Additional Assignment

1. Expand and simplify the following expressions:

(a) 7𝑥 + 5 − 3(𝑥 − 4)
(b) (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 5)
(c) 2𝑥 (𝑥 + 2)2
𝑥 5𝑥 5𝑥
(d) 3 + − 18
9
𝑥2
(e) (3𝑥 )2
9
1
(16𝑦2 )2
(f) (5𝑥 4 𝑦3 )(𝑥 2 𝑦)
2. Make 𝑥 as the subject for each of the following equations:
(a) 3𝑦 + 4𝑥 = 1
𝑤+𝑥
(b) 𝑢 = 3𝑧
𝑎+𝑏
(c) 𝑥
=𝑡
3 𝑥
(d) √ = 𝑤
𝑘
(e) 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 1
3. Factorise completely:
(a) 8𝑥 2 − 12𝑥
(b) 3𝑥 2 − 48
(c) 𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 16
(d) 16𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 1
(e) 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 𝑥𝑦 + 2𝑦
(f) 10 + 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 − 𝑥𝑦
(g) 2𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 2 − 2𝑎𝑦 2 − 𝑏𝑦 2
4. Solve the following equations:
𝑥
(a) 3 = 6
(b) 7𝑥 = 343
(c) 2𝑥 − 5 = 9
(d) 13𝑥 + 1 = 11𝑥 + 9
(e) 4𝑥 2 − 49 = 0
(f) 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 2 = 0
(g) 3𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 + 2 = 0
5. Find the intersection(s) of these two lines/curves:
(a) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
𝑥−𝑦 =5
(b) 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 5
2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 11
(c) 𝑦 − 2𝑥 = −1
𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 1
(d) 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 1
(𝑥 + 1)2 + (𝑦 − 2)2 = 16