- •Study Skills Workshop
- •1.1 An Introduction to the Whole Numbers
- •1.2 Adding Whole Numbers
- •1.3 Subtracting Whole Numbers
- •1.4 Multiplying Whole Numbers
- •1.5 Dividing Whole Numbers
- •1.6 Problem Solving
- •1.7 Prime Factors and Exponents
- •1.8 The Least Common Multiple and the Greatest Common Factor
- •1.9 Order of Operations
- •THINK IT THROUGH Education Pays
- •2.1 An Introduction to the Integers
- •THINK IT THROUGH Credit Card Debt
- •2.2 Adding Integers
- •THINK IT THROUGH Cash Flow
- •2.3 Subtracting Integers
- •2.4 Multiplying Integers
- •2.5 Dividing Integers
- •2.6 Order of Operations and Estimation
- •Cumulative Review
- •3.1 An Introduction to Fractions
- •3.2 Multiplying Fractions
- •3.3 Dividing Fractions
- •3.4 Adding and Subtracting Fractions
- •THINK IT THROUGH Budgets
- •3.5 Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers
- •3.6 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
- •THINK IT THROUGH
- •3.7 Order of Operations and Complex Fractions
- •Cumulative Review
- •4.1 An Introduction to Decimals
- •4.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals
- •4.3 Multiplying Decimals
- •THINK IT THROUGH Overtime
- •4.4 Dividing Decimals
- •THINK IT THROUGH GPA
- •4.5 Fractions and Decimals
- •4.6 Square Roots
- •Cumulative Review
- •5.1 Ratios
- •5.2 Proportions
- •5.3 American Units of Measurement
- •5.4 Metric Units of Measurement
- •5.5 Converting between American and Metric Units
- •Cumulative Review
- •6.2 Solving Percent Problems Using Percent Equations and Proportions
- •6.3 Applications of Percent
- •6.4 Estimation with Percent
- •6.5 Interest
- •Cumulative Review
- •7.1 Reading Graphs and Tables
- •THINK IT THROUGH The Value of an Education
- •Cumulative Review
- •8.1 The Language of Algebra
- •8.2 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
- •8.3 Solving Equations Using Properties of Equality
- •8.4 More about Solving Equations
- •8.5 Using Equations to Solve Application Problems
- •8.6 Multiplication Rules for Exponents
- •Cumulative Review
- •9.1 Basic Geometric Figures; Angles
- •9.2 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
- •9.3 Triangles
- •9.4 The Pythagorean Theorem
- •9.5 Congruent Triangles and Similar Triangles
- •9.6 Quadrilaterals and Other Polygons
- •9.7 Perimeters and Areas of Polygons
- •THINK IT THROUGH Dorm Rooms
- •9.8 Circles
- •9.9 Volume
- •Cumulative Review
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54.THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE The Bermuda Triangle is a triangular region in the Atlantic Ocean where many ships and airplanes have disappeared. The perimeter of the triangle is about 3,075 miles. It is formed by three imaginary lines. The first, 1,100 miles long, is from Melbourne, Florida, to Puerto Rico. The second, 1,000 miles long, stretches from Puerto Rico to Bermuda. The third extends from Bermuda back to Florida. Find its length.
WRITING
55.What is the most difficult step of the five-step problem-solving strategy for you? Explain why it is.
56.Give ten words or phrases that indicate subtraction.
57.What does the word translate mean?
58.Unlike an arithmetic approach, you do not have to determine whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve the application problems in this section. That decision is made for you when you solve the equation that mathematically describes the situation. Explain.
59.Write a problem that could be represented by the following equation.
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Find the LCM and the GCF of the given numbers.
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1Identify bases and exponents.
2Multiply exponential expressions that have like bases.
3Raise exponential expressions to a power.
4Find powers of products.
Multiplication Rules for Exponents
In this section, we will use the definition of exponent to develop some rules for simplifying expressions that contain exponents.
1 Identify bases and exponents.
Recall that an exponent indicates repeated multiplication. It indicates how many times the base is used as a factor. For example, 35 represents the product of five 3’s.
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5 factors of 3
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35 3 3 3 3 3
Base
In general, we have the following definition.
Natural-Number Exponents
A natural-number* exponent tells how many times its base is to be used as a factor.
For any number x and any natural number n,
n factors of x
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*The set of natural numbers is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . }.
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Expressions of the form xn are called exponential expressions. The base of an exponential expression can be a number, a variable, or a combination of numbers and variables. Some examples are:
105 10 10 10 10 10 y2 y y
( 2s)3 ( 2s)( 2s)( 2s)
84 (8 8 8 8)
The base is 10. The exponent is 5.
Read as “10 to the fifth power.”
The base is y. The exponent is 2. Read as “y squared.”
The base is 2s. The exponent is 3. Read as “negative
2s raised to the third power” or “negative 2s cubed.”
Since the sign is not written within parentheses, the base is 8. The exponent is 4. Read as “the opposite (or the negative) of 8 to the fourth power.”
When an exponent is 1, it is usually not written. For example, 4 41 and x x1.
Caution! Bases that contain a sign must be written within parentheses.
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Strategy To identify the base and exponent, we will look for the form .
WHY The exponent is the small raised number to the right of the base.
Solution
a.In 85, the base is 8 and the exponent is 5.
b.7a3 means 7 a3. Thus, the base is a, not 7a. The exponent is 3.
c.Because of the parentheses in (7a)3, the base is 7a and the exponent is 3.
Write each expression in an equivalent form using an exponent: a. b b b b b. 5 t t t
Strategy We will look for repeated factors and count the number of times each appears.
WHY We can use an exponent to represent repeated multiplication.
Solution
a.Since there are four repeated factors of b in b b b b, the expression can be written as b4.
b.Since there are three repeated factors of t in 5 t t t, the expression can be written as 5t3.
Self Check 1
Identify the base and the exponent:
a.3y4
b.(3y)4
Now Try Problems 13 and 17
Self Check 2
Write as an exponential expression:
(x + y)(x + y)(x + y)(x + y)(x + y)
Now Try Problems 25 and 29
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2 Multiply exponential expressions that have like bases.
To develop a rule for multiplying exponential expressions that have the same base, we consider the product 62 63. Since 62 means that 6 is to be used as a factor two times, and 63 means that 6 is to be used as a factor three times, we have
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62 63 62 3 65
This example illustrates the following rule for exponents.
Self Check 3
Simplify:
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b.x2x3x
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Now Try Problems 33, 35, and 37
Product Rule for Exponents
To multiply exponential expressions that have the same base, keep the common base and add the exponents.
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Strategy In each case, we want to write an equivalent expression using one base and one exponent. We will use the product rule for exponents to do this.
WHY The product rule for exponents is used to multiply exponential expressions that have the same base.
Solution
a. 95(96) 95 6 911 Keep the common base, 9, and add the exponents.
Since 911 is a very large number, we will leave the answer in this form. We won’t evaluate it.
Caution! Don’t make the mistake of multiplying the bases when using the product rule. Keep the same base.
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(c2 4)(d3 5) Keep the common base, c, and add the exponents.
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Caution! We cannot use the product rule to simplify expressions like 32 23, where the bases are not the same. However, we can simplify this expression by doing the arithmetic:
32 23 9 8 72 32 3 3 9 and 23 2 2 2 8.
Recall that like terms are terms with exactly the same variables raised to exactly the same powers. To add or subtract exponential expressions, they must be like terms. To multiply exponential expressions, only the bases need to be the same.
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To develop another rule for exponents, we consider (53)4. Here, an exponential expression, 53, is raised to a power. Since 53 is the base and 4 is the exponent, (53)4 can be written as 53 53 53 53. Because each of the four factors of 53 contains three factors of 5, there are 4 3 or 12 factors of 5.
12 factors of 5
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This example illustrates the following rule for exponents.
Power Rule for Exponents
To raise an exponential expression to a power, keep the base and multiply the exponents.
For any number x and any natural numbers m and n,
(xm)n xm n xmn Read as “the quantity of x to the mth power raised to the nth power equals x to the mnth power.”
The Language of Algebra An exponential expression raised to a power, such as (53)4, is also called a power of a power.
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Self Check 4
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Now Try Problems 49, 51, and 53
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a. (23)7 23 7 221 Keep the base, 2, and multiply the exponents. Since 221 is a very large number, we will leave the answer in this form.
b. [( 6)2]5 ( 6)2 5 ( 6)10 Keep the base, 6, and multiply the exponents. Since ( 6)10 is a very large number, we will leave the answer in this form.
c. (z8)8 z8 8 z64 Keep the base, z, and multiply the exponents.
Self Check 5
Simplify:
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Now Try Problems 57 and 61
EXAMPLE 5 Simplify: a. (x2x5)2 b. (z2)4(z3)3
Strategy In each case, we want to write an equivalent expression using one base and one exponent.We will use the product and power rules for exponents to do this.
WHY The expressions involve multiplication of exponential expressions that have the same base and they involve powers of powers.
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To develop another rule for exponents, we consider the expression (2x)3, which is a power of the product of 2 and x.
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This example illustrates the following rule for exponents.
Power of a Product
To raise a product to a power, raise each factor of the product to that power. For any numbers x and y, and any natural number n,
(xy)n xnyn
Self Check 6
Simplify:
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b.(c3d4)6
Now Try Problems 65 and 69
EXAMPLE 6 Simplify: a. (3c)4 b. (x2y3)5
Strategy In each case, we want to write the expression in an equivalent form in which each base is raised to a single power. We will use the power of a product rule for exponents to do this.
WHY Within each set of parentheses is a product, and each of those products is raised to a power.
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Strategy We want to write an equivalent expression using one base and one exponent. We will begin the process by using the power of a product rule for exponents.
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Simplify: (4y3)2(3y4)3
Now Try Problem 73
The rules for natural-number exponents are summarized as follows.
Rules for Exponents
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VOCABULARY
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6.To simplify (2y3z2)4, what factors within the parentheses must be raised to the fourth power?
Simplify each expression, if possible.
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Complete each solution to simplify each expression.
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APPLICATIONS
97.ART HISTORY Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing relating a human figure to a square and a circle is shown. Find an expression for the area of the square if the man’s height is 5x feet.
98.PACKAGING Find an expression for the volume of the box shown below.
6x in.
6x in.
6x in.
WRITING
99.Explain the mistake in the following work.
23 22 45 1,024
100.Explain why we can simplify x4 x5, but cannot simplify x4 x5.
REVIEW
101.JEWELRY A lot of what we refer to as gold
jewelry is actually made of a combination of gold and another metal. For example, 18-karat gold is 1824 gold by weight. Simplify this ratio.
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Expressions and Equations
Before taking the test on Chapter 8, make sure that you know the difference between simplifying an expression and solving an equation. Put a checkmark in the box if you can answer “yes” to the statement.
I know that an expression does not contain an = symbol.
Expressions:
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I know how to simplify expressions by combining like terms.
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I know that an equation contains an = symbol. Equations:
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I know how to use the addition and subtraction properties of equality to solve equations. If a number is added to (or subtracted from) one side of an equation, the same number must be added to (or subtracted from) the other side.
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Variables and/or numbers can be combined with the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to create algebraic expressions.
We often refer to algebraic expressions as simply expressions.
A term is a product or quotient of numbers and/or variables. A single number or variable is also a term. A term such as 4, that consists of a single number, is called a constant term.
Addition symbols separate expressions into parts called terms.
The numerical factor of a term is called the coefficient of the term.
It is important to be able to distinguish between the terms of an expression and the factors of a term.
Key words and key phrases can be translated into algebraic expressions.
To evaluate algebraic expressions, we substitute the values of its variables and apply the rules for the order of operations.
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25 less than twice y can be expressed as 2y 25.
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REVIEW EXERCISES
1.Write each expression without using a multiplication symbol or parentheses.
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2.a. Write the commutative property of addition using the variables c and d.
b.Write the associative property of multiplication using the variables r, s, and t.
3.Determine whether the variable h is used as a term or as a factor.
a. 5h + 9 b. h + 16
4. How many terms does each expression have? a. 3x2 + 2x – 5 b. –12xyz
5.Identify the coefficient of each term of the given expression.
b. x2 y
6.Translate the expression m – 500 into words.
7.Translate each phrase to an algebraic expression.
a.25 more than the height h
b.100 reduced by twice the cutoff score s
c.6 less than one-half of the time t
d.The absolute value of the difference of 2 and the square of a.
8.HARDWARE Refer to the illustration in the next column.
a.Let n represent the length of the nail (in inches). Write an algebraic expression that represents the length of the bolt (in inches).
b.Let b represent the length of the bolt (in inches). Write an algebraic expression that represents the length of the nail (in inches).
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9.a. CLOTHES DESIGNERS The legs on a pair of pants are x inches long. The designer then lets the hem down 1 inch. Write an algebraic expression that represents the length of the altered pants legs.
b.BUTCHERS A roast weighs p pounds. A butcher trimmed the roast into 8 equal-sized servings. Write an algebraic expression that represents the weight of one serving.
10.SPORTS EQUIPMENT An NBA basketball weighs 2 ounces more than twice the weight of a volleyball.
a.Let x represent the weight of one of the balls. Write an expression for the weight of the other ball.
b.If the weight of the volleyball is 10 ounces, what is the weight of the NBA basketball?
Evaluate each algebraic expression for the given values of the variables.
11.2x2 3x 7 for x 5
12.(x 7)2 for x 1
13.b2 4ac for b 10, a 3, and c 5
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S E C T I O N 8.2 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS
We often use the commutative property of multiplication to reorder factors and the associative property of multiplication to regroup factors when simplifying expressions.
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Like terms are terms with exactly the same variables raised to exactly the same powers.
Simplifying the sum or difference of like terms is called combining like terms. Like terms can be combined by adding or subtracting the coefficients of the terms and keeping the same variables with the same exponents.
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Simplify each expression.
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36.GEOMETRY Write an algebraic expression in simplified form that represents the perimeter of the triangle.
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S E C T I O N 8.3 Solving Equations Using Properties of Equality
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S E C T I O N 8.5 Using Equations to Solve Application Problems
DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS
To solve application problems, use the fivestep problem-solving strategy.
1.Analyze the problem: What information is given? What are you asked to find?
2.Form an equation: Pick a variable to represent the numerical value to be found. Translate the words of the problem into an equation.
3.Solve the equation.
4.State the conclusion clearly. Be sure to include the units (such as feet, seconds, or pounds) in your answer.
5.Check the result: Use the original wording of the problem, not the equation that was formed in step 2 from the words.
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NOBEL PRIZE In 1998, three Americans, Louis Ignarro, Robert Furchgott, and Fred Murad, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. They shared the prize money equally. If each person received $318,500, what was the amount of the cash award for the Nobel Prize for medicine? (Source: nobelprize.org)
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REVIEW EXERCISES
Form an equation and solve it to answer each question.
65.FINANCING A newly married couple made a $25,000 down payment on a house priced at $122,750. How much did they need to borrow?
66.PATIENT LISTS After moving his office, a doctor lost 53 patients. If he had 672 patients left, how many did he have originally?
67.CONSTRUCTION DELAYS Because of a shortage of materials, the final cost of a construction project was three times greater than the original estimate. Upon completion, the project cost $81 million. What was the original cost estimate?
68.SOCIAL WORK A human services program assigns each of its social workers a caseload of 80 clients. How many clients are served by 45 social workers?
69.COLD STORAGE A meat locker lowers the temperature of a product 7° Fahrenheit every hour. If freshly ground hamburger is placed in the locker, how long would it take to go from room temperature of 71°F to 29°F?
70.MOVING EXPENSES Tom and his friend split the cost of renting a U-Haul trailer equally. Tom also agreed to pay the $4 to rent a refrigerator dolly. In all, Tom paid $20. What did it cost to rent the trailer?
71.FITNESS The midweek workout for a fitness instructor consists of walking and running. She walks 3 fewer miles than she runs. If her workout covers a total of 15 miles, how many miles does she run and how many miles does she walk?
72.RODEOS Attendance during the first day of a two-day rodeo was low. On the second day, attendance doubled. If a total of 6,600 people attended the show, what was the attendance on
the first day and what was the attendance on the second day?
73.PARKING LOTS A rectangular-shaped parking lot is 4 times as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the parking lot is 250 feet, what is its length and width?
74.SPACE TRAVEL The 364-foot-tall Saturn V rocket carried the first astronauts to the moon. Its first, second, and third stages were 138, 98, and 46 feet tall (in that order). Atop the third stage was a lunar module, and from it extended a 28-foot escape tower. How tall was the lunar module? (Source: NASA)
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Power of a product rule: (xy)m xmym
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REVIEW EXERCISES
Identify the base and the exponent in each expression.
26 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 is the base and 6 is the exponent.
( xy)3 ( xy)( xy)( xy) Because of the parentheses, xy is the base and 3 is the exponent.
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Simplify: (t2)4(t3)3 t8t9 For each power of t raised to a power, keep the base and multiply the exponents: 2 4 8 and 3 3 9.
t17 Keep the common base, t, and add the exponents: 8 9 17.
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a.Write the associative property of addition using the variables b, c, and d.
b.Write the multiplication property of 1 using the variable t.
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d.7 more than twice the width w
5.Translate the algebraic expression 34t into words.
6.RETAINING WALLS Refer to the illustration below. Let h = the height of the retaining wall (in feet).
a.Write an algebraic expression to represent the length of the upper base of the brick retaining wall.
b.Write an algebraic expression to represent the length of the lower base of the brick retaining wall.
The length of the upper base is 5 ft less than the height.
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7. Determine whether a is used as a factor or as a term. a. 5ab b. 8b a 6
8. Consider the expression x3 8x2 x 6.
a. How many terms does the expression have? b. What is the coefficient of each term?
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14.Simplify by combining like terms, if possible.
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d.9z 6 2z 19
15.Simplify: 4(2y 3) 5(y 3)
16.Use a check to determine whether 7 is a solution of 2y 1 y 8.
Solve each equation and check the result.
17.x 6 10
18.1.8 y 1.3
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20.3 27
21.d 13 16
22.78n 21
23.15a 10 20
24.8x 6 3x 7
25.3.6 r 9.8
26.2(4x 1) 3(4 3x) 3x
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Form an equation and solve it to answer each question.
29.HEARING PROTECTION When an airplane mechanic wears ear plugs, the sound intensity that he experiences from a jet engine is only 81 decibels. If the ear plugs reduce sound intensity by 29 decibels, what is the actual sound intensity of a jet engine?
30.PARKING After many student complaints, a college decided to triple the number of parking spaces on campus by constructing a parking structure. That increase will bring the total number of spaces up to 6,240. How many parking spaces does the college have at this time?
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