JEE Main Mathematics — Algebra previous year questions with solutions.
Let $\alpha, \beta$ be the roots of the equation $x^2-a x-b=0$ with $\operatorname{Im}(\alpha) \lt \operatorname{Im}(\beta)$. Let $P_n=\alpha^n-\beta^n$. If $\mathrm{P}_3=-5 \sqrt{7} i, \mathrm{P}_4=-3 \sqrt{7} i, \mathrm{P}_5=11 \sqrt{7} i$ and $\mathrm{P}_6=45 \sqrt{7} i$, then $\left|\alpha^4+\beta^4\right|$ is equal to $\qquad$ .
Suppose that the number of terms in an A.P. is $2 k, k \in N$. If the sum of all odd terms of the A.P. is 40 , the sum of all even terms is 55 and the last term of the A.P. exceeds the first term by 27, then k is equal to :
Let $S=\mathbf{N} \cup\{0\}$. Define a relation $R$ from $S$ to $\mathbf{R}$ by : $\mathrm{R}=\left\{(x, y): \log _{\mathrm{e}} y=x \log _{\mathrm{e}}\left(\frac{2}{5}\right), x \in \mathrm{~S}, y \in \mathbf{R}\right\}$ Then, the sum of all the elements in the range of $R$ is equal to :
Let $[x]$ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. Then the domain of $f(x)=\sec ^{-1}(2[x]+1)$ is :
Let $A$ be a square matrix of order 3 such that $\operatorname{det}(A)=-2$ and $\operatorname{det}(3 \operatorname{adj}(-6 \operatorname{adj}(3 A)))=2^{\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}} \cdot 3^{\mathrm{mn}}, \mathrm{m}\gt\mathrm{n}$. Then $4 \mathrm{~m}+2 \mathrm{n}$ is equal to _______
Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & 2+p & 2+p+q \\ 4 & 6+2 p & 8+3 p+2 q \\ 6 & 12+3 p & 20+6 p+3 q\end{array}\right]$. If $\operatorname{det}(\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj}(3 \mathrm{~A})))=2^{\mathrm{m}} \cdot 3^{\mathrm{n}}, \mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n} \in \mathrm{N}$, then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to
If $\quad y(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\sin x & \cos x & \sin x+\cos x+1 \\ 27 & 28 & 27 \\ 1 & 1 & 1\end{array}\right|, x \in \mathbb{R}$, then $\frac{d^2 y}{d x^2}+y$ is equal to
Let $A=\{-2,-1,0,1,2,3\}$. let R be a relation on A defined by $x R y$ if and only if $y=\max \{x, 1\}$. Let $l$ be the number of elements in R. Let m and n be the minimum number of elements required to be added in R to make it reflexive and symmetric relations, respectively. Then $l+\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to
If the system of equations $\begin{aligned} & (\lambda-1) x+(\lambda-4) y+\lambda z=5 \\ & \lambda x+(\lambda-1) y+(\lambda-4) z=7 \\ & (\lambda+1) x+(\lambda+2) y-(\lambda+2) z=9\end{aligned}$ has infinitely many solutions, then $\lambda^2+\lambda$ is equal to
The number of real roots of the equation $\mathrm{x}|\mathrm{x}-2|+3|\mathrm{x}-3|+1=0$ is :
Let $P_n=\alpha^n+\beta^n, n \in \mathbf{N}$. If $P_{10}=123, P_9=76$, $P_8=47$ and $P_1=1$, then the quadratic equation having roots $\frac{1}{\alpha}$ and $\frac{1}{\beta}$ is :
If the set of all $\mathrm{a} \in \mathrm{R}-\{1\}$, for which the roots of the equation $(1-a) x^2+2(a-3) x+9=0$ are positive is $(-\infty,-\alpha] \cup[\beta, \gamma)$, then $2 \alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is equal to _______ .
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of $x^2+\sqrt{3 x}-16=0$, and $\gamma$ and $\delta$ be the roots of $x^2+3 x-1=0$. If $P_n=\alpha^n+\beta^n$ and $Q_n=\gamma^n+\delta^n$, then $\frac{\mathrm{P}_{25}+\sqrt{3 \mathrm{P}_{24}}}{2 \mathrm{P}_{23}}+\frac{\mathrm{Q}_{25}-\mathrm{Q}_{23}}{\mathrm{Q}_{24}}$ is equal to
The number of solutions of the equation \(\left(\frac{9}{x}-\frac{9}{\sqrt{x}}+2\right)\left(\frac{2}{x}-\frac{7}{\sqrt{x}}+3\right)=0\) is:
Let the system of equations $\begin{aligned}<br/>& x+5 y-z=1 \\ & 4 x+3 y-3 z=7 \\ & 24 x+y+\lambda z=\mu<br/>\end{aligned}$ $\lambda, \mu \in \mathrm{R}$, have infinitely many solutions. Then the number of the solutions of this system, If $x, y, z$ are integers and satisfy $7 \leq x+y+z \leq 77$, is
Let the product of $\omega_1=(8+i) \sin \theta+(7+4 i) \cos \theta$ and $\omega_2=(1+8 i) \sin \theta+(4+7 i) \cos \theta$ be $\alpha+i \beta$, $\mathrm{i}=\sqrt{-1}$. Let p and q be the maximum and the minimum values of $\alpha+\beta$ respectively.
If the locus of $z \in \mathrm{C}$, such that $\operatorname{Re}\left(\frac{z-1}{2 z+\mathrm{i}}\right)+\operatorname{Re}\left(\frac{\bar{z}-1}{2 \bar{z}-\mathrm{i}}\right)=2$ is a circle of radius $r$ and center $(a, b)$ then $\frac{15 a b}{r^2}$ is equal to :
Let $z$ be a complex number such that $|z|=1$. If $\frac{2+\mathrm{k}^2 \mathrm{z}}{\mathrm{k}+\overline{\mathrm{z}}}=\mathrm{kz}, \mathrm{k} \in \mathbf{R}$, then the maximum distance of $\mathrm{k}+\mathrm{ik}^2$ from the circle $|\mathrm{z}-(1+2 \mathrm{i})|=1$ is:
Let $z \in C$ be such that $\frac{z^2+3 i}{z-2+i}=2+3 i$. Then the sum of all possible values of $z^2$ is
If $\alpha+i \beta$ and $\gamma+i \delta$ are the roots of $x^2-(3-2 i) x-(2 i-2)=0, i=\sqrt{-1}$, then $\alpha \gamma+\beta \delta$ is equal to :
Let integers $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in[-3,3]$ be such that $\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b} \neq 0$. Then the number of all possible ordered pairs (a, b), for which $\left|\frac{z-\mathrm{a}}{z+\mathrm{b}}\right|=1$ and $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}z+1 & \omega & \omega^2 \\ \omega & z+\omega^2 & 1 \\ \omega^2 & 1 & z+\omega\end{array}\right|=1, z \in \mathrm{C}$, where $\omega$ and $\omega^2$ are the roots of $x^2+x+1=0$, is equal to ________.
Let \(\left|z_1-8-2 i\right| \leq 1\) and \(\left|z_2-2+6 i\right| \leq 2, z_1, z_2 \in \mathbf{C}\). Then the minimum value of \(\left|z_1-z_2\right|\) is :
Let $\left|\frac{\bar{z}-i}{2 \bar{z}+i}\right|=\frac{1}{3}, z \in C$, be the equation of a circle with center at $C$. If the area of the triangle, whose vertices are at the points $(0,0), \mathrm{C}$ and $(\alpha, 0)$ is 11 square units, then $\alpha^2$ equals:
For $\mathrm{n} \geq 2$, let $S_n$ denote the set of all subsets of $\{1,2 \ldots . . ., n\}$ with no two consecutive numbers. For example $\{1,3,5\} \in \mathrm{S}_6$, but $\{1,2,4\} \notin \mathrm{S}_6$. Then $n\left(\mathrm{~S}_5\right)$ is equal to ________