USEFUL CONCEPTS PART – II DPP-02

BASIC APPLICATION OF ABSOLUTE VALUE (MOD)

1. Solve for x :
(A) | x | = 5 (B) | x | = - 2 (C) | x – 1 | = 3 (D) | x + 2 | = 5
(E) | 7 + x | = 2 (F) | x – 3 | = 3 (G) | 2x – 5 | = 1 (H) | 3x – 5 | = 3
(I) | 2x + 5 | = 3 (J) | 2 – x | = 5 (K) | 5x2 – 3 | = 2 (L) |x – 1| + |x – 3| =2
x4
(M) | x | + | x + 5 | = 5 (N) |x – 1| + | x – 4| = 2 (O) 3 (P) | x  4 x |  5
2

x2

2. Solve for x :
(A) | x | > 2 (B) | x – 1| > 3 (C) | x – 2| < 1 (D) | x + 1| ≥ 2
x 3
(E) | x – 1| < 5 (F) | 2x – 3 | > 7 (G) | 3x + 5| < 2 (H) 1
x 5
x4
1 (J) | x  4 x |  5
2
(I)
x2

3. Solve the following equations and inequalities :

(A) | x + 1 | - 2 = 2 (B) | 3x – 4 | = 1/2 (C) | x + 2 | = 2 (3 – x)
(D) | x – 3 | > - 1 (E) | x | = - 3x – 5 (F) | 3x – 2.5 | ≥ 2
(G) | x – 2 | ≤ | x + 4 | (H) x2 + | x – 1| = 1 (I) | x2 – x – 6| = x + 2
(J) | 4 – 3x | ≤ ½ (K) x2 – 2 | x | - 3 = 0 (L) | 2x – x2 – 3| = 1
2 x 1 2x  5
(M) x  | x | 12  2x (N) | x  1 |  (O)  1
x3 2 | x 3|
(P) | x  2 x  3 |  3 x  3
2
(Q) | x | x 3  0 (R) ( x 2  5x  6) 2  5 | x 2  5x  6 | 6  0
| x  2 | x
(S) | x 2  4 x  3 | 2 x  5  0 (T) | x  1 |  | x  2 |  | x  3 |  2 (U) 2
x
(V) | x 2  1 |  x  1  0 (W) | x 2  6 x  8 |  4  x (X) x 2  | 3x  2 |  x  0
1
(Y) x  | 5 x  3 |  x  2 (Z) ( x  1)(| x | 1)  
2
2
4. Solve system of equations.
(A) | x | 2 | y | 3 & 5 y  7 x  2 (B) y  2 | x | 3  0 & | y |  x  3  0
5. Solve of x :
4
(A)  | x 1| (B) | 7x  12 |  | 7x  11 |  1 (C) (| x | 5)(| x | 7)  0
| x  1 | 2
x 2  3x  1
(D) || x  1 | 2 |  1 (E) 3 (F) | x  1  x 2 |  | x 2  3x  4 |
x  x 1
2

6. Find the least integral value of x which satisfies the equation | x  3 | 2 | x  1 |  4

7. Solve the inequality | x 2  3x |  x 2  2  0
x 2  8 x  12 x 2  8 x  12
8. Solve the equation 
x 2  10 x  21 x 2  10 x  21
9. Solve for x :
x 2  5x  4
(A) | x 2  9 |  | x 2  4 |  5 (B) 1
x2  4
(C) (| x  1 | 3 |)(| x  2 | 5)  0 (D) | x 3  1 |  x 2  x  1
10. Solve the equation
x x2
(A) | x | 4  x || 2 x  4 (B) |x| 
x 1 | x 1|
|x| 1
11. Solve the inequation 1  
1 | x | 2
12. Solve the inequality | x  1 |  | x |  | 2 x  3 |  2 x  4
13. Solve for x ; 2 | x  2|  | 2 x 1  1 |  2 x 1  1

3
 | x 2  2 x |  y  1
14. Solve the system of equations  
 x 2  | y |  1 
15. For a < 0, determine all roots of x 2  2a | x  a | 3a 2  0. Also calculate the roots if a > 7.
16. Find the number of negative integral solutions of x 2 2 x 1  2 | x 3|2  x 2 2 | x 3|4  2 x 1
9 ( 2 | x | 2)
17. Solve for x : ( x 2  2 | x |)(2 | x | 2)  2 0
x 2| x|

ANSWERS [USEFUL CONCEPTS – II]

1. (A) 5 (B)  (C) 4, -2 (D) 3, -7 (E) -5, -9 (F) 0, 6

2 8 1
(G) 2, 3 (H) , (I) -1, -4 (J) -3, 7 (K)  1,  (L) [1, 3] (M) [-5, 0] (N) 
3 3 5
5
(O)  1, (P) -1, 5
2
2. (A) (,  2) U (2, ) (B) (,  2) U (4, ) (C) (1, 3)
(D) (,  3] U[1, ) (E) (-4, 6) (F) (,  2) U (5, ) (G)
7
( ,  1) (H) (4, 5) U (5, ) (I) (  ,  3] (J) (1, 5)
3
3 7 4
3. (A) -5, 3 (B) , (C) (D) (, ) (E)
2 6 3
5 1 3
 (F) (, ] U [ , ) (G) [1, ) (H) 0, 1
2 6 2
7 3 1
(I) -2, 2, 4 (J)  , (k )  3 (L)  (M) (, 3) (N) (, ] U [3, )
6 2 3

5  13
(O) (2, 3) U (3, ) (P) (2, 5) (Q) 0, -1 (R) 1, 4,
2
(S)  4,  1  3 (T) 2 (U) (, 0) U (1, ) (V) -1 (W) [1, 3] U{4}
1 1
(X) (,  2  2 ] U[1,  3 , ) (Y) (5, 3  2 2 ) (Z) ,1 
2 2
11 23
4. (A) (1,  1), (  , ) (B) (2, 1), (0, -3), (-6, 9)
19 19
11 3
5. (A) 5 ,2  5 (B) (, ] (C) [7,  5] U[5, 7] (D)  (E) (,  2) U (1, ) (F) (, ] 6. -1
7 2
2 1
7. (, - ] U [ , )
3 2
8 5
8. [2, 3) U[6, 7) 9. (A) [3,  2] U[2, 3] (B) [ 0, ] U [ ,  ) (C) (7,  2) U (3, 4) (D) (0, 2)
5 2
10. (A) 0 (B) (1, ) U{0} 11. [-1, 1]
3 1 5 1 5 
12. (,  ) 13. [1,  ) U{3} 14. (0, 1), (1, 0),  , 
2  2 2 

15. For a < 0, a (1  2 ), a( 6  1) & for a > 7, a( 2  1), a(1 6 ) 16. None
17. x  (1, 0) U (0, 1) U (3,  2) U (2, 3)