Let f x be a non-constant polynomial with real coefficients such that f 1 2 = 100 & f x ≤ 100 for all real x . Which of the following statements is NOT necessarily true?

The coefficient of the highest degree term in f x is negative

f x has at least two real roots

At least one of the coefficients of f x is bigger than 50

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If $x, y, z \in R^{+}$ and $16 (16 x^{2} + y^{2} - 4 x y) = z (16 x + 4 y - z),$ then

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Let

f : x \to y

be such that

f (1) = 2

and

f (x + y) = f (x) f (y)

for all natural numbers

x

and

y

.

\sum_{k = 1}^{n} f (a + k) = 16 (2^{n} - 1)

then

a

is equal to

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The quotient when

1 + x^{2} + x^{4} + . . . + x^{34}

is divided by

1 + x + x^{2} + . . . + x^{17}

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The sum of the first

20

terms of the series

1 + \frac{3}{2} + \frac{7}{4} + \frac{15}{8} + \frac{31}{16} + \dots

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Let

f (x)

be a non-constant polynomial with real coefficients such that

f (\frac{1}{2}) = 100 & f (x) \leq 100

for all real

x .

Which of the following statements is NOT necessarily true?

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The sum of first

20

terms of the sequence

0.7, 0.77, 0.777, . . . . . .,

is :

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Let

C_{0}

be a circle of radius

1

. For

n \geq 1,

let

C_{n}

be a circle whose area equals the area of a square inscribed in

C_{n - 1}

. Then

(\sum_{u = 0}^{\infty} area (C_{i}))

equals,

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Let

x, y, z

be three non-negative integers such that

x + y + z = 10

. The maximum possible value of

x y z + x y + y z + z x

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If the

2^{n d}, 5^{t h}

and

9^{t h}

terms of a non-constant arithmetic progression are in geometric progression, then the common ratio of this geometric progression is

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The sum of the

3^{r d}

and the

4^{t h}

terms of a

G . P .

60

and the product of its first three terms is

1000.

If the first term of this

G . P .

is positive, then its

7^{t h}

term is:

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Three positive numbers form an increasing

G . P .

If the middle term in this

G . P .

is doubled, the new numbers are in

A . P .

Then the common ratio of the

G . P .

is :

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If $m$ is the $A . M .$ of two distinct real numbers $I$ and $n$ $(I, n > 1)$ and $G_{1}, G_{2} and G_{3}$ are three geometric means between $I and n$ , then $G_{1}^{4} + 2 G_{2}^{4} + G_{3}^{4}$ equals

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Let

a, b

and

c

be the

7^{t h}, 11^{t h}

and

13^{t h}

terms respectively of a non-constant A.P. If these are also the three consecutive terms of a G.P., then

\frac{a}{c}

is equal to:

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{(10)}^{9} + 2 {(11)}^{1} {(10)}^{8} + 3 {(11)}^{2} {(10)}^{7} + ...... + 10 {(11)}^{9} = k {(10)}^{9},

then

k

is equal to :

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Let $S_{1}$ be the sum of areas of the squares whose sides are parallel to coordinate axes. Let $S_{2}$ be the sum of areas of the slanted squares as shown in the figure. Then $S_{1} / S_{2}$ is

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Let

z = 1 + a i

, be a complex number,

a > 0

, such that

z^{3}

is a real number. Then, the sum

1 + z + z^{2} + \dots . + z^{11}

is equal to :

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Let

x, y, z

be positive real numbers such that

x + y + z = 12

and

x^{3} y^{4} z^{5} = (0 .1) {(600)}^{3} .

Then

x^{3} + y^{3} + z^{3}

is equal to

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For

x \in R, x \neq - 1,

{(1 + x)}^{2016} + x {(1 + x)}^{2015} + x^{2} {(1 + x)}^{2014} + \dots + x^{2016} = \sum_{i = 0}^{2016} a_{i} x_{i}

, then

a_{17}

is equal to

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Suppose

p, q, r

are real numbers such that

q = p (4 - p), r = q (4 - q), p = r (4 - r) .

The maximum possible value of

p + q + r

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The number of real solutions of the equation

\sin^{- 1} (\sum_{i = 1}^{\infty} x^{i + 1} - x \sum_{i = 1}^{\infty} {(\frac{x}{2})}^{i}) = \frac{π}{2} - \cos^{- 1} (\sum_{i = 1}^{\infty} {(- \frac{x}{2})}^{i} - \sum_{i = 1}^{\infty} {(- x)}^{i})

lying in the interval

(- \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{2})

is____.

(Here, the inverse trigonometric functions

\sin^{- 1} x & \cos^{- 1} x

assume values in

[- \frac{π}{2}, \frac{π}{2}] & [0, π]

respectively.)

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Let

b_{i} > 1

for

i = 1, 2, \dots ., 101 .

Suppose

\log_{e} b_{1}, \log_{e} b_{2}, \dots . ., \log_{e} b_{101}

are in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.) with the common difference

\log_{e} 2 .

Suppose

a_{1}, a_{2}, \dots ., a_{101}

are in A.P. such that

a_{1} = b_{1}

and

a_{51} = b_{51} .

t = b_{1} + b_{2} + \dots + b_{51}

and

s = a_{1} + a_{2} + \dots + a_{51}

, then

If x, y, z∈R+ and 1616 x2+y2-4 xy=z(16 x+4 y-z), then

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If $x, y, z \in R^{+}$ and $16 (16 x^{2} + y^{2} - 4 x y) = z (16 x + 4 y - z),$ then