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Question No.01.: (2 Marks) (2 Marks) (3 Marks)

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and exercises covering topics such as set theory, matrices, permutations and combinations, probability, statistics, and functions. Each question is divided into sub-questions that require calculations, explanations, or representations such as Venn diagrams. The problems are designed to assess understanding and application of mathematical concepts.

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Question No.01.: (2 Marks) (2 Marks) (3 Marks)

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and exercises covering topics such as set theory, matrices, permutations and combinations, probability, statistics, and functions. Each question is divided into sub-questions that require calculations, explanations, or representations such as Venn diagrams. The problems are designed to assess understanding and application of mathematical concepts.

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Question No.01.

1.1 Find out the union and intersection sets containing the letter from the following words
“ARTIFICIAL ” and “INTELLIGENCE ” (2 marks)
1.2 How many subsets can be created by using the following word “AUGMENTED ” (2 marks)
1.3 Write the following sets by listing their elements (3 marks)
a) The set of letters in the word “REALITY ”
b) { N: 2 ≤ x ≤ 50 and x is a square number}
1.4 Let  = { x ∈ N: 1 ≤ x ≤ 20} be the universal set and following sets are defined (5 marks)
X = {1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 14} Y = {4, 5, 6 8, 9, 11, 12, 17} Z = {2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 20}
Then represent , X, Y and Z in a Venn diagram. Hence find the following sets
a) X  Y  Z b) X’  Y’ c) (Y – X)’
1.5 A = {1, 3, 5} B = {3, 4, 6}. (5 marks)
a) Perform the Cartesian product of A and B
b) If A > B find the relation set
1.6 State whether the following relation, acting on the set of real numbers, are reflexive,
symmetric, or transitive. Give your reasoning. Hence state whether the relation is
equivalence or not. (3 marks)
xRy if and only if ‘y is the square of x’
(20 marks)

Question No.02.
2.1 Consider the following matrices. (5 marks)
−3 2 2 3
Let 𝐴=[ ] and 𝐵 = [ ] then find
−1 −2 2𝑥2 −1 −2 2𝑥2
I. 2A2 - 5B2
II. 2|A| - 5|B|
−𝑥 −3 0
−4 𝑥
2.2 Solve | 2 −2 1 | + 4 × | | +4 =0 (5 marks)
−𝑥 2
4 𝑥 −3
2.3 Consider the following simultaneous equations. (10 marks)

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2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 0 3𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = −2 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 3 𝑧 = −1
a) Express these equations in AX=B form, where A is the co-efficient matrix, X is the variable
matrix and B is the constant matrix.
b) Find Det(A) , Adj(A) and A-1.
c) Calculate the values of x, y and z by using inverse method. (20 marks)

Question No.03.
3.1 Explain briefly the difference between permutations and combinations. (4 marks)
3.2 How many different words can be formed by using all the letters of the following words?
Use each letter once (3 marks)
a. INDIA b. SRI LANKA c. SOUTH AFRICA
3.3 Imagine that your phone password consists of 4 characters. (numbers and capital and
simple English letters). Due to an unfortunate circumstance if you have forgotten your
password, in the worst case how long it’ll take for you to retrieve it by just typing all the
possible permutations. (Assume you can type one password in 2 seconds) (4 marks)
3.4 How many 4 letter words can be made from the English alphabet having vowels in the first
and last character without repeating the vowels. (3marks)
3.5 For the 2019 Cricket world cup Sri Lankan team has a squad of 15 players. Out of which
there are 5 batsmen, 6 all-rounders and 4 bowers. If a team consists of 11 players find how
many different combinations are available to: (6 marks)
a) Select 11 players
b) Select 11 players excluding Jeewan Mendis.
c) Select at least 3 all-rounders
d) Select at least 2 batsmen, 2 bowlers and 2 all-rounders
(20 marks)

Question No.04.
4.1 Consider the following probability distribution of discrete random variable X. (5 marks)
2. X 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8
P(X) 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.30 0.02 0.05 P 0.10
a) Find the value of p.
b) What is the probability that X is more than 5?

4.2 A coin is biased such that it’ll fall heads 70% of the time. If you throw this coin trice what is the
probability of getting at least two tails. (3 marks)

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4.3 A bag contains 5 white balls, 6 green balls and 9 red balls. Three balls are drawn from the bag
without replacement. (12 marks)
a) Use a tree diagram to find the probability that the balls are all the same color.
b) Probability that the balls are white and green
c) Answer questions a) and b) again considering with replacement.
(20 Marks)

Question No.05.
5.1 The following data represents class attendance for 12 days. (8 marks)
45 49 40 52 36 50 39 43 60 55 46 57
Calculate mean, median, mode and standard deviation

5.2 The marks obtained by students in a class are given in the following table. (12 marks)

Marks Number of Students


0 to less than 20 6
20 to less than 40 15
40 to less than 60 28
60 to less than 80 45
80 to less than 100 31

a) Calculate the mean, median and mode


b) Calculate the standard deviation
(20 marks)

Question No.06.
6.1 Applications were called for a sports club at NIBM. The following data were gathered from
the applications received. (4 marks)
• total number of applicants 160.
• Cricket players -87
• Rugger players -76
• Boxing players -58
• Cricket and Boxing players -18

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• Rugger and Boxing player- 24
• Applicants who play all 3 Sports- 6
• Applicants who play other Sports -8
a) Draw a Venn diagram representing the information.
b) How many play Cricket and Boxing only?
c) How many play Cricket only?
d) How many play Rugger only?
6.2 What is the difference between a relationship and a function? (4 marks)
6.3 Solve 10𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 125 = 0 (4 marks)
𝑥 12 𝑥 1
6.4 Find | | − 2| | − 3 = 0 (4 marks)
−𝑥 5 5 −3
6.5 If a dice is thrown 2 times what is the probability that you’ll get a total value of more than 8
(4 marks)
(20 marks)

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