COLLEGE ALGEBRA

LONG EXAM 1

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Date: _______________

General Instructions: Work INDEPENDENTLY and HONESTLY. Use only black or blueinked pen. Any form of CHEATING, whether intentionally or unintentionally, as deemed by the
proctor will receive a Final Score of ZERO for this exam.

Direction for TEST I and II: Shade the circle that corresponds to your answer. For TEST II, if
the answer is NOT among the choices, shade E.

I. TRUE
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O
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O

FALSE

O
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O

25.

O
O
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O
O
O

II.

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O
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O
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B

O
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O
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O
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III.
A. Fill in the blanks
1.
2.
3.
4.

B. Problem Solving
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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I. TRUE or FALSE. (25 points)

1. If

A B A,

then

A B.

B C
A C.
A B
2. Given 3 non-empty sets A, B, and C. if
and
, then
y Y
x X
3. For any two sets X and Y, if
and
, then X and Y are disjoint sets.
A B 3,
B A 2.
A B. B 5
4. Let
If
and
then
5. All sets are disjoint with the empty set.
A B A,
Ac B c.
6. For any two sets A and B, if
then
x (A c B c ).
7. If x is an element of A and B, then
A B,
( A B )c B ( A B )c A .
8. If
then
A C ,
A B
B C A .
9. If
and
then
A {x , y , }
B {m , , n },
A B .
10. If
and
then
c

11.
is a subset of the set of real numbers.
( ) ( ).
12.
( ) .
13.
14. If a is a non-zero rational number, then a has a multiplicative inverse.
15. All irrational numbers have a multiplicative inverse.
16. A non-negative number is always positive.
17. The number 3.1417592654 is rational.
a b
a b.
18. If a and b are real numbers, then the additive inverse of
is never equal to
x , y , (x y ) .
19. For all
20. The set of rational numbers is closed under addition.
21. The set of negative numbers is closed under addition.
22. The set of irrational numbers is closed under multiplication.
a b b a.
23. The additive inverse of
is
x 5 0,
x 5.
24. If
then
x2
25. If x is an irrational number, then
is irrational.

II. Multiple Choice. (15 points)

1) 7{5 [3( 8+2 ) ] }
A. 5

B. 5

C. 11

D. 15

B. 50

C. 0

D. 44

2) 25{32 [ 2 ( 59 )3 ] }
A. 76
3) Find the sum of

( 3 a2bc ) ;(6 b5 c +7 a);(bc+ a) .

A. 11 a+3 b7 c
4) Add:

B. 11 a+3 b7 c

C. 11 a3 b7 c

D. 11 a7 c

C. 7 a+11 b5 c

D. 7 a11 b+5 c

3 cb2 a
( 8 a+5 bc ) ; (7 b+9 c +a ) ; )

A. 7 a+11 b+ 5 c

B. 7 a11 b5 c

2 x
3
2
5) ( 3+6 x 7 )+ ( 4 x 7 x+ 8 ) +( 6 x +6 x +4 x 1)

3
2
A. 4 x +16 x 3 x

3
2
B. 4 x 16 x + 3 x

3
2
C. 4 x + 16 x 3

D.

4 x 3+ 16 x2 3 x

6) Subtract

6x
( 2 x 3 xy + 4 y ) from )

2
2
A. 4 x + xy9 y

7) Subtract
A.

2
2
B. 4 x xy + 9 y

2
2
C. 4 x xy 9 y

2
2
D. 4 x + xy +9 y

2
C. x +2 x29

2
D. x 2 x 29

( 2 x2 5 x16 ) from ( x 23 x+13 .

x 2+2 x +29

8) From the sum of

2

A. a +11 a+5

2
B. x +2 x+29

(3 a24 a3) and ( 2 a9 ) , subtract (4 a213 a17) .

B. 11 a+5a

C. a 11 a+5

2
2
5 c 2+12 c +7
(
)
c
2
c
+3
9) Subtract the sum of
and
) from (6+2 c 11 c ) .

D. a +11 a5

A. 4 c 21 c16

B. 4 c 21 c +16

C. 4 c 21 c16

D.

4 c 21 c

10) Simplify:
A.

8a 2b 15a 6b

3
2
3

a 3b 3

B.

a 3b 3

C.

a 3b 3

D.

a 3b 3

III. Do as indicated. (20 points)

A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate statements/ reasons to complete the proof of:
If

a b c ,

then

a b c.

Statement
a b c

Reason

a (b ) c ,

Definition of Subtraction

[a ( b )] b c b

(1)

a [( b ) b ] c b ,

(2)

Existence of Additive Inverse

(3)
a c b

(5)

Given

(4)
Commutative Property of Addition

B. From the 100 members of a college dance group, 49 members dance jazz, 45 dance the ballet,
and 42 dance the modern dance. Also, 14 of them dance both modern dance and ballet, 15 dance
both modern dance and jazz, 16 dance both ballet and jazz, and 5 dance all three kinds of dances.
1. How many members dance the ballet only?
2. How many members dance the jazz only?
3. How many members dance the modern dance only?
4. How many members dance exactly one kind of dance?
5. How many members do not dance any of the three kinds of dances?

Faith is confidence that what we hope for will actually happen,

it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1
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