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BACHELOR OF COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS (B. C. A.)
(Revised)
Term-End Examination
December, 2020
BCS-012 : BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt
any three questions from the remaining
questions.

1. (a) Show that : 5

1 a a2
1 b b2
1 c c2  (a  b)(b  c)(c  a) .

(b) Use the principle of mathematical

induction to prove : 5
1 1 1 n
  .....   ,
(1)(2) (2)(3) (n)(n 1) n 1
where n is a natural number.
(c) Find the sum of n terms, for the series given
below : 5
3 + 33 + 333 + ........... .

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(d) Evaluate : 5
1 2x  1 2x .
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x0 x
(e) Evaluate : 5
dx
 x .
x
(f) If b
y  ax  , show that : 5
x
d 2y dy
x 2
x y0.
dx2 dx
(g) If 1, ω and ω2 are the cube roots of unity,
show that : 5
(1  2 )5  (1   2 )5  (1  2 )5  32 .
(h) Find the value of  for which the vectors

a  i ˆ  4 ˆj 
b  iˆ  2 ˆj  ˆ and
 kˆ ; k

c  2iˆ  3 ˆj  3kˆ are coplanar. 5
2. (a) Solve the following system ofequations, using
Cramer’s rule : 5
x  2 y  2z 
3 ; 3x  2 y  z
4;xyz
2.
1 2 2 
(b) If A   2 1 2  , show that A2  4A  5I3  0 .
 2 2 1 
Hence find A–1 and A3. 10
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(c) If A  1 1 0  , show that A is row

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1 1 5 

equivalent to I3. 5

3. (a) Solve the equation 2x3 15x2  37x  30  0 ,

given that the roots of the equation are in
A. P. 5

(b) If 1,  and
2 are cube roots of unity,
show that (2  )(2  2 )(2  10 )(2  11)  49
.5
3
(c) Use De-Moivre’s theorem to find  3i  .5
(d) Find the sum of an infinite G. P., whose
4
first term is 28 and fourth term is . 5
49

4. (a) Determine the values of x for which the

following function is increasing and
decreasing : 5

f (x)  (x 1)(x  2)2

(b) Find the length of the curve

y from
2x3/2
the point (1, 2) to (4, 16). 5
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(c) If a b c  10 , show that : 5
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  
abbcca .

(d) Solve : 5

2x  5
5
, x R .
x2

5. (a) A man wishes to invest at most ` 12,000 in

Bond-A and Bond-B. He must invest at
least ` 2,000 in Bond-A and at least ` 4,000
in Bond-B. If Bond-A gives return of 8%
and Bond-B gives return of 10%, determine
how much money, should be invested in
the two bonds to maximize the returns. 10

(b) Find the points of local maxima and local

minima of the function
f (x) , given below :

f (x)  x3  6x2  9x 100 .

(c) Show that 7 divides

23n 1, n  N i. e. set

of natural numbers, using mathematical

induction. 5
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(BCA) (Revised)
Term-End Examination
June, 2021

BCS-012 : BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any

three questions from the remaining questions.

1 – 2
(a) If A =  a 1
1. ; B=   and
 
2 – 1 –
b 1
(A + B)2 = A2 + B2, find a and b. 5

(b) If the first term of an AP is 22, the common

difference is – 4, and the sum to n terms is
64, find n. 5

(c) Find the angle between the lines

 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r1 = 2 i + 3 j – 4 k + t ( i – 2 j + 2 k )
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r2 = 3 i – 5 k + s (3 i – 2 j + 6 k ). 5

(d) If α, β are roots of x2 – 2kx + k2 – 1 = 0, and

α2 + β2 = 10, find k. 5
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(e) If y = 1 + ln (x + x  ), prove that
2 1
(x2 + 1) d y
dy  x = 0. 5
dx 2 dx

(f) Find the points of discontinuity of the

following function : 5
 2x
 x0
f(x) = 
,

x  3, x0
5
(g) Solve the inequality < 7. 5
|x – 3|

(h) Evaluate the integral

I
=
 x2
(1  x)
3
dx. 5

2. (a) Use the principle of mathematical

induction to show that
2 + 22 + ... + 2n = 2n+1 – 2 for each natural
number n.

5
(b) Using determinant, find the area of the
triangle whose vertices are (1, 2); (– 2, 3)
and (– 3, – 4). 5

(c) Draw the graph of the solution set for the

following inequalities :
2x + y ? 8, x + 2y ? 8 and x + y  6 5
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3 )3. 5

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3. (a) Find the absolute maximum and minimum
of the following function : 5

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f(x) =
x3 on [– 1, 1]
x
2 3 8
5 

(b) Reduce the matrix A = 0 1 1 to
 
 – 1 0  
1
normal form and hence find its rank. 5
(c) ^
If = ^ ^ ^
 ^ ^ + k and
 k;
a i –2j + b =2i + j
 ^ ^ ^
=
c i + 2 j – k ; verify that
        
a (b  c )=(a c )b –(a . b ) c . 5
.

(d) Find the length of function y = 3 – 2x from

(0, 3) to (2, – 1) using integration. 5

4. (a) Find the quadratic equation with real

coefficients and with the following pair of
roots : 5
m– n mn
 m  n ;  m – n 
   

(b) If x = a + b, y = a + b2, z = a2 + b

(where  is a cube root of unity and  s 1),
show that xyz = a3 + b3. 5

(c) Solve the following system of linear

 equations using Cramer’s rule : 5
x + y = 0; y + z = 1; z + x = 3

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(d) If y = ln e  x  2   , find
   dx . 5
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5. (a) A software development company took the
designing and development job of a website.
The designing job fetches the company
< 2,000 per hour and development job
fetches them < 1,500 per hour. The
company can devote at most 20 hours per
day for designing and atmost 15 hours for
development of website. If total hours
available for a day is at most 30, find the
maximum revenue the software company
can get per day. 10

(b) Evaluate
 x 3 – 2x dx. 5

(c) Find the vector and Cartesian equations

of the line passing through the points
(– 2, 0, 3) and (3, 5, – 2). 5

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(c) If z is a complex number such

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Im (z) = 0. 5

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a b  b a , for any two non-zero vectors a



and b . 5
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(e) Use the principle of mathematical
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
induction to show that : 5

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt 1

1 + 4 + 7 + ...... + (3k – 2) = k (3k  1)
2
any three questions from the remaining
questions.
(f) Evaluate dx
ex 1
. 5

1. (a) Find the inverse of matrix : 5

(g) Find the quadratic equation whose roots

 1 2 5
A  2  are (2  3 ) and (2 3). 5
3 1 
 
 1 1 1 (h) Find the length of the curve :


(b) If 7 times the 7th term of an A.P. is equal its 18th term. 5
to 11 times the 11th term of the A.P., find
 1 from (0, 3) to (2, 4). 5
y  3 (x )
2

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2. (a) Find the shortest distance between : 5 the area inside the ripple increasing when

ˆ ˆ ˆ the radius is 10 m ? 5

and
r1  (1  )  (2  ) j  (1  ) k
i

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ˆ ˆ ˆ 3

r2  2 (1  )  (1  ) j  (1  2) k
i x y  4 (a2  b2 )

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
(b) Find the points of local minima and local a b

maxima, for function : 5 (c) Find the 10th term of the harmonic
f (x ) 45 2 progression : 5
 3 4  8x3  x  2015
x
4 2
1 1 1 , 1 , ..........
, ,
(c) Find the sum of all integers between 100 7 15 23 31

and 1000 which are divisible by 7. 5  

(d) If (d) For any two vectors a and b , show that :

1 1 3
  5
A   0 5 2  , show that A is row
2 1 7    
 a b a  b

equivalent to I3. 5 3. (a) A stone is thrown into a lake, producing
4. (a) Determine the values of x for which :

circular ripple. The radius of the ripple is

f (x )  5x3 /  3x5 / 2 , x > 0
2

increasing at the rate of 5 m/s. How fast is

is increasing and decreasing. 5

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(b) Solve the following system of liner If project A gives return of 8% and project

equations by using matrix inverse : 10 B gives return of 10%, find how much

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2x – y + 3z = 6 to maximize the return. 10

2x + 2y – 3z = 0 (c) Solve the equation :

and hance, obtain the value of 3x – 2y + z. 2x3  15x2  37x  30  0

(c) Find the area bounded by the curves if roots of the equation are in A. P. 5

y 
x2 and y2  x. 5

5. (a) If
3
y  x x2  1  , dy
dx . 5
 find

(b) A company wishes to invest at most

$ 12,000 in project A and project B.

Company must invest at least $ 2,000 in

project A and at least $ 4,000 in project B.
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BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

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Term-End Examination
June, 2022

BCS-012 : BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any

three questions from the remaining questions.

1. (a) Solve the following system of linear

equations using Cramer’s rule : 5

x + y = 0; y + z = 1; z + x = 3

(b) If 1, ω and ω2 are cube roots of unity,

show that
(2 – ω) (2 – ω2) (2 – ω10) (2 – ω11) = 49. 5

(c) the integral I = x2 dx. 5

Evaluate (x 
3
1)

(d) Solve the inequality 5 |x  3|
 < 7. 5

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1 a
a2
(e) Show that 1 b 2
b = (b – a) (c – a) (c – b). 5
1 c

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c2

Find the quadratic equation whose roots

are (2 – 3 ) and (2 + 3 ). 5

(g) Find the sum of an Infinite G.P., whose

first term is 28 and fourth term 4
. 5
is 49

(h) If z is a complex number such that

|z – 2i| = |z + 2i|, show that Im(z) = 0. 5

2. (a) Evaluate
1  2x  1  2x
Lim . 5
x0 x

(b) Prove that the three medians of a triangle

meet at a point called centroid of the
triangle which divides each of the medians
in the ratio 2 : 1. 7

(c) A young child is flying a kite which is at a

height of 50 m. The wind is carrying the
kite horizontally away from the child at a
speed of 6·5 m/s. How fast must the kite
string be let out when the string is 130 m ? 8

3. (a) Using Principle of Mathematical Induction,

show that n(n + 1) (2n + 1) is a multiple of
 6 for every natural number n. 5

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(b) Find the points of local minima and local
maxima for

f(x) = 3 x4 – 8x3 + 45 x2 + 2015.

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4 2

(c) Determine the 100th term of the Harmonic

Progression 1 1
1 1 , , .... 5
7 , 15 , 23 31

(d) Find the length of the curve y = 2x3/2 from

the point (1, 2) to (4, 16). 5

4. (a) Determine the shortest distance between

 ^ ^ ^
r1 = (1 + ) i + (2 – ) j + (1 + ) k and
 ^ ^ ^
r2 = 2(1 + ) i + (1 – ) j + (– 1 + 2) k . 5

(b) Find the area lying between two curves

y = 3 + 2x, y = 3 – x, 0  x  3,
using integration. 5
2
(c) If y = 1 + ln (x + x  ), prove that
1
(x2 + 1)
2
d y = 0. 5
dy  x
dx2 dx

(d) Find the angle between the lines

 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r1 = 2 i + 3 j – 4 k + t ( i – 2 j + 2 k ) and
 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r2 = 3 i – 5 k + s (3 i – 2 j + 6 k ). 5
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 1 2 3
 
5. (a) If A =  4 5 7 , show that A(adj A) = 0. 5
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(b) Use De-Moivre’s theorem to find ( 3 + i)3. 5

   
(c) Show that |a|b+|b|a is
   
perpendicular to | a | b – | b | a , for any

two non-zero  
vectors a and b . 5
  x  2 3/4  dy
x
(d) If y = ln e  x  2   , find
   dx . 5
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BACHELOR OF COMPUTER

APPLICATIONS (BCA) (REVISED)

Term-End Examination

December, 2022

BCS-012 : BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt

any three questions from the remaining

questions.

3 4 5
 
1. (a) If A   1 1 0  , show that A is row
1 1 5 

equivalent to I3. 5

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(b) Find the sum of an infinite G. P., whose

4
first term is 28 and fourth term is . 5
49

(c) Solve the inequality

7. 5
x
5 3

(d) Evaluate x2
 (x  dx . 5

2)3


(e) For any vectors a

and b , show that

   
a b  a  b . 5

(f) Find the area bounded by the curves

y
x2 and y2  Also draw graph for
x.

the same. 5

(g) If z is a complex number such that

 z  2i
 z , show that Im (z) = 0. 5

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(h) Find the quadratic equation whose roots

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3) and (2 3). 5
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1 x x2

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1 y y2  ( y  x) (z  x) (z  y)
1 z z2

(b) Find
(  i)3 by using De Moivre’s
3
theorem. 5

(c) If
b
y  ax  , show that : 5
x

2d2 y
x dx2
dy
 x dx  y  0

(d) Find the points of discontinuity of the

following function : 5

 2
f (x)  x , if x  0

 x  3, if x  0

3. (a) Solve the following system of linear

equations using Cramer’s rule : 5

x+y=0

y+z=1

z+x=3
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difference is – 4, and the sum of n terms is 64,

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(c) Find the length of the curve

5

x
y  3
2

from (0, 3) to (2, 4). 5

(d) If
  
a,b, are coplanar vectors, then prove
c

     
that a  b , b  c and c are also
a

coplanar vectors. 5

4. (a) A child is holding string a flying kite,

which is at the height of 50 m, from the

ground. The wind carries away the kite

horizontally, from the child, at the rate of

6.5 m/s. Determine the rate at which the

kite string must be let out when the string

is 130 m. 5
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(b) Using determinants, find the area of

triangle whose vertices are (1, 2), (–2, 3)

and (–3, –4). 5

(c) Using the principle of mathematical

induction, prove that :

1 1 1 n
  ....  
(1) (2) (2) (3) n (n  1) n 1

for every natural number n. 5

(d) Reduce the matrix

5 3 8 
 
A   0 1 1 to
1 1 0 

normal form and hence find its rank. 5

5. (a) Find the vector and Cartesian equations

of the line passing through the points (–

2, 0, 3) and (3, 5, –2). 5

  x  2 3/ 4  dy
x
(b) If y  ln    , find . 5
e x 2 dx

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(c) A person wishes to invest at most ` 12,000

in ‘ option A’ and ‘option B’. He must invest

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` 14,000 in ‘option B’. If ‘option A’ gives

return of 8% and ‘option B’ gives return of

10%, determine how much investment

should be done in respective options to

maximize the returns. 10

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