Math I

Exposition exercises

1. Classify the numbers by writing them in the appropriate section

b) Explain why the sum, the difference, and the product of two rational numbers are
rational numbers. Is the product of two irrational numbers necessarily irrational?
What about the sum?

2. Evaluate the power and answer the question

a) (2 i)220 −( 3i)25
b) Is every real number also a complex number? Give a reason

1 1 −1
3. Simplify if Z1 =−2+ i Z2 = +4 i Z3 = i
3 2 2

1
a) 2 Z 1−Z 2+ Z 3 + Z 3
2
b) Graph Z1 , Z 2 , Z 3 and the result of a)

1
4. Simplify if Z1 =−3+ i Z2 =−2−i Z3 =−2
2
16 Z1
A) i −Z1 Z 3 + −Z1 Z 2
Z2
B) Find the real and imaginary parts of the complex number.

B
 5. Factorize the following algebraic expression
3 3
1 1
a) (2− ) −(2+ )
z z

( )
2
1 1
b) (2 x− ) −2 2 x− −3
2 2

6. Factorize the following algebraic expression

a)12 x 4 y 3 z 2−4 x3 z 2 y +8 x 2 z−16 xy

b) (a 2+ b2)2 −(a 2−b2 )2

7. Express each phrase as an algebraic expression

a) 2 times the quotient of 40 and a number m
b) 12 times a number y
c) One half of a number is three
d) 9 times the product of 20 and a number x
e) One number is 6 more than 7 times another number. If 8 is added to each, the first
resulting number is three times the second resulting number
f) The second of three numbers is one less than the first. The third number is 5 less
than twice the second. If the third number exceeds the first number by 12, find the
three numbers.
g) Three consecutive integers such that twice the smallest is 12 more than the
largest.

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8) Simplify Z1 =−3−4 i Z2 =4 + i
2
2
a) (1−x )2+ ¿ Z1 Z 2−x +3( Z 1−Z2 )+2x
2 2
b) Z1 −3 Z 2 +4 x y a−2 xy a