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Study Guide Exam A

This study guide provides 14 practice problems covering topics in algebra including: operations on sets, evaluating expressions, simplifying algebraic expressions, factoring polynomials, rationalizing denominators, solving equations and inequalities, graphing functions, finding distances and slopes of lines, and writing equations of lines. Students are instructed to show their work and leave answers in simplified fractional form where applicable.

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Study Guide Exam A

This study guide provides 14 practice problems covering topics in algebra including: operations on sets, evaluating expressions, simplifying algebraic expressions, factoring polynomials, rationalizing denominators, solving equations and inequalities, graphing functions, finding distances and slopes of lines, and writing equations of lines. Students are instructed to show their work and leave answers in simplified fractional form where applicable.

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Math 130 - Study Guide for Exam 1

Write your solutions to the following problems on your own paper. Please show all work. 1.) Give an example of each of the following. a.) an integer number b.) a natural number c.) a rational number d.) an irrational number 2.) If S = {1, 3, 4, 7} and T = {3, 4, 6, 8}, perform the following operations. a.) S T b.) S T 3.) Evaluate the following expressions. Leave your solutions as fractions. 1 a.) ( )6 3 b.) (10000000000000001)0 c.) 52 4.) Simplify the following expressions. Leave your solutions with positive exponents. a.) c4 d3 cd2 d2 c3
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b.)

xy 2 z 3 x2 y 3 z 4

5.) Perform the indicated operations and simplify. a.) (2x + 4)(x 3) 5(x 3) b.) (5x y)(5x + y) 6.) Factor the following algebraic expressions completely. a.) x2 5x 6 b.) 8x3 + 125 c.) 5(x2 + 4)4 (2x)(x 2)4 + 4(x2 + 4)5 (x 2)3 1 4 2 d.) (x2 + 3) 3 x2 (x2 + 3) 3 3 7.) Simplify the following compound fractions. 5 7 a.) x 1 x 3 x 2 x3 x1 2x(x + 6)4 4x2 (x + 6)3 b.) (x + 6)8 8.) Rationalize the denominator. 1 1 1 b.) c.) a.) x+1 2 3 2+ 5 9.) Give an example of each of the following. a.) a binomial b.) a trinomial c.) a monomial 10.) Find all the real solutions of the following equations and check your solutions. a.) x2 + x 12 = 0 1 1 =0 b.) x 2 x2 c.) 2x + 1 + 1 = x

11.) Solve each inequality and express the solution in Interval Notation. a.) 5 3x + 2 14 b.) |x 5| 10 2x + 3 c.) 3 x1 12.) Sketch the graph of y = 1 x2 . Plot at least 5 points, including all x and y intercepts. 13.) Given the points (1, 2) and (3, 2), nd the following. a.) The distance between the two points. b.) Slope of the line that passes through these two points. c.) Find the equation of a line in slope-intercept form that passes through the two points. 14.) Find the slope and y-intercept of the line. a.) 3x 4y = 12 b.) y = 4

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