BCM ARYA MODEL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS - XII

ASSIGNMENT - 2

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTONS ( 1 Mark )

1 Function f(x) = x4 – 62x2 + kx + 9 attains maximum value on [0,2]. Find k
2 Show that f(x) = (cosx)2 is a strictly decreasing function on (0 , π/2).
3 Show that f(x) = e1/x is a strictly decreasing function for all x>0.
1
4 Evaluate ∫ dx
√9x−4x2

1 et 1 et
5 If ∫0 dt = a , then find ∫0 dt
1+t (1+t)2

1 2x−1
6 Evaluate ∫0 tan−1 ( 1+x−x2 ) dx

π/2
7 Evaluate ∫0 √1 − sin 2x dx

8 Find the area bounded by y = 4x 2 , y = x 2 /9 and y = 2

9 Find the area bounded by y = x 2 , y = x 3 .

10 Given P(B) = 3/5 , P(A/B) = 1/2 and P(A∪B) = 4/5. Find P(A).

11 Find the probability of obtaining an even prime number on each die when a pair of dice is rolled.

12 Given P(E) = 3/5 , P(F) = 3/10 and P(E∩F) = 1/5. Find whether the events are independent or
not.

13 If two cards are drawn from 52 cards with replacement, then find the probability that both cards
are queen.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTONS ( 2 Marks )

1 At points on the ellipse 16x2 + 9y2 = 400 does the ordinate decrease at the same rate at which
the abscissa increases.

2 Find the value of k for which f(x) = kx3 – 9kx2 + 9x + 3 is increasing on R .

3 Prove that the maximum value of (1/x)x is e1/e .

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4 Evaluate ∫2 |x − 5| dx

5 Evaluate ∫(sinx)4 dx

6 If P(B) = 3/5, P(A/B) = ½ and P(A∪B) = 4/5 , then find P(A∪B)’ + P(A’∪B) .

7 If P(B) = 3/10, P(A) = 2/5 and P(A∩B) = 1/5 , then find P(A’/B’) . P(B’/A’) .

8 A couple has two children. Find the probability that both children are males if it is known that
atleast one of the children is male.

9 A bag contains (2n+1) coins. It is known that (n-1) of these coins have head on both sides,
whereas the rest of the coins are fair. A coin is picked up at random from the bag and is tossed.
If the probability that the toss results in a head is 31/42, find n.

LONG ANSWER QUESTONS ( 4 Marks )

1 Find the approximate value of (82)1/4 .

2 Find the intervals of the function f(x) = 4sin3x - 6sin2x + 12sinx + 100 where it is decreasing.

3 Find the intervals of the function f(x) = 2x3 – 15x2 +36x + 1 where it is increasing/decreasing.

4 Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of f(x) = 2x3 – 24x + 57 in [1,3].
1
5 Evaluate ∫ x(x5 +3) dx

1+x
6 Evaluate ∫ √ x
dx

x2 +x+1
7 Evaluate ∫ (x+1)2 (x+2) dx

logx
8 Evaluate ∫ (1+logx)2 dx

π x sin x
9 Evaluate ∫0 1+(cosx)2
dx

π/2
10 Evaluate ∫0 log(sinx) dx

11 Find the area of the region in the first quadrant enclosed by x-axis, the line y=x and the circle

x 2 + y 2 = 32.

12 Draw the graph of y = |x − 2|. Find the area under the curve and line x = 0 and x = 4.
13 Find the area of the region bounded by 4y = 3x 2 and 2y = 3x + 12.

14 Find the area of the region bounded by y = x 2 + 2 , y = x , x = 0 and x = 3 .

15 Find the area of the region bounded by y 2 = 4ax and y = mx .

16 Find the area of the region bounded by y 2 = 2x and x – y = 4 .

17 A and B throw a pair of dice alternately, till one of them gets a total of 10 and wins the game.
Find their respective probabilities of winning , if A starts first.

18 A letter is known to have come either from TATANAGAR or from CALCUTTA. On the envelope,
just two consecutive letters TA are visible. What is the probability that the letter came from
TATANAGAR.

19 Bag A contains 3 black and 2 white balls, bag B contains 2 black and 4 white balls. A bag and a
ball is selected at random. Find the probability of selecting a black ball.

20 A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 5 times. He throws a dice and reports that it is 1.
Find the probability that it is actually 1.

VERY LONG ANSWER QUESTONS ( 6 Marks )

1 If the lengths of three sides of a trapezium other than the base are each equal to 10cm, then
find the area of the trapezium when it is maximum.

2 A window is in the form of a rectangle surmounted by a semi-circle opening . The perimeter of

the window is 10m. Find the dimensions of the window to admit maximum light through the
whole opening.

3 AB is a diameter of a circle and C is any point on the circle. Show that the area of ABC is
maximum, when the triangle is isosceles.

4 Find the equations of tangents to the curve 3x2 – y2 = 8 , which passes through point (4/3 , 0).
5 Find the point on the curve y2 = 2x , which is at a minimum distance from (1 , 4 ).
1
6 Evaluate ∫ x4 +1 dx

3x+5
7 Evaluate ∫ x3 −x2 −x+1 dx

3
8 Evaluate ∫0 (2x 2 + ex ) dx

9 Find the area of the region {(x,y) : 0 ≤ y ≤ x 2 + 1, 0 ≤ y ≤ x+ 1, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2} .

10 Find the area bounded between the curve y 2 = 4x , line x + y = 3 and y - axis .

11 Find the area between x-axis curve x = y 2 and its normal at point (1,1).

12 Find the area enclosed by the curves x = 3cost and y = 2sint.

13 Find the area bounded between the curves x 2 + y 2 = 4 and (x − 2)2 + y 2 = 4

14 Find the area of the region { (x,y) : 4 x 2 + 4y 2 ≤ 9 and y 2 ≤ 4x }

15 Find the area of the triangular region whose vertices are (2,-2), (4,3) and (1,2) using integration.

16 A card from 52 cards is lost. From the remaining cards , two cards are drawn and are found to be
diamonds. Find the probability of the lost card being a diamond.

17 Two cards are drawn simultaneously (without replacement) from 52 cards. Find the mean and
variance of number of red cards.

18 Two numbers are selected at random (without replacement) from positive integers 2,3,4,5,6
and 7. Let X denote the larger of the two numbers obtained. Find the mean and variance of the
probability distribution of X.

19 A bag contains 4 white and 3 red balls. Let X be the number of red balls in a random draw of 3
balls. Find the mean and variance of X.

20 A bag contains 4 balls . Two balls are drawn at random (without replacement) and are found to
be white. What is the probability that all the balls in the bag are white?
 ANSWERS

1 - MARK

1 k = 120
1 8x−9
4 2
sin−1 9 + c

e
5 a+1–2

6 Zero

7 2(√2 - 1)

8 20√2 /3 sq units

9 1 /12 sq units

10 ½

11 1/36

12 No

13 1/(13)2

2 - MARK

1 (3 , 16/3 ) , (-3 , -16/3 )

2 k ∈ (0 1/3)

4 9

3x sin2x sin4x
5 8
− 4 + 32 + c

6 1

7 25/42

8 1/3

9 n=31
4- MARK

1 3.0093

2 ( π/2 , π )

3 Increasing in (-∞ , 2 )∪ ( 3, ∞ ) and decreasing in ( 2 , 3 )

1 x5
5 15
log | 5
x +3
|+ c

1 1
6 √x 2 + x + 2 log |(x + 2) + √x 2 + x | +c

1
7 -2log|x + 1| - x+1 +3log|x + 2| +c

x
8 +c
(logx+1)

π2
9 4

π
10 - log2
2

11 4π sq units

12 4 sq units

13 27 sq units

14 21/2 sq units

8a2
15 3m3
sq units

16 18 sq units

17 12/23 and 11/23

18 7/11

19 7/15

20 3/13

6 - MARK

1 75√3 cm2

2 Length of window = 20/(π+4) m and breadth = 10/(π+4) m

4 y = -3x + 4 and y= 3x – 4

5 (2,2)

1 2 x2 −√2x+1
−1 x −1 1
6 tan - log |x2 + | +c
√2 x√2 4√ 2 √2x+1

1 x+2 4
7 log | | - + c
2 x−1 (x−1)

8 17 + e3

9 23/6 sq. units

10 7/6 sq. units

11 11/12 sq units

12 6π sq units
8π
13 3
- 2√3 sq units

√2 9π 9 1
14 [ 6
+ 8
− 4 sin−1 3 ] sq units

15 13/2 sq units

16 11/50

17 Mean = 1 Variance = 25/51

18 Mean = 17/3 Variance = 14/9

19 Mean = 9/7 Variance = 24/49

20 3/5