Assignment-2(Inequality and Modulus) Invictus RANCHI

Beginners Problem

1. Solve the following inequality

(a) 5x + 12 ≥ 32
(b) 7(3x − 2) − 5 < 8(x − 1)
(c) 13 25 x + 1 ≥ 51 (x + 4)

(d) (11x − 6)(2x − 3) ≤ 0

(e) x2 − 4x + 3 ≥ 0
(f) x2 + 3x − 28 ≤ 0
(g) x(x − 5) ≥ 6
(h) x x2 − 4 ≤ 0

(i) (2 − x)(x − 5) ≥ 0
(j) (x − 2)(5x − 3)(x + 3) ≤ 0
(k) (x + 3)(x − 2) ≤ (x − 2)
(x−1)(x−2)
(l) (x+1) <0
(x−3)(x−2)
(m) (x−1) >0
(3x−1)(x+4)
(n) (x−2) ≤0
(x−1)(x+5)
(o) x(x+2) ≥0
(2−x)3 (x−21)6
(p) (2x−3)2
≥0
(q) (x + 2)(x − 1)2 (x − 5) ≥ 0
(x−2)(x)
(r) (x−1)2 (x2 −5x+6)
≥0
(x+1)4 (x+3)
(s) (x−2)3 (x2 +1)
≥0
(2x+3)(4−3x)3 (x−4)
(t) (x−2)2 x5
≤0
(x−1)2001 (x−2)100
(u) (x−3)23 (x−4)
>0
(x−1)(x−2)3 (x−3)4
(v) (x−4)6 (x−5)5
≤0
(x−1)(x−2)3 (x−3)4
(w) (x−4)6 (x−5)5
>0
x2 (x+1)10 (x−2)4
(x) (x+4)7 (x+7)5 (x−5)3
≥0
2x 1
(y) 2x2 +5x+2
> x+1
(z) x (2x − 1) (3x − 9) (x − 3) < 0

2. Solve the following Irrational Inequalities.

√
(a) x − 2 ≥ −1
√ √
(b) x − 1 > 3 − x
√ √
(c) x + x ≥ x − 3

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√
(d) x2 − 4 x2 − 1 < 0
√
x−1
(e) x−2 <0
√
(f) x−2≤3
√
(g) x+2≥x
√
(h) 2 + x − x2 > x − 4

3. Solve the following Modulus

(a) x2 − x − 2 + |x + 6| = x2 − 2x − 8 .
(b) |x| = 2x − 1.
(c) |2x − 1| + |2x + 1| = 2.
(d) x2 + 4x + 3 = x + 1.
(e) |4 − |x − 1|| = 3
(f) x2 + x − 6 < 6
4−x2 4
(g) |x| + x = x

(h) |x − 1| − |2x − 5| = 2x.

1 1
(i) |x|−3 < 2

(j) |x − π| + x2 − π 2 ≥ 0
|x| 1
(k) 1 − 1+|x| ≥ 2
|x−1|
(l) x+2 > 1
(m) x2 − 1 + x2 − 4 > 3.

Rankers Problem
√
1. Find the number of integral values of x satisfying −x2 + 10x − 16 < x − 2

2. x2 − x − 1 x2 − x − 7 < −5

3. Find the set of all possible real values of a such that the inequality (x − (a − 1)) x − a2 + 2



<0
holds for all x ∈ (−1, 3)

4. Find all integers x for which (5x − 1) < (x + 1)2 < (7x − 3). (IIT-JEE, 1978)

5. If f (x) = x9 − 6x8 − 2x7 + 12x6 + x4 − 7x3 + 6x2 + x − 3, find f (6). (IIT-JEE, 1979)
q
6. Let y = (x+1)(x−3)
(x−2) . Find all the real values of x for which y takes real values. (IIT-JEE, 1980)

7. Find all real values of x which satisfy x2 − 3x + 2 > 0 and x2 − 2x − 4 ≤ 0. (IIT-JEE, 1983)
2x 1
8. Find the set of all x for which (2x2 +5x+2)
> (x+1) .

9. Solve x2 + 4x + 3 + 2x + 5 = 0 (IIT-JEE, 1988)

10. The sum of all real roots of the equation |x − 2|2 + |x − 2| −2 = 0 is ... (IIT-JEE, 1997)

2
11. The number of real solutions of the equation |x|2 − 3|x| +2 = 0 is (IIT-JEE, 1982)
a. 4 b. 1 c. 2 d. 2

12. The largest interval for which x12 − x9 + x4 − x + 1 > 0 is (IIT-JEE, 1982)
a. −4 < x ≤ 0 b. 0 < x < 1 c. −100 < x < 100 d. −∞ < x < ∞

13. If x satisfies |x − 1| + |x − 2| + |x − 3| ≥ 6, then (IIT-JEE, 1983)

a. 0 ≤ x ≤ 4 b. x ≤ −2 or x ≥ 4 c. x ≤ 0 or x ≥ 4 d. None of these

14. The set of all real numbers x for √ x2 − |x + 2| +x > 0 is (IIT-JEE, 2002)
which √ √
a. (−∞, −2) b. (−∞, − 2)∪( 2, ∞) c. (−∞, −1)∪(1, ∞) d. ( 2, ∞)
2x−1
15. If S is the set of all real x such that 2x3 +3x2 +x
is positive, then S contains (IIT-JEE, 1986)
a. −∞, − 23 b. − 32 , − 14 c. − 14 , 12 d. 21 , 3





e. None of these

16. The minimum value of the expression |x − p| + |x − 25| + |x − p − 25| for x ∈ [p, 25] and p ∈ [0, 25]
is
(A) 25 (B) 20 (C) 35 (D) 0
x2
17. Complete solution set of x−1 ≤ 1 is
h √ √ i h √ √ i
(A) (−∞, ∞) − {1} (B) −1−2 5 , −1+2 5 (C) −1− 5 −1+ 5
2 , 2 ∪ (1, ∞)

18. If x2 + x + |x| + 1 ≤ 0, then ’ x ’ lies in

(A) (0, ∞) (B) (−∞, 0) (C) R (D) ϕ

19. If |x − 1| + |x| + |x + 1| ≥ 6; then x lies in

(A) (−∞, 2] (B) (−∞, −2] ∪ [2, ∞) (C) R (D) ϕ

20. Which of the following is true about following inequality ||x − 1| + 2| ≤ 4 ?

(A) it contains ’ 5 ’ integer solutions
(B) it contains only ’ 3 ’ integer solution.
(C) its set of solution is [−1, 3]
(D) none of these
x2 −1
21. The solution set of x2 +x+1
< 1 consists of
(C) −2, − 12 ∪ (0, ∞)


(A) all positive reals (B) all negative reals (D) none of
these

22. The real solution of the equation

2 −10x+3
|x − 3|3x =1

1
(A) 4 (B) 2 (c) 3 (D) 3

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 Passage I
(Q. Nos. 23 to 25)

If A = {x : |x| < 2}, B = {x : |x − 5| ≤ 2}, C = {x : |x| > x} and D = {x : |x| < x}

23. The number of integral values in A ∪ B is

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10

24. The number of integral values in A ∩ C is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0

25. The number of integral values in A ∩ D is

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 0

Passage II
(Q. Nos. 26 to 28)

If A = x : x2 − 2x + 2 > 0 and B = x : x2 − 4x + 3 ≤ 0
 

26. A ∩ B equals
(a) [1, ∞) (b) [1, 3] (c) (−∞, 3] (d) (−∞, 1) ∪ (3, ∞)

27. A − B equals
(a) (−∞, ∞) (b) (1, 3) (c) (3, ∞) (d) (−∞, 1) ∪ (3, ∞)

28. A ∪ B equals
(a) (−∞, 1) (b) (3, ∞) (c) (−∞, ∞) (d) (1, 3)

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