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Algebraic Manipulation

This document provides 24 problems involving algebraic manipulation and factorization. The problems cover adding, subtracting, factorizing, and simplifying algebraic expressions with variables. They increase in complexity from basic manipulation to rational expressions and operations involving exponents.

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Algebraic Manipulation

This document provides 24 problems involving algebraic manipulation and factorization. The problems cover adding, subtracting, factorizing, and simplifying algebraic expressions with variables. They increase in complexity from basic manipulation to rational expressions and operations involving exponents.

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21.

ALGEBRAIC MANIPULATION

1. Add 4a  x to  (2a  x)  2(a  x) .

2. Subtract 11  (5d  3x) from 4(4d  x  2)  (14 x  15d ) .

3. Simplify the following:


(a) 2(4 x  3d )  3(d  6 x  5)  4(9  8x  12d )
x x4 x
(b) (  2)  
3 2 6

4. Simplify 2 x  5 y  2( x  3 y)

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5. Simplify 2e  3 f  2(e  f )

6. Factorise 2r 2  2rh .

7. Factorise the following expressions:


(a) 3ax  4ay
(b) 3a  3ax  6ay

8. Factorise the following expressions:


(a) 5x(2c  3d )  6 y(2c  3d )
(b) ax  bx  2ay  2by

9. Factorise 3c(d  2e)  (d  2e)

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10. Factorise completely
(a) 9a  12a 2
(b) 4 y 2  1
(c) x2  7 x  12

11. (a) Factorise ax  bx .


(b) Hence evaluate 1426  0.6789 – 426  0.6789.

12. Factorise fully 5x2  10 x

EXTENDED

13. Expand the following and simplify your answer:


(a) ( x  3)( x  2)
(b) (2 y  1)(2 y  2)
(c) (4 x  4 y)2

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14. Factorise the following expression:
(a) 8bx  4cx  2by  cy
(b) 6my  9ny  18mx  27nx

15. Factorise fully 4ax2  3b  12bx2  a .

3y2  8 y  4
16. Simplify .
y2  4

5 x 2  20
17. Simplify .
10 x 2  10 x  20

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18. Factorise the following:
(a) 4a 2  9b2
(b) 144  y 2
(c) 16 x4  81 y 4

19. Simplify the following:


x  16
(a)  3x
4
x x5 2
(b)  
2 5 3
7 x 3  5x x
(c)   (  0.75)
8 4 8

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20. Express as a fraction in its simplest form
1 3 2x
 
x  2 x  2 4  x2

21. Simplify the following:


1 2
(a) 
x 1 x  3
3 2
(b) 
(3 x  1) 7( x  3)

22. Simplify the following:


x 2 y 3x3
(a) 
xy 2 y
12a3b 3a 2b3
(b) 
ab2 ba2

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23. Simplify the following:
6ab 2ab2 bc2
(a)  
4bc 8bc2 b2c
9 x 2 6 xy 3z 2
(b)  
xy 9 yz 4 x 2 z

4a 2  1 2a  1
24. Simplify 
4b 2  1 2b  1

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