Vocabulary
Add/Subtract Rational Expression
Multiply/ Divide Rational Expression
Solve Rational Equations
Word Problems
100
The _____ of 1/6 is 6
The reciprocal
100
What is the simplest form for 12x/6+18x/6
12x/6+18x/6 =(12x+18x)/6 =30x/6 =5x
100
What is the simplest form for [(15x^2y^2)/m^3] [4m^2/5x^3y^3]
[(15x^2y^2)/m^3] [4m^2/5x^3y^3] =(3/m)(4/xy) m≠0,x≠0,y=0
100
1/t + 2/t = 2
1 + 2 = 2t 3 = 2t t = 3/2
100
Mike thinks 2/x is equivalent to x*0.5, Rebecca thinks it is 2* 1/x Who do you think is correct?
Rebecca is correct because 2 divided by x means 2 times 1/x, which is x*0.5
200
In the equation, 3=5/2+x, the ________ is -2.
Non-permissible value
200
What is the simplest form for 7x/4+9x/12
7x/4+9x/12 =21x/12+9x/12 =(21x+9x)/12 =30x/12 =5x/2
200
What is the simplest form for [4(a-5)/(a-1)][3(a+6)/a-5]
[4(a-5)/(a-1)][3(a+6)/a-5] =12(a+6)/(a-1) a≠1,5
200
16/t + t/4 = 4
64 + t^2 = 16t t^2 -16t + 64 = 0 (t-6)^2 = 0 t = 6
200
The flow of current can be represented by the following equation: F = c * [2/(x^2 )] a) What is F when c is 25 and x is 0.9? Keep to the whole number digit. b) What is c when F is 5 and x is 9?
a) first, we replace 25 into c and 0.9 into x. The equation becomes: F = 25 * (2/0.81) F = 62 (put the number into the calculator b) first, we replace F with 5 and x with 9. 9 = c * (2/81) c = 9 / (2/81) c = 365
300
y=3+x y=x^2-5 are both examples of _____
Expression & Function
300
What is the simplest form for (4x/x^2-16)+(2x/x+8x+16)-(6/x-4)
(4x/x^2-16)+(2x/x+8x+16)-(6/x-4) =【4x/(x-4)(x+4)】+【2x/(x-4)^2】-(6/x-4) =[4x(x+4)+2x(x-4)-6(x+4)^2]/[(x-4)(x+4)^2] =[4x^2+16x+2x^2-8x-6x^2-48x-96]/[(x-4)(x+4)^2] =(-40x-96)/[(x-4)(x+4)^2] x≠4,-4
300
What is the simplest form for [(x^2-4)(x^2-4x)/(x^2+x-6)/(x^2+x-20)]
={(x+2)(x-2)/[x(x-4)]}/{[(x+3)(x-2)]/[(x+5)(x-4)]} ={(x+2)(x-2)/[x(x-4)]}{[(x+5)(x-4)][(x+3)(x-2)]} =(x+2)(x+5)/[x(x+3)] x≠-5,-3,0,-2,4
300
4/(x-3) + 1/x = 4/(x^2-3x)
(4x+x-3)/x(x-3) = 4/(x^2-3x) 4x+x-3 = 7 5x = 7 x = 5/7
300
A pharmaceutical company is researching the effect of a new kind of medicine on animals. Preliminary results show that the effect is given by the expression (600p)/(5+p) where p is the mass of the injection. a) explain whether NPV needs to be considered in this situation. b) What integral value for p gives the least effect.
a) The NPV is not needed because it doesn’t make sense to have a negative mass. b) p=0 because then there would be no more effect if no dose is taken.
400
______ has a denominator and/ or numerator with polynomials.
Rational expression
400
What is the simplest form for [(x^2+4x+4)/[(x-2)(x-1)]][(2x^2-2)/(x^2-4)]/[3/2(x^2-3x+2)]
[(x^2+4x+4)/[(x-2)(x-1)]][(2x^2-2)/(x^2-4)]/[3/2(x^2-3x+2)] =[(x+2)^2/(x-2)(x-1)] [2(x-1)(x+1)]/[(x+2)(x-2)] [2(x-1)(x-2)]/3 =[4(x+2)(x+1)(x-1)]/3(x-2) x≠2,-2,1
400
What is the simplest form for[ 2(x-4)/(x^2-16)][x+4/(x^2+8x+16)]/ [8x^2/(x^2-16)]
[ 2(x-4)/(x^2-16)][x+4/(x^2+8x+16)]/ [8x^2/x^2-16] =[ 2(x-4)/(x-4)(x+4)][x+4/(x+4)^2]/ [8x^2/(x+4)(x-4)] =2(x-4)/8x^2(x+4) =-2/8x^2 =-1/4x^2 x≠4,-4
400
(2m+3)/ (m+4) + 1/2 = (m+2)/(m-2)
2(2m+3)(m-2) + (m+4)(m-2) = 2(m+2)(m+4) 2(2m^2-m-6) + m^2 + 2m - 8 = 2m^2 +12m + 8 3m^2 - 12m - 22 = 0 x= (6-√69)/3 x= (6+√69)/3
400
Suppose you can run an average of 60m/min a) What is an expression for the time it would take to run a competition with 3 km? b) Write a sum of rational expressions to represent the time it would take you to run three competitions of 3km, 3.5km, and 4km. c) Simplify the sum in part b). What does the simplified expression tell you?
a) time = 3000m / (60m/1min) b) time = 3000/60 + 3500/60 + 4000/60 c) 175, it tells us the total time you take to run 3 competitions: 3km, 3.5km, and 4km.
500
We need to multiply each term by the _______ in all fractions with adding and/ or subtracting.
Least Common Denominator
500
What is the simplest form for [(x-2)/(x+5)] +[(x^2-2x-3)/(x^2-x-6)][(x^2+2x)/(x^2-4x)]
[(x-2)/(x+5)] +[(x^2-2x-3)/(x^2-x-6)][(x^2+2x)/(x^2-4x)] =[(x-2)/(x+5)] +[(x+1)(x-3)/(x+2)(x-3)] [x(x+2)/x(x-4)] =[(x-2)(x+2)(x-3)] /[(x+2)(x-3)](x+5)] +[(x+1)(x-3)(x+5)] /[(x+2)(x-3)](x+5)] [x(x+2)/x(x-4)] =(x^3-3x^2-4x+12+x^3+3x^2-13x-15)/[(x+2)(x-3)](x+5)] [x(x+2)/x(x-4)] =(2x^3-17x-3)/[(x+2)(x-3)](x+5)] [x(x+2)/x(x-4)] =(2x^3-17x-3)/(x+5)(x-3)(x-4) x≠-5,3,4,-2,0
500
What is the simplest form for [(2p^2+5p-3)/(2p-3)][(p^2-1)/(6p-3)][(2p-3)/(p^2+2p-3)]
={[(2p-1)(p+3)]/(2p-3)}{[(p+1)(p-1)]/[3(2p-1)]}{(2p-3)/[(p+3)(p-1)]} ={(p+3)(p+1)(p-1)/[3(2p-3)]}[(2p-3)/(p+3)(p-3)] =(p+1)/3 p≠3/2,1/2,-3,1,-1,-3
500
1/(x-4)+ 2x/(x-2) = 2/(x^2-6x+8)
x-2+2x(x-4)=2 x-2+2x^2-8x=2 2x^-7x-4=0 (2x+1)(x-4)=0 x=-1/2 x=4
500
a) A super printer prints 10 more sheets per minute than an ink-jet normal printer. If it takes the two printers a total of 17 min to print 340 pages, what is the printing rate of the super printer? b) A normal ink-jet printer prints 25 less sheets per minute than a super printer. If it takes the two printers a total of 14 min to finish their printing task. What is the printing rate of the super printer? Round to the nearest integer. c) Explain your logic behind your usage of rational equation.
a) Assume x is the printing rate of the slower normal printer: 17x + 17(x+10) = 340 34x+170 = 340 x=5 5+10=15 b) Assume x is the printing rate of the normal printer: 14/x + 14/(x+25) = 1 14(x+25) +14x = x(x+25) 28x + 350 = x^2 + 25x x^2 - 3x -350 = 0 x = 20 x = -17 - rejected c) We are assuming for question b that the total work load is 1, x/x.
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