Mathematics Ex.

Navodayan Foundation

Vigyan Jyoti Project DPP-1

JEE- MAIN (AIEEE)
BASIC APPLICATION
USEFUL CONCEPTS PART - I
1. Solve he following inequations :
( x  1)( x  4)
(A) ( x  3)( x  1)( x  2)( x  9)  0 (B) 0 (C) x 2  16  0
( x  3)
(D) ( x  1)( 2 x  5)  0 (E) ( x  1)(3x  1)  0 (F) (2 x  3)( x  1)( x  5)  0
(G) x( x  3)( x  1)  0 (H) x( x  1)( x  3)  0 (I) x(2 x  5)(3x  2)( x  9)  0
x( x  1)( x  2)
(J) 0 (K) x 2  17  0 (L) x( x 2  5x  6)  0
x5
(M) ( x 2  5x  6)( x 2  3x  2)  0 (N) x 3  5x 2  4 x  0 (O) x 3  7 x 2  14 x  8  0
( x  1)( x  2)(5  x) (2 x  3)(7 x  2)(5  3x)
(P) ( x  2)(3  x)  0 (Q) 0 (R) 0
(2 x  5) (3  x)
( x  1) x( x 2  4) x 2  5x  6 x 1
(S) 0 (T) 0 (U) 2
x7 2
x  3x  2 x4
2. Solve the following :
(A) 3x 2  7 x  4  0 (B) 3x 2  7 x  6  0 (C) x 2  3x  5  0
3x  2
(D) x 2  4 x  3  0 (E) x 3  6 x 2  11x  6  0 (F)  2, x  1
x 1
x 2  x  12 x 2  4x  7 2 x 2  6 x  11
(G) 2 (H)  (I)  1
x 2  3x  3 x 2  7x  12 3 x3
x 1 x3 x 1
(J)  (K)  1 x (L) 3x 2  11x  2  0
4x  5 4x  3 x3
3. Solve the following :
x 2  3x  4 1
(A) 2 x 2  x  15  0 (B)  x 2  3x  2  0 (C) 
x5 3
x 2  2x  5 1 x 2  2 x  24
(D) 2
 (E) 2
4 (F) x 4  2 x 2  63  0
3x  2 x  5 2 x  3x  4

INEQUATIONS WITH INTEGRAL POWERS ON FACTORS

4. Solve the following :

(A) ( x  1)( x  2)( x  3) 2  0 (B) (x  1)(x  3)(x  4)2  0

( x  1)( x  2) 2  0
(C) 0 (D) ( x  1) 3 ( x  5) 4 ( x  1)13 ( x  2)  0
( x  4)
( x  1) 5 ( x  1)( x  4) 2 ( x  3) 4 ( x  1)( x  8)( x  6) 2 ( x  5) 4
(E) 0 (F) 0
( x  8)( 2 x  3)( x  6) 2 ( x  3) 2 ( x  1)
( x  1) 2 ( x  1) 3
(G) ( x  1)( x  2) 2 ( x  3)  0 (H) 0
x 4 ( x  2)
5. Solve the following system of inequalities :
(A) x 2  9  0 & x 2  3x  2  0 (B) 2 x  7  5  x,11  5x  1
x
(C) 2x  1  3 & 3x  2  5 & 5x  4  10 (D) x 2  3x  2  0 & 0
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x 1 6x 1
(E) x 2  9  0 & x 2  6 x  8  0 (F)  , 
2x  1 4 4x  1 2
x( x  1)( x  3) (5  x)( x  2)
(G)  0& 0 (H) x( x  4)  0 & x 2  5x  6  0
( x  4) ( x  8)
(I) 6 x 2  7 x  3  0 & 2 x 2  7 x  4  0
x5
6. Find the smallest integral x satisfying the inequality 2
0
x  5 x  14
x 2 (3x  4) 2 ( x  2) 2
7. Find the number of positive integral solutions of  0.
( x  5) 2 (2 x  7) 6
( x  2)( x  4)( x  7) x 2  3x  1
8. (i) 1 (ii) ( x 2  x  1)( x 2  x  7)  5 (iii)  3  3
( x  2)( x  4)( x  7) x2  x 1
(iv) Find all integers satisfying : (5x  1)  ( x  1) 2  (7 x  3)
1 1
9. Prove that the solution of simultaneous system 7a2  12a  8  0  4a2  1  0 will be a  ( , )
2 2
 7  45
10. Prove that the solution of simultaneous system a2  7a  1  0  a2  8a  4  0 will be a  ( ,4  2 3 )
2
3a 16
11. Prove that the solution of simultaneous system 9a 2  16a(a  1)  0   1  2a 2  3a  1  0 will be a  [ ,1)
2(a  1) 7
 3  x  3 x 
12. Solve for x : x  x  2
 x  1  x 1 

ANSWERS (USEFUL CONCEPTS)

1. (A) x  (,2] U[1, 3] U[9, ) (B) x  (,4) U (1, 3) (C) x  (,  4) U (4, )
5 1 3
(D) x  (1, ) (E) x  (,  1) U ( ,) (F) x  (1, ) U (5, )
2 3 2
2 5
(G) x  (,3) U (0, 1) (H) x [1, 0] U [3, ) (I) x  ( , 0) U ( , 9)
3 2
(J) x  (,5) U (1, 0) U (2, ) (K) x  ( 17 , 17 ) (L) x  (, 0) U (2, 3)
(M) x  (,  1) U (1, 2) U (6, ) (N) x [4,  1] U[0, ) (O) x  (, 1) U (2, 4)
5 2 3 5
(P) x  (2, 3) (Q) x  (, ) U (1, 2) U (5, ) (R) x  (, ) U ( , ) U (3, )
2 7 2 3
(S) x  (,7) U[2, 0] U[1, 2] (T) x  (,2) U (1, 2] U[3, ) (U) x  (9,  4)
 4 2
2. (A) x  1,  (B) x  ( ,3) (C) x  (, ) or x  R
 3 3
(D) x  (, 1] U[3, ) (E) x  (, 1) U (2, 3) (F) x  (0, 1)
(G) x  (,  1) U (6, ) (H) x  (3, 1) U (3, 4) (I) x  (,  8) U (3, 1)
5 3 11  97 11  97
(J) x  ( , ) (K) x  (4,  3) U (1, ) (L) x  ( , )
4 4 6 6
(A) x  (,  3] U  ,  
5 7
3. (B) x  (1, 2) (C) x  (,  5) U (1, )
2  3
2 
(E) x    ,
5
(D) x  (5,  1) U ( , 3) U [ 4, ) (F) x  [3, 3]
3  3 
4. (A) x  (, 1) U (2, 3) U (3, ) (B) x  (1, 3) (C) x  (4, 1)
3
(D) x  (1, 1) U (2, ) (E) x  (8,  4) U (4,  1) U (1, )
2
(F) x  (,  1) U (1, 3) U (3, 5) U (5, 6) U (6, 8) (G) x  [1, 3]
(H) x [1, 0) U (0, 2)
6. x=-6 7. One
8.. (i) (,  7) U (4, - 2) (ii) (2, - 1) U (2, 3) (iii) (,  2) U (1, ) (iv) x = 3
12. x R  { 1, 1}

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USEFUL CONCEPTS PART – II
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 2  4x |  5
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
(I) 1 (J) | x 2  4x |  5
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
x 2  | x | 12 x 1 2x  5
(M)  2x (N) | x  1 |  (O)  1
x3 2 | x 3|
(P) | x 2  2 x  3 |  3x  3 (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 2  | 5x  3 |  x  2 (Z) ( x  1)(| x | 1)  
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 :
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(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 |
x2  x 1
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

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
| x 2  2 x |  y  1

14. Solve the system of equations  2 

 x  | 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]
3 3 5
5
(N)  (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, )
7
(G) ( ,  1) (H) (4, 5) U (5, ) (I) (,  3] (J) (1, 5)
3
3 7 4 5 1 3
3. (A) -5, 3 (B) , (C) (D) (, ) (E)  (F) (, ] U[ , ) (G) [1, ) (H) 0, 1
2 6 3 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, (S)  4,  1  3
2
(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) ( , ]
7 2
2 1
6. -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)
USEFUL CONCEPTS PART - III
1. Solve for x :
(i) [x] = 3.9 (ii) [x] < 3.9 (iii) [x] > 3.9 (iv) [x] > 5 (v) 2.1 < [x] < 5
(vi) [x] ≤ 5 (vii) -9 ≤ [x] < -5.3 (viii) [x] ≥ -5.3 (ix)[x] ≤ -5.3 (x) {x} = 0
2. Solve for x :
(A) [ x ]  3 (B) [x 2 ]  5 (C) [ x]  [ x]  0 (D) x  [ x]  1 / 2
2 2 2
(E) [ x]  3[ x]  2  0 (F) [ x]  5[ x]  6  0 (G) [ x]  3[ x]  2  0 (H) [3x]  1
(I) [3x]  [3x]  0 (J) [ x]2  9 (K) [| x |]  3 (L) | [ x] |  2
(M) 4[ x]  x  {x} (N) [ x]  n(n  l ) (O) [ x]  n(n  l ) (P) 2.3  [ x]  3
(Q) 2  [ x]  5.3

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3. If [ x]2  [ x  2] , where [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then x must be such that
(A) x  2,  1 (B) x  [2, 3) (C) x  [1, 0) (D)none of these
4. Let y = 2[x] + 3 = 3[x – 2] + 5 then[x +y] equals
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) None of these
5[ x]  4 2
5. Find the complete set of values of x satisfying (i)  3 (ii) [ x]  3[ x]  2  0
11[ x]  7
6. If [x] denotes the integral part of x for real x, then the value of
1 1 1  1 1  1 3   1 199 
 4    4  200    4  100    4  200   .........  4  200  is
         
(A) 44 (B) 46 (C){51} (D) 50
1
7. Solution set of 5 {x} = x + [x] & [x] – {x} = will contain
2
(A) no value (B) 1 value (C) 2 values (D) None of these
100
1 n 
8. Let f(n) =  
 2 100 
 where [x]s denotes the integral part of x. Then the value of 
n 1
f(n) is

(A) 50 (B) 51 (C) 1 (D) None of these

9. The solutions of the equation 2x – 2 [x] = 1
1 1 1
(A) x  n  , n  N (B) x  n  , n  N (C) x  n  , n  l (D) n  x  n  1, n  l
2 2 2
 x   x   x  31
10. If 0 < x < 1000 and          x, where [x] is the greatest integer less than or equal to x, the number of
 2   3   5  30
possible values of x is
(A) 34 (B) 32 (C) 33 (D) None of these
11. Let R = the set of real numbers, Z  the set of integers, N = the set of natural numbers. If S be the solution set of the
equation ( x) 2  [ x]2  ( x  1) 2  [ x  1]2 , where (x) = the least integer greater than or equal to x and [x] = the greatest
integer less than or equal to x, then
(A) S = R (B) S = R - Z (C) S = R – N (D) None of these
12. The number of solutions of |[x] – 2x| = 4, where [x] is the greatest integer ≤ x, is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) infinite
13.   
4  [ x]2  [ x]2  1  7 has {[ ]→ integral part}
(A) no solution (B) two solutions (C) 4 solutions (D) None of these
14. No. of pairs of (x, y) satisfying [x]2 + {y}2 = 3 will ([ ] & { } are integral & fractional parts)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) finitely many (D) infinitely many
15. If [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x, and (x) = the least integer greater than or equal to x, and [x] 2 + (x)2 >
25 then x belongs to
(A) [3, 4] (B) (-∞, 4] (C) (,  4] U[4,  ) (D) None of these
16. The solution set of ( x) 2  ( x  1) 2  25, where (x) is the nearest integer than or equal to x, is
(A) (2, 4) (B) (5,  4] U (2, 3] (C) (4,  3] U (3, 4] (D) None of these
17. Number of solutions of [x] + [x] = 2x in x  [1, 1] will be
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) None of these
18. [x + [x + [x]]] ≤ 3 then value of x lie in the interval
(A) (-∞, 0) (B) (-∞, 1) (C) (-∞, 2) (D) None of these
19. Solve the equation | 2 x  1 |  3[ x]  2{x}
20. Prove that if x, y  [0, 1) then prove that [2x] + [2y] ≥ [x] + [y] + [x + y]
21. Prove that [x + y] ≤ [x] + [y] + 1
22. Let [a] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to a. Given that the quadratic equation
x 2  [a 2  5a  b  4]x  b  0 has roots – 5 and 1, find all the values of a.
[ x]  3 [ x]  1
23. Solve   1; (where [ ] denotes integral part)
[ x]  2 [ x]  3
24. Solve for x 3x  x[ x]  x 2  3[ x]  0
1 1 1
25. Prove that inequality 2 n  2  1   .........  2 n  1 n  N , Hence or otherwise calculate
2 3 n
 1 1 1 
1    ........ 
 2 3 3600 

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ANSWERS [USEFUL CONCEPTS - III]
1. (i) x   (ii) x < 4 (iii) x ≥ 4 (iv) x ≥ 6
(v) 3 ≤ x < 5 (vi) x < 6 (vii) -9 ≤ x < -5 (viii) x ≥ -5
(xi) x < -5 (x) xl
2. (A) 9 ≤ x < 16 (B) x  ( 6 , 5 ] U[ 5 , 6 ) (C) x  l (D) n + 1/2
(E) 1 ≤ x < 3 (F) (, 2) U[4, ) (G) [1, 3) (H) -1/3 ≤ x < 0
(I) 0 (J) x  3 U x , 4 (K) (4,  3] U[3, 4)
(L) [2,  1) U [2, 3) (M) 0 (N) x ≥ n (O) x < n
(P) [-2, 4) (Q) [-1, 6)
3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (i)  (ii) [1, 3) 6. (d)
7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (a) (b) (c)
10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (b)
13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (c)
16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (c)
19. ½ 22. (1,
53 5
2
] U[
53 5
2
,6) 23. (, 0) U[5, )
25. x < 3 ≠ 1

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