SOLUTIONS MANUAL
JUDITH A. PENNA
ALGEBRA AND
T RIGONOMETRY :
GRAPHS AND MODELS
SEVENTH EDITION
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, Contents
Just-in-Time Review …………………………………………………………...1
Chapter 1 ……………………………………………………………………...13
Chapter 2 ……………………………………………………………………...71
Chapter 3 ………………………………………………………..……..…….129
Chapter 4 …………………………………………………………………….189
Chapter 5 …………………………………………………………………….279
Chapter 6 …………………………………………………………………….341
Chapter 7 …………………………………………………………………….399
Chapter 8 …………………………………………………………………….445
Chapter 9 …………………………………………………………………….499
Chapter 10 …………………………………………………….…….……….601
Chapter 11 ………………………………………………………..………….687
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, Just-in-Time Review
√ √ √ √
4. 6 = 6, so it is true that 6 ≤ 6.
1. Real Numbers
5. −30 is to the left of −25 on the number line, so it i
that −30 > −25.
2 √ 8 4 16 5 25 16
1. Rational numbers: , 6, −2.45, 18.4, −11, 3 27, − , 6. − =− and − = − ; − is to the right of
√ 3 7 5 20 4 20 20
0, 16 4 5
so it is true that − > − .
2 8 5 4
2. Rational numbers but not integers: , −2.45, 18.4, −
3 7
√ √ √ √
3. Irrational numbers: 3, 6 26, 7.151551555 . . . , − 35, 5 3 4. Absolute Value
(Although there is a pattern in 7.151551555 . . . , there is
no repeating block of digits.)
√ √ 1. | − 98| = 98 (|a| = −a, if a < 0.)
4. Integers: 6, −11, 3 27, 0, 16
2. |0| = 0 (|a| = a, if a ≥ 0.)
√ √
5. Whole numbers: 6, 3 27, 0, 16
3. |4.7| = 4.7 (|a| = a, if a ≥ 0.)
6. Real numbers: All of them
2 2
4. − = (|a| = −a, if a < 0.)
3 3
2. Properties of Real Numbers 5. | − 7 − 13| = | − 20| = 20, or
|13 − (−7)| = |13 + 7| = |20| = 20
1. −24 + 24 = 0 illustrates the additive inverse property. 6. |2 − 14.6| = | − 12.6| = 12.6, or
2. 7(xy) = (7x)y illustrates the associative property of mul- |14.6 − 2| = |12.6| = 12.6
tiplication.
7. | − 39 − (−28)| = | − 39 + 28| = | − 11| = 11, or
3. 9(r − s) = 9r − 9s illustrates a distributive property. | − 28 − (−39)| = | − 28 + 39| = |11| = 11
4. 11 + z = z + 11 illustrates the commutative property of 3 15 6 15 21 21
addition. 8. − − = − − = − = , or
4 8 8 8 8 8
5. −20 · 1 = −20 illustrates the multiplicative identity prop- 15
− − 3 = 15 + 6 = 21 = 21
erty. 8 4 8 8 8 8
6. 5(x + y) = (x + y)5 illustrates the commutative property
of multiplication.
5. Operations Using Fraction Notation
7. q + 0 = q illustrates the additive identity property.
1 1 3 1 4 3 5 4 15 4 + 15 19
8. 75 · = 1 illustrates the multiplicative inverse property. 1. + = · + · = + = =
75 5 4 5 4 4 5 20 20 20 20
9. (x+y)+w = x+(y+w) illustrates the associative property 3 1 3 1 5 3 5 8 4·2 4
2. + = + · = + = = =
of addition. 10 2 10 2 5 10 10 10 5·2 5
10. 8(a + b) = 8a + 8b illustrates a distributive property. 3 5 3 3 5 4 9 20 29
3. + = · + · = + =
8 6 8 3 6 4 24 24 24
5 5 9 5 27 32
4. +3= +3· = + =
3. Order on the Number Line 9 9 9 9 9 9
7 3 7 3 2 7 6 1
5. − = − · = − =
1. 9 is to the right of −9 on the number line, so it is false 8 4 8 4 2 8 8 8
that 9 < −9. 10 2 10 3 2 11 30 22 8
6. − = · − · = − =
2. −10 is to the left of −1 on the number line, so it is true 11 3 11 3 3 11 33 33 33
that −10 ≤ −1. 3 7 3 14 3 11
7. 2 − =2· − = − =
√ √ √ 7 7 7 7 7 7
3. −5 = − 25, and − 26 is to the left of√− 25, or −5, on
the number line. Thus it is true that − 26 < −5. 5 3 5·3 15 5·3 3
8. · = = = =
8 10 8 · 10 80 5 · 16 16
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