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Applied Mathematics: For the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences

Soo T. Tan

Chapter 1

Fundamentals of Algebra - all with Video Answers

Educators


Section 1

Real Numbers

00:49

Problem 1

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
-3
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 2

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
-420
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 3

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
\frac{3}{8}
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 4

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
-\frac{4}{125}
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 5

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
\sqrt{11}
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 6

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
-\sqrt{5}
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 6

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
-\sqrt{5}
$$v

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 7

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
\frac{\pi}{2}
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 8

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
\frac{2}{\pi}
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 9

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
2 . \overline{421}
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:49

Problem 10

Classify the number as to type. (For example, $\frac{1}{2}$ is rational and real, whereas $\sqrt{5}$ is irrational and real.)
$$
\text { 2.71828... }
$$

Jeyasree R T
Jeyasree R T
Numerade Educator
00:33

Problem 11

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Every integer is a whole number.

Rebecca Dias
Rebecca Dias
Numerade Educator
00:44

Problem 12

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Every integer is a rational number.

Destin Priester
Destin Priester
Numerade Educator
00:41

Problem 13

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Every natural number is an integer.

Dale Sanford
Dale Sanford
Numerade Educator
00:21

Problem 14

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Every rational number is a real number.

Brandon Fox
Brandon Fox
Numerade Educator
00:26

Problem 15

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Every natural number is an irrational number

Destin Priester
Destin Priester
Numerade Educator
00:26

Problem 16

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
$$
\text { Every irrational number is a real number. }
$$

Destin Priester
Destin Priester
Numerade Educator
01:04

Problem 17

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
(2 x+y)+z=z+(2 x+y)
$$

Andrija Isakov
Andrija Isakov
Numerade Educator
01:04

Problem 18

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
3 x+(2 y+z)=(3 x+2 y)+z
$$

Andrija Isakov
Andrija Isakov
Numerade Educator
00:57

Problem 19

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
u(3 v+w)=(3 v+w) u
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:39

Problem 20

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
a^{2}\left(b^{2} c\right)=\left(a^{2} b^{2}\right) c
$$

Andrija Isakov
Andrija Isakov
Numerade Educator
00:33

Problem 21

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
u(2 v+w)=2 u v+u w
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:33

Problem 22

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
(2 u+v) w=2 u w+v w
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:46

Problem 23

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
(2 x+3 y)+(x+4 y)=2 x+[3 y+(x+4 y)]
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:33

Problem 24

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
(a+2 b)(a-3 b)=a(a-3 b)+2 b(a-3 b)
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:34

Problem 25

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
a-[-(c+d)]=a+(c+d)
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:46

Problem 26

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
-(2 x+y)[-(3 x+2 y)]=(2 x+y)(3 x+2 y)
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:33

Problem 27

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
0(2 a+3 b)=0
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:34

Problem 28

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\text { If }(x-y)(x+y)=0, \text { then } x=y \text { or } x=-y \text { . }
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:35

Problem 29

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\text { If }(x-2)(2 x+5)=0, \text { then } x=2 \text { or } x=-\frac{5}{2}
$$

Andrija Isakov
Andrija Isakov
Numerade Educator
00:41

Problem 30

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\text { If } x(2 x-9)=0, \text { then } x=0 \text { or } x=\frac{9}{2} \text { . }
$$

Ernest Castorena
Ernest Castorena
Numerade Educator
04:57

Problem 31

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\frac{(x+1)(x-3)}{(2 x+1)(x-3)}=\frac{x+1}{2 x+1}
$$

Jacquelyn Trost
Jacquelyn Trost
Numerade Educator
04:57

Problem 32

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\frac{(2 x+1)(x+3)}{(2 x-1)(x+3)}=\frac{2 x+1}{2 x-1}
$$

Jacquelyn Trost
Jacquelyn Trost
Numerade Educator
00:34

Problem 33

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\frac{a+b}{b} \div \frac{a-b}{a b}=\frac{a(a+b)}{a-b}
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:46

Problem 34

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\frac{x+2 y}{3 x+y} \div \frac{x}{6 x+2 y}=\frac{x+2 y}{3 x+y} \cdot \frac{2(3 x+y)}{x}=\frac{2(x+2 y)}{x}
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:34

Problem 35

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{c}{b}=\frac{a b+b c+c^{2}}{b(b+c)}
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:34

Problem 36

State the real number property that iustifies the statement
$$
\frac{x+y}{x+1}-\frac{y}{x}=\frac{x^{2}-y}{x(x+1)}
$$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
01:55

Problem 37

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
$$
\text { If } a b=1 \text { , then } a=1 \text { or } b=1 \text { . }
$$

Manisha Sarker
Manisha Sarker
Numerade Educator
01:09

Problem 38

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
$$
\text { If } a b=0 \text { and } a \neq 0 \text { , then } b=0 \text { . }
$$

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
Numerade Educator
00:17

Problem 39

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
$$
a-b=b-a
$$

Julie Silva
Julie Silva
Numerade Educator
00:17

Problem 40

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
$$
a \div b=b \div a
$$

Julie Silva
Julie Silva
Numerade Educator
00:43

Problem 41

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
$$
(a-b)-c=a-(b-c)
$$

Amy Jiang
Amy Jiang
Numerade Educator
00:43

Problem 42

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
$$
a \div(b \div c)=(a \div b) \div c
$$

Amy Jiang
Amy Jiang
Numerade Educator