ALGEBRA REVIEWER Do not take any pages o your booklet.

STRICTLY NO ERASURES for the multiple choice part of the exam, write your answers on the rst page of your booklet using two columns. For the problem solving part of the exam, box your nal answers whenever possible. I. Write the letter corresponding to the best answer. (2 points each) 1. Which statement illustrates the commutative 9. The sum of 2x 1 and 4x 5 5x 2x property? 6x 6 24x 27 (A) 3 + (2 + x) = (2 + x) + 3 (A) (C) 7x 10x (B) (3 + 2) + x = 3 + (2 + x) 3x 3 (C) 3(2 + x) = 6 + 3x (B) (D) 24x 27 5x (D) 0(2 + x) = 0 a 2. Which expression has the highest degree? 2 b 10. The simplest form of 3 is 4 2 8 4 7 a (A) x y z 2y (C) m n m 5 3 b4 (B) ab + 4x (D) x3 y 2 a4 a2 2 (A) 6 (C) 2 3. The second term in the expansion of 2x2 + 3y 3 b b is b6 b2 (B) 4 (D) 2 a a (A) 6x3 y 2 (C) 12x4 y 6 r (B) 6x2 y 3 (D) 12x2 y 3 x 11. To rationalize the denominator of , we multi6y 4. Subtract the sum of 3x 2, and 1 4x from 2 3x ply it by is 1 6y (B) 6y (D) 6y (A) 3 2x (C) 3x 2 (C) (A) 6 y 6y (B) 2x 3 (D) 2 3x p 5. Which of the following is a factor of 8x3 125y 3 ? 12. The simplest form of 3 27x5 y 7 is (A) 4x2 10xy + 25y 2 p (A) 3x2 y 3 3 xy (C) 3xy 2 3 x2 y (B) 4x2 20xy + 25y 2 (C) 4x2 + 10xy + 25y 2 (B) 3x2 y 3 3 xy (D) 3x2 y 3 3 xy (D) 4x2 + 20xy + 25y 2 1 2 3 6. What are the factors of 10x2 + 11x 6 13. The expression + 2 + 3 is equal to k k k (A) (3x 2)(2x + 5) (C) (2x 3)(5x + 2) 6 k 3 + 2 k 2 + 3k (C) 3 (A) (B) (2x + 3)(5x 2) (D) (2x + 2)(5x 3) k k3 6 k 2 + 2k + 3 2 x 2x + 1 (B) 3 (D) 7. The fraction is equal to k + k2 + k k3 x2 1 p p (A) x + 1 (C) x 1 14. Multiply and simplify: 18x2 y 2xy 3 x1 x+1 (B) (D) x+1 x1 (A) 36xy 2 x (C) 2xy 2 5x 3x 4 (B) 9xy 2 x (D) 6xy 2 x 8. The simplest form of (3x 4)x (3x 4) 1 1 15. The expression 75 48 + 12 is equal to (A) (C) 2 x 3x + 4x 1 1 (B) (D) (A) 3 3 (B) 2 3 (C) 39 (D) 6 2x 4 x1

16. Solving for L in the equation S = 2(LW + W H + 25. If a quadratic equation has b2 4ac < 0, then LH ) leads to (A) its root are real and unequal (B) its root are real and equal S S 2W H (A) L = W H (C) L = (C) its root are not real and unequal 2 2(W + H ) S WH (D) it has no roots (B) L = (D) L = S 2W H W +H 3 5 8 17. The equation 3(1 2x) = 2x 1 holds when x is 26. The size of the matrix 7 4 3 is 1 1 (A) 3 2 (C) (D) 1 (C) 4 2 (B) 2 3 (D) 18. If x and y denote the tens and units digit, respec tively, of a two-digit number then the number is 27. The augmented matrix 3 7 the system of equations (A) x + y (C) 10x + y 5x + 3y = 8 (B) 10x + 10y (D) x + 10y (A) 4x + 7y = 3 19. The sum of 5 and 2 3i is 8x + 3y = 5 (B) 3x + 7y = 4 (A) 7 3i (B) 7 + 3i (C) 2 + 2i (D) 2 8i 3x 5y = 8 (C) 20. The expression 25 + 75 is equal to 7x 4y = 3 3x + 5y = 8 (D) (A) 5 + 5i 3 (C) 5 + 5i 3 7x + 4y = 3 (B) 5 5 3 (D) 5 5i 3 3 5 28. The determinant of 7 4 21. The value of i175 is (A) 0 (B) (A) i (B) i (C) 1 (D) 1 1 2 (A) 47 (B) 23 22 33

5 8 4 3

represents

is (D) 23

(C) 47

22. Which of the following is a root of 2x2 +5x 3 = 0? (A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 3 2 (D)

29. If a system of equations has no solution/s we say that the system is a/an (A) (B) (C) (D) consistent system. inconsistent system. independent system. dependent system.

23. What must be added to 2x2 5x to make the expression a perfect square trinomial? (A)

25 25 25 25 30. A matrix S is said to be invertible if (B) (C) (D) 2 4 8 16 (A) |A| = 0 24. What value of k will make the quadratic equation (B) |A| = 6 0 4x2 + kx + 64 = 0 have positive equal roots? (C) |A| does not exists. (D) |A| has innitely many values. (A) 16 (B) 32 (C) 32 (D) 16

II. Perform as indicated. No solution, no credit. (20 points) 1. Find the solution set of the given equation/inequality. (10 points) 3(1 x) x1 (a) = 5 2 (b) x + 2 + 1 = 3x + 3 2x (c) 1 6 3 2. Kathrina invested three-fourths of her lottery winnings in a corporate bond that returned 8% simple interest after 1 year, and the rest in a mutual fund that returned 4% simple interest after a year. If the total income on these two investments is 700 000 pesos, what was the amount of her lottery winnings? (7 points) III. Solve each system of equation as indicated. (a) Use Cramers rule to nd the value of z. 3x + y + 5z = 10 xz =0 x + y + 4z = 7 (20 points)

(b) Apply the matrix inversion method to identify the solution of 3x + y = 2 4x + 5 y = 9 (c) Utilize the Gauss-Jordan reduction method to get the solution of 2x + y + z = 2 x + 2y z = 4 x + 3y + 2z = 2

IV. Solve the system of inequalities and shade the region that indicates the solution to the system. (8 points) 3x + y 12 2x + 3y 15