Chapter 1 Answers

Exercise 1A

1 a 4 x3  5 x  7
c 2x2  1

b 7 x7  5 x4  9 x2  x
6
d x3  4x  

4
e 7x4  x2  

g 3 x  4 x2  1

h 2 x4   
2

x2

2
7 x2 x3
    
5
5x
5
x7 9 x3 3
k    
2
x
2

2 a x3
d x7
x4
g 
x3
2x  3
j 
x5
2x  1
m 
x2

4 x3  2 x2  3

2 x  3 x3  1

2
3 x8  2 x3   
3x

b x4

c x3

e x5
x2
h 
x4
2x  3
k 
x1
x4
n 
3x  1

x4
x4
i 
x6
x2
l 
x2
2x  1
o 
2x  3

Exercise 1B
1 a
d
g
j
2 a
c
e
g
i
3 a
c
e
f
g
h
i
j

x2  5 x  3
b x2  6 x  1
c x2  x  9
x2  4 x  2
e x2  3 x  7
f x2  4 x  5
x2  3 x  2
h x2  2 x  6
i x2  3 x  2
x2  2 x  8
6 x2  3 x  2
b 4 x2  x  5
d 3 x2  4 x  8
3 x2  2 x  2
f 2 x2  3 x  4
2 x2  2 x  3
3x2  5x  7
h 2x2  3x  5
j 4x2  x  1
5x2  3x  5
x3  3 x2  4 x  1
b x3  6 x2  5 x  4
d 3 x3  5 x2  3 x  2
4 x3  2 x2  3 x  5
3x3  3x2  4x  7
3 x4  2 x3  8 x2  2 x  5
6 x4  x3  2 x2  5 x  2
5x4  2x3  4x2  3x  7
2 x5  3 x4  2 x3  8 x2  4 x  6
x 5  x 4  x 3  x 2  2 x  1

Exercise 1C

1 a x2  2 x  5
b 2 x2  6 x  1
c 3x2  12x  2
b 2 x2  x  5
2 a x2  4x  12
c 3x2  5x  10
b 2 x2  7
c 3x2  4
3 a x2  5
4 a 8
b 7
c 12
7 (x  4)(5x2  20x  7)
8 3 x2  6 x  4
9 x2  x  1
10 x3  2x2  4x  8

Exercise 1D
2
3
4
5

(x  1)(x  3)(x  4)
(x  1)(x  7)(x  5)
(x  5)(x  4)(x  2)
(x  2)(2x  1)(x  4)

6 a (x  1)(x  5)(x  6)
b (x  2)(x  1)(x  2)
c (x  5)(x  3)(x  2)
7 a (x  1)(x  3)(2x  1)
c (x  1)(x  2)(3x  1)
e (x  2)(2x  5)(2x  3)
8 2
9 16
10 p  3, q  7

b (x  3)(x  5)(2x  1)
d (x  2)(2x  1)(3x  1)

Exercise 1E
1 a 27
b 6
e 214
f 8
i 1513
j 20.52
2 1
3 18
4 30
7 9
8 8287
9 a  5, b 8
10 p  8, q  3

Mixed exercise 1F
1 a x3  7

x4
b 
x1

3 x2  5
2 x2  2 x  5
A  2, B  4, C  5
p  1, q  3
(x  2)(x  4)(2x  1)
7
714
a p  1, q  15
a r  3, s  0
a (x  1)(x  5)(2x  1)
2
18

3 5
14 2,  
2 2
15 12, 3
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

c 0
g 14

d 1
h 0

2x  1
c 
2x  1

b (x  3)(2x  5)
b 11237
b 5, 12, 1