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Expansion of Algebraic Expressions

1. Expand and simplify 4(2 x  1) 2  (2 x  1) 2 .

2. Expand and simplify the following expressions.

(a) 3(2 x  y )  4( y  x)
(b) 2(3a  b)  5[3(a  3b)  4(2a  b)]

3. Expand and simplify the following:

(a) (5 x  4) 2
(b) ( x  2 y )(2 x  y )  (3 x  y )(5 x  4 y )

4. If ax 2  bx  8  (3x  2)( x  k ) , find the values of a, b and k.

5(i) Expand (3a  2)(3a  2) .

(ii) Hence, evaluate the exact value of 9a 2  (3a  2)(3a  2) .

6. If a 2  b 2  260 and ab  112 , evaluate the following:

(a) (a  b) 2 ,
( a  b) 2
(b) .
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7(i) Simplify x 2  ( x  a )( x  a) .
(ii) Hence, write down the value of 1729 2  1724  1734 .

8. If ( x  y ) 2  30 and xy = 8, find the value of x2 + y2.

9. Evaluate the following using algebraic rules

(a) 5012
(b) 102  98

10. Evaluate 100092 using special algebraic rules.

11. Using algebraic rules only, evaluate 702  698 without the use of a calculator.

12. Expand (2 xy  3x 2  2)(5 x 2 y  1) .

13. Given that x 2  y 2  21 and xy = 7, calculate the value of ( x  y ) 2  2( x  y ) 2 .

(a) 14. Simplify y 2  ( y  a)( y  a) .

(b) Using your answer to part (a), write down the value of 16947 2  16944  16950 .

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