IOQM

Practice Test- 4
Time : 3 Hrs. M.M. : 10
General Instruction:
1. All the answers are single digit or double digit.
2. Question 01 to 10 carries 2 marks each, Question 11 to 22 Carries 5 marks each and
Question 23 & 24 carries 10 marks each.
3. No negative marking.

ALGEBRA SOLUTIONS

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1. R, M and O are non-negative integers such that R + M + O = 13. Find the
last two digits of the maximum value of R × M × O + R × M + M × O + O × R.

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Sol. Note that

(R + 1)(M + 1)(O + 1) = RM O + RM + M O + OR + R + M + O + 1

=⇒ RM O + RM + M O + OR = (R + 1)(M + 1)(O + 1) − 14

equal then R = M = O = 3
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Note that maximum value is attained only when R, M, O are equal but if all are
13
which is clearly not possible since they are integers,
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so, the other way is that, all the numbers are close to each other hence (4, 4, 5) is
a permissible triplet, so
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(RM O + RM + M O + OR)max = (4 + 1)(4 + 1)(5 + 1) − 14 = 1 36 .

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a + b + c
2. For a, b, c ∈ R+ , ab = 24, bc = 32 and ca = 48, find .
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6
2
Sol. Note  = 24 · 32 · 48 =⇒ (abc) = 192 =⇒ a = 6, b = 4, c =
 that (abc)
a+b+c
A

8 =⇒ = 03 .
6
R

3. a, b and c are real numbers in geometric progression with a > b > c. If

√
a120 = bk = c180 find k.
Sol. Let u = x, b = xr, c = xr2 =⇒ x120 = (xr)k = (xr2 )180 =⇒ x2 =
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(xr)3 =⇒ x = r−6 =⇒ (r−6 )120 = (r−6 · r)k =⇒ −720 = −5k =⇒ k =

√
144 =⇒ k = 12

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4. If 201 − a2 = 160 − b2 = ab, where a, b ∈ R+ and a − b = , find x + y where
y
x and y co-prime.
Sol. Note the trick, that is: a(a + b) = 201 and b(a + b) = 160 =⇒ (a + b)2 =
201 160 41

IN
361 =⇒ a + b = 9 =⇒ a = ,b = =⇒ a − b = =⇒ x = 41, y =
9 9 9
9 =⇒ x + y = 50 .
√ √
5. If x = 2 + 5 is a root of kx4 + mx3 + nx2 + l = 0 where k, m, n, l are integers

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find the value of |k| + |m| + |n| + |l|.
√ √ √ √ √ √ √
Sol. x = 2+ 5 =⇒ x− 2 = 5 =⇒ (x− 2)2 = ( 5)2 =⇒ x2 +2−2 2 =
√ √
5 =⇒ (x2 − 3) = 2 2 =⇒ (x2 − 3)2 = (2 2)2 =⇒ x4 − 6x2 + 9 = 8 =⇒
x4 − 6x2 + 1 = 0 =⇒ k = 1, m = 0, n = −6, l = 1 =⇒ |k| + |m| + |n| + |l| =
1 + 0 + 6 + 1 = 08
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6. Find f (f (n)) = 2n find f (22 ) + f 2 (2) + f (2)2 using f (2) = 5 and without
N
making any function.
Sol. f (f (n)) = 2n =⇒ f (2n) = 2f (n) =⇒ for n = 2, f (22 ) = 2f (2) = 10.
A

Note that f (f (2)) = f 2 (2) = 2(2) = 4. So, f (22 )+f 2 (2)+f (2)2 = 10+4+52 = 39 .
H
S
A
R
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7. Find m such that (x + y)2 + (y + z)2 + (z + x)2 > m(xyz) 3 .
Sol. (x + y)2 + (y + z)2 + (z + x)2
> ((x + y)(y + z) + (y + z)(z + x) + (z + x)(x + y))
2
= x2 + y 2 + z 2 + 3(xy + yz + zx) > 4(xy + yz + zx) > 12(xyz) 3 =⇒ m = 12

IN
8. If there are N many positive integers not exceeding 2020 which are multiples
of 2 or 3 but not of 5. Find sum of digits of N .

JA
Sol. Note that
           
2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020
N= + − + + −
2 3 2·3 2·5 3·5 2·3·5

=⇒ N = 1010 + 673 − 336 + 202 + 134 − 67 = 1616 =⇒ s(N ) = 14 .

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9. Find all sum of all m such that m2 − 12m + 45 is a perfect square.
N
Sol. Note that m2 − 2 · m · 6 + 62 − 62 + 45 = y 2 =⇒ y 2 − (m − 6)2 = 9
=⇒ (y − m − 6)(y + m − 6) = 9 = 3 · 3 = 9 · 1 =⇒ 2y = 6, 10 =⇒ y = 3, 5.
A

For y = 3 : m2 − 12m + 45 = 32 =⇒ m2 − 12m + 36 = 0 =⇒ (m − 6)2 =

0 =⇒ m = 6. And for y = 5 : 32 − 12m + 45 = 25 =⇒ m2 − 12m + 20 =
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0 =⇒ (m − 2)(m − 10) =⇒ m = 2, 10. Hence sum of all possible m equals

6 + 2 + 10 = 18 .
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|m2 − n2 |
10. Find if mn − m − n = 131 and m2 n + nm2 = 4830, where m and
10
A

n are natural numbers.

Sol. Note that mn − 131 = m + n and mn(m + n) = 4830 =⇒ mn(mn − 131) =
R

4830 =⇒ a2 − 131a − 4830 = 0 where a = mn =⇒ (a + 30)(a − 161) = 0 =⇒

|m2 − n2 |
a = 161 since a 6= −30 as m, n ∈ N. Now a = 161 = 7 · 23 =⇒ =
P

10
480
= 48 .
10

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11. If M is the maximum value of −x4 + 148x2 − 576 where x is a side of an
M
triangle with the other sides as 5 and 7 find 100 .

2

Sol. Note that x4 + 148x2 − 576 = 144 − x 2
x − 4 . By AM-GM ,

IN



144 − x2 + x2 − 4 p p
> (144 − x2 ) (x2 − 4) =⇒ 70 > (144 − x2 ) (x2 − 4)
2
M
with 12 > x > 2, hence 4900 > (144 − x2 )(x2 − 4) =⇒ = 49

JA
100
m a
12. If sum all possible values of such that 24m2 − 10mn + n2 = 0 equals
n b
with (a, b) = 1 find 10a + b.
 m 2 m
2 2
Sol. Note that 24m − 10mn + n = 0 =⇒ 24 − 10 +1=0
n n
1 1

m
T
=⇒ 24x2 − 10x + 1 = 0 =⇒ (4x − 1)(6x − 1) = 0 =⇒ x = , , where
1 1
x = . So, sum of all possible values equals + =
n 4 6 12
5
4 6
=⇒ a = 5, b = 12 =⇒
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10a + b = 62 .

13. f (x) is a 4-th degree polynomial with f (1) = 1, f (2) = 4, f (3) = 9, f (4) = 16,
A

and leading coefficient as −1 find the last two digits of f (5) − f (7).
Sol. Note that f (x) = x2 ∀ x = 1, 2, 3, 4. Hence the polynomial P (x) = f (x) − x2
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has 1, 2, 3, 4 as its zeroes =⇒ P (x) = −(x − 1)(x − 2)(x − 3)(x − 4) =⇒

f (x) = −(x − 1)(x − 2)(x − 3)(x − 4) + x2 . Hence f (7) = −(6)(5)(4)(3) + 72 and
S

f (5) = −(4)(3)(2)(1) + 52 . So, f (7) − f (5) = −360 + 49 + 24 − 25 = −312 =⇒

f (5) − f (7) = 312 and thus last two digits equals 12 .
A

14. u and v are integers such that all the roots of the equation (x2 +ux+24)(x2 +
R

19x + v) = 0 are negative integers. Find the minimum possible value of u + v.

Sol. Note that both u and v has to be positive. Also (u + v)min = umin + vmin .
P

24 = 6 · 4 = 1 · 24 = 2 · 12 = 8 · 3, hence umin = 10 and note that vmin = 19, and

thus (u + v)min = 29 .

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 √ √ √ √
15. For positive real numbers x, y, x y + y x = 140 and x x + y y = 92. Find
x + y.
Sol. Let y = Y 2 and x = X 2 , so we have X 2 Y + Y 2 X = 140 and X 3 + Y 3 = 92.
Note that (X + Y )3 = X 3 + Y 3 + 3XY (X + Y ) = 92 + 3(140) = 512 = 83 =⇒

IN
35
(X + Y ) = 8. Hence from XY (X + Y ) = 140 we have XY = . Hence (x + y) =
2
(X + Y )2 − 2XY = 82 − 35 = 29 .

JA
1 1
16. α, β and γ are the roots of x3 − 2x + 1 = 0. Find m + n if + +
1+α 1+β
1 m
= , such m, n are relatively prime.
1+γ n
Sol. TOR! On putting x = y − 1 in the given equation, we get a polynomial
equation whose roots are α + 1, β + 1 and γ + 1, (y − 1)3 − 2(y − 1) + 1 = 0 =⇒
1 1 1 1
y 3 − 3y 2 + y + 2 = 0. Hence
2 =⇒ m + n = 01 .
+
1+α 1+β 1+γ T + = − =⇒ m = −1, n =
2
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2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
17. If + 2+ 2+ 3+ 3+ 4+ + · · · = and x being a root
x 2x 3x 4x 9x 8x 27x4 50
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of ax2 + bx + c = 0 satisfies the above relation, find |3a + 2b + c|.

Sol. Note that
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    1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x x 1
+ 2 + 3 + ... + + 2 + 3 + ... = =⇒ 1 + 1 =
x 2x 4x x 3x 9x 50 1 − 2x 1 − 3x 50
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2 3 1 12x − 5 1
=⇒ + = =⇒ 2
= =⇒ 600−250x = 6x2 −5x+1
2x − 1 3x − 1 50 6x − 5x + 1 50
A

=⇒ 6x2 +245x−599 = 0 =⇒ a = 6, b = 245, c = −599 =⇒ |3a+2b+c| = 91 .

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18. P (x) = x2 + mx + n and Q(x) = x2 + nx + l are two polynomials defined in

Z[x] such that gcd (P (x), Q(x)) = x+1 and lcm (P (x), Q(x)) = x3 +6x2 +11x+6.
P

Find m + n + l.
Sol. Note that P (x) = (x + 1)(x + n) and Q(x) = (x + 1)(x + l). So, m = n + 1 =

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l + 2. Next note that lcm= (x + 1)(x + n)(x + l) = (x + 1)(x + n)(x + n − 1) =
x3 + 6x2 + 11x + 6 =⇒ n = 3 =⇒ m = 4, l = 2 =⇒ m + n + l = 09 .

19. Find the number of real solutions tothe equation 2018x + 2019x = 2020x .
 x   x
2018 2019

IN
Sol. Trick question! Note that + = 1; the LHS is strictly
2020 2020
decreasing in x and for x = 0 the LHS equals 2, which is clearly not a solution as
2 > 1. And for larger values of x, the LHS approaches 0, also the LHS can’t be

JA
0, hence, 01 solution.

m
20. If a + b + c = 1, a2 + b2 + c2 = 2, a3 + b3 + c3 = 3 and a4 + b4 + c4 = n find
m + n, gcd(m, n) = 1.
Sol. a4 + b4 + c4 + 2(a2 b2 + b2 c2 + c2 a2 ) = 4 − 2(a2 b2 + b2 c2 + c2 a2 ) − (?).

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We have to find (a2 b2 + b2 c2 + c2 a2 ). Note that a2 + b2 + c2 = (a + b + c)2 −
2(ab + bc + ca) =⇒ (ab + bc + ca) = − 21 . (a2 b2 + b2 c2 + c2 a2 ) = (ab + bc +
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2
ca)2 − 2abc(a + b + c) = 21 − 2abc − (F). Now we have to find abc.Note that
a3 + b3 + c3 − 3abc = (a + b + c)(a2 + b2 + c2 − ab + bc + ca) =⇒ 3 − 3abc =
(1) 2 + 12 =⇒ abc = 61 . Hence from (F) we get: (a2 b2 + b2 c2 + c2 a2 ) = − 12
1


A

.
25
And from (?) we get: a4 + b4 + c4 = 6 =⇒ m = 25, n = 6 =⇒ m + n = 31 .
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A
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21. If a = 1999, b = 1998, c = 1997 find the units digit of 2a2 b2 + 2b2 c2 + 2c2 a2 −
a4 − b4 − c4 .

IN
Sol. It’s important to note that 2a2 b2 + 2b2 c2 + 2c2 a2 − a4 − b4 − c4 =
(a + b + c) (a + b − c) (b + c − a) (c + a − b) = S(let’s say) Also a = b + 1 and
c = b − 1. Hence S = 3b2 (b2 − 4). Now note that b2 = 19982 , that is the units

JA
digit of b2 is 4 hence the unit digit of S is 00 , as it contains (b2 − 4).

22. For some non-zero real A, the coefficients of the middle terms of (1 − Ay)6
m
and (1 + Ay)8 are equal. If A = n, with (m, n) = 1 find |m| + |n|.
Sol. Note that in the expansion of (1 − Ay)6 the coefficient of the mid-term=
6

3 3 8
3 (−A) = −20A and in (1 + Ay) the coefficient of the mid-term equals
8

4 4 2

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4 (A) = 70A . Hence A = − 7 =⇒ m = −2, n = 7 =⇒ |m| + |n| = 09 .
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A
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JA
26. If
2019
X 1
>
m
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where α1 , α2 . . . α2019 , α2020 is a permutation of 1, 2, 3, . . . 2020
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i=0
αi + α i+1 n
and m and n are co-prime find sum of the digits of |m − n|.
Sol. By C-S Inequality we have:
A

 
1 1
(α1 + α2 + · · · + α2019 + α2020 ) + ··· + > (1010)2
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α1 + α2 α2019 + α2020

2020 · 2021
Now note that the sum α1 +α2 +α3 +· · ·+α2020 = 1+2+3+· · ·+2020 =
2
S

Hence
2019
10102
A

 
X 1 1 1 1010
= + ··· + > =
i=0
αi + αi+1 α1 + α2 α2019 + α2020 1010 · 2021 2021
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=⇒ m = 1010, n = 2021 =⇒ |m − n| = |1010 − 2021| = 1011, hence sum of

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digits of |m − n| = 03 .

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24. If (a + b) (b + c) (c + a) = 14abc and (a – 3b) (b – 3c) (c – 3a) = 20abc then the greatest
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
integer is less than or equal to + + . Let the answer be k. For 𝑚, 𝑛, 𝑙 ∈ ℝ+ ,
𝑏 𝑐 𝑎
3𝑚 2 + 3𝑚𝑛 + 𝑛2 = 300, 𝑛2 + 𝑙 2 + 2𝑙 2 = 108 and 𝑙 2 + 𝑙𝑚 + 𝑚 2 = 64 then
𝑛(𝑛+𝑙) +2𝑙(𝑛+𝑚 )
= 𝑝. Find p – k.
√3

Sol.

Since, k = 05 and p = 96 then p – k = 91 Ans.

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