2021 / 22 MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

Paper 2 Solutions

Answers (From left to right)

ACB B B DCCDD A D AA C B D CDA

CBBDC AAB A C B D DAC C BAC D
AB D C B

1. [A]
1
(− )999  (−2) 2000
4
1
=−  22000
21998
= −22
= −4

2. [C]
1 1
− =a
m n
n − m = amn
n − amn = m
n(1 − am) = m

m
n=
1 − ma

3. [B]
(2 x + 3 y )(5 x − 4 y ) − x(4 x + 6 y )

= (2 x + 3 y )(5 x − 4 y ) − 2 x(2 x + 3 y )

= (2 x + 3 y )(5 x − 4 y − 2 x)

= (2 x + 3 y )(3x − 4 y )
4. [B]
6 5
−
6 − 2k 5 − 2k
6(5 − 2k ) − 5(6 − 2k )
=
(6 − 2k )(5 − 2k )

−2k
=
(6 − 2k )(5 − 2k )

k
=
(2k − 5)(3 − k )

5. [B]
3.46 − 0.01  x  3.46 + 0.01
3.45  x  3.47

6. [D]
Sub. x = 1 , we have
3 = 2−3+C
C=4

7. [C]

f ( x) = x 2 − kx + k

f ( k ) − f ( −k ) = ( k 2 − k 2 + k ) − ( k 2 + k 2 + k )

= −2k 2

8. [C]

p( x) = x3 + ax + b
p(−1) = −1 − a + b = 2

a − b = −3 ⎯⎯⎯⎯ (1)
and p(1) = 1 + a + b = 0 ⎯⎯⎯⎯ (2)

Solving (1), (2), we have a = −2 , b = 1

p( x) = x 3 − 2 x + 1

Remainder = p(0) = 1
9. [D]
Let a : b be the ratio of the two alloys,
0.4a + 0.6b 48
then =
a+b 100
40 a + 60b = 48 a + 48b
8a = 12 b
a : b = 3: 2

10. [D]
7 x + 8  4( x − 1)

7 x + 8  4x − 4
3x  −12
x  −4
and 5 − 7 x  47
−7 x  42
x  −6
∴ −6  x  −4

11. [A]
The area of the park on the map is
100000 m 2
250002

100000 1002
= cm 2
250002
= 1.6 cm 2
12. [D]

kx2
t= , k is a non-zero constant
y
6 3
x1 = x , y1 = y
5 5
2
6 
k x 
t1 =  
5
3
y
4

48  kx2 
=
25  y 

48
= t
25
23
∴ t is increased by 100% = 92%
25

13. [A]

y = ( px − q) 2 + q
q 2
= p2 (x − ) +q
p
∴ I is true.

q 
Vertex =  , q 
p 
∴ II is false.

When x = 0 , y = q 2 + q

Unable to determine the signs.

Thus, III is false.

14. [A]
Let a5 = b ,

Then a6 = 8 + 2b

a7 = b + 2(8 + 2b) = 5b + 16

∴ 5b + 16 = 111

b = 19
a3 = 19 − 2  8 = 3

a2 = 8 − 2  3 = 2

a1 = 3 − 2  2 = −1
15. [C]
Let r be the base radius.

Then 2 r  8 + 2 r 2 = 168 

r 2 + 8r − 84 = 0
(r + 14)(r − 6) = 0

∴ r =6

The volume =   62  8 = 288  (cm 3)

16. [B]
Original total surface area = 2 r 2 +  r 2 = 3 r 2 , where r is the radius of the hemisphere.

New total surface area = 3 r 2  64%

 16 
= 3  r 2 
 25 
2
4 
= 3  r 
5 
1
∴ r is decreased by 100% = 20%
5

17. [D]
Let r cm be the radius of the sector.
1
Then 2 r  + 2 r =  + 4
4
1
r ( + 4 ) =  + 4
2
1
r =1, r = 2
2
∴ I is true.

1
Area =   22 = 
4

1
AB = 2   2  =
4
∴ II is true.

and AB = 4 + 4 = 2 2

2 2
Perimeter = 2  
 2 
 
= 2 2 (cm)
∴ III is true.
18. [C]
1 180 − 52
DBC = 
2 2
= 32
180 − 32
BCD =
2
= 74
ACD = 74 − 64 = 10

19. [D]
EFB ~ CFD
∴ EF : CF = EB : CD = 1 : 2
∴ I is true.
Note that AGBF is a parallelogram (diags. bisect each other)
∴ II is true.
and GAB = ABF
= BDC
∴ III is true.

20. [A]
Let x cm be the sides of the isosceles triangle.

Then 1 − 2 x = 2 x

1 1 2− 2
x= = 
2 +2 2+ 2 2− 2

2− 2
=
2
The area of the regular 8-sided polygon
2
 2− 2  1
= 1 − 4    
 2  2

6−4 2
= 1−
2
= 1− 3 + 2 2

= 2 2 − 2 (cm 2)
21. [C]
L1 : ax + y = b

m1 = − a  0 , thus a  0 (I is false)

b
x intercept = 0
a
y intercept = b  0

L2 : cx + y = d

m2 = −c  0 , thus c  0

d
x intercept = 0
c
y intercept = d  0

By comparing L1 and L2 , we have

d b

c a
ad  bc ( a , c  0 ) (II is true)
∵ d  0, b0

∴ d −b  0 (III is true)

22. [B]
Let ACB = x
∵ AB = DC
∴ ABC = DCB
= x + 18
In ABC
x + x + 18 + 30 = 180
x = 66

23. [B]
Let AD = BC = x
In rt. ADE

x
AE =
tan 
DC = AB = x tan 

AE 1
∴ =
DC tan  tan 
24. [D]
POR = 255 − 75 = 180 ( O is the pole )
POR is a straight line
QOR = 255 − 195 = 60

(4 + 6)(3sin 60)
The area of PQR =
2

15 3
=
2

25. [C]
The required locus is the equation of the circle with AB as its diameter excluding the two points A and B .
Centre = (5, 7)

1
Radius = (8 − 2) 2 + (11 − 3) 2 = 5
2
The equation of the circle is ( x − 5)2 + ( y − 7)2 = 25

i.e. x 2 + y 2 − 10x − 14 y + 49 = 0 (excluding points A and B )

Alternative solution：
Let P = ( x, y )

y − 11 y − 3
 = −1
x −8 x − 2
( y − 11)( y − 3) = −( x − 8)( x − 2)

x 2 + y 2 − 10x − 14 y + 49 = 0 (excluding points A and B )

26. [A]
6 2
y intercept = =4
3
4
mL = −
3
4 x y 
L: y = − x+4  + = 1
3 3 4 
i.e. 4 x − 3 y − 12 = 0
27. [A]
X 1 = (−2, − 3)

C2 : 2 x 2 + 2 y 2 − 16 x − 24 y − 21 = 0

21
x 2 + y 2 − 8 x − 12 y − =0
2
X 2 = (4, 6)

3 6 3
mX1O = , mX 2O = =
2 4 2
∴ I is true

1
r1 = 16 + 36 − 16 = 3
2

1 5 10
r2 = 64 + 144 + 42 =
2 2

X1 X 2 = 117  10.817

5 10
r1 + r2 = 3 +  10.907
2
∵ r1 + r2  X 1 X 2

∴ C1 and C 2 intersect at two points

∴ II is true
2
 5 10  125
The area of C 2 =  
 2  = 2
 
The area of C1 = 9

125
∵  9  7
2
∴ III is false

28. [B]
Q1 = 7

5 1
The required probability = =
15 3

29. [A]
Inter-quartile range
= 7−6
=1
30. [C]
x + y = 50 − (3 + 11 + 5 + 3)

x + y = 28 ⎯⎯⎯⎯ (1)

1 3 + 2 x + 3 11 + 4 y + 5  5 + 6  3
and = 3.5
50
x + 2 y = 48 ⎯⎯⎯⎯ (2)

Solving (1), (2), we have x = 8 ( y = 20 )

31. [B]
B010000020F0 16
= 111611 + 1169 + 2 163 + 15 16
= (11162 + 1) 169 + 8432

= 2817 169 + 8432

32. [D]
log a x = 2 , x = a 2

3 + log b x = 2

1
log b x = −1 , x =
b
∵ a  b 1

1
∴  1 , a2  1
b

1
PQ = a 2 −
b

33. [D]
a 1, 0  b 1
∴ I and II are true.

1
Since the two graphs are symmetric, we have b =
a
∴ ab = 1
∴ III is true.
34. [A]
3i14 − 2i −3 − 2i
=
a − 2i a − 2i
−3 − 2i a + 2i
= 
a − 2i a + 2i
−3a + 4 − (2a + 6)i
=
a2 + 4
−3a + 4
Real part =
a2 + 4

35. [C]
a + 3d = 17 ⎯⎯⎯⎯ (*)
a + (n + 1)d − [a + (n − 1)d ] = −10

2d = −10 , d = −5
Sub. into (*), we have a = 32
32 + ( n − 1)(−5) = −321

n is not an integer
Thus, I is false
and 32 + (n − 1)(−5)  0

37
n
5
n=7
Thus, II is true
a15 − a14 − a13 − − a2 − a1

= a15 − (a1 + a2 + + a13 + a14 )

[2  32 + 13(−5)]  14
= −38 −
2
= −38 + 7
= −31
0
Thus, III is true
36. [C]
y

b x − 2y = 4
2

x
O 4 b
−
x + 2y = b

Solving x − 2 y = 4 and x + 2 y = b

b+4 b−4
We have P =  , 
 2 4 
Obviously, when x = 4 , y = 0 , the least value of 2 x + y − 6 is 2 .

37. [B]
Let BAD = CAD =  , AD = x

1 1
The area of ABD ：The area of ADC = (4 x)sin  : (5 x)sin 
2 2
= 4:5
∴ BD : DC = 4 : 5

4 8
∴ BD = 6  =
9 3

4 2 + 6 2 − 52 9
cos B = =
2 46 16
2
8 8 9 100
AD = 4 +   − 2  4   =
2 2

 3 3 16 9

10
AD =
3

38. [A]
Let CD = h cm .

h
Then AC = h , CB = = 3h
tan 30

h2 + ( 3h)2 = 1002

4h2 = 10000
h = 50
∴ CD = 50 cm
39. [C]
Join BD .
∵ TD = TC
180 − 76
∴ DCT = = 52
2
BCD = 180 − 52 − 30 = 98
BAD = 180 − 98 = 82

∵ AB = AD

180 − 82
∴ ADB = = 49
2
and BDC = BCR = 30
∴ ADC = 49 + 30 = 79

40. [D]
−3x − k
Sub. y = into the equation of the circle, we have
4

 −3x − k   −3x − k 
2

x2 +   − 6x + 4  −3 = 0
 4   4 
16 x 2 + (3x + k )2 − 96 x − 48x − 16k − 48 = 0

25x 2 + (6k − 144) x + k 2 − 16k − 48 = 0

Note that the circle and the straight line intersect at two distinct points.
So,  = (6k − 144)2 − 100(k 2 − 16k − 48)  0

36k 2 − 1728k + 20736 − 100k 2 + 1600k + 4800  0

−64k 2 − 128k + 25536  0
k 2 + 2k − 399  0
(k + 21)(k − 19)  0

∴ −21  k  19

Alternative solution：

1
Centre = (3, − 2) , radius = 36 + 16 + 12 = 4
2
The perpendicular distance from the centre to the straight line 3 x + 4 y + k = 0

3  3 + 4(−2) + k
d= 4
32 + 42

Aa + Bb + C
(d = is the distance from the point P ( a, b) to the straight line Ax + By + C = 0 )
A2 + B 2
k +1
∴ 4
5

−20  k + 1  20
∴ −21  k  19
41. [A]
Note that the y -coordinate of the in-centre is −2 , so k  0 . y 3x − 4 y = k
k
In-centre X = (2, − 2)
3 x
The radius of the inscribed circle r = 2 O A
X
2 2
k k 5k
AB =   +   =
3 4 12

 k k 5k  2 1  k  k 
 + +   =   
 2 4 12  2 2  3  4  B k
−
4
k2
k=
24
∴ k = 24 (∵ k  0 )

42. [B]
The number of committees = C58 + C48C110 + C38C210
= 3276

43. [D]
2  2  1  2  1 
The required probability =  1 −  +    
3  3  3  3  3 

8
=
27

44. [C]
50 − m
= −1 ( m is the mean, s is the standard deviation)
s
50 − m = −s ⎯⎯⎯⎯ (1)
98 − m
=3
s
98 − m = 3s ⎯⎯⎯⎯ (2)
Solving (1), (2), we have m = 62 ( s = 12 )

45. [B]
a + ar + ar 2 + + ar 8
x1 = ( a is the first term)
9

ar10 + ar11 + + ar18 r10 (a + ar + + ar 8 )

x2 = =
9 9

= r10 x1 (I is true)

y1 = ar 8 − a

y2 = ar18 − ar10 = r10 (ar 8 − a)

= r10 y1 ( II is true)

When r = 1 , z2 = z1 ( III must not be true)