Math 2nd Paper - 1 (IUT)

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1. Which quadratic equation has a root (−1+ −5)? 6. Let n be a positive integer. Then the value of
n
(−1)k nk is:
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a) x2 + 2x + 6 = 0 k=0
b) x2 − 2x + 6 = 0 a)−1
c) x2 + 2x − 6 = 0 b)0
d) x2 − 2x − 6 = 0 c)1
2. The sum of the roots of (x+α)(x−β)+(x−β)(x+ d)None of them
γ) + (x + γ)(x + α) = 0 is:
v s
u r
u 1 1 1
a) α + β + γ 7. The value of − + − + − + · · · is:
t
2 2 2
b) α = β + γ
1
c) β = α + γ a) ±( + i)
2
d) γ = α + β 1±i
b)
2
3. For what values of k, the roots of (k − 1)x2 − (k + c) ±(1 + i)
2)x + 4 = 0 will be real and equal? d) ±(1 − i)
a) 2, 10 8. Find the square root of 2i.
b) 12, 10
a) ±(1 − i)
c) 2, 1 √
b) ± 2i
d) None c) ±i
4. Find the value of x4 −4x3 +6x2 −4x+5 if x = 2+i. d) ±(1 + i)
9. Find the condition that one root of px2 −qx+p = 0
a) 0
is 1 more than the other.
b) 12
a) p2 − 4q 2 =0
c) 5
b) q 2 − 5p2 =0
d) 7
c) q 2 − 4p2 =0
5. The height (in feet) of a golf ball shot upward d) p2 − 5q 2 =0
from ground level is modeled by the equation
h(t) = −16t2 + 48t, where t is the time elapsed 10. A company produces two types of products and
in seconds. Use the discriminant to determine uses three plants for production. The first product
whether the golf ball can reach a height of 32 feet. requires 1 hour in Plant 1 and 3 hours in Plant 3 to
If it is possible, determine how many times the produce one item. The second product requires 2
ball reaches that height. hours each in Plant 2 and Plant 3 to produce one
item. The total available hours in Plants 1, 2,
a) Not possible and 3 in a week are 4, 12, and 18 hours respec-
b) Possible to reach the height 2 times tively. The profit for each item of Product 1 is 3
thousand, and for Product 2 is 5 thousand. The
c) Possible only once possible maximum weekly profit for the company
d) None of these is:

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 a) 18 thousand a) 5, 6
b) 33 thousand b) 4, 5
c) 36 thousand c) 20, 21
d) 3 thousand d) a & c
√ x
11. If i2 = −1, then 8 + 6i is: 17. The coefficient of xn in is:
(1 − 4x)(1 − 5x)
a) 3 + i
a) 4n+1 − 1
b) −(3 + i)
b) 4n + 5n
c) ±(3 + i)
c) 5n+1 − 1
d) 3 − i
d) 5n − 4n
1
12. In the expansion of (1 + )−1 , when −1 < x < 1,
x 18. One of the roots of the equation x2 + ax + 8 = 0
the coefficient of x7 is: is 4, and the roots of x2 + ax + b = 0 are equal.
What is the value of b?
a) 1
b) −1 a) 4
1 b) 8
c)
2
1 c) 9
d) −
2 d) 12
13. Alal and Dulal shopped at the same store. Alal √
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19. The value of −81 is:
bought 5 kg of apples and 2 kg of bananas and
paid a total of BDT 22. Dulal bought 4 kg of a) ± (1±i)3
√
2
apples and 6 kg of bananas and paid a total of
BDT 33. Find the cost of 1 kg of bananas. b) ± (1±2i)3
√
2

a) BDT 3.5 c) ± (2±i)3

√
2
b) BDT 3 d) ± (2±i)3
2
c) BDT 2.5
20. Find the term independent of x in the expansion
d) BDT 4.5 2 1 6
of ( 3x2 − 3x ) .
14. If (2 − i) is a solution of x2 − 4x + k = 0, find k. a) 3
11
a) 5 + 8i 5
b) 12
b) 8 7
c) 11
c) 8 + 5i 7
d) 12
d) 5      
1 2 4 7 −1 1 a
21. If A = ,B= and AB = ,
15. Find r such that coefficients of (r + 1)th and (r + 3 4 3 5 3 5
2)th terms are equal in the expansion of (2x2 + then a is:
3 19
) . a) 1
x
b) -1
a) 11
c) Cannot be found
b) 13
d) None of these
c) 14
d) 10 22. Which one is correct for the inequality 3 ≤ −6 −
5x < 12?
16. If two consecutive coefficients in (1 + x)24 are in
the ratio 4 : 1, the terms are: a) 12 ≤ x ≤ −6

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 b) 1.6 ≤ x ≤ −8.8 (d) 6
c) −3.6 ≤ x ≤ −1.8 28. Evaluate the infinite series:
d) −1.8 ≤ x ≤ −3.6  2  3
1 1 1
23. What is the total number of terms in (x + 3y + 1+ + + + ···
3 3 3
5z)20 ?
2
(a) 3
a) 231 3
(b) 2
b) 250 1
(c) 3
c) 501 1
(d) 2
d) 102
29. For |x| < 1, find the coefficient of x9 in the expan-
24. For what values of a, the roots of ax2 + 3x + 4 =0 sion of:
will be complex? 1 + 2x
9 1−x
a) a =
16 (a) 5
9 (b) 5
b) a <
16
9 (c) 2
c) a >
16 (d) 3
9
d) a ≥ 30. For which value of a, the coefficient of x3 and the
16
fourth term in the expansion of (1+ax)8 are equal?
2 − 3i
25. If i2 = −1, then the value of is: 5
2i (a) 4
4
3 (b) 5
a) − + i 16
2 (c) 5
3 5
b) + i (d) 16
2
3 31. If xk is a term in the expansion of
c) − − i
2
d) None of these (5x + 4x4 )
(1 − 4x)(1 − 5x)
1 − ix
26. Given that α, β ∈ R, i2 = −1, and =
1 + ix find the value of k.
α − iβ, then find x:
α (a) 2
(a)
1+β (b) 1
1 (c) -1
(b)
1+α 1
(d) 2
1
(c) (e) − 12
1+β
β 32. For x > 0, evaluate the infinite series:
(d)
1+α  2  3
27. Find the minimum positive integer value of n such x x x
1+2 +3 +4 + ···
that: 1+x 1+x 1+x
1+i n
 
=1 (a) √1
1−i 1+x
1
(a) 2 (b) 1+x
1
(b) 3 (c) (1+x)2

(c) 4 (d) (1 + x)2

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33. Find the coefficient of the highest power of x in 38. A bookshop sells 100 books for 12,000 BDT and
the expansion of: 150 books for 16,000 BDT. If the price of each
book increases by a fixed amount of 200 BDT per
1 2
 
3 book, what is the cost per book?
x3 − 3x + − 2
x x
(a) 18,000
(a) -20 (b) 20,000
(b) -6 (c) 24,000
(c) 6 (d) 26,000
(d) 20 (e) 28,000
34. If the quadratic equation 39. Solve the inequality:
(k − 4)x2 − 2(k + 2)x − 1 = 0 x+4 x−6
>
x+3 x−7
has two equal roots, find the value of k.
(a) −4 < x < 6
(a) -5 (b) −4 ≤ x ≤ 6
(b) 5 (c) x < −3 and x > 7
(c) 0 (d) x < −4 and x > 6
(d) 2 (e) −3 < x < 7
35. Find the value of k such that the equation 40. Solve for x:
(k + 1)x2 + 2(k + 3)x + 3
s
3x + 1
+5≤3
(3x − 6)2
forms a perfect square.

(a) 3, 2 What is the solution set?

(b) 3, −2 (a) R − (−3, 5)
(c) −3, 2 (b) (−3, 5)
(c) − 13 , 13

(d) −3, −2

36. Given that (d) ϕ (empty set)

1 1 (e) − 31 , −3 ∪ (0, 5)


+ =1
2p p − x
√
has roots involving 5, what is the value of p?
5
(a) 2
5 5
(b) 2, 2
1
(c) 2
1 5
(d) 2, 2

37. If ω is a primitive cube root of unity, evaluate:

ω 16 + ω 32

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) -1
(d) -2