Review Innovations CE Review for Nov 2023 – Algebra 1

Significant Digits rth term in the expansion of (a + b)n

To find the number of significant digits:
Counting from left to right, start with the first non-zero
digit and continue counting until the last digit; be it zero r th term = C(n, m) an-m bm
or not.

where m = r - 1 and C(n, m) =

n!
Exponents
(n - m)! m !
1. ( am )n = am´n
2. am ´ an = am+n Age Related Problems
If x = present age of a person
am
3. = am - n x – 3 = age of the person three years ago
an x + 5 = age of the person 5 years from now
4. a1/n = n a
1 Note: The difference of the ages of two persons is
5. a-n = n constant at any time.
a
6. ( a ´ b) = an ´ bn
n
If A = present age of Albert and
B = present age of Bryan
Quadratic Equation Sum of their ages 4 years ago = (A – 4) + (B – 4)
ax2 + bx + c = 0 Sum of their ages 2 years hence = (A + 2) + (B + 2)
Quadratic Formula At any time, the difference of their ages = A – B

-b ± b 2 - 4 ac Motion Related Problems

x=
2a The distance traveled is the product of velocity and time.
Roots of Quadratic Equation d = vt
-b + b 2 - 4 ac -b - b 2 - 4 ac were, d = distance; v = velocity; t = time
x1 = and x2 =
2a 2a
Motion in a water current or air current
Properties of Roots Let
b x = velocity of the (boat/airplane) in still (water/air) and
Sum of Roots: x1 + x2 = -
a y = velocity of the (water/air), then
c x + y = v when going (downstream/with the wind)
Product of Roots: x1 ´ x2 = x – y = v when going (upstream/against the wind)
a
Motion in a circle or any closed circuit
Binomial Theorem
Consider two objects (one is a faster and the other is
The expansion of ( a + b)n: slower) moves from the same point and starting at the
n(n - 1) n-2 2 n(n - 1)(n - 2) n-3 3 same time.
( a + b)n = an + nan-1b + a b + a b
2! 3! • When going in the same the direction, the difference
of the distances traveled every time the faster
+ ... + nabn-1 + bn
overtakes the slower is always one circuit.
Note: dfaster – dslower = 1 circuit
1. It starts with an and ends with b n .
2. The power of a decreases by 1 while the power of • When going in opposite directions, the total distance
b increases by 1. traveled every time the two meet each other is always
3. The sum of the powers of a and b in any term is one circuit.
always n. dfaster + dslower = 1 circuit
4. There will be n + 1 terms in the expansion.
5. If the coefficient of a term is multiplied by the
power of a in that term and then the product is
Problems
divided by the power of b increased by 1, the 1. How many significant digits are there in 0.001040050?
resulting number is the coefficient of the next 2. If 8! = 𝑦, then what is 2"!#$ equal to in terms of y?
term.
3. If the product of the roots of the quadratic equation
𝑥 " + 2𝑎" 𝑥 + 𝑎 = 0 is equal to 3𝑎 + 6, find the sum of
Pascal’s Triangle:
its roots.
1
1 1 4. What is the value of k in the equation 𝑘𝑥 " + 9𝑥 + 8 =
0 if the equation is to have only one root?
1 2 1
1 3 3 1 5. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are the
reciprocals of the roots of 𝑎𝑥 " + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0.
1 4 6 4 1
6. Find the 6th term in the expansion of (2𝑥 % + 9𝑦)&& ..
1 5 10 10 5 1
1 6 15 20 15 6 1 7. Find the constant term in the expansion of 1𝑥 +
&)
𝑥 '%/" 2 .

Manila FB: @ReviewInnovationsOfficial Cebu FB: Review Innovations Cebu Branch Davao FB: Review Innovations Davao Branch
( (02) 8735-9161 0919-227-9194 ( (02) 8735-9161 0919-227-9194 ( (082) 221-1121 0930-256-0998
 Review Innovations CE Review for Nov 2023 – Algebra 1
8. Find the sum of the coefficients of the terms in the Five years after his marriage, a son was born who
expansion of (4𝑥 − 7𝑦)$ . died four years before his father at half his father’s
final age. What was the man’s final age? Answer: 84
9. Four years ago, the sum of the ages of A and B was
45. Six years from now, twice B’s age will be 28 years 13. Robert is 15 years older than his brother Stan.
more than A’s age by then. How old is A now? However, y years ago, Robert was twice as old as
Stan. If Stan is b years old now and b > y, find the
10. At present, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the
value of b – y. Answer: 15
sum of the children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of
the parents’ ages was 4 times the sum of the 14. Find the term that is independent of x in the
children’s ages. Fifteen years from now, the sum of expansion of (2 + 3/x2)(x – 2/x)6. Answer: -140
the parents’ ages will be equal to the sum of the 15. What is the coefficient of the 5th term of the
children’s ages. How many children are there? expansion of (2x2 + 3y3)10? How about the sum of the
11. In 1930, the following question was proposed: A exponents of the terms in the expansion?
man’s age at death was one twenty-ninth of the year Answer: 1,088,640; 275
of his birth. How old was he in the year 1900? 16. Find the sum of the coefficients of the expansion (x +
12. A train, an hour after starting, had to stop due to 2)4. Answer: 65
some engine trouble. After one hour, it proceeded at 17. Working together, observation planes A, B and C can
60% of its former rate and arrived 3 hours after the map a certain region in three hours. After working for
time. Had the incident happened 50 km farther on the one hour, A developed engine trouble and had to
line, it would have arrived 1.5 hours sooner. Find the stop. As a consequence, B and C had to continue
length of the journey. working for the next four hours to complete the job.
13. Two trains started at the same time from cities A and It turned out however that half of the photographs
B, respectively, the first going from A to B and the taken by A were spoiled. The following day, C was
second from B to A. They traveled at uniform but sent to photograph that part of the region for which
different rates. The first train reached B 4 hours after A’s photographs were spoiled. It took C one and a
they passed each other, the second reached A 2 hours half hours to complete the task. How long will it take
and 15 minutes after they passed. Find the time that each plane to map the region alone?
Answer: A = 6 hrs, B = 9 hrs, C = 18 hrs
each train required to make the trip.
18. Kevin can finish a job in 8 hours. Melvin can do it in
5 hrs. If Kevin worked for 3 hours and then Melvin
Problems for Practice was asked to help him finish it, how long will Melvin
1. Find the value of x in (3^5)(9^6) = 3^(2x). Note: The have to work with Kevin to finish the job?
expression ^ means power. Answer: 1.92 hrs
A. 8.5 B. 9 C. 9.5 D. 8 19. A job could be done by eleven workers in 15 days.
2. If 3x = 54, then 3x – 2 is equal to: Five workers started the job. They were reinforced
A. 6 B. 5 C. 8 D. 9 with four more workers at the beginning of the 6th
day. Find the total number of days it took them to
3. Solve for x: x - 1/x = 0
finish the job. Answer: 20.56
A. 1, -1 B. 1, ½ C. -1 D. -½, -1
20. A man and a boy can do in 15 days a piece of work
. which could be done by 7 men and 9 boys in 2 days.
x..
x In how many days could one man finish the work
4. Solve for x from x x = 10. alone? Answer: 20 days

21. A and B run a 1.5-kilometer race. In the first heat, A

5. Solve for x from x + x + x + x + ... = 5. gives B a start of 11 meters and beats him by 57
seconds. In the second heat, A gives B a start of 81
4(52 n+1 ) - 10(52 n-1 ) seconds and is beaten by 88 meters. Find the rate of
6. Simplify .
2(52 n ) A in km/hr. Answer: 15.1

7. Find the 6th term in the expansion of (1/2a – 3)16. 22. A man covers the distance A to B in 5 hours and 30
A. –22113 / 256a11 C. –66339 / 256a11 minutes. During the second half of the distance, he
B. –22113 / 128a 11 D. –66339 / 128a11 traveled 1/2 km less per hour than during the first
half. In the return trip from B to A, by traveling 1
8. The term involving x9 in the expansion of (x2 + 2/x)12 km/hr faster than during the first half of his trip from
is: A to B, he consumed 3 and 3/4 hours. Determine the
A. 25434 x9 B. 52344 x9 C. 25344 x9 D. 23544 x9 distance AB. Answer: 15 km
9. What is the sum of the numerical coefficient of the 23. A battleship started on a 500-mile voyage but was
expansion of (a + b)^8? brought to full stop an hour after starting for military
A. 412 B. 324 C. 256 D. 144 reasons, delaying it for full hour, after which it was
10. If 1/8 and –2/3 are the roots of a quadratic equation, ordered to proceed at a reduced velocity equivalent
what is the equation? to 75% of its former rate. The ship arrived at its
destination 3 hours and 3 quarters after scheduled
11. Find k such that 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0 will only have one
time. If it was desired for the ship to arrive one hour
real solution.
and a quarter sooner, how far from the destination
A. 1 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2
should the ship have been ordered stopped?
12. A man passed one-sixth of his life in childhood, one- Answer: 243.24 mi.
twelfth in youth, and one-seventh more as a bachelor.
Manila FB: @ReviewInnovationsOfficial Cebu FB: Review Innovations Cebu Branch Davao FB: Review Innovations Davao Branch
( (02) 8735-9161 0919-227-9194 ( (02) 8735-9161 0919-227-9194 ( (082) 221-1121 0930-256-0998