1. 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
2. If \( x = 2 + \sqrt{3} \), then what is the value of \( x + \frac{1}{x} \)?
(a) -4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) \(2+\sqrt3\)
3. If \(\csc\theta + \cot\theta = 2 + \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(\csc\theta - \cot\theta\)?
(a) \(\sqrt3+\sqrt2\) (b) \(\sqrt2-3\) (c) \(\sqrt3-2\) (d) \(2-\sqrt3\)
4. If \( \cot\alpha = \tan(\beta + \gamma) \), then what is the value of \( \sin(\alpha + \beta + \gamma) \)?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) \(\cfrac{3}{4}\)
5. 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) \(\sqrt5\)
6. If \(\sqrt{5} - \sqrt{3} = a\), then what is the value of \(\sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}\)?
(a) \(\cfrac{2}{a}\) (b) \(\cfrac{a}{2}\) (c) 0 (d) None of the above
7. If \(\tan(\theta + 15^\circ) = \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(\sin \theta\)?
8. If \(x = \cfrac{1}{2 + \sqrt{3}}\) and \(y = \cfrac{1}{2 - \sqrt{3}}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{1}{1 + x} + \cfrac{1}{1 + y}\)?
9. If \(x = 2 + \sqrt{3}\) and \(y = 2 - \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(3x^2 - 5xy + 3y^2\)?
10. If \(x = \frac{\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{3}}\) and \(xy = 1\), then what is the value of \(\frac{x^2 + y^2 + xy}{x^2 + y^2 - xy}\)?
(a) \(\cfrac{6}{7}\) (b) \(\cfrac{12}{11}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{11}\) (d) None of the above
11. If \(\sqrt{5} - \sqrt{3} = a\), then what is the value of \(\sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}\)?
(a) \(\cfrac{2}{a}\) (b) \(\cfrac{a}{2}\) (c) \(0\) (d) None of the above
12. If \(x = 7 + 4\sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{x^3}{x^6 + 3x^3 + 1}\)?
(a) \(2705\) (b) \(7430\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{2705}\) (d) \(\cfrac{1}{7430}\)
13. If \( (\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3})(\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{3}) = 21 - x^2 \), then what is the value of \( x \)?
14. 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
15. If \( \tan^4\theta + \tan^2\theta = 1 \), then what is the value of \( \cos^4\theta + \cos^2\theta - 1 \)?
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of the above
16. 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
17. If \(a + b + c = 0\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{a^3 + b^3 + c^3}{abc} - 3\)?
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) None of the above
18. 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
19. 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
20. If \(a + b : \sqrt{ab} = 1 : 1\), then what is the value of \(\sqrt{\cfrac{a}{b}} + \sqrt{\cfrac{b}{a}}\)?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
21. 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
22. If \( \sin^2A + \sin^4A = 1 \), then what is the value of \( \tan^2A - \tan^4A \)?
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) 2
23. If \( \cos\theta - \sin\theta = \sqrt{2} \sin\theta \), then what is the value of \( \cos\theta + \sin\theta \)?
(a) \(2 cos\theta\) (b) \(\sqrt2 sin \theta\) (c) \(2 sin\theta\) (d) \(\sqrt2 cos \theta\)
24. If \( \frac{a}{3} = \frac{b}{4} = \frac{c}{7} \), then what is the value of \( \frac{a + b + c}{c} \)?
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
25. If \( (7a - 5b) : (3a + 4b) = 7 : 11 \), then what is the value of \( (5a - 3b) : (6a + 5b) \)?
(a) 777:244 (b) 777:247 (c) 247:778 (d) 247:787
26. If \[ \frac{\sec \theta + \tan \theta}{\sec \theta - \tan \theta} = \frac{2 + \sqrt{3}}{2 - \sqrt{3}}, \] then what is the value of \( \theta \)?
(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°
27. 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
28. 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) \(-r^2\)
29. If \(\sin(3x - 20^\circ) = \cos(3y + 20^\circ)\), then what is the value of \(x + y\)?
30. If \(\sqrt{10} - 3 = k\), then what is the value of \(\sqrt{10} + 3\)?
(a) \(2k\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{k}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{2k}\) (d) \(-\cfrac{1}{k}\)