5.) Warm-Up Probs 1 Solutions

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𝑥 𝑦

1. Simplify + .
𝑥−𝑦 𝑦−𝑥

Solution:
𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
+ = + = +
𝑥−𝑦 𝑦−𝑥 𝑥 − 𝑦 −1(−𝑦 + 𝑥) 𝑥 − 𝑦 −1(𝑥 − 𝑦)
𝑥 −𝑦 𝑥 𝑦 𝑥−𝑦
= + = − = =1
𝑥−𝑦 𝑥−𝑦 𝑥−𝑦 𝑥−𝑦 𝑥−𝑦
cos 𝐴
2. Simplify − tan 𝐴.
1−sin 𝐴

Solution:
cos 𝐴 cos 𝐴 1 + sin 𝐴 sin 𝐴
− tan 𝐴 = ∙ −
1 − sin 𝐴 1 − sin 𝐴 1 + sin 𝐴 cos 𝐴
cos 𝐴 (1 + sin 𝐴) sin 𝐴 2 2 2 2
= − ; 𝑏𝑢𝑡 1 − sin 𝐴 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 sin 𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴=1
1 − sin2 𝐴 cos 𝐴
cos 𝐴 (1 + sin 𝐴) sin 𝐴 (1 + sin 𝐴) sin 𝐴 1 + sin 𝐴 − sin 𝐴
= − = − =
𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 cos 𝐴 cos 𝐴 cos 𝐴 cos 𝐴
1
= = sec 𝐴
cos 𝐴
3. If 2𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 9 = 2, find the value x.
Solution:
2
𝑥
𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 2 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 9 = 2 → 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 =2
9
2 2
𝑥 𝑥
𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑏 = 𝑐 ↔ 𝑏 = 𝑎𝑐 → ∴ 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 =2 ↔ = 42
9 9
𝑥2
→ = 42 → 𝑥 2 = 9(16) → 𝑥 = 12
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