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12 Answer: 144
 1
T = 2π
L
1. Term independent of x from  x −  . , where L is the length of the
 x g
16. Elements of A × P ( A ) , if A = {a, 1}.
Answer: 924 pendulum and g is the acceleration due
( a,∅) ,( a,{a} ) ,( a,{1}) ,( a,{a,1} ) , to gravity equal to 9.8m/s2. If the length
Given x2 + y2 + 2gx + 2fy + c = 0 , find its Answer:   of the pendulum stretches by 0.01%
(1,∅) ,(1,{a} ) ,(1,{1} ) ,(1,{a,1} ) 
2.
over 1 year, what is the change in the
center and radius.
period per year?
Answer: (-g, -f), r = g 2 + f 2 − c
17. Given Γ (1.5 ) = 0.8862 , Γ ( −0.5 ) is Answer: 0.00005

Answer: –3.5448
3. Differentiate tan −1 1 − cos x . 31. Given the parabola y = 3x2 + 2x − 5 .
1 + cos x Determine the coordinates of the vertex.
18. Horizontal asymptote: g(x)= x − 22 x + 4
2
Answer: 1/2
− 2x − 16 Answer:  − 1 , − 5 1 
Answer: y = 0.5  3 3
4. Derive the equation of the tangent to the
curve y2 = 4ax at the point (at2, 2at).
Answer: yt = x + at2 19. Find all solutions of the differential 32. Which of the following is a
2 transformation of y = f(x) that translates
equation d x2 − 2 d x + x = sin t Subject
5. Volume by revolving the ellipse dt dt this function down 3, shrinks it
to the condition x(0) = 1 and x’(0) = 0. horizontally by a factor of 2 and reflects
x2 y2
+ = 1 about the major axis. it about the x-axis?
a2 b2 Answer: x = 1 ( e t − te t + cos t )
2 Answer: y = − f  1 x  − 3
Answer: 4 π ab 2 2 
3
20.  2 (1 − i ) 
48
= 33. The equation of a circle in x-y planes is
6. Find the equation of the circle concentric
with the circle 2x2 + 2y2 + 8x + 10y – 39 Answer: 2 48
given by x2 − 2x + y2 + 2y = 0 . Find the
= 0 and having its area equal to 16pi. circumference of the circle.
21. Rotate the region bounded by y = 0 and Answer: 8.88
Answer: x 2 + y 2 + 4x + 5y − 23 = 0
4 y = cosx for π ≤ x ≤ 3 π about the y-axis
2 2 1
1
7. Find the Minimum value of the function and find its volume. 34.  1+ x 2
dx using Simpson’s rule with a
y = sin 3 x − 3 sin x , 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 π . Answer: 4 π2 0

Answer: –4 partition having four intervals.

Answer: 0.785392
22. A 3 x 3 matrix with A = 5. Find A + I
8. If 5 times the 5th term of an A.P. is equal
Answer: not enough information 35. Radius of circle 2x2 + 2y2 – 3x + 5y = 7
to the 10 times the 10th term, find the
15th term of the A.P. 3
23. A rare stamp is, and has been, Answer: 10
Answer: 0 4
appreciating at the rate of 5 + 0.5t in
thousands of dollars per year when t is
9. Find the equation of the circle which 36. Find the square root of 12 – 6i.
measured in years. If this stamp is
passes (4,1) and (6,5) and having Answer: –3.856 + 0.842i
purchased for $5000 for a newborn child
center on the line 4x + y = 16.
and allowed to appreciate, what will be
Answer: x2 + y2 − 6x − 8y + 15 = 0 the value of the stamp on the child’s 37. Find the equation of the circle which
18th birthday? passes through the points (-1,2) and (3,-
Answer: $171,000 2) and has center on the line x = 2y.
10. Solve (1 + x 2 ) dy + 2xy − 4x 2 = 0 ,y(0) = 0. Answer: x2 + y2 − 4x − 2y − 5 = 0
dx
24. If X has a Poisson distribution such that
4x 3
Answer: y = P(X = 2) = 9P(X = 4) + 90P(X = 6) then 38. Unit vector normal to the plane A = 3i –
3 (1 + x 2 ) the variance of the distribution is 2j + 4k and B = i + j – 2k.
Answer: 1 2j + k
Answer: ±
11. How many terms are there in a finite 5
  xy ( x + y) dxdy
A.P. whose first and fifth terms are
25. The value of integral
respectively -14 and 2, and the sum of 39. Which of matrices is not symmetric?
the terms is 40. over the region bounded by the line y =
Answer: 10 x and the curve y = x2 is  20 −120 200 
 3 −4 2 Answer: 3/56 Answer: 120 −10 150 
  200 −150 30 
12. Inverse of the matrix A =  0 5 9 26. How many aqualung did Aquaman
−4 8 1 purchased for the special rate if
40. If “a fool and his money are soon
Aquaman’s Dive Shop is offering a
−67 20 −46 special sale on aqualung? Aquaman paid
parted,” the rate at which it leaves is
1  probably proportional to the amount
Answer: − −36 11 −27 2,750 for the aqualung and sold all but
remaining. If a certain fool starting with
17 four of them. Aquaman made a profit of P
 20 −8 15  $20,000 starts gambling his money
34 each on those sold. Gross receipts
away and after 2 hr has lost $2000, how
from the aqualung sales were 2,862.00.
13. A software manufacturer knows that one long will it take for him to lose 90% of
Answer: 22
out of 10 software games that the the original amount?
Answer: 43 hrs
company markets will be a financial 27. Intersection of the line ( t + 1,3, − t ) and
success. The manufacturer selects 10
new games to market. What is the the plane x + 3y + 2z = 0 is 41. Length of the space curve
probability that at least two games will Answer: 10  t   t3 1   t 
r (t) =  i +  +  j −   k , over
be a success?  2   6 2t   2 
Answer: 0.2639 28. The Flash starts a course at a steady
rate of 8 kph. Five minutes later, the interval 1 ≤ t ≤ 2.
14. Write the converse of the statement, “If Reverse Flash the same course at 10 Answer: 17/12
Maria Hill finishes her work, she will go kph. How long will it take for the
to the basketball game.” Reverse Flash to catch the first? 42. Find the equation of the circle which
Answer: If Maria Hill goes to the basketball Answer: 20 min touches both the axes and whose radius
game, she will finish her work. is 5.
29. Find the difference of the area of the
Answer: x2 + y2 ± 10x ± 10y + 25 = 0
15. An urn contains 4 green balls and 6 blue square inscribed in a semi-circle having
a radius of 15 cm in cm2. The base of 43. The differential equation of the curve
balls. A second urn contains 16 green
the square lies on the diameter. y = acos ( x − b ) , where a and b are
balls and N blue balls. A single ball is
drawn at random from each urn. The Answer: 173.5 constants is
probability that both balls are of the d2 y
same color is 0.58. N= 30. The period of time for one back-and- Answer: +y=0
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continuously busy during the first 30 68. Find the volume (in cm3) of a triangular
44. Solve the following system of equations: minutes of opening. spherical pyramid whose base has
5x + 3y + 14z = 4, y + 2z = 1 120 e−60 ( 60 )
x angles of 77o, 102o and 121o on a
2x + y + 6z = 2, x + y + 2z = 0 Answer: 1 −  sphere of radius 15 cm.
x =0 x! Answer: 750π
1 3
Answer: x = −1, y = − , z =
2 4 57. Suppose the diameter of a certain car 69. Steve and Bucky are 50 feet apart.
component follows the normal Steve starts walking north at a rate so
45. Arc length of f ( x ) = x3/ 2 + 2 on [1,4] is distribution with X N (10,3 ) . Find the that the angle is changing at a constant
Answer: 7.63 proportion of these components that rate of 0.01 rad/min. At what rate is
have diameter larger than 13.4 mm. Or, distance between the two is changing
46. In a certain factory turning out razor if we randomly select one of these when θ = 0.5 radians?
blades, there is a small chance of 1/500 components, find the probability that its Answer: 0.311254
for any blade to be defective. The diameter will be larger than 13.4 mm.
blades are supplied in packets of 10. Answer: 0.1292 70. Find the general solution u y = 3 if
Find the approximate number of u ( x, y ) is a function of x and y and
packets, in a consignment of 10,000 58. The length of the sardines received by a
packets containing no defective blade certain cannery is normally distributed u ( x, 0 ) = 4x + 1
Answer: 9802 with mean 4.62 inches and a standard
Answer: u = 3y + 4x + 1
deviation 0.23 inch. What percentage of
47. Find the slope of the tangent line to the all these sardines is between 4.35 and
4.85 inches long? 71. Refer to a town with 20 traffic lights.
ellipse 2x 2 + y 2 + 30 = 8y − 12x at (x, y), Each light has 1% probability of not
Answer: 0.7203
where x = -2 and y > 4. working properly on any given day. Use
Answer: − 2 59. The lateral area of a frustum of regular the binomial distribution to calculate the
cone is _______ the sum of product of probability that exactly 1 of the 20 lights
48. Given A = {1, {4}, {2}, 3, 4, 5}, B = {{{1, circumference of bases and slant height. will not work properly today.
4, 5, 3, 1}}}, C = {1, {3}, 2, 1}, D = {1, 1, Answer: 1/2 Answer: 0.165
3}, E = {1, 4, {5}, {3}}, F = {1, 8, {1, 2, 3,
4}}. Calculate the set C ∪ (D ∩ F ) 60. The lateral area of a frustum of regular 72. Refer to the data set below, the number
pyramid is _______ the sum of product of patient visits per week at a
{
Answer: 1, 2, {3} } of perimeter of bases and slant height. chiropractor’s office over a ten-week
Answer: 1/2 period. Number of patients per week (75
86 87 90 94 102 105 109 110 120)
49. Let p, q, r denote the following
61. The average value of the function Calculate the second quartile.
statements about a triangle ABC. p:
f ( x ) = sinx − x on the interval [0,π] .
Answer: 98
Triangle ABC is isosceles. q: Triangle
ABC is equilateral. r: Triangle ABC is Answer: –0.93418
equiangular. Translate ¬p → ¬q into an 73. Solution uy = cos y , u is function of x, y.
English sentence. Answer: u = sin y + f ( x )
0 if x > 1
Answer: If triangle ABC is not isosceles, then 62. f ( x ) =  , [ −π, π] . Find the
it is not equilateral. 1 if x ≤ 1
74. The rate at which algae are growing in a
Fourier series. certain pond is proportional to the
50. Value of ao in the Fourier series 1 ∞
2  amount of algae according to dA/dt =
a Answer: f ( x ) =  1 +  sinncosnx 
f ( x ) = o + a1 cos 2x + ... + an cosnx is π n =1 n 
0.02A, where A is measured in pounds
2 and t in days. At present there is 300 lb
1 2π of algae in the pond. Find the no. of
Answer:  f ( x ) dx 63. Given Aex + Be-x = 4coshx – 5sinhx,
days for the amount of algae to double.
π 0 determine the values of A and B.
Answer: 34.5
1 1
51. A square root of 3 + 4i is Answer: A = − and B = 4
2 2 75. An oil company bores a hole 120m
Answer: 2 + i
deep. Estimate the cost of boring if the
64. Refer to the data set below, the number cost is P70 for drilling the first meter with
52. Find the Fourier series representing the of patient visits per week at a an increase in cost of P3 per meter for
function f ( x ) = x, 0 < x < 2π chiropractor’s office over a ten-week each succeeding meter.
period. Number of patients per week (75 Answer: P29820
Answer: π − 2  sin x + sin 2x + sin3x + ... 
1 1
86 87 90 94 102 105 109 110 120)
 2 3 
Calculate the first quartile of the data 76. Central City has become a major
using index method. competitor of the Gotham City and
53. The function f(x) having period 2 and Answer: 87 Starling City in education as well as
defined by f(x) = 1 – x2, −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 is economics. Here are the counts of first
Answer: Even 65. Refer to the data set below, the number university degrees conferred in science
of patient visits per week at a and engineering in the three regions:
2s + 1 chiropractor’s office over a ten-week Field Gotham Starling Central Total
54. Inverse Laplace of
( s + 1) ( s2 + 1)
City City City
period. Number of patients per week (75 Engg 61941 158931 280772 501644
86 87 90 94 102 105 109 110 120) NatSci 111158 140126 242879 494163
1 −t 1 3 Calculate the interquartile range (IQR) SocSci 182166 116353 236018 534537
Answer: e + cos t + sin t Total 355265 415410 759669 1530344
2 2 2 of the data.
Answer: 22 Find the probability that the degree
conferred was in engineering or the
55. Find an estimate of the standard
region was the Gotham City.
deviation. 10
66. Inverse Laplace transform of . Answer: 0.52
House prices Frequency 2s + 2
(1000’s Pounds) t 77. The temperatures of a particular day in
−
40 ≤ p < 60 5 2 Central City are given by the function
Answer: 5e
60 ≤ p < 80 9  π  
80 ≤ p < 100 15 67. Which of the following is skew –
T(t) = 14cos   ( t − 16 )  + 34 . The
 12  
100 ≤ p < 120 8  0 1 −3  low temperature was 20ºC. The high
symmetric to B =  −1 0 −2  ? temperature of 48º occurred at 4 PM.
120 ≤ p < 140 3
Answer: 21994  3 2 0  During what time interval is the
temperature at least 40º?
56. A ticket office can serve 4 customers  0 −1 3  Answer: 11:42 AM – 8:18 PM
per minute. The average number of Answer:  1 0 2  −π, − π < x < 0
customers arriving to the ticket office for 78. If f ( x ) =  then f(0) is
purchase of tickets is 120 per hour. Find  −3 −2 0   x, 0 < x < π
the probability that the ticket office is π
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94. The 8th term of an A.P is 17 and the π
79. When a certain radioactive element 19th term is 39. Find the 25th term. Answer: x =
4
decays, the amount of time t can be Answer: 51
calculated using the function
1 1
113. If ( 3.7 ) = ( 0.037 ) = 10000 find
x y
−t 95. Find k so that k + 2, 4k – 6, 3k – 2 are −
E(t) = ae 500, where a is the original the three consecutive terms of an A.P. x y
amount and t is the elapsed time in Answer: –3 Answer: 1/2
years. How many years would it take for
the initial amount of 250 milligrams of 96. How many terms of an A.P. 1, 4, 7, …
this element to decay to 100 milligrams? are needed to make the sum 715? 114. Find the value of log 2 2 2 2 2
2
Answer: 458 Answer: 22
Answer: 31/16
80. Area of a regular pentagon whose side 97. 4 harmonic means between 1/12, 1/42.
is 25 m and apothem is 17.2 m is Answer: 1/18, 1/24, 1/30, 1/36
115. Find the value of log a
a a a a a
Answer: 1075
98. How many terms of a Geometric Answer: 31/16
81. A circular piece of cardboard with a progression 3, 32, 33… to give sum 120.
diameter of 1 m will be made into a Answer: 4 116. Three men are on a camping trip. One
conical hat 40 cm high by cutting a of the three will volunteer to cook
sector off and joining the edges to form 99. The sum of the first three terms of a breakfast. Jim is twice as likely to
a cone. Determine the angle subtended G.P. is 39/10 and their product is 1. volunteer as Charles, and Charles is
by the sector removed. Answer: 5/2, 1, 2/5 three times as likely to volunteer as Ed.
Answer: 144° What is the probability of volunteering
100. Find the sum of the n terms of the series for Charles?
82. Complement of the function F ( A,B,C,D )
0.5 + 0.55 + 0.555 + … terms. Answer: 3/10

=  ( 0,2,6,11,13,14 ) in sum of minterms. 5 10n − 1 

Answer: n − 117. A photographer has a supply of film in
Answer:  (1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,12,15 )
9

9 10n ( )

his equipment bag. Each roll of film is in
a box of the same size and shape. He
has four kinds of film: black and white,
83. Express the complement of the function 101. Find the sum of the following sequence high speed color slide film, medium
to n terms 9, 99, 999, …
F ( x,y,z ) = ∏ ( 0,3,6,7 ) sum of minterms. speed color slide film and color negative

Answer:  ( 0,3,6,7 )
Answer: Sn =
10
9
(
10n − 1 − n ) film. He has 14 rolls, four of which are
black and white film. He has two rolls of
color negative film and two rolls of high
speed color slide film. He selects a roll
84. Convert F ( x,y,z ) =  (1,3,7 ) to the other
102. If the arithmetic mean and geometric
mean of two numbers are 13 and 12 at random. What is the probability
canonical form. respectively, find the numbers. a. that he selects a roll of color film?
Answer: ∏ ( 0,2,4,5,6 ) Answer: 8, 18 Answer: 5/7

103. 5 geometric means between 1/3, 243. b. that he selects a roll of color slide
85. Convert F ( A,B,C,D ) = ∏ ( 0,1,2,3,4,6,12 ) Answer: 1,3,9,27,81 film?
to the other canonical form. Answer: 4/7
Answer:  ( 5,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15 ) 104. Three numbers are in G.P. Their sum is
21 and their product is 216. Find them. c. that he selects a roll of high speed
Answer: 3, 6, 12 color slide film?
86. The sum of the squares of two positive Answer: 2/14
integers is 208. If the square of the 105. Find the sum to n terms of the series
larger number is 18 times the smaller 1(3) + 3(5) + 5(7) + … 118. Each of three events A, B and C has
number, find the numbers.
Answer: 8 and 12 Answer:
(
n 4n2 + 6n − 1 ) probability 1/5. Event A is mutually
exclusive of each of the other two
3 events, but P(BC) = 1/10. What is the
87. The sum of the first n natural numbers is probability that at least one of the events
276. Find the value of n.
Answer: 23
7
( )(
106. Simplify i18 − 3 ( i ) + i2 1 + i4 ( −1) ) 26 will occur?
Answer: 1/2
Answer: 1 + 3i
88. There are three consecutive positive 119. Three major credit cards are honored by
integers such that the sum of the square 107. Find the value of A and B from most stores in a suburban community
of the first and the product of the other
two is 154.What are the integers?
( ) ( )
2 i4 + 6 i3 = A + iB shopping center. A survey of families in
the community shows that: 25% have
Answer: 8, 9, 10 Answer: A = 2, B = –6 card a (they may have others); 20%
have card b; 25% have card c; 30%
89. The sum of the first n even natural 3 1 2 1 have at least two cards; 5% have all
numbers is given by the relation 108. Express log x − logy + logz − loga
2 3 3 5 three; 10% have both cards a and b;
S = n ( n + 1) . Find n, if the sum is 420. as a single logarithm. twice as many have cards a and c as
have cards b and c. A costumer comes
Answer: 20  x 3 3 z2 
Answer: log   into a store. What is the probability
 3 y5 a  a. that he has at least one credit
90. Two consecutive odd natural numbers  
card?
the sum of whose squares is 202.
Answer: 0 *
Answer: 9, 11 1
(
109. Solve log10 11 + 4 7 = log10 ( 2 + x )
2
) b. that he has only card a?
91. Determine two consecutive even
Answer: x = 7 Answer: 0.35
positive integers, the sum of whose
8
squares is 100. x y
Answer: 6 and 8 120. Find the middle term of  + 
 1
110. If logx ( k ) = a , find log 1 ( k ) and log 1   . y x
x 
k Answer: 70
92. The sum of the two natural numbers is x

8.Determine the numbers, if the sum of Answer: –a, a

121. Coefficient of x3 in ( 3x + 4 )
6
their reciprocals is 8/15.
Answer: 3 and 5 log2 ( x )
log2 ( y ) log2 ( z ) 3 2 Answer: 34560
111. If = = , x y z = 1,
4 6 3P
93. The first term of an Arithmetic 122. Constant term in expansion of
then find the value of P.
Progression (A.P) is –2 and the 10th 9
Answer: –8  5 
term is 16. Determine the 15th term.
 3x − 2 
Answer: 26
112. Find the least positive value of x such  x 
that logcos( x ) sin ( x ) + logsin( x ) cos ( x ) = 2 Answer: –7,654,500

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123. Find the complement of 139. Find the vector area of a parallelogram
F ( x,y,z ) = x ' yz'+ x ' y ' z whose diagonals are determined by the 155. A ball is thrown straight up from the
vectors a = 3i + j – 2k, b = i – 3j + 4k. ground. How high will it go?
Answer: ( x + y '+ z )( x + y + z ' )
Answer: 5 3 v 2
Answer: o
2g
124. Find the complement of 140. Find the angle between the planes 2i – j
F ( x,y,z ) = x ( y ' z + yz ) + k = 6, i + j + 2k = 7.
1 y ''
Answer: x '+ ( y + z' )( y '+ z' ) Answer: 60o 156. Solve =
y 1 + y2
141. Find the total area of the curve f(x) = x 
Answer: y = c cosh  + b 
cosx and the x –axis on interval [0,2π] .
125. Write the minterm for a function F(x,y,z)
when x = 1, y = 0, z = 0. c 
Answer: xy’z’ Answer: 4
157. Suppose we draw two cards out of a
126. Write the maxterm for a function F(x,y,z) 142. Find the average speed of a car, starting deck of 52. What is the probability both
when x = 1, y = 0, z = 0. at time 0, if it drives for 5 hours and its cards are spades?
Answer: x’ + y + z speed at time t (in hours) is given by Answer: 1/17
s ( t ) = 5t 2 + 7t + e t in miles per hour.
127. Write short hand notation for the 158. The Cornell hockey team is playing in a
Answer: 88.65
following mintemrs: xyz, x’yz’, x’yz four team tournament. In the first round
Answer: F =  ( 2,3,7 ) n
they have any easy opponent that they
143. Evaluate S =  ( nCk ) will beat 80% of the time but if they win
2

k =0 that game they will play against a

128. Write short hand notation for the
following maxterms: x + y +z, x + y’ + z, Answer:
( 2n)! tougher team where their probability of
success is 0.4. What is the probability
x’ + y + z’, x + y’ + z’. n!n! that they will win the tournament?
Answer: F = ∏ ( 0,2,3,5 ) Answer: 0.32
144. A particle moves along a curve whose
129. Complement of x + yz + xz parametric equations are x = e − t , 159. The problem is named for the hose of
the television show Let’s Make A Deal in
Answer: x ' ( y '+ z' )( x '+ z ' ) y = 2cos3t , z = sin3t . Find the velocity
which contestants were often placed in
and acceleration at t = 0. situations like the following: Three
130. Find the complement of the expression Answer: v = 10, a = 325 curtains are numbered 1, 2 and 3.
AB ( C'D + B'C ) Behind one curtain is a car; behind the
other two curtains are donkeys. You
Answer: ( A '+ B' ) + ( C + D' )(B + C' ) 145. Evaluate  r ×
d2r 2
dt , r = 2t 2i + tj − 3t3k pick a curtain, say #1. To build some
1 dt 2 suspense the host opens up one of the
131. Find x such that Answer: –42i + 90j – 6k two remaining curtains, say #3, to reveal
 1 3 2   1 a donkey. What is the probability you
[1 x 1]  2 5 1 2  = 0
2
146. Evaluate ∇er where r 2 = x 2 + y 2 + z2 will win given that there is a donkey
behind #3?
15 3 2  x 
2
Answer: 2er r Answer: 1/3
Answer: –2, –14
147. Maximum rate of change for function 160. Approximately 1% of women aged 40-
x−2 2x − 3 3x − 4 φ = x 2 y 3 z 4 at the point 2i + 3j – k. 50 have breast cancer. A woman with
breast cancer has a 90% chance of
132. Solve for x x − 4 2x − 9 3x − 16 = 0 Answer: 324 2 positive test from a mammogram, while
x − 8 2x − 27 3x − 64 a woman without has a 10% chance of a
Answer: 4 148. Find the angle between the curves false positive result. What is the
x 2 + y 2 + z2 = 9 , z = x 2 + y 2 − 3 at the probability a woman has breast cancer
4 2 3  point (2, –1, 2). given that she just has a positive test?
133. Rank of A =  8 4 6  Answer: 54.41o * Answer: 9/108

 −2 −1 −1.5  161. Ellen has a brother with hemophilia but

149. Write the Taylor expansion of
two parents who do not have the
F ( z ) = z + 3z + 4 at z = 2
Answer: 1 5
disease. Since hemophilia is caused by
f ( z ) = 42 + 83 ( z − 2) + 80 ( z − 2) a recessive allele h on the X
2
134. Determine the values of b such that the
rank of matrix A is 3. Answer: chromosome, we can infer that her
+ 40 ( z − 2) + 10 ( z − 2 ) + ( z − 2)
3 4 5
mother is a carrier (that is, the mother
 1 1 −1 0 
 4 4 −3 1 has the hemophilia allele h on one of
A=  her X chromosome and the healthy
b 2 2 2 150. Taylor expansion of f ( z ) = z10 at z = 2. allele h on the other), while her father
  10 has the healthy allele on his one X
9 9 b 3 
 210−k10Ck ( z − 2)
k
Answer: chromosome. Since Ellen received one
Answer: 2, –6 k =0 X chromosome from her father and one
from her mother, there is a 50% chance
135. Find a vector of magnitude 6 units which
151. Evaluate Log ( −1 − i) that she is a carrier, and if so, there is a
is parallel to the vector i + 3j 50% chance that her sons will have the
1 5π
Answer: 3i + 3 3j Answer: Log ( 2 ) + i disease. If she has two sons without the
2 4 disease, what is the probability she is a
carrier?
136. Magnitude of the vector 7i – 3j + 5k. 152. Find the domain and range of analyticity Answer: 1/5
Answer: 83 of f ( z ) = Log ( 3z − i)
137. If the position vectors of A and B are 2i 162. Three factors make 20%, 30% and 50%
1
– 9j – 4k, 6i – 3j + 8k respectively, find Answer: x ≤ 0, y = of the computer chips for a company.
the unit vector in the direction of AB. 3 The probability of a defective chip is
2 3 6 0.04, 0.03 and 0.02 for the three
Answer: i + j + k 1+ i factories. We have a defective chip.
7 7 7 153. Solve ez = What is the probability it came from
2
Factory 3?
138. If the position vectors of A and B are i + π Answer: 10/27
3j – 7k, 5i – 2j + 4k respectively, Answer: z = i + 2πik, k ∈
4
determine the direction cosines of A – B.
163. Solution of x3 y'''− x2 y''+ 2xy'− 2y = x3 is
4 −5 11 −1
Answer: , , 154. Find the Maclaurin series for tan z
9 2 9 2 9 2 Answer: y = c 1x + c 2 x ln x + c 3 x 2 + 1 x 3
∞
z2n −1 4
Answer:  ( −1)
n
, z <1
n=0 2n − 1

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