Edexcel C1 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
TopicIndices and Surds

  1. (a) Express \(\frac { 18 } { \sqrt { 3 } }\) in the form \(k \sqrt { 3 }\).
    (b) Express \(( 1 - \sqrt { 3 } ) ( 4 - 2 \sqrt { 3 } )\) in the form \(a + b \sqrt { 3 }\) where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers.
  2. Solve the equation
$$3 x - \frac { 5 } { x } = 2 .$$