BIC 10303 ALGEBRA Assignment 2 This is a group assignment.

Make a group of 2 students and submit the solution on : S1-7 Oct, S2-8 Oct, S3 8Oct, S4 9 Oct. 1. A rope that is 168ft long is to be cut into three pieces such that the second piece is 6ft less than three times the first, and the third is 2 ft more than two-thirds of the second. Find the length of the longest piece.

2. The Suzukis negotiated the following real commission on the selling price of their house : 8% for the first $100,000, and 3% for the amount that exceeds $100,000. The realtor received a commission of $9200 for selling the house. What was the selling price? 3. The equation possible values of k. ( ) , where k is constant, has no real roots. Find the set of

( ) 4. The equation a. Show that b. Find the range values of k. 5. Show that to be found.

where k is a constant of different roots.

can be written as (

where p and q are integers

6. A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of tin by cutting out a 3-inch square from each corner and folding up the sides. If the box is hold 48in3 what size piece of tin should be used? 7. A baseball is thrown straight upward with an initial speed 64ft/sec. The number of feet, s, above the ground after t seconds is given by the equation, . (a) When will the baseball be 48 ft above the ground? (b) When will it hit the ground? 8. A landscaper is designing a flower garden in the shape of right triangle. She wants 10ft of a perennial border to form hypotenuse of the triangle, and one leg to be 2 ft longer than the other. Find the lengths of the legs. 9. Find the real solutions for .