Std : SSC (Eng.Medium) Preliminary Examination Marks: 40 Date : 05/Jul/2013 Algebra Time: 3 Hours __________________________________________________________________________________________ Q.

1 Attempt any FIVE of the following : 5 (1) 20th term of the progression 1,11,21,31,.is (2) Write the quadratic equation 3y = 10y + 7 in a standard form ax + bx + c = 0. (3) If 12x + 13y = 29 and 13x + 12y = 21 . Find x - y (4) Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Write the probability of event A of getting two heads. (5) Find the class marks of the classes 10-19, 20-29. (6) Write the coordinates of the points of intersection of the line 2x + 3y = 6 with the Y-axis. Q.2 Attempt any FOUR of the following : 8 (1) Find the first four terms of the following sequence whose nth terms is given: (2) Solve the following quadratic equation by factorization method: 7x + 4x - 20 = 0 (3) (4) Sachin buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes out one fish at random from a tank containing 5 male fish and 8 female fish. What is the probability that the fish taken out is a male fish? (5) Solve the following simultaneous equations using Cramer's rule : 3x + 2y +11 =0 ; 7x - 4y=9 (6) In the following experiment write the sample space S, number of sample points n(S), events P, Q, R using set form and n(P), n(Q) and n(R). Find the events among the events defined above which are : complementary events, mutually exclusive events and exhaustive events Two dice are thrown : P is the event that the sum of the scores on the uppermost faces is a multiple of 6. Q is the event that the sum of the scores on the uppermost faces is at least 10. R is the event that same score on both dice . Q.3 Solve any THREE of the following : (1) Babubhai borrows Rs 4000 and agrees to repay with a total interest of Rs. 500 in 10 installments, each installment being less than the preceding installment by Rs.10. What: should be the first and the last installment? (2) The sum of a natural number and its reciprocal is 10/3. Find the number. (3) Find the value of p for which the given simultaneous equations have unique solution :8x - py + 7 = 0; 4x -2y + 3 = 0

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(4) Following table shows frequency distribution of duration (in seconds) of advertisements on T.V. Duration (in sec.) No. of advertisements 25-30 10 30-35 32 35-40 15 40-45 9 45-50 7 50-55 2

Obtain mean duration of advertisement on T.V. by shift of origin and scale method. (5) Number of students admitted in different faculties of a college are given below Faculty No. of students Science 1000 Commerce 1200 Arts 650 Law 450 Home Science 300

Draw a pie diagram representing the above data. Q.4 Solve any TWO of the following : 8 (1) Exterior angle of a regular polygon having n- sides is more than that of the polygon having n sides by 50. Find the number of the sides of each polygon. (2) Three horses A, B and C are in a race, A is twice as like to win as B and B is twice as like to win as C, what are their probabilities of winning? (3) Sum of two numbers is 97. If the larger number is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 7 and the remainder is 1. Find the numbers by using two variables. Q.5 Solve any TWO of the following : 10 (1) The fourth term of an AP is equal to thrice the first term. The seventh term exceeds twice the third term by 1. Find (i) the first term (ii) the common difference (iii) the sum of the first ten terms. (2) Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 3/8 Hours. The larger tap takes 10 hours les than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can be separately fill the tank. (3) Solve the following simultaneous equations : m(x + y) +n(x-y)-(m + mn + n) =0 m(x + y) +n(x-y) - (m -mn + n) =0 -------- All the Best --------

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