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1.

Solve and graph: 2(2𝑥 + 3) < 6(𝑥 − 2) + 10

2. Solve and graph: 3(𝑥 − 1) ⩽ 5(𝑥 + 2) − 5


𝑥−2 𝑥 1
3. Solve and graph: 15
⩾ 3−5

4. Solve each inequality.

1. 5𝑥 − 3 ⩾ 12 2. 4𝑥 + 5 ⩽ 21 3. −7𝑥 ⩽ 14
𝑥 𝑥
4. −3𝑥 ⩾ 15 5. 4 < −5 6. 6
> −2
𝑥 𝑥
7. ⩾ −3 8. ⩽ −6 9. −4𝑥 ⩾ −2𝑥 + 10
−7 −3

10. −7𝑥 ≤ −4𝑥 − 9 11. −5 ⩽ 𝑥 − 8 ⩽ 3 12. 3 < 𝑥 + 5 ⩽ 8


𝑥
13. −16 ⩽ 4𝑥 < 28 14. −10 < 5𝑥 < 25 15. 2 ⩽ <5
3

5. Solve the inequalities in absolute value.

|2𝑥 − 3| ≤ 5
|4𝑦 + 7| > 9
|3𝑧 − 2| = 6
|2𝑎 + 1| < 3
|5𝑏 − 2| ≥ 8

6. Solve absolute value equations.

|2𝑥 − 3| = 7
|4𝑦 + 5| = 10
|3𝑧 − 2| = 4
|2𝑎 + 1| = 3
|5𝑏 − 2| = 8

7. Solve using the quadratic formula.


23. 𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 8 = 0 24. 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 2 = 0
25. 3𝑦 2 − 5𝑦 − 4 = 0 26. 5𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 4 = 0

8. Solve using the quadratic formula ( 𝑚 and 𝑛 denote constants).


65. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑚𝑥 + 𝑛 = 0 66. x 2 + mx + n = 0

9. Solve using the quadratic formule.


21. 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 2 = 0 22. 3𝑥 2 = 6𝑥 + 5

10. Solve the fractional equations shown below.


1
𝑥+3=5
2
3 1
𝑦− =2
4 4
2 1 5
𝑧+ =
3 6 6
2𝑎 3 4
+ =
5 10 5
5 1 7
𝑏− =
2 2 4

11. Write the following linear equations in the standard form

1 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 8
2 5𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 12
3 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 5
4 4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = −7
5 6𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 10
12. Solve the quadratic equations:
1 2 5
3𝑥 2 + 27 = 0 (E) (𝑥 + ) =
3 6

(B) 𝑥 2 − 7 = 0 (C) 2𝑥 2 − 10 = 0

(A) 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 14 = 0 (B) 2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 15 = 0
(C) 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 1 = 0 (D) 6𝑥 2 − 30𝑥 − 36 = 0
(E) 5𝑥 2 = 3𝑥

13. Identify whether the following systems of linear equations have unique solutions,
infinitely many solutions or no solution

2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5
4𝑥 + 6𝑦 = 12
𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 7
2𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 5
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 7
6𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 12

14. Find the slope of the line joining the points associated with outputs of 0 and 100 ;
that is, the line passing through (0,100) and (200,4,400).

15. Find the slope of the line containing the points (−5,2) and (4,7). Write the point slope
form of the equation of the line. What is the coordinate of the 𝑦-intercept of the line?

16. Find the stope and 𝑦 intercept of the graph of each equation.
𝑥
5. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3 6. 𝑦 = 2 + 1
2
7. 𝑦 = − 3 𝑥 + 2 8. 𝑦 =? 𝑥 − 2

17. Determine whether the line through the points P1 and P2 is perpendicular, parallel or
neither perpendicular nor parallel to 𝑅1 and 𝑅2

𝑃1(−1,3), 𝑃2(4, −5); 𝑅1(2,6), 𝑅2(−1,7)


2
18. Find the slope and 𝑦 intercept, and graph 𝑦 = − 3 𝑥 − 3.

19. Find the slope and 𝑦 intercept of the graph of each equation.

𝑥
5. 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3 6. 𝑦 = + 1
2
1
7. 𝑦 = − 3 𝑥 + 2 8. 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 2

20. Write the equation of the line, L1, passing through (−4,7) and (2, −6). Find a line
perpendicular to L1 and pass through the point (2,3). What is the intersection point of
the two lines?

1 2𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 4
2 𝑥 − 2𝑦 ≤ 2

1 𝑦 ≤ 2𝑥 + 1
2 𝑦 ≥ −𝑥 + 3

21. Maximize the product of two numbers if their sum must be 10.
22. Minimize the product of two numbers if their difference must be 10.
23. Maximize and minimize
Subject to
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧
𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 12

24. Maximize and minimize


𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 2𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 4𝑧
𝑥2 + 𝑦2 + 𝑧2 = 9

25. A company produces two products, Product A and Product B. Each unit of Product
A requires 3 hours of labor and 2 hours of machine time, while each unit of
Product 𝐵 requires 2 hours of labor and 4 hours of machine time. The company
has 300 hours of labor and 400 hours of machine time available. Product A yields
a profit of $20 per unit, and Product B yields a profit of
$30 per unit. How many units of each product should the company produce to maximize
its profit while staying within the available labor and machine time?

26. A company produces two types of smartphones, Model X and Model Y. Each Model X
requires 3 hours of assembly time and 2 hours of testing time, while each Model 𝑌
requires 2 hours of assembly time and 3 hours of testing time. The company has 60
hours of assembly time and 45 hours of testing time available. Model X generates a
profit of $100 per unit, and Model Y generates a profit of $120 per unit. How many
units of each smartphone should the company produce to maximize its profit while
staying within the available assembly and testing time?

27. Solve the system of equations using substitution or elimination by addition method.
2𝑥 + 1.5𝑦 = 14 7𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 47
(a) { (b) {
3𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 23 6𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 45

28. Consider two lines with unknown constants, a and b, and determine the values of a
and b for which the lines are parallel or perpendicular. The equations of the lines are:

2x − a𝑦 + 5 = 0
{
b𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 2 = 0

29. Find the value of a for which the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 − (5𝑎 − 8)𝑥 + 𝑎 = 0 has one
real root or no real root.

30. Perform the operation indicated below and simplify.

8 𝑎+5 3a−94
(a) 𝑎+12 − 16−𝑎2 + 25+10𝑥+𝑥 2

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