IZEE COLLEGE

1st Semester BCA Degree Preparatory Examination Nov

2019

Discrete Mathematics

1) Write down the elements in the following sets.

Let U = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}; A = {0,1,2,3,5,8}; B={0,2,4,6}; C = {1,3,5,7}
i) A  B =
ii) A  B’ =
2) Shade the region of the Venn Diagram Shade:
1) (A’ B)  C 2) (A  B)’  C

(i) (ii)
A B A B

If f ( x ) = -C x - 2 x - 1 , find f ( -3) C
2
3)

4) Simplify the expression

a. e -2ln ( x -1)

5) Show that ~( p �q ) �~ p �~ q
6) Express the statement “I am happy if and only if I have found true love” as the
conjunction of two if-then statements.

1 2
3 4
7) Find the inverse of matrix A =  

 4x 17   -24 17 
8) Solve for x and y.  = 
 y  2 -42   15 -42 

9) What is meant by a unit vector?

10) Given the vectors a = i - 2 j  3k and b = -2i  3 j - k

11) What is an equation for the line that passes through the coordinates
?

12) Which equation has x-intercept -2 and y-intercept 4?

 SECTION B

1) Find x value from the equation log(x – 3) + log(x + 6) = log(2) + log(5)

2) Prove 2 log2 + log2 = 1

2
3) Find the domain and range for f ( x ) = - 2
x + 3x

4) Determine (f  g)(x) and (g  f)(x) for each of the following: f (x) = x + 2 and g(x) = 2x + 5

5) In a group of 100 persons, 72 people can speak English and 43 can speak French. How many can
speak English only? How many can speak French only and how many can speak both English and
French?

6) Show that (p  q) → p is a tautology

7) Prove that, 7 log (10/9) + 3 log (81/80) = 2log (25/24) + log 2.

8) If A = { 1, 3, 5} and B = {2, 3}, then Find: (i) A × B (ii) B × A (iii) A × A (iv) (B × B)

SECTION C

9) A coin is thrown 3 times .what is the probability that atleast one head is obtained?

10) In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'MATHEMATICS' be arranged such that
the vowels must always come together?

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11) Vectors
A = a x i  a y j  a z k B = bx i  b y j  bz k
and Find A.B. (Dot Product).

12) Find the angle θ between the vectors v=(2,1,−1)v=(2,1,−1) and w=(3,−4,1)w=(3,−4,1).

13) Calculate the area of the triangle △ PQR where P=(2,4,−7), Q=(3,7,18), and R=(−5,12,8).

14) From a pack of cards, three cards are drawn at random. Find the probability that each card is
from different suit.

�3x - y = 5
15) Solve x and Y values �
�y = 2 x - 4
 x  y  z = 0

16) Solve 2x  y = 2z - 8 by Cramer’s rule.
-x  4z = 10


SECTION D

17) Find the perpendicular distance between the line 4x - y = 5 and the point (2, - 1).

18) If A (-2, 1), B (2, 3) and C (-2, -4) are three points, fine the angle between the straight lines AB
and BC.

19) Prove that P (4, 3), Q (6, 4), R (5, 6) and S (3, 5) are the angular points of a square.

20) A straight line passes through the point (- 1, 4) and makes an angle 60° with the positive
direction of the x-axis. Find the equation of the straight line.

21) If the distance between the points (5, - 2) and (1, a) is 5, find the values of a.

22) The three vertices of the triangle ABC are (1, -4), (-2, 2) and (4, 5) respectively. Find the centroid
and the length of the median through the vertex A.