MAT 31101 College Algebra September 16 to 23, 2023
1. Convert the following binary numbers di- (b) (3 + 7i) − 2x − 9i − 13 = (5i − yi)
rectly to octal and to hexadecimal:
(c) (3 − i)x + (1 + 2i)y = 2 + i
(a) 1100.1101
7. Let z = 2 − 2i and w = 3 + 7i. Show that
(b) 11110100.1110
(a) z × w = z × w
(c) 111011011101.101 (b) z + w = z + w
(d) 10001000011110011001010 8. Write each set in set builder notation;
(e) 11100111000111111111111100011.001010 (a) E = {Jan, Feb, March, April, May, June}
2. Convert the following numbers directly to (b) F = {−8, −6, −4, −2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12}
binary:
9. If A = {−2, −1, 1, 5, 2}, B =
(a) 1268 {2, 5, 7, 6, 0, 8} and C = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.
(b) 2AF.2DE516 Find;
(c) F.AD70B10216 (a) (A ∩ N) ∪ C
(d) 76.1158 (b) (A ∩ B) ∪ (B ∩ C)
(e) 7764.4458 (c) C − A
3. Simplify the following powers of i: (d) (D ∪ E)c if D = {0, 2} and E = {6, 7}
are subsets of B
(a) i−27
(e) P(B ∩ C) and |P(B ∩ C)|
(b) i200 − 1
10. Write each set in roster notation;
4. Evaluate the expression and write your an-
(a) B = {y|y ∈ N, y ≥ 10}
swer in the form x + iy.
(b)
(a) 5 + (2 + 3i) + (−3 − 7i)
C = {x|x is an odd integer, 1 ≤ x ≤ 17}
(b) −5i(2 − 3i)
(c) (2 + 3i)(−3 − 7i) (c) D = {y|y ∈ N, y < 0}
2 + 4i (d) E = {z|z ∈ Z, −14 ≤ z < 3}
(d)
3−i
√ √ 11. In a group of 60 people, 27 like cold drinks
(e) 3 −50 + −72 and 42 like hot drinks and each person likes
√ 2 at least one of the two drinks. How many
(f) 7 − −15 like both cold drinks and soft drinks?
√ √
(g) (7 −2)(−4 −3) 12. A veterinarian surveys 26 of his patrons.
He discovers that 14 have dogs, 10 have
(h) (3 + 3i)8
cats, and 5 have fish. 4 have dogs and cats,
(i) (1 + i)6 3 have dogs and fish, and 1 has a cat and
fish. If no one has all three kinds of pets,
(j) (2 + i)−3
how many patrons have none of these pets?
5. Simplify
13. In a group, 25 persons like tea or coffee, of
3 these 15 like tea and 6 like both coffee and
2i(i − 1) + (3 + i) + (1 + i)(1 + i)
tea. How many like coffee?
14. In a class, 60% students like maths whereas
6. Find all x and y for which;
50% like science. What per cent of students
(a) (1 + 4i)x + (2 − 3i)y = 10 + 7i like both maths and science?
