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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. Ujakar and Keshav attempted to solve a quadratic equation. Ujakar made a mistake in writing down
the constant term. He ended up with the roots (4,3). Keshav made a mistake in writing down the
coefficient of x. He got the roots as (3,2). What will be the exact roots of the original quadratic
equation?
1. (6,1)
2. (-3, -4)
3. (4,3)
4. (-4, -3)
2. a

Mistake in constant term implies that the sum ( + ) = - b/a is correct. Hence + = 7.
Secondly mistake in coefficient of x means that the product was correct. Hence = 6. Only
choice (a) satisfies both these conditions.

8. x and y are real numbers satisfying the conditions 2< x < 3 and -8 < y < -7. Which of the following
expressions will have the least value?
1. x2y
2. xy2
3. 5xy
4. None of these
8. c

Substitute possible figures in the given choices. In choice (a) x can be 2.9 and y can be - 6.9. In
choice c) this becomes 5(xy) which is less than xy.

DIRECTIONS for questions 13 and 14:

The batting average (BA) of a test batsman is computed from runs scored and innings playedcompleted innings and incomplete innings (not out) in the following manner:
r1 = number of runs scored in completed innings
n1 = number of completed innings
r2 = number of runs scored in incomplete innings
n2= number of incomplete innings
BA = (r1 + r2)/ n1
To better assess a batsman's accomplishments, the ICC is considering two other measures MBA 1 and
MBA2 defined as follows:
MBA1 = r1 / n1 + n2 / n1 + max [0, (r2 / n2 - r1 / n1)]
MBA2 = (r1 + r2 )/ (n1 + n2 )
13. Based on the information provided which of the following is true?
1. MBA1 BA MBA2
2. BA MBA2 MBA1
3. MBA2 BA MBA1
4. None of these
14. An experienced cricketer with no incomplete innings has a BA of 50. The next time he bats, the
innings is incomplete and he scores 45 runs. In can be inferred that
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1. BA and MBA1 will both increase

2. BA well increase and MBA2 will decrease
3. BA will increase and not enough data is available to assess change in MBA 1 and MBA2
4. None of these
13. d

Visual question. Notice that the difference between BA and MBA is in the denominator. Since
the denominator in MBA2 is higher, it implies that this quantity must be smaller. But MBA 1
could be greater than MBA2 but less than BA. Hence statement d) is correct.
14. b supposing be plays 10 matches and BA = 50. Then MBA2 = (500 + 45)/11 = 545/11 = 49.5,
hence MBA2 will decrease

17. If x > 5 and y < -1, then which of the following statements is true?
1. (x + 4y) > 1
2. x > - 4y
3. - 4x < 5y
these
17. d

4. None of

Substitute some values, say x = 6 and y = - 2 Then all the given choices are wrong.

24. If a, b, c and d are four positive real numbers such that abcd = 1, what is the minimum value of
(l+a) (l+b) (l+c) (l+d)
1. 4
2. 1
3. 16
4. 18
24. c The minimum value will occur when a = b = c = d = 1.
26. The owner of an art shop conducts his business in the following manner: Every once in a while he
raises his prices by X%, then a while later he reduces all the new prices by X%. After one such updown cycle, the price of a painting decreased by Rs.441. After a second up-down cycle the painting
was sold for Rs.1944.81. What was the original price of the painting?
1. 2756.25
2. 2256.25
3. 2500
4. 2000
26. a

33. In a 4- digit number, the sum of the first two digits is equal to that of the last two digits. The sum
of the first and last digits is equal to the third digit. Finally, the sum of the second and fourth digits is
twice the sum of the other two digits. What is the third digit of the number?
1. 5
2. 8
3. 1
4. 4
33. a

We use hit and trial to solve this sum. Taking the first choice, we can get the number 1854,
which satisfies all conditions.

40. For a Fibonacci sequence, from the third term onwards, each term in the sequence is the sum of the
previous two terms in that sequence. If the difference of squares of seventh and sixth terms of this
sequence is 517, what is the tenth term of this sequence?
1. 147
2. 76
3. 123
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4. Cannot be determined
40. c a - b = 517 = 11 47. (a + b) (a - b) Sum of terms is 47 and difference of terms is 11. Hence x
+ x + 11 = 47, and the two terms are 18 and 29. Hence 8th term = 47, 9th term = 47 + 29 = 76 and 10th
term = 76 + 47 = 123.
41. In some code, letters a, b, c, d and e represents numbers 2, 4, 5, 6 and 10. We don't know which
letter represents which number. Consider the following relationships:
i) a + c = e
ii) b - d = d
and iii) e = a =b
Which statement below is true?
1. b = 4, d = 2
2. a = 4, e = 6
3. b = 6, e = 2
4. a = 4, c = 6
41. b We get a = 4, c = 2, e = 6; b = c + a = 6 + 4 = 10 and b - d = d is given by 10 - 5 = 5
44. What is the minimum value of value of x for which the expression x 3 - 7x2 + 11x - 5 gives positive
values?
1. 5
2. 8
3. 4
4. None of these.
44. b
47. Let b be a positive integer and a = b2 - b. If b 4, then a2 - 2a is divisible by
1. 15
2. 20
3. 24
4. None of these
these
47. c

a = b - b and b 4. Substitute some values to get b = 4, 5, 6.. hence a = 12,20,30..In

each case, a - 2a is divisible by 24.

50. Let x, y be two positive numbers such that x + y = 1. Then, the minimum value of (x+1/x) 2 +
(y+1/y) 2 is
1. 12
2. 20
3. 12.5
4. 13.3
50. c

Directions for Q. 57 to 59.

The following operations are defined for real numbers:
a # b = a + b if a and b both are positive else a # b = 1.
a b = (ab)a + b if ab is positive else a b = 1.
57. (2 # 1)/(1 2) =
a) 1/8

b) 1

c) 3/8

d) 3

58. {((1 # 1) # 2) - (101.3 log100.1)}/(1 2) =

a) 3/8
b) 4log100.1/8 c) (4 + 101.3)/8 d) None of these
59. ((X # - Y)/(- X Y) = 3/8, then which of the following must be true?
a) X = 2, Y = 1 b) x > 0, Y < 0 c) X, Y both positive d) X, Y both negative

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57.

Since both 2 & 1 are positive (2 # 1) = 2 + 1 = 3. Thus the numerator is equal to 3. Also since
1 2 = 2 is positive (a 2) = (1 2)1+2 = 23 = 8. Thus the given expression is equal to 3/8.
Hence the answer is (c).
58.
Let us first simplify the numerator. Since 1 is positive (1 # 1) is 1 + 1 is 1 + 1 = 2 which again
positive. Then (1 # 1 ) # 2 = 2 # 2 = 2 + 2 = 4. Now note that log10 0.1 = log10 10-1 = log1010-1 =
- 1. Then 101.3 log log100.1 = 101.3 (- 1) is negative, then 101.3 log100.1 = 1. Hence the
numerator is equal to 1 - 1 = 3.
Also from soln. 58, the denominator i.e. 1 2 = 8. Thus the Thus the given expression is equal
to 3/8. Hence the answer is (a).
59.
The options (a) X = 2, Y = - 1; (c) X, Y both positive; (d)X, Y both negative, all give ((X # Y)/(- X Y)) =
1, hence (a), (c) and (d) cannot be the answer. Hence the answer is (b).
60.
Since B is at the units place B can be one of 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 9. If B = 0 then BE will be only one
digit number, then (BE)2 cannot be a three digit number. This implies M is equal to 0, but 0 is already
assigned to B. Hence B cannot be ). Also if B is other than 1, then (BE)2 will have more than three
digits which is not in accordance with the given problem. Hence B must be equal to 1. Since (BE) 2 =
MPB and B = 1, then E can
be 1 or 9 only. But since 1 is already assigned to B, E must be equal to
9. Then 192 = 361 gives M is equal to 3.
84. My nephew adores chocolates. He likes biscuits but he hates apples. I told him that he can buy as
many chocolates he wishes but then he must have biscuits twice the number of chocolates and apples
more than biscuits and chocolates together. Each chocolate cost Re. 1. The cost of apple is twice of the
chocolate and four biscuits are worth of one apple. Then which of the following can be the amount that
I spent on that evening on my nephew?
a) Rs. 34
b) Rs. 33
c) Rs. 8
d) None of these
84.
Let C, B, A be the price of a chocolate, a biscuit and an apple respectively. Then C = 1; A = 2C
= 2; B = A/4
= 0.5 Let Nc, Nb, Na and Na Nb + Nc = 2Nc = 2nc + nc + nc = 3nc. My bill will be 2Na+
0.5Nb + Nb + 1 Nc =
2Na + Nc + Nc = 2Na + 2Nc. Also Na 3Nc. Thus more than of the bill is
spent on apples. Also note that amount spent on apples must be an even integer.
b) 33 = 32 + 1 = 8 + 24 + 1; thus the amount spent on apples is 25 which is not possible.
c) My son purchased atleast 1 chocolate and hence atleast 2 biscuits. This in turn implies that
he purchased more tha 3 apples. Thus my bill must be minimum 1 + 1 + 8 = 10. Hence bill cannot be
8.
a) 34 = 32 + 2 = 8 + 24 + 2; thus the amount spent on apples, 4 chocolates, 8 biscuits can be
purchased in Rs.
34, which also satisfy the conditions imposed by me.
Hence the answer is (a).
a) If any one of the statements alone is sufficient to answer the question.
b) If both statements individually are sufficient to answer the question.
c) If both statements together are required to answer the question.
d) If both statements are not sufficient to answer the question.
183. Find the value of X in terms of a?
I) Arithmetic mean of X and Y is a while the geometric mean is also a.
II) X/Y = R; X - Y = D.
182.

Statement (ii) has given two equations in four unknowns, it is impossible to get the value of X
from these equations. Statement (I) has given two equations; X + Y = 2a and XY = a 2. Solving
these equations, X = a. Hence the answer is (a).

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Directions for Q. 56 to 74: Answer each of the questions independently.

56. The number of positive integer valued pairs (x, y), satisfying 4x - 17y = 1 and x 1000 is:
a) 59
b) 57
c) 55
d) 58
64. If | r - 6 | = 11 and | 2q - 12| = 8, what is the minimum possible value of q/r?
a) - 2/5
b) 2/17
c) 10/17
d) None of these

67. For two positive integers a and b define the function h(a, b) as the greatest common factor (gcf) of
a, b. Let A be a set of n positive integers. G(A), the gcf of the elements of set A is computed by
repeatedly using the function h. The minimum number of times h is required to be used to compute G
is:
a) n
b) (n - 1)
c) n
d) None of these

Directions for Q. 89 to 92: These questions are based on the situation given below:
In each of the questions 89 to 92 a pair of graphs F(x) and F1(x) is given. These are composed of
straight-line segments, shown as solid lines, in the domain x (- 2, 2).
If F1(x) = - F(x) choose the answer as a;
If F1(x) = F(- x) choose the answer as b;
If F1(x) = - F(- x) choose the answer as c;
And if none of the above is true, choose the answer as d.

89.

F(X)

F1(X)

-2

-2

2 X

a) a
90.

-2
b) b

-2
c) c

d) d

F(x)

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-2

-2

a) a

-2
b) b

91.

-2
c) c

d) d

F(x)
2

F1 (x)
2

-2

-2
b) b

a) a

92.

-2

c) c

d) d

-2

F(x)

F1(x)

1
1
-2

1
1

-2

-1

-1
-2

-2
a) a

b) b

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Directions for Q. 95 to 97: These questions are based on the situation given below:
There are fifty integers a1, a2,..,a50, not all of them necessarily different. Let the greatest integer of
these fifty integers be referred to as G, and the smallest integer be referred to as L. The integers a 1
through a24 form sequence S1, and the rest form sequence S2. Each member of S1 is less than or equal
to each member of S2.
95. All values in S1 are changed in sign, while those in S2 remain unchanged. Which of the following
statement is true?
a) Every member of S1 is greater than or equal to every member of S2.
b) G is in S1.
c) If all numbers originally in S1 and S2 had the same sign, then after the change of sign, the largest
number of S1 and S2 is in S1.
d) None of these
96. Elements of S1 are in ascending order, and those of S2 are in descending order. a 24 and a25 are
interchanged. Then, which of the following statements is true?
a) S1 continues to be in ascending order
b) S2 continues to be in descending order
c) S1 continues to be in ascending order and S2 in descending order
d) None of these
97. Every element of S1 is made greater than or equal to every element of S2 by adding to each
element of S1 an integer x. Then x cannot be less than:
a) 210 b) The smallest value of S2
c) The largest value of S2
d) (G-L)
Directions for Q. 98 to 100: These questions are based on the situation given below:
Let x and y be real numbers and let
f(x,y) = |x+ y|, F(f(x,y)) = - f(x,y) and G(f(x,y)) = - F(f(x,y))
98. Which of the following statement is true?
a) F(f(x,y)) . G(f(x, y)) = - F(f(x, y)). G(f(x, y))
b) F(f(x, y)). G(f(x, y)) > - F(f(x, y)). G(f(x, y))
c) F(f(x, y)). G(f(x, y)) G(f(x, y)) . F(f(x, y))
d) F(f(x, y) + G(f(x, y)) + f(x, y) = f(- x, - y)
99. What is the value of f(G(f(1, 0)), f(F(f(1 2)) , G(f(1, 2))))?
a) 3
b) 2
c) 1
d) 0
100. Which of the following expressions yields x2 as its result?
a) F(f(x, - x) . G(f(x, - x)
b) F(f(x, x)) . G(f(x, x)). 4
c) - F(f(x, x) . G(f(x, x) log2 16
d) f(x, x). f(x, x)
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56. a
66. c
76. b
86. a
96. a

57. a
67. b
77. a
87. a
97. d

58. b
68. c
78. c
88. d
98. d

59. c
69. c
79. c
89. d
99. c

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60. a
70. c
80. b
90. b
100. c

61. b
71. d
81. c
91. b
101. c

62. a
72. b
82. a
92. c
102. a

63. d
73. c
83. b
93. d
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74. a
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94. b
104. a

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Mastermind CAT Files - CAT 2000 Section II Number of questions: 55

57.
x
y

1
4

2
8

3
14

4
22

5
32

6
44

In the above table, for suitably chosen constants a, b and c, which one of the following best describes
the relation between y and x?
a) y = a + bx
b) y = a + bx + cx
c) y = ea + b x
d) none of
the above
58. If a1 = 1 and an + 1 = 2an + 5, n = 1, 2.., then a100 is equal to:
a) (5 299 - 6)
b) (5 299 + 6)
c) (6 299 + 5)

d) (6 299 - 5)

59. What is the value of the following expression?

(1/(2 - 1)) + (1/(4 - 1)) + (1/(6 - 1)) +.+ (1/(20 - 1)
a) 9/19
b) 10/19
c) 10/21
11/21

d)

61. Consider a sequence of seven consecutive integers. The average of the first five integers is n. The
average of all the seven integers is:
a) n
b) n + 1
c) k n, where k is a function of n
d) n + (2/7)
62. If x > 2 and y > -1, then which of the following statements is necessarily true?
a) xy > -2
b) -x < 2y
c) xy < -2
d) -x > 2y

70. Each of the numbers x1, x2,.., xn, n 4, is equal to 1 or - 1. Suppose,

x1x2x3x4 + x2x3x4x5 + x3x4x5x6 + . + xn - 3 xn-2 xn-1xn + xn-2 xn-1 xnx1 + xnx1x2x3 = 0,
then:
a) n is even
b) n is odd
c) n is an odd multiple of 3
d) n is prime

Directions for questions 73 to 74:

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A, B, C are three numbers. Let

@ (A, B) = average of A and B,
/(A, B) = product of A and B, and
X(A, B) = the result of dividing A by B
73. The sum of A and B is given by:
a) /(@ (A, B), 2)
d) @ (X(A, B), 2)
74. Average of A, B and C is given by:
a) @ (/(@(/(B, A), 2), C), 3)
c) /((X(@ (B, A), 2), C), 3)

b) X(@(A, B), 2)

c) @ (/(A, B), 2

b) X(@(/(@(B, A), 3), C), 2)

d) /(X(@ (/(@(B, A), 2), C), 3), 2)

Directions: for Q. 75 to 76: For real numbers x, y, let

f(x, y)
= Positive square-root of (x + y),
if (x + y) 0.5 is real
2
= (x + y) ;
otherwise
g(x, y)
= (x + y) 2,
if (x + y) 0.5 is real
= - (x + y)
otherwise
75. Which of the following expressions yields a positive value for every pair of non-zero real numbers
(x, y)?
a) f(x, y) - g(x, y)
b) f(x, y) - (g(x, y)) 2
c) g(x, y) - (f(x, y)) 2
d) f(x, y) + g(x, y)
76. Under which of the following conditions is f(x, y) necessarily greater than g(x, y)?
a) Both x and y are less than- 1
b) Both x and y are positive
c) Both x and y are negative
d) y > x
Directions for Q. 77 to 79:
For three distinct real numbers x, y and z, let
f(x, y, z) = min (max(x, y), max (y, z), max (z, x))
g(x, y, z) = max (min(x, y), min (y, z), max (z, x))
h(x, y, z) = max (max(x, y), max(y, z), max (z, x))
j(x, y, z) = min (min (x, y), min(y, z), min (z, x))
m(x, y, z) = max (x, y, z)
n(x, y, z) = min (x, y, z)
77. Which of the following is necessarily greater than 1?
a) (h(x, y, z) - f(x, y, z)) / j(x, y, z)
b) j(x, y, z)/h(x, y, z)
c) f(x, y, z)/g(x, y, z)
d) (f(x, y, z) + h(x, y, z) - g(x, y, z))/j(x, y, z)
78. Which of the following expressions is necessarily equal to 1?
a) (f(x, y, z) - m(x, y, z))/(g(x, y, z) - h(x, y, z))
b) (m(x, y, z) - f(x, y, z))/(g(x, y, z) - n(x, y, z))
c) (j(x, y, z) - g(x, y, z)) /h(x, y, z)
d) (f(x, y, z) - h(x, y, z) /f(x, y, z)
79. Which of the following expressions is indeterminate?
a) (f(x, y, z) - h(x, y, z))/(g(x, y, z) - j(x, y, z))
b) (f(x, y, z) + h(x, y, z) + g(x, y, z) + j(x, y, z))/(j(x, y, z) + h(x, y, z) - m(x, y, z) - n(x, y, z))
c) (g(x, y, z) - j(x, y, z))/(f(x, y, z) - h(x, y, z))
d) (h(x, y, z) - f(x, y, z))/(n(x, y, z) - g(x, y, z))
Directions for Q. 80 to 81:
There are five machines A, B, C, D, and E situated on a straight line at distances of 10 metres, 20
metres, 30 metres, 40 metres and 50 meters respectively from the origin of the line. A robot is stationed
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at the origin of the line. The robot serves the machines with raw material whenever a machine becomes
idle. All the raw material is located at the origin. The robot is in an idle state at the origin at the
beginning of a day. As soon as one or more machines become idle, they send messages to the robotstation and the robot starts and serves all the machines from which it received messages. If a message
is received at the station while the robot is away from it, the robot takes notice of the message only
when it returns to the station. While moving, it serves the machines in the sequence in which they are
encountered, and then returns to the origin. If any messages are pending at the station when it returns, it
repeats the process again. Otherwise, it remains idle at the origin till the next message (s) is received.
80. Suppose on a certain day, machines A and D have sent the first two messages to the origin at the
beginning of the first second, and C has sent a message at the beginning of the 5 th second and B at the
beginning of the 6th second, and E at the beginning of the 10th second. How much distance in metres
has the robot travelled since the beginning of the day, when it notices the message of E? Assume that
the speed of movement of the robot is 10 metres per second.
a) 140
b) 80
c) 340
d) 360
81. Suppose there is a second station with raw material for the robot at the other extreme of the line
which is 60 metres from the origin, that is, 10 meters from E. After finishing the services in a trip, the
robot returns to the nearest station. If both stations are equidistant, it chooses the origin as the station to
return to. Assuming that both stations receive the messages sent by the machines and that all the other
data remains the same, what would be the answer to the above question?
a) 120
b) 140
c) 340
d) 70
Directions for questions 82 to 84:
Given below are three graphs made up of straight-line segments shown as thick lines. In each case
choose the answer as:
a) if f(x) = 3 f(- x)
b) if f(x) = - f(-x)
c) if f(x) = f(- x)
d) if 3f(x) = 6 f(- x), for x 0.

82.
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x
-3

-2

83.

f(x)
3
2
1

x
-2

-1

f(x)
3
2
1
x
-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

-2
Directions for questions 85 and 86:
There are three bottles of water, A, B, C, whose capacities are 5 litres, 3 litres, and 2 litres respectively.
For transferring water from one bottle to another and to drain out the bottles, there exists a piping
system. The flow through these pipes is computer controlled. The computer that controls the flow
through these pipes can be fed with three types of instructions, as explained below:
Instruction
Explanation of the instruction
type
FILL (X, Y)
Fill bottle labelled X from the water in bottle labelled Y, where the remaining capacity
of X is less than or equal to the amount of water in Y.
EMPTY (X, Y) Empty out the water in bottle labelled X into bottle labelled Y, where the amount of
water in X is less than or equal to remaining capacity of Y.
DRAIN (X)
Drain out all the water contained in bottle labelled X.
Initially, A is full with water, and B and C are empty.
85. After executing a sequence of three instructions, bottle A contains one litre of water. The first and
the third of these instructions are shown below:
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First instruction: FILL (C, A)

Third instruction FILL (C, A)
Then which of the following statements about the instruction is true?
a) The second instruction is FILL (B, A)
b) The second instruction is EMPTY (C, B)
c) The second instruction transfers water from B to C
d) The second instruction involves using the
water in bottle A.
86. Consider the same sequence of three instructions and the same initial state mentioned above. Three
more instructions are added at the end of the above sequence to have A contain 4 litres of water. In this
total sequence of six instructions, the fourth one is DRAIN (A). This is the only DRAIN instruction in
the entire sequence. At the end of the execution of the above sequence, how much water (in litres) is
contained in C?
a) One
b) Two
c) Zero
d) None of these
Directions for questions 87 to 88: For a real number x let
f(x)
= 1/(1 + x), if x is non-negative
= 1 + x, if x is negative
fn(x) = f(fn - 1(x)), n = 2, 3,
87. What is the value of the product, f(2) f 2(2)f 3(2) f 4(2) f 5(2)?
a) 1/3
b) 3
c) 1/18

d) None of these

88. r is an integer 2. Then, what is the value of f r-1 (- r) + f r(- r) + f r+1 (- r)?
a) - 1
b) 0
c) 1

d) None of these

95. If x + y = 0.1 and | x - y | = 0.2, then x | + y | is equal to:

a) 0.3
b) 0.4
c) 0.2

d) 0.6

105. The set of all positive integers is the union of two disjoint subsets:
{f(1), f(2),..,f(n),.} and {g(1), g(2),.., g(n),.}, where
f(1) < f(2) <..< f(n) , and g(1) < g(2) <..< g(n) , and
g(n) = f(f(n)) + 1 for all n 1.
What is the value of g(1)?
a) Zero
b) Two
c) One
d) Cannot be determined
Section 2
57. 2 By inspection, we find that the function is neither linear nor exponential. We can also solve the
quadratic to get the values of a, b and c but that would be too lengthy.
58. 4 a1 = 1, a2 = 2(1) + 5) = 7, a3 = 2(7 + 5) = 19 a4 = 2(19) + 5 = 43. This follows the pattern 6 2 5, 6 4 - 5, 6 8 - 5 hence (4)
59. 3 The expression becomes (1/2)(1/2-1/3)(1/3-1/2) which cancels out to leave 10/21.
61. 2
62. 2
70. 1

Use the numbers 1 - 7 to figure out the answer.

Put x = 3, y = 0.
The sum of + 1 and - 1 will be 0 only if the number of terms are even.

73. 1
74. 4
75. 4
76. 1

Substitute any numbers to figure out the answer.

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77. 4 These sums are best solved by putting x = 1, y = 2 and z = 3 and computing quickly.
78. 1
79. 2
80. 1 Distance travelled by the robot: OA = 20, OB = 40, OD = 80 Total = 140.
81. 1 Step 1 : 60, step 2 : 60. Total = 120.
82. 3 The sums are solved by seeing the reflection. In this case, it is reflected about the y axis, hence
f(x) = f(-x).
83. 4 x = 1, y = 2; 3f(x) = 6.
84. 2 The reflection is both on x and y axes.
85. 2 A = 5, B = 0, C = 0. After the first opertion, we get A = 3, B = 0, C = 2. If A is to have 1 litre, 2
litres must go to C and this is possible only if C is emptied - choice (2)
86. 3 First take out 4 litres from A and keep 2 each in B and C. Then transfer B and C to A to get 4
litres in it.
87. 3 substitute values and solve
88. 2
a3 + b3 - (a+b)3 will be divisible by (a+b).
95. 2
105. 2 g(x) = f(f(x)) + 1. Since f(x) is 1, g(x) must be 2.

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