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ASSIGNMENT (I) – MATHS

TOPIC – SETS
BATCH – 2013

1. For any two sets A and B, prove that: P A  P B   A  B .

2. If A and B are any two sets, then

(i)  A  B   B   (ii)  A  B    B  A   A  B    A  B 

3. Let A and B be two sets. Using properties of sets prove that: A  B     A  B

4. In a survey of 700 students in a college, 180 were listed as drinking Limca, 275 as drinking Miranda and 95
were listed as both drinking Limca as well as Miranda. Find how many students were drinking neither Limca
nor Miranda.

5. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like cheese whereas 76% like apples. If x% of the Americans like
both cheese and apples, find the value of x .

6. In a class of 35 students, 17 have taken mathematics, 10 have taken mathematics but not economics. Find the
number of students who have taken both mathematics and economics and the number of students who have
taken economics but not mathematics, if it is given that each student has taken either mathematics or
economics or both.

7. In a town of 10,000 families it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% families buy newspaper B
and 10% families buy newspaper C. 5% families buy A and B, 3% buy B and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2%
families buy all the three news papers, find the number of families which buy (i) A only (ii) B only (iii) none
of A, B and C.
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ASSIGNMENT (II) – MATHS

TOPIC – RELATION

1. Let A = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 . Define a relation R on set A by R =   x, y  : y  x  1 .

(i) Depict this relation using an arrow diagram.
(ii) Write down the domain, co-domain and range of R.

2. Let R be the relation on the set N of natural numbers defined by R    a, b  : a  3b  12, a  N , b  N  .

Find:
(i) R (ii) Domain of R (iii) Range of R

3. Let R be a relation on Q defined by R    a, b  : a, b  Q and a  b  Z  .

Show that :
(i)  a, a   R for all a  Q (ii)  a, b   R   b, a   R (iii)  a, b   R and
 b, c   R   a , c   R

4.  
Let R be a relation on N defined by R   a, b  : a, b  N and a  b 2 . Are the following true:
(i)  a, a   R for all a  N (ii)  a, b   R   b, a   R
(iii)  a, b   R,  b, c   R   a, c   R .

5. Let a relation R1 on the set R of all real numbers be defined as  a, b   R1  1  ab  0 for all a, b  R .
Show that: (i)  a, a   R1 for all a  R (ii)  a, b   R1   b, a   R1 for all a, b  R

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ASSIGNMENT (III) – MATHS

TOPIC – MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES
1. Find the degree measure corresponding to the following radian measures:
c c c
 2     11 
(i)   (ii)   (iii)  
 15  8  16 

2. The angles of a triangle are in A.P. The number of grades in the least, is to the number of radians in the greatest
as 40 :  . Find the angles is degrees.

3. A circular wire of radius 7.5 cm is cut and bent so as to lie along the circumference of a hoop whose radius is
120 cm. Find in degrees the angle which is subtended at the centre of the hoop.

4. If the angular diameter of the moon be 30 , how far from the eye a coin of diameter 2.2 cm be kept to hide
the moon?

5. Assuming that a person of normal sight can read print at such a distance that the letters subtend an angle of 5
at his eye, find what is the height of the letters that he can read at a distance of 12 metres.

6. For each natural number k , let C k denote the circle with radius k centimetres and centre at the origin. On
the circle C k , a particle moves k centimetres in the counter-clockwise direction. After completing its
motion on C k , the particle moves on C k 1 in the radial direction. The motion of the particle continues in
this manner. The particle starts at (1, 0). If the particle crosses the positive direction of the x-axis for the first
time on the circle C n , then find the value of n .

7. Find in degrees and radians the angle between the hour hand and the minute-hand of a clock at half past three.
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ASSIGNMENT (IV) – MATHS
TOPIC – MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION
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1. Prove by the principle of mathematical induction that for all n  N : 1  4  7  .....   3n  2  n 3n  1 .
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2. Using the principle of mathematical induction, prove that
n n  1 n  2  n  3
1.2.3  2.3.4  ...  n n  1 n  2  for all n  N .
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1 1 1 1 n
3. Prove by the principle of mathematical induction that for all n  N :    ..   .
1.2 2.3 3.4 n n  1 n  1

4. Using the principle of mathematical induction prove that

1 1 1 1 2n
1    ...   for all n  N .
1 2 1 2  3 1 2  3  4 1  2  3  ...  n n  1
5.  
If x and y are any two distinct integers, then prove by mathematical induction that x n  y n is divisible
by  x  y  for all n  N .

6. Using principle of mathematical induction, prove that x 2 n  y 2 n is divisible by x  y for all n  N .

7.  
Prove by the principle of induction that for all n  N , 10 2 n 1  1 is divisible by 11.

8. Prove by the principle of mathematical induction that for all n  N ,

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 n 1 n
sin   sin
sin   sin 2  sin 3  ....  sin n   2  2
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
sin
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ASSIGNMENT (V) – MATHS
TOPIC – COMPLEX NUMBERS

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
 17  1  
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
1. Show that: i      2 i

 i
   

2. Express each one of the following in the standard form a  ib .

1 1
(i) (ii)
2 3 1  cos   2i sin 
ci b 2c
3. If a  ib  , where c is real, prove that : a 2  b 2  1 and  2 .
ci a c 1

4. Express the following complex numbers in the standard form. Also, find their conjugate:
(i)
1 i
(b)
1  i  2 (iii)
 2  3i  2
1 i 3i 2i

5. If x  iy 
a  ib
c  id

, prove that: x 2  y 2  2

a 2  b2
c2  d 2

6. Find the square root of 5  12 i .

7. Find the square roots of 15  8i .

8. Find the square root of i .

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ASSIGNMENT (VI) – MATHS
TOPIC – A.P.

1. If pth, qth and rth terms of an A.P. are a, b, c respectively, then show that a q  r   b r  p   c p  q   0 .

1 1
2. If a1 , a 2 , a3 ,…. a n are in A.P., where ai  0 for all i , show that + +…+
a1  a 2 a 2  a3
1 n 1
 .
a n1  a n a1  a n

3. Divide 32 into four parts which are in A.P. such that the product of extremes is to the product of means is
7 : 15.

4. Find the sum of all odd integers between 2 and 100 divisible by 3.

5. The sum of the first p, q, r terms of an A.P. are a, b, c respectively. Show that
a
 q  r   b  r  p  c  p  q  0 .
p q r

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6. The pth term of an A.P. is a and qth term is b . Prove that the sum of its  p  q  terms is
pq ab
a  b  .
2  p  q
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ASSIGNMENT (VII) – MATHS

TOPIC – G.P.

1. The first term of a G.P. is 1. The sum of the third and fifth terms is 90. Find the common ratio of the G.P.

2. If the pth, qth and rth terms of a G.P. are a, b, c respectively, prove that : a  q r  . b  r  p  . c  p q   1 .

3. If S1 , S 2 and S 3 be respectively the sum of n , 2n and 3n terms of a G.P., prove that

S1  S 3  S 2    S 2  S1  2 .

n
S
4. If S be the sum, P the product and R the sum of the reciprocals of n terms of a G.P. prove that    P 2 .
4

1/ a 1/ b
 A 1  B 1
5. If A  1  r a  r 2 a  ... to  and B  1  r b  r 2b  ... , prove that r      .
 A   B 

6. If p, q, r are in A.P., show that the pth, qth and rth term of any G.P. are in G.P.

7. If a, b, c are in A.P. and x, y, z are in G.P., then show that x b c . y c  a . z a b  1 .

8. If a, b, c are in G.P., then prove that log a n , log b n , log c n are in A.P.

9. If mth, nth and pth terms of a G.P. from three consecutive terms of a G.P. Prove that m, n and p form three
consecutive of arithmetic sequence.

10. Find two positive numbers whose difference is 12 and whose A.M. exceeds the G.M. by 2.

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