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Evaluate 8 - x 3 + 10 , 5y 2 when x = 4 and y = 6. Answers 9. 84 10. -126 11. -50 12. 120 13. 42 14. -146 15. 96 ft2 16. 64 17. 64 18. 4 Translate each phrase to an algebraic expression. 1. 8 more than b 2. 11 more than t 3. 4 less than c 4. 203 less than d 5. 5 increased by q 6. 18 increased by z 7. b more than a 8. c more than d 9. x divided by y 10. c divided by h 11. x plus w 12. s added to t 13. m subtracted from n 14. p subtracted from q 15. The sum of p and q 16. The sum of a and b 17. Three times q 18.
2. If the signs are the same, then the answer is positive. 3. If the signs are different, then the answer is negative. Do Exercises 39–42. -28 -14 40. 125 , 1-52 41. -75 25 42. 2 , 1-212 Excluding Division by Zero We cannot divide a nonzero number n by zero. By the definition of division, n>0 would be some number that when multiplied by 0 gives n. But when any number is multiplied by 0, the result is 0. Thus the only possibility for n would be 0. Consider 0>0. We might say that it is 5 because 5 # 0 = 0.
1. 4 # 4 # 4 # 4 # 4 2. 6 # 6 # 6 3. 5 # 5 # 5 # 5 # 5 # 5 4. x # x # x # x 5. mmm 6. ttttt 8. 82 7 # 7 # 7 # 7 12 12 12 12 4 4 4 10. a - b a - b a - b 5 5 5 9. 72 Evaluate. 11. 2 7 12. 93 13. 1-225 14. 1-722 1 4 15. a b 3 16. 126 17. 1-423 18. 1-324 19. 622 2 4 20. a b 3 21. 51 22. A 16 B 1 23. 34 0 5 1 24. a b 2 25. A 16 B 0 26. 1-420 7 1 27. a b 8 28. 1-8720 5 -4 32. a b 2 b Rewrite using a positive exponent. Evaluate, if possible. 1 -2 29. a b 4 1 -3 30. a b 5 2 -3 31. a b 3 33. y -5 34. x -6 35.