Review Innovations CE Review for November 2024 – Algebra 1

Laws of Exponents Note:

1. (𝑎! )" =𝑎 !" 1. It starts with 𝑎" and ends with 𝑏" .
2. The power of a decreases by 1 while the power of b
2. 𝑎 × 𝑎" = 𝑎!#"
!
increases by 1.
3.
$!
= 𝑎!%" 3. The sum of the powers of a and b in any term is
$" always n.
4. 𝑎%" = $"
& 4. There will be n + 1 terms in the expansion.
5. If the coefficient of a term is multiplied by the power
5. (𝑎 × 𝑏)! = 𝑎! × 𝑏! of a in that term and then the product is divided by
$ ! $!
the power of b increased by 1, the resulting number is
6. '' ( = ' ! the coefficient of the next term.

rth term in the expansion of (𝒂 + 𝒃)𝒏

Properties of Radicals
"
1. 𝑎&/" = √𝑎
𝑟 -. = 𝑛C𝑚 ∙ 𝑎"%! ∙ 𝑏!
"
2. 𝑎!/" = √𝑎!
"!
" " Where 𝑚 = 𝑟 − 1 and 𝑛C𝑚 = ("%!)! ∙ !!
3. * √𝑎+ = 𝑎
" " "
4. √𝑎 × √𝑏 = √𝑎𝑏 Age Related Problems
"
" $
Let x = present age of a person
√$
5. " = ,' x – 3 = age of the person three years ago
√'
x + 5 = age of the person 5 years from now

Properties of Logarithms Problems

1. If log b x = y , then x = b y 1. If 84 = 𝑦, then what is 2*4#5 equal to in terms of y?
2. logb xy = logb x + logb y 2. If the product of the roots of the quadratic equation
æxö 𝑥 * + 2𝑎* 𝑥 + 𝑎 = 0 is equal to 3𝑎 + 6, find the sum of
3. log b ç ÷ = log b x - log b y its roots.
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3. What is the value of k in the equation 𝑘𝑥 * + 9𝑥 + 8 =
4. log b x y = y log b x
0 if the equation is to have only one root?
5. log b b = 1
4. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are the
6. log b 1 = 0 reciprocals of the roots of 𝑎𝑥 * + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0.

Quadratic Equation: 5. Find the 6th term in the expansion of (2𝑥 + + 9𝑦)&& ..
𝐴𝑥 * + 𝐵𝑥 + 𝐶 = 0 6. Find the constant term in the expansion of *𝑥 +
&6
Quadratic Formula 𝑥 %+/* + .
−𝐵 ± √𝐵* − 4𝐴𝐶 7. Find the sum of the coefficients of the terms in the
𝑥= expansion of (4𝑥 − 7𝑦)5 .
2𝐴
8. Four years ago, the sum of the ages of A and B was
§ The roots are equal if 𝐵* − 4𝐴𝐶 = 0. 45. Six years from now, twice B’s age will be 28 years
§ The roots are unequal if 𝐵* − 4𝐴𝐶 > 0. more than A’s age by then. How old is A now?
§ The roots are imaginary if 𝐵* − 4𝐴𝐶 < 0.
9. At present, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the
Roots of Quadratic Equation sum of the children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of
the parents’ ages was 4 times the sum of the
−𝐵 + √𝐵* − 4𝐴𝐶
𝑥& = children’s ages. Fifteen years from now, the sum of
2𝐴 the parents’ ages will be equal to the sum of the
−𝐵 − √𝐵* − 4𝐴𝐶 children’s ages. How many children are there?
𝑥* =
2𝐴 10. In 1930, the following question was proposed: A
man’s age at death was one twenty-ninth of the year
Properties of Roots of his birth. How old was he in the year 1900?
𝐵 11. A meeting of several transport group leaders was
Sum of the Roots: 𝑥& + 𝑥* = −
𝐴 held to decide whether they should strike or not. It
𝐵 was arranged that during the counting, those in favor
Product of the Roots: 𝑥& 𝑥* = should remain standing and those against should sit
𝐴
down. In due course, the acting chairman announced
that the motion is carried by a majority equal to
Binomial Theorem exactly a quarter of the opposition. A man protested,
The expansion of (𝑎 + 𝑏)" : saying some of them could not sit down because there
𝑛(𝑛 − 1) "%* * were not enough chairs. So, the chairman decided
(𝑎 + 𝑏)" = 𝑎" + 𝑛𝑎"%& 𝑏 + 𝑎 𝑏
2! that those who wanted to sit down but couldn’t, will
𝑛(𝑛 − 1)(𝑛 − 2) "%+ +
+ 𝑎 𝑏 +⋯ raise their right hand. He counted a dozen and then
3! announced the motion is lost by a majority of 1. How
"%& "
+ 𝑛𝑎𝑏 +𝑏
many transport leaders were in that meeting?
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 Review Innovations CE Review for November 2024 – Algebra 1
Problems for Practice 20. Find the sum of the coefficients of the expansion (x +
1. Find the value of x in (3^5)(9^6) = 3^(2x). Note: The 2)4. Answer: 65
expression ^ means power. 21. Six years ago, Michael was five times as old as Jordan.
A. 8.5 B. 9 C. 9.5 D. 8 In five years, Michael will be three times as old as
2. If 3x = 54, then 3x – 2 is equal to: Jordan. What is the present age of Michael?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 8 D. 9 A. 17 B. 16 C. 15 D. 14

3. Solve for x: x - 1/x = 0 22. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ana was
A. 1, -1 B. 1, ½ C. -1 D. -½, -1 when Mary was as old as Ana is now. How old is
Ana now?
. A. 12 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20
x..
x 23. Kim can finish a job in 8 hours. Dan can do it in 5 hrs.
4. Solve for x from x x = 2. If Kim worked for 3 hrs and then Dan was asked to
help him finish it, how long will Dan have to work
5. Solve for x from x + x + x + x + ... = 5. with Kim to finish the job?
A. 2/5 hr C. 28 hrs
4(52 n+1 ) - 10(52 n-1 ) B. 25/14 hrs D. 1.923 hrs
6. Simplify .
2(52 n ) 24. John ordered 4 pairs of black socks and some
additional pairs of blue socks. The price of the black
7. Find the 6th term in the expansion of (1/2a – 3)16.
socks per pair was twice that of the blue. When the
A. –22113 / 256a11 C. –66339 / 256a11
order was filled, it was found that the number of pairs
B. –22113 / 128a11 D. –66339 / 128a11
of the two colors had been interchanged. This
8. The term involving x9 in the expansion of (x2 + 2/x)12 increased the bill by 50%. The ratio of the number of
is: pairs of black socks to the number of pairs of blue
A. 25434 x9 B. 52344 x9 C. 25344 x9 D. 23544 x9 socks in the original order was: Answer: 1:4

9. Given loga 2 = x, loga 5 = y, and loga 6 = z, express loga 25. Fred is more popular than Pete. Together they have
0.15 in terms of x, y, and z. 66 friends but Fred has 6 fewer than the square of the
A. 3z / x2y C. z − 3x − y number that Pete has. How many friends does Fred
B. x − 3y + z D. x2 / 3yz have? Answer: 58

10. What is the sum of the numerical coefficient of the 26. After 4/5 of his mangoes spoiled, Albert bought
expansion of (a + b)^8? enough from Bryan so that each then had 1/3 as
A. 412 B. 324 C. 256 D. 144 many as first and Albert had 80 more than Bryan.
11. When simplified and expressed with negative How many had Albert at first? Answer: 300 mangoes

exponents, the expression (x + y)−1(x−1 + y−1) is equal 27. The logarithm of the quotient of two numbers is –
to: 0.066946789 while the logarithm of their product is
A. x−2 + 2x−1y−1 + y−2 C. x−2 + 2−1x−1y−1 + y−2 1.62324929. Determine the first number.
B. x y
−1 −1 D. x−2 + y−2 A. 3 B. 6 C. 4 D. 5
12. If 1/8 and –2/3 are the roots of a quadratic equation, 28. A man has a daughter and a son. The son is three
what is the equation? years older than the daughter. In one year the man
13. The value of x in the equation log&7 (𝑥 * − 15𝑥) = 2 will be six times as old as the daughter is now. In ten
are: Answer: 20, -5
years the man will be fourteen years older than the
combined ages of his children at that time. What is
14. Find k such that 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0 will only have one the man's present age? Answer: 41 yrs old
real solution.
A. 1 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2 29. In a group of five friends, the sums of the ages of each
group of four of them are 124, 128, 130, 136, and 142.
15. Solve for x from the following: xy = 12; yz = 20; zx = What is the age of the youngest? Answer: 23 yrs old
15. Answer: 3
30. In an organization there are CE’s, GE’s and ME’s. The
16. A man passed one-sixth of his life in childhood, one- sum of their ages is 2160; the average age is 36; the
twelfth in youth, and one-seventh more as a bachelor. average age of CE’s and GE’s is 39; the average age of
Five years after his marriage, a son was born who GE’s and ME’s is 32 and 8/11; the average age of the
died four years before his father at half his father’s CE’s and ME’s is 36 and 2/3. If each CE had been 1
final age. What was the man’s final age? Answer: 84 year older, each GE 6 years and each ME 7 years
17. Robert is 15 years older than his brother Stan. older, their average age would have been greater by
However, y years ago, Robert was twice as old as 5 years. Find the number of CE in the group and their
Stan. If Stan is b years old now and b > y, find the average ages. Answer: 16, average age = 45 yrs
value of b – y. Answer: 15 31. There are 4 people in Samantha's family. The sum of
18. Find the term that is independent of x in the their ages is 73. Samantha's father is 3 years older
expansion of (2 + 3/x2)(x – 2/x)6. Answer: -140 than her mother and her brother is 2 years younger
than her. Four years ago, the sum of the ages of
19. What is the coefficient of the 5th term of the everyone in Samantha's family was 58. How old is
expansion of (2x2 + 3y3)10? How about the sum of the each of them now? Answer: 34, 31, 5, 3
exponents of the terms in the expansion?
Answer: 1,088,640; 275

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