JC2 H2 Mathematics MBT Revision Package TMJC 2019

H2 Mathematics (9758)
Revision Package
Inequalities
Solutions

Qn 1 2014/Promo/YJC/1
x2  3
2
x
x2  3  2x
0
x
( x  3)( x  1)
0
x
-ve +ve -ve +ve

1 0 3 x
Hence 1≤ x< 0 or x ≥ 3

x2  3 2
To solve  2 , since x2= x , replace x by x in the above solution.
x
1≤ x < 0 (no real solution as x ≥ 0) or x ≥ 3
Hence x ≥ 3 or x ≤ 3.

Qn 3 2014/Promo/PJC/3
(i) x2  4 x  5
0
2 x2  5x  3
( x  2)2  1
0
(2 x  1)( x  3)
Since ( x  2)2  1 is positive for all real values of x,
 (2 x  1)( x  3)  0 + − +
1
x  3 or x  −3 ½
2

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(ii) Replace x in the original inequality with  x , we have

  x   4( x)  5  0
2

2x  5x  3
2

x2  4 x  5
0
2x2  5x  3
1
Hence  x  3 or  x 
2
1
x or x  3
2

Qn 4 2014/Promo/NYJC/1
5
1
x  2x  4
2

5
1 2 0
x  2x  4
x2  2 x  1
0
x2  2 x  4
( x  1) 2
0
( x  1  5)( x  1  5)

+ - - +
x

x  1  5 or x  1 or x  5  1

5
1
4  2e x  e2 x

Rearranging,
5
1
e  2e x  4
2x

5
Let y  e x , we have 1.
y  2y  4
2

By earlier result,
y  1  5 , y  1 or y  5 1
 e x  1  5 , e x  1 or e x  5  1
 ex  1  5 , ex  1 or e x  1  5 (No solutions)
 x  ln(1  5) or x  0

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Qn 6 2014/Promo/MI/2
x2  x  2
y , x  , x  1 and y  k
x 1
xk  k  x 2  x  2
x 2  x  1  k   2  k  0
values that y can take  b 2  4ac  0
 1  k   4(1)(2  k )  0
2

k 2  6k  7  0
 k  7  k  1  0
(show graph/critical region method)
k  7 or k  1
y  : y  7 or y  1

Qn 7 2014/Promo/ACJC/2
(i) 4
x (*note x  3)
x3
4  x  x  3
 0
x3
4  x 2  3x
 0
x3
x 2  3x  4
 0
x3


 x  4  x  1  0
x3
 ( x  4)( x  3)( x  1)  0
- + - +
-4 -3 1

Hence 4  x  3 or x  1 .

(ii) 4x 1 4 1
  
1  3x x 1
3 x
x

1
Replacing x in (i) by :
x
1 1 1
4   3    x
x 3 4
1
Or 1  0  x  1.
x

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