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MAT1100 Tutorial Sheet 4 - 2022

This document is a tutorial sheet for a foundations mathematics course at the University of Zambia. It contains 20 problems covering various topics in algebra, including: factoring polynomials, solving equations, finding zeros of functions, sketching graphs of functions, and solving systems of equations. The problems range in complexity from basic skills like long division to more advanced skills like finding conjugate zeros of polynomials.

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MAT1100 Tutorial Sheet 4 - 2022

This document is a tutorial sheet for a foundations mathematics course at the University of Zambia. It contains 20 problems covering various topics in algebra, including: factoring polynomials, solving equations, finding zeros of functions, sketching graphs of functions, and solving systems of equations. The problems range in complexity from basic skills like long division to more advanced skills like finding conjugate zeros of polynomials.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATITICS
MAT 1100 FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS TUTORIAL SHEET 4 -2022

1. An open box is made from a square piece of material by cutting two-cm squares
from the corners and turning up the sides. The volume of the finished box is
200𝑐𝑚3 . Find the size (area) of the original piece of material.
2. Find the maximum area of a rectangle inscribed in an isosceles right triangle
whose hypotenuse is 20𝑐𝑚 long. [HINT: If hypotenuse is 20𝑐𝑚, and 𝑥 is the
𝑥
base of the rectangle, show that the height of the rectangle is 𝑦 = 10 − 2.]

3. One number is 2 more than another number. The product of the numbers is 440.
Find the numbers.
4. One number is 1 more than another number. The sum of their squares is 113.
Find the numbers.
5. If 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 are roots of the cubic equation 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 + 𝑑 = 0, show that
−𝑏 −𝑑
𝛼+𝛽+𝛾 = and 𝛼𝛽𝛾 = .
𝑎 𝑎

6. Two roots of the equation 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 75 = 0 are opposites. Find the


values of all the roots and the constant 𝑘.
7. One of the zeros of the equation 𝑥 3 − 63𝑥 + 162 = 0 is double another zero.
Find all the three zeros.
8. Use long division to divide, in each case, given the dividend and divisor:
(i) 𝑥 3 + 8𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 1; 𝑥 − 2 (ii) 2𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 − 𝑥+5; 2x 2  1
(iii) 𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 2 + 3; 3 + 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 (iv) 𝑥 5 +𝑥 4 − 8𝑥 3 + 𝑥 + 2; 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 7
(v) −𝑥 4 ; −2𝑥 2 +x-3 (vi) 9𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 5; 3𝑥 2 − 7𝑥
9. Use synthetic division to divide the polynomials and write the function in the
form p( x)  ( x  k )q( x)  r , where q(x) is the quotient and r is the remainder,
given the dividend and divisor as follows:
(i) 𝑥 3 − 10𝑥 2 + 31𝑥 − 30 ;𝑥 + 3 (ii) x 3  15x 2  68x  96 ; 𝑥 − 2
(iii) 6 x 3  x 2  21x  10 ; 2𝑥 − 1 (iv) 5𝑥 4 + 30𝑥 3 − 40𝑥 2 +36x+14; x+7
10. Write the function in the form p( x)  ( x  k )q( x)  r , where q(x) is the
quotient and r is the remainder: (i) p( x)  x 3  x 2  12 x  20, k  2
(ii) p( x)  x 3  2 x 2  15 x  7, k  4 (iii) p( x)  x 3  2 x 2  3x  12, k  3 .

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11. Factorize the polynomial completely:
(i) p( x)  x 3  12 x  16 (ii) p( x)  3x 3  10 x 2  27 x  10
(iii) p ( x)  x 3  2 x 2  3 x  6 (iv) p ( x)  x 3  2 x 2  2 x  4 .

12. Given that ( x  1) and ( x  1) are factors of px 3  qx 2  3x  7 , find the value


of p and q.
13. The expression 2𝑥 3 − 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 3 gives a remainder −15 when divided by
(𝑥 + 1) and a remainder −46 when divided by (𝑥 − 3). Find the value of a and
of b.
14. Find the zeros of each of the following polynomial functions. Hence sketch its
graph indicating the x – and y - intercepts:(i) p( x)  x 3  2 x  7 x  12

(ii) p( x)   x 3  x 2  5 x  2 (iii) p( x)  15  5 x  3x 2  x 3 .
15. Show that 𝑝(𝑥) = 2𝑥 4 − 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 + 2 has no rational zeros.
16. (a) Show that ( x  2) is a factor of p( x)  x 3  x 2  5 x  2 .
(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the exact solutions of the equation p( x)  0 .
17. [Conjugate Zeros]. If a polynomial 𝑃 has real coefficients, and if 𝑧 = 𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏 is
a zero of 𝑃, then its conjugate 𝑧̅ = 𝑎 − 𝑖𝑏 is also a zero of 𝑃.
(a) Given that 𝑥 = 2 − 3𝑖 is a zero of 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 7𝑥 2 + 25𝑥 − 39, find the
other remaining zeros.
(i) Find a polynomial of lowest degree with real coefficients and the
given zeros: 𝑥 = −1 and 𝑥 = 1 − 𝑖 (ii) 𝑥 = 2, 𝑥 = −4 and 𝑥 = −3𝑖.
18. Sketch the graph of the rational function, indicating all the intercepts and any
1 1−4𝑥 2 𝑥
asymptotes: (a) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥+2 (b) 𝑓 (𝑥) = (c) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 +2𝑥−3 (d) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 2 −9.
1−4

19. Sketch the graphs of the following functions, and determine the domain and
range in each case: (a) 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥 + 1| (b) 𝑓 (𝑥) = −|𝑥 − 2| + 3
(c) 𝑓 (𝑥) = −√𝑥 − 2 (d) 𝑓 (𝑥) = −|𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 3| (e) 𝑓(𝑥) = √2𝑥 − 3 − 3.
20. Solve for real values of 𝑥, expressing your answers as exact solutions. Check
your solutions and recognize any extraneous solutions:
(a) √𝑥 + 6 + 2𝑥 = 9 (b) √𝑥 + 7 + 5 = 𝑥 (c) √7𝑥 + 14 − 2 = 𝑥
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(d) √𝑥 − = 1 (e ) √2𝑥 + 3 − √𝑥 − 2 = 2 (f) √4 − 𝑥 − √6 + 𝑥 = √14 + 2𝑥
√𝑥
1 1 1 𝑥+1 5𝑥−1
(g) −√3𝑥 − 7=14 (h) 𝑥 − 𝑥+1 = 𝑥+4 (i) 2𝑥+3 = 7𝑥+3 (j) 𝑥 4 − 2𝑥 2 -15=0
2 1
(k) 2𝑥 3 − 𝑥 3 − 15 = 0 (l) |3𝑥 + 4| = 8 (m) |𝑥 + 6| = |3𝑥 − 24|
𝑥+1
(n) |5𝑥 + 1| = 2𝑥 (o) |𝑥−1| = 3 (p) |𝑥 − 1| + |𝑥| = 3 (q) |4𝑥| + |2𝑥 − 7| = 0.
21. Solve each given system of equations:(a) x  y  16; y  x  2
2 3 19  2 1  7 x  3 y 1
(b)   ;   (c)   1; x  y  3
x y 15 x y 15 4 3

(d) y  x 3  2 x 2 ; 10 x  y  7 .

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