Maths - FSB 3 - 2006

l If f(x) = x + 1/x, prove that [f(x)] 3

= f(x 3 ) + 3f(1/x)

3 1
l If f(x) = x − 3 , show that f(x)
x

+ f
FG 1 IJ = 0 .
H xK
x−3
l If f(x) = , show that f[f{f(x)}]
x +1
= x.

l Let f(x) = [x] and g(x) = |x|. Find :

(i) (gof)) (–5/3) – (fog) (–5/3)
(ii) (gof) (5/3) – (fog) (5/3)
(iii) (f + 2g) (–1)

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l The function f(x) = |x – 2| + |2.5 – x|
+ |3.6 – x|, where x is a real number,
attains a minimum at
1. x = 2.3 2. x = 2.5
3. x = 2.7 4. None of these

l The minimum value of f(x) = |x – 1|

+ |x – 4| + |x – 5| is attained at x = ?
1. 1 2. 4
3. 5 4. 10/3

DIRECTIONS: I f f ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ..... x n )
x2 x3 xn x1
= 1x + x 2 +. ... ..+ x n −1 + x n , where
x 1 , x2 , x3 ..... xn are non-negative integers.

l How many solutions exist for f(x1 , x2 )

= 17?
1. 0 2. 1
3. 2 4. None of these

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l How many solutions exist for f(x1 , x2 ,
x 3 ) = 18?
1. 0 2. 1
3. 2 4. None of these

l [x] denotes the greatest integer less

than or equal to X. If X is a positive

integer and LMX OP − LM X OP = 1 . If the

N5 Q N 7 Q
minimum value of X is a and the
maximum value is b, then a + b = ?
1. 40 2. 33
3. 35 4. 34

l a, b, c, d are roots of the equation

x 4 – x 3 – x 2 – 1 = 0. If f(x) = x 6 – x 5 – x 4
– x2 – x, then f(a) + f(b) + f(c) + f(d) = ?
1. 0 2. 1
3. 6 4. –1

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DIRECTIONS: Select appropriate function
for the situation mentioned. Functions are
as follows.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(e) (f)

l ‘x’ amoebas are placed in a test tube.

Every hour, each amoeba reproduces
one more amoeba, which in turn
reproduces another after an hour. The
graph of number of amoeba in test tube
(y-axis) against time would look like
1. b 2. d
3. e 4. f
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l In a chemical process, a chemical A is
added to 1 litre water at rate of x ml/
min. After some time, no more of A can
be added to water. The graph of
quantity of A in the solution (y-axis)
against time would look like
1. b 2. d
3. c 4. None of these

l Every day two trains cross other at

point A. Everyday, irrespective of their
speeds, the time required for the
crossover is same (the length of both
trains is constant). The speeds of trains
when plotted against each other, the
graph would look like
1. g 2. e
3. d 4. b

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l The cost of running a shop constitutes
of purchasing the shop and incurring
daily expenses. After some days, total
cost incurred is
1. c 2. f
3. e 4. d

l A teacher needs to take efforts of

magnitude ‘x’ while teaching,
irrespective of the number of students
in the class. The plot of number of
students (y-axis) vs. teacher’s efforts
would look like
1. b 2. a
3. d 4. c

l The graph of |x| + |y| = 1 will look like

I. Circle II. Parallelogram
III. Square IV. Rhombus
1. Only I is correct
2. Only III is correct
3. Only II and III are correct
4. Only II, III and IV are correct
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l The area bounded by the three curves
|x + y | = 1, | x | = 1, and | y | = 1, is
equal to
1. 4 2. 3
3. 2 4. 1

l If 0 < x < 1000, and LMx OP + LM x OP + LM x OP = 31x

N2 Q N3 Q N5 Q 30
where [x] denotes the greatest integer
less than or equal to x, then the number
of possible values of x will be
1. 30 2. 33
3. 43 4. 45

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l Suppose for any real number x, [x]
denotes the greatest integer less than
or equal to x.
Let L(x, y) = [x] + [y] + [x + y] and
R(x, y) = [2x] + [2y]. Then it’s
impossible to find any two positive real
numbers x and y for which.
1. L(x, y) = R(x, y)
2. L(x, y) ≠ R(x, y)
3. L(x, y) < R(x, y)
4. L(x, y) > R(x, y)

l If x 2 + y 2 = 0.1 and |x – y| = 0.2, then

|x| + |y| is equal to
1. 0.3 2. 0.4
3. 0.2 4. 0.6

l The remainder when 2 256 is divided by

17 is
1. 7 2. 13
3. 11 4. 1
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l The remainder when 784 is divided by
342 is
1. 0 2. 1
3. 49 4. 341

l Let N = 1421 x 1423 x 1425. What is

the remainder when N is divided by 12?
1. 0 2. 9
3. 3 4. 6

l The remainder yielded by dividing

(10 25 – 7) by 6 is
1. 0 2. 1
3. 2 4. 3

l What is the remainder when (91 3 – 453

– 463 ) is divided by 65?
1. 10 2. 20
3. 30 4. None of these

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l A man goes to the market and see’s
that there are 3 types of cashewnuts
available, costing Rs.225, Rs.385 &
Rs.147 per kg. respectively. He buys
some quantity of each of them and in
all pays Rs.2855. How much of each
type was purchased by the man?

l 10000! = (100!)k × P, where P and k

are integers. What can be the maximum
value of k?
1. 97 2. 102
3. 103 4. 04

l The number of values of x less than 30

for which (50! – x!) ends in 6 zeroes
will be
1. 6 2. 5
3. 4 4. None of these

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l P and Q are two natural numbers both
> 1 such P × Q = 5!. If Q can be
represented as x y where (x + y) is
minimum and P is not a multiple of x.
What is the value of P?
1. 60 2. 40
3. 30 4. 10

l If k is a natural number such that 100

≤ K ≤ 200. How many values of K exist
such that if K! has x zeroes in the end,
then (K + 1)! has ‘x + 2’ zeroes in the
end?
1. 4 2. 1
3. 2 4. 3

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