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QUESTION PAPER CODE S 1935

Answer any three questions from 1 to 4. Each question carries 2 scores. [3 * 2 = 6]

Question 1: In the figure, O is the centre of the circle. ∠AOC = 80^o

[i] What is the measure of ∠ABC?

[ii] What is the measure of ∠ADC?

Solution:

Given ∠AOC = 80⁰

40^o. + ∠ADC = 180^o

∠ADC = 180^o – 40^o

∠ADC = 140^o

Question 2: [i] Write the first integer term of the arithmetic sequence (1 / 7), (2 / 7), (3 / 7) …….

[ii] What is the sum of the first 7 terms of the above sequence?

Solution:

Common difference d = 2 / 7 – 1 / 7 = 1 / 7.

Hence the first integer term = 7 / 7 = 1

d = 2 / 7 – 1 / 7

= 1 / 7

n = 7

S_n = (n / 2) (2a + [n – 1]d)

S₇ = (7 / 2) (2 * [1 / 7] + [7 – 1] * [1 / 7])

= (7 / 2) ([2 / 7] + 6 * (1 / 7))

= (7 / 2) ([2 / 7] + [6 / 7])

= (7 / 2) (8 / 7)

= 4

Question 3: [i] If C (-1, k) is a point on the line passing through the points A (2, 4) and B (4, 8) which number is k?

[ii] What is the relation between the x coordinate and the y coordinate of any point on this line?

Solution:

Points A, B and C are collinear.

Area of triangle ABC = 0

(1 / 2) (x₁ [y₂ – y₃] + x₂ [y₃ – y₁] + x₃ [y₁ – y₂])

|2 (8 – k) + 4 (k – 4) + (-1) (4 – 8)| = 0

16 – 2k + 4k – 16 – 4 + 8 = 0

2k = -4

k = -2

Area of triangle ABP = 0

(1 / 2) (x₁ [y₂ – y₃] + x₂ [y₃ – y₁] + x₃ [y₁ – y₂])

|2 (8 – y) + 4 (y – 4) + (x) (4 – 8)| = 0

16 – 2y + 4y – 16 – 4x = 0

2y – 4x = 0

2y = 4x

y = 2x

2x – y = 0

Question 4: [i] Find P(1) if P(x) = x² + 2x + 5

[ii] If (x – 1) is a factor of x² + 2x + k, what is the value of k?

Solution:

P(1) = 1² + 2 * 1 + 5

= 1 + 2 + 5

P(1) = 8

x – 1 = 0

x = 1

(1)² + 2(1) + k = 0

1 + 2 + k = 0

k = -3

Answer any five questions from 5 to 11. Each question carries 3 scores. [5 * 3 = 15]

Question 5: [i] What is the remainder on dividing the terms of the arithmetic sequence 100, 107, 114 ….. by 7?

[ii] Write the sequence of all three-digit numbers. Which leaves the remainder 3 on division by 7? Which is the last term of this sequence?

Solution:

d = 7

Remainder = 100 / 7 = 2

Hence the last three-digit term = 997.

Question 6: AB is the diameter of the circle. D is the point on the circle.

∠ACB + ∠ADB + ∠AEB = 270^o. The measure of one among ∠ACB, ∠ADB and ∠AEB is 110^o. Write the measures of ∠ACB, ∠ADB, ∠AEB.

Solution:

∠ADB = 90⁰ ( Measurement of semi circle angle)

∠ACB + ∠ADB + ∠AEB = 270⁰ (given)

∠ACB + 90^o + ∠AEB = 270⁰

∠ACB + ∠AEB = 270⁰ – 90^o = 180⁰

The given condition is that any one of the angles ∠ACB, ∠AEB be 110⁰.

Take ∠ACB = 110⁰

Hence ∠AEB = 180^o – 110^o = 70⁰

So the angles , ∠ADB = 90⁰ , ∠ACB = 110⁰ , ∠AEB = 70⁰.

Question 7: If x is a natural number,

[a] What number is to be added to x² + 6x to get a perfect square?

[b] If x² + ax + 16 is a perfect square number, then which number is a?

[c] If x² + ax + b is a perfect square, prove that a² = 4b.

Solution:

Given x² + 6x

a = x

b = ?

b = 6x / 2x = 3

Perfect square = b² = 3² = 9.

Hence 9 is to be added to them.

[b] Given, x² + ax + 16 is perfect square

This is the form of a² + 2ab + b² = (a + b)²

2ab = ax

a = x

b² = 16

b = √16 = 4

So, (x + 4)² = x² + ax + 16

Hence a = 2ab = 2 × 4 = 8.

b = (a / 2)²

b = a² / 4

a² = 4b

Question 8: In the figure, ∠B = 90^o, ∠C = 44^o.

[a] What is the measure of A?

[b] Which among the following is tan 44^o:

(AB / BC) , (AB / AC), (BC / AB), (BC / AC)

[c] Prove that tan 44^o * tan 46^o = 1

Solution:

∠A + 90^o + 44^o = 180^o

∠A = 180^o – 90^o – 44^o

∠A = 46^o

tan 44^o = opposite / adjacent

= AB / BC {from the figure}

= tan 44^o * cot (90^o – 46^o) [tan θ = cot (90 – θ)]

= tan 44^o * cot 44^o

= tan 44^o * [1 / tan 44^o]

= 1

= RHS

Question 9: Draw a circle of radius 3 centimetres. Mark a point P at a distance of 6cm from the centre of the circle. Draw tangents from P to the circle.

Solution:

Steps of construction:

• Draw a circle of radius 3cm with O as the centre.
• From the centre O, draw OP = 6cm and perpendicular to OP marking it as M.
• Draw another circle with centre M cutting T and R respectively.
• Join PT and PR which are the required tangents.

Question 10: [i] Find the coordinates of the point on the x-axis, which is at a distance of 4 units from (3, 4).

[ii] Find the coordinates of the point on the x-axis at a distance of 5 units from (3, 4).

Solution:

4 = √(x – 3)² + (0 – 4)²

On squaring both sides,

4² = (x – 3)² + 16

x – 3 = 0

x = 3

A (3, 0) is the required point.

AB = 5

√(x – 3)² + (0 – 4)² = 5

On squaring both sides,

(x – 3)² + 16 = 5²

(x – 3)² + 16 = 25

(x – 3)² = 25 – 16

(x – 3)² = 9

(x – 3) = ± 3

x – 3 = 6

x = 6

x – 3 = -3

x = 0

Hence, (6, 0) and (0, 0) is the required point.

Question 11: The given figure is the lateral face of a square pyramid. AB = AC = 25 centimeters and BD = DC = 15 centimeters.

[i] What is the length of its base edge?

[ii] Find the lateral surface area of the pyramid.

Solution:

Side of the base = diagonal / √2

= (30 / √2) * (√2 / √2)

= 15 √2 cm

= 15 * 1.414

= 17.210

Side of the base = 17.210 cm

Lateral surface area = (1 / 2) * perimeter of the base * slant height

= (1 / 2) * (17.21) * 4 * 25

= 860.50 cm²

Answer any 7 questions from 12 to 21. Each question carries 4 scores. [7 * 4 = 28]

Question 12: In triangle ABC, ∠A = 30^o, ∠B = 80^o, the circumradius of the triangle is 4 centimetres. Draw the triangle. Measure the length of its smallest side.

Solution:

Steps of construction:

• Draw a circle of radius 4cm having a centre at O.
• Make an angle ∠BOC = 60^o.
• Construct an angle ∠CBA = 80^o.
• Join AC.
• △ABC is the required triangle.

∠A + ∠B + ∠C = 180^o

30^o + 80^o + ∠C = 180^o

∠C = 180^o – 110^o

∠C = 70^o

30^o < 70^o < 80^o

∠A < ∠C < ∠B

The smallest angle is ∠A.

BC is the smallest side of △ABC.

Question 13: Find the following sums:

[i] 1 + 2 + 3 + …… 100

[ii] 1 + 3 + 5 + …… 99

[iii] 2 + 4 + 6 + …… 100

[iv] 3 + 7 + 11 + ……. 199

Solution:

a = 1

d = 2 – 1 = 1

Last term = 100 = l

l = a + (n – 1) d

100 = 1 + (n – 1) 1

100 = 1 + n – 1

n = 100

S_n = (n / 2) (n + 1)

S₁₀₀ = (100 / 2) (100 + 1)

= (50) * (101)

= 5050

a = 1

d = 3 – 1 = 2

Last term = 99 = l

l = a + (n – 1) d

99 = 1 + (n – 1) 2

99 = 1 + 2n – 2

99 = 2n – 1

100 = 2n

100 / 2 = n

50 = n

S_n = (n / 2) (a + a_n)

S₅₀ = (50 / 2) (1 + 99)

= (25) * (100)

= 2500

a = 2

d = 4 – 2 = 2

Last term = 100 = l

l = a + (n – 1) d

100 = 2 + (n – 1) 2

100 = 2 + 2n – 2

100 = 2n

n = 100 / 2

n = 50

S_n = (n / 2) (a + a_n)

S₅₀ = (50 / 2) (2 + 100)

= (25) * (102)

= 2550

a = 3

d = 7 – 3 = 4

Last term = 199 = l

l = a + (n – 1) d

199 = 3 + (n – 1) 4

199 = 3 + 4n – 4

199 = 4n – 1

200 / 4 = n

n = 50

S_n = (n / 2) (a + a_n)

S₅₀ = (50 / 2) (3 + 199)

= (25) * (202)

= 5050

Question 14: A box contains some green and blue balls. 7 red balls are put into it. Now the probability of getting a red ball from the box is 7 / 24 and that of the blue ball is 1 / 6.

[i] How many balls are there in the box?

[ii] How many of them are blue?

[iii] What is the probability of getting a green ball from the box?

Solution:

Let the number of green balls be x.

The number of blue balls is y.

Number of red balls = 7

Total number of balls = x + y + 7

P (red ball) = 7 / 24

P (blue ball) = 1 / 3

7 / [x + y + 7] = 7 / 24

24 = x + y + 7

24 – 7 = x + y

17 = x + y —- (1)

P (blue ball) = 1 / 3

y / [x + y + 7] = 1 / 3

3y = x + y + 7

2y = x + 7

-x + 2y = 7 —- (2)

On adding equation (1) and (2),

17 = x + y

-x + 2y = 7

_______

3y = 24

y = 24 / 3

y = 8

Put y = 8 in equation (1),

17 = x + 8

17 – 8 = x

x = 9

Total number of balls = 8 + 9 + 7 = 24

y / 24 = 1 / 3

3y = 24

y = 8

Question 15: Land is acquired for road widening from a square ground, as shown in the figure. The width of the acquired land is 2 meters. Area of the remaining ground is 440 square meters.

[i] What is the shape of the remaining ground?

[ii] What is the length of the remaining ground?

Solution:

Given,

Area = 440 m²

L * B = 440

x * (x – 2) = 440

x² – 2x = 440

x² – 2x – 440 = 0

(x – 22) (x + 20) = 0

x = 22 , -20

Since the values must be positive, x = 22 is taken.

Length = 22m

Breadth = 22 – 2 = 20m

Question 16: In the figure, P is the centre of the circle. A, B and D are points on the circle. ⦣P = 90^o, AD = 5cm.

(a) What is the measure of ⦣A?

(b) What is the area of the triangle APD?

(c) Find the area of the parallelogram ABCD.

Solution:

⦣A = ⦣D [angle opposite to equal side are equal]

⦣A + ⦣ADP + ⦣APD = 180^o [angle sum property of a triangle]

⦣A + ⦣A + 90^o = 180^o

2⦣A = 90^o

⦣A = 45^o

sin 45^o = PD / AD

1 / √2 = PD / 5

5 / √2 = PD = AP

Area of △ADP = (1 / 2) * AP * PD

= (1 / 2) * (5 / √2) * (5 / √2)

= 25 / 4 cm²

= AB * PD

= 2AP * PD

= 2 * (5 / √2) * (5 / √2)

= 25 cm²

Question 17: [a] Draw the coordinates and mark the points A (1, 1), B (7, 1).

[b] Draw an isosceles triangle ABC with AB as the hypotenuse.

[c] Write the coordinates of C.

Solution:

AC = BC

√(x – 1)² + 1 = √(x – 7)² + 1

On squaring both sides,

(x – 1)² + 1 = (x – 7)² + 1

x² + 1 – 2x + 1 = x² + 49 – 14x + 1

-2x + 14x = 49 – 1

12x = 48

x = 48 / 12

x = 4

C (4, 0) is the required point.

Coordinate of C (4, 4) [AD = BC = CD]

The midpoint of the hypotenuse is equal distance from the vertex of the triangle.

Question 18: In the figure, chord BC is extended to P. Tangent from P to the circle is PA. AQ is the bisector of ⦣BAC.

[a] Write one pair of equal angles from the figure.

[b] If ⦣PAC = x and ⦣PCA = y, then prove that ⦣BAC = y – x.

[c] Prove that ⦣PAQ = [y +x] / 2

Solution:

⦣ACP = ⦣BAC + ⦣ABC [exterior angle property]

y = ⦣BAC + x

⦣BAC = y – x

= x + (1 / 2) * ⦣BAC

= x + (1 / 2) * (y – x)

= x + (1 / 2) y – (1 / 2) x

⦣PAQ = (1 / 2) (x + y)

Question 19: If (x – 1) is a factor of the second-degree polynomial P (x) = ax² + bx + c and P(0) = -5.

[a] What is the value of c?

[b] Prove that a + b = 5.

[c] Write a second-degree polynomial whose one factor is x – 1.

Solution:

x – 1 = 0

x = 1

P(1) = 0

a (1)² + b * 1 + c = 0

a + b + c = 0 —- (1)

Now, at x = 0, P(0) = -5

a * 0 + b * 0 + c = -5

c = -5

a + b – 5 = 0

a + b = 5

Question 20: A circular sheet of paper is divided into two sectors. The central angle of one of them is 160^o.

[a] What is the central angle of the remaining sector?

[b] These sectors are bent into cones of maximum volume. If the radius of the small cone is 8 centimetres, what is the radius of the other?

[c] What is the slant height of the cone?

Solution:

2𝛑R₁ = 2𝛑r (θ₁) / 360^o

8 = r * (160^o / 360^o)

r = (360^o * 8) / 160^o

r = 18cm

2𝛑R₂ = 2𝛑r (θ₂) / 360^o

R₂ = (18 * 200^o) / 360^o

R₂ = 10cm

Slant height (l₂) = 18cm

Question 21: Equation of the line AB is 3x – 2y = 6. P is a point on the line. The line intersects the y-axis at A and the x-axis at B.

[a] What is the x coordinate of A?

[b] What is the length of OA?

[c] What is the length of OB?

[d] The x coordinate and the y coordinate of P are the same. Find the coordinates of P.

Solution:

Given, the equation of line AB is 3x – 2y = 6

A, B, P are collinear.

Area of △ABP = 0

(1 / 2) [0 (0 – x) + 2 (x + 3) + x (-3 -0)] = 0

2x + 6 – 3x = 0

x = 6

Hence, the coordinates of P are (6, 6).

Answer any 5 questions from 22 to 28. Each question carries 5 scores. [5 * 5 = 25]

Question 22: If the terms of the arithmetic sequence (2 / 9), (3 / 9), (4 / 9), (5 / 9), ……. Are represented as x₁, x₂, …. then

[a] x₁ + x₂ + x₃ =

[b] x₄ + x₅ + x₆ =

[c] Find the sum of the first 9 terms.

[d] What is the sum of the first 300 terms?

Solution:

= (2 / 9) + (3 / 9) + (4 / 9)

= 9 / 9

= 1

= (5 / 9) + (6 / 9) + (7 / 9)

= (18 / 9)

= 2

a = 2 / 9

d = (3 / 9) – (2 / 9) = (1 / 9)

S_n = (n / 2) (2a + [n – 1]d)

S₉ = ( 9 /2) (2 * [2 / 9] + [9 – 1] * (1 / 9))

= (9 / 2) [(4 / 9) + (8 / 9)]

= (9 / 2) (12 / 9)

= 6

a = 2 / 9

d = (3 / 9) – (2 / 9) = (1 / 9)

S_n = (n / 2) (2a + [n – 1]d)

S₃₀₀ = ( 300 /2) (2 * [2 / 9] + [300 – 1] * (1 / 9))

= (300 / 2) [(4 / 9) + (299 / 9)]

= (150) (303 / 9)

= 5050

Question 23: Draw a rectangle of area 12 square centimetres. Draw a square having the same area.

Solution:

For the given rectangle,

Area = 12cm²

x * y = 12cm²

For a square, x = y.

x * x = 12cm²

x² = 12cm²

x = 2√3 cm

Question 24: A boy standing at one bank of a river sees the top of a tree on the other bank directly opposite to the boy at an elevation of 60^o. Stepping 40 meters back, he sees the top of the elevation at 30^o.

[a] Draw a rough sketch and find the height of the tree.

[b] What is the width of the river?

Solution:

Let AB be h and CB be x.

In △ABC,

tan 60^o = AB / BC

√3 = h / x

h = √3x —- (1)

In △ABD,

tan 30^o = AB / BD

1 / √3 = h / x + 40

x + 40 = √3 (√3x) — (2)

x + 40 = 3x

40 = 2x

x = 20

h = 20√3 m

Width of the river is 20m and the height of the tree is 20√3m.

Question 25: Circle with centre O touches the sides of a triangle at P, Q and R, AB = AC, AQ = 4cm and CQ = 6cm.

[a] What is the length of CP?

[b] Find the perimeter and the area of the triangle.

[c] What is the radius of the circle?

Solution:

CP = 6cm

For the area of △ABC,

s = [AB + BC + CA] / 2

= [10 + 12 + 10] / 2

= 16cm

Area of △ABC = √s (s – a) (s – b) (s – c)

= √(16) (16 – 10) (16 – 12) (16 – 10)

= √16 * 6 * 4 * 6

= 48cm²

48 = (1 / 2) * 10 * r + (1 / 2) * 12 * r + (1 / 2) * 10 * r

48 * 2 = r (10 + 12 + 10)

48 * 2 = 32 * r

r = 3cm

Question 26: Radius of a cylinder is equal to its height. If the radius is taken as ‘r’, the volume of the cylinder is 𝛑r² * r = 𝛑r³. Like this find the volumes of the solids, with the following measures.

[a] What is the ratio of the volumes of the cone, hemisphere, cylinder and the sphere?

[b] A solid metal sphere of radius 6cm is melted and recast into solid cones of radius 6cm and height 6cm. Find the number of cones.

Solution:

= (1 / 3) : (2 / 3) : 1 : (4 / 3)

= 1 : 2 : 3 : 4

Number of cones = Volume of the sphere / Volume of the cone

= [(4 / 3) 𝛑r³] / [𝛑R²h / 3]

= {[4 * 𝛑 * 6³] / (3)} / {[𝛑 * 6² * 6] / (3)}

= 4

Question 27: C is at the centre of the circle passing through the origin. Circle cuts the y-axis at A (0, 4) and the x-axis at B(4, 0).

[a] Write the coordinates of C.

[b] Write the equation of the circle.

[c] (0, 0) is a point on the circle. There is one more point on the circle with x and y coordinates equal. Which is that?

Solution:

x = [4 + 0] / 2

= 4 / 2

x = 2

y = [4 + 0] / 2

= 4 / 2

y = 2

The coordinates of C are (2, 2).

(x – 2)² + (y – 2)² = [√(4 – 2)² + (0 – 2)²]²

x² + 4 – 4x + y² + 4 – 4y = 8

x² + y² – 4x – 4y = 0

x² + x² – 4x – 4x = 0

2x² – 8x = 0

x = 0, 4

The required point is (4, 4).

Question 28: The table below shows the number of children in a class, sorted according to their heights.

If the students are directed to stand in a line according to the order of their heights starting from the smallest, then

[a] The height of the child at what position is taken as the median?

[b] What is the assumed height of the child in the 17th position?

[c] Find the median height.

Solution:

Median is taken as [N + 1] / 2

= [45 + 1] / 2

= 46 / 2

= 23

The height of the child at the 23^rd position is taken as the median.

= 150 + [22.5 – 16] / 10 * (10)

= 150 + 6.5

= 156.5

Question 29: Read the following. Understand mathematical concepts in it and answer the questions that follow.

The remainders obtained on dividing the powers of two by 7 have an interesting property.

We can understand it from the table given below.

If the powers are 1, 4, 7 ….. the remainder is 2.

If the powers are 3, 6, 9 ….. the remainder is 1.

[a] What is the remainder on dividing 2⁸ by 7?

[b] Write the sequence of powers of 2 leaving remainder 1 on division by 7.

[c] Check whether 2019 is a term of arithmetic sequence 3, 6, 9 …….

[d] What is the remainder on dividing 2²⁰¹⁹ by 7?

[e] Write the algebraic form of the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7 ……

[f] Write the algebraic form of the sequence 2¹, 2⁴, 2⁷ ….. [powers of two leaving remainder 2 on division by 7].

Solution:

2019 = 3 (n – 1) 3

2019 = 3n – 9

2019 + 9 = 3n

2018 = 3n

2018 / 3 = n

n = 673 terms

a_n = 1 + (n – 1)3

= 1 + 3n – 3

a_n = 3n – 2

So, the algebraic form is 2^3n-2.