BASIC ALGEBRA FOR

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 If (x^3 – 1/x^3)= 14, what is (x-
1/x) ?
Options :
5,4,3,2
let us assume 1/x = y
x^3 -y^3 = 14
(x-y)^3 = x^3 -3x^2y+3xy^2-y^3
(x-y)^3 =14 -3xy(x-y)
(x-y)^3 +3xy(x-y)=14
(x-Y)^3 +3(x-y) – 14=0 (we can cancel xy, as y is 1/x)
at this stage put the options, when you put x-y = 2, you are able to
solve it so answer is 2
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 What must be added to 1/x to
make it equal to x ?

X – 1/x
= (x^2 -1) / x answer

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 Is (x^3 – 5^3) divisible by (x-
3) ?

Yes

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 Is (x^3 – 5^3) divisible by
(x+3) ?

No
it will be divisible only if the power is even

example : (x^4 – 5^4) is divisible by (x+3)

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 Is (x^3+ 5^3) divisible by
(x+3) ?

Yes,
but only when power is odd

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 Is (x^3 + 5^3) divisible by (x-
3) ?

Never

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 X^3 -3x^2+4x+k contains (x+6)
as factor, what is the value of k ?

X+6 = 0, so x = -6
Take x=-6
-216 -108 -24 +k = 0
k = 348 answer

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 (x+2) and (x-1) are factors of
(x^3+10x^2+mx+n), what is the
value of m and n ?
Options : 5,-3
17,-8,
23,-19,
7,-18
solution : take x = 1
1+10+mx+n or m+n = -11
take x = -2
-8+40-2m+n or -2m+n = -32
or 3n=-54 or n=-18 so last option is correct
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 If 5^x /125 = 1, what is X ?

We know that 5^3 = 125,

125/125=1, so x=3 answer

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If 3^x – 3^(x-1) = 18, what is x^x

Options : 3,8,27,216
try with 27, x should be 3
let us put the value of x in the equation
we find :
27 – 9 = 18
so X = 3 and x^x = 27 answer
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If 2^x – 2^(x-1) = 16, then what is
the value of x^4 ?

Options : 16, 81, 256, 625

let us try with option 625, here x = 5
so put the value of X in the equation, we get :
32 – 16 = 16
so x= 5, and x^4 = 625 answer

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If (a+b+c) = 0, then a^3+b^3+c^3
is equal to what ?

Options : 0, 3abc, abc, (ab+bc+ac)

answer : = 3abc
formula :
(a+b+c)=0 then a^3+b^3+c^3 = 3abc

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 a+b = 5, and ab = 6, what is
(a^3+b^3) ?
(a-b)^2 = (a+b)^2 – 4ab
ab =6, a+b = 5
(a-b)^2=25-24 = 1
(a+b)^3 = a^3 +b^3 +3a^2b+3ab^2
or : (a+b)^3 = a^3 +b^3 +3ab(a+b)
(5)^3 = a^3+b^3 +3*6(5)
125 – 90 = a^3+b^3
a^3+b^3 = 35 ans
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 What will you get from
(.4)^(1/2) ?
Options :
1. .2
2. .-2
3. .02
4 none of these
answer : square root of .4 will be close to .6, so
answer is none of these
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 What will you get from
(.8)^(1/3) ?

a. .2
b .02
c .04
d none of these
answer : answer will be more than .9, so
answer is none of these
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 What will you get from the
following :
(.9)^(1/2)

a. .3
b. .03
c. between .8 and .9
d. none of these
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 Due to clerical mistake, + is written as *, / is
written as - , * is written as +, - is written as =. what
will you get from this :
2 of 2 =4 * 6- 3 (2+4-2)
Solution : first remove clerical mistake :
2 of 2-4 + 6 / 3 (2*4/2)
first solve bracket :
2 of 2-4+ 6 /3 * 4
solve of
4 -4+2 * 4
now solve multiply
4–4+8
= 8 answer
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 What should we add or subtract or multiply or
divide from 13333 to make it a perfect square ?
Find minimum digit

If we add 125, we get : 13458, which is square

of 116
if we deduct 108, we get 13225
so we should deduct 108

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(149)^2 – (78)^2 – (737) – (98)^2
=?

22201 – 6084 – 737 – 9604

= 5776 answer

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 Which of these is highest :
2/5, 15/18 , 223/226, 1202/1205 ?

Here difference between denominator and

numerator is same in each case, so the answer
will be 1202 / 1205 answer

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 What is the .the sum of first 20
terms of series is 1/5*6
+1/6*7+1/7*8-----
We can write it as : 1/30, 1/42, 1/56
we can write it as (1/5-1/6)+(1/6 – 1/7)+ (1/7-1/8) . . .
.
here you can see that in first bracket we have -1/6 and
in 2nd bracket we have + 1/6 and so on..
when we open bracket, we get : 1/5+1/25
we get 6/25 answer

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 The least among the following :-
a. 0.2 b.1/0.2 c. 0.3^2 d. 0.22

a. 0.2
b.1/0.2 = 5
c. 0.3^2 =.09
d. 0.22

so the answer = C
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If 1/3.718 =0.2689,then find value
of 1/0.0003718 ?

=2689
just shift the decimals as per the question

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 4.036 divided by 0.04 = ?

100.9 answer

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 (0.96)3 – (0.1)3/
(0.96)2 +0.096 +(0.1)2 =?

(a^3 – b^3) / (a+b)^2 = a-b

a = .96
b = .1
answer = a-b = .86 answer

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 (a+b) * (a-b) =?

= a^2 – b^2

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 (a+b)^3 = ?

A^3 + 3a^2b + 3ab^2 +b^3

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 (a-b)^3 =?

A^3 - 3a^2b + 3ab^2 -b^3

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 What is .000000001 in scientific
notation ?

= .000000001*10^9 / 10^9
=1*10^(-9)

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 What is .000000001234 in
scientific notation ?

= 1.234* 10^(-9)

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 What will you get from :
.3879999999.......?

Here 9 is repeating and 387 is non-repeating

deduct 387 from the number and divide by 9000
we use as many 9 as there are repeating digits
we use as many 0 as we have non-repeatig digits.
=(3879-387)/(9000)
=3492 / 9000
answer
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 What will you get from
.358585858.....?
Here 58 are being repeated
we will deduct 3 (non repeating) from 358 and
divide it by 990 (as many 9 as there are
repeating digits and as many 0 as there are non
repeating digits)
= (358 – 3) / (990)
=355/990
=71/198 answer
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 Put these in ascending order :
2/3, 25/39, 18/-19, 55/70, .
04555..?
Ascending means from small to big
the smallest number is 18/-19 (as it is in negative). Then we
have .04555.....
now compare 2/3 and 25/39, in order to compare these, let us
multiply the numerators of these by denominators of the other
numbers, we get : 78 and 75, the bigger number is 78 so 2/3 is
bigger. Now compare it with 55/70. We get : 140 and 165, 165
is bigger
so final order : -18/19, .45555.., 25/39, 2/3, 55/70 answer

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 What will you get from
(91.9432)^2 – (41.9432)^2 ?

(a^2 – b^2) = (a-b) * ( a+b)

= (91.9432 – 41.9432) * ( 91.9432+41.9432)
(50) * (133.8864)
=6694.32 answer

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 .49*.98*2+.76*.38*2-.98*1.52
=?
Simplify it :
.98*.98+.76*.76-2*.98*.76
(a-b)^2 = a^2 +b^2-2ab
=(.98-.76)^2
=(.22)^2
=.0484 answer

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What is the remainder when (2x^3 +5x^2 -4x -6) is
divided by (2x -1) ?

2x-1 = 0 so x = ½ or .5
put this value in the equation
.25+1.25-2-6
=1.5 – 8
= -6.5 answer

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 Which of these is / are factor of
(x^2 +4) ?

(x+2) , (x-2) , (x^2 -2), (none of these )

answer = none of these

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Which of these is a factor of (X^3
-5x^2+8x-4) ?

(x-1), (x-2)^2, (x+2), (x+1) , (none)

answer = (x-1)

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 What is the remainder when
(x^11 +1) is divided by (x+1) ?

Answer = zero

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 (x+1/x) = 3, what is the value of
(x^6 +1/x^6) ?
Options : 927, 414, 364, 322
let us assume y = 1/x
find its cube :
x^3+3x^2y+3xy^2+y^3 = 27
=x^3+y^3 + 9 or x^3+y^3 = 18
now square it :
x^6+2x^3y^3+y^6 = 324 (we can cancel x^3 and y^3)
x^6+y^6 = 324-2 = 322 answer

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