57. (a) They would have to talk more than 6 months.
(b) They are saving between 42 and 60 dollars per month,
not counting the up-front fees to switch.
59. 1 x 19 and y 20 x
61. 10 x 35 63. 1 t 4 65. 2 t 2.25
67. (a) x
2
x when 0 x 1 and x
2
x when x 0 or x 1.
(b) If c is nonzero and c 1, then either 0 c 1 or 1
c 0 (which is equivalent to 1 c 0). If 0 c
1, then c c and c is a solution of x
2
x by part (a),
so that c
2
c c. If 1 c 0, then c c,
which is a solution of x
2
x by part (a), so that c
2
(c)
2
(c) c.
(c) If c 1, then either c 1 or c 1. In either case,
c is a solution of x
2
x by part (a).
69. No solutions
71. (∞, ∞), all real numbers are solutions.
73. x 2, x 3 75. No solutions
77. x
5
2
Special Topics 4.6.A, page 320
1. 4/3 x 0 3. 7/6 x 11/6
5. x 11/20 or x 1/4
7. x 53/40 or x 43/40
9. x 7/2 or x 5/4 11. 1/7 x 3
13. 3
x 1 or 1 x 3
15. x 6
or x 6
17. x 2 or 1 x 0 or x 1
19. 1.43 x 1.24 21. x .89 or x 1.56
23. x 2 or x 14/3
25. 1.13 x 1.35 or 1.35 x 1.67
27. (∞, ∞), all real numbers are solutions.
29. x 1, x 2
31. If x 3 E/5, then multiplying both sides by 5 shows
that 5x 3 E. But
5x 3 5
x 3 5(x 3)
5x 15 (5x 4) 11. Thus,
(5x 4) 11 E.
33. (a) 2.999 x 3.001
(b) d l .001 where d is the desired length, and l is the
length of the manufactured rod.
Section 4.7, page 326
1. 8 2i 3. 2 10i
5. 1/2 2i 7.
2
2
3
2i
9. 1 13i 11. 30i
ANSWERS 997
13. 21 20i 15. 4
17. i 19. i
21. i 23.
3
13
2i
25.
4
3
i 27.
1
4
2
1
1
4
5
1
i
29.
4
5
1
4
4
1
i 31.
1
1
0
7
1
1
1
7
i
33.
1
7
0
1
1
1
0
i 35.
1
1
1
7
3
0
1
4
7
1
0
i
37. 6i 39. 14i
41. 4i 43. 11i
45. (15 32
)i 47. 2/3
49. 41 i
51. (2 52
) (5
210)i
53.
1
6
1
6
i 5
55. x 2, y 2
57. x 3/4, y 3/2 59.
1
3
3
14
i,
1
3
3
14
i
61. 2 0i, 3 0i 63.
1
4
4
31
i,
1
4
4
31
i
65. 42 2.5i, 42 2.5i
67. 2 0i, 1 3
i, 1 3
i
69. 1 0i, 1 0i, 0 i, 0 i
71. 1
73. (a) (i) 5 (ii) 25 (iii) 8
(iv) 8 (v) 8
(b) mod(5 12i)
75. z
w
(
a
b
i
)
(
c
d
i
)
(ac bd) (bc ad)
i
(ac bd) (bc ad)i
z
w
(a bi)
(c di)
(a bi)(c di)
(ac bd) (bc ad)i
Thus z
w
z
w
77. z
a b
i a b
i a bi z
79. (a)
z
2
z
2
a
a
a
(b)
z
2i
z
2
2
b
i
i
b
81. (a) (i) (a, b) (c, d) (a c, b d) (c a, d b)
(c, d) (a, b)
(ii) [(a, b) (c, d)] (e, f ) (a c, d d) (e, f )
((a c)) e, (b d) f )
(a (c e), b (d f ))
(a, b) [(c, d) (e, f )]
(iii) (a, b) (0, 0) (a 0, b 0) (a, b)
(iv) (a, b) (a, b) (a (a), b (b)) (0, 0)
(a bi) (a bi)
2i
(a bi) (a bi)
2