for
PRECALCULUS: FUNCTIONS & GRAPHS
Bernard Kolman & Arnold Shapiro
by
MICHAEL L. LEVITAN
Villanova University
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(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers)
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, CHAPTER TEST 1A
1. Write explicitly the elements of the set of all integers
73 such that -2 < n £ 3.
2. On the real number line, draw the graph of the set of
real numbers x satisfying -2 < x £ 3.
In Problems 3 - 5 evaluate the following:
3. '* " y* when x = -3 and y = 2
4. 4 - 5 2 + 7(3 + 1)
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5 ^JU
5 6
In Problems 6 - 7 perform the indicated operations and simplify:
6. (x - 4x 2 + 3) - (2 - 5x + 8x 2 )
7. (x - 3y) (y - 3x)
In Problems 8 - 9 factor completely using only integer coefficients.
8. 4x3 - 9*
9. 16(y + 1) - x2(y + 1 ) 3
In Problems 1 0 - 1 3 simplify:
2
y -
Ja JiL
I7
• 6y - 7 Λ
10. sL·■ 2y - 8 16
y2-
3 5
11. 2x + 1 x - "5
3 + 2
X
12.
2_ _
2
X
13. Write the following as the ratio of two polynomials:
4(x + 1 ) 2 - 3x~2
In Problems 14 - 15 simplify:
/3
14. 8
»· Φ*
16. Rationalize the denominator:
5
1
, CHAPTER TEST 1A
17. Simplify and combine:
/TF + Λ8" - 2 V§T
18. Write the following in the form a + bi:
(3 + li) (2 - i)
19. Find the values of x satisfying the inequality
2x + 3 < 5
and draw the solution set on the real line.
20. Find the set of x such that:
x2 - 6x + 8 ^ 0
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