PRACTICE SHEET: WAVY CURVE FACULTY ID: MNJ

Solve the following inequalities.

x2 3x  1
1.  1 2. 1
1  2x 2x

x2 2 3
3. 1  4.  2x 2
x2 3 2x
1 1
5. x2  x  1 6. 
1 x 2x

7. x  2x 8.  x  4  x  3   6  x
9. 5  x2  x  1 10. x  1 x  0

11. 4  x  2x  x 2 12. x  4   x 2  8x  12

13.
1 3 1 1
  
x2 x x 2
14. 
x 2  x 2  12  2x  x 2 
x 2
15. 4  x2  0 16. x 3 
x x 2
2x  1
17. x  3 x  3 1 0 18. 1
x2

19. 4  1 x  2  x  0 20. x  3  x  2  2x  4  0

21. x  3  x  1  2x  1 22. 3x 2  5x  7  3x 2  5x  2  1
3
23. x  2 x 1  x  2 x 1 
2
24. 5  x  x  3  1   5  x   x  3 
1  1  4x 2 1 1 2
25. 3 26. x 2
 x 2 
x x x x
27. a x 1  1 28.  a  1 2 x 1

x5
29. 0
log 2  x  4   1

30. Find the integral number which satisfies the inequality 2 2x  1  3  x 2  x  6 .

 x  3  4  2x
31. Find natural x which satisfies the system of inequalities  .
5x  3  4x  1
32. Find the integral part of the numbers x which satisfy the system of inequalities
 x  1 2x  3 x x5
 2  3  6  2  2
 .
1  x  5 4  x x  1
  3x 
 8 2 4
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 x 2  2x  a  0
33. Find all values of ‘a’ for which the system of inequalities  2 has a unique
 x  4x  6a  0
solution.

x 6
34. Find a  0 for which the inequalities 2 ax  3a  x and x   have solutions in
a a
common.
35. Find all values of ‘k’ for which there is at least one common solution of the inequalities
x 2  4kx  3k 2  1  2k and x 2  2kx  3k 2  8k  4 .
36. Find all values of ‘k’ for which every solution of the inequality x 2  3k 2  1  2k  2x  1 is a
solution of the inequality x 2   2x  1 k  k 2  0 .

x 4 4  1
3  3  x  3x  1
 
1  4 4
37.   1 38. x  
x  3 3x
 x 2  3x  1  0 9x  9x  1  0
2

 
 
 x  1  x 2  4x  5
39.  40. 
 x  1  3  x  1  3

 x 2  5x  6  x 2  5x  6
41.  42. 
 x  1  1  x  1  2

 x 2  2x  y  1
43.  2 44. x2  9  x2  4  5
 x  y  1
x 2
45. 2  2x 1  1  2x 1  1 46. x2  x  x  1  0

47. x 2  3x  3  x 2  7x  13 48. x x 1  a  0 , a R

For what values of ‘a’ does the equation 2  log3 x   log3 x  a  0 possess four solutions?
2
49.
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ANSWERS

1  3 
1.  ,2  2.  4 ,2 
2   

 6 
3.   5 , 1   2,3  4.  ,1
 

 1   5  13 
5.   ,  6.  1,    2,  
 2   2 
 24 
7.  ,1 8.  , 
 19 
 5  1
9.   5,2
  10.  1,
2 



11.  12.  6, 2  4

 
 
13.
 1
 0, 3  14.  1  13,0    1  17 , 13  1
 
   2 

15.   3,2  \ 0

 
16. 0,1   4,16
1 
17. 3,4    7,   18.  2 ,2    5,  
 
 13  5 
19.  ,1 20.  2,  
 2 
 3
 2, 1   
2 1
21. 1, 2  22. , 
   3 3

23. 1,  24.  5,2


5 2 4 
 1 1  5 
25.   2 , 2   0 26.  3 ,  
   4 

 1,   if a   ,0  ,2 if a   , 1

 
27.  1  28.  1 
  1, 2  1 if a   0,    2  ,2 if a   1,  
 a  1 
2
 a  
29. 4  
2,   5 30. x2

31. x 1 32. 0, 1
 2 
33. 0,1 34.   ,0 
 3 
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 1 3 
35.  , 2    2 ,   36.  1,  
   
 3 5 2 3  5 
37.  ,     0,6 38.  , 
 2  3 6 

39.  2, 1  1,4  40.  1,2 

41.  2,0 42.  2,1
 1 5 1 5 
43.  0,1 ,  ,  , 1,0  44.  3, 2  2,3
 2 2 

45.  1,    3 46. 

47.  , 4   1,2

 1  1  4a
 for a  0
 2
 1  1  4a 1  1  4a 1
 , for 0  a 
 2 2 4
 1  1  4a 1
48.  for a 
 2 4
1, 0 for a  0

 1  2 ,  1 for a  1
 2 2 4



 1
49. a   0, 
 8