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MATHEMATICS
.LEVEL
EDX

MR
P2

SEIF
1. INDICES

2. EXPANDING P10

3. SIMPLIFYING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS P15

4. LINEAR EQUATIONS P22

5. LINEAR INEQUALITIES P26

ATEF
6. SUBJECT OF FORMULA P34

7. QUADRATIC P41

8. SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS P49

9. FRACTIONS P57

10. SURDS P67

11. PROOFS P71

 INDICES

Must know all rules in both ways

General Formulas
1 1
• 𝑎 𝑚
× 𝑎 𝑛
⇋ 𝑎 𝑚+𝑛 • ⇋ 𝑚−1
3𝑎𝑚 3

𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑏
• ⇋ 𝑎𝑚−𝑛 • ( )−𝑚 ⇋ ( )𝑚
𝑎𝑛 𝑏 𝑎

𝑛
•
𝑚
• (𝑎 ) ⇋ 𝑎𝑚 𝑛 𝑚𝑛 √𝑎𝑛 ⇋𝑎 𝑚

1
• 𝑎0 ⇋ 1 (𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒) •
𝑚
√𝑎 ⇋ 𝑎 𝑚

1 1
• ⇋ 𝑎−𝑚 • √𝑎 ⇋ 𝑎 2
𝑎𝑚

Power Distribution Rules

(𝑎𝑏)𝑚 ⇋ (𝑎)𝑚 (𝑏)𝑚
𝑎 𝑛 (𝑎)𝑛
( ) ⇋
𝑏 (𝑏)𝑛
(𝑎 ± 𝑏)𝑚 ≠ (𝑎)𝑚 ± (𝑏)𝑚
(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 ⇋ 𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 {𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒}
(𝑎 − 𝑏)2 ⇋ 𝑎2 − 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 {𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒}

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Work numbers lw7daha w each letter lwa7do

𝑎𝑚
𝑎 𝑚
× 𝑎 𝑛
⇋ 𝑎 𝑚+𝑛
𝑛
⇋ 𝑎𝑚−𝑛
𝑎
𝒙𝟒
(𝒙)(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐
𝒙𝟐

𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟒 𝒚𝟕 𝟑
(𝟑𝒙𝟒 )(𝟒𝒙−𝟑 ) = 𝟏𝟐𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟒
𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟑 𝟓

(𝟓𝒙𝟑 )(𝟐𝒙−𝟑 ) = 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎(𝟏) 𝒙𝟔

= 𝒙𝟖
𝒙−𝟐

(𝟓𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟒 )(𝟏𝟐𝒙−𝟓 𝒚𝟐 ) = 𝟔𝟎𝒙−𝟑 𝒚𝟔 𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝟏

=
𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝟒
1
(𝑎𝑚 )𝑛 ⇋ 𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑚
⇋ 𝑎−𝑚
𝑎
𝟏
(𝒙𝟒 )𝟐 = 𝒙𝟖 = 𝒙−𝟑
𝒙𝟑

(𝟓𝒙𝟑 )𝟑 = 𝟓𝟑 (𝒙𝟑 )𝟑 = 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟔 𝟐

= 𝟐𝒙𝟓
𝒙−𝟓

𝟏
(𝟓𝒙𝒚𝟒 )−𝟐 = 𝒙−𝟐 𝒚−𝟖 𝟓
𝟐𝟓 = 𝟓𝒙−𝟒
𝒙𝟒

𝑎 𝑏 𝑛
( )−𝑚 ⇋ 𝑚
√𝑎𝑛 ⇋ 𝑎 𝑚
𝑏 𝑎

𝟑 −𝟒 𝒙 𝟒 𝒙𝟒 𝟏
𝟑
(𝒙 ) =( ) = 𝒙𝟑 = √𝒙
𝟑 𝟖𝟏

−𝟏 𝟓
𝟒
𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟑 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟒 = √𝒙𝟓
( ) =
𝒚𝟐 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟑

𝟑
√𝒙𝟑 = 𝒙𝟐

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Simple Cases
𝟐𝒗𝟐 . 𝟑𝒗 𝒙𝟎 . 𝟐𝒙𝟑

𝟑𝒙. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝒏𝟐 . 𝟐𝒏𝟐 . 𝟑𝒏𝟐

𝟐𝒌𝟐 . 𝒌𝟐 . 𝟑𝒌 𝒂𝟔
𝒂𝟑

𝒓𝟐 . 𝟑𝒓

Composite Cases
(𝟐𝒙𝟔 𝒚−𝟏 ). (−𝟐𝒙𝟓 𝒚𝟒 ) (−𝒎𝟎 𝒏𝟒 )𝟓 , (−𝒏−𝟓 )−𝟐

−𝟐𝒚𝟎 . (𝒙−𝟐 𝒚𝟒 )𝟐 𝟐𝒃𝟐 . (−𝟐𝒃𝟒 )−𝟐

−𝟒
(𝒃𝒂𝟐 ) .𝟐𝒂𝟒
(−𝟐𝒃𝟑 )𝟑 . (−𝒂𝒃𝟐 )
−𝟐𝒂𝟑 𝒃−𝟑

(𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟒 )𝟑 𝟒
𝒎𝟑 .𝟐𝒎𝒏𝟑
𝟐𝒙𝒚−𝟑 .𝟐𝒚𝒙−𝟒 ( −𝟐𝒏𝟒
)

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 IDEAS

IDEA 1

Using Logs
When solving or making x subject while having x in the power

𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒙 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚, 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟐𝒙−𝟑

log (𝑦 − 4) = log (2)𝑥−3
log (𝑦 − 4) = (𝑥 − 3) log(2)
log(𝑦 − 4)
=𝑥−3
log(2)
𝑥 = 3 + log 2 (𝑦 − 4)

IDEA 2

Always try to represent greater value in terms of smaller one

𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝟐𝟒 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝟖𝒂
24 = (23 )𝑎
24 = 23𝑎
4 = 3𝑎
4
𝑎=
3
4
24 = 83

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 IDEA 3

If 2x = y find the following expression in terms of y

2𝑥+3 = (2𝑥 ). (23 ) = 8𝑦

2𝑥 𝑦
2𝑥−4 = =
24 16

24𝑥 = (2𝑥 )4 = 𝑦 4

1 1
2−𝑥 = =
2𝑥 𝑦

1
2−4𝑥 =
𝑦4

JAN 2016 4H 2:30

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JAN 2018 3HR 6:30

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NOV 2020 1HR 4:30

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