Pre-Calculus 11 Unit 3 Send-In Assignment On-Line Course

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UNIT 3

Rational Expressions

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1. What should replace to make the expression in each pair equivalent?

5
a) , b  0
9 45b

a) _____________________________
1 mark
7  6 7
b) ,
 6 16
b) _____________________________
1 mark

x  5 2 x  10
c) ,
x4

c) _____________________________
1 mark

2. Determine the non-permissible value(s) of the variable(s) for the following.

5a 2  80a
a)
50ab2

a) _____________________________
1 mark
2n  5
b)
3n  1

b) _____________________________
1 mark
a4
c)
4a

c) _____________________________
1 mark

x 2  7 x  12
d)
x 2  x  12

d) _____________________________
2 marks

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4 x 2  3x  2
e)
10 x3  92 x 2  18 x

e) _____________________________
2 marks
3. Simplify the following.

45 x 2 y 2
a)
72 xy 3

a) _____________________________
2 marks

b)
3x2 y  12xy3 
 6 xy 2

b) _____________________________
2 marks
5  x  1 x  1
c)
 x  1

c) ___________________________
2 marks
9  2 x  11  2 x 
d)
 2 x  1

d) _____________________________
m4 2 marks
e)
8  2m

e) _____________________________
2 marks

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4x
f)
10 x  6 x
2

f) _____________________________
2 marks
6a  15a
2
g)
6a  15a 2

g) _____________________________
2 marks
7m  28
h)
m  3m  4
2

h) _____________________________
2 marks

a 2  3a  2
i)
a2  1

i) _____________________________
2 marks
x 2  9 x  20
j)
x 2  2 x  15

j) _____________________________
2 marks

2a 2  10a  8
k)
3a 2  20a  32

k) _____________________________
2 marks

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4. Simplify the following.

12a 2b 5ab
a)  2
15 8b

a) _____________________________
2 3 2 marks
16 x y 4 xy
b) 
3 15 x 2

b) _____________________________
2 marks
5  2a  b  6a3b
c) 
3ab2 a  2a  b 

c) _____________________________
n  1  n  1 n  1 2 marks
d) 
4n 2 4n 2  n  7 

d) _____________________________
2 marks

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6a 2  48a a7
e)  2
2a  16 a  15a  56

e) _____________________________
a 4 2 marks

f) a  8a  12
2

a 2  4a  32
a 2  2a  48

f) _____________________________
5. Simplify the following. 2 marks

3m  5n m  6n
a) 
12m 12m

a) _____________________________
2 marks
2x  4 y x y
b) 
15 y 15 y

b) _____________________________
2 marks
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23x 16 y
c) 
y2 x

c) _____________________________
8a  3b 2a  5b 2 marks
d) 
7a 4b

d) _____________________________
5 7 2 marks
e) 
a3 a4

e) _____________________________
2 marks
x  2 3x  4
f) 
2 x x2

f) _____________________________
2 marks

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7a 12a
g) 
6a  15a
2
4a  25
2

g) _____________________________
3 marks
3a  2 a4
h)  2
36  a 2
a  8a  12

h) _____________________________
6. Solve the following rational equations. 3 marks

5 1 1
a)  
6b 6 6b

a) _____________________________
2 marks

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m6 1 1
b)  
m 2m 4m

b) _____________________________
1 8 2 marks
c)  1
3a  18 a6

c) _____________________________
2 marks
7 5
d) 
2x  x  1
2 x 1

d) _____________________________
2 marks

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1 3 2
e)  2 
x5 x  x  20 x4

e) _____________________________
2 1 1 2 marks
f) 2  
a 4 2a  8 a  2
2

f) _____________________________
2 marks
7. Solve the following word problems algebraically.

a) An aircraft carrier can travel 450 km in the same time a container ship travels 300 km.
If the aircraft carrier was travelling 5 km/h faster what was the speed of the container ship?

a) _____________________________
3 marks
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b) A private plane takes 8 hours less to travel 960 km than a car. If the plane travels 3 times
as fast as the car, what is the speed of the plane and the car?

d) ____________________________
3 marks

c) Don left Vancouver and drove towards Hope BC at a speed of 120 km/h. Brad left Hope at
the same time and drove towards Vancouver at a speed of 90km/h. If Hope is 122 km from
Vancouver how far had they each driven when they passed each other on the highway?

c) ____________________________
3 marks

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