LFM Pure and Mechanics

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turkey-yks 2013 Q3 Solving Equations Involving Surds View
$$\frac { 1 + \sqrt { a } } { 1 - a } - \frac { a } { 1 - \sqrt { a } } = \frac { 5 } { 3 }$$
Given this, what is a?
A) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
B) $\frac { 3 } { 2 }$
C) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
D) $\frac { 1 } { 9 }$
E) $\frac { 4 } { 9 }$
turkey-yks 2014 Q1 Evaluating Expressions Using Index Laws View
$$\left[ \left( \frac { - 1 } { 2 } \right) ^ { - 2 } \right] ^ { 3 }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) - 32
B) - 16
C) 12
D) 32
E) 64
turkey-yks 2014 Q3 Evaluating Expressions Using Index Laws View
$6 ^ { - 3 } \left( 8 ^ { 3 } - 6 ^ { 3 } + 4 ^ { 3 } \right)$ What is the result of this operation?
A) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
B) $\frac { 4 } { 3 }$
C) $\frac { 5 } { 3 }$
D) $\frac { 9 } { 4 }$
E) $\frac { 5 } { 6 }$
turkey-yks 2014 Q4 Solving Equations Involving Surds View
For a real number $\mathbf { x }$,
$$\sqrt { \frac { \sqrt { x } + 2 } { \sqrt { x } - 2 } } = \sqrt { x } + 2$$
Given that, what is x?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
E) 7
turkey-yks 2014 Q10 Solving Equations Involving Surds View
Given that $x \neq - 1$ and
$$( x + 1 ) \sqrt { x - 1 } = \sqrt { 2 x + 2 }$$
What is $x$?
A) $\frac { 3 \sqrt { 3 } } { 2 }$
B) $\frac { 2 \sqrt { 3 } } { 3 }$
C) $\frac { 4 \sqrt { 2 } } { 3 }$
D) $\sqrt { 2 }$
E) $\sqrt { 3 }$
turkey-yks 2015 Q1 Evaluating Expressions Using Index Laws View
$$3 ^ { 2 } \cdot \frac { 1 - 3 ^ { - 4 } } { 1 - 3 ^ { - 2 } }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 8
D) 9
E) 10
turkey-yks 2015 Q3 Simplifying Surd Expressions View
$$\frac { \sqrt [ 3 ] { 2 \cdot \sqrt { 54 } } } { \sqrt { 2 } }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) $\sqrt { 2 }$ B) $\sqrt { 3 }$ C) $\sqrt { 6 }$ D) $\sqrt [ 3 ] { 4 }$ E) $\sqrt [ 3 ] { 9 }$
turkey-yks 2016 Q1 Numerical Arithmetic with Fractions and Decimals View
$$\frac { 6 ^ { 4 } - 4 ^ { 4 } } { 5 \cdot 2 ^ { 4 } }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) 9
B) 12
C) 13
D) 14
E) 16
turkey-yks 2016 Q2 Numerical Arithmetic with Fractions and Decimals View
$$\frac { 4 } { 9 - \frac { 49 } { 9 } } - \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
E) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
turkey-yks 2016 Q2 Evaluating Expressions Using Index Laws View
$$\frac { 6 ^ { -8 } \cdot 9 ^ { 4 } } { 4 ^ { -6 } }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) 8
B) 9
C) 12
D) 16
E) 18
turkey-yks 2016 Q3 Simplifying Surd Expressions View
$$\frac { \sqrt { 48 } } { \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 3 } } + \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 27 } } }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 8
D) 9
E) 12
turkey-yks 2016 Q3 Simplifying Surd Expressions View
$$\frac { \sqrt { 12 } } { \sqrt { 27 } + \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 3 } } }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
B) $\frac { 3 } { 5 }$
C) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
D) $\sqrt { 3 }$
E) $\sqrt { 6 }$
turkey-yks 2016 Q6 Ordering and Comparing Surd or Numerical Values View
$$\begin{aligned} & a = \sqrt { 2 } + \sqrt { 45 } \\ & b = \sqrt { 5 } + \sqrt { 18 } \\ & c = \sqrt { 8 } + \sqrt { 20 } \end{aligned}$$
Given this, which of the following orderings is correct?
A) a $<$ b $<$ c
B) b $<$ a $<$ c
C) c $<$ b $<$ a
D) b $<$ c $<$ a
E) c $<$ a $<$ b
turkey-yks 2016 Q8 Ratio and Proportion Problems View
Positive real numbers $a$ and $b$ satisfy the equality
$$a ^ { 2 } - 2 a b - 3 b ^ { 2 } = 0$$
Accordingly, what is the value of the expression $\frac { a + b } { a - b }$?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 6
turkey-yks 2016 Q11 Solving Equations Involving Surds View
$$\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 2 x } } + \frac { 4 } { \sqrt { 8 x } } = 6$$
Given this, what is $x$?
A) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
B) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
C) $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$
D) $\frac { 1 } { 8 }$
E) $\frac { 1 } { 12 }$
turkey-yks 2017 Q1 Numerical Arithmetic with Fractions and Decimals View
$\frac { 5 - \frac { 25 } { 9 } } { \frac { 2 } { 3 } } - \frac { 1 } { 3 }$\ What is the result of this operation?\ A) 1\ B) 2\ C) 3\ D) 4\ E) 5
turkey-yks 2017 Q2 Numerical Arithmetic with Fractions and Decimals View
$\frac { 60 ^ { 2 } \cdot 3 } { 15 ^ { 3 } }$\ What is the result of this operation?\ A) 2.4\ B) 2.6\ C) 2.8\ D) 3\ E) 3.2
turkey-yks 2017 Q3 Simplifying Surd Expressions View
$\frac { \sqrt { 48 } + \sqrt { 75 } } { \sqrt { 108 } - \sqrt { 27 } }$\ What is the result of this operation?\ A) 1\ B) 2\ C) 3\ D) 4\ E) 5
turkey-yks 2017 Q3 Simplifying Surd Expressions View
$$\sqrt [ 3 ] { \frac { 32 } { \sqrt { 8 } - \sqrt { 2 } } }$$
What is the result of this operation?
A) $\sqrt { 2 }$ B) $2 \sqrt { 2 }$ C) $\sqrt [ 3 ] { 2 }$ D) 2 E) 4
turkey-yks 2017 Q10 Solving Equations Involving Surds View
$\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { \mathrm{a} } } - \frac { 2 } { \sqrt { 9 \mathrm{a} } } = 1$\ Given this, what is a?\ A) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$\ B) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$\ C) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$\ D) $\frac { 1 } { 9 }$\ E) $\frac { 4 } { 9 }$
turkey-yks 2020 Q2 Number-Theoretic Reasoning with Indices View
For a project, 16 schools were selected from each of Turkey's 81 provinces, and a message was sent to each school's principal. Then, each school's principal sent this message to 35 teachers in their school.
Accordingly, what is the total number of principals and teachers to whom this message was sent?
A) $4^{6}$
B) $5^{6}$
C) $6^{6}$
D) $7 \cdot 5^{5}$
E) $8^{6}$
turkey-yks 2020 Q3 Solving Exponential or Index Equations View
For integers $x$ and $y$
$$9 ^ { x } - 3 ^ { 2 x - 2 } = 2 ^ { y } \cdot 3 ^ { 6 }$$
the equality is satisfied. Accordingly, what is the sum $x + y$?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
E) 7
turkey-yks 2020 Q3 Simplifying Surd Expressions View
When the numbers $\sqrt{5}, \sqrt{8}, \sqrt{12}, \sqrt{18}, \sqrt{20}$ and $\sqrt{27}$ are placed in the boxes below, with each box containing a different number, A, B, and C become whole numbers.
Accordingly, what is the sum $\mathrm{A} + \mathrm{B} + \mathrm{C}$?
A) 40
B) 44
C) 48
D) 52
E) 56
turkey-yks 2021 Q1 Number-Theoretic Reasoning with Indices View
For distinct natural numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$,
$$\frac { 6 ^ { a } \cdot 15 ^ { b } } { 9 ^ { b } \cdot 10 ^ { c } }$$
is equal to an integer. Accordingly, which of the following orderings is correct?
A) $a < b < c$
B) $b < a < c$
C) $b < c < a$
D) $c < a < b$
E) $c < b < a$
turkey-yks 2021 Q4 Simplifying Surd Expressions View
Mert, who performs operations with radical numbers, instead of multiplying the number $\sqrt{10} + \sqrt{6}$ by its conjugate $\sqrt{10} - \sqrt{6}$, mistakenly divided it.
Accordingly, how much greater is the number Mert found than the number he should have found?
A) $\sqrt{12}$ B) $\sqrt{15}$ C) $\sqrt{18}$ D) $\sqrt{20}$ E) $\sqrt{30}$