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

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

2. If \(x + \frac{1}{x} = 2\), then what is the value of \(x^{119} + \frac{1}{x^{119}}\)?

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

3. 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

4. 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

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 \(x = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\), 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) \(\sqrt5\)

9. 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

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

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

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

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

14. If the mean of a statistical distribution is 4.1, \(∑f_i x_i = 132 + 5k\), and \(∑f_i = 20\), then what is the value of \(k\)?

15. If \(x = \cfrac{1}{2 + \sqrt{3}}\) and \(y = \cfrac{1}{2 - \sqrt{3}}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{1}{1 + x} + \cfrac{1}{1 + y}\)?

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

17. If \(a : b = 2 : 1\) and \(x : y = 3 : 4\), then what is the value of \((2ax - by) : (2by - ax)\)?

(a) 2:1 (b) 3:1 (c) 4:1 (d) 5:1

18. If \((2x - 3y) : (5x - 2y) = 1 : 19\), then what is the value of \((2x + 3y) : (3x - 2y)\)?

(a) 9:19 (b) 16:9 (c) 9:16 (d) 19:9

19. If \(x + \cfrac{1}{x} = 3\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{(x^2 + 3x + 1)}{(x^2 + 7x + 1)}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{3}{5}\) (b) \(\cfrac{5}{3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{2}{4}\) (d) \(\cfrac{1}{2}\)

20. 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

21. 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) \(\cfrac{1}{7430}\)

22. If \(\frac{3x - 5y}{3x + 5y} = \frac{1}{2}\), then what is the value of \(\frac{3x^2 - 5y^2}{3x^2 + 5y^2}\)?

23. If the equation \(x^2 - x = k(2x - 1)\) has a sum of roots equal to \(0\), then what is the value of \(k\)?

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

24. If \(x= \cfrac{2\sqrt{15}}{\sqrt5+\sqrt3}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{x+\sqrt5}{x-\sqrt5}\) \(+\cfrac{x+\sqrt3}{x-\sqrt3}\)?

25. If \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are the roots of the quadratic equation \(2x^2 - 3x + 4 = 0\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{\alpha^2 + \beta^2}{\alpha^{-1} + \beta^{-1}}\)?

26. If \(x = \cfrac{\sqrt3 - \sqrt2}{\sqrt3 + \sqrt2}\) and \(xy = 1\), then what is the value of \(3x^2 - 5xy + 3y^2\)?

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

28. Here’s the English translation: *If the mean of a statistical distribution is 4.1, \(∑f_i.x_i = 132 + 5k\), and \(∑f_i = 20\), then what is the value of \(k\)?* Would you like help solving it too? I’d be glad to walk through it with you.

29. If \(u_i = \cfrac{x_i - 25}{10}\), \(\sum f_i u_i = 20\), and \(\sum f_i = 100\), then what is the value of \(\bar{x}\)?

30. If \(x + y = \sqrt{7}\) and \(xy = 1\), then what is the value of \(x - y\)?