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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

Answers to Extended revision exercises: Algebra


Worksheet 14: Further solving of equations and inequalities

1 (a) x = 4, y = 0 (b) x = 12, y = 4 (c) x = 1, y = 4 (d) x = 5, y = –3


(e) x = 8, y = 4 (f) x = –3, y = 9 (g) x = 4, y = 3 (h) x = 2.5, y = 2

2 (a) x = 2, y = 5 (b) x = 5, y = 2 (c) x = 0, y = 3 (d) x = –2, y = 1

3 (a) (b)

[aw AnsCWS14B]

x = 2, y = 5 x = 4, y = 2

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(c) (d)

x = 0.5, y = 1.5

1
x = 1, y = 
2

4 (a) x  4 (b) x ≤ 6

(c) x ≥ 6

(d) x < 8 (e) x ≥ –6

1 Also acceptable is:


(f) x ≤ 18
3 55
x≤
3

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5
(g) x > 
8

5 (a) (b)

(c) (d)

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(e) (f)

(g) (h)

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7 (a) x = 2, y = 6 (b) x = 1.66, y = 2.66

8 (a) (x – 3)(2x – 3) (b) 2(x + 1)(5x – 7) (c) (3x + 2)(4x + 5) (d) 6(x + 2)(x – 1)

9 (a) 0.65, –4.65 (b) –0.84, –7.16 (c) 1.54, –0.87 (d) 0.82, –1.82

10 (a) 1.84, –0.18 (b) 1.18, –0.85 (c) 0.92, –3.25 (d) x = 1.70, x = –4.70
(e) 1.45, –3.45 (f) 4.44, 0.56 (g) 1 (h) –0.62, 1.62

11 (a) xy (b) y
(c) x – 2xy (d) 2x2+3x
(e) x + 3 (f) x + 1
(g) x  – 1 (h) 2x – 1

2 x 2  3x  1 x  2 x  1 x2
12 (a) (b) (c)
x2 1 6  x  1 4 x  5  2

(d)
7 x  11
(e)
2x  7
(f)

2 x2  4 
 x  3 x  5  x  4
2
x2  4

2 x3  18 x 2  13x  117
(g)
x 4  13x 2  36

2
(h)
 x  4  x  2  x  1

13 (a)(i) 32 (ii)  3 (iii) 5


(b) when x = –7 answer is zero
(c)  3 ≥ x ≥  7

2 1
14 x= , y=
3 4

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b  b2  4ac b  b 2  4ac
15 
2a 2a

b  b 2  4ac  b  b 2  4ac
=
2a

2 b 2  4ac
=
2a
b 2  4ac
=
a

1
16 If x  1 
1
1
1  ...
1
then x  1  1  1
1
1
1  ...
1
so x  1 
1
1
1  ...
1
denominator is 1  x
1
1
1  ...
1
so x – 1 =
x
1  5 1  5
x= ,
2 2

17 2

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