MODULUS FUNCTION
Exercise-1
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|
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
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(C)
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 3
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(D)
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(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12
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(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 0
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
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(A) [1, ) (B) (– , – 2] (C) R (D) [–2, 1]
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(A) [0, 2] (B) [–, 3] (C) [–1, 1] (D) [1, 3]
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(A) [1, 4] {–2} (B) [1, 4] (C) [–2, 1] [4, ) (D) (– , –2] [1, 4]
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(A) x [–2, 1] (B) [–2, –1] (C) {–2, 1} (D) {–2, –1, 1, 2}
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3 3 3
(A) 5, 2 (B) ( , 5] (C) 2 , (D) ( , 5] ,
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
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(A) 7 (B) 11 (C) 5 (D) 13
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
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31. 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
32. The solution set of inequality |x| < , a R, is
x
(A)
a,0 if a < 0 (B) 0, a if a > 0
(C) if a = 0 (D) (0, a) if a > 0
33. 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
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34. 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
35. If p, q, r are any real numbers, then
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(A) max (p, q) < max (p, q, r) (B) min (p, q) = (p + q – |p – q|)
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(C) max (p, q) < min (p, q, r) (D) None of these
36. 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
37. Solve |x2 + 4x + 3| + 2x + 5 = 0.
38. 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
39. Find the set of all solutions of the equation 2|y| – | 2y–1 – 1| = 2y–1 + 1
40. The sum of all the real roots of the equation |x – 2|2 + |x – 2| – 2 = 0 is ______
ANSWER KEY
Exercise-1
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3. (i) (ii) (iii)
4. (i) ±8 (ii) 0, 1 (iii) 0, 4 (iv) –2, 3
5. (i) 6 (ii) 0
6. (i) 2
(ii) Infinite
(iii) p<4 no solution
p=4 one solution
p>4 two solution
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8. (i) (iv)
(ii)
(iii) (v)
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11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (D)
18. (D) 19. (D) 20. (C) 21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (A)
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25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (A) 28. 15 29. 16 30. 1 31. (ABC)
32. (ABC) 33. (BD) 34. (AB) 35. (B) 36. (C) 38. (B)
39. {–1} [1, ) 40. 4
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