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Time : 3 Hours MATHS-2A Max.Marks : 75
SECTION-A
I. Answer ALL the following VSAQ: 10 ´ 2 = 20
§ 1·
1. If z=(cosq, sinq), find ¨ z  ¸ 2. If z=x+iy, |z|=1, find the locus of z.
© z¹
3. If 1,w,w2 are the cube roots of unity, find the value of (1–w+w2)3
4. Find the set of solutions of x 2  x  12 d 0 by algebraic method
5. If a,b,g are the roots of 4x3-6x2+7x+3=0 then find ab+bg+ga
6. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 6 different coloured beads.
7. If nC4=210 find n 8. Find the number of terms in the expansion of (2x+3y+z)7.
9. Find the variance and standard deviation for the discrete data : 5,12,3,18,6,8,2,10
10.

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The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Find the distribution and find P(X³1)
SECTION-B
II. Answer any FIVE of the following SAQs:
T 5 ´ 4 = 20

11.
12.
If x +iy =
1
1+ cos  LVLQ
then, show that 4x2 –1 =0

L E
If c2 z ab and the roots of the equation (c 2  ab)x 2  2(a 2  bc)x  (b 2  ac) 0 are equal,
then show that a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc or a = 0
L
U
13. If the letters of the word 'MASTER' are permutted in all possible ways and the words thus formed are
arranged in the dictionary order, then find the rank of the word ''MASTER''

14. Prove that

4n C
2n
=
1.3.5.....(4n  1)
>1.3.5.....(2n  1)@ 2 B 15. Resolve
x3
(x  a)(x  b)(x  c)
into Partial fractions

Y
2n C
n
16. The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is 2/3 and to get a building contract is 5/9. The

B
probability to get atleast one contract is 4/5. Find the probability that he gets both the contracts.
17. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% of the cases. What is the probability that their statements
about an incident do not match.
A
B
SECTION-C
III. Answer any FIVE of the following Long Answer Questions: 5 ´ 7 = 35
z 2n  1
18. In n is an integer and z=cisq then show that 2n i tan nT .
z 1
19. Solve x4+x3-16x2-4x+48=0,given that the product of two of the roots is 6.
20. If 36, 84, 126 are three successive binomial coefficients in the expansion of (1+x)n, then find n.
+ ...f , then find 3x2 +6x
1 1.3 1.3.5
21. If x = + +
5 5.10 5.10.15
22. Find the mean deviation about mean for the following data:
xi 2 5 7 8 10 35
fi 6 8 10 6 8 2
23. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows :
White Black Red
I 1 2 3
II 2 1 1
III 4 5 3
One box is randomly selected and a ball is drawn from i=t. If the ball is red, then find the probability that it
is from BOX - II
24. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of X, giving the number on the face that shows up.
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SOLUTIONS
SECTION-A

§ 1·
1. If z=(cosq, sinq), find ¨ z  ¸
© z¹

Sol: Given that z=(cosq, sinq) = cosq+isinq

1 1 cos T  isin T
Ÿ
z cos T  isin T (cos T  isin T)(cos T  isin T)

cos T  isin T cos T  isin T

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T
2
(cos T  sin T) 2 1 cos T  i sin T

?z 
1
(cos T  isin T)  (cos T  isin T) = 2isinq
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L
z
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2. If z=x+iy, |z|=1, find the locus of z.
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Sol: z =1 Þ x 2  y2 1 Ÿ x 2  y2 1B
Locus of z is x2+y2 = 1
Y
B
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A
3. If 1,w,w2 are the cube roots of unity, find the value of (1–w+w2)3

Sol:
B
(1–w+w2)3=(1+w2–w)3 =(–w–w)3

=(–2w)3 = –8w3 = –8(1) = –8

[... 1+w+w2=0 Þ 1+w2 = –w]

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4. Find the set of solutions of x 2  x  12 d 0 by algebraic method

Sol: x 2  x  12 d 0 Þx2+4x–3x–12£0

Þx(x+4)–3(x+4)£0 Þ(x–3)(x+4)£0 ÞxÎ[–4,3]

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5. If a,b,g are the roots of 4x3-6x2+7x+3=0 then find ab+bg+ga

Sol: Here, a0=4,a1= –6,a2=7, a3=3

\ab +bg +ga = S2= a2/a0 =7/4

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6. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 6 different

coloured beads.
1
Sol: Number of circular permuations from n things = (n  1)!
2
1 1 1
Hence the number of chains = (6  1)! (5!) (120) 60
2 2 2
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7. If nC4=210 find n

Sol: nC =210 Ÿ n(n  1)(n  2)(n  3) 10 u 21

4 1.2.3.4
Þ n(n-1)(n-2)(n-3) = 21´10´1´2´3´ 4 = 10 ´7´3´2´3´4 = 10 ´9´8´7
\ n =10
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8. Find the number of terms in the expansion of (2x+3y+z)7.
T
Sol:
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The number of terms in the trinomial expansion of (x  y  z) n
(n  1)(n  2)
2

\ The number of terms in the expansion of (2x+3y+z)7 L

(7  1)(7  2) 8 u 9
36

U
2 2
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9.
B
Find the variance and standard deviation for discrete data: 5,12,3,18,6,8,2,10

Sol: Mean x
¦ xi
Y
5  12  3  18  6  8  2  10 64
8

B
n 8 8

A
Deviations from the mean:

B
5–8= –3; 12–8=4; 3–8= –5; 18–8=10;

6–8= –2;8–8=0; 2–8= –6; 10–8=2

Absolute values of these deviations: 3, 4, 5, 10, 2, 0, 6, 2

6(x i  x)2 32  42  52  102  22  02  62  22

Variance V2
n 8

9  16  25  100  4  0  36  4 194
24.25
8 8

Standard deviation s 24.25 # 4.95

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10. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively.
Find the distribution and find P(X³1)
Sol: Given mean np = 4 ,variance npq = 3
3 3 43 1
Now, (np)q = 3 Ÿ (4)q 3 Ÿ q Ÿ p 1 q 1
4 4 4 4

§1·
Take np 4 Ÿ n ¨ ¸ 4 Ÿ n 4(4) 16
4 © ¹

\ n=16 , q=3/4 and p=1/4

16 r r
§3· §1·

Q
Binomial distribution is P(X r) n
C r q n  r .p r 16
Cr ¨ ¸ .¨ ¸

-
©4¹ ©4¹

§3·
n
§3·
16
T
E
n
\ P(X³1) = 1–P(X=0) 1  q 1 ¨ ¸ 1 ¨ ¸
©4¹ ©4¹

L L
U
B
Y
B
A
B
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SECTION-B

1
11. If x +iy = then, show that 4x2 –1 =0
1  cos T  isin T
1 1
Sol: Given that x  iy
(1  cos T)  i sin T T T T
(2cos 2 )  i(2sin cos )
2 2 2
T T
cos  isin
1 2 2
Ÿ x  iy
T T T T T T T T
(2cos )(cos  isin ) (2cos )(cos  isin )(cos  isin )
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

T
cos  isin
T T
cos  isin
T cos
T
2
-
isin
QT
1 1 T

T
2 2 2 2  2  i tan
§ T ·§ 2 T 2 T· § T· T 2cos T 2 2 2
¨ 2cos ¸¨ cos  sin ¸
E
¨ 2cos ¸ (1) 2 cos
© 2 ¹© 2 2¹ © 2¹ 2 2

Equating the real parts, we get x

1
L L
Ÿ 2x 1 Ÿ (2x)2 12 Ÿ 4x 2 1 Ÿ 4x 2  1 0

U
2

B
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12. If c2¹ab and the roots of the equation (c2–ab)x2–2(a2–bc)x+(b2–ac)=0 are equal, then

Y
show that a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc (or) a = 0

B
A
Sol: Given equation is (c2–ab) x2–2(a2–bc)x+(b2–ac)=0

B
Comparing with Ax2+Bx+C=0, we get A=(c2–ab); B= –2(a2–bc); C=(b2–ac)

Given that the roots of the given equation are equal.

\ Discriminant D = B2–4AC=0

Þ [–2(a2–bc)]2–4(c2–ab)(b2–ac)=0

Þ 4(a2–bc)2–4(c2–ab)(b2–ac)=0

Þ a4 + b2c2–2a2bc –b2c2 + c3a+b3a–a2bc=0

Þ a4 + ab3 +ac3 –3abc=0Þ a (a3+b3+c3–3abc)=0

\ a3+b3+c3–3abc=0 (or) a=0

Þ a3+b3+c3=3abc (or) a=0

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13. If the letters of the word MASTER are permutted in all possible ways and the
words thus formed are arranged in dictionary order, then find the rank of the word
MASTER.
Sol: The alphabetrical order of the letters of the word MASTER is

A,E,M,R,S,T

The number of words that begin with A      = 5! = 120

The number of words that begin with E      = 5! = 120

The number of words that begin with MAE    = 3! = 6

Q
The number of words that begin with MAR    = 3! = 6

The number of words that begin with MASE   = 2! = 2

T-
E
The number of words that begin with MASR   = 2! = 2

The next word is MASTER

? Rank of the word MASTER = 2(120) + 2(6) + 2(2) + 1

L
= 1! = 1

L
U
B
= 240 + 12 + 4 + 1 = 257
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14. Prove that

4n
C2n
Y
1.3.5..... 4n  1

B
2n
Cn [1.3.5..... 2n  1 ]2

4n !
A
B
4n C (4n)! (n!)2
2n !.2n ! n!
Sol: L.H.S = 2n 2n = 2n ! = u [Since nCr = ]
Cn (2n!)2 (2n)! r!(n  r)!
n !.n !

(4n)(4n  1)(4n  2)(4n  3)(4n  4)..........6.5.4.3.2.1 (n!)2

= u
[(2n)(2n  1)(2n  2)(2n  3).........4.3.2.1]2 (2n)!

[(4n)(4n  2)(4n  4)..........(6)(4)(2)][(4n  1)(4n  3).....5.3.1] (n!)2

= u
[(2n)(2n  2)......4.2]2 [(2n  1)(2n  3).......(3)(1)]2 (2n)!

[22n (2n)(2n  1)(2n  2).......(3)(2)(1)][(4n  1)(4n  3).....5.3.1] (n!)2

= u
[2n (n)(n  1)........(2)(1)]2 [(2n  1)(2n  3).......(3)(1)]2 (2n)!

[22n (2n!)][(4n  1)(4n  3).....5.3.1] (n!)2 1.3.5......(4n  3)(4n  1)

= u R.H.S
22n (n!)2 [(2n  1)(2n  3).......(3)(1)]2 (2n)! [1.3.5......(2n  3)(2n  1)]2
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x3
15. Resolve into partial fractions.
(x  a)(x  b)(x  c)

x3 A B C
Sol : Let 1   Here deg(Nr)=deg(Dr)
(x  a)(x  b)(x  c) x a x b x c

(x  a)(x  b)(x  c)  A(x  b)(x  c)  B(x  a)(x  c)  c(x  a)(x  b)

(x  a)(x  b)(x  c)

Þ (x  a)(x  b)(x  c)  A(x  b)(x  c)  B(x  a)(x  c)  C(x  a)(x  b) x3.....(1)

a3
ŸA

Q
Putting x=a in (1), we get 0+A(a–b)(a–c)+0+0 = a3
(a  b)(a  c)

b3
T- c3

E
Similarly by putting x=b and x=c we get, B , C
(b  a )(b  c) (c  a )(c  b)

?
x3

(x  a)(x  b)(x  c)
1
3
a

L L b3

c3
(a  b)(a  c)(x  a) (b  c)(b  a)(x  b) (c  a)(c  b)(x  c)

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16. B
The probability for a contractor to get a road contract is 2/3 and to get a building

Y
contract is 5/9. The probability to get atleast one contract is 4/5. Find the probability
that he gets both the contracts.
B
A
Sol: Let A be the event of getting road contract and B be the event of getting building contract.

Given that P(A) B 2

3
, P(B)
5
9
, P(A ‰ B)
4
5

\ Probability that the contractor will get both the contracts is

2 5 4 30  25  36 19
P(AÇB)= P(A) + P(B) – P(AÈB)  
3 9 5 45 45
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17. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% of the cases. What is the

probability that their statements about an incident do not match.

Sol: Let A,B denote the events of speaking truth by A,B respectively
75 3 80 4
P(A) ; P(B)
100 4 100 5

3 1 4 1
? P(A) 1  P(A) 1  ; P(B) 1  P(B) 1 
4 4 5 5

Let E be the event that A and B contradict to each other

Q
Ÿ P(E) P ª¬ (A ˆ B) ‰ (A ˆ B) º¼ P(A ˆ B)  P(A ˆ B)

P(A)P(B)  P(A)P(B) [... A,B are independent]

T-
3 1 1 4
.  .
7

E
4 5 4 5 20

L L
U
B
Y
B
A
B
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SECTION-C
z 2n  1
18. If n is an integer and z=cisq then show that i tan nT .
z 2n  1
Sol: Given z=cisq=cosq+isinq
z 2n  1 (cos T  i sin T) 2n  1
L.H.S
z 2n  1 (cos T  i sin T) 2n  1
cos(2n)T  isin(2n)T  1 (1  cos 2nT)  isin 2nT
cos(2n)T  isin(2n)T  1 (1  cos 2nT)  isin 2nT

(2sin 2 nT)  i(2sin nT cos nT) (2i 2 sin 2 nT)  i(2sin nT cos nT)
2cos 2 nT  i(2sin nT cos nT) 2cos 2 nT  i(2sin nT cos nT)

2 isin nT (i sin nT  cos nT)

i tan nT R.H.S
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2 cos nT (cos nT  i sin nT)
T
L E
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Solve x4+x3-16x2-4x+48=0,given that the product of two of the roots is 6.

L
19.

Sol:
U
Let a,b,g,d be the roots of x4+x3–16x2–4x+48=0 ........ (1)
Þ S1=a+b+g+d = -1 and S4= abgd=48
B
Y
Given that product of two roots is 6. Let ab=6

B
\ abgd=48 Þ (6)(gd)=48 Þ gd=8

A
Let us take a+b=p and g+d=q

B
Now, the equation with roots a,b is x2–(a+b)x+ab =0 Þ x2–px+6=0 ....... (2)
The equation with roots g,d is x2–(g+d)x+gd=0 Þ x2–qx+8=0 ....... (3)

from (1),(2),(3), we have x4+x3–16x2–4x+48=(x2–px+6)(x2–qx+8)

= x4–(p+q)x3+(pq+14)x2–(8p+6q)x+48
Comparing the coefficient of x3, we get p+q= –1 Þ q= –1–p

Comparing the coefficient of x, we get 8p+6q=4 Þ 4p+3q=2

Hence 4p+3(–1–p)=2 Þ 4p–3–3p=2 Þ p=5

Also q= –1–p = –1–5= –6

Now, (2) Þ x2–px+6=0 Þ x2–5x+6=0 Þ (x–2)(x–3)=0 Þ x= 2 or 3

(3) Þ x2–qx+8=0 Þ x2+6x+8=0 Þ (x+2)(x+4)=0 Þ x= –2 or –4

\ The roots of the given equation are 2,3,–2,–4

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20. If 36, 84, 126 are three successive binomial coefficients in the expansion of (1+x)n,

then find n.
Sol : Let the 3 successive coefficients of (1+x)n be taken as
n
C r 1 36 .....(1); n C r 84 ......(2); n C r 1 126 ......(3)
n
(2) Cr 84 n  r 1 7
Now, (1) Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ 3n  3r  3 7r Ÿ 3n  10r 3 ....(4)
n 36 r 3
C r 1

n
(3) C r 1 126 nr 3
Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ 2n  2r 3r  3 Ÿ 2n  5r 3 ....(5)
(2) n
Cr 84 r 1 2
Solving (4) & (5) we get n
2 u (5) Þ 4n–10r = 6 ......(6)
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Now (6) – (4) Þ n = 9
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E
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L
1 1.3 1.3.5
21. If x = + + + ...f , then find 3x2 +6x

U
5 5.10 5.10.15

B
1 1.3 1.3.5
Sol: Given x = + + + ...f
5 5.10 5.10.15

Y1 1.3
Adding 1 on both sides, we get1+ x = 1  + +
1.3.5
+ ...f

B
5 5.10 5.10.15

A 2
1 § 1 · 1.3 § 1 · 1.3.5 § 1 ·
3

B
= 1 ¨ ¸ + ¨ ¸ + ¨ ¸ + ...f
1! © 5 ¹ 2! © 5 ¹ 3! © 5 ¹

2
p § y · p(p  q) § y ·  p/q
Comparing the above series with 1  ¨ ¸ ¨ ¸  ....... (1  y)
1! © q ¹ 2! © q ¹

y 1 q 2
we get p =1, p+q =3 Þq =2 and Ÿy
q 5 5 5

1 1 1
p
§ 2· 2 § 3· 2 § 5 ·2 5
?1  x 1 y q ¨1  ¸ ¨ ¸ ¨ ¸
© 5¹ ©5¹ ©3¹ 3

5 5
Ÿ (1  x)2 Ÿ 1  2x  x 2 Ÿ 3  6x  3x 2 5 Þ 3x2 + 6x =2.
3 3
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22. Find the mean deviation about mean for the following data:
xi 2 5 7 8 10 35
fi 6 8 10 6 8 2
Sol: We form the following table from the given data.

xi fi fixi | x i  x | fi | x i  x |
2 6 12 6 36
5 8 40 3 24
7 10 70 1 10
8 6 48 0 0
10 8 80 2 16
35 2 70 27 54

Q
40 320 140

Here, N = Sfi =40; Sfixi =320 Þ Mean x

From the table 6f i | x i  x | 140
6fi x i
N -
320

T
40
8

\ Mean deviation about mean is M.D

N E
6fi | x i  x | 140

L 40
3.5

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23.
U
Three boxes numbered I, II, III contains the balls as follows:

White Black B Red

I 1
Y2 3
II 2
B 1 1
III
A
4 5 3

Sol:
B
One box is randomly selected and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is red,
then find the probability that it is from box II.
Let B1,B2, B3 be the events of selecting boxes B1, B2, B3 and
R be the event of getting drawing a red ball

1 11 §R· 3 1 § R · 1 § R · 3 1
? P(B1 ) , P(B2 ) and P ¨ ¸
, P(B3 ) , P¨ ¸ ,P¨ ¸
3 33 © B1 ¹ 6 2 © B2 ¹ 4 © B3 ¹ 12 4
\ by Baye's theorem, the required probability is

§ R · 1 1 §1·
P(B2 )P ¨ ¸ u 1
§B · ¨ ¸
P¨ 2 ¸ © B2 ¹ 3 4 4 ©4¹ 1
© R ¹ §R· § R · § R · 1 §1 1 1· 1 1 1
  §4· 4
P(B1 )P ¨ ¸  P(B2 )P ¨ ¸  P(B3 )P ¨ ¸ ¨   ¸ ¨ ¸
© B1 ¹ © B2 ¹ © B3 ¹ 3 ©2 3 4¹ 2 4 4 ©4¹
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24. A cubical die is thrown. Find the mean and variance of X, giving the number on the
face that shows up.
Sol: Let S be the sample space of throwing a die and X be the random variable.
Then P(X) is given by the following table.

X = xi 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 1 1 1 1
P(X=xi)
6 6 6 6 6 6
6
Mean of X is P ¦ X i .P (X xi )
i 1

1 1 1 1 1
1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.
1 1

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(1  2  3  4  5  6)
21 7

T
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2

E
6
Variance of X is V
2
¦ x i2 .P(X xi )  P2

L
i 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 §7·
L
12.  22.  32.  42.  52.  62.  ¨ ¸
2

6 6 6 6 6
U
6 ©2¹
1
6 B
(1  4  9  16  25  36) 
49
4
91 49
6

4
182  147
12
35
12

Y
B
A
B