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The document contains a series of tutorials focused on mathematical concepts including indices, surds, logarithms, quadratic functions, equations, and inequalities. Each tutorial presents problems to simplify, evaluate, and solve equations, as well as to demonstrate understanding of mathematical principles. The exercises require various methods, including completing the square, using logarithmic identities, and solving inequalities.

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Tutorials maths for science

The document contains a series of tutorials focused on mathematical concepts including indices, surds, logarithms, quadratic functions, equations, and inequalities. Each tutorial presents problems to simplify, evaluate, and solve equations, as well as to demonstrate understanding of mathematical principles. The exercises require various methods, including completing the square, using logarithmic identities, and solving inequalities.

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Tutorials

Tutorial I- INDICES AND SURDS

1. Simplify
2 1 2
a) 4−2 162  64−1  8−3 b) 6 3  2−1  3−2  2 3  3 3

2. Evaluate the following to two decimal places


a) log 5 12 b) log 7 2
3. Solve the following equations, and give answer correct to 3 decimal
places
1
a) 2 x = 32 e) 2 x =
32
b) 2 = 10
x
f) 2 = 3
x

c) 2 − 42(2 ) + 320 = 0
2x x
g) 32(4 x ) − 97(2 x ) + 3 = 0
d) 2 x (3x+1 ) = 10
3 6  p
4. Express   in the form   where p and q are integers
5 5 q
5. Simplify
180 − 80 35 − 30 35 + 30
a) c) +
125 35 + 30 35 − 30
6 5 −4 3 5 5 +3 3
b) +
2 5 − 3 3 5 −2 3
6. Given 37 = 6.0827625 and 35 = 5.9160798 each correct to seven
decimal

1
places, find without tables or calculator the value of correct
37 − 35
to six decimal places

7. Given 2 = 1.4142136 correct to seven decimal places find without tables


or

( ) −( )
3 3
calculator the value of 3+ 2 3− 2 correct to six decimal
places.
Tutorial 2- LOGARITHMS

1. Simplify the following without tables or calculator


a) log 5 + log16 + log 60 − log12 − 2log 2

b) log15 + log 25 + 4log 3 + 3log 2 − log 243

log 243 log 3125


c) log 27 d)
log125
2. Solve for x without using tables or calculator

a) log 2 (10 x + 2) − log 2 ( x + 1) = 3

b) 2 log 5 x + 2 log x 5 = 5

c) 2 log 5 x + log x 5 = 3

3. Solve the equation for x where x is a real number


a) 4 + 7 ln e x = 2e 4ln x
2

5 x−4 4 x −5
4 5
b)   = 
5 4
c) log81 x + log3 x + log 3
x = 13
4. Show that
1 1
a) log 3n x = log 3 x b) log8 x = log 2 x
n 3
5. Solve for x in the following equations without tables or calculator
1
log 6
log81 x 216
a) =
log 9 3 log 6 36

b) log 2 (3x + 1) + log8 ( x − 1)3 = 6


Tutorial 3- Quadratic Functions, Equations and Inequalities, Remainder
Theorem

1. a) Solve the following equation by completing squares


2 x 2 + x − 6 = 0, ( 3 ), ( −2)
i. 2
   
ii. 2 x 2 − 3 x − 7 = 0 ,  3 + 65  ,  3 − 65 
 4   4 

iii. 4 − 3 x − x = 0 ,(1),(-4)
2

iv. 4 x 2 − 7 x + 3 = 0, (1), ( 3 )
4

b) Solve the following equations for x

 −1 + 5   −1 − 5 
( )
10 x 2 + x − 2 = 0  1  −2 1 1
iii. + = 1,   ,  
i.  , 5 x +1 x + 2  2   2 
1 1 2
− = −
( )
ii. 1 1
x2 x (1), iv. 9 x 2 + 12 x + 4 = 0, −2
3
2. a) Of two positive numbers, the first is 3 more than the second and the
product is 54. Find the numbers
(6,9), (−9, −6)
3.
b) A farmer wishes to fence a rectangular field with 260metres of wire
fence. A stone wall runs along one side of the field and no fence is
required there. If the area of the field is to be 8,400 metres square what
will its dimensions be?
(70by120), (60by140)

4. a) If the roots of the equation x 2 + x − 6 = 0 are  and  . Find, the


quadratic equation whose roots are

i. 3 +  ,3 −  ii. 2 −  , 2 − 

b) If the roots of the equation x 2 + 3x + 1 = 0 are  and  . Find,

without solving this equation, the quadratic equation whose roots are

i. 2 , 2 ii. 2 −  , 2 − 

5. Solve the following inequalities

(2 x − 3)(3 x + 1)  0 2 1
i. iii. 
2x +1 x − 2 x +1
ii. −3  4
x−3 iv. ( x + 1)( x − 1)( x − 2)  0

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