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BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS


(BCA) (Revised)
Term-End Examination
June, 2021

BCS-012 : BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any


three questions from the remaining questions.

1 – 2 a 1
1. (a) If A =  ; B =   and
2 – 1 b – 1
(A + B)2 = A2 + B2, find a and b. 5

(b) If the first term of an AP is 22, the common


difference is – 4, and the sum to n terms is
64, find n. 5

(c) Find the angle between the lines


 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r1 = 2 i + 3 j – 4 k + t ( i – 2 j + 2 k )
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r2 = 3 i – 5 k + s (3 i – 2 j + 6 k ). 5

(d) If ,  are roots of x2 – 2kx + k2 – 1 = 0, and


2 + 2 = 10, find k. 5

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(e) If y = 1 + ln (x + x 2  1 ), prove that

d 2y dy
(x2 + 1) x = 0. 5
2 dx
dx

(f) Find the points of discontinuity of the


following function : 5
 x2, x0

f(x) = 
x  3, x0

5
(g) Solve the inequality < 7. 5
| x – 3|

(h) Evaluate the integral


x2
I=
 (1  x)3
dx. 5

2. (a) Use the principle of mathematical


induction to show that
2 + 22 + ... + 2n = 2n+1 – 2 for each natural
number n. 5
(b) Using determinant, find the area of the
triangle whose vertices are (1, 2); (– 2, 3)
and (– 3, – 4). 5

(c) Draw the graph of the solution set for the


following inequalities :
2x + y  8, x + 2y  8 and x + y  6 5

(d) Use De Moivre’s theorem to find (i + 3 )3. 5

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3. (a) Find the absolute maximum and minimum
of the following function : 5
x3
f(x) = on [– 1, 1]
x2

5 3 8
 
(b) Reduce the matrix A = 0 1 1  to
 
1 – 1 0
normal form and hence find its rank. 5
 ^ ^ ^  ^ ^ ^
(c) If a = i – 2 j + k ; b = 2 i + j + k and
 ^ ^ ^
c = i + 2 j – k ; verify that
        
a (b  c )=(a . c )b –(a . b ) c . 5

(d) Find the length of function y = 3 – 2x from


(0, 3) to (2, – 1) using integration. 5

4. (a) Find the quadratic equation with real


coefficients and with the following pair of
roots : 5
m – n m  n
  ;  
m  n m – n

(b) If x = a + b, y = a + b2, z = a2 + b


(where  is a cube root of unity and   1),
show that xyz = a3 + b3. 5
(c) Solve the following system of linear
equations using Cramer’s rule : 5
x + y = 0; y + z = 1; z + x = 3

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  x – 2 3/4 
(d) If y = ln e x    , find dy . 5
  x  2   dx
 

5. (a) A software development company took the


designing and development job of a website.
The designing job fetches the company
< 2,000 per hour and development job
fetches them < 1,500 per hour. The
company can devote at most 20 hours per
day for designing and atmost 15 hours for
development of website. If total hours
available for a day is at most 30, find the
maximum revenue the software company
can get per day. 10

(b) Evaluate
 x 3 – 2x dx. 5

(c) Find the vector and Cartesian equations


of the line passing through the points
(– 2, 0, 3) and (3, 5, – 2). 5

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