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Hand-in Homework 2
Due Date: Next class meeting day
No calculators needed or allowed!

1. Fractional Expressions
(a) (8pts) Find the domain of the following expressions:

2x
2x
|x|
(a1) 2
(a2)
+ x+2
3
x x2
x
2x
1
(b) (4pts) Simplify: 1 +
1
1+
1
1+
x
3
(x + h) 7(x + h) (x3 7x)
(c) (4pts) Simplify:
h
2

(d) (4pts) Rationalize the denominator

2+ 7
(e) (4pts) Rationalize the numerator

x2 + 1 x

2. Equations

x+5
3x + 12 =
3
(b) (5pts) Solve h = 12 gt2 + v0 t for t
x+5
5
28
(c) (4pts) Solve:
=
+ 2
x2
x+2 x 4

(d) (5pts) Solve: 3x + 1 = 2 + x + 1

(a) (4pts) Solve:

(e) (4pts) Solve: x1/2 3x1/3 = 3x1/6 9 using the substitution method
(f) (4pts) Solve: 8 |2 x| = 1
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3. Applications A ball thrown straight upward at an initial speed of v0 ft/s will reach
a height of h feet after t seconds, where h and t are related by the formula
h = 16t2 + v0 t.
Suppose the initial speed of the ball is v0 = 40 ft/s and thus h = 16t2 + 40t
(i.e. h can be expressed in terms of t).
(a) (5pts) When does the ball reach a height of 24 ft?
(b) (5pts) What is the greatest height reached by the ball?
Hint: Complete the square: h = 16t2 + 40t = (4t 5)2 + 25
(c) (5pts) When does the ball reach the highest point of its path?
(d) (5pts) When does the ball hit the ground?
4. Complex Numbers
(a) (24pts) Evaluate the following and express the result in the form a + bi.
(a1) (6 + 6i) + (9 i)
(a2) 6i (4 i)
(a3) (2 + 5i)2
1
1
(a4)

1+i 1i
(a5) i2016

(a6) ( 3 4)( 6 8)
(b) (6pts) Solve, writing all non-real solutions in the form a + bi:
(x 1)(x 3) = 3
The End