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- If the mean and the variance of 6, 4, a, 8, b, 12, 10, 13 are 9 and 9.25 respectively, then a + b + ab is equal to:
103
- Let A be a square matrix of order 3 such that det(A) = -2 and det(3 adj(-6 adj(3 A))) = 2^(m+n) · 3^(mn), m > n. Then 4m + 2n is equal to:
38
- For n ≥ 2, let S_n denote the set of all subsets of 1, 2,, n with no two consecutive numbers. For example, 1, 3, 5 S_6, but 1, 2, 4 S_6. Then n(S_5) is equal to
13
- Let α, β, and be the coefficients of x^7, x^5, x³ and x respectively in the expansion of (x+√(x³-1))^5+(x-√(x³-1))^5, x>1. If u and v satisfy the equations α u+
5
- If A and B are two events such that P(A) = 0.7, P(B) = 0.4 and P(A B) = 0.5, where B denotes the complement of B, then P(B (A B)) is equal to:
(0.2)/(0.8) = 0.25
- Find the QR decomposition of A = [[1, 1, 0], [1, 0, 1], [0, 1, 1]].
Q = 1/√2 & 1/√6 & -1/√3 1/√2 & -1/√6 & 1/√3 0 & 2/√6 & 1/√3, R = √2 & 1/√2 & 1/√2 0 & 3/√6 & 1/√6 0 & 0 & 2/√3
- If a curve y=y(x) passes through the point (1,(π)/(2)) and satisfies the differential equation (7x^4cot y - e^xcsc y)(dx)/(dy) = x^5, x 1, then at x=2, the valu
(e(2e - 1))/(128)
- Find f^()(x) if f^()(x)=(sin x)^(sin x) for all 0<x<π.
f^()(x) = (sin x)^(sin x) cos x [ln (sin x) + 1]
- Solve the differential equation: (x² - y²)dx + 2xy dy = 0 given that y(1) = 1.
x² + y² = 2x
- Find the roots of the quadratic equation: 3x² - 5x + 2 = 0 using the quadratic formula.
The roots of the quadratic equation 3x² - 5x + 2 = 0 are x = 1 and x = (2)/(3).
- If the arcs of the same lengths in two circles subtend angles 65^(°) and 110^(°) at the centre, find the ratio of their radii.
The ratio of their radii is 22:13.
- If the system of linear equations: x + y + 2z &= 6 2x + 3y + az &= a + 1 -x - 3y + bz &= 2b where a, b R, has infinitely many solutions, then 7a + 3b is equal t
42
- If the imaginary part of (2 z+1)/(i z+1) is -2, then show that the locus of the point representing z in the argand plane is a straight line.
The locus of the point representing z is the straight line given by the equation x+2y-2=0.
- There are 12 points in a plane, no three of which are in the same straight line, except 5 points which are collinear. Then the total number of triangles that ca
210
- (b) Given that P = [[2, -1], [3, 4]], Q = [[5, 2], [7, 4]] and R = [[2, 5], [3, 8]] find a matrix S such that PQ - RS is a null matrix.
The matrix S is -191 & -110 77 & 44.
- Let the line L pass through (1, 1, 1) and intersect the lines (x - 1)/(2) = (y + 1)/(3) = (z - 1)/(4) and (x - 3)/(1) = (y - 4)/(2) = (z)/(1). Then, which of th
The point (-1, 0, -3) lies on the line L.
- So I had ₹100 and in six years became ₹300 assuming there was a equal growth every year equal percentage growth so what's the annual CAGR
The annual CAGR is approximately 20.09%.
- Let A be a 3 × 3 matrix such that X^T A X = 0 for all nonzero 3 × 1 matrices X = x y z. If A 1 1 1 = 1 4 -5, A 1 2 1 = 0 4 -8, and det(adj(2(A + I))) = 2^α 3^β
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- Which of the following pairs of sets are equal? Justify your answer. (i) X, the set of letters in “ALLOY” and B, the set of letters in “LOYAL”. (ii) A = n: n Z
(i) The sets X and B are equal. (ii) The sets A and B are not equal.
- Let M and m respectively be the maximum and the minimum values of 1 + sin² x & cos² x & 4 sin 4x 1 + sin² x & cos² x & 4 sin 4x sin² x & cos² x & 1 + 4 sin 4x,
0
- If S and S' are the foci of the ellipse (x²)/(18) + (y²)/(9) = 1 and P is a point on the ellipse, then min (SP· S'P) + max (SP· S'P) is equal to:
27
- What is the number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 playing cards? In how many of these (i) four cards are of the same suit, (ii) four cards belong
The number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 playing cards is 270,725. (i) Four cards are of the same suit: 2,860 ways. (ii) Four cards belong to fo
- Let S be the sum, P be the product and R be the sum of the reciprocals of 3 terms of a G.P. Then P² R³: S³ is equal to (A) 1: 1 (B) ( common ratio)^(n): 1 (C) (
1: 1
- A wooden toy rocket is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder, as shown in Fig. 12.8. The height of the entire rocket is 26 cm, while the height of the co
The area painted orange is 63.385 cm² and the area painted yellow is 195.465 cm².
- Let f(x)=x² and g(x)=2 x+1 be two real functions. Find (f+g)(x),(f-g)(x),(f g)(x),((f)/(g))(x).
(f+g)(x) = x² + 2x + 1, (f-g)(x) = x² - 2x - 1, (fg)(x) = 2x³ + x², ((f)/(g))(x) = (x²)/(2x+1) for x ≠ -(1)/(2).
- Let f: R → R be a function defined by f(x) = (2 + 3a) x² + ( (a + 2)/(a - 1)) x + b, a ≠ 1. If f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + 1 - (2)/(7) xy, then the value of 28 Σ_i
667
- Find the zeroes of the polynomial x² - 3 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.
The zeroes of the polynomial x² - 3 are √3 and -√3. Verification: Sum of zeroes: √3 + (-√3) = 0. -b/a = -0/1 = 0. (Verified) Product of zeroes: (√3)(-√3) = -3.
- Prove that there are infinitely many primes of the form 4k + 3.
There are infinitely many primes of the form 4k + 3.
- Find the equation of the parabola which is symmetric about the y -axis, and passes through the point (2,-3).
The equation of the parabola is x² = -(4)/(3)y.
- Find the equation of the line, which makes intercepts -3 and 2 on the x- and y-axes respectively.
The equation of the line is 2x - 3y + 6 = 0.
- Let the vertices Q and R of the triangle PQR lie on the line (x+3)/(5)=(y-1)/(2)=(z+4)/(3), QR = 5, and the coordinates of the point P be (0,2,3). If the area o
(5√21)/(2)
- The exponent of 3 in the prime factorisation of 243 is:
5
- How many terms of the G.P. 3, (3)/(2), (3)/(4), are needed to give the sum (3069)/(512)?
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- Let A = a, e, i, o, u and B = a, i, u. Show that A B = A.
It is shown that A B = A.
- The focus of the parabola y² = 4x + 16 is the centre of the circle C of radius 5. If the values of, for which C passes through the point of intersection of the
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- Find the maximum and minimum values of f(x) = sin(x) + cos(x) on the interval [0, π].
The maximum value of the function is √2 and the minimum value is -1 on the interval [0, π].
- MODIFIED: If variable_94² + variable_94² + variable_94² = variable_94*variable_94 + variable_94*variable_94 + variable_94*variable_94, prove that variable_94 =
Therefore, a=b=c is proven.
- Let (2, 3) be the largest open interval in which the function f(x) = 2 log_e (x - 2) - x² + a x + 1 is strictly increasing and (b, c) be the largest open interv
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- Let integers a, b [-3, 3] be such that a + b ≠ 0. Then the number of all possible ordered pairs (a, b), for which |(x+1)/(x+b)| = 1 and | ccc x+1 & & ² & z+ ² &
5
- Write the first three terms in each of the following sequences defined by the following: ll (i) a_n=2 n+5, (ii) a_n=(n-3)/(4).
The first three terms for sequence (i) are 7, 9, 11. The first three terms for sequence (ii) are -(1)/(2), -(1)/(4), 0.
- Find the number of derangements of 1, 2,..., n using inclusion-exclusion principle
D_n = n! Σ_k=0^(n) ((-1)^k)/(k!) = n! ( 1 - (1)/(1!) + (1)/(2!) - (1)/(3!) + + (-1)^n (1)/(n!))
- Let A = [a_ij] be a square matrix of order 2 with entries either 0 or 1. Let E be the event that A is an invertible matrix. Then the probability P(E) is:
(3)/(8)
- Group A consists of 7 boys and 3 girls, while group B consists of 6 boys and 5 girls. The number of ways, 4 boys and 4 girls can be invited for a picnic if 5 of
8925
- Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (3,8),(-4,2) and (5,1).
The area of the triangle is 30.5 square units.
- Two cups of flour are needed to make a dozen cookies. Carla is making 36 cookies today and 30 cookies tomorrow. How many cups of flour will Carla need to bake t
11 cups of flour
- Let L_1: (x-1)/(2) = (y-2)/(3) = (z-3)/(4) and L_2: (x-2)/(3) = (y-4)/(4) = (z-5)/(6) be two lines. Then which of the following points lies on the line of the s
The point (5, 8, 11) lies on the line of the shortest distance between L_1 and L_2.
- Calculate mean, variance and standard deviation for the following distribution: Classes: 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90, 90-100; Frequencies: 3, 7, 12
Mean ( x) = 63.8, Variance ( ²) = 164.56, Standard Deviation () = 12.83
- If the shortest distance between the lines (x - 1)/(2) = (y - 2)/(3) = (z - 3)/(4) and (x)/(1) = (y)/(α) = (z - 5)/(1) is (5)/(√6), then the sum of all possible
-3
- In a square grid, the position of ABC is shown. Find tan B.
tan B = 2
- A rectangle has length 40 cm and width 16 cm. Point M is the midpoint of one side. The paper is folded along a line through M. If a vertex of the side containin
16
- Find the area of a triangle with base 6 and height 8
The area of the triangle is 24 square units.
- Let A=(x, y) R × R: |x+y| 3 and B=(x, y) R × R: |x|+|y| ≤ 3. If C=(x, y) A B: x=0 or y=0, then Σ_(x, y) C|x+y| is:
12
- Let the curve z(1+i) + z(1-i) = 4, z C, divide the region |z-3| ≤ 1 into two parts of areas α and β. Then |α - β| equals:
(π)/(2) + 1
- A bag contains 9 discs of which 4 are red, 3 are blue and 2 are yellow. The discs are similar in shape and size. A disc is drawn at random from the bag. Calcula
(i) P(Red) = (4)/(9), (ii) P(Yellow) = (2)/(9), (iii) P(Blue) = (1)/(3), (iv) P(Not Blue) = (2)/(3), (v) P(Either Red or Blue) = (7)/(9)
- Each of the angles β and that a given line makes with the positive y - and z -axes, respectively, is half of the angle that this line makes with the positive x
The sum of all possible values of the angle β is (3π)/(4).
- A coin is tossed three times. Let X denote the number of times a tail follows a head. If and ² denote the mean and variance of X, then the value of 64( + ²) is:
48
- Look at the graphs in Fig. 2.9 given below. Each is the graph of y = p(x), where p(x) is a polynomial. For each of the graphs, find the number of zeroes of p(x)
(i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 1, (v) 1, (vi) 4
- Show that (x²+x y+y²),(z²+x z+x²) and (y²+y z+z²) are consecutive terms of an A.P., if x, y and z are in A.P.
The given terms (x²+x y+y²),(z²+x z+x²) and (y²+y z+z²) are consecutive terms of an A.P.
- Let the equation of the circle, which touches x -axis at the point (a, 0), a > 0 and cuts off an intercept of length b on y -axis be x² + y² - α x + β y + = 0.
(2a, 4r² - 4a²)
- x का मान ज्ञात कीजिए: sin(x) = cos(x) जहाँ x [0, π/2] के बीच है।
x = (π)/(4)