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THIRD SESSION AMDINS

Motto : To honour Critical and Motto : To honour Criti-

Creative Thinking, in the field cal and Creative Thinking,
of Mathematics in the field of Mathematics

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· SECTION A

1. Find the equation of the locus of a point if the sum of its distances from the axes equals its distance
from the point (3, 5) 5marks

2. (a) Write the number 3.27474774747474747474.... as a quotient of integers 4marks

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3. (a) without the use of l’hopitals rule, Evaluate limx→1 4xlnx
x−1
(b) limx→0+ [7 + ln2 (x)] (4,4)marks
secx
4. Find the differential coefficient of cosecx by first principle
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5. For any polynomial p(x) with deg p(x) ≤ 2, define T (p(x)) = xp(x) dx.
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(a) Evaluate T (1) and T (x + x). (1,2)marks
(b) Show that for any polynomials p, q in the domain of T and for any real constants c, the below
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equations hold true:

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 T (p(x) + q(x)) = T (p(x)) + T (q(x))
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T (cp(x)) = cT (p(x))
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(c) Show that there exists two non-zero polynomials l(x), m(x), where l(x) is not a multiple of m(x),
such that
T (c · l(x) + d · m(x)) = 0
for any real constants c, d. 4marks
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6. Show that (ax + by + cz)2 ≤ (a2 + b2 + c2 )(x2 + y 2 + z 2 ) for any real numbers a, b, c, x, y, z. State the
condition(s) when equality holds. 5marks
7. Let n be a positive integer. Let a1 , a2 , · · · , an be positive real numbers which form an
arithmetic sequence.

(a) Show that for any integer j with 1 ≤ j ≤ n, we have aj · an+1−j ≥ a1 · an .

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(b) Let a, b be positive real numbers. Show that ab ≥.
1 1
+
a b
(c) Denote P as the product of all aj where 1 ≤ j ≤ n, i.e., P = a1 a2 a3 · · · an . Using the
results in (a) and (b), show that

2an1 ann
P ≥
an1 + ann

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