COLLEGE ALGEBRA (REVIEWER)

Perform the indicated operations:

1. (x 2 − 3x + 2) ÷ (x − 1) + (x 2 + 4x − 5) ÷ (x + 5) − (x 2 − 5x + 6) ÷ (x − 3)

2. (4𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 6) ÷ (𝑥 − 1) − (2𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 2) ÷ (𝑥 + 2)

3. (3𝑥 3 − 7𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 8) ÷ (𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 2) − (2𝑥 3 + 11𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 3) ÷ (𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 1)

𝑥 2 −2𝑥 𝑥 3 −2𝑥 2 𝑥 2 +7𝑥+10 𝑥 2 −25
4. ÷ ∙ ÷
𝑥 2 −𝑥−6 𝑥 2 +𝑥−12 𝑥 2 +4𝑥 3𝑥−15

2𝑚+6
5. (4𝑚2 − 9) ÷ (𝑚 − )
2𝑚+3
𝑥𝑦
𝑥+𝑦−
𝑥+𝑦
6. 𝑥2 +𝑦2
𝑥−𝑦+
𝑥+𝑦

7. √50𝑥 2 + 𝑥 3 √24𝑥 3 − 𝑥√32 + 𝑥 3 √81

√3𝑥 3 3𝑥 3𝑥 √3𝑥
8. −√ +
𝑦 25𝑦 2 2𝑦

3
√𝑎2 𝑑 5
9. 5
2 √𝑎𝑑

2𝑥+5 𝑥−6
10. − + 4 = 10𝑥 + 3
3 4

2𝑧−𝑏
11. 𝑧 = ; 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏
2𝑧+𝑏

12. S= P (1 +rt) ; for t

3 1 3
13. (𝑥 − 1) − (𝑥 + 2) ≤ (𝑥 − 3)
4 2 8

5𝑥−1 2𝑥+3
14. ≤
7 3

15. 𝑥 − 2𝑦 ≥ 2 [Graph the

2𝑥 + 4𝑦 < 8 solution sets]

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16. 2𝑥 + 𝑦 < 6

𝑥−𝑦+1>0 [ Graph the solution sets]

3𝑦 + 𝑥 > −3

17. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 12 ≥ 0 [solve then graph the solutions on a number line]

18. 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 21 < 0 [solve then graph the solutions on a number line]

Factor the following completely:

19. 2𝑥 4 − 3𝑥 3 𝑦 + 2𝑥𝑦 3 − 3𝑦 4

20. (2𝑥 4 − 3𝑥 3 ) + (2𝑥 − 3)

21. 2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 21 = 0

22. 2𝑒 2 − 7𝑒 − 99 = 0

23. 70𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 − 3 = 0 [ use quadratic formula ]

24. 12𝑦 2 + 5𝑦 − 2 = 0 [use quadratic formula ]

Simplify the following rational expressions:

35𝑥 9 𝑦 8 𝑧 11 𝑎13 𝑏6 (𝑥 2 +𝑥𝑦+𝑦 2 ) 2𝑥 2 +4𝑥𝑦−3𝑥𝑧−6𝑦𝑧

25. 26. 27.
42𝑥 18 𝑦 4 𝑧 9 𝑎10 𝑏9 (𝑥 3 −𝑦 3 ) 2𝑥 2 −3𝑥𝑧−3𝑦𝑧+2𝑥𝑦

Solve the following problems:

[ for #’s 28-30, solve using one variable]

28. Carl invested a portion of P60, 000 at 8% and the rest at 14%. If the earnings for 15 months amounted to
P9, 375, how much was invested at each rate?

29. A perfume seller mixes perfumes that cost P29/gram with that which costs P33/gram. How many grams of
each should he mix to produce 200grams of a mixture that costs P30/gram?

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30. P125, 000 was divided among three sons such that the eldest got P10, 000 more than twice what the 2 nd
got and the 3rd got P5000 less than what the 2nd got. How much did each get?

[for #’s 31-33, word problems involving systems of equations in two variables]

31. Mr. Sy invested P1.5 million part at 6% and the remainder at 9% interest in a year. If the income at 6% and
9% investments are equal, how much was invested at each rate?

32. Dr. Johnson has a solution that is 60% alcohol and another solution that is 40% alcohol. If he wants to have
12 gallons of a solution that is 45% alcohol, how many gallons of the 40% and of the 60% solutions
should he mix?

33. A customer goes to a bank and gets a change for his P200 bill consisting of 5 peso coins and 10 peso coins.
If there are 28 coins in all, how many of each kind are there?

[for #’s 34-35, word problems involving systems of equations in three variables]

34. A fruit vendor sell 2 kilos of mangoes, 5 kilos of papaya, and 3 kilos of apple for P505. Three kilos of
mangoes, two kilos of papaya, and five kilos of apple cost P505, while 5 kilos of mangoes, 3 kilos of
papaya, and 2 kilos of apple cost P540. How much each a kilo of mangoes? A kilo of papaya? A kilo of
apple?

35. Last Valentines, Mr. Brown went to a bank to have his P8,000 changed into P20, P50, and P100 bills. The
bank teller gave him a total of 170 bills. The number of P20 bills is 5 more than twice the number of
P100 bill, and the number of P50 bill is 15 less than the number of P20 bill. How many of each kind of
bill did he get?

[for #36 , word problems involving quadratic equations in one variable]

36. A man who buys corns from farmers initially bought a number of cavans for P600,000 during harvest
season. When the price per cavan increased by P250, he recovered his initial investment by selling some of his
corn and found out that he still has 200 cavans left in his warehouse. How many cavans did he initially buy
during harvest season? How many cavans did he sell to recover his investment? How much did he buy a cavan
of corn? How much did he sell a cavan of corn?

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