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Indices and Inequalities Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with problems involving indices and inequalities. The indices section contains problems simplifying expressions with indices, showing that an expression with an odd index is constant, and simplifying expressions with fractional indices. The hard indices section contains problems involving solving and simplifying expressions with indices, including solving an equation for y, expressing a fraction as a term with integral indices, and finding the value of x where two functions with indices are equal. The inequalities section contains problems solving inequalities and determining the range of values for variables. This includes problems solving absolute value inequalities, determining ranges where expressions are less than or equal to constants, and proving inequalities for various real numbers.

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Indices and Inequalities Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with problems involving indices and inequalities. The indices section contains problems simplifying expressions with indices, showing that an expression with an odd index is constant, and simplifying expressions with fractional indices. The hard indices section contains problems involving solving and simplifying expressions with indices, including solving an equation for y, expressing a fraction as a term with integral indices, and finding the value of x where two functions with indices are equal. The inequalities section contains problems solving inequalities and determining the range of values for variables. This includes problems solving absolute value inequalities, determining ranges where expressions are less than or equal to constants, and proving inequalities for various real numbers.

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Worksheet - Indices and Inequalities

Indices
1. Simplify the following and express in the form xn + x1n where n is a whole
number:

1
1
(x2 + 2 + 2 )(x2 2 + 2 )
x
x
2. Let g(x) = xn + 3,for all x R, where x N. Show that if n is odd then
g(x) + g(x) is constant.
3. Show that the following simplifies to a constant:
3
3
+
1 + xp
1 + xp

Hard Indices

Notice the way these instantly become harder before youve even read them?
There are no harder once you follow the rules.
1. Solve for y:
22y +1 5(2y ) + 2 = 0
2. This was actually only worth 10 marks but requires a lot of thinking. It
can be solved in two lines.
1

Express 2 4 +2 4 +2 4 +2 4 in the form 2 q , where p, q Z


3. f (x) = 1 b2x and g(x) = b1+2x , where b is a positive real number. Find,
in terms of b, the value of x for which f (x) = g(x).

Inequalities
1. Solve for x : |2x 1| 3, where x R
2. Solve for x : |x 1| < 7, where x R
3. Solve for x : |3x + 5| < 4
4. Find the range of values of x R for which:
x2 + x 20 0

5. Solve the inequality, where x R and x 6= 1:


x+1
<4
x1
6. (a) Prove that x +
(b) Prove that x +

9
4, where x + 2 > 0
x+2
9
6 a, where x + a > 0
x+a

7. (a) Prove that for all real numbers a and b


a2 ab + b2 ab
(b) Let a and b be non-zero real numbers such that a + b 0. Show that:
a
b
1 1
+ 2 +
b2
a
a b
1
2
x
1
(b) Show that if x is a negative real number, then x + 2
x
(c) Show that for all x R \{0}:

8. (a) Show that if x is a positive real number, then x +

|x3 +

1
|2
x3

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