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# Board Paper of Class 12-Commerce 2017 Maths All India(SET 1) - Solutions

General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper contains 29 questions.
(iii) Questions 1- 4 in Section A are very short-answer type questions carrying 1 mark each.
(iv) Questions 5-12 in Section B are short-answer type questions carrying 2 marks each.
(v) Questions 13-23 in Section C are long-answer I type questions carrying 4 marks each.
(vi) Questions 24-29 in Section D are long-answer II type questions carrying 6 marks each.

• Question 1
If for any 2 × 2 square matrix A, A(adj A) = $\left[\begin{array}{cc}8& 0\\ 0& 8\end{array}\right]$, then write the value of |A|. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 2
Determine the value of 'k' for which the following function is continuous at x = 3:

VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 4
Find the distance between the planes 2x – y + 2z = 5 and 5x – 2.5y + 5z = 20. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 5
If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3, then prove that det A = 0. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 6
Find the value of c in Rolle's theorem for the function f(x) = x3 – 3x in  . VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 7
The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 9 cm3/s. How fast is its surface area increasing when the length of an edge is 10 cm? VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 8
Show that the function f(x) = x3 – 3x2 + 6x – 100 is increasing on ℝ. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 9
The x-coordinate of a point on the line joining the points P(2, 2, 1) and Q(5, 1, –2) is 4. Find its z-coordinate. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 10
A die, whose faces are marked 1, 2, 3, in red and 4, 5, 6 in green, is tossed. Let A be the event "number obtained is even" and B be the event "number obtained is red". Find if A and B are independent events. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 11
Two tailors, A and B earn Rs 300 and Rs 400 per day respectively. A can stitch 6 shirts and 4 pairs of trousers while B can stitch 10 shirts and 4 pairs of trousers per day. To find how many days should each of them work and if it is desired to produce at least 60 shirts and 32 pairs of trousers at a minimum labour cost, formulate this as an LPP. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 12
Find :

$\int \frac{\mathrm{dx}}{5-8\mathrm{x}-{\mathrm{x}}^{2}}$ VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 14
Using properties of determinants, prove that

$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}{a}^{2}+2a& 2a+1& 1\\ 2a+1& a+2& 1\\ 3& 3& 1\end{array}\right|={\left(a-1\right)}^{3}$

OR

Find matrix A such that

$\left(\begin{array}{cc}2& -1\\ 1& 0\\ -3& 4\end{array}\right)A=\left(\begin{array}{cc}-1& -8\\ 1& -2\\ 9& 22\end{array}\right)$ VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 15
If xy + yx = ab, then find $\frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dx}}.$

OR

If ey(x + 1) = 1, then show that $\frac{{\mathrm{d}}^{2}\mathrm{y}}{{\mathrm{dx}}^{2}}={\left(\frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dx}}\right)}^{2}.$ VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 16
Find:

VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 18
Solve the differential equation (tan–1 x – y) dx = (1 + x2) dy.   VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 19
Show that the points A, B, C with position vectors $2\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{i}}-\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{j}}+\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{k}}$, $\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{i}}-3\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{j}}-5\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{k}}$ and $3\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{i}}-4\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{j}}-4\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{k}}$ respectively, are the vertices of a right-angled triangle. Hence find the area of the triangle. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 20
Find the value of λ, if four points with position vectors and $4\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{i}}+6\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{\lambda }\stackrel{^}{\mathrm{k}}$ are coplanar. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 21
There are 4 cards numbered 1, 3, 5 and 7, one number on one card. Two cards are drawn at random without replacement. Let X denote the sum of the numbers on the two drawn cards. Find the mean and variance of X. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 22
Of the students in a school, it is known that 30% have 100% attendance and 70% students are irregular. Previous year results report that 70% of all students who have 100% attendance attain A grade and 10% irregular students attain A grade in their annual examination. At the end of the year, one student is chosen at random from the school and he was found to have an A grade. What is the probability that the student has 100% attendance? Is regularity required only in school? Justify your answer. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 23
Maximise Z = x + 2y

subject to the constraints

x + 2y ≥ 100

2x – y ≤ 0

2x + y ≤ 200

x, y ≥ 0

Solve the above LPP graphically. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 24
Determine the product and use it to solve the system of equations x – y + z = 4, x – 2y – 2z = 9, 2x + y + 3z = 1. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 25
Consider . Show that f is bijective. Find the inverse of f and hence find f–1 (0) and x such that f–1 (x) = 2.
OR

Let $\mathrm{A}=\mathrm{ℚ}×\mathrm{ℚ}$ and let * be a binary operation on A defined by (a, b) * (c, d) = (ac, b + ad) for (a, b), (c, d) ∊ A. Determine, whether * is commutative and associative. Then, with respect to * on A
(i) Find the identity element in A.
(ii) Find the invertible elements of A. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 26
Show that the surface area of a closed cuboid with square base and given volume is minimum, when it is a cube. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 27
Using the method of integration, find the area of the triangle ABC, coordinates of whose vertices are A(4, 1), B(6, 6) and C(8, 4).

OR

Find the area enclosed between the parabola 4y = 3x2 and the straight line 3x – 2y + 12 = 0. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 28
Find the particular solution of the differential equation $\left(x-y\right)\frac{dy}{dx}=\left(x+2y\right)$, given that y = 0 when x = 1. VIEW SOLUTION

• Question 29
Find the coordinates of the point where the line through the points (3, –4, –5) and (2, –3, 1), crosses the plane determined by the points (1, 2, 3), (4, 2, –3) and (0, 4, 3).
OR

A variable plane which remains at a constant distance 3p from the origin cuts the coordinate axes at A, B, C. Show that the locus of the centroid of triangle ABC is $\frac{1}{{x}^{2}}+\frac{1}{{y}^{2}}+\frac{1}{{z}^{2}}=\frac{1}{{p}^{2}}$. VIEW SOLUTION
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