Advanced Edge Material 1

Algebra Practice set – 3

1. Let Sk be the sum of the first k terms of the arithmetic
2 6 12 20 30 42
Sm m2 7. If S =       ..........., ,
progression t1, t2,...tk... If  2 , then find the value 10 10 2 103 104 105 106
Sn n
find the value of S ?
tm
of t . 24 242
n a. b.
90 900
t1  m m 1 245 200
a. t  n b. c. b.
1 n 1 900 729
mt1  1 8. What is the solution set of the inequality
2m  1
c. mt  1 d. |x – 4| + |x – 6| < 4 ?
1 2n  1 a. 3 < x 7 b. x > 4
2. If ,  and  are roots of the equation 2x3 – 12x + px – c. x > 6 d. 2 < x < 6
1 = 0 and (1 – ) (1 – ) (1 –  ) = 3, then find p. 9. How many values of x satisfy the following equation:
a. 15 b. –15 c. –30 d. 30
x log 3 x  6log 3 x 11  729 ?
2

3. If |x2– 5x + 4| < |x2–16|, which of the following is cor-

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
rect?
10. What is the remainder when x6 + x5 + x4 + x3 + x2 + x + 1
3 3 is divided by x2 – 3x + 2?
a.  x0 b. 0  x 
2 2 a. 113x + 120 b. 120x + 113
c. 120x – 113 d.113x – 120
3 3
c. x   d. x  11. There is a series in arithmetic progression, comprising
2 2 240 terms. The 47th term and 211th term of the
4. a, b, c are roots of x3 + px2 + qx + r = 0.
3 13
Given a + b + c = 0, a2 + b2 + c2 = 26, a3 + b3 + c3 = 36. progression are 23 and 177 respectively. To this
Calculate the values of p, q and r. 43 43
a. p = 0; q = 13; r = –12 series, x terms are added at the beginning and another
b. p = –12; q = –13; r = 0 (x+17) terms are added at the end such that the entire
c. p = 0; q = –13; r = –12 series is still in arithmetic progression. If the total
d. p = 12; q = –13; r = –12 number of terms in the series finally is 473, what is the
sum of all the 473 terms of the series.
7  40 a. 47432 b. 44388
5. If a  and b  4  15 , which of the fol- c. 47344 d. 47388
3
12. The internal angles of a polygon are in an arithmetic
lowing is the value of a + b? progression. The smallest angle measures 65° and the
5  10  15 6  2 15 3
a. b. common difference is 18 . The number of sides of
6 5 4
the polygon is
6  2 15 6  10  15 a. 8 b. 9
c. d. c. 10 d. 7
6 5
13. An arithmetic progression has 2k (where k is a natural
6. How many pairs (x, y) of natural numbers satisfy x2–
number) terms. The sum of the 1st, 3rd ……. (2k – 1)th
y2= 1001?
a. 4 b. 1 terms is 186 and the sum of the other terms is 216. If
the last term was 55 more than the first term, find the
c. 2 d. 3
fourth term.
a. 11 b. 26
c. 30 d. None of the above

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Advanced Edge Material 2
14. A real valued function f(x) is such that f(x + y) = f(x) +
f(y) + 6xy + 3 for all real values of x and y. Find the
value of f(3) if f(–1) = 6.
 1  1  1
15. Consider the expression 1   1   1   .....
 4   9   16 

 1 
1  2  . The largest value of n for which the value
 n 
of the expression is not less than 0.51 is:
a. 48 b. 50 c. 52 d. 51

16. The number of positive integers, n, in the range 50 < n

n n n
< 70, such that at least one of the numbers , , ,
2 3 4
n n n n
, , , is an integer, is:
5 6 7 8
a. 17 b. 3 c. 16 d. 4

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