SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2021.

B.Com.
Second Semester

BUSINESS MATHEMATICS (A20CMD202)

Time: 10.00 am to 01.00 pm Max. Marks- 75

PART A (10 x 2=20 Marks)

Answer ALL the Questions
Q.1 Define Symmetric and Skew- Symmetric matrices.
Q.2  2 3
If A =   , find adjA .
1 4
Q.3 The supply and demand function of a firm are given as :
11 pd = 4 x − 3 and 5 ps = 3x − 25 Using matrices, determine the equilibrium levels
of price and output.
Q.4  8 16 
Let M =   , where first row represent the number of table fans and second
32 48
row represents the number of ceiling fans which two manufacturing units A and B
make in one day. Compute 7M and state what it represent.
Q.5 Divide Rs. 495 between Akhil and Deepa in the ratio 4 : 7
Q.6 Find log 3 5
5

Q.7 If 4. nC2 = ( n + 2) C3 . Find n.

Q.8 Which term of the series 2, 5, 8…… is 53?
Q.9 Define Quadratic Function.
Q.10 Differentiate x 2 log x w.r.t x.

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 PART B (5 x 5 = 25 Marks)
Answer ALL the Questions
Q.11 1 a a3
Prove that 1 b b3 = ( a − b )( b − c )( c − a )( a + b + c )
1 c c3
Q.12 A company produces three products every day. Their total production on a certain
day is 45 tons. It is found the production of third product exceeds the production of
first product by 8 tons while the total production of first and third products is twice
the production of second product. Determine the production level of each product.
Using Cramer’s Rule.
9n ( 32 )( 3− n ) − 27 n
Q.13 −1
1
If = , Show that m − n = 1
3 (2 )
3m 3
27
Q.14 Find the number of permutations of the letter of the word ASSASSINATION.
Q.15 dy  5x 
3
 5x 
Find , when y =   − 2  + 10
dx  3x + 2   3x + 2 

PART C (3 x 10 =30 Marks)

Answer ANY THREE Questions

Q.16 1 3 3 
Find the inverse of the matrix 1 4 3 
 
1 3 4 
Q.17 A certain company gets the automobile chassis and then build 3 types of bodies,
viz., luxury coaches, ordinary passenger bus and lorries. For a luxury coaches 5
supervisors and 20 skilled laborers for a passenger bus 3 and 12, for a lorry 2 and
11 of these categories, are required for a day’s work. If 50 supervisors and 220
skilled laborers are available, how many coaches, buses and lorries could be build?
( ) ( )
Q.18 Solve x: 2 x 2 − 3 2 x+ 2 + 25 = 0

Q.19 Find the sum to n terms of the series 5 + 55 + 555 +

Q.20 Find the intervals in which the function f ( x ) = ( x + 1)3 ( x − 3)3 is (i) increasing (ii)
decreasing.

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