A Problem Booklet for IIM-CAT 2008

School of Management
Quantitative Aptitude (Volume IV)

A Sample Booklet( not for sale)

Rahul Kumar Jha

Mar-Nov 2008
 Foreword

This is the fourth set in the series. hope you had fun in the first three sets,
like the third set this set also has solutions and keys, kindly check at the end.
I have taken proper care to select nice problems and tried to give one of the
best if not the best solution. Still if you can’t understand teh solution or you
have a better approach, you know how to find me.

Problem Set 4

201) How many zeros at the end of binary expansion of 100!?

a) 20 b) 24 c) 50 d) 75 e) 97

202) How many number are there in range of 10 to 106 such that their digit
sum is 18 ? For ex. 99000, 9072, 90027, 66006.. .

a) 23 C5 b) 23 C5 +13 C5 c) 23
C5 −13 C5 d) 23
C5 + 6.13 C5
e) 23 C5 − 6.13 C5

203) Find the unit digit in LCM of 73001 − 1 and 73001 + 1

a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 8 e) none of these

204) Find the area of right angle triangle whose inradius is 4 and circumra-
dius is 10?

a) 28 b) 56 c) 96 d) 192 e) none of these

205) Find the number of triplets of real numbers (x, y, z) which satisfy
(x + y)3 = z
(y + z)3 = x
(z + x)3 = y

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a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) none of these

206) Find the sum of all 3 digit numbers which are equal to 25 times the sum
of their digits.

a) 150 b) 225 c) 375 d) 600 e) 750

207 Let α, β, γ, δ be the roots of (x2 + 7x + 6)2 + 7(x2 + 7x + 6) + 6 = x.

Given that α ≤ β ≤ γ ≤ δ. Find δ − α
√ √ √ √ √ √
a) 2 2 b) 2 3 c) 2 d) 1 + 2− 3 e) 1 + 2+ 3

208) If x2 + y 2 = 1 and x, y<. Let p, q be the largest and smallest pos-

sible value of x + y respectively. Then compute pq

1 −1
a) 0 b) 2
c) 2
d) 2 e) −2
√ √
209) Let y = x2 + x + 1 + x2 − x + 1, where x<. Then which of them
is true?

a) 0 < y < 1 b) −1 < y < 0 c) −1 < y < 1 d) y > 1

e) y < −1

210) Six distinct positive integers are randomly chosen between 1 and 2008,
inclusive. What is the probability that some pair of these integers has a
difference that is a multiple of 5?

1 3 2 4
(A) 2
(B) 5
(C) 3
(D) 5
(E) 1

211)
( Find the number of triplets (x, y, z) of positive numbers such that
x+y+z =1
x4 + y 4 + z 4 = xyz
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) none of these

212) Find the number of pairs of positive integers (a, b) such that a! + b! = ab

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a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) none of these

213) Ganesh and sarath walk up an escalator which moves up with a con-
stant speed. For every two steps that ganesh takes, sarath takes one step.
Ganesh gets to the top of the escalator after having taken 30 steps, while
sarath takes only 20 steps to reach the top.If the escalator were turned off,
how many steps should each o them take to reach the top?

a) 30 b) 40 c) 45 d) 60 e) none of these


 x+y+z+t=3
x2 + y 2 + z 2 + t2 = 9

214) Let x, y, z, t  < and


 x3 + y 3 + z 3 + t3 = 27
 4
x + y 4 + z 4 + t4 = 81
Then find S = x2008 + y 2009 + z 2010 + t2011

a) 32008 b)32009 c) 32010 d) 32011 e) Can not be uniquely

determined

215) Find the number of pairs of real numbers x, y such that (x2 + 8x +
17)(y 2 − 2y + 6) = 5

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) 4

216) Find the no of triplets (x, y, z) of positive integers such that xy + yz +

zx = xyz

a) 0 b) 1 c) 4 d) 7 e) 10

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217) In the figure shown above, ABCD is a square alongwith two other
squares which are inscribed in ABCD. Find the ratio of the area of S to the
area of ABCD
√
a) 25/54 b) 71/81 c) 30/81 d) 10/9 e) none of these

218) If the lcm of (10!)(18!) and (12!)(17!) is expressed as a!b!/c! where a, b

are two digit positive numbers and c is a one digit positive number. Then
abc equals ?

a) 54 b) 648 c) 216 d) 324 e) none of these

219)Find the remainder when 2184 is divided by 343

a) 0 b) 1 c) 49 d) 341 e) none of these

Directions for problem 220-221:Each question is followed by 2 state-

ments X and Y. Answer each question using the following instructions
Choose A if the question can be answered using X alone
Choose B if the question can be answered using Y alone
Choose C if the question can be answered using either X or (exclusive) Y
Choose D if the question can be answered using X and Y together
Choose E if the question can not be answered using X and Y also

220) If in triangles ABC and P QR let a, b, c and p, q, r represent the an-

gles and a + b = p + q . Is c = r?

X: aq + pb + pa + bq = cr

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Y: cq − rb = ra − cp
p
221) If a, b, c, d, e are integers and p = 2a .3b and q = 2c .3d .5e . Is q
a ter-
minating decimal?

X: a > c
Y: b > d

222)Two friends get home at 2:30 P.M. They both go to bed 10 P.M. If
both friends will go to a park twice for 15 minutes, what is the probability
that they will be able to see each other at any random time between the two
time intervals? Assume that the travel to and from the park takes no time.
25 8 27 29 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
225 15 225 225 17
223) Let p be a prime number such that f (p) = (2 + 3) − (22 + 32 ) + (23 +
33 ) − ... − (2p−1 + 3p−1 ) + (2p + 3p ) is divisible by 5. If p1 , p2 and p3 are the
three smallest such primes, then p1 + p2 + p3 equals

a) 15 b) 19 c) 21 d) 25 e) 35

224)Let a, b, c be positive integers such that a2 + b2 = c2 (1 + ab). then which

is true?

a) a ≥ b b) b ≥ c c) b ≥ c d) a, b, c e) b, c

225) How many positive integral values of x and y satisfy xy = (y + 1)4 ?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) Infinite

226) Positive integers x and y satisfy 3x2 − 8y 2 + 3x2 y 2 = 2008. Find the
product x2 y

a) 28 b) 49 c) 16 d) 98 e) 112
√ √
227) Let x and y be positive integers such that x > y and x and y

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 √ √ √ √
are pure surds. Let T = ( x + y)222 + ( x − y)222 . Which is/are always
false? [.] indicates greatest integer function.
√ √ √ √
a)√[T ] = [( x + y)222 ] b)[T ] = [( x + y)222 ] + 1 c) [T ] =
√
[( x + y)222 ] − 1 d) a and b e) a and c

228) Let n be a 5-digit number, and let q and r be the quotient and re-
mainder, respectively, when n is divided by 100. For how many values of n
is q + r divisible by 11?

(A) 8180 (B) 8181 (C) 8182 (D) 9000 (E) 9090

229) For prime numbers p and q, p + q = 102 and p > q. What is the
least possible value of p − q?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 12 e) 16

230) Amit has a total of n balls of which r, g, band w are red, green, blue
and white respectively. His friend Sumit asks him about the balls he says,
I have so many balls such that if I select four balls, probability of selecting
four red balls is same as the probability of one ball of each kind and is same
as probability of selecting one white and three red balls and is same as the
probability of selecting two red, one white and one blue ball. Sumit asks him
whether this is the minimum of such set of balls. Amit says yes. He tells
him the value of r. What is it?

a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12 e) 13

231) Amit asks the total number of balls, sumit answers correctly what is his
answer?

a) 17 b) 19 c) 21 d) 23 e) 25

232) Given that x2 + y 2 = 14x + 6y + 6, what is the largest possible value

that 3x + 4y can have?

(A) 72 (B) 73 (C) 74 (D) 75 (E) 76

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233) The director of a marching band wishes to place the members into
a formation that includes all of them and has no unfilled positions. If they
are arranged in a square formation, there are 5 members left over. The di-
rector realizes that if he arranges the group in a formation with 7 more rows
than columns, there are no members left over. Find the maximum number
of members this band can have.

(A) 172 (B) 273 (C) 374 (D) 294 (E) 476

234) Let n be a positive integer such that 1335 + 1105 + 845 + 275 = n5 .
Find n

(A) 134 (B) 144 (C) 154 (D) 164 (E) 174

235) The perimeter of a right triangle is 60. The height to the hypotenuse is
12 what is the area?

(A) 75 (B) 144 (C) 150 (D) 300 (E) noneof these

236) MN is the diameter of a semicircle, the full circle has center O. A

and B are on the semicircle and C is a point on ON such that minor arc MA
= 40 degrees, angle OAC = 10 degrees, and angle OBC is 10 degrees. find
the degree measure of minor arc BN.

(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40 (E) none of these

237) Given that A be a set such that A={1,2,A}. Then n(A) equals?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) can not be determined (E) none of these

238) 4 identical dice are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability that
at least 3 of the four nos. shown are different?
20 120 5 1200
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) none of these
216 216 6 1296
239) In triangle ABC the medians AM and CN to sides BC and AB, respec-
tively, intersect in point O. P is the midpoint of side AC, and M P intersects

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CN in Q. If the area of triangle OM Q is n, then the area of triangle ABC is:

(A) 16n (B) 18n (C) 21n (D) 24n (E) 27n

240) x, y, z, and w are real numbers. If x, y, z lies in interval of (1, ∞) and

w is in interval of (0, ∞), and that:

logx w = 24
logy w = 40
logxyz w = 12
Find the value of logz w.

(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 36 (D) 48 (E) 60

241) Let A and B be opposite vertices of a cube. A round-trip path is

defined to be a path on the cube from A to B and then back to A, using the
least possible number of edges, and without using the same edge more than
once. How many round-trip paths are there?

(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 36

242) Find the number of pairs of positive integers (x, y) such that

xy = y 50

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 5 (E) 10

243) Let n be a positive integer such that when we add 1 to the product
of any n consecutive positive integers, the result is a perfect square, then n
equals?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) none of these

244) Let f (x) = |x − p| + |x − 15| + |x − p − 15|, where 0 < p < 15.

Determine the minimum value taken by f (x) for x in the interval p ≤ x ≤ 15.

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(A) 0 (B) 15 (C) 30 (D) 45 (E) none of these

245) Let x = 3a + 3b , where a and b are chosen independently from the in-
tegers 1 through 100 inclusive (with each integer having an equal likelihood
of being chosen). Compute the probability that x is an integral multiple of 5.
1 1 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) none of these
2 3 6 4
246) Define
 n f (n) by:
 if n is even
f (n) = n 2
 + 1023 if n is odd
2
Find the least positive integer k such that f (f (f (f (f (k))))) = k and the
least positive integer m such that f (f (f (m))) = m. Then m + k equals

(A) 2 (B) 34 (C) 342 (D) 374 (E) 1056

247) find the number of ordered pairs of real numbers (x, y) such that
(
x2 + y 2 + x + y = 8
xy + x + y = 5
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10

248) The equation x3 − 4x2 + 5x − 1.9 has real roots r, s, and t. Find
the area of the triangle with sides r, s, and t.
1 1 1 1
(A) √ (B) √ (C) √ (D) √ (E) none of these
2 3 5 6
249) Express the base 7 repeating decimal 0.023023023023... as a base 10
fraction in lowest terms.
119 23 17 23
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) none of these
2400 999 342 666
250) How many of the first 1000 positive integers can be expressed in the
form [2x] + [4x] + [6x] + [8x], where x is a real number, and [z] denotes the
greatest integer less than or equal to z?

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(A) 50 (B) 125 (C) 250 (D) 500 (E) 600

Answer Key

201) e) 202) c) 203) c) 204) c) 205) d)

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206) e) 207) e) 208) e) 209) c) 210) e)
211) d) 212) c) 213) d) 214) e) 215) c)
216) e) 217) a) 218) b) 219) e) 220) a)
221) b) 222) d) 223) e) 224) e) 225) d)
226) e) 227) e) 228) b) 229) e) 230) c)
231) c) 232) b) 233) d) 234) b) 235) c)
236) b) 237) b) 238) c) 239) d) 240) e)
241) c) 242) b) 243) c) 244) b) 245) d)
246) d) 247) a) 248) c) 249) c) 250) e)

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Short Hints

201)
P∞ As 100it is binary expansion. we need to find the power of 2 in 100! i.e
k=1 2k = 97

202) we need to find the number of integral solutions a + b + c + d + e + f = 18

which comes out as (18+6−1) C6−1 =23 C5 . But this will also include the num-
bers whose digit is greater than 9. which is not possible. So, we subtract
those solutions. Let a = 10 + a0 then a + b + c + d + e + f = 18 becomes
a0 + b + c + d + e + f = 8. number of solutions is 13 C5 . Now in place of a, we
can have b, c, d, e and f so 6.13 C5

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final solution C5 − 6.13 C5

203) these are two consecutive even nos.so the lcm is (73001 − 1)(73001 + 1)/2
(76002 − 1)/2. The cyclicity of 7 is 4 and 6002 = 4.1500 + 2 so unit digit of
(76002 − 1) is 9 − 1 = 8 so unit digit of (76002 − 1)/2 = 8/2 = 4

204)let a, b be the other sides hypotenuse= 2R = 2.10 = 20

then (a + b + 20) = 2s and A = ab/2
r = 4 = A/s = ab/(a + b + 20) ⇒ (a + b + 20) = ab/4
also a2 + b2 = 400
square the first one we get a2 + b2 + 400 + 2ab + 40(a + b) = (ab/4)2
⇒ 400 + 400 + 2ab + 40(ab/4 − 20) = (ab/4)2
⇒ 12ab = (ab/4)2 ⇒ ab = 4.4.12
area = 2.12.4. = 96

205) clearly the equations are symmetric in x, y and z. so we can take

x = y = z. putting it we get x = 0, 2√1 2 , 2−1
√
2

206 100a + 10b + c = 25(a + b + c)

⇒ 75a = 15b + 24c
⇒ a = (5b + 8c)/25
now a is a natural number,so
(5b + 8c)/25 = 25, 50, 75, 100
applying the constraint that 0 ≤ b, c ≤ 9
we get (b, c) = (5, 0), (2, 5)(7, 5)
The fourth equation gives no solution

so the three numbers are 150, 225, 375

taking the sum 750

207) Observe the equations clearly if we put x2 + 7x + 6 = x we get one

set of solutions. Thus x2 + 6x + 6 is one of the factors of the equation. let
the other factor be x2 + ax + b. so we can write (x2 + 6x + 6)(x2 + ax + b) = 0
equating the constat term of initial equation and the factored equation we
get 62 + 7.6 + 6 = 6b ⇒ b = 14 similarly equate the term of x3 we get a = 8
√ √
So, we have (x2 +6x+6)(x2 +8x+14) = 0 roots are x = −3 ± 3, x = −4 ± 2

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208) clearly we
√ can take x = cos θ and y = sin θ
then x + y = 2 sin( π4 + θ)
√ √
so clearly p = 2 and q = − 2
so pq = −2

209) Rationalise and add. We will get a quadratic of x. use the condi-
tion for x to be real. we will get −1 < x < 1

210)For the difference to be a multiple of 5, the two integers must have

the same remainder when divided by 5. Since there are 5 possible remainders
(0 − 4), by the pigeonhole principle, at least two of the integers must share
the same remainder. Thus, the answer is 1

211) Use AM − GM inequality and we can prove x = y = z. So x =

y = z = 1/3
one triplet

213) (2,2) and (2,3)

214) Let total no of steps be A. Let them both start together. Then steps
covered by escalator while Ganesh takes 30 steps is x. Then Sarath Takes 15
steps. He takes remaining 5 steps to reach top. By that time escalator will
take x/3 more
A = 30 + x = 15 + x + 5 + x/3
=> x/3 = 10
=> x = 30

total steps A = 30 + 30 = 60!

214) (x2 + y 2 + z 2 + t2 )2 = x4 + y 4 + z 4 + t4

So after expanding, we see that in every pair of numbers, at least one must
be 0. Therefore, 3 of the numbers must be 0. Then by the first equation, the
4th number is 3. These yield the 4 values of s = 32008 , 32009 , 32010 , 32011

215) (x2 + 8x + 17)(y 2 − 2y + 6) = 5. Let X = (x + 4)2 ≥ 0, Y = (y − 1)2 ≥ 0

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We can write the original equation as (X + 1)(Y + 5) = 5. As both x, Y
are positive. The only solution is X, Y = 0 and so we get one final pair (−4, 0)

216)let us assume without loss of generality that x ≤ y ≤ z then x ≤ 3 . let

x = 2 gives yz +2(y +z) = 2yz ⇒ (y −2)(z −2) = 4 gives (y, z) = (3, 6)(4, 4).
Also let x = 3 gives 3(z + y) = 2yz. But (y − 3)(z − 3) ≥ 0 =⇒ yz + 9 ≥
3(y + z) = 2yz. Thus yz ≤ 9 which is only possible if y = z = 3.Thus
(x, y, z) = (3, 3, 3), (2, 3, 6), (2, 4, 4) taking the permutations we will get 10
ordered solutions.

217) We need to use the fact that the medians of a triangle divide the triangle
into three triangles of equal area. this is used to find the area outside the
octagon. Please note that the octagon is not regular.
Lets assume the area of the square is 9 Then the area of unshaded region is
(2/3).8 − (1/8)4 = 29/6. subtracting we get area of S = 9 − 29/6 = 25/6 so
ratios is 25/54

218) Let x = 18! and y = 12! then lcm of xy 18

xy
and 132 is what we need.
The gcd of 18 and 132 is 6 so the lcm is 6 which equals (18!)(12!)
xy
3!
. hence
abc = 18 × 12 × 3 = 648

219) clearly the remainder should be divisible by 9 but none of the options
are so answer is e)

220) Y is same as given condition. X leads us to r = c = 90

221) p/q = 2a−c .3b−d 5−e . clearly the only thing which will ensure termi-
nating decimal is b − d > 0 which comes from Y

222)its a very simple problem if we try to find the area

we divide the total time interval in units of 15

2 : 30 : −10 = 7 ∗ 60 + 30 = 15[28 + 2] = 30.15

so we make a square onx − y plane with x axis y axis x = 30and y = 30

lines now we need the area under the curve

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|y − x| ≤ 1

302 − 292 59
= 900
302
this is for one meeting as they come twice we will need some cases
|y − x + 1| ≤ 1 and |y − x − 1| ≤ 1
this will take care of all the cases !!

302 − 282 58.2 29

so finally it becomes 2
= =
30 900 225
223) the odd terms (2n + 3n ) , n is odd,will be divisible by 5 as (2 + 3 = 5)

The even terms form a pair of 2.

see this is 22 + 24 = 20
and 32 + 34 = 90
so (22 + 24 ) + (32 + 34 )
so p is of the form 4k or 4k + 1

but p is a prime so only 4k + 1 is possible the smallest ones are 5, 13, 17

so sum is 35

224) equation is symmetric in a, b

so we can assume a = b without loss of generality
2a2 = c2 (1 + a2 )
a2 < a2 + 1 => c2 .a2 < (a2 + 1)c2 => c2 .a2 < 2a2 => c2 < 2
⇒ c = 1 now a, b being positive integers will be greater than or equal to 1,
hence option e

225) xy = (y + 1)4 clearly y = 4k

y = 1 will give a solution
y = 2 will give x = 9 another solution y = 4 will give x = 5 and y = 8 will
give x = 3 we get 4 solutions now we won’t get any solution because next
value is y = 12 but if y = 12 or greater x will become close to 1 but never 1
so no more integral solution

226)3x2 − 8y 2 + 3x2 y 2 = 2008

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⇒ 3x2 (y 2 + 1) − 8y 2 = 2008 clearly rhs and the second term on lhs is divisible
by 8, so we need x as even and yas odd let x = 2k and y = 2m + 1 we get
3k 2 (2m2 + 2m + 1) − (2m + 1)2 = 251
clearly m=0 gives us a rhs divisible by 9 but lhs of 3
clearly m=1 is not a solution
m=2 gives no solution chk divisibility
m = 3 gives k = 2
m=4 no solution
m=5 none
m=6 gives none
clearly for a larger m we will get a smaller k which is not possible
so only one pair of (x, y) = (4, 7)

so x2 y = 112

227) One of my favourite questions√in this set. It √ uses some basic concepts
√ 222 √
rigorously. lets roll! See this T = ( x + y) + ( x − y)222 is clearly an
integer as the even powers will give integers and the odd powers which will
make surds will add up to zero√ due√to the presence of corresponding negative
terms. SO [T ] = T Let p = x − y now √ p > 1 or p < 1,if p < 1 then p222 is
√
very close to zero yet positive then [T ] = [( x+ y)222 ]+1 so √ option b is true
222 √ 222
in this case if p > 1 then p will be very large So [T ] = [( x + y) ] + k
where k is a positive integer much greater than 1 so option a and c are always
wrong. So option e)

228) We have n = 100q + r, so n = 99q + q + r. Now, 11|(q + r), so we

have 11|n. so number of terms we need is just all 5 digit multiples of 11. that
is [99999/11] − [9999/11] = 8181

229) the min will be when p, q are as close as possible so p = 51 + x and

q = 51 − x now we have to make sure 51 + x, 51 − x both are primes which
comes for x = 8 and 59 and 43 so p − q = 16

230) and 231)

(r4) (r)(w) (r)(w)(b) (r)(w)(b)(g)

n = 3 n 1 = 2 n1 1 = 1 1 n 1 1
(4) ( 4 )
(4) (4)
All the n4 can be canceled. We write them in factorial form and set the

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(first and second), (second and third), and (third and fourth) expressions
equal to get r − 3 = 4w, r − 2 = 3b, r − 1 = 2g. Solving this, the general
solution is r = 12k + 11, w = 3k + 2, b = 4k + 3, g = 6k + 5. put k=0 we get
r = 11 and n = r + g + b + w = 11 + 2 + 3 + 5 = 21

232) Recognizing that the equation is a circle, we complete the square to

get (x − 7)2 + (y − 3)2 = 64. Though we could solve this geometrically,
applying the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality is much more effective.
From Cauchy-Schwarz, ((x − 7)2 + (y − 3)2 )(32 + 42 ) ≥ (3(x − 7) + 4(y − 3))2 .
Because (x − 7)2 + (y − 3)2 = 64 and 32√+ 42 = 52 , we can substitute and
take the square root of both sides to get 82 52 ≥ 3x − 21 + 4y − 12.

Simplifying, 73 ≥ 3x + 4y, so the largest possible value is 73 .

233) n = x2 + 5 = y(y + 7) = y 2 + 7y ⇒ x2 − y 2 = 7y − 5 = (x + y)(x − y)

Testing possible values of x in terms of y, we see that x = y + 3 is the largest
possible value for positive x, y, so we have 6y + 9 = 7y − 5 ⇒ y = 14, so our
answer is 294

234) Do we need a solution for this ? :) Anyways k 5 has same the unit
digit as k(check it). so last digit of n is 3 + 0 + 7 + 4mod10 = 4. All the
options have 4 as unit digit.:) now clearly see lhs is divisible by 3. Now check
options n = 144, 174 are divisible by 3. But 174 is very large a number. hence
n = 144

235) a + b + c = 60 and a.b = 12.c so a + b + ab/12 = 60 ⇒ (a + 12)(b + 12) =

864 ⇒ a = 20, b = 15 so area is ab/2 = 150

236) sin130o = sinOC

10o
= 1
sin(170o −x)
=> sin(170o − x) = sin 30o = 1/2
o o
So x = 20 or 140 .

The angle x = 140o would put B right on top of A, so the solution that
we want is x = 20o .

237) We can’t for sure say what is A but we can for sure say that A has
3 elements 1, 2 and A

238) first we do it for just 3.

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there are 6 ∗ 5 ∗ 4 ∗ 3 ways for the first 3 to be different and the next one to
be the same. multiply by 4 c3 , then divide by 2 because we have one thats
the same as another. thats 360 ∗ 2 = 720. divide by 64 = 1296. Then add
6 ∗ 5 ∗ 4 ∗ 3 which is 360. so the total is 1080/1296 = 5/6

239) Since 4ABC = 3 · 4AOB = 6 · 4AON = 24 · 4OM Q. So the answer

is D

240) x12 y 12 z 12 = w
⇒ x120 y 120 z 120 = w10
⇒ w5 w3 z 120 = w10
⇒ z 120 = w2
⇒ z 60 = w
⇒ logz w = 60

241) From A to B there are clearly 3.2.1 = 6 paths. Now while coming
back we cant take any of the edges again. So 2 paths are ruled out at B
itself. now out of the 4 remaining one will have to go through one edge use
while coming to B. so we are left with 3 paths. So a total of 6.3 = 18
50
242)xy = y 50 ⇒ x = y y
clearly y =factors of 50 = 2.5.5 = 2.3 = 6 factors so 6 solutions here. Also
y = 50k so y = 100 but no other value will give a integral x as k th root of
50k will not turn out to be an integer for any other value of k. So a total of
6 + 1 = 7 solutions

243 (n − 1)(n)(n + 1)(n + 2) + 1 = (n2 + n)(n2 + n − 2) + 1 = (n+ n)2 − 2(n2 +

n) + 1 = (n2 + n − 1)2 so n = 4

244) Using the two inequalites we are given about x and p, it becomes
f (x) = (x − p) + (15 − x) + (15 + p − x) = 30 − x. This will be at a minimum
when x is at its maximum which is when x = 15 so it is 30 − 15 = 15

245)Lets look at this 31 = 3mod5, 32 = 4mod5, 33 = 2mod5, 34 = 1mod5, 35 =

3mod5. So we can divide 100 into four segments of 25 each, giving remain-
der 3, 4, 2 and 1 on division by 5. Suppose we choose any athen we we can
choose b from the corresponding segment which makes the sum of the two

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remainders as 5. then probability is 100.25/(100.100) =
4
Alternatively then the equation simplifies into 3a [1 + 3(b−a) ]. We can obvi-
ously conclude that 3a is not a multiple of 5. Since a − b has equal probability
of being anything, (assuming a >= b), we say that a − b = n. then since
there is only one value (mod 5) where (3n )+1=0(mod 5), then we can deduce
that n is such that 3n = 4mod5. Now clearly 0 ≤ n ≤ 99, again we can find
1
25 such n0 s out of 100 The probability of that happening is
4
(
2n if n even
246) Let g be the inverse of f . then g(n) =
2n − 1023 if n odd
5
clearly k = g(g(g(g(g(k))))) = 2 k − 1023 ⇒ 31k = 1023 ⇒ k = 33 similarly
m = 4m − 1023 ⇒ m = 341 so k + m = 341 + 33 = 374

247) add twice the second equation to the first we have (x+y)2 +3(x+y) = 18
putz = x+y then z 2 +3z−18 = 0 ⇒ z = 3, −6 if z = −6 ⇒ xy = 11, x2 +y 2 =
14 ⇒ (x − y)2 = 14 − 22 = −8 which is not possible. So z = 3 gives xy = 2
and x2 + y 2 = 5 this gives (x − y)2 = 1 ⇒ x − y = ±1 So (x, y) = (1, 2) or
(2, 1) so 2 pairs

248) Byp Hero’s formula, p

A = 4 (r + s + t)(r + s − t)(r − s + t)(−r + s + t). = 41 4(4 − 2t)(4 − 2s)(4 − 2r) =
1
p p
2(2 − t)(2 − s)(2 − r) = 16√ + 4(rs + st + rt) − 8(r + s + t) − 2rst. =
√ √
16 + 20 − 32 − 3.8 = 0.2 = 55

249) .023023023...in base 3 can be represented in base 10 in the following

manner:
0(7− 1) + 2(7− 2) + 3(7− 3) + 0(7− 4) + 2(7− 5)....

this is simply a sum of two different infinite geometric series..

2(7− 2 + 7− 5 + 6− 8...) + 3(7− 3 + 7− 6 + 7− 9...)
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2((7− 2)/(1 − 7− 3)) + 3((7− 3)/(1 − 7− 3)) =
342
250)clearly x is positive. What we need to do is solve this problem graph-
ically. The critical points are 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, ..1 and 1/6, 2/6..1 and 1/4, 2/4, ..1
and 1/2 and 1. Combining we get 1/8, 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 2/3, 6/8, 5/6, 7/8

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and 1. At each critical point there will be an increase of atleast one and
at special points like1/4, 3/4 we will have increase of two and at 1/2, 1
we have an increase of f our. So the numbers that can be represented are
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20. So out of first 20 we get 12 so out of 1000
we will get 600

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