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BCA Exam BCS-012 Basic Mathematics

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BCA Exam BCS-012 Basic Mathematics

1. The document is a past exam paper for the Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree. It contains 8 questions testing various mathematics concepts. 2. The questions cover topics like algebra, matrices, calculus, trigonometry, inequalities, functions, and vectors. Students have to solve problems, prove identities, find derivatives, integrals, maxima/minima, and more. 3. The paper tests knowledge across a wide range of basic mathematics topics that form the foundations for further study in computer applications.

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No.

of Printed Pages : 5 I BCS-012 I


BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
(BCA) (Revised)

Term-End Examination
1O4013
December, 2017

BCS-012 : BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100


Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any
three questions from the rest.

1. (a) Show that


b+c c+a a+b b c
c+a a+b b+c = 2 b c a 5
a+b b+c c+a c a b
2 3
(b) Let A = 2
- 4x + 7.
=
—1 2] and fix)
Show that f(A) = 02x2 . Use this result to
find A5. 5
(c) Find the sum up to n terms of the series
0.4 + 0.44 + 0.444 + 5
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(d) If 1, co, cot are cube roots of unity, show that
(1+ co) (1 + (0 2) (1 + co3 ) (1 + o)4) (1 + UP)
(1 + co8) = 4.

(e) If y = aemx + be' + 4, show that


d 2y = _2(y _ 4).
dx 2

(f) A spherical balloon is being inflated at the


rate of 900 cubic centimetres per second.
How fast is the radius of the balloon
increasing when the radius is 25 cm ?

(g) Find the value of X for which the vectors


-3 A A A--> A AA
a = 2i - 4j + 3k, b = Xi - 2j + k,
- A A A
C= 2 i+ 3 j+ 3 k are co-planar.

(h) Find the angle between the pair of lines


x - 5 y - 3z - 1 and
2 3 = -3
xy - 1 _ z + 5
3 = 2 - -3

2. (a) Solve the following system of equations


by using matrix inverse :
3x + 4y + 7z = 14, 2x - y + 3z = 4,
x + 2y - 3z = 0
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3 4
(b) Show that A = 2 2 0 is row
1 1 5
equivalent to 13.

(c) Use the principle of mathematical


induction to prove that
13 +23 + + n3 = 2 (n + 1)2
4n
for every natural number n.

(d) Find the quadratic equation with real


coefficients and with the pair of roots
1' 1
5 5+ 6J

• (a) How many terms of the G.P. , 3, 3 /3 ,


add up to 120 + 40 ,r3 ?
(1
(b) = a + ib, then show that a = 1
If 1 + i
and b = 0.

(c) Solve the equation 8x 3 — 14x2 + 7x — 1 = 0,


the roots being in G.P. 5
x—4 5 A
(d) Solve the inequality aa
n
2 12
graph the solution set. 5
BCS-012 3 P.T.O.
4. (a) Determine the values of x for which the
following function is increasing and for
which it is decreasing :

f(x) = x4 — 8x3 + 22x2 — 24x + 21

(b) Show that f(x) = 1 + x2 14-1 ) has a local


1
maximum at x = , (x > 0).
e

(c) Evaluate the integral

dx
f 1+ 3ex + 2e 2x
2
(d) Find the length of the curve y = — x3/2 from
3
(0, 0) to (1, 1.
3

5. (a) Check the continuity of a function f at x = 0 :


21x1 .
x 0
f(x) =
0; x=0

(b) Find the Vector and Cartesian equations


of the line passing through the point
(1, —1, —2) and parallel to the vector
A A A
3i —2j + 5k.

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(c) Find the shortest distance between the lines
---> A A A A AA
r =(3i +4j —2k)+t(—i +2j + k)and
-* A A A A A A
r =(i —7j —2k)+t(i +3j + 2k).

(d) Find the maximum value of 5x + 2y


subject to the constraints
— 2x — 3y — 6
x-2y.. 2
6x+43r_ 24
— 3x + 2y 3

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