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Time: 3 Hours MATHS-2A Max. Marks : 75

SECTION -A
I. Answer ALL the following Very Short Answer Questions: 10 ´ 2=20
1. Write the complex number (1+2i)3 in the form of a+ib
2. If (a+ib)2 = x+iy, find (x2+y2).
3. If 1,w,w2 are the cube roots of unity, find (1–w)(1–w2)(1–w4)(1–w8)
4. Find the maximum or minimum value of x2–x+7
5. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the reciprocals of roots of x4–3x3+7x2+5x–2=0

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6. Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different coloured beads.

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7. If 12Cr+1 =12C3r–5, find r.

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8. Find the 8th term of ¨1  ¸
© 2 ¹

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9. Define the "Range" for an ungrouped data and also find the range of the given data:
38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44

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10. On an average rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days, find the probability that, rain will fall on just
3 days of a given week.

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SECTION-B
II. Answer any FIVE of the following Short Answer Questions: 5´4=20
11. If z = 2 –i 7 , then show that 3z3–4z2+z +88 = 0
(x -1)(x + 2)
12. Find the range of
x +3
13. If the letters of the word 'PRISON' are permuted in all possible ways and the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, then find the rank of the word ''PRISON''
4n C 1.3.5.....(4n  1)
14. Prove that 2n 2n =
Cn >1.3.5.....(2n  1) @2
x2
15. Resolve into Partial fractions
(x  1)(x  2)
16. If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.2, P(B) = 0.5, then find
(i) P(A/B) (ii) P(B/A) (iii) P(AÇB) (iv) P(AÈB)

17. A question paper is divided into 3 sections A,B,C containing 3,4,5 questions respectively. Find
the number of ways of attempting 6 questions choosing atleast one from each selection.
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SECTION-C
III. Answer any FIVE of the following Long Answer Questions: 5´7=35

8/3
§ ·
¨ 1 + sin 8 + icos 8 ¸
18. Show that one value of ¨ ¸ = 1
¨ 1 + sin  icos ¸
© 8 8 ¹

19. Solve 6x6-25x5+31x4-31x2+25x–6=0

20. If the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of (a+x)n are respectively 240, 720 and 1080, then
find the value of a, x and n.
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21. Find the sum of the infinite series¨1  2    .... ¸

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5 © 10 4 6
1.2 10 1.2.3 10 ¹

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22. Find the mean deviation about median for the following data:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

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No. of boys 6 8 14 16 4 2

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23. State and Prove Baye's theorem on Probability.
(k  1)c
24. If X is a random variable with the probability distribution P(X k) , (k=0,1,2....) then

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2k
find c and P(1<x<3).

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SECTION -A

1. Write the complex number (1+2i)3 in the form of a + ib

Sol: (1+2i)3 =(1+2i)(1+2i)2 = (1+2i) [( 1+4i–4)] =(1+2i) (4i–3)
= –3–8 +4i –6i = –11 –2i
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2. If (a + ib)2 = x + iy, find (x2 + y2).

Sol: (a+ib)2=x+iy Þ (a+ib)(a + ib) = x +iy Þ |a+ib| |a+ib| = |x+iy|

Ÿ a 2  b2 . a 2  b2 x 2  y2 Ÿ a 2  b2 x 2  y2 .

Squaring on both sides, we get (a 2  b 2 ) 2 x 2  y 2

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3. If 1,w,w2 are the cube roots of unity, find (1–w)(1–w2)(1–w4)(1–w8)
Sol: (1–w)(1–w2)(1–w4)(1–w8)=(1–w)(1–w2)(1–w)(1–w2)

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= [(1–w)(1–w2)]2=[1–w–w2+w3]2 =[1–(w+w2)+w3]2
=[1–(–1)+1]2 =[1+1+1]2 =32=9
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4. Find the maximum or minimum value of x2–x+7

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4ac  b 2
Sol: We know that, the maximum or minimum value of ax2+bx+c is
4a
Here, a=1, b= –1, c=7.

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As a=1>0, the given expression has minimum value.
4ac  b2 28  1 27
4(1)(7)  (1)2
\ the minimum value is
4a 4(1)
4 4
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5. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the reciprocals of roots of
x 4–3x 3 +7x 2+5x–2=0

Sol: Let f(x)=x4–3x3+7x2+5x–2=0.

Then the required equation is f(1/x)=0
1 3 7 5
Ÿ     2 0 Þ1–3x+7x2+5x3-2x4=0 Þ 2x4-5x3–7x2+3x–1=0
4 3
x x x2 x
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6. Find the number of different chains that can be prepared using 6 different coloured
beads.
1
Sol: The number of circular permutations that can be formed using n things is (n  1)!
2
1 1 1
Hence the number of chains is (6  1) (5)! .120 60
2 2 2
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7. If 12Cr+1=12C3r–5 find r

Sol: Formula: nCr=nCs Þ r+s=n (or) r=s

\12C(r+1)=12C(3r–5)Þ (r +1)+(3r –5)=12
Þ4r– 4=12 Þ4r=16Þ r= 4 (or) r+1=3r–5Þ2r=6Þr=6/2=3
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3/5
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8. Find the 8th term of ¨1  ¸
© 2 ¹ TS 17
n(n  1)....(n  r  1) r
Sol:The general term in (1-x)-n is Tr 1 x
r!
§ 3 ·§ 3 ·§ 3 ·§ 3 ·§ 3 ·§ 3

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¨ ¸¨  1 ¸¨  2 ¸¨  3 ¸¨  4 ¸¨  5
? T8 = T71 © 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5

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7!

§ 3 ·§ 8 ·§ 13 ·§ 18 ·§ 23 ·§ 28 ·§ 33 ·

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¨ ¸¨ ¸¨ ¸¨ ¸¨ ¸¨ ¸¨ ¸ 5x 7
§ ·
= © 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹© 5 ¹ ¨ ¸
7! © 2 ¹

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(3)(8)(13)(18)(23)(28)(33) § 57 ·¸ x 7 (3)(8)(13)(18)(2
¨

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=
¨ ¸ 7!
57 7! © 27 ¹
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9. Define the "Range" for an ungrouped data and also find the range of the given data:
38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44
Sol: Range:The difference between the maximum value and minimum value of an ungrouped data
is called its range.
In the given data, Maximum value =70; Minimum Value= 38
\ Range=70–38=32
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10. On an average rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days, find the probability that, rain will
fall on just 3 days of a given week.
12 2 2 3
Sol: Probability of getting rain p , q 1 p 1
30 5 5 5
In a week, we have n=7
4 3
§3· § 2·
? P(X 3) n
C r .q n  r .p r 7
C3 ¨ ¸ ¨ ¸
©5¹ ©5¹
4 3
§3· § 2· 35 u 23 u 34
35. ¨ ¸ ¨ ¸
©5¹ © 5¹ 57
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SECTION-B

11. If z = 2 –i 7 , then show that 3z3–4z2+z +88 = 0

Sol: Given that z= 2 –i 7
2
z  2 i 7 Ÿ (z  2) 2 i 7

Ÿ z 2  4z  4 7 Ÿ z 2  4z  11 0
Now, 3z3– 4z2+z +88 = 3z(z2 – 4z+11) +8(z2– 4z+11)= 3z(0) + 8(0) =0.
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(x - 1)(x + 2)
12. Find the range of
x+3
Sol: Let 'y' be a real value of the given expression

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(x -1)(x  2)
Ÿy Ÿ y(x  3) (x -1)(x  2) Ÿ yx  3y

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x 3
Ÿ x 2  (1 - y)x - 9y - 2 0 ......... (1)

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But x is real and (1) is a quadratic equation in x
\ D=b2-4ac³0 Þ (1–y)2-4(–3y–2)³0 Þ 1+y2-2y + 12y +8³0 Þ y2+ 10y +9³0

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Þy2+ 10y +9= 0 ³0 (y+1) (y + 9) ³0Þ y£–9 or y³–1Þ yÎ (-¥, -9]È [–1,¥)

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13. If the letters of the word 'PRISON' are permuted in all possible ways and the words

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thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, then find the rank of the word
''PRISON''

Sol : The alphabetical order of the letters of the word PRISON is

I,N,O,P,R,S
The number of words that begin with I      = 5! = 120
The number of words that begin with N      = 5! = 120
The number of words that begin with O      = 5! = 120
The number of words that begin with P I      = 4! = 24
The number of words that begin with P N      = 4! = 24
The number of words that begin with P O      = 4! = 24
The number of words that begin with PRIN    = 2! = 2
The number of words that begin with PRIO    = 2! = 2
The number of words that begin with PRISN   = 1! = 1
The next word is PRISON = 1! = 1
? Rank of the word PRISON = 3(120) + 3(24)+2(2) + 1+ 1= 360 + 72 + 4 + 1+1 =438.
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4n C 1.3.5.....(4n  1)
14. Prove that 2n 2n =
Cn >1.3.5.....(2n  1) @2
4n!
4n C (4n)! (n!)2 n!
Sol: L.H.S = 2n 2n = 2n!.2n!
= x [Since nCr = ]
Cn
2n!
(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).........5.4.3.2.1]2 (2n)!

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

= u
[(2n)(2n  2)......4.2]2 [(2n  1)(2n  3).......(5)(3)(1)]2

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

= u
[2(n)2(n 1)......2(2).2(1)]2[(2n 1)(2n  3).......(5)(3)(1)]2

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

=

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[2n (n)(n  1)........(2)(1)]2 [(2n  1)(2n  3).......(5)(3)(1)]2

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[ 22n (2 n! )][(4n  1)(4n  3).....5.3.1] (n!)2 1.3.5......(4n  3)(4n  1)
= u
(2n)! = [1.3.5......(2n  3)(2n  1)]2
R.H.S
22n ( n!)2 [(2n  1)(2n  3).......(5)(3)(1)]2

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x2
15. Resolve into Partial fractions

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(x  1)(x  2)
x2 A B
Sol: Let 1 

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(x  1)(x  2) x 1 x  2
Cross multiplying with (x–1)(x–2) , we get (x–1)(x–2) +A(x–2)+B(x–1) = x2.......(1)
Putting x =1 in (1) we get 0 +A(1–2)+B(0)= 1 Þ – A =1 Þ A = –1

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Putting x =2 in (1) we get 0+ A(0) + B(2–1) = 22 Þ B = 4
x2 1 4
\ (x  1)(x  2) 1 
x 1 x  2
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16. If A and B are independent events with P(A) = 0.2, P(B) = 0.5, find
(i) P(A/B) (ii) P(B/A) (iii) P(AÇB) (iv) P(AÈB)
Sol: Given that A,B are independent, hence(i) P(A/B)=P(A)=0.2 (ii) P(B/A)=P(B)=0.5
(iii) P(AÇB)=P(A).P(B)=0.2 x 0.5 =0.1
(iv) P(AÈB) = P(A)+P(B)-P(AÇB) = 0.2 + 0.5 - 0.1 = 0.6
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17. A,B,C are three news papers published from a city. 20% of the population readA,
16% read B, 14% read C, 8% read both A and B, 5% read both A and C, 4% read
both B and C and 2% all the three. Find the percentage of the population who read
atleast one news paper.
20 16 14
Sol: Given that P(A) 0.2 , P(B) 0.16 , P(C) 0.14
100 100 100
8 4 5
P(A ˆ B) 0.08 , P(B ˆ C) 0.04 , P(A ˆ C) 0.05 ,
100 100 100
2
P(A ˆ B ˆ C) 0.02
100
\P(AÈBÈC)= P(A) + P(B) + P(C) – P(AÇB)– P(BÇC)– P(CÇA)+P(AÇBÇC)
= 0.2 + 0.16+ 0.14 – 0.08 – 0.04 – 0.05 + 0.02 = 0.52 – 0.17 = 0.35
Percentage of population who read atleast one newspaper = 0.35´ 100% = 35%.
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SECTION-C

8/3
§ ·
¨ 1 + sin 8 + icos 8 ¸
18. Show that one value of ¨ ¸ = 1
¨ 1 + sin  icos ¸
© 8 8 ¹

S S §S S· §S S· § 3S · § 3S ·
1  sin  i cos 1  cos ¨  ¸  isin ¨  ¸ ¨ 1  cos ¸  i ¨ sin ¸
8 8 ©2 8¹ ©2 8¹ © 8 ¹ © 8 ¹
Sol:
S S § S S · §S S· § 3S · § 3S ·
1  sin  i cos 1  cos ¨  ¸  isin ¨  ¸ ¨1  cos ¸  i ¨ sin ¸
8 8 ©2 8¹ ©2 8¹ © 8 ¹ © 8 ¹

3S § 3S 3S 3S § 3S 3S · §
2cos 2  i ¨ 2sin cos ·¸ 2cos 3S
¨ cos  i sin ¸ ¨ cos  i
16 © 16 16 ¹ 16 © 16 16 ¹ 16
u¨
3S § 3S 3S 3S
2cos 2  i ¨ 2sin cos ·¸ 2cos
3S § 3S 3S ·
¨ cos  i sin ¸ ¨© cos 16  i
16 © 16 16 ¹ 16 © 16 16 ¹

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2
§ 3S 3S · 3S 3S
¨ cos  isin ¸ cos 2 §¨ ·¸  isin 2 §¨ ·¸ 3S
 isin
3S

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cos
© 16 16 ¹ © 16 ¹ © 16 ¹ 8 8 cos
3S 2 2 3S 3S 3S
cos 2 §¨ ·¸  sin 2 §¨ ·¸
cos 2  i sin 1
16 16 © 16 ¹ © 16 ¹

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8/3
§ S S·
¨ 1  sin 8  i cos 8 ¸ § 3S 3S ·
8/3
§ 8 § 3S ·
?¨ ¸ ¨ cos  isin ¸ ¨ cos 3 ¨ ¸ 

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¨ 1  sin S  i cos S ¸ © 8 8 ¹ © © 8 ¹
© 8 8¹

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cos S  isin S ( 1)  i(0) 1
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19. Solve 6x 6 -25x 5 +31x 4 -31x 2 +25x–6=0

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Sol: The degree of the given equation is n=6, which is even. Also ak=–an–k " k=0,1,2,3,4,5,6
Hence the given equation is a reciprocal equation of class II of even degree
Hence 1,-1 are the roots of 6x6-25x5+31x4-31x2+25x–6=0
On dividing the expression by (x-1), (x+1), we have
1 6 -25 31 0 –31 25 -6
0 6 –19 12 12 –19 6
-1 6 –19 12 12 –19 6 0
0 -6 25 –37 25 -6
6 -25 37 -25 6 0

\ 6x6-25x5+31x4-31x2+25x–6=(x-1)(x+1)(6x4-25x3+37x2-25x+6)
Now, we solve the S.R.E 6x4-25x3+37x2-25x+6=0
On dividing this equation by x2, we get
25 6 § 1 · § 1
6x 2  25x  37   0 Ÿ 6¨ x2   25 ¨ x 
x x2 2¸ ©
© x ¹ x
2
1 2 1 § 1·
Put x  y , so that x  ¨x  ¸ 2 y2  2
x 2 © x¹
x
Then (1) reduces to 6(y2-2)-25(y)+37=0Þ 6y2-12–25y+37=0
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Þ 6y2-25y+25=0Þ 6y2-15y-10y+25=0Þ 3y(2y-5)–5(2y-5)=0

Þ (2y–5)(3y-5)=0 Þ y=5/2 (or) 5/3

5 1 5 x2  1 5
y Ÿx Ÿ Ÿ 2x 2  2 5x Ÿ 2x 2  5x  2 0
2 x 2 x 2
5 1 5 x2  1 5
y Ÿ x Ÿ Ÿ 3x 2  3 5x Ÿ 3x 2  5x  3 0
3 x 3 x 3

5 r 11i
Hence all the six roots of the given equation are 1,-1, 1/2, 2,
6
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20. If the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of (a+x)n are respectively 240, 720 and
1080, then find the value of a, x and n.

Sol: The second term of (a+x)n is T2 T11 n C1a n 1 x1 240 ....(1)

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The third term of (a+x)n is T3 T21 n C2 a n  2 x 2 720 ....(2)

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The fourth term of (a+x)n is T4 T31 n C3 a n 3 x 3 1080 ....(3)

(2) n
C2a n  2 x 2 720 § n C2 · 1 §n

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Ÿ Ÿ¨ ¸ (a )(x) 3 Ÿ ¨
(1) n
C1a n 1x ¨ n
240 © C1 ¹ ¸ © 2
Ÿ (n  1)(x) 6a

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........(4)
(3) n
C3a n  3 x3 1080 9 3 § n C3 · 1
Ÿ Ÿ¨ ¸ (a )(x)

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(2) n
C2a n  2 x 2 720 6 2 ¨© n C2 ¸¹
Ÿ 2(n  2)(x) 9a ....(5)

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(5) 2(n  2)(x) 9a 3
Ÿ Ÿ 4(n  2) 3(n  1) Ÿ 4n 
(4) (n  1)(x) 6a 2
Now (4) Þ (5–1)x=6a Þ 4x=6a Þ 2x=3a Þ x = 3a/2 .....(6)

Also, (1) Ÿ n C1a n 1x1 240 Ÿ na n 1x 240

§ 3a · (24)(10)(2)
Ÿ 5a 51 ¨ ¸ (24)(10) Ÿ a 4 .a 32 Ÿ a 5
© 2 ¹ (5)(3)
3a 3(2)
? from (6), x 3 ? a 2, x 3, n
2 2
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21. Find the sum of the infinite series ¨¨ 1   .  .  .... ¸¸
5© 10 2 1.2 10 4 1.2.3 10 6 ¹
2 3
1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1 1 1 1.3 § 1 · 1.3.5 § 1 ·
Sol: Let S 1   .  .  .... 1     ......
102 1.2 104 1.2.3 106 1!100 2! ¨© 100 ¸¹ 3! ¨© 100 ¸¹

p § x · p(p  q) § x
Comparing the above series with 1  ¨ ¸ ¨
1! © q ¹ 2! © q
we get p 1, p  q 3 Ÿ 1  q 3 Ÿ q 2.
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x 1 q 2 1
Also Ÿx
q 100 100 100 50
1/2 1/2 1/2
 p/q § 1 ·
§ 49 · § 50 ·
?S 1  x ¨ 1  50 ¸
¨ 50 ¸ ¨ 49 ¸
© ¹
© ¹ © ¹
7 7§5 2 ·
? The given series is (S) ¨ ¸ 2
5 5 ¨© 7 ¸¹
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22. Find the mean deviation about median for the following data:
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
No. of boys 6 8 14 16 4 2

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Sol: We form the following table from the given data

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Marks Number of Cumulative Midpoints | xi  M | f1 | x i  M |
girls (fi) frequency (c.f) xi

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0-10 6 6 5 22.86 137.16
10-20 8 14 15 12.86 102.88
20-30 14 28 25 2.86 40.04

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30-40 16 44 35 7.14 114.24
40-50 4 48 45 17.14 68.56

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50-60 2 50 55 27.14 54.28
Sfi=50=N 517.16

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th
§ 50 ·
Median class = class containing ¨ ¸ item = 25th item (in the c.f column it occurs at 28)
© 2 ¹
Thus, Median class = (20–30) class.
Here l=20, C=10, f=14, m=14, N=50
C§ N · 10 § 50 ·
Median M l  ¨  m¸ 20 
¨  14 ¸ 20  7.86 27.
f ©2 ¹ 14 © 2 ¹
6fi | x i  M | 517.16
Mean deviation about the median M.D 10.34
N 50
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23. State and Prove Baye's theorem on Probability.
Sol : If E1, E2...En are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events in a sample space S and
P(E k )P(A / E k )
A is any event intersecting with any Ei such that P(A)¹0 then P E k | A n
¦ P(Ei).P(A / E i )
i 1

From the definition of conditional probability: P Ek | A P(Ek ˆ A) P(Ek ).P A| Ek

...(1)
P(A) P(A)
Given that E1,E2....En are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events in a sample space S
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n
Ÿ * Ei S and A ˆ E , A ˆ E ,....A ˆ E are mutually disjoint Þ A ˆ E
1 2 n i I
i 1
§§ n · · §n · n
Now, P(A) P(S ˆ A) P ¨ ¨ * Ei ¸ ˆ A ¸ P ¨ * (Ei ˆ A) ¸ ¦ P(
¨¨ ¸ ¸ ¨ ¸
©© i 1 ¹ ¹ ©i 1 ¹ i 1

P(Ek )P A | Ek
\ From (1), P E k | A n
¦ P(Ei )P A | Ei
i 1
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24. If X is a random variable with the probability distribution P(X k) ,
2k

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(k = 0, 1, 2....) then find c and P(1 < x < 3).

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(k  1)c
Sol: Given that P(X k) , (k 0,1, 2,.....)
2K

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f
We know that sum of probabilities ¦ P(X k) 1
k 0

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f ª f k  1º
(k  1)c
Ÿ ¦ 1Ÿ c« ¦ » 1....(1)

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k 0 2k k
«¬ k 0 2 »¼

f
k 1 1 2 3

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4
Now, ¦ k
 
1 2 2 2

23
 .....
k 0 2

2 2
§1· § 1 · § 1 · § 1· §1·
1  2 ¨ ¸  3 ¨ ¸  4 ¨ ¸  ..... ¨ 1  ¸ ¨2¸
©2¹ ©2 ¹ 2 3 © 2¹ © ¹
©2 ¹
1
From (1), c(4) 1 Ÿ c
4
1 1
(2  1) (3)
3 1 3
Also, P(1  X  3) P(X 2) 4 4 .
2 4 4 4 16
2