Prof.

Pedro Bocardo
Algebra HS 10
Assignment 4

Evaluating algebraic expressions

1. Evaluate the following algebraic expressions.

3 2
i) 4𝑎 − 5𝑏 − 7𝑐 + 20, 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑎 =− 2, 𝑏 =− 3 𝑦 𝑐 =− 4

4 3 2
ii) 2𝑥 − 𝑥 − 15𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 16, 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑥 =− 2

3 2
4𝑎 𝑏−5𝑏 𝑐
iii) 5𝑐
, 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑎 = 3, 𝑏 =− 2 𝑦 𝑐 =− 4

𝑣−𝑣𝑜
iv) Given the equation 𝑎 = 𝑡
, find the value of a when 𝑣 = 20, 𝑣0 = 8 𝑦 𝑡 = 4

2. Solve the indicated operations and simplify so that there are no negative exponents.

2/3 5/3 1/4 1/2

i) 𝑥 𝑥 = ii) 𝑥 𝑥 =

1/6 5/6 5/3 3/4

iii) 𝑥 ÷𝑥 iv) 𝑥 ÷𝑥 =

2/3
3/2 1/8 4
( )
3/4
v) 𝑥 ( 𝑦 ) = vi)
𝑦
𝑦
3/2 =

1/3 1/4

( ) ( )
3/4 4/7 1/4
𝑤 𝑥 𝑦
vii) 3/2 = viii) 3/7 1/8 =
𝑤 𝑥 𝑦