Inequality Maximization / MinimizationXAT Previous-Year Questions

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Inequality Maximization / Minimization · XAT PYQs

XAT 2016 · QA & DI
Q1.

a, b, c are integers, |a| ≠ |b| ≠ |c| and –10 ≤ a, b, c ≤ 10. What will be the maximum possible value of [abc – (a + b + c)]?

XAT 2015 · QA & DI
Q2.

If a, b, c and d are four different positive integers selected from 1 to 25, then the highest possible value of ((a + b) + (c + d))/((a + b) + (c – d)) would be: