Worksheet 17 Memorandum: Algebraic Equations (Term 3)

Grade 9 Mathematics

1. a) 4(𝑥 + 2) − 3 = 2(3 − 𝑥) b) 7𝑥 + 3(𝑥 − 5) = 0

4𝑥 + 8 − 3 = 6 − 2𝑥 7𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 15 = 0

4𝑥 + 2𝑥 = 6−8+3 10𝑥 = 15

15 1
6𝑥 =1 𝑥 = 10 = 1 2

1
𝑥 =
6

c) 5(𝑥 + 2) = 5(𝑥 − 2) d) 3𝑥 + 9 = 4(𝑥 − 2)

5𝑥 + 10 = 5𝑥 − 10 3𝑥 + 9 = 4𝑥 − 8

5𝑥 − 5𝑥 = −10 − 10 3𝑥 − 4𝑥 = −8 − 9

0 = −20 −𝑥 = −17

∴𝑥 ∈𝑅 𝑥 = 17

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e) (𝑥 − 2) = 2𝑥 − 6 f) 4(𝑥 − 7) + 6(2 − 3𝑥) = 5(𝑥 − 6)
3

1 2
3
𝑥 − 3 = 2𝑥 − 6 4𝑥 − 28 + 12 − 18𝑥 = 5𝑥 − 30

1 2
3
𝑥 − 2𝑥 = −6 + 3 4𝑥 − 18𝑥 − 5𝑥 = −30 + 28 − 12

5 16
− 𝑥= − −19𝑥 = −14
3 3

1 14
𝑥 = 35 𝑥 = 19

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g) −3𝑥(𝑥 + 7) = (3𝑥 + 4)(4 − 𝑥) h) 12𝑥 + 17 + 𝑥 2 = 2 (2 𝑥 − 4) (𝑥 + 3)

1 3
−3𝑥 2 − 21𝑥 = 12𝑥 − 3𝑥 2 + 16 − 4𝑥 12𝑥 + 17 + 𝑥 2 = 2 (2 𝑥 2 + 2 𝑥 − 4𝑥 − 12)

−3𝑥 2 − 21𝑥 − 12𝑥 + 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 = 16 12𝑥 + 𝑥 2 + 17 = 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 8𝑥 − 24

−29 𝑥 = 16 12𝑥 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 8𝑥 = −24 − 17

16
𝑥 = − 29 17𝑥 = −41

41 7
𝑥 = − 17 𝑜𝑟 − 2 17

𝑥+3 2𝑥−7 𝑥−1 𝑥−1 3𝑥−5

i) 3
− 4
= 12 j) 6
+4 = 4
− 2

4(𝑥+3)− 3(2𝑥−7) 144 2(𝑥−1)+12(4) 3(𝑥−1)−6(3𝑥−5)

= =
12 12 12 12

4𝑥 + 12 − 6𝑥 + 21 = 144 2𝑥 − 2 + 48 = 3𝑥 − 3 − 18𝑥 + 30

4𝑥 − 6𝑥 = 144 − 12 − 21 2𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 18𝑥 = −3 + 30 + 2 − 48

−2𝑥 = 111 17𝑥 = −19

1 19 2
𝑥 = −55 2 𝑥 = − 17 𝑜𝑟 − 1 17

2. a) (𝑥 − 7)(𝑥 + 8) = 0 b) 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 4 = 0

𝑥 = 7 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −8 (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 1) = 0

𝑥 = −4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −1

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c) 𝑥2 + 3 3 𝑥 + 1 = 0 d) 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 30 = 0

1
(𝑥 + 3) (𝑥 + ) = 0 (𝑥 + 6)(𝑥 − 5) = 0
3

1
𝑥 = −3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = − 3 𝑥 = −6 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 5

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e) 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 24 = 0 f) 𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 + 20 = 0

(𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 + 4) = 0 (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 5) = 0

𝑥 = 6 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −4 𝑥=4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 5

g) 𝑥 2 − 17𝑥 + 16 = 0 h) 𝑥 2 − 14𝑥 + 40 = 0

(𝑥 − 16)(𝑥 − 1) = 0 (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 10) = 0

𝑥 = 16 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 1 𝑥 = 4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 10

i) 𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 + 21 = 0 j) 𝑥 2 = 36

(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 7) = 0 𝑥 2 − 36 = 0

𝑥 = −3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −7 (𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 + 6) = 0

𝑥 = 6 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −6

k) 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 = 0

1
𝑥(𝑥 − 6) = 0 l) 𝑥2 + 𝑥 + = 0
4

1 1
𝑥 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 6 (𝑥 + ) (𝑥 + ) = 0
2 2

1
𝑥 = −2

m) 𝑥(𝑥 + 2) = −8(𝑥 + 3)

𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 = −8𝑥 − 24 n) 2𝑥 2 − 14𝑥 + 12 = 0

𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 8𝑥 + 24 = 0 2(𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 6) = 0

𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 + 24 = 0 2(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 6) = 0

(𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 6) = 0 𝑥 = 1 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 6

𝑥 = −4 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −6

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o) 𝑥 2 + 30 − 13𝑥 = 0 p) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 9 = 4𝑥

𝑥 2 − 13𝑥 + 30 = 0 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 4𝑥 − 9 = 0

(𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 − 10) = 0 𝑥2 − 9 = 0

𝑥 = 3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 10 (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 3) = 0

𝑥=3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −3

q) 𝑥 2 + 17𝑥 + 52 = 0 r) 𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 − 45 = 0

(𝑥 + 13)(𝑥 + 4) = 0 (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 15) = 0

𝑥 = −13 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −4 𝑥 = 3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −15

1 2
s) 𝑥 2 − 19𝑥 + 84 = 0 t) 𝑥 + 4𝑥 + 16 = 0
4

1
(𝑥 − 12)(𝑥 − 7) = 0 (𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 + 64) = 0
4

1
𝑥 = 12 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 7 (𝑥 + 8)(𝑥 + 8) = 0
4

𝑥 = −8

u) (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 7) = −4 v) (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 − 4) = 30

𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 7𝑥 + 14 + 4 = 0 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 4𝑥 + 12 − 30 = 0

𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 18 = 0 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 18 = 0

(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 6) = 0 (𝑥 − 9)(𝑥 + 2) = 0

𝑥 = −3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −6 𝑥 = 9 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −2

w) (𝑥 + 7)(𝑥 − 6) = 14 x) 𝑥2 − 8 = 1

𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 6𝑥 − 42 − 14 = 0 𝑥2 − 8 − 1 = 0

𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 56 = 0 𝑥2 − 9 = 0

(𝑥 + 8)(𝑥 − 7) = 0 (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 3) = 0

𝑥 = −8 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 7 𝑥 = 3 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −3

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3. a) 2𝑥 = 4 b) 𝑥 3 = 343

3
2𝑥 = 2−2 𝑥 = √343

𝑥 = −2 𝑥=7

1
c) 3
. 6𝑥 + 1 = 13 d) 𝑥 = 156

1
3
. 6𝑥 = 12 𝑥 = 11 390 625

6𝑥 = 36
1
6 𝑥 = 62 e) 𝑥2 = 8

1 2
𝑥=2 (𝑥 2 ) = 82

𝑥 = 64
2
f) 𝑥 = (8)3

𝑥=4 g) 5𝑥+2 − 3 = 2

5𝑥+2 = 5

h) 𝑥 4 = 2 401 𝑥+2=1

4
𝑥 = √2401 𝑥 = −1

𝑥=7

j) 2.3𝑥 − 4 = 50

i) 𝑥 = 33 × 2−3 2.3𝑥 = 54

1
𝑥 = 27 × 8 3𝑥 = 27

27
𝑥= 8
3 𝑥 = 33

𝑥=3

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4.

To the shops Back

Speed 𝑥 3𝑥
Time 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 500
= 500
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑥 3𝑥

500 500
25 min = 𝑥
+ 3𝑥

25 × 3𝑥 = 1500 + 500

75𝑥 = 2000

2 4
𝑥 = 26 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 OR ÷ 60 to get 𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
3 9
5.
Thando Dad
Now 𝑥 3𝑥
Ten years ago 𝑥 − 10 7(𝑥 − 10)

3𝑥 = 7(𝑥 − 10) + 10

3𝑥 − 10 = 7𝑥 − 70

3𝑥 − 7𝑥 = −70 + 10

−4𝑥 = −60

𝑥 = 15 ∴ Thando is 15 years old, and her dad is 45 years old.

6. 1 255 = 175 + 120𝑥 7. 100 = 3𝑥 − 2

1 080 = 120𝑥 102 = 3𝑥

𝑥=9 𝑥 = 34

∴Tina rented the car for 9 days. ∴ 34 zombies will be chasing me.

𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠

8. 𝑎𝑣𝑒 = 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠
9. This class exercise is designed as

𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠
25.5 = 80
a thinking exercise for students to

Total runs = 2 040 understand the thought processes

behind setting of story sums.

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