Essential Algebra Formulas Guide
Essential Algebra Formulas Guide
Algebra ・𝑎 4 + 𝑎2 𝑏 2 + 𝑏4 =(𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 )
2 3 3
➽ if𝑎 + a + 1 = 0 then𝑎 - 1 = 0 or𝑎 = 1
1
2
(𝑎 − 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 )
2
➽ if ab(a + b) = 1 then 3 3 -𝑎3 -𝑏3 = 3
𝑎 𝑏
Important Formulas:-
・If(𝑥2 + 𝑦2 + 𝑧2 ) = 0,
・
(𝑎 + 𝑏) =𝑎 + 𝑏 + 2𝑎𝑏
2 2 2 ・Dividendo – Componendo rule:
then𝑥= 0,𝑦= 0,𝑧= 0
𝑎 𝑐 𝑎+ 𝑏 𝑐 + 𝑑
・(𝑎 − 𝑏)2 =𝑎2 + 𝑏2 − 2𝑎𝑏 ・If𝑥 + 1𝑥 =𝑎, then𝑥3 + 1
3
3
=𝑎 − 3𝑎
If
𝑏
=
𝑑
then,
𝑎−
𝑏
=
𝑐− 𝑑
𝑥
・(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 + (𝑎 − 𝑏)2= 2( 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 ) If
𝑎+𝑏
=
𝑎
then
𝑐
=
𝑐+𝑑
・ If𝑥 -
1 3
1 3
𝑎, then𝑥 - 3 =𝑎 + 3𝑎
= 𝑎−𝑏 𝑏 𝑑 𝑐−𝑑
・(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 − (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 = 4𝑎𝑏 𝑥 𝑥
・If( 𝑥 − 𝑎) 2 + (𝑦 − 𝑏) 2 + (𝑧 − 𝑐) 2= 0
・(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 − 4𝑎𝑏 = (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 ・ If𝑥 +
1
𝑥
=𝑎, then𝑥
2 1 2
+ 2 =𝑎 − 2 t hen by putting 𝑥 = 𝑎, 𝑦 = 𝑏,𝑧 = 𝑐 in
𝑥
an expression we can find the value of
・𝑎 2 − 𝑏2 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏) ・If𝑥 - 1𝑥 =𝑎, then𝑥2 + 1 2
=𝑎 + 2 the expression.
2
・𝑎 4 − 𝑏4 = (𝑎2 + 𝑏2 )(
𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏)
𝑥
・If𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑎, then𝑥𝑦will be
・𝑎 + 2 = (𝑎 + 𝑎 ) − 2
2 1 1 2
・If𝑥 + 1𝑥 =𝑎, then𝑥 -
1
𝑥
2
= 𝑎 − 4 maximum when𝑥=𝑦.
𝑎
2
1 ・ If𝑥 -
1
1 2
=𝑎, then𝑥 + = 𝑎 + 4 ・If𝑥𝑦= a, then (𝑥 + 𝑦) will be
𝑥 𝑥
= (𝑎 − ) + 2 minimum when𝑥=𝑦= 𝑎
𝑎
・ If𝑥 +
1
=𝑎, then
・𝑎 2 2 2
+ 𝑏 + 𝑐 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐 𝑎= 𝑥
Law of Indices:
1 2 1 2
2 2 2
{(𝑎 − 𝑏) +(𝑏 − 𝑐 ) + (𝑐 − 𝑎) } 𝑥 - 2 =𝑎 𝑎 − 4 𝑚 𝑛 𝑚+𝑛 𝑎
𝑚
𝑚−
𝑛
2 𝑥 (1)𝑎 × 𝑎 =𝑎 (2) =𝑎
df
𝑛
𝑎
If𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐 = 𝑘 then,
・If𝑥 - 1𝑥 =𝑎, then 𝑛 𝑎
𝑛
_p
2 2 2 𝑚 𝑛 𝑚𝑛 𝑎
𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐 𝑎, (3)(𝑎 ) =𝑎 (4)( ) = 𝑛
2 1 2 𝑏 𝑏
・
(𝑎 + 𝑏)3 = 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 3𝑎𝑏(𝑎 + 𝑏) -
𝑥 2 =𝑎 𝑎 + 4
na
𝑥 1
0
𝑛 𝑛
(6)𝑎 = 𝑎
・(𝑎 − 𝑏)3 = 𝑎3 − 𝑏3 − 3𝑎𝑏(𝑎 − 𝑏) ・If𝑥 + 1𝑥 =𝑎, then
(5)𝑎 = 1
ap
・𝑎 3 + 𝑏3 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎2 + 𝑏2 − 𝑎𝑏) 4 1 2 2
If a is negative number andnisanodd
𝑥 + =(𝑎 − 2) − 2 n n
number then (− 𝑎) =−𝑎
・𝑎 3 − 𝑏3 = (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑎𝑏)
4
:@
𝑥
1 𝑛
4
𝑥 +
2
=(𝑎 + 2) − 2
2
(1). 𝑎= 𝑎𝑛
1 3
・𝑎 − 1 =(𝑎 − ) + 3(𝑎 − )
3 1 4
𝑥 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
3 𝑎
𝑎
𝑎 (2). 𝑎 × 𝑏= 𝑎𝑏
・ 1
If𝑥+ = a , then
on
2
1
• If𝑥- = a, then
2 𝑥 𝑛 𝑚 𝑛 𝑚
+ (𝑐 − 𝑎) } Or, (5).( 𝑎) = 𝑎
a
2
(a + b + c)[(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 ) - 3(ab + bc + ca)] 𝑥
𝑥
𝑥
𝑥 x.1. If 3 5 is given, find out the
E
1
Or ,
2
(a + b + c)
・ If𝑥 +
1
𝑥
6
=± 3, then𝑥 = -1
rationalizing factor.
Sol : 3 5 × 5 = 3 × 5 = 15, so the
[3( 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐2 ) − (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)2] ・ 1
If𝑥 + = 1, then𝑥 = -1
𝑥
3
rationalizing factor of 3 5 is 5.
・If(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) = 0, then
3 3 3
・ 1
If𝑥 + = -1, then𝑥 = 1
𝑥
3
Rules for making a perfect square :
𝑎
+ 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 1. Middle term =
・If (𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐) = 0, then ・ 1
If𝑥 + = 2, then𝑥= 1, similarly if
𝑥 ± 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑚 × 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑚
2
3 3 3 1 (𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑚)
𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐 = 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑥 + = -2, then𝑥= -1 2. First term =
𝑥 4×𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
・If (𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐) = 0, then (𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑚)
2
3 3 3 Some Special Case :- 3. Third term = 4×
𝐹
𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑚
𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 =− 3𝑎𝑏𝑐
・If𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 𝑐3 = 3𝑎𝑏𝑐, 2 2
➽ if𝑎 - ab +𝑏 = 0 then𝑎 + 𝑏 = 0
3 3
Quadratic and cubic equation:
then either a = b = c or a + b + c = 0
1 1 1 ● For quadratic equation :
➽ if
𝑎
- 𝑏 = 𝑎− 𝑏
3 3
then𝑎 + 𝑏 = 0
・(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)
2
2
= 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, then
1 1 1 3 3
2 2 2 ➽ if
+ = then𝑎 - 𝑏 = 0 𝑏
𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 2(𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎𝑐) 𝑏
𝑎 𝑎+𝑏 Sum of its zeros (α +β) = -
𝑎
𝑎
𝑏
・(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)3 =𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 𝑐3 +
3 3
➽ if + =-1 then 𝑎 - 𝑏 = 0 𝑐
𝑏 𝑎 roduct of its zeros (αβ) =
P
𝑎
3( 𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑏 + 𝑐 )(𝑎 + 𝑐 ) 𝑎 𝑏 3 3
➽ if + 1 then 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 0
= where,α amdβ are roots of a
𝑏 𝑎
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