Review Innovations CE Review for Nov 2022 – Algebra 4

Laws of Exponents Problems:

1. m n mn 1. If 8x = y , then what is 2 5 x - 3 equal to in terms of y?
(a ) = a
Answer: y5/3/8
2. am ´ an = am+n
3. am
= am - n
2. ( )
Solve for y if y = ln e x / e x - 2 . Answer: 2
n
a 3. The logarithm of the product of two numbers is
1
4. a-n = 1.62324929 while the logarithm of their quotient is –
an 0.066946789. Determine the first number. Answer: 6
5. ( a ´ b)m = am ´ bm 4. If the product of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 +
m
æaö a m 2a2 x + a = 0 is equal to 3a + 6, find the sum of its roots.
6. çb÷ = m Answer: -18
è ø b
5. What is the value of k in the equation kx2 + 9x + 8 = 0 if
Properties of Radicals the equation is to have only one root? Answer: 81/32

1. a1/n = n a 6. In a quadratic equation problem, one student made a

mistake in copying the coefficient of x and got a root of 3
( a)
m
2. am/n = n am = n and 4. Another student made a mistake in copying the
constant term and got a root of –2 and 5. What is the
( a)
n
3. n
=a original quadratic equation?
n
A. x2 – 3x + 12 = 0 C. x2 + 3x + 12 = 0
4. a × n b = n ab B. x2 + 3x – 12 = 0 D. x2 – 3x – 12 = 0
n
a a 7. Four years ago, the sum of the ages of A and B was 45.
5. =n
n b
b Six years from now, twice B’s age will be 28 years more
than A’s age by then. How old is A now? Answer: 28 yrs old
Properties of Logarithms 8. At present, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the sum
1. If log b x = y , then x = b y of the children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of the
2. logb xy = logb x + logb y parents’ ages was 4 times the sum of the children’s ages.
Fifteen years from now, the sum of the parents’ ages will
æxö be equal to the sum of the children’s ages. How many
3. log b ç ÷ = log b x - log b y
èyø children are there? Answer: 5

4. log b x y = y log b x 9. When I am as old as my father is now, I shall be five times

5. log b b = 1 as old as my daughter is now. By then my daughter will
be eight years older than I am now. The combined ages
6. log b 1 = 0 of my father and myself are 100 years. How old is my
daughter now? Ans: 13
Quadratic Equation:
10. A meeting of several transport group leaders was held to
Ax2 + Bx + C = 0 decide whether they should strike or not. It was arranged
that during the counting, those in favor should remain
Quadratic Formula
standing and those against should sit down. In due
-B ± B2 - 4 AC course, the acting chairman announced that the motion
x= is carried by a majority equal to exactly a quarter of the
2A
opposition. A man protested, saying some of them could
Roots of Quadratic Equation not sit down because there were not enough chairs. So,
the chairman decided that those who wanted to sit down
-B + B2 - 4 AC
x1 = but couldn’t, will raise their right hand. He counted a
2A dozen and then announced the motion is lost by a
-B - B2 - 4 AC majority of 1. How many transport leaders were in that
x2 = meeting? 207
2A
Properties of Roots
B
PROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE
Sum of the Roots: x1 + x2 = - 1. The logarithm of the quotient of two numbers is –
A 0.066946789 while the logarithm of their product is
C 1.62324929. Determine the first number.
Product of the Roots: x1 x2 =
A A. 3 C. 4
B. 6 D. 5
Age-related Problems 2. Given loga 2 = x, loga 5 = y, and loga 6 = z, express loga
If x = present age of a person 0.15 in terms of x, y, and z.
x – 3 = age of the person 3 years ago A. 3z / x2y C. z − 3x − y
x + 5 = age of the person 5 years hence B. x − 3y + z D. x2 / 3yz
Note: The age-difference of two persons is constant at any 3. Solve for x from the following:
time. xy = 12 yz = 20 zx = 15
Answer: 3

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 Review Innovations CE Review for Nov 2022 – Algebra 4
4. Solve for y from the following system of equations: 17. Mary is 24 years old. Mary was twice as old as Ana was
x2 – yz = 3 ß Equation (1) when Mary was as old as Ana is now. How old is Ana
y2 – xz = 4 ß Equation (2) now?
z2 – xy = 5 ß Equation (3) A. 12 C. 18
Answer: 1/6 B. 16 D. 20
7(2 x ) - 8(2 x -2 ) 18. If 1/8 and –2/3 are the roots of a quadratic equation,
5. Simplify: Answer: 10/3
what is the equation?
x +1 x -1
2 -2
6. Solve for log y: log 2y3 + log(6/y) = 6.278 19. In the equation 3x2 + 4x + (2k – 5) = 0, find k if the product
A. 2.6 C. 5.8 of the roots is 4.
B. 397.57 D. 125.47 A. 6.5 C. 8
7. Solve for x from the following equations: B. 8.5 D. 6
x m x n = 100, 000 20. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are the
x mn
= 1,000,000 reciprocals of the roots of the equation Ax2 + Bx + C = 0.
Answer: Cx2 + Bx + A = 0
x / xn = 10
m

A. 3 C. 12
B. 10 D. 2
8. Two students attempted to solve a problem which
reduces into a quadratic equation. One, in simplifying,
made a mistake in the constant term and had -2 & 6 for
his roots. The other made a mistake in the coefficient of
the first-degree term and had -3 & 5 for his roots. What
is the correct quadratic equation? Answer: x2 – 4x – 15 = 0

A boy is 25 years younger than his father. In 10 years,

his father will be twice his age. Find the age of the boy.
Ans: 15

9. Mang Andoy has lived one-fourth of his life as a boy,

one-fifth as a youth, one-third as a man, and has spent 13
years in his dotage. How old is he? Ans: 60

10. In the equation kx2 – 54x + 32 = 0, find the value of k if

one root is 8 times the other root. Ans: 9

11. A year ago, Lea got a crush with Rodel, where the
product of their ages was 156. Fortunately, they are now
both sweethearts; and they plan to marry 12 years after,
where the product of their ages will be 650. Knowing that
Rodel is older than Lea, find the present age of Lea.
Answer: 13

12. Find two numbers such that their sum multiplied by the
sum of their squares is 5500, and their difference
multiplied by the difference of their squares is 352. One
of the numbers is… Answer: 13

13. In 1930, the following question was proposed: A man’s

age at death was one twenty-ninth of the year of his
birth. How old was he in the year 1900? Answer: 44 yrs old
14. In a mixed company of Malaysians, Vietnamese,
Singaporeans, Thais, and Filipinos, the Malaysians are
one less than 1/3 of the Filipinos; and three less than half
the Vietnamese. The Filipinos and Thais outnumber the
Singaporeans and Vietnamese by 3. The Singaporeans
and Filipinos form one less than half the company, and
the Singaporeans and Vietnamese form 7/16 of the
company. How many Filipinos were there? Answer: 24

15. Mike saves 20% of his income. If his expenditure is

increased by 35%, how many percent must his income be
increased so that he may save 10% of it? Ans: 20%

16. Six years ago, Michael was five times as old as Jordan. In
five years, Michael will be three times as old as Jordan.
What is the present age of Michael?
A. 17 C. 61
B. 16 D. 14

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