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50 AMC Lectures Problems Book 1 (5) Solving Absolute Value Equations
PROBLEMS
Problem 1: Solve x2 – x – 1 = 0.
1 5 1 5
(D)
1 5 1 5 1 5
(A) . (B) . (C) or . .
2 2 2 2 2
Problem 2: How many distinct real roots are there for the equation x x – 3 x 1 = 1?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Problem 3: Solve for x: 3x 2 = 3 – 2x.
Problem 4: Solve: x 1 + 2 x 3 = 5x + 2.
1
2
Problem 5: Solve for x: 2 x 3 + x 1 = 3x 2 .
Problem 6: (1994 AMC) If x and y are non-zero real numbers such that x + y = 3 and
x y + x = 0, then the integer nearest to x – y is
3
(A) – 3 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 5
Problem 7: Find the sum of the roots of x2 – 2013 x = 2013.
x 2 y 5 7
Problem 8: Solve the following system of equations
x2 y 6
Problem 9: Solve the following system of equations
x 1 y 1 5
(1),
x 1 4 y 4
(2).
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50 AMC Lectures Problems Book 1 (5) Solving Absolute Value Equations
Problem 10: Solve x 2 2 x 1 4 = 0.
1 x 1 x
x 1 x 1
Problem 11: Solve equation: =
Problem 12: Solve equation: x 2 7 x 12 = – (x2 – 7x + 12).
Problem 13: Solve equation: x + x 1 = 1.
Problem 14: Solve equation: 3x 2 + 3x 1 = 3.
Problem 15: Solve equation: x 3 – 2 x 2 = 3x – 19
Problem 16: Solve equation: x 3 – 2 x 1 + 2 x – x + 3 = 0
Problem 17: Solve equation: x 2 3x 4 + x 2 – x = 0
Problem 18: Solve equation: x 2 5 x 7 – 2x = 1.
Problem 19: Find the sum of the two roots of 1002 x 10022 10023 .
Problem 20: Solve x ( x 1) 2 x = x
Problem 21: how many real solutions are there for x 2 1 (x ) ?
1 9
10 10
(A) 4. (B)3. (C) 2. (D) 1.
Problem 22: (1967 IMO Long listed Problems) Solve the system
|x + y| + |1 − x| = 6,
|x + y + 1| + |1 − y| = 4.
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50 AMC Lectures Problems Book 1 (5) Solving Absolute Value Equations
Problem 23: Solve x 2 + 2 x 1 =7.
Problem 24: Solve x 2 x 1 = 3
Problem 25: Solve x 3 x 1 x 1
x y 7,
Problem 26: Solve the system
2 x 3 y 1.
x y 2,
Problem 27: Solve the system
x y 3
x 1 y 1 5,
Problem 28: Solve the system
x 1 4 y 4.
Problem 20: Solve the system
x 1 y 5 1,
1
y 7 x 1.
2
x 1 y 3,
Problem 30: Solve the system
2
2 y x 5.
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