Mock 4 Solutions (Week 5-6) Sept 2022

Mathematics for Data Science - 1

Max Marks: 25

1 Instructions:
• There are some questions which have functions with discrete valued domains (such as
day, month, year etc). For simplicity, we treat them as continuous functions.

• For NAT type question, enter only one right answer even if you get multiple answers
for that particular question.

• Notations:

• R= Set of real numbers

• Q= Set of rational numbers
• Z= Set of integers
• N= Set of natural numbers

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1. On an average, a video lecture in our online degree course has 200 views on the same
day that it is posted. It is verified that the total number of views increases exponentially
according to the function y = 200 × 50.1t , where t represents the number of days since
the video was posted (t = 0 on the day of posting the video). How many days does it
take for 1000 people to view the video?
(NAT)(Answer: 10) [Marks: 3]

Solution:

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2. Let f (x) = ea(x −7x+6) , a ∈ R then choose the set of correct options.
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(MSQ) (Ans: (a),(b)) [Marks: 3 ]

⃝ f (x) will be positive for x ∈ (−20, 10) if a > 0.
⃝ f (x) will be positive for x ∈ (10, 20) if a < 0.
⃝ f (x) is a one-to-one (injective) function.
⃝ If a = 1, then f (x) will have two X-intercepts.
Solution:

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3. If a is the number of solutions of the given equation x( 4 (log2 x) +log2 x− 4 ) = 2, then the
value a is
(NAT)(Answer: 3) [Marks: 3]
Solution:

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 x y z
4. Simplify the expression ( aay )(x+y−z) .( aaz )(y+z−x) .( aax )(z+x−y) (Answer (c))(2 marks)
⃝ ax+y+z
2 +y 2 +z 2 −xy−yz−zx
⃝ ax
⃝ 1
⃝ a

Solution:

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5. Which of the following statements are correct? (Answer: (b),(c))(3 marks)
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p
⃝ The functions f (x) = − ln(x) and g(x) = ex are inverses to each other.
√
⃝ The domain of the real-valued function f (x) = ex2 −8x − 1 is (−∞, 0]∪[8, ∞).
⃝ The line x = 3 is a vertical asymptote of the function f (x) = ln(x2 + 5x − 24).
⃝ None of the above

Solution:

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6. Suppose f (x) = x+5
x−3
and g(x) = x2 − 1 are functions on their respective domains.
Which of the following statements are correct? (Answer: (a),(c),(d))(3 marks)
√ √
⃝ The√domain√of the composite function (f ◦g)(x) is (−∞, − 10)∪(− 10, −1]∪
[1, 10) ∪ ( 10, ∞).
√ √
⃝ The domain of the composite function (f ◦ g)(x) is R \ {− 10, 10}.
√
2
⃝ (f ◦ g)(x) = √x −1+5 .
x2 −1−3
√
4 x+1
⃝ (g ◦ f )(x) = |x−3|
.
Solution:

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7. Stock price (y) (in |) for a motor cycle company (A) is predicted by the equation

y = −7log2 (x + a) + 35,

where x represents the number of months since January of the year 2022 (note: for
January, consider x= 0) and a ∈ N. If the stock price of the company goes to zero in
November of the year 2022, following the same trend, then find the value of a. (Answer:
22)(4 marks)
Solution:

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 Consider the following information and answer the questions 8 - 10
A group of Biotechnology students were creating a Genetically Modified Plant (GMP).
a
They found that the expression f (x) = 1+e−0.5x gives the increase in the number of leaves
on the plant as a function of days. On 0 day there were 10 leaves. By the end of 36th
th
x
day, the number of leaves started decreasing as function of g(x) = −10 × 2 b + 100 and
eventually there were no leaf on that plant after some days (Refer Figure 2). Consider
f (x) and g(x) represents the number of leaves on that plant by the end of xth day.
Note:
(1) Take 19.9 . . . as 20.
(2) For simplicity consider a leaf is fully grown when f (x) is an integer value.

f (x) g(x)

Figure 2

8. What will be the value of a.

(NAT) (Answer: 20), [1 marks]

9. Which of the following statements is (are) correct?

(MSQ) (Answer: Option (a), (c)), [2 marks]
⃝ b can be found using f (36) = g(36)
⃝ b cannot be determined.
⃝ By the end of 36th day, there are roughly 20 leaves.
⃝ By the end of 36th day, there are roughly 30 leaves.

10. What will be the value of b.

(NAT) (Answer: 12), [1 marks]

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Solution:
a
Given that f (x) = 1+e−0.5x
, at x = 0, f (0) = 10

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