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Note : (i) Please check that there are two printed pages and ten question in all.
(b) After 15 litres of petrol was added to the fuel tank of a car, the tank
was 75% full. If the capacity of the tank is 28 litres, then the number
(d) If April 23 falls on Tuesday, then March 23 of the same year was a
……..
3. (a) Solve :
log 10 (35 x 3 )
3
log 10 (5 x )
(b) Simplify :
a b b c c a (a b)(b c)(c a )
a b b c c a (a b)(b c)(c a )
4. (a) Factorize :
(x-y)3+(y-z)3+(z-x)3
B A
G
F
C D E
4ab x 2a x 2b
(b) If x = , find the value of
ab x 2a x 2b
7. (a) Find all the positive perfect cubes that divide 99.
A
F
y E
x
C z B
centimetres east, 5 centimetres north and so on, at 1 centimetre per second. Each
segment is 1 centimetre longer than the preceding one, and at the end of a segment,
the ant makes a left turn. In which direction is the ant moving 1 minute after the
start ?
10. Find the lengths of the sides of a triangle with 20, 28 and 35 as the lengths of
its altitudes.
SOLUTION KV JMO 2001
Q1.
(i) 7
(ii) 6 litres
(iii) 20 m
(iv) Friday
(v) 13
Q2.
25 = 32
33 = 27
62 = 36
3 5 2
3 <2 <6
Q2(b)
4
Two rectangles each measuring 3cm x 7 cm are placed in this
manner.
EAG BCG
AG = BG
and EG = CG
Let, BG = x
AG = AB – BG
=7–x
CG = AG = 7-x
BC = 3
BG = x
CG = 7 – x
(7-x)2 = 32 + x2
49 – 14x + x2 = 9 + x2
49 – 9 =14 x
5
40 = 14 x
40
x=
14
20
x=
7
AG = 7 – x
20
=7-
7
49 20
=
7
29
=
7
DC || AB
HC || AG
Similarly AH || GC
AG CH is a parallelogram
= AG x BC
29
= x3
7
87
=
7
3
= 12 cm 2
7
6
log 10 (35 x 3 )
3.(a) 3
log 10 (5 x )
35 – x3 = (5-x)3
35 = 125 – 15 x (5-x)
35 = 125 – 75 x + 15x2
15x2 – 75 x + 125- 35 = 0
15x2 – 75 x + 90 = 0
x2 – 5 x + 6 = 0
x2 – 3 x –2x + 6 = 0
x (x - 3) – 2 (x – 3) = 0
(x - 3) (x – 2) = 0
x = 3 or 2
Q3. (b)
a b b c c a (a b)(b c)(c a )
a b b c c a (a b)(b c)(c a )
7
= (c+a) [(a-b) (b+c) +(b-c) (a+b)]
(c a )[ab ac - b 2 bc ab b 2 - ac bc]
=
(a b)(b c)(c a )
0
=
(a b)(b c)(c a )
=0
4. (a)
= (x-z) [y2-yz-xy+xz]
= (x-z) [y(y-z)-x(y-z)]
8
= (x-z)(y-x)(y-z)
4. (b) x2 – x – 1 = 0
x3 – 2x + 1 = ?
x 1
x 2 x 1 x 2x 1
3
x3 x 2 x
x2 x 1
x 2 x 1
2
x3 - 2x + 1 = 0 x (x + 1) + 2
x3 - 2x + 1 = 0 + 2
x3 - 2x + 1 = 2
x3 – 2x + 1 = 2
Q5
9
.
Given :
ABCD is a square
BG = 3
GF = 1
BE = ?
Let, AB = BC=CD = DA = a
Now,
BC BG
AF GF
a 3
AF 1
10
a
AF
3
a 2
DF
= AD – AF = a a
3 3
Now,
A = D = 90o
BF EF
AF DF
BF EF
a 2
a
3 3
2.BF EF
2 X 4 = EF
EF = 8
BE = BF + FE
= 4+ 8
= 12 units.
11
Q6.(a) (n2-n-1) n+2 = 1
n2 – n – 1 = 1
n2 – n – 2 = 0
n2 - 2n + n – 2 = 0
n (n - 2) + 1 (n – 2) = 0
(n - 2) (n + 1) = 0
n = 2 or -1
4ab
Q6. (b) x=
ab
x 2a x 2b
?
x 2a x 2b
x 2a x 2b
x 2a x 2b
x 2a x 2b
1 1
x 2a x 2b
x 2a x 2a x 2b x 2b
x 2a x 2b
2x 4b
x 2a x 2b
2x 4b
2 2
x 2a x 2b
12
2x 2x 4a 4b 2x 4b
x 2a x 2b
4a 2x
x 2a x 2b
4ab
2x
4a
ab
4ab 4ab
2b
ab ab
4a (a b) 8ab
4ab 2a 2 2ab 4ab 2ab 2b 2
4a 2 4ab 8ab
2ab 2a 2 2ab 2b 2
2a 2b 4a
ba ab
2a 2b 4a
ab
2a 2b
ab
2(a b)
(a b )
=2
Q7. (a) 99
= (33)9
= (3)27
13
The positive perfect cubes that divide 99 are :
i.e. 10 numbers
143 144
is , 100.
8.
A
F
x+z
y x+y E
x
C z B
Given :
BCA = 90o
AE = AC
BF = BC
ECF = ?
BCA = 90
x + y + z = 90o
In ACE
14
AE = AC
AEC = ACE = x + y
In BCF,
BF = CF
BCF = BFC = x + z
In CFE,
x + x + z + x + y = 180
2x + x + y + z = 180
2x + 90 = 180
2x = 90
x = 45o
ECF = x
= 45o
ECF = 45o
9. 2cm (W)
3 cm (s) 1 cm (N)
4 cm (E)
15
So, we get that,
= 60 cm
1, 2, 3, …….
a=1
d=1
n
Sn = 2a + (n-1)d
2
n
60 = 2 x 1 + (n-1) x 1
2
120 = nn+1
120 = n2n
n2 + n
1 12 4(1)(120)
n =
2x1
16
1 1 480
2
1 481
2
1 22
2
21
Taking the positive value
2
1
10
2
a11 = 1 + 10 x 1
= 1 + 10
= 11
=4x2+3
Q10. A
B C
17
ha = 20
hb = 28
hc = 35
1 2
= a x ha a =
2 ha
2
=
20 10
1 2
= b x hb b =
2 hb
2
=
28 14
1 2 2
= c x hc c = =
2 hc 35
2
a =
20
2
b =
28
2
c =
35
a b c 1 2 2 2
S =
28 35
=
2 2 20
1 1 1
=
20 28 35
18
1 1 1 2
S-a = - 20
20 28 35
1 1 1
= -
28 35 20
10
280
= 20 x 28x35
2
1
=
70
=
70
1 1 1 2
=
20 28 35 28
S-b -
1 1 1
= -
20 35 28
19
42
63
840
= 20 x 28 x 35
14 5
3
=
70
3
=
70
1 1 1 2
S-c = - 35
20 28 35
1 1 1
= -
20 28 35
56
2
1120
= 20x 28x35
2
=
35
2
=
35
20
1 1 1 3 2
=
20 28 35 70 70 35
2240 1 3 2
= 2 x x x
20x 28x35 70 70 35
16x3
= 2
28x35x10x35x35
6
= 2
35x35x35x35
6
= 2
35x 35
6
2 =
35x 35
35x 35
6
2
a=
20
245 6
a=
6
2
b=
28
175 6
b=
12
2 35 6
c= = units.
35 3
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