(Lecture 5) Multiplication Formulae-2
(Lecture 5) Multiplication Formulae-2
Multiplication Formulae
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Example 1. Evaluate the expression (2 + 1)(22 + 1)(24 + 1) ⋯ (22 + 1) + 1.
Example 2. Simplify the expression (𝑎6− 𝑏6) ÷ (𝑎3 − 𝑏3) ÷ (𝑎2 − 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2).
Example 3. Given 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 8, 𝑥𝑦 = −15, find the value of (i) (𝑥 + 𝑦)2 and (ii) 𝑥 4 + 𝑦4.
1 1 1
Example 4. Given 𝑥 + = 3, find the value of (i) 𝑥 3 + ; (ii) 𝑥 4 + .
𝑥 𝑥3 𝑥4
5 13
Example 5. Given 𝑥 + 𝑦 = , 𝑥 2 + 𝑦2 = , find the value of 𝑥 5 + 𝑦5.
2 4
Example 6. Given that the real numbers 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 satisfy the system of equations
𝑥+𝑦+𝑧= 6
{ 𝑥 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 26
2
𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 = 90.
Example 7. (SSMO/2000) For any real number 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐, find the smallest possible values that the
following expression can take:
3. For integers 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 and 𝑑, rewrite the expression (𝑎2 + 𝑏2)(𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2) as a sum of squares of two
integers.
𝑥 𝑥2
5. Given = 𝑎(𝑎 ≠ 0), find the value of 𝑥4 + 3𝑥2 + 1.
𝑥2 + 3𝑥 + 1
1 1
6. Given 𝑥 + = 𝑎, find the value of 𝑥 6+ in terms of 𝑎.
𝑥 6
10. Given that 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3= (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)3, prove that for any natural number 𝑛
𝑎2n+1 + 𝑏2n+1 + 𝑐 2n+ 1 = (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)2n+1.
5. (CHNMOL/2004) Given that the real numbers 𝑎, 𝑏 satisfy 𝑎3+ 𝑏3 + 3𝑎𝑏 = 1, find 𝑎 + 𝑏.