$\mathrm{If} \frac{5{\mathrm{x}}^2 + 2}{{\mathrm{x}}^3 + \mathrm{x}} = \frac{{\mathrm{A}}_1}{\mathrm{x}} + \frac{{\mathrm{A}}_2\mathrm{x} + {\mathrm{A}}_3}{{\mathrm{x}}^2 + 1}, \mathrm{then} \left({\mathrm{A}}_1, {\mathrm{A}}_2, {\mathrm{A}}_3\right) = ?$

• (0, 2, 3)

• $\left(3, 0, 2\right)$

• $\left(2, 3, 0\right)$

• $\left(2, 0, 3\right)$

$\mathrm{The} \mathrm{domain} \mathrm{of} \mathrm{the} \mathrm{function} \mathrm{f}\left(\mathrm{x}\right) = {\sin }^{-1}\left(\frac{\left|\mathrm{x}\right| + 5}{{\mathrm{x}}^2 + 1}\right) \mathrm{is} \left( - \infty , - \mathrm{a}\right) \cup \left(\mathrm{a}, \infty \right), \mathrm{Then} \mathrm{a} =?$

• $\frac{1 + \sqrt{17}}{2}$

• $\frac{\sqrt{17} - 1}{2}$

• $\frac{\sqrt{17}}{2}$

• $\frac{\sqrt{17}}{2} + 1$

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{If} \mathrm{R} = \left\{\left(\mathrm{x}, \mathrm{y}\right) :\hspace{0.17em}\mathrm{x}, \mathrm{y} \in \mathrm{Z}, {\mathrm{x}}^2 + 3{\mathrm{y}}^2 \le 8\right\} \mathrm{is} \mathrm{a} \mathrm{relation} \mathrm{on} \mathrm{the} \mathrm{set} \mathrm{of} \mathrm{integers} \mathrm{Z}, \\ \mathrm{then} \mathrm{the} \mathrm{domain} \mathrm{R}{ }^{- 1} \mathrm{is} ; \end{gathered}$$

• $\left\{ - 1, 0, 1\right\}$

• $\left\{ - 2, - 1, 1, 2\right\}$

• $\left\{0, 1\right\}$

• $\left\{ - 2, - 1, 0, 1, 2\right\}$

Let f(x) be a quadratic polynomial such that f( – 1) + f(2) = 0. If one of the roots of f(x) = 0 is 3, then its other root lies in :

• (1, 3)

• ( - 1, 0)

• ( - 3, - 1)

• (0, 1)

Let f : R $\to$ R be a function which satisfies f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) $\forall$ x, y $\in$ R. If f(1) = 2 and g(n) = $\sum _{\mathrm{k} = 1}^{\left(\mathrm{n} - 1\right)}\mathrm{f}\left(\mathrm{k}\right) \mathrm{n} \in \mathrm{N}$, then the value of g(n) = 20, is

• 9

• 20

• 5

• 4

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Let} \mathrm{f} : \left( - 1, \infty \right) \to \mathrm{R} \mathrm{be} \mathrm{defined} \mathrm{by} \mathrm{f}\left(0\right) = 1 \\ \mathrm{and} \mathrm{f}\left(\mathrm{x}\right) = \frac{1}{\mathrm{x}}{\log }_{\mathrm{e}}\left(1 + \mathrm{x}\right), \mathrm{x} \ne 0. \mathrm{Then} \mathrm{the} \mathrm{function} \mathrm{f} : \end{gathered}$$

• increases in ( – 1, 0) and decreases in (0, $\infty$).

• $\mathrm{decreases} \mathrm{in} ( – 1, \infty )$

• decreases in ( – 1, 0) and increases in (0, $\infty$).

• increases in ( – 1, $\infty$)

197.

If the lines x + y = a and x – y = b touch the curve y = x² – 3x + 2 at the points where the curve intersects the x–axis, then bais equal to ...

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{If} \mathrm{the} \mathrm{tangent} \mathrm{tothe} \mathrm{curve}, \mathrm{y} = \mathrm{f}\left(\mathrm{x}\right) = {\mathrm{xlog}}_{\mathrm{e}}\left(\mathrm{x}\right), (\mathrm{x} > 0) \mathrm{at} \mathrm{a} \mathrm{point} (\mathrm{c}, \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{c}\left)\right) \mathrm{is} \mathrm{parallel} \\ \mathrm{to} \mathrm{the} \mathrm{line}-\mathrm{segment} \mathrm{joining} \mathrm{the} \mathrm{points} (1, 0) \mathrm{and} (\mathrm{e}, \mathrm{e}), \mathrm{then} \mathrm{c} \mathrm{is} \mathrm{equal} \mathrm{to} : \end{gathered}$$

• $\frac{\mathrm{e} - 1}{\mathrm{e}}$

• $\frac{1}{\mathrm{e} - 1}$

• ${\mathrm{e}}^{\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{e} - 1}\right)}$

• $\mathrm{e}\left({}^{\frac{1}{1 - \mathrm{e}}}\right)$

 Consider the following information regarding the number of men and women workers in three factories I. II and III

Represent the above information in the form of a 3 x 2 matrix. What does the entry in the third row and second column represent?