ALGEBRA MIXED ASSIGNMENT 1

Q1- If a, b, c, d, e,f are in A.P., then (e — c) is equal to :

(a) 2 (c - a) (b) 2(d-b) (c)2 (f-d ) (d)2 (d-c)

Q2. If the sum of first n terms of an A.P. is (3n2 + 2n ),

then the common difference of the A.P.

Q3. Find number of integral values satisfying

x2+3x+2=|x-2|

Q4. Find number of non negative integral

Values satisfying

|2x-|3x-6|| = 8

Q5. a,b ,c ,d are four positive real numbers such that a2+b2+c2+d2=100 . What is the maximum
possible sum of a,b,c and d .

Q6. Find minimum value of a+b+c if a*b*c=60 & a,b,c are positive integers

Q7. Find minimum value of 4a2 + 9b2 if a+3b=10

Q8. Find number of values of x satisfying

Log2( x2-5x+5)= 0

Q9. Find number of digits in 350

Q10. If mthterm of a geometric progression is n and nth term of same geometric progression is m,
then what is the product of (m - 1)th term and (n + 1)th term of the same geometric progression. A)
mn

B) m + n

C) m – n

D) All the above

Q11.Find ‘m’ so that the sum of the roots of the equation mx2 + 4x + 12m = 0 may be equal to their
product.

A) -2/3

B) 1

C) -1/3

D) -4/3

E) 1/3
Q12.Find the sum of coefficients of the polynomial (3x-1)3(x-3)2+ (1-3x) 6(x-2)2+ (x+2)2(1-x)4? A) 64

B) 32

C) 96

D) 68

E) 72

Q13. The minimum value of the functionf(x) =(6x2-3)/(6x2+1 ) is.

Q14. p, q and r are three positive integers such that p +q + r = 36 such that p,q and r are A.P. while
3p, 4q and 6r are in G.P. What is the value of r?

Q15.The value of the expression

A) 5/8

B) 9/8

C) 7/8

D) 1/2

E) 1

Answer: C

Q16. If |x – 2| = m, where x < 2, then x – m will be.

A) -2

B) 2

C) 2 – 2m

D) 2m - 2

E) None of these

Answer: C

Solution: Since x < 2, it follows that |x – 2| = 2 - x. If 2 - x = m, then x = 2 - m. Thus x - m = 2 – 2m

Q17. If p ,q are the roots of x2-3x+1=0. Find p6+ q6

A) 310

B) 314

C) 322

D) 318
E).312

Answer: C

Q18) Sum of an infinite G.P. is 192. Sum of the first n terms of the same G.P. is 189. How many
rational values are possible for the common ratio of this G.P.?

A) 6

B) 8

C) 4

D) 2

E) 10

Answer: A

19) In a G.P Tn– Tn-1 = constant then (23T16 + 27T12):( 18T17 + 7T21 ) ?

20) The sum of the series

A) 420/421

B) 210/221

C) 55/110

D) 210/441

E) None of these

Answer: B

21) If a4 + 1/a4 = 194 where a is positive then what is the value of a3 + 1/a3?

A) 42

B) 26

C) 56

D) 52

E) 49

Answer: D
A) 1

B) ½

C) 1/3

D) 0

E) 2

Answer: A

23) px2+ qx + r is a quadratic polynomials where p, q, r are distinct positive integers less than 100. If
(x-1) divides it completely then how many such polynomials are possible?

A) 0

B) 2

C) 5

D) 7

Answer: A

Solution: As (x-1) divides px2+ qx+ r that means p + q + r = 0

It’s given that p, q, c are positive integers, Hence no such polynomial is possible.

24 log2 3 = x,then log8 324 is

A) (2x + 1)/3

B) 2(2x+1)/3

C) (2x + 3)/2

D) (2x +1)/2

E) (2x+ 3)

Answer: B

25) Sum of first 19 terms of an arithmetic progression is same as the sum of first 22 terms of same
progression. Find the sum of 7th and 35th term of same progression?

A) 0

B) 1

C) 35

D) 42

E) Can’t be determined

Answer: A
26) For what real numbers m, x2 + 4x is always less than m + 1?

A) 0

B) m> 3

C) m< 3

D) All the above

E) Not possible

Answer: E

27) In an arithmetic progression, pth term is q and qth term is p. Find the (p - q)th term of the same
arithmetic progression.

A) p + q

B) p - q

C)pq

D) q - p

E) 2q

28) If 28) If logx + logy = log x + y then,

A) x = y

B) xy = 1

C) x + y = 1

D) (x- 1)(y-1) = 1

E) x = y = 1

Answer: D

29) F(x) is a cubic polynomial such that F(1) = F(2) = F(3) = 3 but F(4) = 4. Find F(5).

30) What is the number of common terms in the two sequences; {44, 117, 190, 263, 336, 409, 482,
555, ...} and {7, 144, 281, 418, 555, 692, 829, 966, ...}? Given that no term in the two sequences is
more than 1,00,000.

31) || x – 3| − 10| = 13the sum of values of x that satisifies the equation.

32) Ratio of sum of first 17 terms and sum of next 34 terms of an arithmetic progression is 2 : 3. Find
the ratio of 26th term to 9th term of same progression.

A) 6:5

B) 5:6

C) 3:1

D) 2:5

E) 1:3

33) Four geometric means are inserted between 1 and 10. What is the product of those means? A)
10

B) 20

C) 40

D) 100

34) If a and b are the roots of the equation x2 – 5x+7 then what is the value of (1 – a)(1 – b) ? 35) The
value of 1/ (log4 120) + 1/ log5 120 + 1/ log6 120 is

36) (ax+b) and (x – c) are the factors of the expression 2x2 + 5x – 12 ,then which of the following is
true?

A) ab + bc + ca> 0

B) abc< 0

C) a(b + c) > 0

D) 3a + b + c <0

Answer: D

37) If logpx = 2, logqx = 3, logrx = 6 and logpqrx= d, find the value of d.

A) 6

B) 11

C) 16

D) 1

38) A sequence of three real numbers forms an arithmetic progression with a first term of 9. If 2 is
added to the second term and 20 is added to the third term, the three resultant numbers forms a
Geometric progression. What is the smallest possible value for the third term in the geometric
progression?

A) 1

B) 9

C) 11
D) 14

Answer: A

39) If x +y + z = 23 then what is the maximum value of x(y+z) + y(z+x) + z(x+y) , where x,y and z are
positive integers?

A) 320

B) 352

C) 124

D) 384

Answer: B

40) |w – x| = 1,|x – y| = 2 and |y – z| = 4,then what is the sum of all the distinct values of |w – z| is.
A) 16

B) 15

C) 12

D) 9

E) None of these

Answer: A

41) The value of p + q is.

A) 2

B) 10/3

C) 3

D) 7/3

E) 1/3

42) The value of p - q is

A) -8/3

B) -2/3

C) -1/3

D) 0

E) -1

43) If a, b, c are in A.P b, c, d are in GP and c, d, e are in HP, then a, c, e will be in A) AP

B) HP

C) AGP

D) GP
Answer: D

44)

A) 18

B) 9

C) 6

D) 3

Answer: A

Answer: D

A) 384

B) 192

C) 432

D) 48

E) 96

Answer: C

47) The remainder when x3 − 8x + 8 = 0 is divided by x – 3..

A) 12

B) 11

C) – 43

D) 59

48) If a – b = 1, then then a3 − b3 − 3ab

49) The value of p for which the equation 4x2 + 3p − 3 x + 2p − 1 = 0 has real and equal roots.

A) 5/9

B) 5

C) 1

D) 5, 5/9

E) None of these

50) If the roots of the equation px2 + qx + r = 0are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, then
A) p = 0

B) q = 0

C) r = 0

D) p = q= r = 0
ANSWER KEYS

1)D

2)6

3)2

4)1

5)20

6)12

7)80

8)2

9)24

10)mn

11)-1/3

12)96

13)-3

14)16

15)7/8

16)2-2m

17)322

18)6

19)2

20)B

21)52

22)1

23)0

24)B

25)0

26)E

27)2Q

28)D

29)7

30)10
31)6

32)5:6

33)100

34)3

35)1

36)D

37)D

38)A

39)352

40)16

41)10/3

42)-8/3

43)Gp

44)A

45)D

46)432

47)11

48)1 49)D 50