Mock CAT 2014 - 18* 1b 26 Section I: QA & DI How many rectangles with integral sides are possible where the area of the rectangle equals the perimeter of the rectangle? (@) One (b) Three (Two (A) Infiritely many Let the lengths of the sides of the rectangle be @ uns and b units. By the problem, 8 + 2 a= 2/(b-2) Three cases are possible- () a=4b=4 i) @=Sand (ii) @=6 end Thus, three different rectangles are possible ACisa chord ofa circle whose centre is at O. If Bis any point on the are AC and, ZOCA= 20°, then the magnitude of ZABC is (a) 10° (b) 70? (9) 140° (d) Either (a) or (b) There would be 2 cases. Case I: When B lies in greater arc AC, The figure would be as below. ZORO= ZOCA= 20" = ZAOC = 140" 000 =f ase Il? When B lies in smaller arc AC. The figure would be as given Below. LY \ , SA a 7 lat panto «nth ie naar Page 1 a€CL MBA Mock CAT 2014 - 18°3. 34 An equation with all positive roots is written asx" + a,x"! +a,_)x°-2+ following in necessarily true? aren xa, (b) 2a," xa, (apenxa, (d) None of these = 0, Which of the Say you have an equation, (x ~ 1) (x2) (x3) = 0 92 — 3x2) 3) Sx 6e + x= By the question, X=3,9,=-6,2,=-6, Substitute the above values in the option. Option (a): (67 = x -6 9-216 > 168 This is incorrect, thus option (a) is incorrect. Option (by: $2 6)" x -6 2726 This is incorrect, thus option (b) is incorrect Option (¢): (-6) 23 x -8 => -216 2-168 This is incorrect, thus option (c) is incorrect ‘Thus, none of the options is necessarily true in ie kAn-p) IFX=S5logso()~ Ylogio())-— Y, logyotk), where psn, then the maximum value of X for n= 8 is: a A c= (2) 1 #1094924 (b) 109958 (c)1 #109497 (1 logy 48 X= (009, 1 # 169,024 4 160, 9) ~ (lOB4o 1 #109,,2:+... +109, p)—(log,, 1 #109,, 2+... +1o9,,¢0-p)) = X= log, Mt = 1094. P! “Logi, (0 — PE Xs 90 pF nt Xs maximum when is maximum. pnp a = pie py ISmaximur, Le %j is maximum =p=4 ai A X= 1000 Aggy A000 70 1 oaie? A ray of light along the line J3x +y =./3 gets reflected on the x-axis to become a ray along the line (@y=x+W5 (b) By =x-1 (o)y=V8x-V3— (@) VBy=x-V3 Replace y by = The equation becomes Ex y= VB. ay= xv. Page 2 2€CL | MBA Mock CAT 2014 - 18"Bb A shopkeeper sells four qualities of rice A, B,C and D having cost price Rs. 40/kg, Rs. 55/kg, Rs. 50/kg and Rs. 65/kg respectively. Ankit purchased ‘a’ kg of A and 'b’ kg of B to make ‘a +b’ kg of a new quality ©" of rice worth Rs. 50/kg. Then he purchased 'c’ kg of C and ‘d! kg of D to make 'o + d'kg of a new quality ’ of rice worth Rs. 60/kg Finally he took x’ kg of rice and 'y’ kg of rice frorn ‘E' quality of rice and’F’ quality of rice respectively to make x+y’ kg of rice worth Rs. 53/kg. Ensuring thata, b, o, d, x andy are all integers then what is the minimum value of a+ b-++o +d + x+y in kg? (@) 28 (b)22 (0) 16 (26 Using allegation, (a) 4g (8) 38 ; aN Hencea:b=1:2 : a 2: | Hence, x:y= To have minimum x (=7 kg) and y (= 3 kg) we need (a+b)=7 and(c +4) =3, Hence, minimum a+ b = 9 (as it has to be in the ratio of 1: 2it must be a multiple of 3) Minimum e+ d=3, Minimum a+b+o+d+x+y=9+3+7+3=22k9, If f(n) = 144 24 + 344... + nf, then how can 14+ 34+ 54+... +(2n—1}* be expressed? (2) (2h=1) 16 f(n) (b) f(2n 1) -8 x(n) (c)f(2n) - 16 «(ny (d)f(2n) -8 xf(n) HED + SMES BEF. + On)! A+ 3+ SE (Rn 1}) + (2 a+ Ee + (On) EM 3884 + nA Bf(On) ~ (244 a+ 6 + (any) Qn) = 2 (44 43+ nt) 20) = 16 » fn). Page 3 a€CL | MBA Mock CAT 2014 - 18°