MTH111 TUTORIALS
MTH111 TUTORIALS
8. If 𝑇𝑎𝑛 𝜃 = 𝑎⁄𝑏 , where 𝜃 is an acute angle, find the values of the following;
a Cos 𝜃 − 𝑏 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝜃 b Cos 𝜃 − 𝑎 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝜃
i) ii)
a Cos 𝜃 + 𝑏 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝜃 b Cos 𝜃 + 𝑎 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝜃
1
9. Given that sin 𝐴 = √5
5
, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 tan 𝐵 = 2, find cos(𝐴 + 𝐵) and tan(𝐴 + 𝐵) if A and B are both
acute
tan 𝜃+ tan 3𝜃
10. If = −1, find tan 𝜃 in surd form.
1− tan 𝜃 tan 3𝜃
11. Solve the following triangles
i) ii)
12. Solve the following triangles, given that:
i) 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = 10 ii) 𝐴 = 570 , 𝐵 = 250 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 = 3.6
16. Recall that cos(𝜃 + 𝛾) = cos 𝜃 cos 𝛾 − sin 𝜃 sin 𝛾 and cos(𝜃 − 𝛾) = cos 𝜃 cos 𝛾 + sin 𝜃 sin 𝛾
If 2 cos 1100 cos 700 = cos 𝛼 + cos 𝛽, what is (𝛼, 𝛽)?
𝑥2
24. Show that log 𝑎 (𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 ) = 2 + log 𝑎 ( 1 − )
𝑎2
1 1 1
25. Given that, 𝑝 = log 𝑎 ( 1 + 8 ), 𝑞 = log 𝑎 ( 1 + 15 ), and 𝑟 = log 𝑎 ( 1 + 24 ),
1
26. Show that, 𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑟 = log 𝑎 ( 1 + 80 ),
1 1 1
27. Given that, 𝑙 = log 𝑎 ( 1 − 8 ), 𝑚 = log 𝑎 ( 1 − 15 ), and 𝑛 = log 𝑎 ( 1 − 24 ), Show that,
1
𝑙 − 𝑚 − 𝑛 = log 𝑎 ( 1 − 46 ),
28. Given that log 3 ( 𝑥 − 6) = 2𝑦, and log 3 ( 𝑥 − 7) = 3𝑦, Show that 𝑥 2 − 13𝑥 + 42 = 72𝑦 . If
𝑦 = 1 find the possible values of 𝑥.
2𝑏 𝑏2
29. Show that 2 log(𝑎 + 𝑏) = 2 log 𝑎 + log (1 + + 𝑎2 )
𝑎
30. Given that log 4 𝑎 = 1 + log 2 𝑏,. Find a relation between 𝑎 and 𝑏 without involving
logarithms
31. Given that 1 + log 3 𝑝 = log 27 𝑞,. Find a relation between 𝑝 and 𝑞 without involving
logarithms
32. Show that log 𝑏 𝑎 ∗ log 𝑎 𝑏 = 1
33. Show that log 𝑐 𝑎 ∗ log 𝑏 𝑐 ∗ log 𝑎 𝑏 = 1
34. Given that 𝑝 = log 𝑎 𝑏𝑐, 𝑞 = log 𝑏 𝑐𝑎, 𝑟 = log 𝑐 𝑎𝑏, Show that 𝑝 ∗ 𝑞 ∗ 𝑟 = 𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑟 + 2
35. Given that 𝑥 = log 𝑎 𝑛, 𝑦 = log 𝑐 𝑛, 𝑛 > 1,
𝑥+𝑦 log𝑏 𝑐 + log𝑏 𝑎
36. Show that = (𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑡: 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 (𝑥 + 𝑦), 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 (𝑥 − 𝑦), 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒)
𝑥−𝑦 log𝑏 𝑐−log𝑏 𝑎
1 1 1
37. If 𝑎, 𝑏, and 𝑐, are real numbers, Show that + + =1
log𝑎 𝑎𝑏𝑐 log𝑏 𝑎𝑏𝑐 log𝑐 𝑎𝑏𝑐
𝑡
38. Suppose log 27 𝑚 = 2, and log 3 3𝑚 = 𝑙, where 𝑙 − 𝑡 = 4, Show that 𝑚 = 273
39. Divide 𝑃(𝑥) by 𝑄(𝑥) in following, using the process of long division.
i) 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 5 + 4𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 + 5 by 𝑄(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 + 1
ii) 𝑃(𝑥) = 5𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 + 22𝑥 + 55 by 𝑄(𝑥) = 5𝑥 2 + 11𝑥 + 11
40. Find 𝑟(𝑥) such that 5𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 = (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 1) + 𝑟(𝑥)
41. Find 𝑞(𝑥) such that 3𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 4 = (3𝑥 + 1)𝑞(𝑥) + (10𝑥 + 7)
42. If 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5, Use synthetic division to find 𝑃(2) and 𝑝(−2).
43. Find the quotient and the remainder when 3𝑥 4 − 8𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 + 54 is divided by 𝑥 − 2 using
synthetic division.
44. Use synthetic division to find the value of𝑘 if 𝑥 3 + (𝑘 − 1)𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + (5 − 𝑘) is divided
by (𝑥 + 𝑖), and leave remainder zero.
45. Find the remainder when
i) 3𝑥100 + 5 𝑥 85 − 4𝑥 38 + 2𝑥17 − 6 is divided by 𝑥 + 1
ii) 𝑥 𝑛 − 1 -- 𝑥−1
iii) 𝑥(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 2) -- (a) 𝑥 − 4 (b) 𝑥 + 3
46. Find the value of 𝑘 for which 𝑥 5 + 𝑘𝑥 4 − 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 1, leaves a remainder 3 when divided
by (𝑥 + 2)
47. Determine the value of 𝑘 so that 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑘𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 3 is divisible by (𝑥 + 3). Show
that (𝑥 + 2) is a factor of 𝑥12 − 4096
48. For what value of 𝑚 is 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 𝑚 divisible by (𝑥 + 8).
49. It is known that 𝑥 − 1 and 𝑥 − 2 are factors of 𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 𝑏, where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are
constants. Find 𝑎 and 𝑏 and then the third factor.
50. Decompose the following into partial fraction
6𝑥 − 9 3𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 5 5𝑥+2 3𝑥 + 7
i) ii) iii) iv)
𝑥2 − 1 ( 𝑥+1 )( 𝑥−3 )(2 𝑥 – 1 ) 𝑥2− 𝑥 − 2 ( 𝑥+1 )( 𝑥+3 )
1 1 1 𝑥2− 6
v) vi) ( 𝑥+1)( 𝑥+2)2 (𝑥+3)
vii) viii)
( 𝑥−1 )( 𝑥−2 ) ( 𝑥+1 ) ( 𝑥−5)2 ( 2𝑥−1 ) ( 𝑥+2)2
2𝑥 2𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 – 5𝑥 + 1 2𝑥−1 1
ix) ( 𝑥−1)3 (𝑥+2)
x) xi) xii)
𝑥3 − 𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 1 ( 𝑥−1)(𝑥 2 +3𝑥+ 1 ) ( 𝑥 +1)(𝑥 2 + 1 )
3𝑥 3 + 13𝑥 − 1 𝑥3
xiii) xiv)
( 𝑥 2 + 4 )2 ( 𝑥 2 + 1 )2
51. Sketch the graph of each of the following functions
5𝑥 𝑥2 2 𝑥
i) 𝑓(𝑥) = ii) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 2 iii) 𝑓(𝑥) = iv) 𝑓(𝑥) =
4−𝑥2 𝑥−5 𝑥−5
2𝑥 2 −3
v) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 +1 vi) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥− 2
56. Solve for 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 in each of the following if 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 are real numbers.
i) 3𝑥 + 6𝑖 = −9 + (2𝑦)𝑖 ii) 9 − (2𝑦)𝑖 = 6𝑥 + 8𝑖 iii) 𝑖(2𝑥 + 4𝑦) = (2𝑥 − 4) + (3𝑦)𝑖
iv) (2𝑥 + 𝑦) + (3𝑥 − 4𝑦)𝑖 = (𝑥 − 2) + (4𝑦 − 5)𝑖
57. Given that, 𝑧1 = 7 − 5𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧2 = 2 − 3.
𝑧1
58. Find i) 𝑧1 + 𝑧2 ii) 𝑧1 − 𝑧2 iii) 𝑧1 ∗ 𝑧2 iv) 𝑧2
61. Solve for 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 in each of the following if 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 are real numbers.
i) 3𝑥 + 6𝑖 = −9 + (2𝑦)𝑖 ii) 9 − (2𝑦)𝑖 = 6𝑥 + 8𝑖 iii) 𝑖(2𝑥 + 4𝑦) = (2𝑥 − 4) + (3𝑦)𝑖
iv) (2𝑥 + 𝑦) + (3𝑥 − 4𝑦)𝑖 = (𝑥 − 2) + (4𝑦 − 5)𝑖
62. Let 𝑧1 = 2 + 3𝑖 and 𝑧2 = 4 − 5𝑖. Showing the details of your work, Write the following
complex numbers in the form 𝑥 + 𝑖𝑦
𝑧1 + 𝑧2 𝑧1 𝑧1
𝑖) (5𝑧1 + 3𝑧2 )2 𝑖𝑖) 𝑖𝑖𝑖) 𝑅𝑒(𝑧22 ) ∗ (𝑅𝑒(𝑧2 ))2 𝑖𝑣) 𝑣) ⁄𝑧2
𝑧1 − 𝑧2 𝑧2
1 2
63. Given that 𝑧 = 𝑥 + 𝑖𝑦, find the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 if + =1+𝑖
𝑧 𝑧
64. Given that √𝑥 + 𝑖𝑦 = 𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏, show that 𝑥 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 , 𝑦 = 2𝑎𝑏 and find 𝑎 and 𝑏 if 𝑥 = 3, 𝑦 = 4
65. Given that, 𝑧1 = 2 + 3𝑖, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧2 = 4 − 5𝑖,
66. Find the modulus and the argument of the following:
𝑧1 + 𝑧2
i) (5𝑧1 + 3𝑧2 )2 ii) 𝑧1 − 𝑧2
67. Given that 𝑧1 = 7 + 5𝑖 and 𝑧2 = 2 − 3𝑖. Write the following complex numbers in ordered pairs,
𝑧1 2
i) (𝑧1 + 𝑧2 )9 ii) 𝑧1 − 𝑧2 iii) ∗ 𝑧2 iv)
2 𝑧2