UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS

COLLEGE MATHEMATICS 1A/B (MAT 1044/1047)

TOPIC: INDICES WORKSHEET

1. Simplify the following:

(i) a 2 ( 2 a 1 ) 2 (ii) 2 n  8 2 n (iii) 5a 4 b 3 (a 2 b 5 ) 2

1 1
4
x (y z ) 2 3 4
9  3  81  32
0 5 2
8 4
6 3
(iv) (v) (vi)
(x2 z 5 )2 38  16 3 1 1
32  16
6 12

2. Simplify the following:

1 3 3 3
(i) 8 3 (ii) 9 2 (iii) 32  5 (iv) 49  2

3 2
2
1 (32 )  
5

(v) ( 5 ) 5 10
(vi)  16 

4
(vii) 5 n 1  25 n  125 2
3n
(viii) 3
 
 81  1
5
16

 2 12 n 1 n 1
3   9
n 3 n 1
 6  9 
2 n 1 2n

(ix)
3 8  n 1 n 1 (x)
3  3 
n n 1 n 1 n 1
(xi)
 3  2 
5 n 1 2n (xii)

8  6 2 
n2 3n 3

2 4 
n n2

3. Solve the following equations for the unknown:

y
1
(i) 4 3n  32 (ii) 3 y  4    (iii) 4 3n  6  1
9

1 4 x

(vi)  35 x  
1
(iv) 4  2 63n  32 (v) 83 x9  12  500 .  81x 1
9

4. Solve the following equations for x:

i) (22 x )  5(2 x )  4  0 ii) 4 x  9 2 x   8  0

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iii) 9 x  12(3x )  27  0 iv) 2(22 x )  5(2 x )  2  0
August 2013