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Time: 3 Hours

Number of Questions: 30 Max Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS
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final answer.
7. Questions 1 to 10 carry 2 marks each; questions 11 to 20 carry 3 marks each; questions 21 and 30
carry 5 marks each.
8. All questions are compulsory.
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12. Preserve your copy of OMR sheet till the end of current olympiad season. You will need it later for
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13. You may take away the question paper after the examination.
QUESTIONS
1. Suppose the roots of 𝑥 2 + 11𝑥 + 3 = 0 are p and q. If the
roots of 𝑥 2 + 𝐵𝑥 − 𝐶 are p + 1 and q + 1. Find C.
2. Find the number of real roots of 2𝑥 99 + 3𝑥 98 + 2𝑥 97 +
3𝑥 96 + ⋯ + 2𝑥 + 3 = 0.
1 7 1
3. If a, b, c are real numbers such that 𝑎 + = , 𝑏 + = 4, 𝑐 +
𝑏 3 𝑐
1
= 1. Find abc.
𝑎
3𝑛
4. Suppose that m = and 𝑚𝑛 = 𝑛𝑚 . If m + n is of the form
4
p/q where p and q are coprime +ve integers. Find √𝑝 + 𝑞.
5. If an integer k is added to each of the numbers 36, 300 and
596, one obtains the square of three consecutive terms of an
arithmetic series. Find sum of digits of k.
9 11
6. Find the nearest integer to (√5√2 + 7) . (√5√2 − 7)
𝑥 10 32𝑥 1
7. 𝑥 20 + − + = 0. Find 4.3𝑥 − 12𝑥 10 .
2 9 16
8. If √𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 4 + √𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 4 = 𝑥 − 1. Find 3𝑥 2 + 14𝑥.
1
9. Let k = -1 + √20225 − 1 , let f(x) = (𝑘 2 + 2𝑘 + 2)^(10𝑥) .
Find value of last two digits of log 2022 𝑓(2022)
10. If five two digit numbers are in geometric progression.
Find the middle numbers.
11. Let f(x) = a0 + a1x + a2x2 + …. + anxn, where ai are non
negative integers for I = 0, 1, 2, …, n. If f(1) =21 and f(25) =
𝑓(10)+3
78357. Find .
100
12. For certain real a, b, c, the polynomial g(x) = 𝑥 3 +
𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 10 has three distinct roots and each root of g(x)
us also a root of the polynomial 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 +
100𝑥 + 𝑐. Find [f(1) + 7100].
𝑥
13. Consider the set of all fractions , where x and y are
𝑦
relatively prime positive integers. How many of these
fractions have the property that if both numerator and
 denominator are increased by 1, the value of the fraction is
increased by 10%?
14. Consider polynomials P(x) of degree at most 3, each of
whose coefficients is an element of {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}.
If total k polynomials satisfy P(-1) = -9. Then find k -200.
4𝑥 2 4𝑦 2 4𝑧 2
15. If = 𝑦, = 𝑧, = 𝑥. Find minimum value
1+4𝑥 2 1+4𝑦 2 1+4𝑧 2
1 2 2
of + + .
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
16. The roots of the equation 𝑥 3 − 3𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 18𝑐 = 0
form a non constant arithmetic progression and the roots of
the equation 𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 𝑐 3 = 0 form a non constant
geometric progression . Give a,b,c are real. Find number of
ordered pair of integers for a and b.
17. Let M = 6 + 66 + 666 + …… + 6666…66, where there
are hundred 6’s in the last term in the sum. How many times
does the digit 7 occur in Number M?
(−1)𝑘+1
18. If S = ∑99
𝑘=1 , Find 10S.
(√𝑘(𝑘+1))(√𝑘+1−√𝑘)
1
19. Let f(x) = 3 3 3 for all +ve
( √𝑥 2 +2𝑥+1)+ √𝑥 2 −1+ √𝑥 2 −2𝑥+1
integers x. Find f(1) + f(3) + f(5) + … + f(997) + f(999).
20. Let x1, x2, …., x7 be real such that: x1 + 4x2 + 9x3 + 16x4
+ 25x5 + 36x6 + 49x7 = 1, 4x1 + 9x2 + 16x3 + 25x4 + 36x5 +
49x6 + 64x7 = 12, 9x1 + 16x2 + 25x3 + 36x4 + 49x5 + 64x6 +
81x7 = 123. Find sum of digits of 16x1 + 25x2 + 36x3 + 49x4
+ 64x5 + 81x6 + 100x7.
21. If a, b, c are the roots of 𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 1 = 0.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Equation having roots 3 + 3 − 3, 3 + 3 − 3, 3 + 3 −
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑏 𝑐 𝑎 𝑐 𝑎 𝑏3
is 𝑦 3 + 𝑚𝑦 2 + 𝑛𝑦 + 𝑝= 0. Find 100m – 6n + p.
1 1
22. Find number of real pair (x,y) solutions to + =
𝑥 2𝑦
1 1
(𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 2 )(3𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) and − = 2(𝑦 4 − 𝑥 4 ).
𝑥 2𝑦
23. Let P(x) be a non zero real polynomial such that (x -
1)P(x + 1) = (x + 2)P(x) for every real x and (P(2))2 =
 P(3). If P(7/2) = m/n where m, n are relatively prime
positive integers. Find m – 24n.
24. Let x and y be real numbers such that 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 6𝑥 −
8𝑦 + 11. What is the largest possible value of √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ?
25. Let 𝑥1, …, x100 be non negative real numbers such that
xi + xi+1 + xi+2 ≤ 1, for every i = 1, 2, …, 100 (where x101 =
x1, x102 = x2). Find 2S if S is the maximum value of
∑100
𝑖=1 𝑥𝑖 𝑥𝑖+2 .
26. If m is a real root of 𝑥 5 − 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 − 2 = 0. Find the
greatest integer less than or equal to m6.
27. Let f(x) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 and g(x) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 +
𝑐𝑥 + 𝑎, where a, b, c are integers with c ≠ 0. Suppose that
f(1) = 0 and the roots of g(x) are the square of the roots of
f(x). Find |𝑎2023 + 𝑏 2023 + 𝑐 2023 |.
28. Evaluate the greatest integer less than or equal to the
7𝑛+32 3 𝑛
sum ∑𝑛≥1 ( ) .
𝑛(𝑛+2) 4
29. If the answer is of the form a/b where a and b are
relatively prime positive integers. Find number of factors of
a + b.

30. Find sum of digits of m if m and n are integers such that

𝑦 − 𝑦 − 1 is a factor of 𝑚𝑦 + 𝑛𝑦16 + 1.
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