Question Notes Mathematics

Basic Maths

By- Ashish Agarwal Sir

Fill in the Blanks :

1. Rational ± Rational = _________________________________________

2. Rational × Rational = _________________________________________

3. Rational ÷ (Rational  0) = ___________________________________

4. Rational ± irrational = _________________________________________

5. (Rational  0) × irrational = ___________________________________

Fill in the Blanks :

6. Irrational ± Irrational = _________________________________________

7. Irrational × Irrational = _________________________________________

8. Irrational ÷ Irrational = _________________________________________

9. If 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝐜 + 𝐝. Then = _____________________________________

(where a, c, b, d  Q , b, d are not perfect square)

State True of False :

a. Every rational number is real

b. Every real number is not a complex number

c. Rational × irrational is always irrational

𝟓𝟒𝟑𝟐𝟕𝟓𝟑
d. is a recurring decimal
𝟒𝟎

e. If denominator of a fraction has only 2s or 5s in its prime factorization

then it is terminating decimal.
QUESTION

𝟏 𝐱−𝟑
Number of real values(s) of x satisfying 𝐱 𝟐 − =𝟗−
𝐱+𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 −𝟗

A 1

B  – 3.14
𝟐𝟐
C –
𝟕

D 0

E 2
 Yeh sab thodi naa Aataa hai IIT mai ...........

QUESTION [IIT JEE 2010]

𝟏
𝐱 𝟒 (𝟏 − 𝐱)𝟒
The value(s) of ඲ 𝟐
𝐝𝐱 is(are)
𝟏+𝐱
𝟎

𝟐𝟐 𝟐
A −𝛑 B
𝟕 𝟏𝟎𝟓

𝟕𝟏 𝟑𝛑
C 0 D −
𝟏𝟓 𝟐
 Recap

State True or False

1. Every Natural number is an integer.
2. Every integer is a rational number.
3. 0 is a rational number.
4. Every rational number is a terminating decimal.
5. 𝟐 + 𝟑 is an irrational number but not a real number.
6. Every real number is a complex number.
7. 5 is a natural number but not an integer.
𝟑𝟒𝟑
8. is a terminating decimal.
𝟐𝟒𝟎
 Recap

State True or False

𝟓𝟒𝟕
9. is a terminating decimal.
𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎

10. If x3 & x7 are both non zero rational then x should also be rational.

Fill in the blank

a. Fill in the blanks with N, I, Q.

 Recap

b. Rational numbers  irrational numbers = _________________

c. Rational numbers  irrational numbers = _________________

d. N  W = ________________, N  Q = _________________

e. I  Q = ________________, I  Q = _________________

f. ഥ=
𝟎. 𝟓𝟐𝟑
𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
g. =
𝟎

𝟐 𝐱−𝟏
h. 𝐱− =𝟏− then number of solutions = _______________
𝐱+𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 −𝟏
QUESTION

𝐚 𝟐+𝐛
Let a, b, c be positive integer S.t. is a rational number, then which of the
𝐛 𝟐+𝐜
following values of a, b, c is/are possible?

A a = 1, b = 2, c = 4

B a = 4, b = 6, c = 9

C a = 2, b = 5, c = 8

D a = 3, b = 9, c = 27
QUESTION

If a, b, c, d are four distinct numbers chosen from the set {1, 2, 4, ...., 9}, then the
𝐚 𝐜
minimum value of + is
𝐛 𝐝

𝟑
A
𝟖
𝟏
B
𝟑
𝟏𝟑
C
𝟑𝟔
𝟐𝟓
D
𝟕𝟐
QUESTION

Which of the following conditions imply that the real number x is rational ?
I. x1/2 is rational
II. x2 and x5 are rational
III. x2 and x4 are rational

A I and II only

B I and III only

C II and III only

D I, II, and III

Ans. A
 KAAM KI BAATIEN

1. __________________ is smallest prime.

2. __________________ is the smallest composite number.

3. __________________ is neither _______________ nor ________________.

4. Every prime  5 is of type __________________ where _________________ but every

number of form _________________ is not ___________________.
QUESTION

If 'a' and 'b' are two distinct prime numbers lying between 1 and 10, which of
the following can be the sum of 'a' and 'b' -

A 5

B 6

C 7

D 8

Ans. A,C, D
QUESTION

The houses on one side of a road are numbered using consecutive even
numbers. The sum of the numbers of all the houses in that row is 170. If there
are at least 6 houses in that row and a is the number of the sixth house, then:

A 2a6

B 8  a  12

C 14  a  20

D 22  a  30
 Recap

State True or False

1. Every prime except 2 is odd.

2. Every prime  5 is of type 6k ± 1, k  I+.

3. Every number of type 6k ± 1, k  I+ is prime.

4. Sum of two primes is also a prime.

5. Every composite number has more than two positive factors.

6. Every natural number is either prime or composite.

 Recap

State True or False

7. 1 is the smallest prime.

8. Every irrational number is real.

9. ഥ is a rational number but not a real number.

25.𝟑

10. If x is rational then x2 is also rational.

11. If x is irrational then x2 is also irrational.

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks:

1. If (x – 1) (y – 1) = 14 where x, y  I then (x, y) can be ____________________________

𝟐𝟕
2. If n = – x where n, x  N then (n, x) can be ____________________________
𝐱

3. 12345x is divisible by 9 then x is _________________________

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks:

4. If 52541x is divisible by 4 then x can be _________________________

5. 242 + 292 = _____________________

6. If 6794x is divisible by 6 then x can be ___________________

QUESTION

Check which of the following is/are divisible by 7.

A 1078

B 3661

C 1257

D 6986
QUESTION KTK 3

Column-I Column-II
(A) A rectangular box has volume 48, and the (P) 1
sum of the length of the twelve edges of the
box is 48. The largest integer that could be
the length of an edge of the box, is
(B) The number of zeroes at the end in the (Q) 2
product of first 20 prime numbers, is
(C) The number of solutions of 22x – 32y = 55, in (R) 3
which x and y are integers, is
(S) 4
(T) 6

Ans. (A) T; (B) P; (C) P

QUESTION

Which of the following conditions imply that the real number x is rational ?
I. x1/2 is rational
II. x2 and x5 are rational
III. x2 and x4 are rational

A I and II only

B I and III only

C II and III only

D I, II, and III

Ans. A
QUESTION

The houses on one side of a road are numbered using consecutive even
numbers. The sum of the numbers of all the houses in that row is 170. If there
are at least 6 houses in that row and a is the number of the sixth house, then:

A 2a6

B 8  a  12

C 14  a  20

D 22  a  30
QUESTION

If x2 + y2 + 4z2 – 6x – 2y – 4z + 11 = 0 then xyz equals

A 3/2

B 4

C 6

D 3
QUESTION

If x, y & z are three real numbers such that x2 + 4y2 + 9z2 – 2x – 4y – 6z + 3 = 0

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
then find the value of + + .
𝐱 𝐲 𝐳
 Recap

State True or False

1. Even power of every real number is always positive.

2. Odd power of a real number can be positive or negative depending on

number.

3. x2n  0  x  R, n  N

4. x2n+1 is positive if x is positive, n  N

5. x2n+1 is negative if x is negative, n  N

6. If x is a positive real then xany power is always positive.

 Recap

7. 𝐱𝟏𝟐 + 𝐱𝟐𝟐 + 𝐱𝟑𝟐 + ⋯ + 𝐱𝐧𝟐 = 𝟎 where xi  R, i = 1, 2, 3, ..... n then

x1 = x2 = x3 = .... = xN = 0

8. 6545 is divisible by 7.

9. 32436 is divisible by 4, 6 & 9.

10. 552 + 442 = _____________

11. 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 +| ..... upto 10 terms = ________________________

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks:

𝟏
1. 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝐳 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟖𝐳 + 𝟗 = 𝟎, 𝐱, 𝐲, 𝐳 ∈ 𝐑 then 𝐱 + 𝐲 + = __________
𝐳

𝟏
2. 𝐱𝟐 +𝟏 + has minimum value ______________ which is attained at
𝐱 𝟐 +𝟏
𝐱 = ______________

𝟐
3. 𝐱𝟐 −𝟒 + (𝐲 − 𝟐)𝟒 + (𝐳 − 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝛑/𝟐)𝟔 = 𝟎 then x + y + z can be ______________
 Recap

4. The sides of a △ 𝐀𝐁𝐂 are as shown in the figure. Let 𝐏 be any internal point
of this triangle and 𝐱𝟏 , 𝐱 𝟐 & 𝐱𝟑 denote the distance between 𝐏 and sides of
𝟑𝐱 𝟏 +𝟒𝐱 𝟐 +𝟓𝐱 𝟑
triangle. The value of is
𝟔
QUESTION KTK 2

𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟒𝟏
Solve the equations : ቊ 𝐱+𝟐
𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲+𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎𝟗

Ans. x = 5 and y = 2
QUESTION KTK 3

What is the area of an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle of radius 4 cm?

A 12 cm2

B 9 𝟑 cm2

C 8 𝟑 cm2

D 12 𝟑 cm2

Ans. D
Teacher
"Find the value of 𝟕 − 𝟒 𝟑 + 𝟕 + 𝟒 𝟑 "

Kallu:

Lallu:
QUESTION

Let 𝐧 = 𝟔 + 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟔 − 𝟏𝟏 − 𝟐𝟐, then

A 𝐧≥𝟏

B 𝟎<n<𝟏

C 𝐧=𝟎

D −𝟏 < n < 𝟎

Ans. C
QUESTION

If 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏 + (𝐱 − 𝟏)𝟐 + 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎, then value of 𝐱 is :

A 1

B 4

C –2

D None of these

Ans. A
QUESTION

𝟐 𝟐
If 𝐦, 𝐧 ∈ 𝐍 then find the number of ordered pairs (𝐦, 𝐧) such that + = 𝟏.
𝐦 𝐧
QUESTION

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
If x & y are positive integers, such that + = & x  y, then the number of
𝐱 𝐲 𝟔
ordered pairs of (x, y) is

Ans. 5
 Recap

Fill in the Blanks:

1. Event root of only ____________________ is defined.

2. The value of eventh root is always ____________________

3. Odd root of ____________________ is defined.

4. The value of odd root of any real number can be

____________________ or ____________________ or ____________________
 Recap

Fill in the Blanks:

5. 𝟐𝐧
𝐱, 𝐧 ∈ 𝐍 is defined only if ____________________

6. 𝟐𝐧+𝟏
𝐱, 𝐧 ∈ 𝐍 is defined if ____________________
𝟒
7. 𝐱−𝟏 𝟒 = ____________________ = ____________________ where x < 1

𝟑
8. 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑 𝟐 = ____________________ = ____________________ where x <
𝟐

𝟓
9. 𝐱−𝟏 𝟓 = ____________________

10. If a  R+ then aany power is always ____________________

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks:

11. If a  R+ then a2n is always ____________________

12. Point of intersection of medians of a triangle is called ____________________ & it

divides each median in ratio ____________________

13. Centre of circumcircle of a triangle is called ____________________

14. Point of intersection of altitudes is called ____________________

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks:

15. Area of triangle = ____________________

Area of equilateral triangle = ____________________

𝟏
16. x + ____________________  x  R+
𝐱
𝟏
x + ____________________  x  R–
𝐱
QUESTION KTK 2

Let 𝐩, 𝐪 be real numbers satisfying 𝐩𝟐 − 𝐪𝟐 = 𝟒 and 𝟐𝐩𝐪 = 𝟑 then 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 is

equal to

A 1

B 9

C 16

D 5

Ans. D
QUESTION KTK 5

Find all the integral solutions of the equation xy = 2x – y.

Ans. (0, 0), (–2, 4), (1, 1), (–3, 3)

QUESTION

Suppose hat w = 21/2, x = 31/3, y = 61/6 and z = 81/8. From among these
number list, the biggest, second biggest numbers are

A w, x

B x, w

C y, z

D x, z
QUESTION

If a, b, c denotes the length of sides of the triangle such that

9a2 + 16b2 + 25c2 – 12ab – 20bc – 15ac = 0 then ration a : b : c is-

A 20 : 15 : 12

B 3:4:5

C 2:1:2

D 1:2:3

Ans. A
QUESTION

Find all real numbers x satisfying's 2x + 3x – 4x + 6x – 9x = 1.

QUESTION

Solve in real numbers the system of equations

𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐮𝟐 + 𝐯 𝟐 + 𝐰 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐮𝟐 + 𝐯 𝟐 + 𝐰 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐯 𝟐 + 𝐰 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐮 − 𝟏
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐮𝟐 + 𝐰 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐯 − 𝟏
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐮𝟐 + 𝐯 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐰 − 𝟏
QUESTION

Three real numbers 𝐱, 𝐲, 𝐳 are such that 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐲 = −𝟏𝟕, 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐳 = 𝟏 and

𝐳 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟐. Then the value of 𝐱 𝟑 + 𝐲 𝟑 + 𝐳 𝟑 is equal to

A 30

B – 24

C – 36

D – 28
QUESTION

If a, b & c are three non zero real numbers such that

4a2 + 9b2 + c2 – 6ab – 3bc – 2ca = 0
then the value of (4a + c)/b is equal to
QUESTION

If a, b, c  R then find there minimum value of

E = a2 + 9b2 + 25c2 + 2a + 6 b – 10c + 20
QUESTION

𝟏 𝟔 𝟏
𝐱+𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟔 + 𝟔 −𝟐
For each positive number x, let f(x) = 𝟏 𝟑
𝐱
𝟏
. The minimum value of f(x) is
𝐱+𝐱 + 𝐱𝟑+ 𝟑
𝐱

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

E 6
QUESTION

𝟔 + 𝟔 + 𝟔 + 𝟔 + ⋯ ∞ times =

A 3

B 2

C 1

D ±3
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2021]

If 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐜 = 𝟏, 𝐚𝐛 + 𝐛𝐜 + 𝐜𝐚 = 𝟐 and 𝐚𝐛𝐜 = 𝟑, then the value of 𝐚𝟒 + 𝐛𝟒 +𝐜 𝟒 is

equal to
QUESTION

Given that 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐜 = 𝟑, 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐜 𝟐 = 𝟓 and 𝐚𝟑 + 𝐛𝟑 + 𝐜 𝟑 = 𝟕, then the value of

𝐚𝟒 + 𝐛𝟒 +𝐜 𝟒 is equal to
QUESTION

𝟑
If 𝟑 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝟑 𝐜 = 𝟎 then (𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐜)𝟑 =

A abc

B 3abc

C 9ac

D 27abc
QUESTION

𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝐚𝟐 −𝐛𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 −𝐜 𝟐 + 𝐜 𝟐 +𝐚𝟐
If = 𝐦(𝐚 + 𝐛)(𝐛 + 𝐜)(𝐜 + 𝐚), where 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 are distinct real
(𝐚−𝐛)𝟑 +(𝐛−𝐜)𝟑 +(𝐜−𝐚)𝟑
numbers then 𝐦 is equal to.
QUESTION

𝟐𝟏 − 𝟒 𝟓 + 𝟖 𝟑 − 𝟒 𝟏𝟓 =

A 𝟓−𝟐+𝟐 𝟑

B − 𝟓 − 𝟒 − 𝟏𝟐

C − 𝟓 + 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟐

D − 𝟓 − 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟐
QUESTION

Find the square root of 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟐𝟒 + 𝟔𝟎 + 𝟒𝟎.

QUESTION

If 𝐚𝟏 + 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐚𝟑 + 𝐚𝟒 = −𝟑 and 𝐚𝟐𝟏 + 𝐚𝟐𝟐 + 𝐚𝟐𝟑 + 𝐚𝟐𝟒 = 𝟔𝟑 then find value of :

𝐚𝟏 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟑 + 𝐚𝟏 𝐚𝟑 + 𝐚𝟑 𝐚𝟒 + 𝐚𝟏 𝐚𝟒 + 𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟒 = ?
(where 𝐚𝟏 , 𝐚𝟐 , 𝐚𝟑 , 𝐚𝟒 ∈ 𝐑)
QUESTION

(13 + 23 + 33 + 43)–3/2 =

A 10–3

B 10–2

C 10–4

D 10–1
QUESTION

𝟒 𝟑
If 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐱 𝐤 , then 𝐤 =

𝟐
A
𝟔

B 6

𝟏
C
𝟔

D 7
QUESTION

𝟏/𝐚−𝐛 𝟏/𝐚−𝐜 𝟏/𝐛−𝐜 𝟏/𝐛−𝐚 𝟏/𝐜−𝐚 𝟏/𝐜−𝐛

The numerical value of 𝐱 × 𝐱 × 𝐱 is
(a, b, c are distinct real numbers)

A 1

B 8

C 0

D None
 Recap

1. E = a2 + b2 + c2 – ab – bc – ca is always ___________________ for all a, b, c,  R.

2. If E = a2 + b2 + c2 – ab – bc – ca = 0, where a, b, c,  R. then _____________________

𝐚𝐦 𝐩
3. (am  bn  cp)q = _______________________, 𝐧 = ___________________________
𝐛

𝟒𝟑 ∙𝟐−𝟑 ∙𝟑𝟓
4. −𝟐 𝟐 = ________________________
𝟑 ∙𝟐
 Recap

5. (am + bn – cp)q = amq + bnq – cpq. (True/False)

𝟏
6. a–m = _______________, 𝐚 = _______________, a0 = _______________
𝐧

𝐚𝐦
7. am × an = ____________________, = ____________________
𝐚𝐧

8. am × bn = (ab)m+n (True/False)

9. am × bm = (ab)m (True/False)

𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐦
10. 𝐦 = (True/False)
𝐛 𝐛
 Recap

𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐦−𝐧
11. = (True/False)
𝐛𝐦 𝐛

12. 1n = ___________________, 0n = ___________________ n  R+

13. a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc (a, b, c  R) if _________________________ or _______________________.

14. If a + b + c = 0 then a3 + b3 + c3 = _________________________.

 Recap

15. a. x2 + 4y2 + 9z2 – 2xy – 6yz – 3zx = 0 then _________________________

𝟏
𝟐𝐧
b. 𝐱 𝟐𝐧 = 𝐱 𝟐𝐧 𝟐𝐧 = _________________________
𝟏
𝟐𝐧+𝟏
c. 𝐱 𝟐𝐧+𝟏 = 𝐱 𝟐𝐧+𝟏 𝟐𝐧+𝟏 = _________________________

𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟒
16. 𝟓 𝟖 + 𝟐𝟕
𝟑 𝟑 = _________________________
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4

𝟐
−𝟏
−𝟏 𝟒
17. 𝟔𝟐𝟓 𝟐 = _________________________
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 3
QUESTION

If x = 3 + 31/3 + 32/3, then the value of x3 – 9x2 + 18x – 12 is

A 0

B –1

C 1

D 2
QUESTION (ASRQ)

𝐚 𝐛 𝐜 𝐛 𝐜 𝐚
If 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 ∈ 𝐑 and 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 ≠ 𝟎 such that + + = 𝟔 and + + = 𝟖, then
𝐛 𝐜 𝐚 𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
𝐚𝟑 𝐛𝟑 𝐜𝟑
+ 𝟑 + 𝟑 − 𝟑 is equal to
𝐛𝟑 𝐜 𝐚

A 81

B 48

C 72

D 84
QUESTION

The number (𝟕 + 𝟓 𝟐)𝟏/𝟑 + (𝟕 − 𝟓 𝟐)𝟏/𝟑 , is equal to

QUESTION Ladoo Sawal

ℓ 𝟏𝟎 − 𝟏𝟒 − 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟐𝟏
If = , then
𝟏𝟎 + 𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟐𝟏 𝐤

A k = /2

B  = k/2

C  = 2/k

D None of these
QUESTION

𝟒
If = 𝐚 + 𝐛 − 𝐜, then which of the following can be true-
𝟐+ 𝟑+ 𝟕

A a = 1, b = 4/3, c = 7/3

B a = 1, b = 2/3, c = 7/9

C a = 2/3, b = 1, c = 7/3

D a = 7/9, b = 4/3, c = 1
QUESTION [IIT-JEE 1980]

𝟏𝟐
The expression is equal to
𝟑+ 𝟓+𝟐 𝟐

A 𝟏 − 𝟓 + 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎

B 𝟏 + 𝟓 + 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎

C 𝟏 + 𝟓 − 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎

D 𝟏 − 𝟓 − 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎
QUESTION [IIT-JEE 1980]

If x > y > 0, then show that the expression 𝟐 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐

can be simplified to (𝐱 + 𝐲)𝟑 − (𝐱 − 𝐲)𝟑 .

QUESTION

Let 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 ∈ 𝐍(𝐚 > 𝐛) satisfy 𝐜 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟏 with 𝐚𝐛 = 𝟕𝟐. Then which of the
following can be correct?

A b and 𝐜 are coprime

B 𝐜 is an odd prime

C (𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐜) is even

D 𝐚+𝐛=𝐜+𝟏

Ans. A, D
 Inequality Number line Interval or set
Representation representation

(i) –3  x  5, x  R

(ii) –2 < x  5, x  R

(iii) –1  < 3, x  R

(iv) –2  x  1, x  I

(v) –3 < x < 5, x  N

(vi) –3 < x < 1, x  R

but x  –1, 0
QUESTION

Match the Column:

Column-I Column-II

–3 –1 3
1. (–3, 1] P.

2. {1, 2, 3, 4} Q. –1 3

3. [–1, 3] R. –3 1

4. (–1, 3) S. –1 3 5 7

5. (–1, 3)  (5, 7] T. 1 2 3 4

6. (–3, –1)  (–1, 3] U. –1 3

 Intersection & Union

Find A  B & A  B
1. A = (–3, 1] & B = [–4, 0)

2. A = (–3, –1) & B = [–1, 2]

3. A = (–2, 3) & B = (–1, 2]

QUESTION

Evaluate the following

(i) (–, 3)  [–2, ) (ii) (–4, 1]  (–3, 4)
(iii) (0, 5]  (1, ) (iv) [0, 3)  [2, 6)
(v) [2, )  (4, ) (vi) [–1, 1)  [2, 5]
QUESTION

Solve : (a) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐 < 𝟏𝟕 (b) −𝟐𝐱 > 𝟓

QUESTION

Solve : 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔 > 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟖
QUESTION

(𝟓𝐱 − 𝟖) (𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕)
Solve : ≥
𝟑 𝟐
QUESTION

𝟏
Solve : <𝟎
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐
 Recap

State True or False

1. If we multiply both sides of an inequality by a negative number sign of
inequality reverses.

2. –3x > – 9  3x > 9  x>3

𝟏 𝟏
3. –5x >  x>–
𝟐 𝟏𝟎

4. We can add two inequalities provided they have same inequality sign.
 Recap

5. We can subtract wo inequalities provided they have same inequality sign.

6. If a > b  a2 > b2

7. If a  b  a3  b3

8. If a > b & c > d  a+c>b+d

9. If a > b & c < d  a–c>b–d

& a+d>b+c
 Recap

10. [1, 3]  (2, 4) = (2, 3]

11. [1, 3]  [5, 6] = [1, 6] – {5}

12. [1, 3]  (3, 4) = [1, 4)

13. [1, 3]  [4, 5] = [1, 5]

𝐚 𝐛
14. If a > b, c > d then >
𝐜 𝐝

15. If a > b > 0, c > d > 0 then ac > bd

 Recap

Fill in the blanks

1. If a  b & c  d then their sum ______________________

2. If a  b & c  d then their sum ______________________

3. If a  b & c > d then their sum ______________________

4. If a  b & c < d then their sum ______________________

QUESTION

Let 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 ∈ 𝐍(𝐚 > 𝐛) satisfy 𝐜 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟏 with 𝐚𝐛 = 𝟕𝟐. Then which of the
following can be correct?

A b and 𝐜 are coprime

B 𝐜 is an odd prime

C (𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐜) is even

D 𝐚+𝐛=𝐜+𝟏

Ans. A, D
QUESTION [IIT-JEE 1980]

If x > y > 0, then show that the expression 𝟐 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐

can be simplified to (𝐱 + 𝐲)𝟑 − (𝐱 − 𝐲)𝟑 .

QUESTION

(x2 + x – 6) (x2 – 2x – 8)  0
QUESTION

Solve : x2 – 5x + 2 > 0
QUESTION

Solve : 3x2 – 7x + 6 < 0

QUESTION

Solve : x(4 – x) (x – 6) > 0

QUESTION

Solve : x(7 – x) (2 – x) (x – 5)  0
QUESTION

𝟐𝐱+𝟏 𝐱−𝟑 𝐱+𝟕 (𝐱+𝟒)

Solve: 𝟎
𝟕𝐱+𝟒) (𝐱+𝟐)
QUESTION

𝐱 𝟐 −𝟓𝐱+𝟏𝟐
Solve : 𝟐 >3
𝐱 −𝟒𝐱+𝟓
QUESTION

𝐱+𝟏 𝐱+𝟓
Solve : 
𝐱−𝟏 𝐱+𝟏
QUESTION

Solve : x2 – 4x + 3  0 and x2 – 4  0
QUESTION

Solve : (x – 1) (x2 + 4x + 1) (x + 2)  0
QUESTION

Solve : (x2 – x – 6) (x2 + 6x)  0

QUESTION

Solve : x2 – 5x + 6  0 and x2 – 10x + 24  0

QUESTION

𝐱𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟔
𝟐
≥𝟎
𝐱 + 𝟔𝐱
 Recap

State True or False

1. 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 is not factorizable in to two real linear factors

2. 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 > 𝟎 for all 𝐱 ∈ 𝐑

3. 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟏 is factorizable into real linear factor

4. −𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓 > 𝟎 for all 𝐱 ∈ 𝐑

−𝟏+ 𝟓 −𝟏− 𝟓
5. 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟏 has factors 𝐱 − 𝐱−
𝟐 𝟐

6. −𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟑 < 𝟎 for all 𝐱 ∈ 𝐑

 Recap

State True or False

7. 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟗 is factorizable into two linear factor which is
−𝟓+ 𝟔𝟏 −𝟓− 𝟔𝟏
𝐱− 𝐱−
𝟐 𝟐

8. 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟕 > 𝟎 ∀𝐱 ∈ 𝐑
𝐱 𝟒 +𝐱 𝟐 +𝟏
9. ≥ 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐱 ∈ 𝟐, 𝟑 .
𝐱 𝟐 −𝟓𝐱+𝟔

𝐱 𝟐 −𝐱+𝟏
10. ≥𝟎⇒𝐱∈𝐑
𝐱 𝟐 +𝟕𝐱+𝟏𝟓
 Recap

Fill in the Blanks

1. (3 – x) (x – 7)  0  x  __________________________

2. (x – 1) (2 – x) (3 – x)  0  x  __________________________

3. a  b, c < d then sum of tow inequalities can be written as ______________ or

________________________

4. Remainder when 156743 is divided by 3 is ________________ & when divided

by 9 is ________________ & when divided by 4 is ________________
QUESTION (Challenger Problem) KTK 6

If 𝐚 ∈ 𝐈 & 𝐚𝟒 + 𝐚𝟐 + 𝟏 is prime. The number of possible values of 𝐚 is

A 0

B 1

C 2

D 3
QUESTION (Challenger Problem) KTK 7

𝟐𝟔−𝟏𝟓 𝟑
Show that the square of is a rational number.
𝟓 𝟐− 𝟑𝟖+𝟓 𝟑
QUESTION (Challenger Problem) KTK 8

Let 𝐱 = 𝟑 − 𝟓 and 𝐲 = 𝟑 + 𝟓. If the value of the expression

𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 𝟒 𝐲 + 𝐱𝐲 𝟒 can be expressed in the form 𝐩 + 𝐪 where
𝐩, 𝐪 ∈ 𝐍, then (𝐩 + 𝐪) has the value equal

A 410

B 610

C 510

D 540
QUESTION

Solve : (x2 + 3x + 1) (x2 + 3x – 3)  5

QUESTION

Find Exhaustive set of values of x satisfying :

(i) x3 – 3x2 – x + 3 > 0
(ii) x4 – 3x3 – x + 3 < 0
(iii) x4 + 6x3 + 6x2 + 6x + 5  0
QUESTION

(𝐱+𝟏)(𝟏−𝟐𝐱)(𝐱−𝟏)
Solve : <𝟎
(𝟓−𝟑𝐱)(𝐱−𝟒)
QUESTION

Solve : (x + 1) (x – 3) (x – 2)2  0
QUESTION

Solve : (x + 4)5 (x + 3)6 (x + 2)7 (x – 1)8  0

QUESTION

𝐱 𝟑 𝟐𝐱−𝟑 𝟐 𝐱−𝟒 𝟔
Number of positive integral solution of ≤𝟎
𝐱−𝟑 𝟐 𝟑𝐱−𝟖
QUESTION

Solve : (x – 1)2 (x + 1)3 (x – 4) < 0

QUESTION

(𝐱−𝟓)𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟓 (𝐱+𝟖)𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟖 (𝐱−𝟏)

The complete solution set of inequality 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟔 𝟑 𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟎 ≤ 0 is
𝐱 (𝐱−𝟐) (𝐱−𝟑) (𝐱−𝟔)(𝐱+𝟗)

A (−∞, −𝟗) ∪ (−𝟖, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, 𝟏) ∪ (𝟐, 𝟑) ∪ [𝟓, 𝟔)

B (−∞, −𝟗) ∪ (−𝟗, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, 𝟏) ∪ (𝟐, 𝟑) ∪ (𝟓, 𝟔)

C (−∞, −𝟗) ∪ (−𝟗, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, 𝟏] ∪ (𝟐, 𝟑) ∪ [𝟓, 𝟔)

D (−∞, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, 𝟏] ∪ (𝟐, 𝟑) ∪ [𝟓, 𝟔)

QUESTION

𝐱−𝟏 𝟐 𝐱+𝟏 𝟑
Solve : ≤𝟎
𝐱 𝟒 (𝐱−𝟐)
QUESTION

Find the exhaustive solutions set of

(𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓)𝟏𝟎𝟎 (𝐱 + 𝟑)(𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏)𝟏𝟎𝟏
𝟐 𝟏𝟓𝟏 𝟏𝟗𝟕
<𝟎
𝐱 −𝟒 (𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒)

𝟏 𝟒
Ans. (−∞, −𝟑) ∪ −𝟐, − ∪ ,𝟐
𝟐 𝟑
QUESTION

𝐱 𝟐 −𝟖𝐱+𝟕 𝐱 𝟐 −𝟓𝐱+𝟒 𝐱−𝟑 𝟐

Solve for x :  0.
𝐱 𝟐 −𝟑𝐱+𝟐
QUESTION

𝐱−𝟑 𝟑 𝐱−𝟏 𝐱−𝟐

Solve for x : 0
𝐱−𝟒 𝐱−𝟑 𝐱−𝟓
QUESTION

𝟑 𝟐
𝐱 𝟐 −𝟔𝐱+𝟖 𝐱 𝟐 −𝟔𝐱+𝟕
Solve : 𝟎
(𝐱 𝟐 −𝟓𝐱+𝟔) 𝐱−𝟏 𝟑
QUESTION

𝟐
𝐱 𝟐 −𝟒𝐱+𝟓 𝐱−𝟑 𝟐 𝐱+𝟏 𝟑
Solve : >𝟎
𝐱−𝟏 𝐱−𝟓 𝟑 (𝐱 𝟐 −𝟕𝐱+𝟏𝟐)
QUESTION

Find the exhaustive solutions set of

𝟏𝟎
(𝐱 − 𝟒)(𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓) 𝐱 − 𝟗 (𝐱 + 𝟒)𝟗𝟑
𝟐𝟕 𝟐

𝟐 𝟗𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
>𝟎
𝐱 − 𝟐𝟓 (𝐱 + 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎

𝟓
Ans. (−∞, −𝟓) ∪ (−𝟒, −𝟑) ∪ ,𝟑 ∪ (𝟑, 𝟒) ∪ (𝟓, ∞)
𝟐
QUESTION

𝟐−𝟑𝐱
Solve the system of in equations −𝟓 ≤ ≤𝟗
𝟒
QUESTION

𝟕−𝐱
Solve the system of in equations 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏 > 𝐱 + > 𝟐, 𝐱 ∈ 𝐑
𝟑
QUESTION

𝟑𝐱 𝟐 −𝟕𝐱+𝟖
Solve : 𝟏 < ≤𝟐
𝐱 𝟐 +𝟏
QUESTION

Solve following double inequalities :

𝟐𝐱−𝟕
(i) −𝟑 < ≤𝟖
𝟓
(ii) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐 ≤ 𝟑𝐱 < 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓
𝐱−𝟓
(iii) −𝟐 < <𝟓
𝟐𝐱+𝟏
 Column 1 Column 2
(a) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟐 (P) –1
(b) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗 𝟐𝟕 (Q) 1
(c) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟒 (R) 2

(d) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐− 𝟑 𝟐+ 𝟑 (S) 5/4

(e) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟓 𝟏𝟐𝟓 (T) 3/2

 Recap

1. loga x is defined if ________________________ & ________________________.

2. Value of loga x is the ________________________ to which 'a' should be raised to

________________________

3. f(x) = logx–1 (x2 – 5x – 6) is defined if x  ________________________

 Recap

𝟏
4. loga a = ________________________, loga = ________________________
𝐚
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏 𝐚 = ________________________, loga 1 = ________________________
𝐚

5. 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐛 = ________________________

𝐱−𝟐 𝟑 (𝐱−𝟏)
6. If  0 then x  ________________________
(𝐱−𝟑)(𝐱−𝟐)
 Recap

𝟏 𝟏
7. x + ________________________  x  R , x + ________________________  x  R–
+
𝐱 𝐱

8. Factorize : pq + ap + bq = ________________________

9. If x2 – 1 is a factor of x3 + qx2 + px + 2, then (2p + 4q) is less than

(A) –8 (B) –2 (C) –10 (D) –16

10. Value of x satisfying the equation 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟔𝟑 + 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐱 + 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 is

 Recap

11. Value of loga x can not be negative.

12. loga x = y  ay = x

13. loga x is defined  x  R

14. loga x is defined  x  R+

15. log1 1 is defined.

 Recap

𝐧+𝟏 𝐦 𝟐𝐧 𝐧
𝟐 (𝟐 )𝟐
16. If 𝐦+𝟏 𝐧 𝟐𝐦 = 1, then m is equal to
𝟐 𝟐
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) n (D) 2n
QUESTION KTK 5

𝐚 𝐛 𝐜 𝛂 𝐚 𝐛 𝐜 𝛂 𝐚 𝐜
If + + + =𝟔 + + + = 𝟖 then + is
𝐛 𝐜 𝐝 𝐝 𝐜 𝐝 𝐚 𝐛 𝐛 𝛂

A 2

B 4

C 1/2

D 1/4
QUESTION

Find the value of x.

(1) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓−𝐱 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔𝟓 = 𝟐
(2) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱−𝟏 𝟒 =𝟐
QUESTION

Find the value of x.

(3) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟔 = 𝐱 − 𝟏
(4) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟒 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 = 𝟑
QUESTION

Find the value of x.

(5) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 + 𝟏 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
QUESTION

Find all values of 𝐱 for which the following equalities hold true.
(i) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟏 (ii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐 − 𝐱
(iii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱 (iv) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏/𝟐 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏/𝟐 𝐱 + 𝟏
(v) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏/𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖 = −𝟐
QUESTION

Solve : 𝟕𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟕 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
QUESTION

Find the value of following

𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟑 𝟓
(1) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗
𝟕 𝟑 𝟐𝟏
(2) 𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟔 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟔 𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟔 𝟏𝟐
QUESTION

Find : 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐𝟕𝟑

QUESTION

Solve :
𝟐
(i) 𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎;
(ii) 𝟐𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
QUESTION

If a, b and c are positive real numbers such that

𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟕 = 𝟐𝟕; 𝐛 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟕 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒𝟗 and 𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏 .
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟕 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟕 𝟏𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
Find the value of 𝐚 +𝐛 + 𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟓 .
QUESTION

Find all values of 'a' for which each of the following equalities hold true.
(i) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐚 = 𝟐 (ii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝟐 = 𝟏
(iii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝟏 = 𝟎 (iv) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟎 (𝐚(𝐚 + 𝟑)) = 𝟏
(v) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏/𝟑 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟏 = −𝟏 (vi) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟓 = 𝟐

Answers:
(i) 4 (ii) 2 (iii) 𝐚 > 𝟎, 𝐚 ≠ 𝟏 (iv) −𝟓, 𝟐
(v) −𝟐, 𝟐 (vi) −𝟑, 𝟑
QUESTION

Find the value of following

𝟏
(i) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 (ii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟒 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝐱 + 𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟏
𝟓
𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝟒
(iii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐 𝟖 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐 𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐 𝟔 (iv) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓
𝟑 𝟑
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟑 𝟓
(v) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 (vi) 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟔 𝟐 + 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟔 𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟔 𝟏𝟐
𝟕 𝟑 𝟐𝟏

Answers:
(i) – 1/2 (ii) 1 (iii) 2 (iv) 3
(v) 1 (vi) 4
 Recap

1. loga x = y in exponential form ________________________

2. If pq = R then in logarithmic form it can be written as ________________________

3. loga x _________ 0, if a, x > 1

4. loga x _________ 0, if 0 < a, x < 1

5. loga x ____________ 0, if a > 1, 0 < x < 1

6. loga x ____________ 0, if x > 1 & 0 < a < 1

 Recap

7. loga (mm) = ________________________

𝐦
8. 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 = ________________________
𝐱

9. loga mx = ________________________

10. 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐱 = ________________________

 Recap

11. Base changing formula ________________________

12. 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐛 𝐜 = ________________________, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐂 = ________________________

13. log 16 64 = ________________________, log9 243 = ________________________

14. 𝟒𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟕 + 𝟑𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗 𝟐𝟓 = ____________________________

 Recap

15. loga x2n = ________________________, loga x2n+1 = ________________________

16. log5 10  log10 11  log11 12 ......... log124 125 = ________________________

17. 𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟑
= 3 where  = ________________________

𝟏
18. = ________________________
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐛
 Recap

State True or False

1. loga m  loga n = loga (m + n)

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐦
2. = loga m – loga n
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐧

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐦
3. = loga (m – n)
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐧
 Recap

State True or False

4. log6 (0.7) < 0

5. log0.8 23 < 0

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔
6. = =4
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗 𝟒 𝟒

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐱
7. = logy x
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚 𝐲
QUESTION KTK 3

Solve in real numbers the equation

𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 𝐳 − 𝟐 + 𝐮 + 𝐯 = 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝐳 + 𝐮 + 𝐯.
QUESTION KTK 5

The least value of the expression (𝐱 + 𝐲)(𝐲 + 𝐳) where given that

𝐱, 𝐲, 𝐳 > 𝟎 and 𝐱𝐲𝐳(𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝐳) = 𝟏
QUESTION KTK 6

Consider system of equations 𝟏𝟑𝐲−𝐱 (𝟏 + 𝐱 + 𝐲) = 𝟏𝟑 and (𝟏 + 𝐱 + 𝐲)𝟏+𝐱−𝐲 = 𝟏𝟑.

If 𝐱𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 and 𝐱𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 are solutions of system of equations where 𝐲𝟏 < 𝐲𝟐 ,
𝐱𝟏 +𝐲𝟐
then the value of is
𝐱𝟐 +𝐲𝟏
𝟒𝟕
A
𝟓𝟖
𝟔𝟕
B
𝟕𝟐
𝟓𝟗
C
𝟖𝟓
𝟐𝟗
D
𝟓𝟏
QUESTION KTK 7

Solve in real numbers the equation

𝟏
𝐱𝟏 − 𝟏 + 𝟐 𝐱𝟐 − 𝟒 + ⋯ + 𝐧 𝐱𝐧 − 𝐧𝟐 = 𝐱𝟏 + 𝐱𝟐 + ⋯ + 𝐱𝐧 .
𝟐
for 𝐱𝟏 , 𝐱𝟐 , 𝐱𝟑 … , 𝐱𝐧−𝟏 , 𝐱 𝐧 .
QUESTION

Column 1 Column 2

𝟏𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟕
(a) (P) 1/27
𝟗
−𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏ൗ 𝟕
(b) 𝟐 𝟐 (Q) 1/2
𝟏
−
(c) 𝟖 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐
(R) 1/49

𝟏 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟔
(d) (S) 7
𝟒

(e) 𝟑−𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑 𝟐 (T) 1/36

QUESTION

A = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟑𝟑𝟏 ; 𝐁 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟖𝟓 𝟓 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟖𝟓 𝟏𝟏;

𝐂 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟔𝟐𝟓 ; 𝐃 = 𝟏𝟎𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟔
Find the value of A × B ÷ C – D
QUESTION

Find the value of

𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
+ − =
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗 𝟒 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐𝟕 𝟖
QUESTION

Find the value of 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟏𝟎 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟖 𝟏𝟐𝟓.

QUESTION

If 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟑 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟒 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝟓 …… 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐧 𝐧 + 𝟏 = 𝟏𝟎 find n.

QUESTION

𝟏 𝟑
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐
𝟖𝟏𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟗 +𝟑 𝟔
Simplify : . 𝟕 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐𝟓 𝟕
− 𝟏𝟐𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐𝟓 𝟔
𝟒𝟎𝟗
QUESTION

Simplify : 𝟕𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑 𝟓 + 𝟑𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟓 𝟕 − 𝟓𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑 𝟕 − 𝟕𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟓 𝟑

QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟐𝟒 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟏𝟗𝟐

Prove that − =𝟑
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗𝟔 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐 𝟐
QUESTION [DMS]

Simplify & compute :

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟏𝟎
−
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓𝟎 𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝟓
QUESTION [JEE Advanced 2018]

𝟏 𝟏
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟗
The value of 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟗 𝟐 × 𝟕 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝟕
is
QUESTION

If a, b and c are positive real numbers such that

𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟕 = 𝟐𝟕; 𝐛 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟕 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒𝟗 and 𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏 .
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟕 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟕 𝟏𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
Find the value of 𝐚 +𝐛 + 𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟓 .
QUESTION [Mix Veg]

Simplify following :
(i) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟖𝟏 (ii) 𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑 𝟓 − 𝟓𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟐𝟕 𝟖
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟑 𝟓 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟔
(iii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑𝟗 (iv)
𝟕 𝟑 𝟐𝟏 (𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐+𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑)

𝟒 𝟑 𝟒
−𝟑
(v) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 (vi) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏 𝟕𝟐𝟗 ⋅ 𝟗−𝟏 ⋅ 𝟐𝟕
𝟑
QUESTION [JEE Advanced 2013]

If 𝟑𝐱 = 𝟒𝐱−𝟏 , then x =

𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐
A 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐 − 𝟏
𝟐
B 𝟐 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟑
𝟏
C 𝟏 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝟑
𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟑
D 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟑 − 𝟏
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟗−𝟐𝐱
= 𝟏. Then number of solution is
𝐱−𝟑

A 3

B 2

C 1

D 0
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱−𝟏 𝟒 = 𝟏 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟏 then 𝐱 is

A 3

B 2

C 5/4

D 4/5
QUESTION

(𝐱 + 𝟏)𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟎 𝐱+𝟏 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎(𝐱 + 𝟏) then 𝐱 is

A 99

B – 0.9

C 0.9

D 10
QUESTION

𝟏
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟓𝟏/𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝟓 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟔 + 𝟏 + then 𝐱 is
𝟐𝐱

A –1

B 1/2

C 1/16

D 1/4
QUESTION

𝐱 𝟏
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟓 + 𝟏𝟐𝟓 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝟔 + 𝟏 + then 𝐱 is
𝟐𝐱

A –1

B 1/2

C 1/16

D 1/4
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏 𝐱−𝟏 𝟐𝟔
𝟓 𝟏+𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱
+𝟓 𝟒 = then x is
𝟓

A 1

B 1/6

C 1/2

D 16
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2016]

𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝟎
The sum of all real values of 𝐱 satisfying 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟓 = 𝟏 is

A 5

B 3

C –4

D 6
QUESTION

Solve for x : 𝐱 − 𝟑 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 −𝟏𝟎𝐱+𝟑 =𝟏

QUESTION

Let 𝐲 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟑 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟏𝟐 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟒𝟖 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟏𝟗𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟏𝟐 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟒𝟖 + 𝟏𝟎.

Find 𝐲 ∈ 𝐍.
QUESTION

Indicate all correct alternatives, where base of the log is 2.

𝟑 𝟐 +𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱−𝟓
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱
The equation 𝐱𝟒 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 = 𝟐 has :

A At least one real solution

B Exactly 3 real solutions

C Exactly one irrational solution

D Imaginary roots
QUESTION

𝟗
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 −𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱+𝟓
The equation 𝐱 = 𝟑 𝟑 has

A Exactly 3 real solutions

B At least one real solution

C Exactly one irrational solution

D Complex roots
QUESTION

𝟐
𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑𝐱
𝟑 + 𝐱 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟑 𝐱 = 𝟏𝟔𝟐 then x is

A 9

B 1/9

C 10

D 1/10
QUESTION

Solve : 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟐 +𝟔𝐱+𝟖 (𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 +𝟐𝐱+𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎

QUESTION

Find the square of the sum of the roots of the equation

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱.
QUESTION

𝟏 𝟏
Solve for 𝐱 ∶ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 (𝟒 − 𝐱) + 𝐥𝐨𝐠(𝟒 − 𝐱) ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 + − 𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 + = 𝟎.
𝟐 𝟐
QUESTION [JEE Advanced 2011]

Let 𝐱𝟎 , 𝐲𝟎 be the solution of the following equations

(𝟐𝐱)𝐥𝐧 𝟐 = (𝟑𝐲)𝐥𝐧 𝟑
𝟑𝐥𝐧 𝐱 = 𝟐𝐥𝐧 𝐲
Then 𝐱 𝟎 is

A 1/6

B 1/3

C 1/2

D 6
QUESTION [JEE Advanced 2012]

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
The values of 6 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟒− 𝟒− 𝟒− ....... is
𝟐
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐
QUESTION

If log12 27 = a, then log6 16 is equal to

𝟑+𝐚
A 𝟒
𝟑−𝐚
𝟑−𝐚
B 𝟒
𝟑+𝐚
𝟑−𝐚
C 𝟐
𝟑+𝐚
𝟑+𝐚
D 𝟐
𝟑−𝐚
QUESTION

Find the value of log54 (168) if log7 12 = a and log12 24 = b.

QUESTION

Solve the fallowing logarithmic equations.

(1) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟕 − 𝟐𝐱
𝟎.𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝐱 𝟐 −𝐱
(2) 𝐱 = 𝟑𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟗 𝟒
(3) 𝟐𝟓𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟎 𝐱 = 𝟓 + 𝟒𝐱 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟎 𝟓
(4) 𝟏 + 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱+𝟐 𝟓 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 + 𝟐
(5) 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐𝐱 =𝟏
𝟐
QUESTION

Solve the following equations :

(i) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱−𝟏 𝟑 = 𝟐

𝟏
(ii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟏 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟏 + 𝟑𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 =
𝟐

(iii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟏 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟕 =𝟏

(iv) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟖 = 𝟐 − 𝐱

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟗−𝟐𝐱
(v) =𝟏
𝟑−𝐱
QUESTION

Solve the following equations :

(vi) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓−𝐱 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔𝟓 = 𝟐
(vii) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟎 𝟓 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟎 (𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎) − 𝟏 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟎 (𝟐𝟏𝐱 − 𝟐𝟎) − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟎 (𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏)
(viii) 𝐱 𝟏+𝐥𝐨𝐠𝟏𝟎 𝐱 = 𝟏𝟎𝐱
𝟐
(ix) 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟓 − 𝟑𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟓 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
(x) 𝟑 + 𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱+𝟏 𝟑 = 𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 (𝐱 + 𝟏)

Answers:
i. {𝟏 + 𝟑} ii. {𝟑} iii. {𝟒} iv. {𝟐}
v. {𝟎} vi. {−𝟓} vii. {𝟑/𝟐, 𝟏𝟎} viii. 𝟏𝟎−𝟏 , 𝟏𝟎
ix. { 𝟓, 𝟓} x. {−(𝟑 − 𝟑)/𝟑, 𝟖}
QUESTION

𝟏
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝟏
Simplify : 𝟓 𝟏/𝟏 𝟐 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟕+ 𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏/𝟐
𝟏𝟎+𝟐 𝟐𝟏

[Ans. 6]
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 (𝐱 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 (𝟒 − 𝐱)𝟐

A 3+ 𝟔

B 3– 𝟔

C 5

D –1
QUESTION

𝟒
𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟖 (𝟐𝐱) + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟖 𝐱𝟐 + 𝟏 − 𝟐𝐱 =
𝟑
A –1

B 2

C –2

D 1
QUESTION

𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 (𝐱 − 𝟐) + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 (𝐱 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟎

A 3+ 𝟐

B 3– 𝟐

C 3

D –3
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟐 −𝟐𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟗
|𝐱 − 𝟏| 𝟑 𝐱 = (𝐱 − 𝟏)𝟕

A 3

B 2

C 27

D 81
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2021]

The number of solutions of the equation log4(x –1) = log2(x – 3) is

QUESTION

𝟐𝐱 − 𝟔
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟕 >𝟎
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔 > −𝟏
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 >𝟎

QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟎.𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟐 > 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟎.𝟐 −𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑

QUESTION

If 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟎.𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒 > 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟎.𝟓 𝟏 then find possible values of 𝐱
QUESTION

If 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐚 is defined ∀𝐱 ∈ 𝐑, then the set of values of 'a' is

QUESTION

𝟑
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟐𝐱 − >𝟐
𝟒
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐𝐱+𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 < 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐𝐱+𝟑 (𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑)

QUESTION [JEE Mains 2023]

𝐱−𝟕 𝟐
The number of integral solutions x of 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟕
𝐱+
≥ 𝟎 is :
𝟐
𝟐𝐱−𝟑

A 8

B 7

C 5

D 6
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱+𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 < 𝟏

QUESTION

Solve the following inequalities:

(a) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐 ≤ 𝟎 (b) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝐱 + 𝟒𝟑 < 𝟐
𝟐𝐱−𝟖
(c) 𝟐 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 ≥ 𝟎 (d) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏.𝟓 <𝟎
𝐱−𝟐
𝟏+𝟐𝐱 𝟑𝐱+𝟐
(e) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 <𝟏 (f) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 ≤ 𝟎. 𝟓
𝟏+𝐱 𝐱
𝐱 𝟐 −𝟒𝐱+𝟐 𝟐 𝟒𝐱−𝟑 𝟏
(g) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 ≤ 𝟏 (h) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 >−
𝐱+𝟏 𝟒−𝟑𝐱 𝟐

Answers:
(a) [−𝟏, 𝟏 − 𝟑) ∪ (𝟏 + 𝟑, 𝟑]; (b) (𝟐, 𝟗);
(c) [−𝟒, −𝟑) ∪ (𝟎, 𝟏]; (d) (𝟒, 𝟔);
(e) (−∞, −𝟐) ∪ (−𝟏/𝟐, ∞); (f) [−𝟐, −𝟐/𝟑);
𝟑 𝟒
(g) [𝟎, 𝟐 − 𝟐) ∪ (𝟐 + 𝟐, 𝟔]; (h) ,
𝟒 𝟑
 Recap

1. If a > 1 then loga 5 _______ loga 7

2. If 0 < a < 1 then loga 12 ________ loga 13

3. If a > 1 then f(x) = loga x is ________________________ function

4. If 0 < a < 1 then f(x) = loga x is ________________________ function.

5. If log0.2 (x – 2) < 1 then range of x is ________________________

6. If log2 (x2 – 5x + 8) > 1 then range of x is ________________________

 Recap

7. 𝟓 = _______________, 𝟔 = _______________, 𝟕 = _______________, 𝟏𝟏 = _______________

8. 𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐛 𝐜 = _______________

𝐱 𝟐 −𝟓𝐱+𝟔
9. If 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟐 −𝟔𝐱+𝟖
is defined then x is _________________

10. Values of x for which 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏 is defined if _________________

11. |log5 0.07| = _________________, |log0.7 7| = _________________

QUESTION KTK 1

𝟓
Let 𝐒 = 𝛂: 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝟗𝟐𝛂−𝟒 + 𝟏𝟑 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 ⋅ 𝟑𝟐𝛂−𝟒 + 𝟏 = 𝟐 . Then the maximum
𝟐
value of 𝛃 for which the equation
𝟐

𝐱𝟐 − 𝟐 ෍ 𝛂 𝐱 + ෍(𝛂 + 𝟏)𝟐 𝛃 = 𝟎 has real roots, is

𝛂∈𝐬 𝛂∈𝐬

Ans. 25
QUESTION KTK 2

The number of solutions of the equation

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱+𝟏 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟓 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐𝐱+𝟓 (𝐱 + 𝟏)𝟐 − 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝐱 > 𝟎, is :

Ans. 1
QUESTION KTK 3

Let 𝐒 be the set of positive integral values of 𝐚 for which

𝐚𝐱 𝟐 +𝟐(𝐚+𝟏)𝐱+𝟗𝐚+𝟒
𝟐 < 0, ∀𝐱 ∈ ℝ. Then, the number of elements in 𝐒 is :
𝐱 −𝟖𝐱+𝟑𝟐

A 0

B 

C 3

D 1

Ans. A
QUESTION

(𝐥𝐧 𝐱)𝟐 −𝟑 𝐥𝐧 𝐱+𝟑

Find 𝐱 for < 1.
𝐥𝐧 𝐱−𝟏
QUESTION

Solve : log/4 (log2 log1/3(x))  0

QUESTION

Let a, b, c be three distinct positive real numbers such that

𝟐𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝐚 = 𝐛𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝐛 and 𝐛 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝟐 = 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝐜 . Then, 6a + 5bc is equal to
QUESTION

The real 𝐱 and 𝐲 satisfy 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟖 𝐱 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓 and 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟖 𝐲 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟕, find 𝐱𝐲.

Ans. xy = 29
QUESTION

𝟐(𝐱 − 𝟐)
Solve : 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏 ≥𝟏
𝐱 (𝐱 + 𝟏)(𝐱 − 𝟓)
QUESTION

𝟒 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
Let 𝟎 < 𝐱 < 𝟏 then (𝐱 − 𝟏)𝟐 + (𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏)𝟒 − 𝐱−
𝟐

A 5/2

B 1/2

C – 1/2

D Dependent of x
QUESTION

𝟐 if 𝐱 ≤ −𝟏
Prove that : 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 − 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 = ቐ−𝟐𝐱 if 𝐱 ∈ (−𝟏, 𝟏)
−𝟐 if 𝐱 ≥ 𝟏
QUESTION

|x2 + x – 20| = – (x2 + x – 20)

QUESTION

𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖
=− 𝟐
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑 𝐱 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑
QUESTION

Solve : |2x – 1| = 7
QUESTION

Solve : |3 – x| = 2
QUESTION

|x + 2| = 2(3 – x) then x is equal to

A 4/3

B –8

C 8

D –4/3
QUESTION

If |3x – 2| + x = 11 then x is

A 13/4

B 9/2

C –9/2

D –13/4
QUESTION

𝐱 − 𝟐 − 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟐 then sum of all values of x satisfying the equation is

A 8

B 12

C 0

D 4
 Recap

State True or False

1. |x|  x

2. |x| = |–x|

3. |x| |y| = |xy|

𝐱 |𝐱|
4. =
𝐲 |𝐲|

5. |x|2 = x2
 Recap

State True or False

6. 𝐱 − 𝐱 is defined for x  R

7. |x + y| = |x|  |y| if xy > 0

8. |x + y| = ||x| – |y|| if xy  0

9. |x| 0

10. |x|  |y|  x2  y2

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks

11. If |x| = a, a  [0,  )  x = _____________

12. If |x| = –a, a  [0,  )  x = _____________

13. If |x| = 0  x = _____________

14. Triangle inequality is ________________________________

15. If |x – T| = 2x – 3 then x is _____________

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks

16. |x|  3  ________________________________

17. |x|  –2  ________________________________

18. |x|  1  ________________________________

19. |x|  –3  ________________________________

20. log2 |x|  –2  ________________________________

QUESTION KTK 2

𝟏 𝟒 𝟒 𝟏 𝟏
− + − <
𝐱 − 𝟏 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟑 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝟑𝟎
QUESTION KTK 7

The sum of the roots of the equation

x + 1 – 2 log2(3 + 2x) + 2 log4 (10 – 2–x) = 0, is :

A log2 14

B log2 11

C log2 12

D log2 13
QUESTION

𝟐(𝐱 − 𝟐)
Solve : 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏 ≥𝟏
𝐱 (𝐱 + 𝟏)(𝐱 − 𝟓)
QUESTION

Let a, b, c be three distinct positive real numbers such that

𝟐𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝐚 = 𝐛𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝐛 and 𝐛 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝟐 = 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐞 𝐜 . Then, 6a + 5bc is equal to
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2023]

The sum of all the roots of the equation |x2 – 8x + 15| – 2x + 7 = 0 is :

A 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟑

B 𝟗+ 𝟑

C 𝟗− 𝟑

D 𝟏𝟏 − 𝟑
QUESTION

Solve : |x + 1| + |x – 2| = 5
QUESTION

|x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3| = 9 then x can be

A –5

B 9

C –1

D 5
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2024 (5 April)]

The number of distinct real roots of the equation

|x| |x + 2| – 5|x + 1| – 1 = 0 is

Ans. 3
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2024 (8 April)]

The number of distinct real roots of the equation

|x + 1| |x + 3| – 4|x + 2| + 5 = 0 is

Ans. 2
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2024 (5 April)]

The number real solutions of the equations

x|x + 5| + 2|x + 7| – 2 = 0 is

Ans. 3
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2018]

Let 𝐒 = {𝐱 ∈ 𝐑: 𝐱 ≥ 𝟎 and 𝟐| 𝐱 − 𝟑| + 𝐱( 𝐱 − 𝟔) + 𝟔 = 𝟎}. Then 𝐒 :

A contains exactly two elements

B contains exactly four elements

C is an empty set

D contains exactly one element

QUESTION

(x – 1) |x2 – 4x + 3| + 2x2 + 3x – 5 = 0
QUESTION

|x2 + 4x + 3| + 2x + 5 = 0
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2024 (30 Jan)]

The number of real solutions of the equation

x(x2 + 3|x| + 5|x – 1| + 6|x – 2| = 0 is __________

Ans. 1
QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟖 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱

If the equation = 𝟎 has a solution for 'x' when
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱
𝐜 < 𝐲 < 𝐛, 𝐲 ≠ 𝐚, where 'b' is as large as possible and 'c' is as small as
possible, then the value of (𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐜) is equals to:

A 18

B 19

C 20

D 21
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2021]

𝟐𝟕
The number of the real roots of the equation (𝐱 + 𝟏)𝟐 + |𝐱 − 𝟓| = is
𝟒
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2021]

The number of real solution of the equation, x2 – |x| – 12 = 0 is:

A 2

B 3

C 1

D 4
QUESTION

𝐱 − 𝟒 − 𝐱 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒
QUESTION

𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑 𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱
 Recap

Fill in the Blanks

1. |x + y| = |x| + |y|  ____________________________

2. |x – y| = |x| + |y|  ____________________________

3. |x| = a, a  [0, )  ____________________________

4. log|x| (|x – 2|) is defined if ____________________________

5. log3  log2 
 Recap

Fill in the Blanks

6. loge 7 log3 7 log4 7

7. log10  (log10 )2 (log10 )3

6. log2 1/5 log3 1/5

9. a < log2 12 < b, where a, b are consecutive integers then

a = ___________, b = __________
 Recap

State True or False

1. |x2 – 5x + 6| = – (x2 – 5x + 6)  x  [2, 3]

2. |x2 + x + 1| = x2 + x + 1  x  R

3. |a – b| = |b – a|

4. |x| = |y|  |x|2 = |y|2

5. 3 < log3 75 < 4

6. 2 < log5 26 < 3

QUESTION

𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟖 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐱

If the equation = 𝟎 has a solution for 'x' when
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱
𝐜 < 𝐲 < 𝐛, 𝐲 ≠ 𝐚, where 'b' is as large as possible and 'c' is as small as
possible, then the value of (𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐜) is equals to:

A 18

B 19

C 20

D 21
QUESTION

𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑 𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱
QUESTION

Solve : |x – 2| + |x – 5| = 3
QUESTION

𝐱 𝐱𝟐
Solve : + 𝐱 =
𝐱−𝟏 𝐱−𝟏
QUESTION

Solve : 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟏 + 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝟐
QUESTION

Solve for values of 𝐱 :

(i) |𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓| + |𝟖 − 𝐱| = |𝟑 + 𝟐𝐱|
(ii) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔 + 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒 = 𝟓|𝐱 − 𝟐|
QUESTION

Solve the following equations

(a) |𝐱 − 𝟏| + |𝐱 − 𝟑| = 𝟐
(b) |𝐱| + |𝐱 + 𝟓| = 𝟓
(c) |𝐱 − 𝟏| + |𝐱 − 𝟒| = 𝟐
(d) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + |𝐱 − 𝟒| = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒

Answers:
(a) [𝟏, 𝟑] (b) [−𝟓, 𝟎]
(c) {} (d) 𝐱 ∈ (−∞, 𝟎] ∪ [𝟐, 𝟒]
QUESTION

Solve : 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + |𝐱 − 𝟒| > 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒
QUESTION

(a) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟕 Ans: 𝐱 ∈ [−𝟒, −𝟑] ∪ [𝟑, 𝟒]

(b) Solve : 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟕 < 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟕

Ans: 𝐱 < −𝟕/𝟑
QUESTION

Find the value of 𝐱 satisfying the equation,

𝟑 𝟑
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟑𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟑 𝐱/𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟑 𝟑/𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 𝟑 = 𝟐
QUESTION

If |𝐱 − 𝟑| ≥ 𝟐 then

A 𝐱 ≥ 𝟓 or 𝐱 ≤ 𝟏

B 𝐱 ≥ 𝟓 or 𝐱 ≥ 𝟏

C 𝐱 ≤ −𝟓 or 𝐱 ≥ 𝟏

D 𝐱 ≤ −𝟏 or 𝐱 ≥ 𝟓
QUESTION

If |3 – 2x| < 7 then

A –2 < x < 5

B –5 < x < 2

C –2 < x < 2

D –5 < x < –2
QUESTION

𝐱 −𝟓
Values of 𝐱 for which 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱−𝟑 is defined.
𝟐−|𝐱|)

Ans. 𝐱 ∈ (−𝟓, −𝟐) ∪ (𝟐, 𝟓) − {𝟑, 𝟒}

QUESTION

If |𝐱 − 𝟐| ≤ 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟏 then find the possible set of all values of 𝐱.

QUESTION

Solve : 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟔 ≤ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎
QUESTION

If 𝐱 − 𝟐 − 𝟑 ≤ 𝟐 then complete set of values of 𝐱 is

A −𝟑, 𝟕

B −𝟑, 𝟏 ∪ 𝟑, 𝟕

C 𝟏, 𝟕

D [−𝟑, 𝟑] ∪ [𝟒, 𝟕]
QUESTION

||x – 2| – 3|  0 then number of values of x satisfy the given inequality is

A 0

B 1

C 2

D Infinite
QUESTION

Solve : |x| + |x – 1|  7
QUESTION

Solve : |x + 1| + |x – 1| > 2
QUESTION

If 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎 > 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝐱 − 𝟐𝟐 then find the possible set of all values of x.

QUESTION

Solve : 𝐱 − 𝟔 > 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟗
QUESTION

Solve : (|𝐱 − 𝟏| − 𝟑)(|𝐱 + 𝟐| − 𝟓) < 𝟎

QUESTION

Draw graph of y = |x – 2|.

QUESTION

f|x – 1| + |x – 2| = k then find range of k for which the equation has

(a) No solution
(b) Two solution
(c) Infinitely many solution
 Recap

Fill in the Blanks

1. |f(x)| + |g(x)| = |f(x) + g(x)|  ____________________________

2. |f(x)| + |g(x)| = |f(x) – g(x)|  ____________________________

3. |f(x)| + |g(x)| > |f(x) + g(x)|  ____________________________

4. |f(x)| + |g(x)| > |f(x) – g(x)|  ____________________________

5. |f(x)| = loga x , a > 1 then f(x) is __________________

6. |f(x)| = loga x , 0 < a < 1 then f(x) is __________________

 Recap

Fill in the Blanks

7. Increasing function __________________ yaa ______________________ inequality sign
remains ____________________

8. Decreasing function __________________ yaa ______________________ inequality sign

____________________

9. |x|  a, a  R+  __________________

10. |x|  a, a  R+  __________________

 Recap

State True or False

1. log10 5 < (log10 5)2 < (log10 5)3

2. log2 0.5 < log7 0.5

3. |log5 0.3| + log5 0.3 = 0

4. |x|  x

5. |x|  –3  –3  x  3
 Recap

State True or False

6. |x|  –5  x  R
𝟏 𝟏
7. −𝟓 < 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏 𝐱 < −𝟒  <𝐱<
𝟐
𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔

𝟏 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗
8. >
𝟐 𝟐

𝟏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝟏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
9. <
𝟑 𝟑

10. loga x can never have a negative value.

QUESTION

Solve the following equations

(a) |𝐱 − 𝟏| + |𝐱 − 𝟑| = 𝟐
(b) |𝐱| + |𝐱 + 𝟓| = 𝟓
(c) |𝐱 − 𝟏| + |𝐱 − 𝟒| = 𝟐
(d) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + |𝐱 − 𝟒| = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒

Answers:
(a) [𝟏, 𝟑] (b) [−𝟓, 𝟎]
(c) {} (d) 𝐱 ∈ (−∞, 𝟎] ∪ [𝟐, 𝟒]
 Today's BPP

Solve for 𝐱 :
1. 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝐱 + 𝟓
QUESTION

Find the value of 𝐱 satisfying the equation,

𝟑 𝟑
𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟑𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝟑 𝐱/𝟑 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱 𝟑 𝟑/𝐱 ⋅ 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 𝐱 𝟑 = 𝟐
QUESTION

𝐱 −𝟓
Values of 𝐱 for which 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐱−𝟑 is defined.
𝟐−|𝐱|)

Ans. 𝐱 ∈ (−𝟓, −𝟐) ∪ (𝟐, 𝟓) − {𝟑, 𝟒}

QUESTION [JEE Mains 2022 (28 July)]

|𝐱+𝟑|−𝟏
Let 𝐒 = 𝐱 ∈ [−𝟔, 𝟑] − {−𝟐, 𝟐}: ≥ 𝟎 and 𝐓 = 𝐱 ∈ ℤ: 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟕|𝐱| + 𝟗 ≤ 𝟎 .
|𝐱|−𝟐
Then the number of elements in 𝐒 ∩ 𝐓 is :

A 7

B 5

C 4

D 3

Ans. D
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2022 (27 July)]

If 𝛂, 𝛃 are the roots of the equation

𝟏 𝟏
then the equation, whose roots are 𝛂 + and 𝛃 + , is :
𝛃 𝛂

A 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎

B 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎

C 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎

D 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎

Ans. B
QUESTION

Draw graph of y = |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3|.

QUESTION

If |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3| = k then find range of k for which the equation has

(a) No solution
(b) Only one solution
(c) Two solution
QUESTION

If |x – 5| – |x – 7| = k then for

A K = 2 the equation has infinitely many solution

B K = –2 the equation has infinitely many solution

C K  (2, ) the equation has no solution

D K  (–2, 2) the equation has exactly one solution

QUESTION

Draw graph of 𝐲 = |𝐱| + |𝐱 − 𝟐| and answer the following.

Find the range of 𝐤 for which the equation |𝐱| + |𝐱 − 𝟐| = 𝐤 has
A. No Solution
B. Infinitely Many Solutions
C. Only two solutions
QUESTION

Draw the graph of 𝐲 = |𝐱 − 𝟒| − |𝐱 + 𝟑| and answer the following.

Find the range of 𝐤 for which the equation |𝐱 − 𝟒| − |𝐱 + 𝟑| = 𝐤 has
A. No Solution
B. Infinitely Many Solutions
C. Only two solutions
QUESTION

Consider the function 𝐟(𝐱) = |𝐱 − 𝟏| − 𝟐|𝐱 + 𝟐| + |𝐱 + 𝟑|

Column-I Column-II
(A) If 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐤 has no solution, then 𝐤 ∈ (p) (2, 4)
(B) If 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐤 has one solution, then 𝐤 ∈ (q) (−∞, −𝟐) ∪ (𝟒, ∞)
(C) If 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐤 has two solution, then 𝐤 ∈ (r) (−𝟐, 𝟐) ∪ {𝟒}
(D) If 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐤 has more then two solution, (s) {−𝟐, 𝟐}
then 𝐤 ∈
QUESTION

𝐲 = |𝐱 − 𝟏| + |𝐱 − 𝟐| + |𝐱 − 𝟑| and find 𝐲𝐦𝐢𝐧 .

QUESTION

Given, 𝐟(𝐱) = |𝐱| + 𝟐|𝐱 − 𝟏| + |𝐱 − 𝟐| + |𝐱 − 𝟒| + |𝐱 − 𝟔| + 𝟐|𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎| where 𝐱 ∈ 𝐑.

Find the minimum value of 𝐟.
QUESTION

Solve for 𝐱 if, 𝟒 − 𝐱 < 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱

QUESTION

Solve for 𝐱, if 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐 > 𝐱 − 𝟐

QUESTION

Solution of the inequality, 𝐱 − 𝟑 < 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟓

A (−∞, −𝟓] ∪ [𝟏, ∞)

B (−∞, −𝟓] ∪ (𝟕/𝟓, ∞)

C (−𝟓, 𝟑]

D (𝟕/𝟓, ∞)
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2023 (1 Feb)]

𝟐 −𝟒 𝟐 −𝟒
Let 𝐒 = {𝐱: 𝐱 ∈ ℝ and ( 𝟑 + 𝟐)𝐱 +( 𝟑− 𝟐) 𝐱 = 𝟏𝟎ቅ . Then 𝐧(𝐒) is
equal to

A 6

B 4

C 0

D 2

Ans. B
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2024 (1 Feb)]

Let 𝐒 = 𝐱 ∈ 𝐑: ( 𝟑 + 𝟐)𝐱 + ( 𝟑 − 𝟐) 𝐱 = 𝟏𝟎 . Then the number of elements

in 𝐒 is :

A 4

B 0

C 2

D 1

Ans. C
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2019 (8 April)]

The sum of the solutions of the equation

| 𝐱 − 𝟐| + 𝐱( 𝐱 − 𝟒) + 𝟐 = 𝟎 (𝐱 > 𝟎) is equal to:

A 9

B 12

C 4

D 10

Ans. D
QUESTION

Solve following inequalities

𝟐𝐱−𝟏 𝟏
(i) <𝟏 Ans. ,𝟐 ∪ (𝟓, ∞)
𝐱−𝟐 𝟐

(ii) 𝐱 − 𝟏 − |𝐱| < 𝟎 Ans. [−𝟏, ( 𝟓 − 𝟏)/𝟐)

(iii) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟔 < 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑 Ans. 𝐱 ∈ [𝟑, ∞)

𝟕− 𝟐𝟏 𝟕+ 𝟐𝟏
(iv) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖 ≤ 𝐱 + 𝟏 Ans. 𝐱 ∈ ,𝟐 ∪ 𝟒,
𝟐 𝟐
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2023 (31 Jan)]

The number of real roots of the equation

𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑 + 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔, is :

A 0

B 1

C 3

D 2

Ans. B
QUESTION

Solve ∶ 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟗 + 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟕
QUESTION

𝟐 −𝟑𝐱+𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 +𝟐𝐱
(a) (𝟑)𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐 𝐱 >𝟑 (b) (𝟏/𝟑) > (𝟏/𝟗)𝟏𝟔−𝐱
QUESTION

(a) 2x >5 (b) 𝟏 Τ𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟑 (𝐱 𝟐 −𝟐𝐱−𝟑൯ >𝟏

QUESTION

Find the number of integral values of 𝐱 satisfying the inequality

𝟔𝐱+𝟏𝟎−𝐱 𝟐
𝟑 𝟐𝟕
<
𝟒 𝟔𝟒
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2020 (8 Jan)]

Let 𝐒 be the set of all real roots of the equation,

𝟑𝐱 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 + 𝟐 = 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐 . Then 𝐒 :

A contains exactly two elements.

B is an empty set.

C is a singleton.

D contains at least four elements.

Ans. C
QUESTION [JEE Mains 2019 (10 April)]

The number of real roots of the equation 𝟓 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝟐𝐱 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐 is

A 2

B 1

C 3

D 4

Ans. B