First Semester SY 2012-2013 (Quantitative Techniques in Business Management)

1. Solve for x in each of the following:

1) X 2x = x + 4;
2) 3x 4/5 = 5x;
3) 4x/3 -= 2 + x/2;
4) 2(x -5) = 3(2x + 3);
5) 5x + 1/6 = 4x ; 6) 3x 4 = 1 + 8x;
7)3x -4 = 2 2x;
8) 3 4x = -7 6x
9) 3x 6 = 18 + 7x; 10) 6x + = 5x + 2;
11) 2(4 + x) = 8 + 3x;
12) 4x + 5 = 8 - 2x;
13) 5 3x = 2 4x; 14) X -3 = 5x + 7;
15) 2x/5 - 2x = - 4;
16) 5x 10 = 3x + 5
17) 3x/4 = 9;
18) 5x 2 = 10x;
19) 10 5x = 20;
20) 7x = 3x 24;
21) 3(x + 5) = 2x;
22) 5x 5/4 = 3x;
23) 0.23 x = 0.95 3x; 24) 5x/3 3 = 2 = 5/3
25) 0.5x 0.55 = 0.33 0.3x; 26) (2x 7)/3 = (4 + x)/4;
27)3x/2 3x/5 = 3/5
28) 3x/10 5/2 = x/6
29) 5x/6 4 = 2x/3 3x/2; 30) 3x/10 x = - x/5

2. Linear Equations
Solve for the indicated letter
1) A = LW; W;
2) P = 2L + 2W; L;
5) r = ps + as; s; 6) x2 + y2 = 9; x;
9) R = p(x+1); x; 10) T = x -2y; y;
13) V = 1/3(BH); H; 14) S = n(a + t)/2; t;
17) S = w/(w-x); w; 18) S = 4r2; r;

3) V = LWH; W;
7) 2ax = 4b xy; y;
11) A = P + Pr; P;
15) T = a + n 1; n
19) 100d2/7 = 7v2; v;

4) P = 4S X; X;
8) 2y -3x = -9; x
12) C = 5/9(F 32); F.
16) S = a /(1-r); r
20) 2w = 11(h 40); h

3. Quadratic Equations
a. Solve the following by factoring or completing the Squares:
1) x2 7x 18 = 0;
5) x2 6x 40 = 0;
9) x2 4x = 60;
13) 3x2 + 5x 2 = 0;
17) x2 17x + 70 = 0;

2) X2 + x = 30;
6) x2 + 3x 40 = 0
10) x2 + 4x = 60;
14) 2x2 3x 2 0;
18) x2 8x 9 = o;

3) x2 x = 72;
7) x2 + 5x -14 = 0
11) x2 7x = 8;
15) 5x2 + 13x = 6;
19) 6x2 + 13x + 2 = 0;

4) x2 + x 72 = 0
8) x2 13x = 14
12) 2x2 3x 9 = 0
16) x2 + 15x + 50 = 0
20) 3x2 13x + 4 = 0

4. Solve by Quadratic Formula:

1) x2 15x 100 = 0;
5) 0.5x2 + 0.3x 2 = 0;
9) 9x2 21x + 6 = 0;

2) 0.1x2 2.4x +0.8 = 0; 3) 0.2x2 1.3x + 2 = 0; 4) 0.3x2 + 2.3x 7 = 0

6) 0.02x2 0.23x + 0.56; 7) 0.3x2 + 0.2x 4 = 0; 8) 0.02x2 + 0.13x + 2= 0
10) 0.02x2 0.13x + 0.18 = 0.