ALGEBRAIC IDENTITIES

1. If a = 4.36, b = 2.39 and c = 1.97, then the value of a3 – 13. If x 2 = y + z, y 2 = z + x, z 2 = x + y, then the value of
b3 – c3 – 3abc is 3(
1
+
1
+
1
):
x+1 y+1 z+1
(a) 3.94 (b) 2.39 (c) 0 (d) 1 1
2. If x = z = 225 and y = 226 then the value of : x3 + y3 + (a) 3 (b) (c) 1 (d) 6
2
z3 – 3xyz 14. If a + b + c = 2s, then find the value of (s - a)3 + (s -
(a) 765 (b) 676 (c) 674 (d) 576 b)3+3(s - a) (s - b) c:
3. If a = 25, b = 15, c = -10 then the value of (a) c (b) c 2 (c) c 3 (d) c 2
a3 +b3 +c3 −3abc x2 y2 z2
(a−b)2 +(b−c)2 +(c−a)2
is 15. If x + y + z = 0, then the value of yz + zx + xy:
(a) 30 (b) -15 (c) -30 (d) 15 (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
4. If x = a(b – c), y = b(c – a) and z = c(a – b), then 1
16. If 2 = 3 = 6−z then +
x y 1 1
+ is equal to
x 3 y 3 z 3 x y z
(a) + (b) + (c) =? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2
3
(d) - 2
1
xyz 3xyz xyz
(a) 3abc (b) 3xyzabc (c) (d) abc 3  5x 3  5y 3  5z 2 2 2
abc
17. If    0 then  
5. If x + y + z = 6, then the value of (x − 1)3 + (y − 2x 2y 2z x y z
2)3 + (z − 3)3 is (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 4
(a) 3(x – 1) (y+2) (z – 3) (b) 3(x + 1)(y – 2)(z – 3) 19 13 127
(c) 3(x – 1)(y – 2) (z + 3) (d) 3(x – 1)(y – 2)(z – 3) 18. If    2 , find
x  19 y  13 z  127
(a−b)2 (b−c)2
6. The value of the expression (b−c)(c−a)
+ (a−b)(c−a) + x y z
(c−a)2
 
x  19 y  13 z  127
(a−b)(b−c)
1 (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) (d) 2
3 1 1 1
7. The value of (x a+b )a−b (x ) (x c+a )c−a b+c b−c 19. If a   b   c  and a  b  c then find abc
b c a
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -1 (d) 0 (a)  1 (b)  4 (c)  2 (d)  3
1 1
8. If xy + yz + zx = 0, then (x2 −yz + y2 −zx + 1 1 1
20. If a   3, b   1,c   3 then abc
1 b c a
z2 −xy
) (x, y, z ≠ 0)
(a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) x + y + z (d) 0
a b c x y z
1 1 1
9. If a + b = 1 and b + c = 1 then c + a is equal to 21. If    1 and    0 find
x y z a b c
1
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 2 2
a  b c
2 2
x
10. If x x√x = (x√x) , then x equals      
x  y z
4 2 9 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (c) 4
9 3 4 2
1 1 1
11. (x + x) (x − x) (x 2 + x2 − 1) (x 2 + x2 + 1) is equal
1 22. If 4x 2 + y 2 + 4z 2 + 3 = 4z + 2y – 4x, then the value of
x + y + z is :
to 1
1 1 1 1 (a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
(a) x6 + x6 (b) x8 + x8 (c) x8 − x8 (d) x6 − x6 2
1 1
x2 y2 z2 a b 23. If x 2 + x2 = 51, then find the value of x - x
12. If by+cz = cz+ax = ax+by = 1, then the value of a+x + b+y
c
(a) +7 (b) -7 (c) ±7 (d)±√53
+ c+z is 1 12 1
24. x + x = 2, then the value of x − x12 is:
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) -2 (a) -4 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 0

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25. If (m4 + m4 ) = 119, then m – m =? (x  3)5 
(a) ± 3 (b) 4 (c) ±2 (d) ±1 (x  3)5
1
1 x4 − (a) 1362 (b) 1368 (c) 1366 (d) 1364
x2
26. If x – x = 1, then the value of 3x2 +5x−3 35. If b – a + 2 = 0 and (x – a) (x – b) = 1 then find
1 1 3
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0 1
(x  b)3 
1
27. If 4b2 + b2 = 2, then the value of 8b3 + b3 is
1 (x  b)3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 5 (a) 22 2 (b) 12 2 (c) 20 2 (d) 10 2
1 1 1 1
28. If 2p + p = 4, then value of p3 + 8p3 is 36. If x + = 3, then the value of (x 5 + 5 ) is
x x
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 15 (a) 322 (b) 126 (c) 123 (d) 113
2p 1 1 1 1
29. If p2 −2p+1 = 4, then the value of (p + p) is 37. If x = a + a
and y = a – a, then the value of x4 + y4 –
2 2x2y2 is
(a) 7 (b) 1 (c) (d) 10
5
1 2
(a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 12
30. If (a + a) = 3, then find the value of a30 + a24 + a18 + 1
38. If x = 3t, y = 2 (t + 1), then the value of t for which x =
a12 + a6 + 1
2y is
(a) 0 (b) 27 (c) 1 (d) -1 1 2
(a) 1 (b) (c) -1 (d)
1 2 3
31. If x   1 find x25 + x22 1
x 39. If x2 + 5 x + a2 is perfect square, then a is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 1
(a) 100 (b) ± 10
1
(c) 10
1
(d) – 10
1

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32. If x   1 then find the value of (1 – x + x2) (1 + x 40. If a + b + c + d = 1, then the maximum value of (1 + a)
x
(1 + b)(1 + c)(1 + d) is
–x )2
1 3 3 3 5 4
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (a) 1 (b) ( ) (c) ( ) (d) ( )
2 4 4
1 41. If x + y = 4, x2 + y2 = 14 and x > y. Then the correct
33. If x2 + x = 19 then find the value of (x  5) 2 
(x  5) 2 value of x and y is:
(a) 79 (b) 83 (c) 62 (d) 66 (a) 2 - √2, √3 (b) 3, 1
34. If (x – 7) (x – 3) = 1 then find the value (c) 2 + √3, 2- √3 (d) 2 + √3, 2√2

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ANSWER KEY
1 c 2 b 3 d 4 c 5 d 6 b 7 a 8 d 9 c 10 c
11 d 12 b 13 a 14 c 15 d 16 a 17 c 18 b 19 a 20 c
21 a 22 a 23 c 24 d 25 a 26 b 27 a 28 b 29 d 30 a
31 a 32 d 33 a 34 d 35 d 36 c 37 c 38 b 39 b 40 d
41 c

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