NON-NEGATIVE NUMBERS

and their applications

NON-NEGATIVE NUMBERS
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If a is a real number, then | a | , a , and, a
are all non-negative numbers.
NON-NEGATIVE NUMBERS
If a, b, and c are non-negative numbers, then:
a + b + c ≥ 0 and abc ≥ 0

 Exercises:
1. In ancient times, there was an interesting
math problem called "one piece of
peaches is $3, one piece of plum cost $4,
and seven pieces of olives is $1". Jose
bought 100 peaches, plums and olives for
a total of $100. How much of each food
did Jose buy?
 1. In ancient times, there was an interesting math problem called "one piece
of peaches is $3, one piece of plum cost $4, and seven pieces of olives is
$1". Jose bought 100 peaches, plums and olives for a total of $100. How
much of each food did Jose buy?

Let the number of peaches, plums and olives that Jose bought be x, y and z respectively. From
the given information, we have the system of equations as follows:

 1. In ancient times, there was an interesting math problem called "one piece
of peaches is $3, one piece of plum cost $4, and seven pieces of olives is
$1". Jose bought 100 peaches, plums and olives for a total of $100. How
much of each food did Jose buy?

From 3 × (1) – (2), we get

Where

 1. In ancient times, there was an interesting math problem called "one piece
of peaches is $3, one piece of plum cost $4, and seven pieces of olives is
$1". Jose bought 100 peaches, plums and olives for a total of $100. How
much of each food did Jose buy?

In order the make the value of y to be a positive integer, so y can only be 20.
It follows y = 20, z = 77, x = 3 are the only positive integer solutions to the
system of equations.
Therefore, Jose bought 3 peaches, 20 plums, and 77 olives.

 Exercises:
A cloth bag contains red, blue and yellow wooden
balls of the same size, each red ball is marked with the
number 1, each yellow ball is marked with the number
2, and each blue ball is marked with the number 3.
Mark draws 10 balls from the bag with numbers
written on them. The sum of all the numbers is 21, so
what is the maximum number of red balls Mark can
draw?
A cloth bag contains red, blue and yellow wooden balls of the same size, each red ball is
marked with the number 1, each yellow ball is marked with the number 2, and each blue
ball is marked with the number 3. Mark draws 10 balls from the bag with numbers
written on them. The sum of all the numbers is 21, so what is the maximum number of
red balls Mark can draw?

In order for Mark to find out that the number of red balls is the maximum, he only needs a
solution to the equation containing the number of red balls, so let us assume the number of red,
blue, and yellow balls to draw out from the cloth bag as x, y, and z, respectively. In this way,
system of indeterminate equations can be listed. Since the number of balls is a non-negative
integer, we need only the properties of non-negative integer to solve the problem,
A cloth bag contains red, blue and yellow wooden balls of the same size, each red ball is
marked with the number 1, each yellow ball is marked with the number 2, and each blue
ball is marked with the number 3. Mark draws 10 balls from the bag with numbers
written on them. The sum of all the numbers is 21, so what is the maximum number of
red balls Mark can draw?

From 3 × (3) – (4), we obtain 2x + y = 9 ⇨ y = 9 – 2x.

A cloth bag contains red, blue and yellow wooden balls of the same size, each red ball is
marked with the number 1, each yellow ball is marked with the number 2, and each blue
ball is marked with the number 3. Mark draws 10 balls from the bag with numbers
written on them. The sum of all the numbers is 21, so what is the maximum number of
red balls Mark can draw?

Since the value of y and x are all non-negative integers, then the maximum
value of x is 4.

Therefore, the maximum number of red balls that Mark can draw from
the cloth bag cannot exceed 4.

 Exercises:
It is known that a is a prime number,
b is an odd number, and a2 + b =
2001, what is the value of a + b.
It is known that a is a prime number, b is an odd
number, and a2 + b = 2001, what is the value of a + b.
 Exercises:
Let a, b and c be rational numbers
such that

Find the value of 2z + 999b +1001c

Let a, b and c be rational numbers such that

Find the value of 2z + 999b +1001c

Let a, b and c be rational numbers such that

Find the value of 2z + 999b +1001c

 Exercises:
Suppose m is a positive integer and the solution of
system of linear equation

are integral value; that is, x and y are both integers.

Determine the value of m3.

Suppose m is a positive integer and the solution of system of linear equation

are integral value; that is, x and y are both integers. Determine the value of m3.

 Suppose m is a positive integer and the solution of system of linear equation

are integral value; that is, x and y are both integers. Determine the value of m3.

In order for will be an integer, and m is positive, m=2 or m=7.

For to be an integer, we have m=2 or m=12. Thus, m=2 and m 3 = 8 2

 Exercises:
If a, b are distinct integers that
satisfy

What is the sum of a+b?

If a, b are distinct integers that satisfy

What is the sum of a+b?

If a, b are distinct integers that satisfy

What is the sum of a+b?

 Exercises:
How many sets of integer solutions
are there in the equation

How many sets of integer solutions

are there in the equation

 Exercises:
When find the positive
integral solution of the equation

 Exercises:
It is known that x and y are real
numbers and

Find

 Exercises:
If x, y, and z are real numbers, and

Find the numerical value of

 Exercises:
If the range of the equation

is a set of real numbers where a, x,

and y are pairwise different real
numbers, find the value of

 Exercises:
Let x>0, y>0, and

Solve for the value of

 Exercises:
If real numbers x,y satisfy

Solve for the value of

 Exercises:
It is known real numbers a, b, c
satisfy the inequality

ind the values of a, b, and c.

 Exercises:
Given a, b, and x are real numbers
and

Show that

 or

or

 Examples:
The sum of 65 and a less than 55
p
65 + p 55 - a