Subject: Optional I: Mathematics Full Marks: 100

Time: 3 hrs

Candidates are required to answer in their own words as far as practicable. Credit will be given to originality, not to
rote-learning.

Attempt ALL the questions.

Group 'A' -;d"x s_ [8(2+2)=32]

1. a. Define composite function. If functions f = {(1, x), (2, y), (3, z)} and g = {(a, 1), (b, 2), (c, 3)}, find the composite
function fog.
b. State factor theorem. If x + 1 is a factor of 2x3 px2 8x + 5, find the value of p.

2. a. Find the sum of the series 2 4 6 to 30 terms.

b. If , then prove that A2 4A = 5I where I is an identity matrix.

3. a. If M = and its determinant is 26, find the value of p

b. Find the value of k if the lines given by the equations and 4x ky 5 = 0 are perpendicular to each
other.
4. a. Find the obtuse angle between the lines represented by
b. Find the centre and radius of the circle.
x2 + y2 4x 10y + 20 = 0
5. a. Calculate the value of cos105 without using a calculator or table.
b. Prove that
tan55 tan35 = 2tan20
6. a. If sin = , find the value of sin.
b. Solve: 4cos2 1 = tan0 (0 180 )

7. a. If and are perpendicular to each other, then what is the value of k?

b. If , and angle between and is 30, find .

8. a. If r1 is the reflection on the line x = 4 and r2 is the rotation through +90 about the origin, then find the image of the
point A(3, 2) under the combined transformation r1.r2.

b. Which transformation is represented by the matrix ? Find the image of P(3, 4) by using this matrix.
Group 'B' [174=68]
9. If f(x) = and f(x) = f1(x), find the values of x.
10. Solve
y3 21y 20 = 0

11. The sum of three numbers in AP is 45. When the numbers are increased by 5, 15 and 40 respectively, the resulting
numbers are in GP. Find the numbers.
12. Solve graphically
x2 + 2x 3 = 0
13. Solve by matrix method

14. Find the equations of straight lines passing through (2, 3) and making an angle of 45 with the line x 3y 2 = 0.

15. Find the angle between two straight lines represented by

the equation ax2 + 2hxy + hy2 = 0. When are these lines perpendicular? What happens when h2 = ab?
16. Find the equation of a circle with radius 4 units, whose centre lies on the line 13x + 4y = 32 and which touches the
line 3x + 4y + 28 = 0.

17. Prove that

sin20 sin40 sin60 sin80 =

18. If A, B and C are angles of a triangle then prove that:

cos2A + cos2B + cos2C = 1 2cosA cosB cosC

19. Solve: (0 360)

sin + cos = 1

20. A 1.5m tall boy is standing at some distance from a 30m tall building. The angle of elevation from his eyes to the
top of the building increases from 30 to 60 as he walks towards the building. Find the distance he walked towards
the building.

21. Prove by vector method that in a right-angled triangle, the midpoint of the hypotenuse is equidistant from the
vertices of the triangle.

22. A(2, 1), B(4, 3) and C(3, 5) are the vertices of a ABC. If r1 represents the reflection in X-axis and r2 the reflection
in the line
x = 5, find the image of ABC under the combined transformation r2.r1 and draw both object and its image on the
same graph paper.

23. Find a 22 transformation matrix that transforms a unit square ABCD to a parallelogram A'B'C'D' with vertices
A'(0, 0), B'(3, 0), C'(4, 1) and D'(1, 1).

24. Find the mean deviation from median and its coefficient from the given data.

Wages 200 300 250 350 400

No. of Workers 5 12 10 8 5

25. Find the standard deviation from the given data.

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

Frequency 5 4 4 6 1