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High School Algebra 2
*Systems of Equations

1
Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables

Problem  1
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Problem  2
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Problem  4
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Problem  5
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Problem  6
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\[\begin{aligned} \text{Solve } \quad \frac{1}{2}x - \frac{1}{3}y &= 2 \\ \frac{1}{4}x + \frac{2}{3}y &= 6 \end{aligned}\]

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Problem  7
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Problem  8
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Mr. Martinez
Problem  9
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Mini Lecture

Mini Lecture
Solve:

  1. \[\begin{aligned} 3x-5y &= -2\\ 2x-3y &= 1\end{aligned}\]

  2. \[\begin{aligned} 4x-3y &= 2\\ 8x-6y &= 4\end{aligned}\]

  3. \[\begin{aligned} \dfrac{1}{2}x-\dfrac{1}{3}y &= 2\\ \dfrac{1}{4}x+\dfrac{2}{3}y &= 6\end{aligned}\]

  4. \[\begin{aligned} 2x-3y &= 2\\ y &= 3x-5\end{aligned}\]

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2
Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables

Problem  1
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Solve
\(\begin{align*} x+y+z &= 6\\ 2x-y+z &= 3\\ x+2y-3z &= -4 \end{align*}\)

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Mr. Martinez
Problem  2
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Solve
\(\begin{align} 2x+y-z&=3\\ 3x+4y+z&=6\\ 2x-3y+z&=1 \end{align}\)

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Stefanie
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Julieta
Problem  3
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Solve
\(\begin{align} 2x+3y-z&=5\\ 4x+6y-2&=10\\ x-4y+3z&=5 \end{align}\)

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Problem  4
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Solve
\(\begin{align}x-5y+4z&=8\\ 3x+y-2z&=7\\ -9x-3y+6z&=5 \end{align}\)

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Mr. Martinez
Problem  5
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Solve
\(\begin{align} x+3y&=5\\ 6y+z&=12\\ x-2z&=-10 \end{align}\)

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Mr. Martinez
Mini Lecture

Mini Lecture
Solve:

  1. \[\begin{aligned} 2x+y-z &= 3\\ 3x+4y+z &= 6\\ 2x-3y+z &= 1\end{aligned}\]

  2. \[\begin{aligned} x+3y &= 5\\ 6y+z &= 12\\ x-2z &= -10\end{aligned}\]

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Mr. McKeague

3
Introduction to Determinants

Problem  1
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Find the value of each:

  1. \(\left|\begin{array}{cc} 1 & 2\\ 3 & 4 \end{array}\right|\)

  2. \(\left|\begin{array}{cc} 3 & -2\\ 5 & 7 \end{array}\right|\)

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Gordon
Problem  2
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Solve for \(x\): \(\begin{vmatrix} x&2\\ x&4 \end{vmatrix}=8\)

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Gordon
Problem  3
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Find the value of \(\begin{vmatrix} 1&3&-2\\ 2&0&1\\ 4&-1&1 \end{vmatrix}\)

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Gordon
Problem  4
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Expand across the first row: \(\begin{vmatrix}1&3&-2\\ 2&0&1\\ 4&-1&1\end{vmatrix}\)

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Gordon
Problem  5
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Expand down column two: \(\begin{vmatrix}2&3&-2\\ 1&4&1\\ 1&5&-1\end{vmatrix}\)

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Mini Lecture

Mini Lecture
Evaluate.

  1. \(\begin{vmatrix} 3&5\\ -2&7 \end{vmatrix}\)

  2. \(\begin{vmatrix} x^2&2\\ x&1\end{vmatrix}\)

  3. \(\begin{vmatrix} 1&3&-2\\ 2&0&1\\ 4&-1&1\end{vmatrix}\)

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4
Cramer's Rule

Problem  1
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Use Cramer’s rule to solve \[\begin{aligned} 2x-3y &= 4\\ 4x+5y &=3 \end{aligned}\]

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Julieta
Problem  2
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Use Cramer’s rule to solve:

\[\begin{aligned} x+y+z&=6\\ 2x-y+z&=3\\ x+2y-3z&=-4\end{aligned}\]

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Gordon
Problem  3
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Use Cramer’s rule to solve:

\[\begin{aligned} x+y&=-1\\ 2x-z&=3\\ y+2z&=-1\end{aligned}\]

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Mini Lecture

Mini Lecture
Solve:

  1. \[\begin{aligned} 2x-3y&=4\\ 4x+5y&=3\end{aligned}\]

  2. \[\begin{aligned} x+y&=-1\\ 2x-z&=3\\ y+2z&=-1\end{aligned}\]

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Mr. McKeague

5
Matrix Solutions to Linear Systems

Problem  1
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Solve using an augmented matrix.

\[\begin{aligned} x+y-z &= 2\\ 2x+3y-z &= 7\\ 3x-2y+z &= 9\end{aligned}\]

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Gordon
Mini Lecture

Mini Lecture
Set up to solve by matrices:

  1. \[\begin{aligned} x+y &= 5\\ 3x-y &= 3\end{aligned}\]

  2. \[\begin{aligned} 2x-y &= 4\\ x+3y &= 9\end{aligned}\]

  3. \[\begin{aligned} 2x-8y &= 6\\ 3x-8y &= 13\end{aligned}\]

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Mini Lecture

Mini Lecture
Set up to solve by matrices:

  1. \[\begin{aligned} x+y+z &= 4\\ x-y+2z &= 5\\ x-y-z &= 5\end{aligned}\]

  2. \[\begin{aligned} x+2y &= 3\\ y+z &= 3\\ 4x-z &= 2\end{aligned}\]

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6
Applications and Modeling

Problem  1
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One number is \(2\) more than \(3\) times another. Their sum is \(26\). Find the two numbers.

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Problem  2
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Suppose \(850\) tickets were sold for a game for a total of \(\$1\text{,}100\). If adult tickets cost \(\$1.50\) and children’s tickets cost \(\$1.00\), how many of each ticket were sold?

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Problem  3
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A person invests \(\$10\text{,}000\) in two accounts. One account earns \(8\%\) annually and the other earns \(9\%\). If the total interest earned from both accounts in a year is \(\$860\), how much was invested in each account?

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Problem  4
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How much \(20\%\) alcohol and \(50\%\) alcohol must be mixed to get \(12\) gallons of \(30\%\) alcohol solution?

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Problem  5
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It takes \(2\) hours for a boat to travel \(28\) miles downstream. The same boat can travel \(18\) miles upstream in \(3\) hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water, and what is the speed of the current of the river?

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Problem  6
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A coin collection consists of \(14\) coins with a total value of \(\$1.35\). If the coins are nickels, dimes, and quarters, and the number of nickels is \(3\) less than twice the number of dimes, how many of each coin is there?

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Julieta
Problem  7

If water at room temperature is \(77^{\circ}F\) or \(25^{\circ}C\). And the water boils at \(212^{\circ}F\) or \(100^{\circ}C\). Assume the relationship between the two scales is linear, find the formula that gives the Celsius temperature \(C\) in terms of Fahrenheit temperature \(F\).

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Katherine

7
Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities in Two Variables

Problem  1
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Graph \(x+y\leq 4\)

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Cynthia
Problem  2
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Graph \(y<2x-3\)

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Problem  3
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Graph \(x\leq 5\)

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Problem  4
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Graph
\(\begin{align}y &< \displaystyle\frac{1}{2}x+3\\ y &\geq \displaystyle\frac{1}{2}x-2 \end{align}\)

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Problem  5
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\(\begin{align}x+y &<4\\ x &\geq 0\\ y &\geq 0 \end{align}\)

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Problem  6
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Graph
\(\begin{align}x&\leq 4\\ y&\geq -3 \end{align}\)

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Problem  7
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Graph

\[\begin{aligned} x-2y&\leq 4\\ x+y&\leq 4\\ x&\geq -1\end{aligned}\]

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Problem  8
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A basketball arena charges \(\$20\) for certain seats and \(\$15\) for others. They want to make more than \(\$18,000\) and reserve at least \(500\) \(\$15\) seats. Find the system of inequalities and sketch the graph. If \(620\) tickets are sold for \(\$15\), at least how many are sold for \(\$20\)?

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Mini Lecture

Mini Lecture
Graph.

  1. \(2x-3<6\)

  2. \(y\geq x-5\)

  3. \(y<2\)

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8
Summary

Problem  1

Write the first five terms of the sequence with the following general term: \[a_n=3n-5\]

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Joshua
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Sirena
Problem  2

Write the first five terms of the sequence with the following general term: \[a_1=3,\, a_n=a_{n-1}+4,\, n>1\]

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Sirena
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Joshua
Problem  3

Write the first five terms of the sequence with the following general term: \[a_n=n^2+1\]

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Sirena
Problem  4

Write the first five terms of the sequence with the following general term: \[a_n=2n^3\]

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Problem  5

Write the first five terms of the sequence with the following general term: \[a_n=\frac{n+1}{n^2}\]

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Sirena
Problem  6

Write the first five terms of the sequence with the following general term: \[a_1=4,\, a_n=-2a_{n-1},\, n>1\]

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Sirena
Problem  7

Give the general term of this sequence: \[6, 10, 14, 18, \ldots\]

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Sirena
Problem  8

Give the general term for this sequence: \[1, 2, 4, 8, \ldots\]

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Sirena
Problem  9

Give the general term for this sequence: \[\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{4}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{16}, \ldots\]

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Mr. Neufeld
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Sirena
Problem  10

Give the general term for this sequence: \[-3, 9, -27, 81, \ldots\]

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Sirena
Problem  11

Expand and simplify each of the following:

  1. \(\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^5 (5i+3)\)

  2. \(\displaystyle\sum_{i=3}^5 (2^i-1)\)

  3. \(\displaystyle\sum_{i=2}^6 \left(i^2+2i\right)\)

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Problem  12

Find the first term of an arithmetic progression if \(a_5=11\) and \(a_9=19\).

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Problem  13

Find the second term of a geometric progression if \(a_3=18\) and \(a_5=162\).

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Sirena
Problem  14

Find the sum of the first \(10\) terms of this arithmetic progression: \[5, 11, 17, \ldots\]

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Mr. Neufeld
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Sirena
Problem  15

Find the sum of the first \(10\) terms of this arithmetic progression: \[25, 20, 15, \ldots\]

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Sirena
Problem  16

Write a formula for the sum of the first \(50\) terms of this geometric progression: \[3, 6, 12, \ldots\]

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Problem  17

Find the sum of \(\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{6}+\dfrac{1}{18}+\dfrac{1}{54}+\ldots\)

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Sirena
Problem  18

Use the binomial formula to expand: \[(x-3)^4\]

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Gordon
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Sirena
Problem  19

Use the binomial formula to expand: \[(2x-1)^5\]

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Sirena
Problem  20

Find the first \(3\) terms in the expansion of \[(x-1)^{20}\]

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Sirena
Problem  21

Find the sixth term in: \[(2x-3y)^8\]

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