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Mathematics - IV

This document is a past exam paper for a mathematics course. It contains 14 multi-part questions testing concepts in linear algebra, probability, and statistics. Specifically, it covers topics like subspaces, bases, orthogonality, random variables, probability distributions, Bayes' theorem, and regression analysis. The questions range in difficulty from defining concepts to proving theorems to solving applied problems.

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Mathematics - IV

This document is a past exam paper for a mathematics course. It contains 14 multi-part questions testing concepts in linear algebra, probability, and statistics. Specifically, it covers topics like subspaces, bases, orthogonality, random variables, probability distributions, Bayes' theorem, and regression analysis. The questions range in difficulty from defining concepts to proving theorems to solving applied problems.

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[6] Ex/ME/Math/T/221/2018

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL


b) Use the frequency distribution of heights in the following
ENGINEERING EXAMINATION, 2018
table to find the mean height and median height of 100
( 2nd Year, 2nd Semester )
students at the Department of Mechanical Engineering : MATHEMATICS - IV
Height (inches) Frequency (f) Time : Three hours Full Marks : 100

60 - 62 5 ( 50 marks for each part )


Use a separate Answer-Script for each part
63 - 65 18
PART - I
66 - 68 42 Answer any five questions.
69 - 71 27 1. a) If S  {(x, yz)   3 / y  z  0}, cheek whether S is a
72 - 79 8 subspace of 3 or not.
4+6 b) Let W1  {(x, y)   2 / y  0} and

W2  {(x, y)   2 / x  0} be two subspaces  2 .

Show that W1  W2 is not a subspace of  2 , but


W1  W2 is a subspace of  2 . 4+6

2. State and prove Replacement theorem. 2+8

3. a) Find a basis and the dimension of the subspace W of  3 ,


Where W  {(x, y, z)   3 / x  y  z  0}.

b) State and prove parallelogram theorem for inner product


space. 6+4

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4. Let U and W be two subspaces of a finite dimensional vector 13. a) The personal manager of the factory wants to find a
space V over , then prove that measure which he can use to fix the monthly income of
persons applying for a job in production department. As
dim(U  W)  dim U  dim W  dim(U  W) 10
an experiment project he collected data on 7 persons
5. a) If {1 ,  2 , 3} is a basis of a real vector space
from that department referring to years of service and
V and 1  1  3 , 2  21  3 2  43 , their monthly income :
3  1  2 2  33 , then prove that {1 , 2 , 3} is also Years of service (x) 11 7 9 5 8 6 10
a basis of V. Income in Rs. 100 (y) 10 8 6 5 9 7 11
b) Define orthogonal vectors in a Euclidean space V. If , 
are two orthogonal vectors in V, then prove that i) Find x and y.
ii) Find the regression equation of y on x.
||    ||2 |  ||2  |  ||2 . 5+5
b) Given a set of paired data (X, Y).
6. Obtain an orthonormal basis of 3 using Gram-schmidt
i) If Y is independent of X, then what value of a
process for the vectors {(1, 0, 1), (1, 0, –1), (0, 3, 4)}
correction coefficient would you expect ?
explaining the process. 10
ii) If Y is linearly dependent on X, then what value of a
7. a) Prove that {(x, y, z)   3 / z 2  x 2  y 2 } is not a
correlation coefficient would you expect ?
subspace of  3.
iii) How could Y be closely dependent upon X yet
b) Write a standard basis of 3 and express any vector in correlation coefficient is 0 ? 7+3
terms of standard basis. 14. a) Let X be an exponential random variable with pdf
c) Check whether {(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9)} is a basis of
e x , x0
f X (x)  
3 or not.  0, otherwise

Use Tehbyshev’s inequality to bound P(X  3).

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this output 5, 4 and 2 pieces are defective bolts. A bolt is PART - II


drawn at random from the product and is found defective. Symbols/Notations have their usual meanings.
What is the probability that it was manuactured by
Answer any five questions.
machine B ? 5+5
8. a) Give classical definition and axiomatic definition of
11. a) Define random variable. Use your definition to prove that
probability.
the following function X is a random variable :
b) Use axiomatic definition of probability to show that the
S = {HH, TT, HT, TH},  = class of all subsets of S and
probability space (,S, P) with H  S and P(H)  0,
X is defined as
PH (A)  {P(A / H) : A  S}
X (w) : = number of H’s in W, where W  S.
forms a probability space. 4+6
b) The random variable X has the probability density
function 9. a) Given three events A, B, C with P(A  B  C)  0, then
show that
1
 , 2  x  2
f (x)   4 P(X/C) = P(A/C) + P(B/C),
 0, elsewhere
where X = A  B.
Find the probabilities
b) Two players A and B alternately throw a pair of die ; A
(i) P(X  1), (ii) P(| X |  1). 5+5 wins if A throws 6 before B throws 7, and B wins if B
12. a) Find the mode and variance of Binomial distribution throws 7 before A throws 6. If A begins, then find the
having parameters n and p. probability that A wins. 5+5
1 10. a) State and prove Baye’s theorem.
b) The probability of a man hitting a target is . How many
4
times he should fire so that the probability of his hitting the b) In a bolt factory, machines A, B, C manufacture 25, 35
and 40 pieces of the total production, respectively. Of
2
target at least once is greater than ? 5+5
3
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