CAT 2021 Quant was dominated by Arithmetic followed by Algebra. In Arithmetic, the questions were dominated by topics like Speed-time-distance, Mixture and Alligations. This year, there was a surprise. The questions from Geometry were relatively on the lower side as compared to the previous years. There were 8 TITA Qs this year. Overall this section was at a medium level of difficulty.
Question 1 : f(x) = \\frac{x^{2}+2 x-15}{x^{2}-7 x-18}) is negative if and only if
f(x) = \\frac{x^{2}+2 x-15}{x^{2}-7 x-18})
f(x) = \\frac{(x+5)(x-3)}{(x-9)(x+2)})
-5, -2, 3, 9 are the roots of the function f(x).
Keeping these roots on the number line and checking for the range where f(x) becomes negative.
For the numbers below -5, f(x) is positive.
For the numbers between -5 and -2, the value f(x) is negative.
For the numbers between -2 and 3, the value of f(x) is positive.
For the numbers between 3 and 9, the value of f(x) is negative.
For the numbers above 9, the value of f(x) is positive.
Hence the range should be -5 < x < -2 and 3 < x < 9.
The question is " f(x) = \\frac{x^{2}+2 x-15}{x^{2}-7 x-18}) is negative if and only if "
Choice A is the correct answer.
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