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Solved 2025 Specimen Paper ICSE Class 10 Mathematics — Question 15

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Question 1(xv)

Given, x + 2 ≤ x3+3\dfrac{x}{3} + 3 and x is a prime number. The solution set for x is :

  1. {0}

  2. {1}

  3. {0, 1}

Answer

Solving the given equation :

x+2x3+3xx3323xx312x31x32x1.5\Rightarrow x + 2 \le \dfrac{x}{3} + 3 \\[1em] \Rightarrow x - \dfrac{x}{3} \le 3 - 2 \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{3x - x}{3} \le 1 \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{2x}{3} \le 1 \\[1em] \Rightarrow x \le \dfrac{3}{2} \\[1em] \Rightarrow x \le 1.5

Since, x is a prime number less than 1.5

Solution set is empty.

Hence, Option 1 is the correct option.