WORKSHEET 7.

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1 ALGEBRAIC FORMULAE
Make the letter in square brackets as the subject.
(a) ax  by  c  0 [x]

k m 1
(b)  [k]
n m

x y
(c) 2 [x]
x y

d
(d) t  2 [g]
g

 b( m 2  a ) 
(e)    t [m]
 e 

a c
(f) b  [k]
k k

p
(g) J  K (1  ) [p]
100

b y
(h) a  y  [y]
a

m(ny  e 2 )
(i)  n  5n [y]
p

(j) a2  b2  x2 [a]
 ENRICHMENT 7.1
Make the letter in square brackets as the subject.
(a) a  bz  z  b [z]

(b) a ( y 2  b)  e [y]

Q
(c) R [x]
Px

My a
(d)  [y]
My b

(e) z (b  a)  a( z  b  c) [z]

zr 1
(f)  [r]
zr 3

(g) 2 k  t  4 [k]

(h) ak 2  b  C [k]

(i) M (ax  by  c)  0 [y]

m(t  n)
(j) p [t]
t
 WORKSHEET 7.2

2 LINEAR EQUATIONS
Solve the following equations :
(a) 2x  7  11

(b)  6  2x  10

x 1
(c) 
2 3

x
(d)  7  12
2

3 x 1 x
(e)    
5 10 5 5

(f) x  3( x  1)  2 x

(g) x 2  4  ( x  1)( x  3)

1 1
(h) ( x  2)  (3x  2)
3 5

4 3
(i) 
1 x 1 x

x 1 x 1
(j)  
4 3 12
 ENRICHMENT 7.2
Solve the following equations :

(a) 3x  7  20

(b)  12  2x  15

7x
(c)  7 
3

x
(d) 4  5
2

5
(e) 4   1
3x

x 1 x 1
(f)  0
5 3

(g) 1  3( x  1)  4

(h) 2 x 2  3x  (2 x  1)( x  1)

7 14
(i) 
x  1 5x  2

2x  1 x  1 5
(j)  
8 3 24