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1. ### Counting - Linear Equations

3x + 4|y| = 33. How many integer values of (x, y) are possible?

1. 6
2. 3
3. 4
4. More than 6
More than 6.
• Integer Values; Modulus
• Medium
2. ### Counting - Linear Equations

(|x| - 3) (|y| + 4) = 12. How many pairs of integers (x, y) satisfy this equation?

1. 4
2. 6
3. 10
4. 8
10
• Integer Values; Modulus
• Medium
3. ### Counting - Linear Equations

x + |y| = 8, |x| + y = 6. How many pairs of x, y satisfy these two equations?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 0
4. 1
4. ### Counting - Quadratic Equations

What is the number of real solutions of the equation x2 - 7|x| - 18 = 0?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 3
4. 1
5. ### Counting - Quadratic Equations

x2 - 9x + |k| = 0 has real roots. How many integer values can 'k' take?

1. 40
2. 21
3. 20
4. 41
6. ### Integer Roots

x2 - 11x + |p| = 0 has integer roots. How many integer values can 'p' take?

1. 6
2. 4
3. 8
4. More than 8
More than 8.
• Medium
7. ### Linear Equations - Integer Solutions

2x + 5y = 103. Find the number of pairs of positive integers x and y that satisfy this equation.

1. 9
2. 10
3. 12
4. 20
8. ### Maximum, Minimum

Consider three numbers a, b and c. Max (a,b,c) + Min (a,b,c) = 13. Median (a,b,c) - Mean (a,b,c) = 2. Find the medeian of a, b, and c.

1. 11.5
2. 9
3. 9.5
4. 12
60
• Linear Equations - Median
• Medium
9. ### Unique Solutions

a1x + b1y + c1z = d1, a2x + b2y + c2z = d2, a3x + b3y + c3z = d3.

Which of the following statements if true would imply that the above system of equations does not have a unique solution?
i. ${\frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}} = \frac{b_{1}}{b_{2}} = \frac{c_{1}}{c_{2}} \neq \frac{d_{1}}{d_{2}}}$
ii. ${\frac{ a_{1} }{ a_{2} }= \frac{ a_{2} }{ a_{3} }}$ ; ${\frac{ b_{1} }{ b_{2} }= \frac{ b_{2} }{ b_{3} }}$
iii. a1, a2, a3 are integers; b1, b2, b3 are rational numbers, c1, c2, c3 are irrational numbers

• Condition for Unique Soln.
• Hard
10. ### Roots - Quadratic Equation

Equation x2 + 5x – 7 = 0 has roots a and b. Equation 2x2 + px + q = 0 has roots a + 1 and b + 1. Find p + q.

1. 6
2. 0
3. -16
4. 2
4
• Easy
11. ### Sum and product of the roots

Sum of the roots of a quadratic equation is 5 less than the product of the roots. If one root is 1 more than the other root, find the product of the roots?

1. 6 or 3
2. 12 or 2
3. 8 or 4
4. 12 or 4
12 or 2
• Sum and product of the roots
• Easy
12. ### Real and imaginary solutions for an equation

How many real solutions are there for the equation x2 – 7|x| - 30 = 0?

1. 3
2. 1
3. 2
4. none
2
• Real and imaginary solutions for an equation
• Easy
13. ### Value of the variables - Quadratic Equation

If (3x+2y-22)2 + (4x-5y+9)2 = 0 and 5x-4y = 0. Find the value of x+y.

1. 7
2. 9
3. 11
4. 13
14. ### Progressions and Equations

Let x3- x2 + bx + c = 0 has 3 real roots which are in A.P. which of the following could be true

1. b=2,c=2
2. b=1,c=1
3. b= -1,c = 1
4. b= -1,c= -1
9
• AP and roots of an equation
• Hard
15. ### Roots of an Equation

(3 + 2√2)(x2 - 3) + (3 - 2√2)(x2 - 3) = b which of the following can be one of the roots of the equation

1. 2
2. √2
3. -√2
4. All of the above

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