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Let be a natural number such that
then
A (where represents the greatest integer function)correct
Bthe least value of for which , where and , is correct
Cthe number of points of discontinuity of , , is equal to (where represents the greatest integer function)correct
Dthe value of of the chord , which subtends a right angle at the centre of the conic , is correct
Step 1: Putting ,
Case-I: interior crossings. crosses once on the descending arc and once on the ascending arc, giving jumps. At , is a minimum and on both sides, so there is no jump there.
Case-II: end points. while as , and as while , giving more.
the constant terms cancelling, and , so
Step 2: Case-I: . The bracket loses its term, so the denominator is while the numerator is , and
which is not possible for a finite .
Step 3: Case-II: . The denominator is now , of order , so the numerator's term must vanish:
Step 4: With , the numerator is and the denominator is , so
, . The limit is infinite for every other natural from to .
Step 5: (A) , so
maps onto itself and swaps the two brackets, so with the integrand, and
Step 6: (B) radians and , so
both values lying in , and being negatives of each other,
Step 7: (B) for every real needs the expression to be a genuine upward parabola: gives a downward parabola and gives the line , neither of which stays positive, so . Then
gives the minimum value , so the inequality is not strict there, and gives minimum . The least natural number is .
Step 8: (C) On , falls from to at and rises back to .
Case-I: interior crossings. crosses once on the descending arc and once on the ascending arc, giving jumps. At , is a minimum and on both sides, so there is no jump there.
Case-II: end points. while as , and as while , giving more.
Step 9: (D) The chord is , i.e. . Homogenising ,
which is the pair of lines from the centre to the ends of the chord. They are perpendicular when the coefficients of and add to zero:
Putting in gives with discriminant , so the chord really does cut the conic in two points in each case.
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