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Notes on Sets Supplementary Sheet 6 - Adding and Subtracting rational expressions with Unlike Denominators
Supplementary Sheet 1 - Sets: Union, Intersection, Complement
Supplementary Sheet 2 - Number and Consecutive Number Word prolems Supplementary Sheet 7 - Square Roots
Supplementary Sheet 3 - Perimeter and Coin Word Problems Investment and Mixture Word Problems
Supplementary Sheet 4 - Motion Problems
Supplementary Sheet 5 - Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation Quadratic Equations

 

Sample Problems

1.   The length of a rectangle is 6 inches more than its width.  The area of the rectangle is 91 square inches.  Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

The formula for the area of a rectangle is:   Length X Width = Area

LW = A

 

2.   The product of two consecutive odd integers is 1 less than four times their sum. Find the two integers.

 

3.   The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 6 more than the shorter leg. The longer leg is three more than the shorter leg. Find the length of the shorter leg.

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