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MATHEMATICS - II A
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. COMPLEX NUMBERS
2 Marks :
*1. Write the additive inverse of the following complex numbers.
(i) 3,5 ( ii ) 6 ,5 10, 4 ( iii ) (2,1) 4,6

**2. If Z Cos , Sin , find ( Z 1/ z )

**3. Find the multiplicative inverse of (i) 7 24 i (ii) sin ,cos

**4. If Z 2 3i , then show that Z 2 4Z 13 0
**5. Find the square roots of (i) 7+24i (ii) -8-6i ( iii) 5 12i (iv) 47 i8 3

**6. Write the cojugate of the following complex numbers

( i ) ( 3 + 4i ) ( ii ) ( 2 +5i ) ( -4 +6i) (iii) 5i / 7+ i (iv) (3 4i )(2 3i )
n
1 i
*7. Find the least positive integer n; satisfying 1
1 i
2
**8. If a ib x iy , Find x 2
y2
**9. Express the following complex numbers in modulus amplitude form
(i) 1-i ( ii ) 1 i 3 ( iii ) 3 i (iv) 1 i 3 (v) 7 i 21 (vi) -1 - i
**10. (i) If Z 0 , find Argz Argz (ii) If Z1 1 and Z1 i , then find Arg Z1Z 2

Z1
(iii) If Z1 1 and Z 2 i, then find Arg Z2

**11. If x iy cis . cis , then find the value of x2 y2

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**12. If 3 i 299 a ib then show that a 2 b 2 4
**13. (i) If z x iy and | z | 1, then find the locus of z.

(ii) If the amplitude of ( z- 1 ) is , then find the locus of ' z '

2

(iii) If the Arg Z 1 & Arg Z 2 are & respectively then find ArgZ1 ArgZ 2
5 3
**14. (i) If (1-i) (2-i) (3-i) ..... (n-i)= x iy , then prove that 2.5.10.... 1 n 2 x2 y2 `

z 1
(ii) If the real part of is 1, then find the locus of z .
z i
(iii) If | z 3 i | 4, determine the locus of z .
*(iv) If | z ai | | z ai |, then find the locus of z.
*15. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points
7 7i, 7 7i in the Argand plane.
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*16. a) Find the equation of the straight line joining the points 9 6 i, 11 4 i in the
Argomed plane.
b) Express (1 i )3 (1 i ) in the form of a ib .

Z2 2 Z1 Z 2
**17. If Z , Z1 0 is an imaginary number then find the value of
2 Z1 Z 2
1

*18 Simplify i 2 i 4 i 6 (2n 1) terms.

*19. Represent the complex number 2 3i in argand plane .
20. a) Show that the complex nuber z satisfying z 2 z 2 2 constitute a hyperbola.
b) Simplify 2i (3 i)(2 4i)(1 i) and obtain the modulus of the complex numbers.
4 Marks :
1
**21. (i) If x iy then, show that 4 x 2 1 0
1 cos i sin
3
(ii) If x iy then show that x 2 y2 4x 3 .
2 cos i sin
x y
**22. If x iy
1/ 3
a ib , then show that 4 a 2 b2
a b
3 2i sin
*23. Find the real values of in order that
is a
1 2i sin
(i) real number (ii) Purely imaginary number
24. (i) If Z 3 5i then show that Z 3 10 Z 2 58Z 136 0
(ii) If Z 2 i 7 then show that 3 z 3 4 z 2 z 88 0 .
**25. The points P, Q denote the complex numbers Z1 , Z 2 in the argand diagram. ‘O’ is the
origin if Z1Z 2 Z1Z 2 0 then show that POQ 90 0

2 11i 2 i
*26. Show that Z1 , Z2 are conjugate to each other.
25 (1 2i) 2
27. If the point ‘ p ‘ denotes the complex number z x iy in the Argand plane
z i
and if is a purely imaginary number, find the locus of 'p'
z 1
**28. If z x iy and if the point 'p' in the argand plane represents z, then describe
geometrically the locus of 'z' satisfying the equations.
(i) | z 2 3i | 5 (ii) Img. z 2 4
**29. Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the complex
numbers 2 i, 4 3i, 2 5i,3i are the vertices of a square .
**30. Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex
numbers 2 7i, 3 / 2 1/ 2i, 4 3i, 7 / 2 1 i are the vertices of a rhombus.
31. Show that the points in the Argand diagram represented by the complex numbers
2 2i , 2 2i , 2 3 2 3i are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.

*32. The complex number Z has argument ,0 and satisfy the equation z 3i 3,
2
6
then prove that cot i
z
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z 4
**33. Determine the locus of z , z 2i , such that Re 0
z 2i
z 2
**34. If the amplitude of , find the locus
z 6i 2

2. DEMOIVRE’S THEOREM
2 Marks :
(cos i sin ) 4
35. Simplify
(sin i cos ) 8

**36. Find the values of the following

3
16
(i) 1 i 3 (ii) 1 i

5 5
3 i 3 i
**37. Find the value of
2 2 2 2
38. Find all the value of
1/ 3 1/ 5 1/ 4 1/6
(i) 1 i 3 (ii) 32 (iii) 3 i (iv) i

**39. If ABC are angles of a triangle such that x cisA, y cisB, z cisC , then find
the value of xyz .
1
**40. (i) If x cis , then find the value of x6
x6
( ii ) Find the cube roots of ' 8 '

2
**41. If 1, , are the cube roots of unity ,then find the values of the following
2 3 3 2 3 2 10 11
(i) 1 (ii) 1 1 (iii) 2 2 2 2 49

1 i 3 1 i 3
42. 1, , are the cube roots of the unity.
2 2
4 4 1 1
**43. If , are the roots of the equation x 2 x 1 0 then prove that 0.

44. (i) If 1, w, w2 are the cube rots of unity then find the values of the

a bw cw2 a bw cw2
c aw bw2 b cw aw2

** (ii) If 1, w, w2 are the cube rots of unity then find the values of the
2 6 2 6
a. (1 w w2 )5 (1 w w2 )5 b. 1 1
2 4 8 2 3
c) (1 )(1 )(1 )(1 ) d) (1 )
1 1 1
(iii) 1, w, w2 are the wbe roots of unity then prove that
2 w 1 2w 1 w
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(iv) If 1, , are the cube root of unity then prove that
2 2
(a b)(a b )(a b ) a 3 b3 .
**45. (i) If the cube roots of unity are 1, w, w2 , then find the roots of the equation ( x 1)3 8 0
2
(ii) If 1, , are the cube roots of unity, than prove that x 2 4 x 7 0 , where x 2
2.

7 Marks :

**46. Theorem (Demoivre’s theorem for integral index)

Statement : for any real number ' ' and any integer n,
n
cos i sin cos n i sin n
n 2
n n
2
n
**47. If ‘ n ‘ is a positive integer show that 1 i 1 i 2 cos
4
**48. If n is an integer then show that
(1 cos i sin ) n (1 cos i sin ) n 2n 1 cos n ( ) cos( n )
2 2
**59. If cos cos cos 0 sin sin sin prove that
3
cos 2 cos 2 cos 2 sin 2 sin 2 sin 2 .
2
2n 2n n
**50. If ‘ n ‘ is an integer then show that 1 i 1 i 2 n 1 cos
2
**51. If , are the roots of the equation x 2 2 x 4 0 then for any n N

n n n
show that 2n 1 cos ( 7 Marks )
3
**52. If cos cos cos 0 sin sin sin then show that ( 7M)
( i ) cos3 cos 3 cos 3 3cos

( ii ) sin 3 sin 3 sin 3 3sin

(iii ) cos cos cos 0

z 2n 1
*53. a) If ‘n ‘ is an integer and z cis , (2n 1) , then show that i tan n
2 z 2n 1
b) If m, n z and x cos i sin , y cos i sin then show that
m n 1 m n 1
(i) x y 2cos( m n ) (ii) x y 2i sin(m n )
x yn
m
x yn
m

**54. Find all the roots of the equation (i) x11 x7 x4 1 0 , (ii) x 9 x5 x4 1 0
**55. If ‘ n ‘ is a positive integer , show that
1/ n 1/ n 1/ 2 n 1 Q
P iQ P iQ 2 P2 Q2 cos tan 1
n P
8/3

1 sin i cos
8 8
**56. Show that one value of is ‘ - 1 ‘.
1 sin i cos
8 8
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n n
*57. Slove ( x 1) x , n is a positive integer
3. QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS
ROOTS
2Marks :

**58. If , are the roots of the quadratic equation ax 2 bx c 0 find the values the
following expressions in terms of a,b,c.

1 1 1 1 2 2
4 7 7 4
(i) 2 2 **(ii). **(iii). 2 2 (iv)

**59. Form quadratic equation whose roots are

p q p q
(i) , (ii) 7 2 5 (iii) 3 5i .
p q p q
*60. Find a quadratic equation, the sum of whose root is 1 and the sum of the squares
of the root is 13.

61. Find two consecutive positive even integers, the sum of whose squares is 340

62. Find all numbers which exceed their square root by 12.

**63. Find the nature of the roots of (i) 4 x 2 20 x 25 0 , (ii) 9 x 2 30 x 25 0 .

(iii) Find the nature of the roots of the following equation, without finding
the roots x 2 x 1 0.
**64. (i) If x 2 15 m 2 x 8 0 has equal roots , find the values of m

(ii) For what values of m will the equation (m 1) x 2 2 m 3 x (m 8) 0 has

equal roots ?

(iii) Find the values of m for which the following equations have equal roots.
(3m 1) x 2 2 m 1 x m 0

**65. Prove that the roots of ( x a) x b h 2 are alwlays real.

*66. ( i ) If x 2 6 x 5 0 and x 2 3ax 35 0 have a common root , then find a .

( ii ) If x 2 6 x 5 0 and x 2 12 x P 0 have a common root , then find P.

67. If x 2 bx c 0, x 2 cx b 0 (b c ) have a common root then show that b+c+1=0
**68. Discuss the signs of the following quadratic expressions when x is real
(i) x 2 5 x 6 . (ii) x 2 x 1
69. For what values of x , the following expressions are negative ?
(i)x 2 7 x 10 (ii) ** 6 x 2 2 x 3 . (iii) 15 4 x 3 x 2
**70. For what values of x the expression x 2 5 x 14 is positive?
**71. Find the maximum or minimum value of the following expressions as x
varius over R.
(i) 12 x x 2 32 (ii) 3 x 2 2 x 11 (iii) x 2 x 7
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**72. Find the changes in the sign of 4 x 5 x 2 2 for x R and the extreme vlaue.
4 Marks :
**73. If x1 , x2 are the roots of the quadratric equation ax 2 bx c 0 and c 0 , find the value
2 2
of ( ax1 b) ( ax2 b ) in terms of a, b, c.
*74. Suppose that the quadratic equations ax 2 bx c 0 and bx 2 cx a 0 have a
common root. Then show that a 3 b3 c 3 3abc

75. If the quadratic equations ax 2 2bx c 0 and ax 2 2cx b 0 b c have a

common root,then show that a 4b 4c 0.

76. If the equations x 2 ax b 0 and x 2 cx d 0 have a common root and the

first equation. has equal roots , then prove that 2 ( b + d )=ac

1 1 1
**77. Prove that 3x 1 x 1 3x 1 x 1 does not lie between 1 and 4, if x is real.

x 1
**78. If x is real , prove that lies between and 1.
x2 5x 9 11

x 2 34 x 71
**79. Show that none of the values of the function over ‘R’ lies
x2 2x 7
between 5 and 9.

x 2 14 x 9
**80. Find the maximum value of the function over R.
x2 2 x 3
x p
**81. If the expression takes all real values for x R , then find
x 2 3x 2
the bounds for P.
**82. Find the range of the following expressions, x R

x2 x 1 2 x2 6 x 5 x 2
(i) (ii) (iii)
x2 x2 3x 2
2
x 1 2 x 3x 6

4. THEORY OF EQUATIONS
2 Marks :
**83. Find the relations between the roots and the coefficients of the cubic
equation 3x3 10 x 2 7 x 10 0

**84. If 1,1, are the roots of x3 6 x 2 9 x 4 0 then find .

. (i) If -1, 2 and are the roots of 2 x3 x 2 7 x 6 0 then find .

(ii) If the product o f the roots of 4 x 3 16 x 2 9 x a 0 is 9 then find ' a '

(iii) If 1,-2,3 are the roots of x 3 2 x 2 ax 6 0 then find ‘a’ .
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*85. If , , 1 are the roots of x3 2 x 2 5 x 6 0 then find ,

*86. i. If , , are the roots of x3 ax 2 bx c 0 then find 2 2

ii. If , , are the roots of x 3 2 x 2 3x 4 0 then find

2 2 2 2
(a) (b)

1 1 1
87. a) If a , b, c are the roots of x3 px 2 qx r 0 and r 0 . Then find a 2 b2 c2
interms p,q,r.
b) If , are roots of the equation ax 2 bx c 0 , then find the value of the expression
1 1
2 2 in terms of a, b, c.

88. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the roots of x 4 ax3 bx 2 cx d 0 then find the

value of a, b, c and d.

**89. Find the transformed equation whose roots are negatives of the roots of
x 4 5 x3 11x 3 0.

**90. Find the algebraic equation whose roots are 2 times the roots of
x5 2 x4 3x 3 2 x 2 4x 3 0

91. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the roots of

x 4 6 x3 7 x 2 2 x 1 0 , with their signs changed.

**92. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the receiprocals of the
roots of x 4 3 x3 7 x 2 5 x 2 0 .

**93. Find an algebraic equation of degree 4 whose roots are 3 times the
roots of the equation 6 x 4 7 x3 8 x 2 7 x 2 0

7 Marks :

**94. Solve the following equations , given that the roots of each are in A.P
(i) 8 x3 36 x 2 18 x 81 0 (ii) x3 3 x 2 6 x 8 0 (iii) 4 x 3 24 x 2 23 x 18 0
**95. Solve 18 x3 81x 2 121x 60 0 given that one root is equal to half the sum of
the remaining roots.
**96. Given that the roots of x3 3 px 2 3qx r 0 are in A.P . Show that

2 p3 3 pq r 0
97. Solve the following equation, given that the roots of each are in G.P.

3x3 26 x 2 52 x 24 0
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**98. Solve x3 7 x 2 14 x 8 0 , given that the roots are in geometric progression

**99. Given that the roots of x3 3 px 2 3qx r 0 are in G.P . Show that P3r q3 .

**100. Find the condition that x3 px 2 qx r 0 may have the roots in G.P.
**101. Solve x 3 7 x 2 14 x 8 0 , given that the roots are in geometric progression.

102. Solve the following equations, given that the roots of each are in H.P.

6 x3 11x 2 6 x 1 0
**103. Given that the roots of x3 3 px 2 3qx r 0 are in H.P . Show that
2q 3 r (3 pq r )
* 104. Solve x 4 4 x3 2 x 2 12 x 9 0 , given that it has two pairs of equal roots .
**105. Solve 8 x 4 2 x3 27 x 2 6 x 9 0 , given that two roots have the same absolute
value but are in opposite sign.
*106. Solve x 4 5 x 3 5 x 2 5 x 6 0 , given that the product of two of its root is 3.
107. Solve x 3 9 x 2 14 x 24 0 , given that two of the roots are in the ratio 3:2.
**108. Solve x 4 x 3 16 x 2 4 x 48 0 , given that the product of two of the root is 6.
**109. Show that x5 5 x3 5 x 2 1 0 has 3 equal roots and find this root.

*110. Find the repeated roots of x5 3x 4 5 x3 27 x 2 32 x 12 0 .

**111. ( i ) Solve x 4 4 x 2 8 x 35 0 , given that 2 i 3 is a root .
ii ) Given that 2 7 is a root of the equation x 4 2 x 2 16 x 77 0 ,
solve it completely.
(iii) Solve the equqation x 4 2 x 3 5 x 2 6 x 2 0 given that 1+ i is one of its roots.
**112. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the translates of those of
the equation x5 4 x 4 3 x 2 4 x 6 0 by - 3 .
*113. Transform each of the following equations into ones in which the coefficients
of the second highiest power of x is zero and also find their trans formed
equations.
(i) x3 6 x 2 10 x 3 0 (ii) x 4 4 x3 2 x 2 4 x 2 0
**114. Solve the following reciprocal equations
(i) x 4 10 x3 26 x 2 10 x 1 0

(ii) 2 x5 x 4 12 x3 12 x 2 x 2 0 (iii) x5 5 x 4 9 x3 9 x 2 5 x 1 0

(iv) 6 x 4 35 x3 62 x 2 35 x 6 0 (v) 6 x6 25 x5 31x 4 31x 2 25 x 6 0

5. PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS

2 Marks :
**115. If n P3 = 1320, find n **116. n p 4 1680 Find n.
12 n
*117. If Pr = 1320, find r 118. If (n 1)
P5 : P6 =3:2, find n
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**119. If P(r 6) : P(r 3) =30800:1, find r **120. If P5 +5 P4 = 13 Pr , find r

*121. Find the number of ways of arranging letters of the word TRIANGLE so that relative
positions of the vowels and consonants are not distrabed?

122. Find the number of 5 letter words that can be fromed using the letters of the word
MIXTURE which begin with an vowel when repetition are allowed.

123. Find the number of functions from a set A Containing 5 elements into a set B
containing 4 elements.

*124. Find the number of 4 letters words that can be formed using the letters of the word
PISTON in which atleast one letter is repeated.

125. Find the number of 5 letters words that can be formed using the letters of the word
NATURE that begin with N when repetition is allowed.

126. Find the number of 5 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the
word EXPLAIN that begin and end with a vowel when repetiotions are allowed.

*127. Find the number of injections from set A containing 5 elements in to a set B con
taining 7 elements ?

*128. Find the number of bijections from a set A containing 7 elements on to it self.

129. Find the number of 5 digits numbers that can be formed using the digits 0,1,1,2,3.

**130. Find the number of ways of arranging 7 persons around a cirlce.

**131. Find the number of ways of arranging 5 boys and 5 girls around a cirlce.

**132. Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different coloured beads.
**133. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word
(i) INDEPENDENCE (ii) MATHEMATICS
(iii) SINGING (iv) PERMUTATION
(v) COMBINATION (vi) INTERMEDIATE
**134. Find the number of 7 digit numbers that can be formed using 2,2,2,3,3,4,4.
135. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word a 4 b 3 c 5 in it's expanded
form.
136. a) Find the number of 5-digit numbers that can be formed using the digit 1,1,2,2,3.
How many of them are even?
b.How may numbers can be formed using all the digits 1,2,3,4,3,2,1 such that even
digits always occupy even places.
137. In how many ways can the letters of the word CHEESE be arranged so that no two
E’s come together.
**138 If n C 4 = 210, find n
**139. If n p r = 5040 and n c r = 210 find 'n' and 'r'
**140. If n c 5 = n c 6 , then find 13
cn
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141. (i) If C( s 1) C(2 s 5) find S ? **(ii) If n C21 n
C27 , find 50 Cn
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142. ( i ) If c2 t 1 = c 3 t 5 , find t. ( ii ) If 15
C
2r 1
15
C
2r 4
then find r ?
10.n 3( n 1)
*143. ( i ) If 9 c 3 9
c5 = 10
c r , then find r. ( ii ) C C find n.
2 3
iii) Find the value of 10 c5 2.10 c4 10 c3
**144. (i) Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members of 6 men and
3 ladies.
(ii) Find the number of ways of preparing a chain with 6 different coloured beads.

**145. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 girls and 3 boys out of 7 girls and 6 boys.

**146. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 vowels and 2 consonents from the letters of
the word EQUATION.

**147. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the
word MIXTURE with (i) contain the letter X (ii) Do not contain the letter X.

**148. a) Find the number of positive divisors of 1080.

b) Find the number of zero’s in 100!

149. To pass an examination a student has to pass in each of the three papers. In how
many ways can a student fail in the examination?

150. Find the number of ways in which 12 things be (i) divided into 4 equal groups (ii)
distributed to 4 persons equally.

**151. Find the number of diagonals of a polygon with 12 sides.

**152. Find the number of palindromes with 6 digits that can be formed using the digits
(i) 0,2,4,6,8 (ii) 1,3,5,7,9
(iii) Define palindrome and give example.

153. Find the number of (i) 6 (ii) 7 letter palindromes that can be formed using the letters
of the word EQUATION.
154. There are 4 copies (alike) each of 3 diffferent books Find the number of ways
arranging these 12 books in a shelf in a single row.
n42. n
**155. If P P , find n
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156. Find the number of ways of arranging 4 boys and 3 girls around a circle
so that all the girls sit together

157. a) If a set A has 12 elements , then find the number of subsets of A having
4 elements.
b) Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members from 6 men and 3
ladies.
4 Marks :
158. Find the number of 4 letter words that can be formed using the letters of the
word EQUATION. How many of these words begin with E? How many end with N?
How many begin with E and end with N ?
*159. Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word ASSOCIATIONS. In
how many of them.
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(i) all the three S’s come together (ii) the two A’s do not come together.
160. Find the number of ways of permuting the letters of the word PICTURE so that
(i) all vowels come together. (ii) no two vowels come together.
(iii) The relative position of vowles & consonants are not distrubed.

161. Find the number of ways of arranging 5 different mathematics books, 4 different
physics books and 3 different chemistry books such that the books of the Same
Subject are together.
*162. F i n d t h e n u m b er of w ays of seat i n g 1 0 st u d en t s A1 , A 2, -----, A10 in a row such that
(i) A1 , A 2, A 3 sit to gether. (ii) A1 , A 2, A 3 sit in a specified order.
(iii) A1 , A 2, A 3 sit to gether in a specified order.
**163. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls in a row in how
many of these arrangements
(i) all the girls are to gether (ii) no two girls are to gether
(iii) boy and girls come alternately
*164. Find the number of 4 digit number that can be formed using the digits1,2,5,6,7
How many are them are divisible by
(i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 4 (iv) 5 (v) 25
*165. Find the number of numbers that are greater than 4000 which can be formed
using he digits 0,2,4,6,8 with out repetition.

**166. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 1,2,4,5,6
with out repetition.
**167. Find the sum of all 4 digit numbers that can be fromed using the digits 1,3,5,7,9.

168. In how many ways 9 mathematics papers can be arranged so that the best and worst.
a) May come together b) May not come together

**169. Find the sum of all 4 digited numbers that can be formed using the digits 0,2,4,7,8
with out repetation.
**170. If the letters of the word MASTER are permuted in all posible wasy and the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, then find the ranks of the words
(i) REMAST (ii) MASTER

**171. If the letters of the word PRISON are permuted in all possible ways and the
words thus formed are arranged in dictionary order, find the rank of the word
PRISION

172. Find the number of 4 digit even numbers can be formed using the digits 0,2,5,7,8
when repetitions is allowed.

**173. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 boys and 6 girls around a circular table so
that (i) all the girls sit together (ii) no two girls sit together
(iii) boys and girls sit alternatelly.
174. Find the number of ways of arranging 6 red roses and 3 yellow roses of different sizes
into a garland. In how many of them.
(i) all the yellow roses are together. (ii) no two girls sit together
(iii) boys and girls sit alternatelly
**175. A round table conference is attended by 3-Indians, 3-Chinese, 3-canadians and 2-
Americans. Find the numbers of ways of arranging them at the round table so that
the delegates belonging to same country sit together.
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**176. Find the number of 5 letters words that can be formed using the letters of the word
“CONSIDER”. How many of them begin with ‘C’, how many of them end with ‘R’, and
how many of them begin with ‘C’ and end with ‘R’.

**177. Find the number of 4 letters word that can be formed using the letters of the word
RAMANA.

**178. If the letters of the word AJANTA are persmuted in all possible ways and the words
thus formed are arranged in dictionary order. Find the Ranks of the words.
(i) AJANTA (ii) JANATA

**179. If the letters of the word EAMCET are permuted in all possible ways and if the words
thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, find the rank of the word EAMCET.

**180. Prove that for 3 r n,

(n -3)
c r +3 (n -3)
c r -1 +3 (n -3)
c r -2 + (n -3) c r -3 n
cr .
4
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**181. Simplify c5 (38 r) c 4 .
r 0

4
25
**182. Prove that c4 (29 r) c3 30
c4
r 0

4n
c 2n 1.3.5.....(4n 1)
**183. Prove that 2n =
cn {1.3.5.....(2n 1)}2
**184. Find the number of ways of forming a committee of 5 members out of 6 indians and 5
Americans so that always the Indians will be in majority in the committee.

**185. a) Find the number of ways of selecting 11 member cricket team from 7 batsmen,
6 bowlers, and 2 wicket keepers so that the team contains at least 4 bowlers and
two wicket keepers.
b.Find the number of ways of selecting a cricket team of 11 players from 7 batsmen
and 6 bowlers such that there will be atleast 5 bowlers in the team.

**186. 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 section.

**187. If the letters of the word “ BRING” are permuted in all possible ways and the
words thus formed are arranged in the dictionary order, then find the 59 th word.

**188. Find the number of ways of seating 5 Indians, 4 Americans and 3 Russians
at a round table so that
i) all Indians are sit together
ii) Persons of same nationality sit together
iii) No two Russians sit together.

**189. Find the no. of ways of forming a committee of 4 members out of 6 boys and
4 girls such that there is atleast one girl in the committee.
n n n 1
190. If 1 r n , then prove that Cr 1 C C
r r
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191. 14 Person are seatd at a round table. Find the number of ways of selecting
two persons out of them who are not seated adjacent to each other.

6. BINOMIAL THEOREM

2 MARKS
-2 8
3
3
**192. a) F i n d t h e 3 r d t er m fr om t h e en d i n t h e ex p an si on of x
x2
14
4 x2
b) Find the 7th term in
x3 2
3/5
5x
c) Find the 8th term of 1
2
9
2x 3y
d) Find the 6th term in
3 2
* 193. Find the number of terms in the expansion of
9
3a b
(i) (ii) (3p 4q)14 **(iii) (2x 3y z)7
4 2
*194. Find the number of terms with non-co-efficients in (4 x 7 y ) 49 (4 x 7 y ) 49
10
x 3
195. Find the term Independent of 'x' in the expansion of
3 2x 2
**196. Find the middle terms in the expansion of
10 11
3x 3b
(i) 2y (ii) 4a
7 2
22
**197. If c r is the largest binomial cocfficient in the expansion of (1 x) 22
13
find the value of cr
**198. If (1 3x 2x 2 )10 a0 a1x a 2 x 2 a 20 x 20 then prove that
(i) a0 a1 a 2 a 20 210 (ii) a0 a1 a 2 a3 a 20 410
*199. Prove C0 2.C1 4.C2 8.C3 ....... 2 n.Cn 3n
15 15 15 15
C1 C2 C3 C15
**200. Find the sum of 15 2. 15 3. 15 ..... 15. 15
C0 C1 C2 C14
**201. Find the set of 'x' for which the binomial expansions of the following are valid.
-1
2 3 x 2
(i) (2 3x) 3 (ii) (5 x) 2 (iii) (7 3x) -5 (iv) 4 (v) (3 4 x)3/ 4
3
202. Find an approximate value of 6
6 3 correctto 4 decimal places
**203. a) If (1 x x 2 ) n a0 a1 x a2 x 2 ... a2 n x 2 n then find the values of
( i ) a0 a2 a4 ..... a2 n ( ii ) a1 a3 a5 ..... a2 n 1

b) If (1 x x 2 x 3 )7 b0 b1 x b2 x 2 .... b21 x 21 then find the value of b0 b2 b4 .... b20 .

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*204. Find the largest binomial coefficients in the expansion of 1 x
**205. Explain 5 5 increasing power of 4/5
100
206. Find the number of irrational terms is the expension of 51/6 21/8
39
**207. Find the sum of last 20 coefficient in the expansion of 1 x .
7 Marks :

*208. Theorem : State and prove Binomial Theorem for integral index ?
11
2 1
**209. If the cocfficient of x10 in the expension of ax is equal to the cocfficient of x -10
bx
11
1
in the expansion of ax . Find the relation between 'a' and 'b'
bx 2
**210. If the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms in the expansion of (a x) n are respenctively 240, 720,
1080 find a,x,n.
**211. If the coeffcients of rth, (r 1) th and (r 2) nd terms in the expansion of (1 x) n are in
A.P. then show that n 2 (4r 1)n 4r 2 2 0 .
**212. If the coefficients of x 9 , x10 , x11 in the expansion of (1 x) n are in A.P then prove that
n2 41n 398 0 .

**213. If P and Q are the sum of odd terms and the sum of even terms respectively in the
expansion of (x a) n then prove that
(i) P2 Q2 (x 2 a 2 ) n (ii) 4PQ (x a) 2n (x a) 2n
**214. If the cocffcients of 4 consecutive terms in the expansion of (1 x) n are a1 , a2 , a3 , a4
a1 a3 2a 2
respectively then show that a1 +
a2 a3 a4 a2 a3
**215. If I,n are positive integers O<f<1 and if (7 4 3 ) n I+F, then show that (7 M)
(i) I is an add integer and (ii) (I+f) (1-f)=1.

*216. For r=0,1,2,--------n prove that C0.Cr C1Cr 1 C2Cr 2 C C 2n C

n r n n r and
hence deduce that

(i) C02 C12 C22 C 2 2nC (ii) C0C1 C1C2 C2C3 C Cn 2nC
n n n-1 n 1
**217. If n is a positive integer and 'x' is any nonzero real number, then prove that
x x2 x3 xn (1 x)n 1 1
C0 C1 C2 C3 Cn
2 3 4 n 1 (n 1)x
**218. If n is a positive integer prove that
2
n nC
n(n 1) 2 (n 2)
r3 r
nC 12
r 1 r 1
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**219. Find the sum of the infinite series
1 1 .3 1 .3 .5 3 3 .5 3 .5 .7 1 5 5.7
(i) 1 ( ii) (or) .........
3 3 .6 3 .6 .9 4 4 .8 4.8.12 4 4.8 4.8.12
4 4.7 4.7.10 3 3 .5 3 .5 .7
(iii) 1 (iv)
5 5.10 5.10.15 4 .8 4.8.12 4.8.12.6

**220. Find the sum of the infinite series

2 3
2 1 2 .5 1 2 .5 .8 1
1 . +
3 2 3 .6 2 3 .6 .8 2
1.3 1.3.5 1.3.5.7
**221. If x then prove that 9x2+24x=11
3.6 3.6.9 3.6.9.12
**222. Find the sum of the series
3.5 3.5.7 3.5.7.9
5.10 5.10.15 5.10.15.20
1 1.3 1.3.5
**223. If x then find 3x 2 6x
5 5.10 5.10.15
5 5.7 5.7.9
**224. If x then find the value of x 2 4x
(2!).3 (3!)(3) 2 4!(3) 3

**225. Find the sum to infinite terms of the series

7 1 1.3 1 1.3.5 1
1 ......
5 10 2 1.2 104 1.2.3 10 6

**226. Show that for any non-zero rational number ' x ' show that

x x(x-1) x(x-1)(x-2) x x(x 1) x(x 1)(x 2)

1 1 ......
2 2.4 2.4.6. 3 3.6 3.6.9.
4 4.6 4.6.8
**227. If t ..... then prove that 9t = 16
5 5.10 5.10.15

7. PARTIAL FRACTIONS
4 Marks :

2x2 2x 1
**228. Resolve into partial fractions.
x3 x 2

x 2 13 x 15
**229. a) Resolve into partial fractions.
(2 x 3)( x 3) 2

2x 3
b) Resolve
5( x 2)(2 x 1)
2x 3
**230. a) Resolve into partial fractions.
( x 1)3
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x2 5x 7 3x3 8 x 2 10
b) c)
( x 3)3 ( x 1)4

2 x2 3x 4
**231. Resolve into partial fractions.
( x 1)( x 2 2)

x2 3
**232.Resolve into partial fractions.
( x 2)( x 2 1)

x3
**233. Resolve into partial fractions.
( x a)( x b)( x c )

x3
**234. Resolve into partial fractions.
(2 x 1)( x 2)( x 3)

x4
**235. Resolve into partial fractions.
( x 1)( x 2)
x 1 x2 x 1 x x 4
*236. a) 2 b) c) 2 d) 2
x 1 x 2 ( x 1)( x 1) 2 ( x 1) ( x 2) ( x 4)( x 1)

x3
**237. x 1 x 2

x 4
*238. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of 2 specifying the
x 5x 6
region in which the expansion is valid.

8. MEASURES OF DISPERSION
2 Marks :

**239. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following discretedata
6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16

**240. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following data (2Marks)
(i) 38,70, 78, 40,42,55,63,46,54,44 ( ii ) 3,6, 10, 4, 9, 10

**241. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data (2 Marks )
(i) 13, 17, 16, 11, 13, 10,16,11,18,12, 17 ( ii ) 4, 6, 9, 3, 10, 13, 2

*242. Compute the mean about the median of the data 6,7,10,12,13,4,12,16.

**243. Find the mean deviation from the median for the following data
xi 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22
Here fi 30
fi 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3
**244. Find the mean deviation about the median for the following frequency
distribution
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xi 5 7 9 10 12 15

fi 8 6 2 2 2 6

245. The variance of 20 observatrions is 5. If each of the observations is multiplied by 2,

find the variance of the resulting observations.

*246. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following data.5,12,3,18,6,8,2,10

*247. Students of two sections A and B class show that the following performance in test (
conducted for 100 marks)
Section A Section B
Number of Students 50 60

Average marks in the test 45 45

Variance of distribution 64 81

Which section of the students has greater variability in performance

7 Marks :
248. An analysis of monthly wages paid to the workers of two firms A and B belonging to
the same industry gives the following data
Firm A Firm B
Number of Workers 500 600
Average Daily wage(Rs.) 186 175
Variance of distribution of wages 81 100
(i ) W h i ch fi r m A or B , h as gr eat er var i ab l i l i t y i n i n d i vi d u al w ages ?
(i i ) W h i ch fi r m h as l ar ger w age b i l l ?

**2 4 9 . F i n d t h e m ean d evi at i on ab ou t t h e m ean for t h e fol l ow i n g d at a

Marks obtained 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50
No.of students 5 8 15 16 6

**250. Find the mean deviation about the meadian for the following continuous
distribution
Marks obtained 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60
(i)
No.of boys 6 8 14 16 4 2
Class Interval 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80
(ii)
Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10

**251. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the following continous
distribution
Height (in cms ) 95 105 105 115 115 125 125 135 135 145 145 155
Number of boys 9 13 26 30 12 10
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**252. Find the mean deviation from the mean of the following data, using the step
deviation method.

MARKS 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No.of Students 6 5 8 15 7 6 3

**253. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the following continuous
frequency distribution
Clas s int erval 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100
Frequency 3 7 12 15 8 3 2

**254. Find the mean and variance using the step deviation method of the
following tabular data, giving the age distribution of 542 members
Age inyears xi 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90
Numberof ( fi ) members 3 61 132 153 140 51 2

**255. From the prices of shares X and Y given below , for 10 days of trading , find
out which share is more stable ?
X 35 54 52 53 56 58 52 50 51 49
Y 108 107 105 105 106 107 104 103 104 101

256. The mean of 5 observations is 4.4 . Their variance is 8.24 . If three of the
observations are 1,2 and 6 . Find the other two observations.

*257. Find the variance and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution

xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32

fi 3 5 9 5 4 3 1

9. PROBABILITY
4 MARKS:
258. A number ‘ x ‘ is drawn arbitraily from the set 1, 2,3,.....,100 . Find the
100
probability that x
x
29 .
*259. In an experiment of drawing a card at random from a pack ,the event of
getting a spade is denoted by A and getting apitured card. (king, queen or
jack) is denoted by B. Find the probability of A,B, A B and A B .
*260. In a class of 60 boys and 20 girls , half of the boys and half of the girls
know cricket . Find the probability of the event that a person selected from the
class is either a boy , or a girl knowing cricket.
**261. The probability for a contractor to get a road contact is 2/3, and to get
abuilding centract is 5/9 . The probability to get at least one contract is
4/5. Find the probability that he gets both the contracts.
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*262. In a committee of 25 members, each member is proficient either in mathematics
or in statistics or in both . If 19 of these are proficient in mathematics , 16
proficient in both.
**263. Two persons A and B are srolling a die on the condition that the person who gets 3
will win the game. If A starts the game, then find the probabilities of A and B
respec tively to win the game.
*264. If one ticket is randomly selected from tickets numbered 1 to 30, then find the
probability that the number on the ticket is (i) a multiple of 5 (or) 7 (ii) a mmultiple
of 3 or 5
265. If two numbers are selected randomly from 20 consecutivenatural numbers, Find
the probability that the sum of two numbers is (i) an even number (ii) an odd
number
266. If A and B are two events then show that
(i ) P( A Bc ) P( A) P( A B) and
(ii) the probability that one of them occurs is given by P ( A ) P ( B ) 2 P ( A B )
**267. A speaks truth in 75% of the cases and B in 80% cases what is the probability that
their statements about an incident do not match.
**268. If A,B,C are three events show that
P AUBUC P( A) P B P(C ) P A B P B C P(C A) P( A B C )
**269. The probabilities of three events A,B,C are such that
P( A) 0.3, P( B) 0.4, P C 0.8, P( A B) 0.08, P A C 0.28, P A B C 0.09

and P A B C 0.75 show that P B C lies in the interval 0.21, 0.46 .

**270. A,B,C are three horses in a race the probability of A to the win the race
is twice that of B , and probability of B is twice that of C. What are the
probabilities of A,B , and C to win the race ?
**271. i) Suppose A and B are independent events with P(A)=0.6, P(B)=0.7. Then compute:

( a) P ( A B ) (b) (c) P B A
P( A B) (d) P Ac Bc
ii) If A & B are independent events with P(A)=0.2, P(B)=0.5 then find
a) P(A/B) b) P(B/A) c) P ( A B ) d) P ( A ! B )
iii) A & B are events with P(A)=0.5, P(B)=0.4, P ( A B ) 0.3 , Find the probability that
a) A does not occur b) Neither A nor B occurs
iv) If A & B are two events with P ( A ! B ) 0.65, P ( A B ) 0.15 , then find P( A) P( B ) .
*272. a) Define conditional probability , State and Prove Multiplication theorem of
probability?
b) A fair die is rolled consider the event A 1, 3, 5 , B 2, 3 and C 2, 3, 4, 5 .
Find (i) P ( A B ), P ( A ! B ) (ii) P ( A / B ), P ( B / A)
(iii) P ( A / C ), P (C / A) (iv) P ( B / C ), P (C / B )

**273. A Problem in calculus is given to two students A and B whose chances of

solving it are 1/3 and 1/4 respectively. Find the probability of the problem
being solved if both of them try independently.

**274. There are 3 black and 4 white balls in one bag , 4 black and 3 white balls
in the second bag. A die is rolled and the first bag is selected if the die
shows up. 1 or 3 , and the second bag for the rest. Find the probability of
drawing a black ball, from the bag thus selected .
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**275 . If A, B,C are three independent events of an experiment such that

1 1 1 thyen find P(A), P(B) and P(C)
P( A Bc C c)
, P ( Ac B C c ) , P ( Ac B c C c )
4 8 4
276. If A.B C are indipendent events then show that A ! B and C are also indepenent
events.
**277. Find the probability of drawing an Ace or a spade from a well shuffled pack
of 52 playing cards.
**278. a) Suppose that a coin is tossed three times let even A be “ getting three heads ”
and B be the event of “getting a head on the first toss ” Show that A and B
are dependent events.
b) Find the probability that a non-leap year contains
(i) 53 sundays (ii) 52 sundays only

7 Marks :
**279. Addition theorem on probability

**280. Baye’s theorem. (or) State and prove Baye’s theorem.

**281. In a box containing 15 bulbs, 5 are defective . If 5 bulbs are selected

at random from the box, find the probability of the event ,that
(i) none of them is defective
(ii) Only one of them is defective (iii) at least one of them is defective
**282. Suppose that an urn B1 contains 2 white and 3 block balls and another
urn B2 contains 3 white and 4 black balls one urn is selected at random
and aball is drawn from it . If the ball drawn in found black, Let us find
the probability that the urn chosen was B1 .
**283. Three boxes B1 , B2 and B3 contain balls with different colours as shown below.

White Black Re d
B1 2 1 2
B2 3 2 4
B3 4 3 2

A die is thrown B1 is chosen if either 1 or 2 turns up. B2 is chosen if 3 or 4 turns

up and B3 is chosen if 5 or 6 turns up . Having chosen a box in this way , a
ball is chosen at random from this box . If the ball drawn is found is to be
red, find the probability that it is drawn from box B2 .
**284. Three boxes numbered I, II, III contain the balls as follows :
White Black Re d
I 1 2 3
II 2 1 1
III 4 5 3
One box is randomly selected and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball is
red, then find the probability that its from box II.
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**285. Three urns have the following composition of balls ( 7 Marks )
Urn I : 1 white , 2 black
Urn II : 2 white , 1 black
Urn III : 2 white , 2 black
One of the urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn . It turns out
to be white. Find the probability that it came from Urn III.
*286. In a shooting test the probability of A,B,C Chitting the targets are 1/2, 2/3
and 3/4 respectively. If all of them fire at the same target, find the probability
that (i) only one of them hits the target.
(ii) at least one of them hits the target.
287. A person is known to speak truth 2 out of 3 times . He throws a die and
reports that it is 1. Find the probability that it actually
**288. Define conditional probability . Bag B1 contains 4 white and 2 black balls.
Bag B2 contain 3 white and 4 black balls . A bag is drawn at random and
a ball is chosen at random from it. What is the probability that the ball drawn
is white ?
**289. A,B,C are 3 news papers from a city 20 % of the population read A. 16 %
read B, 14 % read C, 8% read both A and B. 5% read both A and C , 4 % rad
both B and C and 2 % read all the three. Find the percentage of the population
who read atleasat one news paper.

10. RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

2 Marks :
x
2
*290. Find the constant C,so that F ( x ) C , x 1, 2,3........ is the P.D.F of a discrete
3
random variable-X
291. Deficiency of red cells in the blood cells is determined by examining a specimen of
blood under a microscope.Suppose a small fixed volume contains on an average 20
red cells for normal persons.Using the poisson distribution, find the probability
that a specimen of blood taken from a normal person will contain less than 15 red
cells.
*292. The probability that a person chosen at random is left handed (in hand writing) is
0.1 What is the probalbility that in a gorup of 10 people, there is one who is left
handed.
*293. 8 coins are tossed simultaneously .find the probability of getting atleast 6 heads.
294. In a book of 450 pages there are 400 typographical errors Assuming that the
number of errors per page follow the possion law.Find the propability that a ran-
dom sample of 5 pages will contain no typographical error.

295. Find the minimum number of times a fair coin must be tossed so that the
prabability of getting atleast one head is atleast 0.8 then find ‘ n ‘ .
5
*296. If the difference between the mean and the variance of a binomial variate is then,
9
find the probability for the event of 2 successes when the experiment is conducted
5 times.
**297. The mean and varaince of A binomial distribution are 4 and 3 respectively. Fix the
distribtion and find P ( X 1) .
*298. A poisson variable satisfies P X 1 P X 2 . Find P X 5 .
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299. In a city 10 accidents take place in a span of 50 days . Assuming that the
number of accidents follows the poisson distribution , find the probability
that there will be 3 or more accidents in a day .
**300. On an average rain falls on 12 days in every 30 days , find the probability
that, rain with fall on just 3 days of a given week.
*301. If the mean and variance of a binamial variable X are 2.4 and 1.44
respectively find P 1 X 4
**302. For a binomial distribution with mean 6 and variance 2 , find the first two
terms of the distribution.
*303. If is given that 10% ofthe electric bulbs manufactured by a company are
defetive. In a sample of 20 bulbs. Find the probability that more than 2 are
defective.

7 Marks :
X x 2 1 0 1 2 3
**304. P X x 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k
is the probability distribution of a random variable X. Find the value of
‘ k ‘ and the variance of ‘ X’ .
**305. If ' x ' is a random variable with probability distribution
( K 1)c
P X K , K 0,1, 2,..... then find ‘C’ .
2K
**306. A random variable ‘X’ has the following probability distribution ( 7Marks)
X x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2 2 2
P X x 0 k 2k 2k 3k k 2k 7k k

Find (i ) k ( ii ) the mean and ( iii ) P 0 X 5

**307. The range of a random variable ‘X’ is 0,1, 2 given that

P X 0 3C 3 , P X 1 4C 10C 2 , P X 2 5C 1
(i) Find the value of ‘ C ‘
(ii) P X 1 ,P 1 x 2 and P 0 X 3

**308. The range of a random variable ‘X’ is 1, 2,3... and

Ck
P X K ; (k 1, 2,3....) Find the value of ‘ c ‘ and P 0 X 3
k!
**309. The probability distribution of a random variable X is given below
X=xi 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=xi) k 2k 3k 4k 5k
Find the value of ‘ k ‘ and the mean and variance of 'X'

**310. In the experiment of tossing a coin ‘ n’ times if the variable X denotes the
number of heads and P X 4 ,P X 5 ,P X 6 one in arthametic progression

*311. One in 9 ships is likely to be wrecked , when they are set on sail, when 6
ships are on sail find the probability for
( i ) At least one will arrive safely ( ii ) Exactly three will arrive safely
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312. Find the probability of guessing at least 6 out of 10 answers in
(i) true or false type examination (ii) Multiple choice with 4 possible answers.

*313. Let x -be a random vriable such that

1 1
P X 2 P X 1 P C 2 P X 1 and P X 0 find the mean and
6 3
variance of X.

314. 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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