COLLEGE ALGEBRA

TIP-QC 10 JUNE 2015 10:30 AM 1:30 PM

Lecturer: Richard S Regidor

Quadratic Equation
General Form:

ax2 + bx + c = 0 ( a is non-zero)

a = coefficient of the 2nd-degree term

b = coefficient of the 1st-degree term
c = constant term
Quadratic Formula

b b 2 4ac
x=
2a
Sum of the roots
x1 + x 2 =

b
a

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Product of the roots

x1 x 2 =

c
a

Remainder Theorem
For any constant r , if a polynomial f(x) is divided by
x r , the remainder R is equal to f(r)
Factor Theorem
For any polynomial f(x) and any number r , x r is a
factor of f(x) if and only if f(r) is equal to zero.

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Binomial Expansion
Binomial Theorem

(a + b )

n2 2
(
)
n
n

1
a
b
= a n + na n 1b +
+ ... + b n
2!

rth Term
rth term =

n(n 1)(n 2)...(n r + 2) n r +1 r 1

a
b
(r 1)!

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Lecturer: Richard S Regidor

1. Find the 6th term of the expansion of

a.
c.

66339
124a 11
66339

123a

11

b.
d.

16

a
2

66339
125a 11

66339
128a11

2. Find the term involving x13 in the expansion of

a. 524812288
b. 524812286
c. 544812288
d. 624812288

(4x 2 +

3.Find the term involving x6y12 in the expansion of

( 3x2 4y3)7
a. 241920
b. 231920
c. 231224
d. 251234
4. Find the sum of the coefficients of ( a + 2b)6.
a. 612
b. 711
c. 729
d. 741

1 14
)
x

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5. Find the sum of the coefficients of ( 2x -3)8.

a. -5
b. -7
c. -6
d. +1
6. Find the sum of the exponents of ( x + y)6.
a. 40
b. 41
c. 42
d. 43
7. Find the sum of the exponents ( 3x3 + 2y4)10
a. 384
b. 385
c. 389
d. 390
8. Find the quotient and remainder when 4y3 + 18y2 +
8y 4 is divided by 2y + 3?
a.
2y2 + 6y 5 remainder 11
b. 2y2 - 6y 5
remainder 12
c. 2y2 + 6y + 5 remainder 11
remainder 12
d. 2y2 + 3y 5

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9. What is the remainder when 3x4 + 2x3 5x2 + x + 7 is

divided by x 3?
a.
234
b. 262
c. 311
d. 312
10. What is the remainder when 3x4 + 3x3 5x2 - 5x + 7
is divided by x + 2i ?
a. 12+3i
b. 34 + 12i c. 8-25i
d. 75 34i

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Arithmetic Progression
A sequence of numbers such that successive
numbers differ by a constant.
nth term

a n = a1 + (n 1)d
Sum of terms
sn =

n
(a1 + a n ) = n [2a1 + (n 1)d ]
2
2

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Geometric Progression
A sequence of numbers such that the same quotient
is obtained by dividing a term by a preceding term.
nth term

an = a1r n 1
Sum of terms
a1 (1 r n )
sn =
1 r

Infinite Geometric Progression

a1
sn =
1 r

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Harmonic Progression
A sequence of numbers such that the reciprocals of
the numbers form an arithmetic progression
Harmonic mean
n

HM = 1 + 1 + ... + 1
a1

a2

an

11. Find the 30th term of an A.P. 4, 7, 10 .

a. 88
b. 75
c. 91
d. 95
12. The 5th term of an A.P is 123 and the 30th term is 245.
What is the 12th term?
a. 3929/25
b. 3412/25
c. 3372/25
d. 3312/25

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13. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th

term is 6. Find the 11th term
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
14. Insert four geometric means between 2048 and 2
a. 512 , 128 , 32, 8
b. 236, 102 , 42 , 6
c. 625 , 324 , 152 , 24 d. 882 , 420, 212 , 84
15.The 5th term of a geometric progression is 162 and the
10th term is 39366. What is the 3rd term?
a. 21
b. 18
c. 36
d. 24
16. a boy deposits 50 centavos in his piggy bank at the
beginning of the month, and doubles the amount of his
deposit every month thereafter. How much will he have
in his piggy bank at the end of the year?
a. Php 3,048.45
b. Php 2,047.50
c. Php 1,568.25
d. Php 4,324.50

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17. A golf ball is dropped from a height of 6 meters. On

each rebound it rises 2/3 of the height from which it
last fell. What distance has it travelled at the instant it
strikes the ground for the 7th time?
a. 32.27 m
b. 28.89 m
c. 27.89 m
d. 30.81 m
18. Reduce the repeating decimal 0.123123123 to a
rational fraction in lowest terms.

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WORDED PROBLEMS
19. The sum of the digits of a 3 digit number is 17, the
hundreds digit is twice the unit digit. If 495 is subtracted
from the number, the order of the digits will be reversed.
Find the units digit.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
20. The denominator of a certain fraction is 3 more than
twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the
fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original
fraction
a. 4/13
b. 5/13
c. 6/13
d. 7/13

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21. Juans age on his birthday in 1989 is equal to the sum

of the digits of the year 19xy in which he was born. If x and
y satisfy the equation x y 6 = 0, find the age of Juan in
1990.
a. 18
b. 19
c. 20
d. 21
22. In how many minutes after 2 PM will the hands of the
clock be at extend in opposite direction for the first time?
a. 45.6 min
b. 43.6 min
c. 47.8 min
d. 44.3 min
23. At what time between 3 PM to 4 PM will the hands of
the clock be at right angle ?
a. 3: 32 8/11 PM
b. 3: 33 7/11 PM
c. 3: 32 5/11 PM
d. 3:33 5/11 PM

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24. Two runners A and B complete for a race of 1000 m

long. It took 130 sec for A to reach the finish line and
for B 138 sec. How far was B behind A when A reaches
the finish line?
a. 58.78 m
b. 57.97 m
c. 59.21 m
d. 53.43 m
25. A cat is now 50 of her own leaps ahead of a dog which
is pursuing her. How many more leaps will the cat take
before it is overtaken if she takes 5 leaps while the dog
takes 4, but 2 of the dogs leap are equivalent to 3 of the
cats leap.
a. 200
b. 220
c. 230
d. 250

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26.A can do a piece of work in 10 days. After he has

worked 2 days, B came to help him and together, they
finish the job in 3 days. In how many days could B
alone do the work?
a. 5 days

b. 6 days

c. 7 days

d. 8 days

27. A 400-mm diameter pipe can fill the tank alone in 5

hours and another 600 mm diameter pipe can fill the
tank alone in 4 hours. A drain pipe 300-mm diameter
can empty the tank in 20 hours. With all the three pipes
open, how long will it take to fill the tank?
a. 2.00 hours
c. 2.25 hours

b. 2.50 hours
d. 2.75 hours

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28. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70%
pure gold, and the second 60% pure gold. How many
grams of each must be used to make 100 grams of an
alloy which will be 66% pure gold?
29. Determine how much water should be evaporated from
50 kg of a 30% salt solution to produce a 60% salt
solution. All percentages are by weight.
Variation
30. The horsepower which a shaft can transmit varies as
the cube of the diameter and the angular speed. If a 75mm diameter shaft transmits 270 hp when turning 1000
rpm. Find the rpm of a 50-mm shaft if it transmits 100
hp.

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31. the time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies

directly with the weight and the distance through which
it is to be lifted, and inversely as the power of the
motor. If it takes 20 seconds for a 5-hp motor to lift 220
N through 12 meters, what size of motor is required to
lift 5340 N in 30 seconds through 12 meters?
Partial Fractions
Case 1: All factors of the denominator are linear, none
of them repeated.
Case 2: All factors of the denominator are linear, but
some are repeated.
Case 3: The denominator contains irreducible quadratic
factors, none of them repeated

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Case 4: The denominator contains irreducible quadratic

factors, some of which are repeated
32. Resolve into partial fractions
2 x 2 + 10 x + 2
( x + 1)( x 2)( x + 3)

33. Resolve into partial fractions

5 x 2 25 x + 8
(3x + 2)( x 3) 2

34. Resolve into partial fractions

2 x 3 4 x 15
( x 2 + 3x + 4)( x 2 + x + 1)

35. Resolve into partial fractions

4 x 4 7 x3 + 5 x 2 x + 1
(2 x 1)( x 2 x + 1) 2

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Miscellaneous Problems
36. if 2x = 4y and 8y = 16z , find x/z.
a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 8/3

d. 5/3

37. In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on

brand preference, 120 were found to prefer brand x
only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z
only, 370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450
prefer brand y or z but not x and 370 prefer either
brand z or x but not y. How many persons have no
brand preference, satisfied with any of the three
brands?