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with Vince Kotchian

Chapter 7: Algebra Practice Worksheet


Please complete the following problems. The answers are at the end of the worksheet.

1. Operations with expressions


1. Simplify 2x3 + x + 9x2 x3 + 7x 3x2.
2. Simplify 16x4 + 12y2 + 4x 4.

2. Multiplying expressions
1. Multiply (x+3)2.
2. Multiply (x-8)(x-2).
3. Multiply (x-y)2.

3. Algebraic identities
1. Factor x2 64.
2. Factor 4y2 16.

4. Linear equations
Solve for x.
1. x+10 =20
2

2.

27
3x

-9=171

3. 3x + 16 = -9x 8

5. Linear equations with two variables


Solve for x and y.


1. 3x + 2y = 4
8x 4y = 20
2. 12x y = -9
4x + 3y = 7

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6. Quadratic equations
1. Factor x2 x 20.
2. Factor x2 + 18x + 81.
3. If the factors of an equation are (x + 6)(x 3), what are the solutions of that equation?
7. Linear inequalities

Simplify:
1. 2x < 8x + 24
2. -3x > -9 + 6x
3. x + 7 > -11

8. Functions
1. f(x) = x + 9

What is f(9)?

What is f(-9)?

2. f(x) = x3

What is f(-1)?

What is f(y)?

3. f(x) = x2 + 1

g(x) = x 1

What is g(f(2))?

9. Symbol functions
1. x# = x2 1

What is 2#?

2. x@y = (x + y)2

What is 1@1?

10. Coordinate geometry


1. The point (2, -1) is in which quadrant?
2. The point (-3, 2) is in which quadrant?
3. What is the reflection of the point (4, 8) about the x-axis?
4. What is the reflection of the point (5, 7) about the y-axis?
5. What is the reflection of the point (-3, -3) about the origin?
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11. Function graphs


Consider the graph of f(x):

1. What is f(3)?

12. Distance between points


1. What is the distance between (-3, -5) and (-3, 3)?
2. What is the distance between (5, -4) and (-4, -4)?
3. What is the distance between (4, 8) and (8, 4)?

14. Finding intercepts


1. What are the x- and y-intercepts of 3x 4y = 20?
2. What are the x- and y-intercepts of y = -4x 4?

15. Special slopes


1. What is the slope of x = 3?
2. What is the slope of y = 0?
3. What is the slope of a line parallel to y = 3x 4?
4. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to y = 3x 4?

16. Solving incomplete points and equations


1. What is the slope of the line passing through (4, 8) and (8, 4)?
2. What is the slope of the line passing through (0, 0) and (5, 10)?
3. The point (0, t) is on the line y = 2x + 8. What is t?
4. The point (4, 2) is on the line y = x + b. What is b?

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18. Quadratic equation graphs


1. What are the solutions of a quadratic equation passing through the points (-7, 0)

and (4, 0)?


2. True or false: The parabola formed by the equation -4x2 4x + 8 = 0 opens upward.

19. Circle equations


Consider the equation (x 4)2 + (y 4)2 = 144.


1. What are the coordinates of the center of the circle?
2. What is the radius of the circle?
3. What are the coordinates of the center of a circle with the equation

(x + 4) + (y + 4) = 64?
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20. Absolute value graphs and graph shifts


1. f(x) = |x| + 1

What is the y-value when x is 3? What is the y-value when x = -3?

2. Consider the function f(x) = 9x.


Describe the shift to f(x) = 9x + 2.

Describe the shift to f(x) = 9x 2.

3. Consider the function f(x) = x2.


Describe the shift to f(x) = (x + 4)2.

Describe the shift to f(x) = (x - 4)2.

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Chapter 7 Answers
1. Operations with expressions
1. x3 + 6x2 + 8x
2. 4(4x4 + 3y2 + x 1)

2. Multiplying expressions
1. x2 + 6x + 9
2. x2 10x + 16
3. x2 2xy + y2
3. Algebraic identities
1. (x + 8)(x 8)
2. (2y 4)(2y + 4)

4. Linear equations
1. x = 30
2. x = .05
3. x = -2

5. Linear equations with two variables


1. x = 2 and y = -1
2. x = -12 and y = 3

6. Quadratic equations

1. (x + 4)(x 5)
2. (x + 9)(x + 9)
3. -6 and 3

7. Linear inequalities
1. x > -4
2. x < -1
3. x > -18

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8. Functions
1. 18 and 0
2. -1 and y3
3. 4

9. Symbol functions
1. 3
2. 1

10. Coordinate geometry


1. 4
2. 2
3. (4, -8)
4. (-5, 7)
5. (3, 3)

11. Function graphs


1. 1

12. Distance between points


1. 8
2. 9
3. 22

14. Finding intercepts


1. x-intercept is 20/3 and y-intercept is -5.
2. x-intercept is 0 and y-intercept is -4.

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15. Special slopes


1. Undefined
2. 0
3. 3
4. - 13


16. Solving incomplete points and equations
1. -1
2. 2
3. 8
4. -2

18. Quadratic equation graphs


1. x = -7 and 4
2. False
Explanation: The coefficient of the x2 term is negative, so the parabola opens downward.

19. Circle equations
1. (4, 4)
2. 12
3. (-4, -4)

20. Absolute value graphs and graph shifts


1. 4 and 4
2. Up 2 and down 2
3. Left 4 and right 4

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