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Question 1[a]: The function f:N → N, given by f (x) = 2x is

(a) one-one but onto (b) one-one but not onto

(c) not one-one not onto (d) onto but not one-one

Answer: [b]

[b]: Find g o f (x), if f (x) = 8x³ and g (x) = x^1/3.

Solution:

g o f (x) = g (f ( x))

= g (8x³)

= (8x³)^⅓

= 2x

[c]: Let * be an operation such that a * b = LCM of a and b defined on the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. Is * a binary operation? Justify your answer.

Solution:

a * b = LCM of a and b

a, b ∈ {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

Let a = 2, b = 3

a * b = 2 * 3 = LCM of 2 and 3 is 6

Since the element 6 doesn’t exist in the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, * is not a binary operation.

Question 2[a]: If xy < 1, tan^-1 x + tan^-1 y is ______.

Solution:

tan^-1 [(x + y) / (1 – xy)]

[b] Prove that 2 tan^-1 (1 / 2) + tan^-1 (1 / 7) = tan^-1 (31 / 17)

Solution:

2 tan^-1 (1 / 2) + tan^-1 (1 / 7)

= tan^-1 [(2 * (1 / 2)) / (1 – (1 / 2)²] + tan^-1 (1 / 7)

= tan^-1 (4 / 3) + tan^-1 (1 / 7)

= tan^-1 [((4 / 3) + (1 / 7)) / (1 – (4 / 3) (1 / 7)]

= tan^-1 [(31 * 21) / (21 * 17)]

= tan^-1 (31 / 17)

Question 3[a]: If then BA =

Solution: [iii]

[b] Write as the sum of a symmetric and a skew-symmetric matrix.

Solution:

[c] Find the inverse of

Solution:

Question 4[a]: The value of is

(i) 1 (ii) x (iii) x² (iv) 0

Answer: [i]

[b] Using the properties of determinants, show that .

Solution:

Question 5[a]: Find all the points of discontinuity of f, where f is defined by

Solution:

LHL = lim _x→2- f (x) = lim _x→2- 2x + 3 = 7

RHL = lim _x→2+ f (x) = lim _x→2+ 2x – 3 = 1

lim _x→2- f (x) ≠ lim _x→2+ f (x)

LHL ≠ RHL

2 is a point of discontinuity.

[b] If e^x-y = x^y, then prove that dy / dx = log x / (log ex)².

Solution:

(x – y) log e = y log x

x – y = y log x

x = y log x + y

x = y (log x + 1)

y = x / (log x + 1)

dy / dx = (1 + log x – 1) / (1 + log x)² = log x / (1 + log x)²

= log x / (log ex)²

Question 6[a]: The slope of the tangent to the curve given by x = 1 – cos θ, y = θ – sin θ at θ = 𝛑 / 2 is

(i) 0 (ii) -1 (iii) 1 (iv) Not defined

Solution: (ii)

[b] Find the intervals in which the function f (x) = x² – 4x + 6 is strictly decreasing.

Solution:

f ‘ (x) = 2x – 4

f ‘ (x) = 0

2x – 4 = 0

x = 2

The intervals are (-∞, 2) and (2, ∞).

f (x) is decreasing at (-∞, 2).

[c] Find the minimum and maximum value, if any, of the function f (x) = (2x – 1)² + 3.

Solution:

f (x) = (2x – 1)² + 3

f ‘ (x) = 4 (2x – 1)

f ‘’ (x) = 8

f ‘ (x) = 0

2x – 1 = 0

x = 1 / 2

f (x) has minimum value at x = 1 / 2.

OR

[a] Which of the following functions has neither local maxima nor local minima?

(i) f (x) = x² + x (ii) f (x) = log x

(iii) f (x) = x³ – 3x + 3 (iv) f (x) = 3 + |x|

Solution: [ii]

[b] Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = 3x² at (1, 1).

Solution:

y = 3x²

dy / dx = 6x

Slope at (1, 1) = 6

Equation of the tangent is y – y₁ = (dy / dx)_{(1, 1)} (x – x₁)

y – y₁ = 6 (x – 1)

y = 6x + 5

[c] Use differential to approximate √36.6.

Solution:

y = √x

x = 36

Δx = 0.6

dy = (dy / dx) Δx = 1 / 2 * √x

= 1 / 2 * (0.6)

= 0.05

√36.6 = 6 + 0.05 = 6.05

Question 7[a]: The angle between the vectors a and b such that |a| = |b| = √2 and a . b = 1 is

(i) 𝛑 / 2 (ii) 𝛑 / 3 (iii) 𝛑 / 4 (iv) 0

Solution: [ii]

[b] Find the vector along a – b where a = i + 3j – k and b = 3i + 2j + k.

Solution:

Unit vector along a – b = (a – b) / |a – b|

a – b = -2i + j – 2k

|a – b| = √9 = 3

Unit vector = (1 / 3) (-2i + j – 2k)

Question 8[a]: If the points A and B are (1, 2, -1) and (2, 1, -1) respectively, then AB is

(i) i + j (ii) i – j (iii) 2i + j – k (iv) i + j + k

Solution: [ii]

[b] Find the value of ƛ for which the vectors 2i – 4j + 5k, i – ƛj + k and 3i + 2j – 5k are coplanar.

Solution:

= 0

2 (5ƛ – 2) + 4 (- 5 – 3) + 5 (2 + 3ƛ) = 0

ƛ = 26 / 25

[c] Find the angle between the vectors a = i + j – k and b = i – j + k.

Solution:

cos θ = (a . b) / |a| |b|

(a . b) = -1

|a| = √3

|b| = √3

cos θ = – 1 / 3

θ = cos^-1 (- 1 / 3)

Question 9[a]: Prove that ∫cos² x dx = (x / 2) + (sin 2x / 4) + c.

Solution:

cos² x = (1 + cos 2x) / 2

∫cos² x dx = (1 / 2) ∫(1 + cos 2x) dx

= (1 / 2) [x + (sin 2x / 2)] dx

[b] Find ∫dx / √2x – x².

Solution:

2x – x² = – (x² – 2x)

= – (x² – 2x + 1 – 1)

= – [(x – 1)² – 1²]

= 1 – (x – 1)²

∫dx / √2x – x² = ∫dx / √1 – (x – 1)²

= sin^-1 (x – 1) + c

[c] Find ∫x cos x dx.

Solution:

∫x cos x dx

= x sin x – ∫ sin x dx

= x sin x + cos x + c

Question 10[a]: Evaluate ∫₀^𝛑 log (1 + cos x) dx.

Solution:

I = ∫₀^𝛑 log (1 + cos x) dx

= ∫₀^𝛑 log (1 + cos [𝛑 – x] dx)

= ∫₀^𝛑 log (1 – cos x) dx

= ∫₀^𝛑 log 2 sin² [x / 2] dx

= ∫₀^𝛑 (log 2 + 2 log sin (x / 2)) dx

= ∫₀^𝛑 log 2 dx + 2 ∫₀^𝛑 log sin (x / 2) dx

Put x / 2 = t

dx = 2 dt

When x = 0, t = 0 and x = 𝛑, t = 𝛑 / 2

I = log 2 (x)₀^𝛑 + 2 ∫₀^𝛑/2 log sin t * 2 dt

= log 2 (𝛑 – 0) + 4 (- 𝛑 / 2 log 2)

= – 𝛑 log 2

OR

[b] Find ∫₀⁵ (x + 1) dx as limit of sum.

Solution:

∫_a^b f (x) dx = lim _h→0 h [f (a) + f (a + h) + ….. + f (a + (n – 1)h]

∫₀⁵ (x + 1) dx = lim _h→0 h [1 + (1 + h) + (1 + 2h) + ….. 1 + (n – 1)h]

= lim _h→0 h [n + h (1 + 2 + 3 ….. + (n – 1))

= lim _h→0 h [n + h * n (n – 1) / 2]

= lim _h→0 [nh + (n²h² – h²n) / 2]

= lim _h→0 [nh + nh (nh – h) / 2]

= lim _h→0 (5 + [5 – h]5 / 2]

= 35 / 2

Question 11[a]: The area bounded by the curve y = f (x), above the x-axis, between x = a and x = b is

(i) ∫_f(a)^b y dy (ii) ∫_a^f(b) x dx (iii) ∫_a^b x dy (iv) ∫_a^b y dx

Solution: [iv]

[b] Find the area of the circle x² + y² = 4 using integration.

Solution:

Area of the shaded region = ∫₀² y dx

= ∫₀² √4 – x² dx

= [(x / 2) √4 – x² + (4 / 2) sin^-1 (x / 2) dx

= (4 / 2) sin^-1 (1)

= 2 * (𝛑 / 2)

= 4𝛑

Question 12[a]: y = cos x + b sin x is the solution of the differential equation.

(i) d²y / dx² + y = 0 (ii) d²y / dx² – y = 0

(iii) dy / dx + y = 0 (iv) dy / dx + x (dy / dx) = 0

Solution: [i]

[b] Find the solution of the differential equation x (dy / dx) + 2y = x² (x ≠ 0) given that y = 0 when x = 1.

Solution:

(dy / dx) + (2y / x) = x

P = (2 / x), Q = x

IF = e^{∫P dx}

= e^{(2 log x)}

= x²

The solution is y = x² = ∫x * x² dx = ∫x³ dx

yx² = x⁴ / 4 + c

When x = 1, y = 0,

0 = (1 / 4) + c

c = (- 1 / 4)

The particular solution is yx² = (x⁴ / 4) + (- 1 / 4)

Question 13[a]: Find the shortest distance between the lines r = i + j + ƛ (2i – j + k) and r = 2i + j – k + 𝛍 (3i – 5j + 2k).

Solution:

Shortest distance = |[(a₂ – a₁) . (b₁ – b₂)] / |[b₁ x b₂]||

a₁ = i + j

a₂ = 2i + j – k

b₁ = 2i – j + k

b₂ = 3i – 5j + 2k

(a₂ – a₁) = i – k

|[b₁ x b₂]| = √59

Shortest distance = 10 / √59

Question 14[a]: Equation of the plane with intercepts 2, 3, 4 on the x, y and z-axis respectively is

(i) 2x + 3y + 4z = 1 (ii) 2x + 3y + 4z = 12

(iii) 6x + 4y + 3z = 1 (iv) 6x + 4y + 3z = 12

Solution: [iv]

[b] Find the cartesian equation of the plane passing through the points A (2, 5, -3), B (- 2, – 3, 5) and C (5, 3, – 3).

Solution:

The equation is

(x – 2) 16 + (y – 5) 24 + (z + 3) 32 = 0

2x + 3y + 4z = 7

Question 15[a]: Consider the following LPP:

Maximise Z = 3x + 2y

Subject to constraints

x + 2y ≤ 10

3x + y ≤ 15

x, y ≥ 0

[a] Draw the feasible region.

[b] Find the corner points of the feasible region.

[c] Find the maximum value of Z.

Solution:

Question 16[a]: If P (A) = 0.3, P (B) = 0.4, then the value of P (A ⋃ B) where A and B are independent events is

(i) 0.48 (ii) 0.51 (iii) 0.52 (iv) 0.58

Solution: [iv]

[b] A card from a pack of 52 cards is lost. From the remaining cards of the pack, 2 cards are drawn and are found to be diamonds. Find the probability of the lost card being a diamond.

Solution:

E₁: The lost card is a diamond.

E₂: The lost card is not a diamond.

A: Selecting 2 diamonds from the remaining cards

P (E₁) = 13 / 52 = 1 / 4

P (E₂) = 39 / 52 = 3 / 4

P (A / E₁) = ¹²C₂ / ⁵¹C₂ = 12 * 11 / 51 * 50

P (A / E₂) = ¹³C₂ / ⁵¹C₂ = 13 * 12 / 51 * 50

P (E₁ / A) = [P (E₁) * P (A / E₁)] / [P (E₁) * P (A / E₁)] + [P (E₂) * P (A / E₂)]

= [(1 / 4) * [12 * 11 / 51 * 50]] / [(1 / 4) * (12 * 11 / 51 * 50) + (3 / 4) * (13 * 12 / 51 * 50)]

= 132 / 600

= 11 / 50

OR

A pair of dice is thrown 4 times. If getting a doublet is considered as a success,

[i] Find the probability of getting a doublet.

[ii] Find the probability of two successes.

Solution:

q = 1 – p

= 1 – (1 / 6)

= 5 / 6

P (X = 2) = ⁴C₂ (5 / 6)² (1 / 6)²

= 25 / 216