FEBRUARY 2016

First year Higher Secondary Examination

PART III
MATHEMATICS (SCIENCE)
Maximum: 40 (Scores)
1
TIME: 1 Hours
2
Cool-off time: 15 minutes
CHAPTERS 1-8

Answer all questions:

1. a) Write in roster form, if A {x : x 2 1 0, x N} (1)

b) In a survey of 60 people, it was found that 25 people read news paper H, 26 read newspaper
T, 26 read newspaper I, 9 read both H and I, 11 read both H and T, 8 read both T and I,
3 read all three newspapers. Find:
a) The number of people who read at least one of the newspapers. (2)
b) The number of people who read exactly one newspaper. (2)

2. a) Consider the function f x x , x R

i) Find its range. (1)

ii) Draw its graph in the given domain. (2)

x2 x 3
b) Find the domain and range of the function f x (3)
x 2 3x 2
3. a) i) The value of cos 10. cos 2 0. ... cos 179 0 is equal to
1 1
a) 0 b) 1 c) 1 d) e) (1)
2 2

3
ii) Find the general and principal solutions of the equation sin x . (2)
2

A B a b C
b) In any triangle ABC, prove that tan cot (3)
2 ab 2

OR
1
a) Prove that cos 20cos 40cos80 (3)
8
b) A lamp post is situated at the middle point M of the side AC of a triangular plot ABC with BC=7m,
CA=8m, and AB=9m. Lamp post subtends an angle 150 at the point B. Determine the height of the
lamp post. (3)
4. Consider that statement P n :1.3 3.5 5.7 ... 2n 1 2n 1
.
n 4n 2 6n 1
3
a) Prove that P 1 is true. (1)

b) Prove by the principle of mathematical induction that P n is true for all positive integral values

of n, n N . (3)

5. a) The multiplicative inverse of i is

1
a) 1 b) 1 c) i d) (1)
i
b) Solve: x2 x 2 0 (2)
1 2i
c) Find the polar form of (2)
1 3i
6. a) Solve 5x 3 7 x 2 (2)
b) Solve the system of inequality graphically:
x 2 y 10; x y 1; x y 0; x, y 0 (3)

1 1 x
7. a) Find x , if (1)
6! 7! 8!
b) Find r if 5 Pr 2 6 Pr 1 (2)

c) How many words with or without meaning can be formed from the letters of the word
MONDAY, assuming that no letter is repeated, if all letters are used but the first letter is
Is a vowel. (3)
OR

a) How many chords can be drawn through 21 points?

a) 21 b) 210 c) 420 d) None of these. (1)
b) What is the total number of ways of choosing 4 cards from a pack of 52 cards? (2)
c) in how many of these four cards of the same suit? (3)
10
x 2
8. a) Find the general term in the expansion of (2)
2 x
b) Find the term independent in the expansion. (1)

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