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LINEAR INEQUALITIES: SHEET - 1

LEVEL-1
Solve the inequalities in Q. 1 to 8.
1. 2  3x – 4  5 2. 6  – 3(2x – 4) < 12

7x 3(x  2)
3. –3  4–  18 4. – 15 < 0
2 5

3x (3x  11)
5. – 12 < 4 –  2 6. 7   11.
1.
5 2
7. (x-1) < (x-2) < (x-3) 8. (x - 3) < (x - 2) < (x - 1)
9. Find all pairs of consecutive even positive integers, both of which are larger than 5 such that their sum is less
that 23.
10. The longest side of a triangle is 3 times the shortest side and the third side is 2cm shorter that the longest side.
If the perimeter of the triangel is atleast 61 cm, find the minimum length of the shortest side.

LEVEL-2
Solve the inequalities in Q.1 to 5 and represent the solution graphically on number line.
1. 5x + 1 > – 24, 5x – 1 < 24
2. 2(x – 1) < x + 5, 3(x + 2) > 2 – x
3. 5(2x – 7) – 3 (2x + 3)  0, 2x + 19  6x + 47.
4. 3x + 2y  12, x  1, y  2
5. x + y  4, 2x – y > 0
6. A solution is to be kept between 68º F and 77º F. What is range of temperature in degree Celsius (C) if the
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Celsius / Fahrenheit (F) conversion formula is given by F  C  32 ?
5
7. A solution of 8% boric acid is to be diluted by adding a 2% boric acid solution to it. The resulting mixture is to
be more than 4% but less than 6% boric acid. If we have 640 litres of the 8% solution, how many litres of the
2% solution will have to be added ?
8. How many litress of water will have to be added to 1125 litres of the 45% solution of acid so that the resulting
mixture will contain more that 25% but less than 30% acid content ?

MA
9. IQ of a person is given by the formula IQ   100
CA
Where MA is mental age and CA is chronological age. If 80  IQ  140 for a group of 12 years old children,
find the range of their mental age.

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ANSWERS SHEET - 1

LEVEL-1

1. [2, 3]
2. (0, 1]
3. [–4, 2]
4. (–23, 2]

  80  10 
5.  ,
 3 3 

 11
6. 1, 3 
 

7. 
8. R
9. (6, 8), (8, 10), (10, 12)
10. 9 cm
LEVEL-2

1. (–5, 5) -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(-1, 7)
2. (–1, 7)
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
[-7, 11]
3. [–7, 11]
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

6. Between 20ºC and 25ºC

7. More than 320 litres but less than 1280 litres.
8. More than 562.5 litres but less than 900 litres.
9. 9.6  MA  16.8

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INEQUALITIES : SHEET - 2
[wavy curve method]
LEVEL-1

1. If x  [–9, 3) find the range of x 2

Solve and find x:-

2 x4
Q.2 <3 Q.3 <2
x x 3

x 7
Q.4 >2 Q.5 (x – 1)2 (x + 4) < 0
x 3
Q.6 (2x + 1) (x – 3) (x + 7) < 0 Q.7 x2 + 6x – 27 > 0 and x2 – 3x – 4 < 0,

Q.8 x2 – 1  0 and x2 – x – 2  0 Q.9 (x - 1) (3 - x) (x - 2)2 > 0.

x
Q.10 Solve for x, 2 < 1.
x 2
LEVEL - 2

x 3 ( x  2)(5  x )
Q.1. Solve for x, > 0.
( x 2  4 )(x  1)

( x  1)( x  2) 2
Q.2 0.
1 x

x 2  6x  7
Q.3 2 .
x2 1
x2  9
Q.4 0.
3x  x 2  24

x2  x  6
Q.5 0 .
x 2  6x
1
Q.6 2x 2   0.
x

14 x 9 x  30
Q.7  0.
x 1 x  4

(2  x 2 ) (x  3) 3
Q.8 0.
( x  1) ( x 2  3x  4)

2( x  4) 1 ( x  2) ( x 2  2x  1)
 0.
Q.9
( x  1) ( x  7) x  2 . Q.10
4  3x  x 2

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ANSWER -SHEET - 2

LEVEL-1

1. x  [–9, 0]  0  x 2  81
x  (0, 3)  0 < x2 < 9
so range of x 2 is [0, 81]

2 
2. (–, 0)  ,  
3 
3. (–, 3) (10, )
4. (–13, –3)
5. (–, –4)
 1 
6. (– , –7)    , 3 
 2 
7. 3<x<4
8. {– 1}
9. (1, 2)  ( 2, 3)
10. R
LEVEL-2

1. (–2, –1)  (0, 2)  (2, 5)

2. (,  2)  ( 2,  1)  (1, )
3. R
4. (,  3)  (3, )
5. (,  6) [2, 0) [3, )
6. (,  1 / 3 2 )  (0, )
7. (1, 1)  ( 4, 6)
8. [ 2 ,  1)  ( 1, 2 ] [3, 4)
9. (1, 2)  ( 7, )
10. (,  2]  (1, 4)

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INEQUALITIES : SHEET - 3
Inequalities [higher level & miscellaneous]
LEVEL-1

( x  1)(x  2)(x  3) 12 7
Q.1 >1 Q.2 1+ 2 <
( x  1)( x  2)(x  3) x x

x 1 x5 30x  9
Q.3  Q.4 25 (x + 2)
x 1 x 1 x2

1 1 2 x 1
Q.5 –  Q.6 1.
x2 x x2 ( x  1) 2

1  3x 2 1 1
Q.7 0. Q.8  0
2x 2  21x  40 x 1 x  2

20 10 ( x  2) ( x  4) ( x  7 )
Q.9  1  0 . Q.10 1.
(x  3) (x  4) x  4 ( x  2) ( x  4) ( x  7 )

LEVEL-2

4 2 x 4  3x 3  2x 2
Q.1 + <1 Q.2 0
1 x 1 x x 2  x  30

x 1 x 1 7 9
Q.3 – <2 Q.4 + +1<0
x x 1 ( x  2)(x  3) x 3

20 10
Q.5
( x  3)(x  4)
+ +1>0 Q.6 ( x 2  3x  1) (x 2  3x  3)  5 .
x4

2x  2
Q.7 ( x 2  x  1) (x 2  x  7)  5 . Q.8 ( x 2  2 x ) ( 2 x  2)  9  0.
x 2  2x

2x  3 3x 2  7 x  8
Q.9 ( x 2  3x ) ( 2x  3)  16 0. Q.10 1  2.
x 2  3x x2 1

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ANSWER -SHEET - 3

LEVEL-1

1. (– –) (–2, –1)

2. (3, 4)
3. (–, –1) (1, 3]
4. (––1.4] (2, 2.6]

5. (–2, (3– 17 )/2] (0, 2) [(3 + 17 )/2, )

6. ( , 0)  (3,  )

5 
7.  , 8
2 

8. ( 2, 3 / 2]  ( 1, )

9. ( ,  2)  ( 1, 3)  ( 4,  )

10. ( ,  7)  ( 4,  2)

LEVEL-2

1. (–, –1) (1, )

2. (– –5) (1, 2) (6, )

1
3. (–, –1) (0, ) (1, )
2
4. (–5, 1) (2, 3)
5. (–, –2) (–1, 3) (4, )

6. ( ,  4]  [ 2,  1]  [1, )

7. ( 2,  1)  ( 2, 3)

8. ( ,  1]  ( 0, 1]  ( 2, 3]

9. [ 4,  3)  [ 3 / 2, 0)  [1, )
10. [1, 6]

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