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He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of square is incommensurable with its side .......Plato

Absolute value function / modulus function :
                                                                         x    if  x  0
      The symbol of modulus function is f (x) = x and is defined as: y = x  x   if  x  0





                                                                                                                              
Properties of modulus : For any a, b  R
           (i)      |a|  0                       (ii)      |a| = |–a|
           (iii)     |a|  a, |a|  –a        (iv)    |ab| = |a| |b|
               a        | a |
        (v)        =                      (vi)      |a + b|  |a| + |b| ; Equality holds when ab  0
               b        | b |
           (vii)     |a – b|  ||a| – |b|| ; Equality holds when ab  0

Example # 1 : Solve the following linear equations
                        (i)     x |x| = 4              (ii)       |x – 3| + 2|x + 1| = 4
Solution :         (i)       x|x| = 4
                                       If x > 0
                                     x2 = 4      x = ± 2                 
                                    x = 2  ( x  0)
                                       If      x < 0      – x2 = 4          x2 = – 4 which is not possible
                          (ii)       |x – 3| + 2|x + 1| = 4

                    case  : If x  –1
                   –(x – 3) – 2(x + 1) = 4
                    – x + 3 – 2x – 2 = 4       – 3x + 1 = 4                      
                                               – 3x = 3         x = – 1

                    case  : If – 1 < x  3
                   –(x – 3) + 2(x + 1) = 4
                – x + 3 + 2x + 2 = 4           x = – 1 which is not possible
                    case  : If x > 3
                      x – 3 + 2(x + 1) = 4
                     3x – 1 = 4        x = 5/3        which is not possible        x = – 1 Ans.
Rational function :
                                                                       g(x)
           A rational function is a function of the form, y = f (x) =        , where g (x) & h (x) are polynomial
                                                                      h(x)
                 functions.

Irrational function :

            An irrational function is a function y = f(x) in which the operations of addition, substraction,
                  multiplication, division and raising to a fractional power are used.
                                     x 3  x1/ 3
                      For example y =              is an irrational function
                                   2x   x
                           (a)    The equation    f(x) = g(x), is equivalent to the following system
                                        f(x) = g2(x)  &   g(x)  0


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                           (b)    The inequation   f(x) < g(x), is equivalent to the following system
                                        f(x) < g2(x)  &    f(x)  0  &   g(x)  0
                            (c)    The inequation   f(x) > g(x), is equivalent to the following system
                                 g(x)  0  &    f(x)  0   or   g(x)  0  &  f(x) > g2(x)

Example # 2 :  Solve : x + 2 > 2  1  x 2
Solution :     4(1 – x2) < (x + 2)2     and    x + 2  0     &     1 – x2  0
                                     –4 
                  x  – ,        (0, )             ...(1)
                                     5 
                       x[–2, )                              ...(2)
                       x[–1, 1]                               ...(3)
                           (1) (2) (3)
                                 4 
                     1,     (0, 1]                                                              5 

Self Practice Problem :
         (1)      2x 2  x  6 < x                          (2)      5  x > x + 1
         (3)     x + 3 +  x 2  4x  5 > 0                  (4)      x –  4 – x  1
                                                                                       4   7     
                                   (2) (–, 1)      (3) (–, –1]  [5, )    (4)            ,  4        Ans.    (1)  3, 2                                                2                                                                                                                             2        

Graphs Related to modulus :
             If graph of y = f(x) is





       then draw graph of
         (a)     y = – f(x)        (b)     y = f(–x)         (c)     y = f(|x|)         (d)     y = f(–|x|)
         (e)     y = |f(x)|            (f)       |y| = f(x)         (g)       |y| = – f(x)


                                                                                                                                          y

                                                                                                                       1




                                                                                                                                                                                       x         (a)                                                   (b) –4     –3   –2     –1                 1        2           3


                                                                                                                          –1





                                                         y
                                                                                                                                                              y

                                                                                                                                              1
                                                   1



                                                                                                                                                                                                           x         (c)  –4       –3                                                                     3       4             x    (d)     –3      –2      –1                 1       2       3
                                   –2    –1               1     2


                                                   –1                                                                                      –1





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                                                        y



                                                1

         (e)                                                                                x    (f)
                        –3      –2      –1               1        2        3      4





         (g)





Graphical Trasformation :

             If graph of y = f(x) is

                                            y


                                                         (0, 1)




                                                                             (1, 0)
                                                                                   x
                      (–2, 0)       –1





                                                         (0, –2)



       then graph of (a) y – k = f(x – h)        (b) y = kf(x), (k > 0)      (c) y = f(kx), (k > 0)


                                           y
                                                                  (h, 1 + k)


                     (–2 + h, k)                                     (1 + h, k)

                                                                 (h, k)
                                                                                  x
         (a)


                                                                 (h, –2+k)






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         (b)





         (c)





Example # 3 :  y = |x2 + 4x + 3|                      Solution :           –3  –1





Example # 4 :  |y–1| = sin x                         Solution :





                                                                               –3
Example # 5 :  y = –x2 + 4|x| – 3                     Solution :



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                                                                      3


                                                                   –3     3
Example # 6 :  y = ||x |–3|                           Solution :



                            x 
Example # 7 :  y = sin                              Solution :      period is 6
                            3 


Example # 8 :  y =  sinx  3                         Solution :     Graphical Transformation





Example # 9 :  y = |–n |–x||                         Solution :





Example # 10 : |y| = x2 – 3x + 2                      Solution :






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 Marked questions are recommended for Revision.

             PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Section (A) : Modulus Function & Equation


A-1.    Write the following expression in appropriate intervals so that they are bereft of modulus sign
            (i)       |x2 – 7x + 10|                               (ii)       |x3 – x|                              (iii)      |2x – 2|
          (iv)      |x2 – 6x + 10|                      (v)       |x – 1| + |x2 – 3x + 2|     (vi)      x 2  6x  9
           (vii)      2(x–1) + |x + 2| – 3|x+1|

A-2.   Draw the labled graph of following

            (i)     y = |7 – 2x|                                   (ii)     y = |x – 1| – |3x – 2|

              (iii)     y = |x – 1| + |x – 4| + |x – 7|       (iv)    y = |4x + 5|               (v)     y = |2x – 3|

A-3.   Solve the following equations
            (i)        |x| + 2 |x – 6| = 12                        (ii)       ||x + 3| – 5| = 2
          (iii)    |||x – 2| – 2 | – 2| = 2                (iv)     |4x + 3| + |3x – 4| = 12

A-4.   Solve the following equations :
            (i)       x2 – 7|x| – 8 = 0                            (ii)       |x2 – x + 1| = |x2 – x – 1|
              (iii)       |x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6| = 6             (iv)      |x2 – 2x| + x = 6
       (v)    |x2 – x – 6| = x + 2.

A-5.    Find the number of real roots of the equation
                      2
            (i)       x   3 x  + 2 = 0                     (ii)       ||x – 1|– 5| = 2       (iii)    |2x2 + x – 1| = |x2 + 4x + 1|


A-6.    Find the sum of solutions of the following equations :
            (i)       x2 – 5|x| – 4 = 0
             (ii)      (x – 3)2 + |x – 3| – 11 = 0             (iii)       |x|3 – 15x2 – 8|x| – 11 = 0
          (iv)       ||x – 3| – 4| = 1                    (v)         2|x| + 3|x| + 4|x| = 9

A-7.    Find number of solutions of the following equations
            (i)       |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3| = 9        (ii)       |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3| + |x – 4| = 4
          (iii)    |x| + |x + 2| + |x – 2| = p, p  R

A-8.    Find the minimum value of f(x) = |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3|

A-9       If x2 – |x – 3| – 3 = 0, then |x| can be

A-10. If |x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6| is a prime number then find the number of possible integral values of x.

Section (B) : Modulus Inequalities

B-1.   Solve the following inequalities :
            (i)       |x – 3|  2                       (ii)          | |x – 2| – 3| 0                (iii)      ||3x – 9| + 2 | > 2
          (iv)     |2x – 3| – |x|  3          (v)       |x – 1| + |x + 2| 3      (vi)    ||x – 1| – 1|  1



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B-2.   Solve the following inequalities :
                3                         3x                                              | x  3 |  x
            (i)     1    > 2                       (ii)            1                     (iii)             > 1
                  x                          x 2  4                         x  2
        (iv)   |x2 + 3x| + x2 – 2  0     (v)       |x + 3| > |2x – 1|

B-3.   Solve the following inequalities
                                                  2                                                   | x  2 |  x            (i)        |x3 – 1|  1 – x                 (ii)      x – 4x  4   1           (iii)             < 2
                                                                            x
                             | x  2 |
          (iv)           > 0              (v)       |x – 2| > |2x – 3|           (vi)      |x + 2| + |x – 3| < |2x + 1|
                x  2

B-4.   Solve the following equations
            (i)       |x3 + x2 + x + 1| = |x3 + 1| + |x2 + x|
             (ii)       |x2 – 4x + 3| + |x2 – 6x + 8| = |2x – 5|
          (iii)    |x2 + x + 2| – |x2 – x + 1| = |2x + 1|
          (iv)      |x2 – 2x – 8| + |x2 + x – 2| = 3 | x + 2|
         (v)         | 2x – 3 | + | x + 5 |  | x – 8 |

B-5.    Find the solution set of the inequalities |x2 + x – 2|  0 and |x2 – x + 2|  0

Section (C) : Miscellaneous Modulus Equations & Inequations

C-1.    Write the following expression in appropriate intervals so that they are bereft of modulus sign
                                                                                                           x 2  4x 5            (i)       |log10x| + |2x–1 – 1|          (ii)      |(log2x)2 – 3(log2x) + 2|                 (iii) | 5   25 |

C-2.   Solve the equations log100 l x + y l = 1/2 , log10y – log10|x| = log1004 for x and y.

C-3.   Solve the inequality
            (i)       (log2x)2 – |(log2x) – 2|  0
             (ii)     2 | log3x | + log3x  3
                                                              x     x          (iii).  Find the complete solution set of 2  2   2 2

                                                                        3 x 2  10 x  3
C-4.    Find the number of real solution(s) of the equation  x  3        = 1

C-5.   If x, y are integral solutions of 2x2 – 3xy – 2y2 = 7, then find the value of |x + y|

C-6.      If x, |x + 1|, |x – 1| are three terms of an A.P., then find the number of possible values of x

Section (D) : Irrational Inequations

D-1.   Solve the following inequalities :
               2x  1                                                                  2            (i)            < 1                    (ii)     x –   1  | x | < 0          (iii)      x  x  6 < 2x – 3
                x  2
                     2                                   2                        x                          2
          (iv)      x  6x  8   x  1  (v)     x  7x  10 + 9 log4       2x +  14x  20  2x  – 13                                                                                      8 
          (vi)    x – 3 <  x 2  4x  5      (vii)      x 2  5x  24  x  2     (viii)     4  x 2 1
                                                                                     x

                x  7
          (ix)            3  x
                x  1
D-2.   Solve the equation  a(2 x – 2)  1 = 1 – 2x for every value of the parameter a.



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Section (E) : Transformation of curves


E-1.   Draw the graph of followings —
            (i)     y = – |x + 2|                                  (ii)     y = | | x – 1 | – 2|
              (iii)     y = |x + 2| + |x – 3|              (iv)    |y| + x = – 1

E-2.   Draw the graphs of the following curves :
                    1                              y
            (i)     y = –                                            (ii)            – 1                   (iii)      |y – 3| = |x – 1|                                     | 2x  1|                                                | x | =1
                                    | x 2 – 1|
          (iv)    y =         nx
                     (x 2 – 1)

E-3.   Draw the graph of y = log1/2 (1 – x).

E-4.  Find the set of values of  for which the equation |x2 – 4|x| – 12| =  has 6 distinct real roots.

E-5.      If y = f(x) has following graph





      Then draw the graph of
            (i)     y = |f(x)|             (ii)     y = f(|x|)          (iii)   y = f(– |x|)        (iv)    y  | f ( |x| ) |

E-6.      If y = f(x) is shown in figure given below, then plots the graph for
        (A)     y = f(|x + 2|)            (B)      |y – 2| = f(–3x).





E-7.  Find the number of roots of equation
            (i)        3|x|– |2 – |x|| = 1 (ii)      x + 1 = x · 2x

E-8    Find values of k for which the equation  |x2 – 1| + x = k has
            (i)     4 solution           (ii)     3 solutions         (iii)    1 solution         (iv)    2 solutions





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 Marked questions are recommended for Revision.
* Marked Questions may have more than one correct option.

1.   Number of integral values of 'x' satisfying the equation 3|x + 1| – 2.3x = 2.|3x – 1| + 1 are
        (A) 1                    (B) 2                   (C) 3                   (D) 4

2.        |x2 + 6x + p| = x2 + 6x + p  x  R where p is a prime number then least possible value p is
        (A) 7                    (B) 11                  (C) 5                   (D) 13

3.          If (log10x)2 – 4|log10x| + 3 = 0, the product of roots of the equation is :
        (A) 3                    (B) 104                 (C) 108                 (D) 1



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4.     The equaiton ||x – 1| + a| = 4 can have real solutions for x if a belongs to the interval
        (A) (–, 4]              (B) (4, )               (C) (–4, )             (D) (–, –4) U(4, )

5.     The number of values of x satisfying the equation | 2x + 3 | +  | 2x – 3 | = 4x + 6, is
        (A) 1                    (B) 2                   (C) 3                   (D) 4

                                                         2                                                                                                         | x  4 x |3
6.     Number of prime numbers satisfying the inequality log3           0  is equal to                                                         2                                                        x | x  5 |
        (A) 1                    (B) 2                   (C) 3                   (D) 4

7.       If |x + 2| + y = 5 and x – |y| = 1 then the value of (x + y) is
         (A) 1                   (B) 2                   (C) 3                   (D) 4

8.     The number of value of x satisfying the equation x  1A = (x  1)7 , where A = log3 x²  2 logx9
        (A) 1                    (B) 2                   (C) 0                   (D) 3

9.   The number of integral value of x satisfying the equation  log                                                             x  2    log3 x  2 = 2                                                                             3
        (A) 1                    (B) 2                   (C) 3                   (D) 4

10.    The sum of all possible integral solutions of equation
                               ||x2 – 6x + 5| – |2x2 – 3x + 1|| = 3|x2 – 3x + 2| is
        (A) 10                  (B) 12                  (C) 13                 (D) 15

11.  The complete solution set of the inequality (|x – 1| – 3) (|x + 2| – 5) < 0 is (a, b)  (c, d) then the value
         of |a| + |b| + |c| + |d| is
        (A) 14                  (B) 15                 (C) 16                 (D) 17

12.    The  product  of  all  the  integers  which do  not  belong  to  the  solution  set  of  the  inequality
        3  | x |  2
                     2 is
                     | x | 1
         (A) –1                  (B) –4                  (C) 4                   (D) 0
                             
13.     Let f(x) = |x – 2| and g(x) = |3 – x| and
     A be the number of real solutions of the equation f(x) = g(x)
     B be the minimum value of h(x) = f(x) + g(x)
     C be the area of triangle formed by f(x) = |x – 2|, g(x) = |3 – x| and x-axis and  <  <  <  where  < 
        are the roots of f(x) = 4 and  <  are the roots of g(x) = 4, then the value of sum of digits of
    2    2    2    2
                                         .
         ABC
        (A) 7                    (B) 8                   (C) 11                 (D) 9

14*.       If  f(x) = |x + 1| – 2 | x – 1| then
        (A) maximum value of f(x) is 2.                  (B) there are two solutions of f(x) = 1.
        (C) there is one solution of f(x) = 2.             (D) there are two solutions of f(x) = 3.

                                    a
15*.   The solution set of inequality |x| <     , a  R, is
                                        x
          – –a,0     if a < 0   (B)  0, a    if a > 0      (C)  if a = 0            (D) (0, a) if a > 0        (A)                                     

                                                                       1      x 
16*.       If a and b are the solutions of equation : log5  log64 | x |    25   = 2x, then                                                                       2       
        (A) a + b = 0            (B) a2 + b2 = 128        (C) ab = 64            (D) a – b = 8



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17.    The number of solution of the equation log3|x – 1| . log4|x – 1| . log5|x – 1|
                                           = log5|x – 1| + log3|x – 1| . log4|x – 1| are
        (A) 3                    (B) 4                   (C) 5                   (D) 6

                                                                    (x 2  2)( x 2  16)
18.     Find the number of all the integral solutions of the inequality                 0
                                                                     (x 4  2)(x 2  9)
        (A) 1                    (B) 2                   (C) 3                   (D) 4

                                            1   21  4x  x 2
19.     Find the complete solution set of the inequality                0
                                                      x  1
        (A)  2 6  2, 3                                 (B) 2 2 6,  1                                                                                      
        (C)  2 2 6,  1     6  2, 3               (D) 2 2 6,  1   2 6  2, 3                     2                                                                      

                                                                       | x  2 | – | x |
20.    The solution set of the inequality             0 is
                                    4 – x 3
        (A) [–1, 3 4)             (B) [1, 3 4)             (C) [–1, 3 2)            (D) [0, 3 4)

21.    The number of integers satisfying the inequality   log1/2 2 x  4log2  x <  2  (4 – log16x4) are
        (A) 2                    (B) 3                   (C) 4                   (D) 5

22.    If f1(x) = | | x | – 2| and fn(x) = |fn – 1(x) –2| for all n  2, n  N, then number of solution of the equation
           f2015(x) = 2 is
        (A) 2015                (B) 2016               (C) 2017               (D) 2018


23.        If graph of y = f(x) in (–3,1), is as shown in the following figure





       and g(x) = n(f(x)), then the graph of y = g(– |x|) is



        (A)                                              (B)





        (C)                                            (D)






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24*.    Solution set of inequality ||x| – 2|  3 – |x| consists of :
        (A) exactly four integers                         (B) exactly five integers
        (C) Two prime natural number                  (D) One prime natural number

25*.   If a  0, then the inequation |x – a| + |x + a| < b
                                                                                           b  b         (A) has no solutions if b  2 |a|                  (B) has a solution set        ,         if b > 2 |a|                                                                                                                                                                                             2  2 
                                    b  b 
        (C) has a solution set      ,     if b < 2 |a|       (D) All above                                    2  2 

26.  The equation ||x – a| – b| = c has four distinct real roots, then
        (A) a > b – c > 0                                 (B) c > b > 0
        (C) a > c + b > 0                               (D) b > c > 0

27*.       If graph of y = f(x)  is as shown in figure
                                                                     y
                                                             2



                                                                                            x
                                               –2    –1    0              2
                                                          –1

       then which of the following options is/are correct ?
                                                      y

        (A) Graph of y = f(–|x|)  is
                                                                     x
                                       –2 –1  0    1   2



        (B) Graph of y = f(|x|) is




                                                              y

                                                       1
        (C) Graph of y = |f(|x|)|  is
                                                                                x
                                          –2      –1 O  1       2


                                                 y


        (D) Graph of  |y| = f(x) is                           x
                                 –2    –1  O     2



28*.  Consider the equation x 2 – 4 | x |  3  = p

        (A) for p = 2 the equation has four solutions
        (B) for p = 2 the equation has eight solutions
        (C) there exists only one real value of p for which the equation has odd number of solutions
        (D) sum of roots of the equation is zero irrespective of value of p






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29*.    Consider the equation |nx| + x = 2, then

        (A) The equation has two solutions                      (B) Both solutions are positive

        (C) One root exceeds one and other in less than one    (D) Both roots exceed one


30*.    Consider the equation ||x – 1 | – |x + 2|| = p. Let p1 be the value of p for which the equation has exactly
       one solution. Also p2 is the value of p for which the equation has infinite solution. Let  be the sum of all

        the integral values of p for which this equation has solution then
         (A)    p1 = 0          (B) p2 = 3              (C)  = 6               (D) p1 + p2 = 4


31.    Number of the solution of the equation 2x = |x – 1| + |x + 1| is

        (A) 0                    (B) 1                   (C) 2                   (D) 


32.    Number of the solution of the equation x2 = |x – 2| + |x + 2| – 1 is

        (A) 0                    (B) 3                   (C) 2                   (D) 4


33.      f(x) is polynomial of degree 5 with leading coefficient = 1, f(4) = 0. If the curve y = |f(x)| and y = f(|x|) are

       same, then the value of f(5) is

        (A) 405                 (B) –405                (C) 45                 (D) –45


34.    The area bounded by the curve y  |x – 2| and y  4 – |x – 3| is

          13                                     15
        (A)                     (B) 7                   (C)                    (D) 8
           2                                       2






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  PART - I : JEE (ADVANCED) / IIT-JEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

 Marked questions are recommended for Revision.

* Marked Questions may have more than one correct option.

1.     Draw the graph of y = |x|1/2 for –1  x  1.

2.     The number of real solutions of the equation |x|2 – 3|x| + 2 = 0 is :
        (A) 4                    (B) 1                   (C) 3                   (D) 2

3.      If p, q, r are any real numbers, then
                                                             1
        (A) max (p, q) < max (p, q, r)                    (B) min (p, q) =   (p + q – |p – q|)
                                                            2
        (C) max (p, q) < min(p, q, r)                     (D) None of these

4.      Let f(x) = |x – 1|. Then
        (A) f(x2) = (f(x))2        (B) f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y)  (C) f(|x|) = |f(x)|         (D) None of these

5.          If x satisfies |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3|  6, then
        (A) 0  x  4            (B) x  –2 or x  4      (C) x  0 or x  4      (D) None of these

6.      Solve |x2 + 4x + 3| + 2x + 5 = 0.

7.          If p, q, r are positive and are in A.P., then roots of the quadratic equation px2 + qx + r = 0 are real for
                  r                                                                r
        (A)     7  4 3                               (B)     7 < 4  3
           p                                      p
        (C) all p and r                                  (D) no p and r

8.     The function f(x) = |ax – b| + c |x|  x  (–, ), where a > 0, b > 0, c > 0, assumes its minimum value
        only at one point if
        (A) a  b                (B) a  c               (C) b  c               (D) a = b = c

9.   Find the set of all solutions of the equation 2|y| – | 2y–1 – 1| = 2y–1 + 1


                                                                2
10.    The sum of all the real roots of the equation x  2   x  2  2  0 is ______.

11.        If  &  ( < ) are the roots of the equation x2 + bx + c = 0, where c < 0 < b, then
        (A) 0 <  <             (B)  < 0 < <      (C) <  < 0           (D) < 0 <  < 

12.        If f(x) = x2 + 2bx + 2c2 and g(x) = – x2 – 2cx + b2 are such that min f(x) > max g(x), then the relation
       between b and c, is
        (A) no relation          (B) 0 < c < b/2          (C) |c| <  2  |b|         (D) |c| >  2 |b|

    PART - II : JEE (MAIN) / AIEEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

1.      Product of real roots of the equation t2x2 + |x| + 9 = 0
         (1) is always positive    (2) is always negative   (3) does not exist        (4) none of these

2.     The number of real solutions of the equation x2 – 3|x| + 2 = 0 is
         (1) 3                      (2) 2                      (3) 4                      (4) 1



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3.     The sum of the roots of the equation, x2 + |2x – 3| –4 = 0, is :

         (1) –  2                  (2)  2                   (3) –2                    (4) 2


4.     The equation  3x 2  x  5 = x – 3, where x is real , has :

         (1) exactly four solutions                           (2) exactly one solutions

         (3) exactly two solutions                           (4) no solution


                                   1
5.     The domain of the function f(x) =             is :
                                                                        | x |  x

         (1) (– , )              (2) (0, )                 (3) (–, 0)               (4) (–, ) – {0}


                                                                         1             26.          If x is a solution of the equation,  2x  1 –  2x –1  1, x       , then  4x –1 is equal to                                                                                                                                                      2 

                              3                                        1
          (1) 2                     (2)                        (3) 2 2                  (4)
                              4                                        2


                                                                             1  1
7.      Let  and  be the roots of equation px2 + qx + r = 0, p  0. If p, q ,r are in the A.P. and        4, then                                                                      =

        the value of | – | is :

           34                2 13                61                2 17
         (1)                        (2)                        (3)                        (4)
           9                   9                  9                   9


8.      Let S = {x  R : x  0 and 2|  x – 3| +  x  (  x – 6) + 6 = 0}. Then S :

         (1) contains exactly two elements.                (2) contains exactly four elements.

         (3) is an empty set.                                (4) contains exactly one element






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                       EXERCISE # 1

                                  PART-I
Section (A) :

A-1.      (i)      x2 – 7x + 10, x > 5 or x  2  ;     –(x2 – 7x + 10), 2  x  5
             (ii)      x3 – x, x  [–1, 0]  [1, ) ;     x – x3 , x  (– , –1)  (0, 1)

              (iii)     2x – 2, x  1 ;  2 – 2x , x < 1               (iv)     x2 – 6x + 10, x  R

         (v)     x2 – 2x + 1, x  2 ;     4x – x2 – 3, 1  x < 2 ;   x2 – 4x + 3, x < 1
          (vi)    x – 3, x  3 ;   3 – x, x  3
           (vii)     2x–1 + x + 2 – 3x+1      x  –1 ;         2x–1 + x + 2 – 3–(x+1)    –2  x  –1
                 2x–1 – x – 2 – 3–(x+1)    x  –2





A-2.      (i)                                                 (ii)                                     (iii)





                     (iv)                                                    (v)




                                                                                   11 13
A-3.      (i)     x = 0, 8              (ii)     x = –10, –6, 0, 4              (iii)     x = 0, ± 4, 8      (iv)    x = –      ,
                                                                                     7  7

A-4.      (i)     ± 8        (ii)      0, 1       (iii)      0, 4      (iv)     –2, 3    (v)     x  {– 2, 2, 4}

A-5.      (i)     4           (ii)     4            (iii)    4

A-6.      (i)     0           (ii)     6            (iii)    0         (iv)    12      (v)    0

A-7.      (i)     2           (ii)       Infinite
              (iii)    p < 4  no solution           p = 4  one solution          p > 4  Two solution

A-8.   2      A-9     2, 3    A-10.  0

Section (B) :
B-1.      (i)     x  (–, 1]  [5, )        (ii)     x = 5 or x = – 1  (iii)     x  R – {3}       (iv)    x  [0, 6]
         (v)   R        (vi)      [ 1, 3]



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B-2.      (i)     x  (–1, 0)  (0, 3)         (ii)     x  (–, –4]  [–1, 1]  [4, )
                                                                  2     1                                                  (iii)     x  (–5, –2)  (–1, )    (iv)    x  ,         ,          (v)     x    2,  4                                                                                                                                                                                 3     2                             3     
B-3.      (i)     x  (–, –1]  [0, )      (ii)     x  (–, 1]  [3, )                      (iii)     x  (–, 0)  (1, )
          (iv)    x  (2, )                 (v)       (1, 5/3)           (vi)      (2, )

                                                                                      B-4.      (i)      {–1}  [0, )      (ii)        [1, 2]  [3, 4]    (iii)     x    1,                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2   
                                                   3           (iv)       [1, 4] {–2}    (v)       –5,                                                                                                         2 
B-5.    {–2, 1}

Section (C) :

C-1.      (i)      log10x + 2x – 1 – 1       x  1
                 –(log10x + 2x–1 – 1)    0 < x < 1
             (ii)      (log2x)2 – 3(log2x) + 2   x  (0, 2]  [4, )
                 –((log2x)2 – 3(log2x) + 2 )       x  (2, 4)
                      x 2  4x 5              (iii)    5   25          x  (–, 1]  [3, )
                           x 2  4x  5             25  5                x  (1, 3)

C-2.   x = 10/3, y = 20/3 &   x = – 10, y = 20

                         1                             1                                                     1                                                                                   3,                 (iii)       ( ,log2 ( 2  1)]      ,  )C-3.      (i)     x   0,                                  2,                                                                                                                                     (ii)        0,                             4                            27                                                                                                      2
C-4.   3      C-5.   4      C-6.   2

Section (D) :


D-1.     (i)                     1, 2   (5, )             (ii)      [– 1, (  5 – 1)/2)             (iii)     x  [3, )
                                         2   
                                           7   21           (iv)    x 7     21,  2    4,                 (v)     x = 2
                          2                   2    
          (vi)      (– , – 5] U [1, )       (vii)   (–, –3]            (viii)    [–2, 0) [ 2   3, 2  3 ]
          (ix)      (– 1, 1) (2, 3]

D-2.   x = log2a  where, a  (0, 1]

Section (E) :





E-1.      (i)                                                              (ii)






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              (iii)                                                 (iv)





E-2.      (i)                                                              (ii)





              (iii)                                                 (iv)





E-3.



E-4.     (12, 16)




E-5.      (i)                                                              (ii)





              (iii)                                                 (iv)





E-6.     (A)






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        (B)




E-7.      (i)     2           (ii)     2

                          5                  5                                                     5   E-8       (i)     k    1,               (ii)     k = 1,                  (iii)     k = – 1            (iv)    k      (–1, 1)                                                                                                                                         4                  4                                                     4   

                       EXERCISE # 2

1.      (B)     2.      (B)     3.      (D)     4.      (A)     5.      (A)     6.      (A*)     7.      (C)

8.      (B)     9.      (A)     10.     (D)     11.     (C)     12.     (A)     13.     (D)     14. (ABC)

15.    (ABC)  16.    (AB)    17.     (D)     18.     (B)     19.     (D)     20.     (A)     21.     (B)

22.     (C)     23.     (D)     24.    (BD)   25.    (AB)    26.     (D)     27.    (ACD)

28.    (ACD)  29.    (ABC)  30.    (ABC)  31.     (C)     32.     (C)     33.     (A)     34.     (C)

                       EXERCISE # 3

                                  PART-I

2.      (A)     3.      (B)     4.      (D)     5.      (C)     6.      x = –1 –  3    or     –4

7.      (A)     8.      (B)     9.      {–1}  [1, )    10.    4       11.     (B)     12.     (D)

                                  PART-I

1.       (3)      2.       (3)      3.       (2)      4.       (4)      5.       (3)      6.       (2)      7.       (2)

8.       (1)






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