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    RMO / INMO

    PRE-NURTURE COURSECAREER FOUNDATION

    TARGET- RMO / INMO


    PRACTICE SHEET # 2 ALGEBRA MATHEMATICS
    1. Let k and n be positive integers and x1 ......, xk positive real numbers satisying x1 + ..... + xk = 1. Prove
    that x1–n + .... + xk–n ³ kn+1.
    2. If one of the roots of x2 + px + q = 0 is the square of the other, show that p3 – q(3p – 1) + q2 = 0.
    3. Solve the equation x4 – 5x2 – 6x – 5 = 0.

    a b c b 1+a c 1+b
    4. Find three irreducible fractions , and , that form an arithmetic progression, if = , = .
    d d d a 1+ d b 1+ d

    x 3 - ax2 + 19x - a - 4
    5. Find the value of a for which the fraction admits of reduction. Reduce it to its
    x3 - (a + 1)x2 + 23x - a - 7
    lowest terms.
    6. If a, b, c, x, y, z are real quantities, and (a + b + c)2 = 3(bc + ca + ab – x2 – y2 – z2), show that a = b =
    c, and x = 0, y = 0, z = 0.
    7. An equation x3 + ax2 + bx + c = 0 has three (not necessarily distinct) real roots t, u, v. For what values of
    a, b, c are the numbers t3, u3, v3 roots of an equation x3 + a3x2 + b3x + c3 = 0 ?
    8. Solve the equations :
    (i) x4 + 3x2 = 16x + 60
    (ii) y2 + z2 – x = z2 + x2 – y = x2 + y2 – z = 1.
    9. Solve the equations :

    (i) m
    (a + x)2 + 2 m (a - x)2 = 3m a2 - x2 .

    1 1 1 1 1 1

    (ii) (x - a) 2 ´ (x - b) 2 - (x - c) 2 (x - d) 2 = (x - c) 2 (b - d) 2
    10. Denote by m the average of the positive numbers m1, ....., mk. Prove that

    2 2 2
    æ 1 ö æ 1 ö æ 1ö
    ç m1 + ÷ + ... + ç mk + ÷ ³ kçm + ÷
    è m1 ø è mk ø è mø

    11. Solve 3
    6(5x + 6) - 3 5(6x - 11) = 1.
    12. The arithmetic mean between m and n and the geometric mean between a and b are each equal to
    ma + nb
    : find m and n in terms of a and b.
    m+n
    13. Can the equation z3 – 2z2 – 2z + m = 0 have three distinct rational roots? Justify your answer.
    14. Solve the equations :
    (i) 2x - 1 + 3x - 2 = 4x - 3 + 5x - 4 .

    ìï 2 3
    ü 1
    4 (x - 16) 4 + 8 ï = x 2 + 16(x 2 - 16) 4
    (ii) í ý .
    îï ïþ

    y-z z-x x-y


    15. Prove that two of the quantities x, y, z must be equal to one another, if + + = 0.
    1 + yz 1 + zx 1 + xy

    Your Hard Work Leads to Strong Foundation 1


    PRE-NURTURE COURSE RMO / INMO
    2ab a2 + b2
    æ a öa 2
    -b 2 ab æ a b ö
    æ a ö a2 -b2
    16. If x = ç ÷ , show that 2 ç xb + xa ÷ = ç ÷ .
    è bø a + b2 ç ÷ èbø
    è ø

    ì x2 + y2 + z 2 + t 2 = 50
    ï 2
    ï x - y2 + z2 - t 2 = -24
    17. Solve the system í
    ï xz = yt,
    ï x-y+z+t = 0
    î

    x-a x-b b a
    18. Solve the equation + = + .
    b a x-a x-b

    æ p2 ö p2
    19. ç
    If the roots of the equation ç 1 - q + ÷÷ x2 + p (1 + q)x + q (q – 1) + = 0 are equal, show that p2 =
    è 2 ø 2
    4q.

    1 1 2
    20. Let t1, ...., tn be real numbers with 0 < p £ tk £ q (k = 1, ....., n). Let t = (t1 + ... + tn) and T = (t
    n n 1

    t2 4pq
    + ... + tn2). Prove that ³ .
    T (p + q)2

    When does equality occur ?

    ANSWER KEY

    -1 ± -3 1 ± 21 ad - bc
    3. ,or . [x 4 – x – 5(x2 + x + 1) (ii)
    2 2 a -b-c +d
    = 0] [Put (a – c) (b – d) = {(x – c) – (x – a)} {(x – d) –
    (x – b)}; then square]
    3 2 1
    4. , ,
    5 5 5 161
    11. 6, - .
    30
    x-4
    5. a = 8;
    x -5 2b a 2a b
    12. m = ,n = .
    7. ab = c a+ b a+ b
    b £ 0 13. No

    -1 ± -39 14. (i) 1 (ii) ± 4 2


    8. (i) 3, –2, . [Add x2 + 4 to each side.]
    2 [putting x2 – 16 = y4, we find y4 – 16 – 4y (y2
    – 4) = 0]
    1 1
    (ii) x = 1, - , –1, 0, 0; y = 1, - , 0, –1, 0; 17. (3, 6, 2, 1); (2, 6, 3, 1); (3, –1, 2, –6); (2, –1,
    2 2
    3, –6); (–3, –6, –2, –1), (–2, –6, –3, –1), (–3, 1,
    1 –2, 6); (–2, 1, –3, 6)
    z = 1, - , 0, 0, –1
    2
    a 2 + b2
    18. 0, a + b, .
    2m - 1 a+b
    9. (i) 0, a
    2m + 1

    2 Your Hard Work Leads to Strong Foundation

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