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HW1-TA Solution

The document contains solutions to 5 mathematical problems: 1) Finding the complement of the intersection of sets A, B, and C, which equals {1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10}. 2) Stating the contrapositive of "If a NOC is a NAC, then a NAC is not a NIC", which is "If a NAC is a NIC, then a NOC is not a NAC". 3) Finding the union and intersection of sets A and B, which are [1, ∞) and (2,6), respectively. 4) Solving two quadratic equations to find the solutions: x1 = 2,

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HW1-TA Solution

The document contains solutions to 5 mathematical problems: 1) Finding the complement of the intersection of sets A, B, and C, which equals {1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10}. 2) Stating the contrapositive of "If a NOC is a NAC, then a NAC is not a NIC", which is "If a NAC is a NIC, then a NOC is not a NAC". 3) Finding the union and intersection of sets A and B, which are [1, ∞) and (2,6), respectively. 4) Solving two quadratic equations to find the solutions: x1 = 2,

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1.

Let 𝑈 = {1,2,3, … ,10}, 𝐴 = {2,3,4}, 𝐵 = {3, 4, 5}, 𝐶 = {5, 6, 7} ,

try to solve (𝐴 ∩ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶))𝐶 .

Solution: 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶 = {3,4,5,6,7}, 𝐴 ∩ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶) = {3,4},

(𝐴 ∩ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶))𝐶 = {1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10}.

2. Find the contrapositive statement of “If a NOC is a NAC, then a

NAC is not a NIC”.

Solution: The contrapositive statement of “If a NOC is a NAC,

then a NAC is not a NIC” is “If a NAC is a NIC，then a NOC is

not a NAC. ”

3. If 𝐴 = (2,6), 𝐵 = [1, ∞), Find and graph 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 and 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 .

Solution: 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐴 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐵, 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 = 𝐵 = [1, ∞), 𝐴 ∩

𝐵 = 𝐴 = (2,6). The graph is omitted.

4. Solve the quadratic equations:

(1) 𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 = −14.

𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: The above equation is equivalent to (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 −

7) = 0 , thus there are two solutions to this quadratic

equation: 𝑥1 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥2 = 7.

(2) 2𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 3 = 0.

𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: By the assumption, 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = −6, 𝑐 = 3,

𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎:

−𝑏 ± √𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 3 ± √3
𝑥= =
2𝑎 2
5. Solve the following inequalities:
(1) |2𝑥 + 3| ≥ 5.

Solution: The above inequality is equivalent to:

2𝑥 + 3 ≥ 5 𝑜𝑟 2𝑥 + 3 ≤ −5, solved from which we obtain that

the solution set is {𝑥|𝑥 ≤ −4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 1} = (−∞, −4] ∪ [1, ∞).

(2) 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 2 ≥ 0.

Solution: The above inequality is equivalent to:

(2𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2) ≥ 0.

We know that the corresponding equation (2𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2) =

0 has solutions 1/2 and 2. The numbers 1/2 and 2 divide the

real number line into three intervals as follows:

(−∞, 1/2) (1/2,2) (2, ∞)

Sign of 2𝑥 − 1 − + +

Sign of 𝑥 − 2 − − +

Sign of (2𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 2) + − +

Factors (2𝑥 − 1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑥 − 2) only change sign at 1/2 and 2,

respectively, so they maintain their signs over the length of each

interval. Form the table above, we can read (2𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2) is

positive over the interval (−∞, 1/2) and (2, ∞), so the solution
1
is (−∞, ] ∪ [2, ∞).
2

2𝑥+3
(3) ≥ −1.
4𝑥+1
Solution: First we add 1 on both sides, and then we
simplify to obtain:
6𝑥 + 4
≥ 0.
4𝑥 + 1
The numerator is zero when 𝑥 = −2/3 and the
denominator is zero when 𝑥 = −1/4. Factors 6𝑥 +
4 and 4𝑥 + 1 change sign only at -2/3 and -1/4,
respectively.

(−∞, −2/3) 2 (−1/4, ∞)


(− − 1/4)
3
Sign of 6𝑥 + 4 − + +

Sign of 4𝑥 + 1 − − +
6𝑥+4
Sign of + − +
4𝑥+1

From the above table, we know that the solution to the


1
original inequality is ( −∞, −2/3 ] ∪ [− , ∞).
4

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