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1.3a_Algebraic_methods_questions

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Algebraic Methods – Test A (40 mins) Fundamentals Challenge Expert

Subtopics: Proof by contradiction, algebraic fractions, partial fractions, repeated factors, algebraic division

1. Express each of the following as a single fraction in its simplest form:


2x x y ( y  3) x( x + 3) x
a) b)  c)  [5]
2
x y y ( y  6) x( x  2) y ( y  1) y ( y  2)

2. Express each of the following as a single fraction in its simplest form:


3 x 1 2 1 3b  4 2
a)  b)  2 c)  [10]
4x 2x a  2 a  3 a  5a  6
2
b  b  12 b  4
2

3x  2
3. Express as partial fractions. [5]
x2  4

4. Prove by contradiction that 2 is an irrational number. [5]

( x  3)( x  1) ( x  5)( x  1) ( x  a) 2
5. Show that  can be written in the form where a, b and c are
x( x  5) ( x  4)(2 x  6) bx( x  c)
constants to be found. [3]

6. Show that:
2 x 2  3x  2 x 2  6 x  5 x 2  3x  2
a)  2  [4]
x5 2 x  5x  3 x3
x5 x  8 x  15
2
1
b)   2 [3]
x  6x  8
2
x2 x  x  12

1 2 3 2(4 x  a)( x  b)
7. Show that   can be written in the form , where a and b are
x  4 5x x  2 5 x( x  4)( x  2)
constants to be found. [5]

5 x 2  4 x  12 A B C
8. Show that can be written in the form   where A, B and C are constants
x( x  1)( x  2) x x 1 x  2
to be found. [5]

8 x 2  10 x  15
9. Express as partial fractions. [5]
(2 x  1)( x  2)2

x3  8
10. Write the algebraic fraction in the form ax2  bx  c where a, b and c are constants to be
x2
found. [4]

TOTAL 54 MARKS

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