1. For the equation \(5x^2+9x+3=0\) , if the roots are \(α\) and \(β\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{1}{α}+\cfrac{1}{β}\) ?

(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) \(\cfrac{1}{3}\) (d) -\(\cfrac{1}{3}\)

2. For the equation \( 3x^2 + 8x + 2 = 0 \), if the roots are \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \), then what is the value of \( \frac{1}{\alpha} + \frac{1}{\beta} \)?"

(a) -\(\cfrac{3}{8}\) (b) \(\cfrac{2}{3}\) (c) -4 (d) 4

3. If \(9x^2 - 13x + 9 = 0\), then what is the value of \(x + \cfrac{1}{x}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{9}{4}\) (b) \(\cfrac{4}{9}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{9}\) (d) 1

4. If \(x = \cfrac{\sqrt{a + 2b} + \sqrt{a - 2b}}{\sqrt{a + 2b} - \sqrt{a - 2b}}\), then what is the value of \(bx^2 - ax + b\)?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

5. If \(x + \cfrac{1}{x} = -2\), then what is the value of \(x^7 + \cfrac{1}{x^6}\)?

(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) None of the above

6. If \(\cfrac{1}{3x}+\cfrac{1}{4x}+\cfrac{1}{2x}+\cfrac{1}{6x}=5\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{1}{7}\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{5}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{4}\) (d) None of the above

7. If \(x = \cfrac{2\sqrt{15}}{\sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{x + \sqrt{5}}{x - \sqrt{5}} + \cfrac{x + \sqrt{3}}{x - \sqrt{3}}\)?

(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of the above

8. If \(x\) is a real positive number and \(\sin x = \frac{2}{3}\), then what is the value of \(\tan x\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{2}{\sqrt5}\) (b) \(\cfrac{\sqrt5}{2}\) (c) \(\sqrt{\cfrac{5}{3}}\) (d) \(\cfrac{\sqrt5}{\sqrt2}\)

9. If \( x = 2 + \sqrt{3} \), then what is the value of \( x + \frac{1}{x} \)?

(a) -4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) \(2+\sqrt3\)

10. If \( \tan \theta = \frac{x}{y} \), then what is the value of \[ \frac{x\sin\theta - y\cos\theta}{x\sin\theta + y\cos\theta}? \]

(a) \(\cfrac{x^2+y^2}{x^2-y^2}\) (b) \(\cfrac{x-y}{x+y}\) (c) \(\cfrac{x+y}{x-y}\) (d) \(\cfrac{x^2-y^2}{x^2+y^2}\)

11. If the measure of an angle in degrees is \(x\) and in radians is \(y\), then what is the value of \( \frac{x}{y} \)?

(a) \(\cfrac{π}{180}\) (b) \(\cfrac{π}{90}\) (c) \(\cfrac{90}{π}\) (d) \(\cfrac{180}{π}\)

12. If the circular (radian) measure of an angle is \( \frac{7\pi}{12} \), what is its value in the sexagesimal (degree) system?

(a) 90° (b) 105° (c) 135° (d) 160°

13. If the complement of a \(3x^\circ\) angle is \(6x^\circ\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 20 (d) 12

14. If \(4x = 5y = 6z\), what is the value of the ratio \(x : y : z\)?

(a) 12:10:15 (b) 10:12:15 (c) 15:12:10 (d) 15:10:12

15. If \( (3x - 2y) : (3x + 2y) = 4 : 5 \), then what is the value of \(x : y\)?

(a) 1:6 (b) 1:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 6:1

16. If \(x = r\cos\theta\cos\phi\), \(y = r\cos\theta\sin\phi\), and \(z = r\sin\theta\), then what is the value of \(x^2 + y^2 + z^2\)?

(a) \(r\) (b) \(1\) (c) \(r^2\) (d) \(-r^2\)

17. If \(x\sin45^\circ \cos45^\circ \tan60^\circ = \tan^2 45^\circ - \cos^2 60^\circ\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) 1 (b) \(\cfrac{2}{\sqrt3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\) (d) \(\cfrac{\sqrt3}{2}\)

18. If \(\sin(3x - 20^\circ) = \cos(3y + 20^\circ)\), then what is the value of \(x + y\)?

(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°

19. If \(\cfrac{x-3y}{2y}=\cfrac{6x-5y}{5x}\), then what is the value of \(x:y\)?

(a) 5:1 or 2:5 (b) 1:5 or 2:5 (c) 1:5 or 5:2 (d) None of the above

20. In a right-angled quadrilateral, if the number of vertices is denoted by \(x\), the number of sides by \(y\), and the number of diagonals by \(z\), then what is the value of \(x + 3y - 5z\)?

(a) 14 (b) 44 (c) 20 (d) 24

21. Here’s the English translation of your question: **"If \( x = \frac{4ab}{a + b} \), then what is the value of \( \frac{x + 2a}{x - 2a} + \frac{x + 2b}{x - 2b} \)?"** Would you like me to solve it step by step?

(a) 1 (b) -2 (c) 2 (d) -1

22. If \(a = \frac{1}{5 + 2\sqrt{6}}\), then what is the value of \(a^2 - \frac{1}{a^2}\)?

(a) \(4\sqrt6\) (b) -\(4\sqrt6\) (c) \(40\sqrt6\) (d) -\(40\sqrt6\)

23. If \(\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y} = \sqrt{18 + 6\sqrt{5}}\), what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) 8 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) 12

24. If \(x = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\), then what is the value of \(\frac{\sqrt{1+x} + \sqrt{1-x}}{\sqrt{1+x} - \sqrt{1-x}}\)?

(a) \(2\sqrt3\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\) (c) \(\sqrt3\) (d) \(\sqrt5\)

25. If \(\sum{f_ix_i} = 216\), \(\sum{f_i} = 16\), and the combined mean is \(13.5 + p\), then what is the value of \(p\)?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0.1 (d) 0.01

26. If \(x^2 + y^2 - 4x - 6y + 13 = 0\), then what is the value of \((x + y) : (y - x)\)?

27. If \(\sin^2 x + \sin^2 y = 1\), then what is the value of \(\sin \frac{(x + y)}{2} + \cos \frac{(x + y)}{2}\)?

28. If \( u_i = \frac{x_i - 45}{10} \), \( ∑f_i u_i = -16 \), and \( ∑f_i = 200 \), then what is the value of \( \bar{x} \)?

29. If \(u_i = \frac{x_i - 30}{10}\), \(∑f_i = 50\), and \(∑u_i f_i = 25\), then what is the value of \(\bar{x}\)?

30. If α and β are the roots of the equation \(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\), then what is the value of \[ \left(1 + \frac{α}{β}\right)\left(1 + \frac{β}{α}\right)? \]