INDEX

No. Chapter Name

1. Basic Mathematics
2. Sequence & Series
Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA-1)

1 1
1. If the value of a2 + is 786, then the value of a ­ is _______ .
a2 a

2
§ 1 · 1 1
2. If ¨ a + + 2 ¸ = 4 and a 2 + 2 is not negative find a 2 + 2
© a ¹ a a
3. x + y = 2, xy = 1 find x4 + y4

4. If x + y + z = 6 and xy + yz + zx = 7 find x3 + y3 + z3 ­ 3xyz

5. Find (a + b + c) ((a ­ b)2 + (b ­ c)2 + (c ­ a)2)

1 1
6. If a ­ = 4 find a3 ­ 3
a a

1 1
7. If x 2 + 2
= 14 find x 3 + 3
x x

8. Simplify (x + 2y + z)2 + (x ­ 2y + z)2

9. Factorize the following

i) x2 + 2xy + y2 ­ 4
ii) a4 ­ 81
iii) 9(x + y)2 ­ 16 (x ­ y)2

10. a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc if
a) a + b + c = 0 b) a=b=c
2 2 2
c) a + b + c = ab + bc + ca d) a2 + b 2 + c 2 d ab + bc + ca

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA-2)

1. If 8m = 32 find m

c a b
§ pa · § pb · § pc ·
2. Simplify ¨ b ¸ ¨¨ c ¸¸ ¨¨ a ¸¸
¨p ¸
© ¹ ©p ¹ ©p ¹

3. Simplify 22 /3 ­ 2 -2/3 2 4 /3 + 1 + 2 -4/3

4. If A : B = 3 : 4, B : C = 12 : 13 find A : C

3a + 5b 3c +5d a c
5. If = ,PT =
3a ­ 5b 3c ­ 5d b d

25 u a-4
6. Simplify
5-3 u 10 u a -8

-1
§2
7. By what number we should divide (­12)-1 such that quotient is ¨ ¸·
© 3¹

-5 -11 8x
§5 §5· §5·
8. Find ‘x’ if ¨ ¸· ¨ ¸ =¨ ¸
©3¹ ©3¹ ©3¹

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA-3)

1. Find quotient and remainder when

i) x3 ­ 5x2 + x + 1 is divides by x ­ 2
ii) 2x3 + x ­ 1 is divided by x ­ 1
iii) x3 + x2 + x + 1 is divided by x + 2

Find quotient and remainder when 8x4 + 10x3 ­ 5x2 ­ 4x + 1 is divided by 2x2 + x ­ 1 by long division
2.
method

3. Find remainder when P(x) = 2x3 + bx2 ­ 7x ­ 12 is divided by x + 1

4. Find LCM of 15(2x2 ­ x ­ 1) and 35(2x2 ­7x + 3)

5. Find HCF of 3(x4 ­ x2y2), 6xy(x2 ­ y2),96(x3y + y4)

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA-4)

1. If a > b then
a) a + 5 > b +5 b) a­5<b­5
c) a + b >b +b d) None

2. If a > b then
a) 2a > 2b b) a ­ 5 > b ­5
c) ­ 5a > ­5 b d) None

3. If a < b then
a b a b
a) < b) >
­2 ­2 2 2
1 1 ­a ­b
c) < d) >
a b 2 2

4. Solve x ­ 1 x ­2 >0

5. Solve x 2 > 9

6. If 3 < x <7 and 1 < y <3 then ______ < x + y < ______ , ______ < x ­ y < ______

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA-5)

I. Solve the following by wavy curve method

x2 ­ 5
1. t ­1
x ­1

2. x­1 x ­3 > 0

3. (x ­ 1) (x + 1) (x ­ 4) (x ­ 6) d 0

4. (x ­ 3) t (x ­ 3) (x ­ 4)

5. (2x ­ 1) (x ­ 1) (x + 8) (x ­ 7) d 0

(x + 4)( x ­ 1)(x +5)

6. d0
x(x ­ 7)

x +2
7. d5
x­3

8. (x ­ 4) (x ­ 10) t 0 and (x ­ 9)(2x + 1) d 0

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA-6)

(2x + 1)( x + 4)
1. t0
x2

2x ­ 4
2. t 0 and x ­ 5 d 0
x ­2

x ­1
3. t 0 and x + 4 > 0
x

4. x2 (x ­ 5) (x ­ 2) t 0

x 2 (x ­ 5)4
5. d0
(x ­ 2)3

6. (x ­ 2)3 (x ­ 4)2 (x ­ 10)17 t 0

7. (x ­ 2)4 (x ­ 3)2 (2x + 1)24 d 0

(2 x ­ 1)3 (x + 4)2
8. d0
(x ­ 5)5 (x ­ 17)2

9. x2 + 4x + 4 d 0

4 2
10. + <1
1+ x 1 ­ x

11. (x2 + 1) (x ­ 1) (x ­ 2) < 0

x +2
12. 5x ­ 2 < 3x + 8 and <4
x ­1

13. x2 + 6x ­ 27 > 0 and x2 ­ 3x ­ 4 < 0

14. x2 + 2 d 3x d 2x2 ­ 5

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­7)

1. Find the values of following

a) log 3 27 b) log 5 3 5

c) log a 1 d) log 0.5 256

e) log 10 0.001 f) log 0.01 0.0001

2. Find the values of

(i) § 4 25 ·
log5 ¨ ¸
© 625 ¹
(ii) § 32 ·
log2 ¨ ¸
© 128 ¹

3 /2
3. Prove that 3 log 4 ­ 2 log 6 + 3 log 18 = log 96 2

4. Prove that 3 log10 1.5 + log10 240 ­ 2 log10 9 = 1

§1·
5. Find log § 1 · ¨ ¸
¨ ¸
© 16 ¹
©8¹

§ 50 ·
6. Show that log ¨ ¸ = log 2 + 2 log 5 ­ log 3 ­ 2 log 7
© 147 ¹

§1·
7. Find log 25 5 log 3 ¨ ¸
© 9¹

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­8)

1. Find logy x logz y logx z

§x· § y · log x § z · log y

2. Find ¨ ¸ log z ¨ ¸ ¨ ¸
©y¹ ©z¹ ©x¹

1 1 1
3. Find the value of + +
logab abc log bc abc log ac abc

§ a2 · § b2 · § c2 ·
4. Prove that log ¨ ¸ + log ¨ ¸ + log ¨ ¸ = 0
¨ bc ¸ ¨ ac ¸ ¨ ab ¸
© ¹ © ¹ © ¹

5. Find x, if x = log6 216

6. Find x, if log4 log3 log2 x = 0

log10 x ­ 3 1
7. Find x, if 2
=
log10 x ­ 21 2

§ 11 ·
8. Find ‘x’, if 2 log10 x = 1 + log10 ¨ x + ¸
© 10 ¹

log 27
9. Show that log 67 =
1 +log2 3

§ 1 ·
10. ¨ ¸
log 3
Prove that 3© 5 ¹ =5

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­9)

1
1. z 0 , prove that log a + b =
If a3 + b3 = 0 and a + bz log a +log b + log3
2

3 §x·
2. If log16 x = , logy 0.125 = ­3 find log0.25 ¨ ¸
4 ©y¹

§x·
3. Solve log2 xy =5, log1/2 ¨ ¸ = 1 find x, y
©y¹

4. Find log3 5 log25 27

log 2 2 15
5. Find 2

log x log 2.9 10 + 1

6. Using formula a a =x , prove that 2.9 = 29

1
7. If logab a = x, prove that log b ab =
1­ x

21
8. If log2 x + log 4 x + log16 x = find x
4

9. Find ‘x’ if x + log10 (1 + 2x) = x log10 5 + log10 6

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Basic Mathematics Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­10)

1. Using logarithm table find log (to the 10) of

(a) 4. 105
(b) 0.00036

2. Using anti ­ log table find ­ log of following

(a) 0.5649
(b) 1.3916
(c) 3.1

2.373 u 48.91
3. Find the value of using log table
0.9217

2
2.41 u 2.61
4. Find using log table
1.374

5. Find value of log2 log 2

log 3 81

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­1)

Numerical Questions

1. If Tn = 3n + 2 then find T10 (Ans: 32)

2. If Sn = n2 + n + 1 then find S3, S10 (Ans: S3 = 13 , S10 = 111 )

14 16 2 n+5
3. Find the nth term of an AP : 4, , , 6, ... (Ans: )
3 3 3

4. If for an AP,
i. 3 17 7 37 then find S 16 (Ans: 712)
ii. 7 13 S14 203 then find S 8 (Ans: 44)

5. If Sn = n2 + n then find the third term of this series. (Ans: 6)

Objective Questions

1. Which term of the A.P. 11, 8, 5, 2, …, is ­10?

a) 6 b) 8
c) 16 d) 24

2. In an AP, S3 = 6 and S6 = 3, then its common difference is equal to

a) 3 b) ­1
c) 1 d) None of these

3. Let Tr be the Tr be the 7th term of an AP. Whose first term is a and common difference is d. If for some
1 1
positive integers m, n with m z n, Tm = and Tn = then a ­ d equals
n m
1
a) b) 1
m
1 1
c) 0 d) +
m n

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­2)

Numerical Questions

1. Find t n for the following A.P.s :

i. 4, 9, 14, 19, … (Ans : 5n ­ 1)
14 16 2n + 10
ii. 4, , ,6... (Ans : = )
3 3 3

2. Find the term :

i. The seventh term of an A.P. is 30 and the tenth term is 21, find the fourth term. (Ans: 39)
ii. The third term of A.P. is ­11 and the ninth term is ­35, find the nth term of the A.P. (Ans: 1 ­ 4n)

3. i. If for a sequence (tn), Sn = 2n2 + 5n, find tn and show that the sequence is an A.P. (Ans: (tn) is an A.P.)
ii. If for a sequence (tn), Sn = 4n2 ­ 3n, show that the sequence is an A.P. (Ans: It is A.P.)

4. i. Find three numbers in A.P. such that their sum is 24 and the sum of their squares is 200.
(Ans: 6, 8, 10 or 10, 8, 6)
Find four numbers in A.P. such that the sum of first and last numbers is 8 and the product of second
ii.
and third numbers is 12. (Ans: ­2, 2, 6, 10 or 10, 6, 2, ­2)
5. If for an A.P.
i. t3 = 17, t7 = 37, find S16 (Ans: 712)
ii. t7 = 13, S14 = 203, find S8 (Ans: 44)

6. Find the sum of all natural numbers from 1 to 200 which are
i. divisible by 5 (Ans: 4100)
ii. divisible by 3 (Ans: 6633)

Objective Questions

1. If for an AP T3 = 18, and T7 = 30 then S17 is equal to

a) 612 b) 622
c) 306 d) None of these

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (a)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­3)

Numerical Questions

1. For the following GPs find tn term

i. 1, ­4, 16, ­64, … (Ans: tn = (­4)n­1)
n­1
ii.
3 9 27 § 3·
1, ­ , , ­ , ... (Ans: t n = ¨ ­ ¸ )
2 4 8 © 2¹

2. For a GP, t8 = 640, r = 2 find a (Ans: a = 5)

2 n­2
3. If for a sequence t n = show that sequence is GP. Also find first term and common ratio.
5 n­3
25
(Ans: a = , r =5 )
2

4. Find a GP for which the sum of first two terms is ­4 and fifth term is four times third term.
4 8 16
(Ans: ­ ,­ ,­ ,... or 4,­ 8,16,­ 32,... )
3 3 3

5. Find five numbers in GP such that their product is 32 and the product of fourth and fifth term is 108.

Objective Questions

1. The third term of a G.P. is 3. The product of its first five terms is
a) 1024 b) 243
c) 3125 d) 32

2. The nth term of GP is 128 and the sum of its n terms is 255. If its common ratio is 2 then its first term is
a) 1 b) 3
c) 8 d) None of these

3. If 5 times the 5th term of an AP is equal to 8 times of 8th term of an AP then the 13th term of the AP is
a) ­1 b) 0
c) 1 d) 2

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­4)

Theory Questions (Master Key)

55
1. For GP if a = 1, r = ­3/2 find S5. (Ans: )
16

2. If for a given GP a = 729 and t7 = 64 then determine S7 (Ans: 2059)

3. If S1, S2, S3 are respectively the sum of n, 2n, 3n terms of a GP. Then prove that S1(S3 ­ S2) = (S2 ­ S1)2

n
§S·
4. If S is the sum, P the product and R sum of the reciprocals of n terms of a GP, then prove that P 2 = ¨ ¸ .
©R¹

5. Express the following recurring decimals as Rational number (i.e. in the form p/q).
(i) 0.23 (ii) 1.3 (iii) 0.234

80 4 176
6. The sum of infinite GP is and its common ratio is ­ , find first term. (Ans: a = )
9 95 19

7. Find the sum of first 24 terms of the A.P. a1, a2, a3, … if it is known that a1 + a5 + a10 + a15 + a20 + a24 = 225.
(Ans: 900)

Objective Questions

1. The first, second and middle term of an AP are a, b, c respectively. Sum of all terms is
2 c­a 2c c ­ a
a) b) +c
b­a c­a
2c b ­ a 2b c ­ a
c) d)
c­a b­a

2. If the sum of first two terms of an infinite GP is 1 and every term is twice the sum of all the successive
terms, then its first term is
1 2
a) b)
3 3
1 3
c) d)
4 4

3. The product of first n (odd) terms of a GP whose middle term is m is

a) mn b) mn
c) nm d) None of these

4. Three numbers form an 5 increasing GP. If the middle number doubled, then the new numbers are in AP.
The common ratio of the GP is
a) 2 ­ 3 b) 2 + 3
c) 3 ­2 d) 3 + 2

5. If a, b, c are in AP then 2ax+1, 2bx + 1, 2cx + 1, x z 0 are in

a) AP b) GP only when x > 0
c) GP only when x < 0 d) GP

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­4)

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (d)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­5)

Numerical Questions (Master Key)

1. 1 1 1
If (b ­ c)2, (c ­ a)2, (a ­ b)2 are in AP then prove that , , are also in AP.
b­c c­a a­b

24
2. 3, x, 4 are in H.P. find x (Ans: x = )
7

1 1 1 1
3. Find 10th term in the series , , ... (Ans: )
8 28 48 188

2 1 1 1 1
4. , a, b, c , are in H.P. find a, b, c (Ans: , , )
12 16 2 36 51

Objective Questions

1. If the 7th term of a HP is 8, and the 8th term is 7 then its 15th term is
a) 16 b) 14
27 56
c) d)
14 15

2. If a, b, c, d are in GP then (a3 + b3)­1, (b3 + c3)­1, (c3 + d3)­1 are in

a) AP b) GP
c) HP d) None of these

3. If 4a2 + 9b2 + 16c2 = 2(3ab + 6bc + 4ac) then a, b, c are in _____ progression
a) AP b) GP
c) HP d) None of these

3
4. The fourth term of the sequence 3, , 1,... is
2
3 4
a) b)
4 3
2
c) d) None of these
3

Answer Key
Objective Questions
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­6)

Numerical Questions

1. Find the Sn of the following arithemetico­geometric sequences

n
1 2 x ­x 2n ­1 x n
i. 1, 3x, 5x2, 7x3, 9x4, … (Ans: S n = ­ 2
+ )
1­ x x ­1 x ­1
n
2 2 x ­ x 2n x n
ii. 2 u 1, 4 u 3, 6 u 9, 8 u 27, 10 u 81,... (Ans: S n = ­ 2
+ )
1­ x x ­1 x ­1

2. Find the sum to infinity of the following arithmetic­geometric sequences

5 7 9 11 11
i. 3, , , , , ... (Ans: )
4 16 64 256 3
3 5 7 9 11 2
ii. 1, ­ , , ­ , , ­ ,... (Ans: )
2 4 8 16 32 9
­4 7 10 13 16
iii. 1, , , ­ , , ­ ,... (Ans: 0 )
2 4 8 16 32

Objective Questions

1. If In (a + c), in (a ­ c), in (a ­ 2b + c) are in AP then

a) a, b, c are in AP b) a2, b2, c2 are in AP
c) a, b, c are in GP d) a, b, c, are in HP

2. Statement 1: The sum of the series 1 + (1 + 2 + 4) + (4 + 6 + 9) + (9 + 12 + 16) + … + (361 + 380 + 400) is

8000.
n 3
Statement 2: ¦ k 3 ­ k ­ 1 = n 3 , for any natural number n.
k =1
a) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
b) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true ; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1
c) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true ; Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for Statement 1
d) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (d) 2. (b)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­7)

Numerical Questions

1. Insert 4 arithmetic means between 2 and 52 (Ans: 11, 22, 32, 42)

2. Insert 5 geometric means between 2 and 128 (Ans: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64)

3. 1, a1, a2, …., a10 2 are in A.P. 1, b1, b2, …., b10 2 are in H.P. Then find a4b7 (Ans: 2)

4. If 10 arithmetic means a1, a2, a3 ….. a10 are inserted a and b and a4 + a7 = (Ans: a + b)

5. If a, b, c, d, e, f, are Arithmetic mean between 2 and 12 then find the sum : a + b + c + d + e + f (Ans: 42)

Objective Questions

1. Six arithmetic means are inserted between 1 and 9/2, then 4th arithmetic mean is
a) 2 b) 1
c) 3 d) 4

2. nAM’s are inserted between 2 and 38. If third AM is 14 then n is equal to

a) 9 b) 7
c) 8 d) 10

g12 g22
3. g1, g2 are two GM’s between a and b, then + is equal to
g 2 g1
a) a+b b) ab
a+b
c) d) None of these
ab

4. If A1, A2 are two AMs between two numbers a and b, then (2A1 ­ A2) (2A2 ­ A1) is equal to
a) a + b b) ab
a+b
c) d) None of these
ab

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­8)

Numerical Questions (Master Key)

1. n § n n +1 ·
2
Derives ¦ k 3 using the method discussed in class. (Ans: ¨ ¸ )
k =1 © 2 ¹

2. Solve the following

n n
¦ 2r ­ 1 2 r + 1 (Ans: 4 n 2 + 6n ­ 1 )
i. r =1 3

n ª 1 3 + 2 3 + ...+ r 3 º n n+3 n+2

ii. ¦« » (Ans: )
r =1 ¬ r r +1 ¼ 12
n
iii. 1.3 + 5.7 + 9.11 + … upto n terms (Ans: 16 n 2 ­ 7 )
3
n
iv. 12 + 32 + 52 + …+ upto n terms (Ans: 4n 2 ­ 1 )
3
v. (602 ­ 592) + (582 ­ 572) + …+ (22 ­ 12) (Ans: 1830)
n n +1 n + 2 n + 3
vi. 1.2.3 + 2.3.4 + 3.4.5 + … + n(n + 1)(n + 2) (Ans: )
4

2
n n+1
3. The sum of the first n terms of the series 12 + 2.22 + 32 + 2.42 + 52 + 2.62 + … is when n is even.
2
n2 n + 1
When n is odd the sum is (Ans: )
2

Objective Questions

1. If a1, a2,…, an are in HP then the expression a1a2 + a2a3 + … + an ­ 1an is equal to
a) n(a1 ­ an) b) (n ­ 1) (a1 ­ an)
c) na1an d) (n ­ 1) a1an

2. f f f
If x = ¦ a n , y = ¦ b n , z = ¦ c n where a, b, c are in AP and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1 then x, y, z are in
n=0 n=0 n=0
a) HP b) AGP
c) AP d) GP

1
3. If nth term of a series is then sum of the infinite terms of the series is
n+1 n+3
3 1
a) b)
2 2
5 5
c) d)
2 12
4. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777, … is
7 7
a) 179 ­ 10 ­20 b) 99 ­ 10 ­20
81 9
7 7
c) 179 + 10 ­20 d) 99 + 10 ­20
81 9

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­8)

Answer Key
Objective Questions
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­9)

Numerical Questions

1. n 3 + 3n 2 + 5n
Find the sum of n term of the series 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, … (Ans: )
3
2. Find the sum of n term of the series 3, 5, 9, 17, … (Ans: 2 n+1 + n ­ 2 )

Objective Questions

1. The next term of the sequence 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, … is

a) 15 b) 16
c) 17 d) 18

2. The eleventh term of the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, … is

a) 89 b) 66
c) 72 d) None of these

1 1 1
3. The sum of the series + + + ... upto 9 terms is
2 3 6
5 1
a) ­ b) ­
6 2
3
c) 1 d) ­
2

4. 1 2 1 2
The sum to infinity of + 2 + 3 + 4 + ... is
7 7 7 7
3 1
a) b)
16 5
1 1
c) d)
24 16

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a)

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Sequence and Series Lakshya Daily Assignment (LDA­10)

Numerical Questions

1. Find HM of two positive numbers where AM and GM are 16 and 8 respectively. (Ans : 4)

2. The minimum value of the expression 3x + 31 ­ x, x  R , is (Ans : 2 3 )

3. x, y, z are positive real P.T. (x + y) (y + z) (z + x) t 8xyz

4. If a, b, c, d are four distinct positive quantities in A.P. show that bc > ad

5. If a, b, c, d are four distinct positive quantities in G.P. show that a + d > b + c

Objective Questions

2
1. The Harmonic mean between two numbers is 14 and the geometric mean is 24. The greatest number
5
between them is
a) 72 b) 36
c) 18 d) 60

2. If a, b, c, d are positive real numbers such that a + b + c + d = 2, then M = (a + b) (c + d) satisfies the relation
a) 0 d M d 1 b) 1 d M d 2
c) 2 d M d 3 d) 3 d M d 4

a b c
3. If a, b, c are positive real numbers then + + is greater than or equal to
b c a
a) 3 b) 6
c) 27 d) None of these

4. Let x be the arithmetic mean and y, z be two geometric means between any two positive number. The
y3 + z3
value of is
xyz
a) 2 b) 3
1 3
c) d)
2 2

Answer Key
Objective Questions

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a)

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