P n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)
(b) k(k + 1)(k + 2) = 4
k=1
n
1 n
P
(c) k(k+1) = (n+1)
k=1
n
3. Use mathematical induction to find the sum to n term of the series 13 + 23 + ... + n3 (A) 3 (n + 1)(n + 2) (B) 31 n2 (3n + 1)2 (C)
1 2 2 n
4 n (n + 1) (D) 4 (n + 1)(n + 2)(n + 3)
1 1 1 n 1
4. Use mathematical induction to find the sum to nth term of the series 1·2 + 2·3 +...+ n(n+1) (A) n+1 (B) 2n−1 (C) n(n−1) (D) n+1
5. If n(n2 + 5) is a multiple of 6, by inductive hypothesis, which of the following is also a multiple of 6 (A) (n3 + 5) + 3n2 + 6 (B)
(n + 1)(n2 + 5) + 3(n + 1)2 + 6 (C) n(n2 + 2n + 6) + (n2 + 6) (D) n(n2 + 5) + 3n(n + 1) + 6
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