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Beginning and Intermediate Algebra With Applications and Visualization 4Th Edition Rockswold Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Beginning and Intermediate Algebra With Applications and Visualization 4Th Edition Rockswold Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
x
2) , x = -4
x+4
1
A) -
4
1
B)
2
C) 0
D) Undefined
Answer: D
4x + 4
3) ,x=3
9x
16
A)
93
16
B)
27
8
C)
27
D) Undefined
Answer: B
4 x2 - 7 x
4) , x = -3
4x
19
A) -
4
19
B)
4
5
C)
4
5
D) -
4
Answer: A
1
7x + 9
5) , x = -4
5 x2 - 3 x + 4
37
A) -
96
19
B) -
96
37
C)
96
D) Undefined
Answer: B
6 x2 + 9 x - 8
6) ,x=7
7 -x
1819
A) -
14
B) 1819
1819
C)
14
D) Undefined
Answer: D
Find any values of the variable that make the expression undefined.
5
7)
3z
A) 0
B) 0.333
C) 3
D) None
Answer: A
3
8)
r+ 7
A) 0
B) 7
C) -7
D) None
Answer: C
r- 4
9)
9
A) -4
B) 4
C) 0
D) None
Answer: D
2
z-9
10)
3-z
A) -3
B) 3, 9
C) 3
D) None
Answer: C
5y - 6
11)
y2 - 81
A) 9, -9
B) 81
6
C)
5
D) 9
Answer: A
x2 - 16
12)
x2 + 9x + 20
A) 4, -5
B) 4, -4
C) 0
D) -4, -5
Answer: D
x2 - 9
13)
x2 - 8x + 12
A) 3, -3
B) 2, 6
C) 0
D) -2, -6
Answer: B
3q + 3
14)
q2 + 4
A) 2, -2
B) -2
C) 0
D) None
Answer: D
3
Reduce the fraction to lowest terms.
20
15)
28
4
A)
7
5
B)
4
5
C)
7
20
D)
28
Answer: C
30
16)
45
2
A)
3
15
B)
3
30
C)
45
2
D)
15
Answer: A
60
17)
160
3
A)
20
60
B)
160
20
C)
8
3
D)
8
Answer: D
4
55
18)
60
5
A)
12
11
B)
12
55
C)
60
11
D)
5
Answer: B
8k3
20)
4k
A) 2k2
B) 4k2
C) 2k
D) 4
Answer: A
a 2 - 2a
21)
(a + 8)(a - 2)
1
A)
a+8
a
B)
a+8
a2
C)
a+8
a-2
D)
a+8
Answer: B
5
2x + 2
22)
6x2 + 16x + 10
2x
A)
3x + 5
2x + 2
B)
2
6x + 16x + 10
2x + 3
C)
3x + 16
1
D)
3x + 5
Answer: D
y2 + 9y + 20
23)
y2 + 12y + 35
9y + 4
A)
12y + 7
y+ 4
B)
y+ 7
y2 + 9y + 20
C) -
y2 + 12y + 35
9y + 20
D)
12y + 35
Answer: B
y2 - 2y - 15
24)
y2 + 2y - 35
-2y - 15
A)
2y - 35
y2 - 2y - 15
B) -
y2 + 2y - 35
-2y - 3
C)
2y - 7
y+ 3
D)
y+ 7
Answer: D
6
y2 - 4y - 21
25)
y2 - 6y - 27
y2 - 4y - 21
A) -
y2 - 6y - 27
-4y - 21
B)
-6y - 27
-4y - 7
C)
-6y - 9
y- 7
D)
y- 9
Answer: D
a2 - 36
26)
a 2 + 8a + 12
a+6
A)
a-2
a-6
B)
a+2
a-6
C)
a-2
a+6
D)
a+2
Answer: B
4x + 14
27)
6x + 21
A) 1
B) 2
2
C)
3
3
D)
2
Answer: C
2-m
28)
m-2
A) -1
B) -m
C) 1
D) Cannot reduce
Answer: A
7
6k - 24
29)
16 - 4k
A) 1
B) -1
3
C) -
2
3
D)
2
Answer: C
m 2 - 16m
30)
16 - m
A) -m
B) -(m + 4)
C) m
D) m + 4
Answer: A
x2 - s2
31)
s- x
A) -x + s
B) -1
C) x + s
D) -x - s
Answer: D
x+6
32)
x-6
A) 1
B) -1
C) -6
D) Cannot reduce
Answer: D
3x + 9
33)
3x - 9
A) 1
x+3
B)
x-3
C) -1
D) Cannot reduce
Answer: B
8
m 2 + b2
34)
m-b
A) m - b
B) -1
C) m + b
D) Cannot reduce
Answer: D
Decide whether the following is an expression or an equation. If it is an expression, simplify it. If it is an equation, solve
it.
35) x - 16 = 8
A) Expression; -8 - x
B) Expression; 8 + x
C) Equation; -24
D) Equation; 24
Answer: D
x
36) -5=1
3
A) Expression; -12
B) Expression; -18
C) Equation; 18
D) Equation; 12 - x
Answer: C
x2 - 25
37)
x-5
A) Expression; x + 5
1
B) Expression;
x-5
C) Equation; 5
D) Equation; 9
Answer: A
38) x2 - 49 = 0
A) Expression; (x + 7)2
B) Expression; (x - 7)2
C) Equation; -7, 7
D) Equation; 7
Answer: C
9
5x - 20
39)
4x - 16
A) Equation; -4
5
B) Expression; -
4
5
C) Expression;
4
D) Equation; 4
Answer: C
(x + 9)(x - 2)
40)
(x - 2)(x + 7)
A) Equation; 2
x+2
B) Expression;
x+5
C) Equation; 5
x+9
D) Expression;
x+7
Answer: D
x+5
41)
(x - 4)(x + 5)
A) Equation; -4
1
B) Expression;
x-4
C) Equation; 4
D) Expression; x - 4
Answer: B
x
42) = -1
3(6 - 5)
A) Equation; -3
x
B) Expression; -
3
x
C) Expression;
3
D) Equation; 3
Answer: A
10
Solve the problem.
43) The formula for the slope of a line passing through two points is:
y2 - y1
m= .
x2 - x1
Find the slope of a line passing through the points (5, -9) and (-5, 2).
A) - 2
1
B) -
2
11
C) -
10
10
D) -
11
Answer: C
1
44) The formula for the volume of a pyramid is V = ℓwh. Use this formula to find the height of a pyramid with a
3
volume of 90 in. 3 , a width of 6 in., and a length of 9 in.
A) 5 in.
B) 1,620 in.
C) 15 in.
5
D) in.
3
Answer: A
1200
45) If the average cost per unit C to produce x units of plywood is given by C = , then what is the unit cost for
x + 40
10 units?
A) $3.00
B) $10.00
C) $120.00
D) $24.00
Answer: D
11
1 4
47) ∙
2 7
8
A)
7
1
B)
14
7
C)
13
2
D)
7
Answer: D
4 9
48) ∙
3 4
A) 3
13
B)
7
1
C)
3
27
D)
16
Answer: A
1 1
49) ÷
3 2
1
A)
6
3
B)
7
2
C)
3
1
D)
4
Answer: C
3 3
50) ÷
4 5
5
A)
4
3
B)
40
9
C)
20
9
D)
13
Answer: A
12
Multiply and reduce to lowest terms.
2z 3 24
51) ∙
4 z2
12
A)
z
12z2
B)
z3
z
C)
12
D) 12z
Answer: D
2x2 14
52) ∙
7 x3
x5
A)
49
4x2
B)
x3
x
C)
49
4
D)
x
Answer: D
2p - 2 6p2
53) ∙
p 5p - 5
5
A)
12p
10p2 + 20p + 10
B)
6p3
12p
C)
5
12p3 - 12p2
D)
5p2 - 5p
Answer: C
13
k2 + 7k + 12 k2 + 6k
54) ∙
k2 + 10k + 24 k2 + 6k + 9
k2 + 6k
A)
k+3
1
B)
k+ 3
k
C)
k2 + 10k + 24
k
D)
k+ 3
Answer: D
k2 + 7k + 10 k2 + 6k
55) ∙
k2 + 11k + 30 k2 - 5k - 14
k
A)
k- 7
k
B)
2
k + 11k + 30
1
C)
k- 7
k2 + 6k
D)
k-7
Answer: A
3y 10y + 5
56) ∙
6y + 3 2
5
A) y
6
5
B)
2
y
C)
2
5
D) y
2
Answer: D
14
y2 - 49 y - 5
57) ∙
5y - 35 y + 7
1
A)
5
B) y - 5
y- 5
C)
5
(y - 5)(y + 7)
D)
5(y + 7)
Answer: C
z 2 + 6z + 9 z 2 - 10z
58) ∙
z 2 - 100 z+3
z(z + 3)
A)
z + 10
z
B)
z - 10
(z + 3)
C)
z + 10
z(z + 3)
D)
z - 10
Answer: A
15
3p - 3 5p - 5
60) ÷
p 3p2
9p3 - 9p2
A)
5p2 - 5p
5
B)
9p
15p2 + 30p + 15
C)
3p3
9p
D)
5
Answer: D
3x2 x3
61) ÷
5 40
24
A)
x
x5
B)
66
24x
C)
x3
x
D)
24
Answer: A
45x9 75x7
62) ÷
45y8 45y5
25x2
A)
15y3
25x16
B)
15y13
3x2
C)
5y3
5y2
D)
3x3
Answer: C
16
z 2 - 81 z - 9
63) ÷
z z-2
A) (z + 9)(z - 2)
(z + 9)(z - 2)
B)
z
z
C)
(z + 9)(z - 2)
(z - 9)(z 2 - 9)
D)
z(z - 2)
Answer: B
36x2 - 25 6x - 5
64) ÷
x2 - 16 x-4
x+4
A)
6x + 5
6x - 5
B)
x-4
(6x - 5)(36x2 - 25)
C)
(x2 - 4)(x - 4)
6x + 5
D)
x+4
Answer: D
y3 + 2y y2 - 4y - 12
65) ÷
y2 - 4 y2 - 8y + 12
y(y2 + 2)
A)
(y + 2)(y + 2)
(y + 2)(y + 2)
B)
y(y2 + 2)
y
C)
y+ 2
(y - 2)(y - 2)
D)
y(y2 + 2)
Answer: A
17
z2 + 8z + 15 z 2 + 3z
66) ÷
z 2 + 10z + 25 z 2 + 10z + 25
A) z + 5
z+5
B)
z
z
C)
2
z + 10z + 25
z+5
D)
z 2 + 5z
Answer: B
z 2 + 5z + 6 z2 + 2z
67) ÷
2 2
z + 9z + 18 z - 3z - 54
z
A)
2
z + 9z + 18
z-9
B)
z
C) z - 9
z-9
D)
z 2 + 6z
Answer: B
x2 - 25 10x - 50
68) ÷
x2 - 8x + 16 x2 - x - 12
10(x + 5)
A)
(x + 3)(x - 4)
(x + 5)(x + 3)
B)
10(x - 4)
(x - 5)(x + 3)
C)
10(x - 4)
D) x + 3
Answer: B
18
Solve the problem.
270 9
69) The force, in dynes, that exists between two magnetic poles is given by F = ∙ , where d is the distance, in
d 3d
centimeters, between the poles. Multiply and simplify this formula for F.
270
A) F =
d2
810
B) F =
d2
815
C) F = -
d2
405
D) F =
d
Answer: B
70) Suppose that one box contains n balls, of which 6 are red. A second box contains n + 10 balls, of which n are red.
If you select a ball from each box, the probability of drawing a red ball from the first box and a red ball from the
6 n
second box is ∙ . Simplify this expression.
n n + 10
6
A)
n + 10
6n
B)
n + 10
1
C)
n + 10
6
D)
n (n + 10)
Answer: A
71) Suppose that one box contains n balls, of which 4 are red. A second box contains n + 6 balls, of which n are red.
If you select a ball from each box, the probability of not drawing a red ball from the first box and a red ball from
n-4 n
the second box is ∙ . Simplify this expression.
n n+6
4
A)
6
n-4
B)
n2 + 6
n-6
C)
n+8
n-4
D)
n+6
Answer: D
19
450 9
72) The force, in dynes, that exists between two magnetic poles is given by F = ∙ , where d is the distance, in
d 5d
centimeters, between the poles. Simplify this formula and use it to find F if the distance is 3 centimeters.
A) 9 dynes
B) 92 dynes
C) 90 dynes
D) 85 dynes
Answer: C
73) Suppose that one box contains n balls, of which 2 are red. A second box contains n + 7 balls, of which n are red.
If you select a ball from each box, the probability of drawing a red ball from the first box and a red ball from the
2 n
second box is ∙ . Simplify this expression and use it to find the probability when n = 24.
n n+7
20
A)
31
2
B)
35
4
C)
31
2
D)
31
Answer: D
74) Suppose that one box contains n balls, of which 5 are red. A second box contains n + 8 balls, of which n are red.
If you select a ball from each box, the probability of not drawing a red ball from the first box and a red ball from
n-5 n
the second box is ∙ . Simplify this expression and use it to find the probability when n = 33.
n n+8
28
A)
41
38
B)
41
33
C)
41
28
D)
43
Answer: A
20
Simplify and reduce to lowest terms.
1 5
75) +
9 9
3
A)
4
2
B)
3
1
C)
3
1
D)
2
Answer: B
8 4
76) -
21 21
4
A)
7
1
B)
3
1
C)
2
4
D)
21
Answer: D
5 2
77) +
10 x 10 x
7
A)
20 x
10 x
B)
7
C) 1
7
D)
10 x
Answer: D
11 7
78) -
17 x 17 x
2
A)
17x
17 x
B)
4
C) 4
4
D)
17 x
Answer: D
21
6 6
79) +
8x2 8x2
3
A)
2x2
B) 3
2
C)
3x2
3
D)
4x4
Answer: A
3m 12
80) -
m- 4 m- 4
A) 0
3 (m + 4 )
B)
m- 4
3
C)
m- 4
D) 3
Answer: D
m 2 - 7m 12
81) +
m-4 m-4
A) m - 4
B) m - 3
C) m + 3
m 2 - 7m + 12
D)
m-4
Answer: B
16 z + 17 4 z - 7
82) +
z + 17 z + 17
20 z + 10
A)
z + 17
12 z + 24
B)
z + 17
15 z + 0
C)
3 z + 24
17 z + 34
D)
5z + 10
Answer: A
22
9y2 9y
83) -
y- 1 y- 1
9y(y + 1)
A)
y-1
B) 0
9y
C)
y- 1
D) 9y
Answer: D
2x + 4 x+2
84) -
2 2
x + 6x + 8 x + 6x + 8
1
A)
x+4
B) x + 2
5
C)
2
x + 6x + 8
x+6
D)
x2 + 6x + 8
Answer: A
9x 5x - 2 3x
85) + -
x+ 2 x+ 2 x+ 2
17x - 2
A)
x+ 2
11x - 2
B)
x+ 2
11x - 2
C)
3x + 6
17x + 2
D)
x- 2
Answer: B
x x-7 x-4
86) - +
x+3 x+3 x+3
A) -1
B) 1
x - 10
C)
x+3
x-3
D)
x+3
Answer: B
23
Solve the problem.
87) A box contains a total of n + 2 light bulbs. In this box, there are 3 defective 40-watt bulbs, 6 defective 60-watt
bulbs, and 7 defective 100-watt bulbs. If a light bulb is chosen at random by a quality control inspector, the
probability, or chance, of one of the defective light bulbs being chosen is
3 6 7
+ + .
n+2 n+2 n+2
Simplify this expression and then use the simplified expression to evaluate n = 98 and interpret the result.
7
A) ; when there are 100 light bulbs, there are 7 chances in 50 that a defective light bulb is chosen.
50
8
B) ; when there are 100 light bulbs, there are 8 chances in 25 that a defective light bulb is chosen.
25
9
C) ; when there are 100 light bulbs, there are 9 chances in 50 that a defective light bulb is chosen.
50
4
D) ; when there are 100 light bulbs, there are 4 chances in 25 that a defective light bulb is chosen.
25
Answer: D
25
88) The farther someone is from a light source, the less intense its light. The equation I = approximates the
4d2
light intensity from a certain light source at a distance of d meters, where I is measured in watts per square
meter. Find I for d = 2 meters and interpret the result.
25
A) = 1.5625; the intensity is 1.5625 W/m 2 at 2 m.
16
25
B) = 6.25; the intensity is 6.25 W/m 2 at 2 m.
4
25
C) = 12.5; the intensity is 12.5 W/m 2 at 2 m.
2
25
D) = 25; the intensity is 25 W/m 2 at 2 m.
16
Answer: A
30
89) The farther someone is from a light source, the less intense its light. The equation I = approximates the
4d2
29
light intensity from light source Y and I = approximates the light intensity from light source Z, where d is
4d2
measured in meters and I is measured in watts per square meter. Find an expression for the sum of the
intensities of light from sources Y and Z.
59
A)
d2
1
B)
d2
59
C)
4d2
1
D)
4d2
Answer: C
24
Find the least common multiple.
90) 3, 12
A) 12
B) 4
C) 36
D) 3
Answer: A
91) 6, 5
A) 11
B) 6
C) 15
D) 30
Answer: D
92) 8, 20
A) 20
B) 160
C) 28
D) 40
Answer: D
93) 24, 40
A) 960
B) 120
C) 40
D) 64
Answer: B
94) 45, 50
A) 95
B) 50
C) 450
D) 2250
Answer: C
95) t, t - 3
A) t
B) t(t - 3 )
C) 81
D) t - 3
Answer: B
96) 5a + 10, a 2 + 2a
A) 5 a2 + 10
B) 5 a2 + 2
C) 5 a + 2
D) 5 a(a + 2 )
Answer: D
25
97) x2 - 9, x + 3
A) (x - 3)(x + 3)2
B) (x + 3)(x2 - 9)
C) x3 - 27
D) x2 - 9
Answer: D
98) x2 - 9, x - 3
A) x2 - 9
B) (x + 3)(x - 3)2
C) x3 + 27
D) (x - 3)(x2 - 9)
Answer: A
99) m 2 - 3 m, m2 + 3 m - 18
A) m(m - 3 )(m + 6 )
B) m(m - 9 )(m + 6 )
C) m(m - 9 )2
D) (m - 9 )2
Answer: A
100) x2 + 9 x + 18 , x2 + 7 x + 12
A) (x + 6 )(x + 3 )(x + 4 )
B) (x + 3 )(x + 4 )
C) (x - 6 )(x - 3 )(x + 4 )
D) (x + 6 )(x + 3 )
Answer: A
101) x2 + 8 x + 16 , 4 x + 16
A) 4 (x + 4 )(x - 4 )
B) 4 (x - 4 )(x + 4 )
C) 4 (x - 4 )(x - 4 )
D) 4 (x + 4 )(x + 4 )
Answer: D
26
Rewrite the rational expression using the specified denominator D.
4
102) , D = 25x5 y6
5
5x y 2
20xy4
A)
25x5 y6
4y4
B)
25x5 y6
20y4
C)
25x5 y6
20
D)
25x5 y6
Answer: C
4y
103) , D = (y - 3)(y + 3)(y + 7)
y2 - 9
4y(y + 7)
A)
(y - 3)(y + 3)(y + 7)
(y+ 7)
B)
(y - 3)(y - 3)(y + 7)
4y(y - 7)
C)
(y - 3)(y + 3)(y - 7)
4(y+ 7)
D)
(y - 3)(y + 3)(y + 7)
Answer: A
Simplify.
5 1
104) -
7 2
4
A)
9
4
B)
7
3
C)
14
1
D)
7
Answer: C
27
4 3
105) -
5 20
7
A)
10
13
B)
20
3
C)
5
1
D)
20
Answer: B
7 1
106) -
12 16
1
A)
6
1
B)
8
3
C)
16
25
D)
48
Answer: D
1 2
107) +
4 7
3
A)
28
15
B)
28
15
C)
11
3
D)
11
Answer: B
11 8
108) +
15 9
73
A)
8
19
B)
24
73
C)
45
19
D)
135
Answer: C
28
1 1
109) +
6 6
48
A)
11
1
B)
6
1
C)
3
11
D)
864
Answer: C
6 7
110) +
x 6x
13
A)
x2
43x
B)
6
43
C) -
x
43
D)
6x
Answer: D
2 4
111) +
15x 21x2
6
A)
315x2
48
B)
105x2
6
C)
15x + 21x2
2(7x + 10)
D)
105x2
Answer: D
29
3 4
112) +
r r- 5
7r - 15
A)
r(5 - r)
15r - 7
B)
r(r - 5)
7r - 15
C)
r(r - 5)
15r - 7
D)
r(5 - r)
Answer: C
4 8
113) +
x- 1 1 -x
12
A)
x- 1
4
B)
x- 1
-4
C)
x- 1
32
D)
x- 1
Answer: C
5 8
114) +
(x + 4)2 x+4
5x + 28
A)
(x + 4)2
13
B)
x+4
8x + 13
C)
(x + 4)2
8x + 37
D)
(x + 4)2
Answer: D
30
x 7x
115) +
x2 - 1 x - x2
-6x3 + x2 - 7x
A)
(x2 - 1)(x - x2)
-6x2 - 7x
B)
x(x - 1)(x + 1)
-6x + 7
C)
(x - 1)(x + 1)
-6x - 7
D)
(x - 1)(x + 1)
Answer: D
3 1
116) +
8x + 40 32x - 128
11x - 53
A)
32(x + 5)(x - 4)
13x - 43
B)
(8x + 5)(4x - 4)
13x - 43
C)
32(x + 5)(x - 4)
-11x + 53
D)
(8x + 5)(4x - 4)
Answer: C
3 5
117) +
2 2
y - 3y + 2 y - 1
8y - 7
A)
(y - 1)(y + 1)(y - 2)
8y - 7
B)
(y - 1)(y - 2)
30y - 7
C)
(y - 1)(y + 1)(y - 2)
7y - 8
D)
(y - 1)(y + 1)(y - 2)
Answer: A
31
m +6 4m + 1
118) +
m 2 - 11 m + 30 m 2 - 4 m - 12
A) 5 m + 7
5m+ 7
B)
2m 2 - 15 m + 18
5 m 2 - 11 m + 7
C)
(m + 6 )(m + 5 )(m - 2 )
5 m 2 - 11 m + 7
D)
(m - 6 )(m - 5 )(m + 2 )
Answer: D
3 9
119) -
z 2 z
9z - 3
A)
z
3 - 9z
B)
z2
3z + 9
C)
z2
3 + 9z
D)
z2
Answer: B
3 9
120) -
14x 10x2
6
A) -
140x2
3(5x - 21)
B)
70x2
-6
C)
14x + 10x2
18
D)
70x2
Answer: B
32
4 4
121) -
x+4 x-4
A) 0
-32
B)
2
x - 16
2x2 - 32
C)
x2 + 16
2x2
D)
2
x + 16
Answer: B
7 2
122) -
6 - y y- 6
14
A)
6 -y
9
B)
6 -y
5
C)
6 -y
-5
D)
6 -y
Answer: B
10x x
123) -
2
x - 25 x -5
9x
A)
(x + 5)(x - 5)
15x - x2
B)
(x + 5)(x - 5)
-x3 + 10x2 - 25x
C)
(x - 5)(x2 - 25)
-x
D)
x+5
Answer: D
33
12xy x-y
124) -
x2 - y2 x + y
-x2 + 10xy - y2
A)
(x + y)(x + y)
x2 + 10xy + y2
B)
(x + y)(x - y)
-x2 + 14xy - y2
C)
(x + y)(x - y)
x2 + 14xy + y2
D)
(x + y)(x - y)
Answer: C
x 4
125) -
2 2
x - 16 x + 5x + 4
x2 - 3x + 16
A)
(x - 4)(x + 4)(x + 1)
x2 + 3x + 16
B)
(x - 4)(x + 4)(x + 1)
x2 - 3
C)
(x - 4)(x + 4)(x + 1)
x2 - 3x + 16
D)
(x - 4)(x + 4)
Answer: A
6x 24
126) -
x2 - 5x + 6 x2 - 6x + 8
6x - 24
A)
(x - 2)(x - 3)(x - 4)
x-6
B)
(x - 3)(x - 4)
6
C)
(x - 2)(x - 3)
6(x - 6)
D)
(x - 3)(x - 4)
Answer: D
34
5y 3y
127) -
y2 - 7y - 8 y2 + 2y + 1
8y2 - 19y
A)
(y + 1)(y + 1)(y + 1)
2y2 + 29
B)
(y + 1)(y - 8)(y + 8)
2y2 + 29y
C)
(y + 1)(y - 8)(y + 1)
2y2 + 29y
D)
(y + 1)(y + 1)(y - 8)(y + 1)
Answer: C
5x - 2 x-6
128) -
x + 4x - 21 x2 - 49
2
4x + 4
A)
(x + 7)(x - 7)
6x2 - 46x + 32
B)
(x + 7)(x - 7)(x - 3)
6x - 8
C)
(x + 7)(x - 3)
4x2 - 28x - 4
D)
(x + 7)(x - 7)(x - 3)
Answer: D
2ab b
129) - +3
2
a -b 2 a -b
(a - b)(3a + 4b)
A)
a 2 - b2
3a + 4b
B)
a+b
2ab - b + 3
C)
a+b+1
3a + 4b
D)
a 2 - b2
Answer: B
35
b 5 6
130) + -
b2 - 25 b+ 5 b
25(b - 6)
A)
(b + 5)(b - 5)
6b2 - 25b + 150
B)
b(b + 5)(b - 5)
25(b + 6)
C)
b(b + 5)(b - 5)
-25(b - 6)
D)
b(b + 5)(b - 5)
Answer: D
9x 1 11
131) - +
2 ( 3 x + 1) 2 x( 3 x + 1) x
9 x2 + 66 x + 21
A)
6 x2 + 2 x
9 x2 + 66 x + 21
B)
2x
3 (x + 7 )
C)
6 x2 + 2 x
3 (x + 7 )
D)
2x
Answer: D
-16 x 1 3
132) + -
3 ( 4 x + 1) 3 x( 4 x + 1) x
4 (x + 2 )
A) -
12 x2 + 3 x
-16 x2 - 36 x - 8
B)
3x
-16 x2 - 36 x - 8
C)
12 x2 + 3 x
4 (x + 2 )
D) -
3x
Answer: D
36
t- 2 t+ 4 t-4
133) - +
5 - t t + 5 25 - t2
2t2 + 3t - 34
A)
25 - t2
-2t2 - 3t - 34
B)
t2 - 25
2t2 + 3t - 34
C)
t2 - 25
2t2 + 3t + 34
D)
25 - t2
Answer: A
2x + 9 x + 2 4x + 13
134) + -
x+2 x + 3 (x + 2)(x + 3)
A) 3
2
B)
(x + 2)
3
C)
(x + 2)(x + 3)
1
D)
(x + 2)(x + 3)
Answer: A
6 3 1
135) + -
2
2m - 5m - 3 2 2
8 m + 2 m - 1 4 m - 13 m + 3
29 m - 14
A)
( 2 m + 1)(m - 3 )( 4 m - 1)
25 m - 14
B)
( 2 m + 1)(m - 3 )( 4 m - 1)
25 m - 16
C)
( 2 m + 1)(m - 3 )( 4 m - 1)
29 m - 16
D)
( 2 m + 1)(m - 3 )( 4 m - 1)
Answer: C
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Solve the problem.
1 1 1
136) The joint conductance, C, of three resistances R1 , R 2, and R 3 in parallel is expressed by: C = + + .
R1 R 2 R3
Add and simplify the formula for C.
1
A)
R1R2R3
R 2 R 3 + R1 R2
B)
R1 R2 R3
R 2 R 3 - R1 R 3 - R1 R2
C)
R1 R2 R3
R 2 R 3 + R1 R3 + R1 R2
D)
R1 R2 R3
Answer: D
1 1 1
137) The joint conductance, C, of three resistances R1 , R 2, ad R 3 in parallel is expressed by: C = + + .
R1 R 2 R3
Simplify the formula and use it to find C when R1 = 4, R 2 = 9, and R 3 = 3.
25
A)
36
25
B)
12
49
C)
36
20
D)
27
Answer: A
138) Find the the perimeter of the rectangle shown in the figure. Write your answer in factored form.
15x + 21
4
3
5x + 7
38
139) Find the the area of the rectangle shown in the figure. Write your answer in factored form.
10x - 6
5
3
5x - 3
2
A)
5
6
B)
5
5
C)
6
3
D)
5
Answer: B
For the complex fraction, determine the LCD of all the fractions appearing within the expression.
3
+x
x
140)
4
x-6
A) x(x - 6)
B) x
C) x - 6
D) x(x - 12)
Answer: A
7
+8
x+3
141)
1
+ 3x
2
A) 2x2 + 3
B) 2(x + 3)
C) 2x2 + 6
D) 2x + 3
Answer: B
39
9 1
-
5x3 x
142)
1 1
+
45x2 x
A) 45x2
B) 45x3
C) 45x5
D) 5x3
Answer: B
1
6
143)
5 4
-
x 15x2
A) 30x2
B) 15x3
C) 30x3
D) 15x2
Answer: A
8 2
+
x-4 x-3
144)
6
-x
x-4
A) (x + 2)(x - 4)
B) x(x - 4)(x - 3)
C) (x - 4)(x - 3)
D) x(x - 2)(x + 4)
Answer: C
2 2
+
x x+5
145)
1 1
+
x - 2 9x
A) x(x + 5)(x - 2)
B) 9x(x + 5)2
C) 9x2 (x + 5)(x - 2)
D) 9x(x + 5)(x - 2)
Answer: D
40
Simplify.
3
5
146)
6
7
18
A)
35
35
B)
18
10
C)
7
7
D)
10
Answer: D
3
7
147)
9
4
27
A)
28
28
B)
27
21
C)
4
4
D)
21
Answer: D
8
3
148)
1
9
8
A)
27
B) 24
27
C)
8
1
D)
24
Answer: B
41
w
x
149)
y
d
w
A)
xyd
wd
B)
xy
wyd
C)
x
wy
D)
xd
Answer: B
x9
5y7
150)
x5
y4
x4
A)
5y11
x4
B)
y3
x14
C)
5y11
x4
D)
5y3
Answer: D
x
4
151)
7
x+6
A) 28x(x + 6)
x(x + 6)
B)
28
x+6
C)
28x
7x
D)
4(x + 6)
Answer: B
42
4
y
152)
3
y+ 8
4(y + 8)
A)
3y
y+ 8
B)
12y
C) 12y(y + 8)
3y
D)
4(y + 8)
Answer: A
1
k+6
153)
5
2
k - 36
k+ 6
A)
5
k- 6
B)
5
C) k - 6
D) None of these
Answer: B
2
4+
x
154)
x 1
+
4 8
A) 16
16
B)
x
C) 1
x
D)
16
Answer: B
43
4y
2x +
x
155)
y 1
+
3x 2 6
12x(x2 + 2y)
A)
(x2 + y)
B) 12x
C) 6x
12
D)
x
Answer: B
2 3
+
x y
156)
3 2
-
x y
x+y
A)
y- 1
B) -y
y+ x
C)
x
2y + 3x
D)
3y - 2x
Answer: D
1 4
-
k+ 4 k- 9
157)
4 3
+
k- 9 k+ 3
(-3k - 25)
A)
(k + 4)(7k - 15)
(-3k - 25)(k + 3)
B)
(k + 4)(7k - 15)
(-3k - 25)(k + 3)
C)
(k + 4)(7k + 15)
D) None of these
Answer: B
44
9 10
-
x2 - 16 x+4
158)
11 7
-
2
x - 16 x - 4
-10x - 49
A)
-7x - 17
9x - 40
B)
11x - 28
-31 - 10x
C)
7x - 39
D) None of these
Answer: D
7 1
+
2
x - 16 x -4
159)
2 7
+
2
x - 16 x +4
x + 11
A)
9
x + 11
B)
7x - 26
x - 11
C)
7x + 26
x + 11
D)
7x + 30
Answer: B
x-8 + y-8
160)
x-1 + y-1
y8 + x8
A)
x7 + y7
y8 + x8
B)
x7 y8 + x8 y7
1
C)
x+y
1
D)
x7 + y7
Answer: B
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MAPS
Map of Southern Nigeria 46
” Northern Nigeria 92
And, thinking over this personal side of the matter as one jogs
along up hill and down dale, through plain and valley and mountain
side, through lands of plenty and lands of desolation, past carefully
fenced-in fields of cotton and cassava, past the crumbling ruins of
deserted habitations, along the great white dusty road through the
heart of Hausaland, along the tortuous mountain track to the pagan
stronghold, there keeps on murmuring in one’s brain the refrain:
“How is it done? How is it done?” Ten years ago, nay, but six, neither
property nor life were safe. The peasant fled to the hills, or hurried at
nightfall within the sheltering walls of the town. Now he is
descending from the hills and abandoning the towns.
And the answer forced upon one, by one’s own observations, is
that the incredible has been wrought, primarily and fundamentally,
not by this or that brilliant feat of arms, not by Britain’s might or
Britain’s wealth, but by a handful of quiet men, enthusiastic in their
appreciation of the opportunity, strong in their sense of duty, keen in
their sense of right, firm in their sense of justice, who, working in an
independence, and with a personal responsibility in respect to which,
probably, no country now under the British flag can offer a parallel,
whose deeds are unsung, and whose very names are unknown to
their countrymen, have shown, and are every day showing, that, with
all her faults, Britain does still breed sons worthy of the highest
traditions of the race.
CHAPTER II
ON THE GREAT WHITE ROAD
You may fairly call it the Great White Road to Hausaland, although
it does degenerate in places into a mere track where it pierces some
belt of shea-wood or mixed trees, and you are reduced to Indian file.
But elsewhere it merits its appellation, and it glimmers ghostly in the
moonlight as it cuts the plain, cultivated to its very edge with guinea-
corn and millet, cassava and cotton, beans and pepper. And you
might add the adjective, dusty, to it. For dusty at this season of the
year it certainly is. Dusty beyond imagination. Surely there is no dust
like this dust as it sweeps up at you, impelled by the harmattan
blowing from the north, into your eyes and mouth and nose and hair?
Dust composed of unutterable things. Dust which countless bare
human feet have tramped for months. Dust mingled with the manure
of thousands of oxen, horses, sheep and goats. Dust which converts
the glossy skin of the African into an unattractive drab, but which
cannot impair his cheerfulness withal. Dust which eats its way into
your boxes, and defies the brush applied to your clothes, and finds
its way into your soup and all things edible and non-edible. Dust
which gets between you and the sun, and spoils your view of the
country, wrapping everything in a milky haze which distorts distances
and lies thick upon the foliage. The morning up to nine, say, will be
glorious and clear and crisp, and then, sure enough, as you halt for
breakfast and with sharpened appetite await the looked-for “chop,” a
puff of wind will spring up from nowhere and in its train will come the
dust. The haze descends and for the rest of the day King Dust will
reign supreme. It is responsible for much sickness, this Sahara dust,
of that my African friends and myself are equally convinced. You may
see the turbaned members of the party draw the lower end of that
useful article of apparel right across the face up to the eyes when the
wind begins to blow. The characteristic litham of the Tuareg, the men
of the desert, may have had its origin in the necessity, taught by
experience, of keeping the dust out of nose and mouth. I have been
told by an officer of much Northern Nigerian experience, that that
terrible disease, known as cerebro-spinal meningitis, whose
characteristic feature is inflammation of the membranes of the brain,
and which appears in epidemic form out here, is aggravated, if not
induced, in his opinion—and he assures me in the opinion of many
natives he has consulted—by this disease-carrying dust. In every
town and village in the Northern Hausa States, you will see various
diseases of the eye lamentably rife, and here, I am inclined to think,
King Dust also plays an active and discreditable part.
A GROUP OF TUAREGS.
A BORNU OX.
The Great White Road. It thoroughly deserves that title from the
point where one enters the Kano Province coming from Zaria. It is
there not only a great white road but a very fine one, bordered on
either side by a species of eucalyptus, and easily capable, so far as
breadth is concerned, of allowing the passage of two large
automobiles abreast. I, personally, should not care to own the
automobile which undertook the journey, because the road is not
exactly what we would call up-to-date. Thank Heaven that there is
one part of the world, at least, to be found where neither roads, nor
ladies’ costumes are “up-to-date.” If the Native Administration of the
Kano Emirate had nothing else to be commended for, and under the
tactful guidance of successive Residents it has an increasing
account to its credit, the traveller would bear it in grateful recollection
for its preservation of the trees in the immediate vicinity of, and
sometimes actually on the Great White Road itself. It is difficult to
over-estimate the value to man and beast, to the hot and dusty
European, to the weary-footed carrier, to the patient pack-ox, and
cruelly-bitted native horse, of the occasional shady tree at the edge
of or on the road. And what magnificent specimens of the vegetable
kingdom the fertile soil of Kano Province does carry—our New
Forest giants, though holding their own for beauty and shape and, of
course, clinging about our hearts with all their wealth of historical
memories and inherited familiarity, would look puny in comparison.
With one exception I do not think anything on the adverse side of
trivialities has struck me more forcibly out here than the insane
passion for destroying trees which seems to animate humanity,
White and Black. In many parts of the country I have passed through
the African does appear to appreciate his trees, both as shade for his
ordinary crops and special crops (such as pepper, for instance,
which you generally find planted under a great tree) and cattle. In
Kano Province, for instance, this is very noticeable. But in other parts
he will burn down his trees, or rather let them burn down, with
absolute equanimity, making no effort to protect them (which on
many occasions he could easily do) when he fires the grasses
(which, pace many learned persons, it seems to me, he is compelled
by his agricultural needs to do—I speak now of the regions I have
seen). I have noticed quantities of splendid and valuable timber
ruined in this way. The European—I should say some Europeans—
appears to suffer from the same complaint. It is the fashion—if the
word be not disrespectful, and Heaven forfend that the doctors
should be spoken of disrespectfully in this part of the world, of all
places—among the new school of tropical medicine out here to
condemn all growing things in a wholesale manner. In the eyes of
some, trees or plants of any kind in the vicinity of a European station
are ruthlessly condemned. Others are specially incensed against low
shrubs. Some are even known to pronounce the death-warrant of the
pine-apple, and I met an official at a place, which shall be nameless,
who went near weeping tears of distress over a fine row of this fruit
which he had himself planted, and which were threatened, as he put
it, by the ferocity of the local medical man. In another place
destruction hangs over a magnificent row of mango trees—and for
beauty and luxuriousness of foliage the mango tree is hard to beat—
planted many years ago by the Roman Catholic Fathers near one of
their mission stations; and in still another, an official, recently
returned on leave, found to his disgust that a group of trees he
especially valued had been cut down during his absence by a
zealous reformer of the medical world.
Each twenty-four hours brings its own series of events and its own
train of thoughts following upon them. A new incident, it may be of
the most trivial kind, sets the mind working like an alarum; a petty
act, a passing word, have in them revealing depths of character.
Nature seems such an open book here. She does not hide her
secrets. She displays them; which means that she has none; and, in
consequence, that she is as she was meant to be, moral. The
trappings of hide-bound convention do not trammel her every stride
like the hobble skirts of the foolish women who parade their shapes
along the fashionable thoroughfares of London. What quagmires of
error we sink into when we weigh out our ideas of morality to the
African standard—such a very low one it is said.
Well, I have covered a good deal of ground in this country—
although I have not been in it very long, measured in time—and I
have seen many thousands of human beings. I have seen the Hausa
woman and the bush Fulani woman in their classical robes. I have
seen the Yoruba woman bathing in the Ogun, clad only in the natural
clothing of her own dusky skin. I have seen the scantily-attired
Gwarri and Ibo woman, and the woman of the Bauchi highlands with
her bunch of broad green leaves “behind and before,” and nothing
else, save a bundle of wood or load of sorts on her head, or a hoe in
her hand. I have visited many African homes, sometimes
announced, sometimes not, at all hours of the day, and sometimes of
the night. I have passed the people on the beaten track, and sought
and found them off the beaten track. I have yet to see outside our
cantonments—where the wastrels drift—a single immodest gesture
on the part of man or woman. Humanity which is of Nature is, as
Nature herself, moral. There is no immodesty in nakedness which
“knows not that it is naked.” The Kukuruku girl, whose only garment
is a single string of beads round neck and waist, is more modest
than your Bond Street dame clad in the prevailing fashion,
suggesting nakedness. Break up the family life of Africa, undermine