Sec: JR.

IIT – STAR -CO-SC(MODEL-B) Date: 20-10-2024

Time: 3 Hrs CTM-16 Max. Marks: 300
PHYSICS MAX.MARKS: 100
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and
(4) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 if not correct.

1. Part of a simple harmonic motion is graphed in the figure. Where y is the displacement from
the mean position. The correct equation describing this SHM is

10 
a) y = 4 cos(0.6t) b) y = 2sin  t  
 3 2

10t   10t  
c) y  4sin    d) y  2 cos   
 3 2  3 2
A   A A  3 
2. A cos(t)  cos  t    cos  t     cos  t    A 'cos  t    Find resulting
2  2 4 8  2 

amplitude A’ and the phase of the vibrations  .

3 5 1 3 5 3 5 1
a) A, Tan 1   b) A, Tan 1  2  c) A, Tan 1   d) 3 5A, Tan 1  3
8 2 4 2  3

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3. A particle executes SHM on a straight line path. The amplitude of oscillation is 2cm. when
the displacement of the particle from the mean position is 1cm. The numerical value of
magnitude of acceleration is equal to the numerical value of magnitude of velocity. The
frequency of SHM (in second -1)is
a) 2 3 b) 2 / 3 c) 3 / (2) d) 1/ (2 3)
4. A particle moves on X-axis according to relation x  2 cos(50t   / 5) . The motion is started
at t=0 when does the particle come to rest 9th time?
a) 176  103 s b) 196  10 3 s c) 256  10 3 s d) 128  103 s
5. Two particles are in SHM with same angular frequency and amplitudes A and 2A
respectively along same straight line with same mean position. They cross each other at
position A/2 distance from mean position direction in opposite direction . The phase
difference between them is
5 1  1 5 1  1
a)  sin 1   b)  sin 1   c)  cos 1   d)  cos 1  
6 4 6 4 6 4 6  4
6. Two particles execute SHM of same amplitude of 20 cm with same period along the same
line about the same equilibrium position. The same line about distance between the two is
20 cm. Their phase difference in radians is
2   
a) b) c) d)
3 2 3 4
7. Acceleration a and time period T of a body in SHM is given by a curve shown below. Then,
corresponding graph between kinetic energy and time t is correctly represented by

a) b)

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 b) d)

8. A particle of mass m moves in a one-dimensional potential energy U(x)=  ax 2  bx 4 , where

‘a’ and ‘b’ are positive constants. The angular frequency of small oscillations about the
minima of the potential energy is equal to
a a 2a a
a)  b) 2 c) d)
2b m m 2m

9. A block of mass M1 resting on a frictionless horizontal surface connected to a spring of

spring constant k that is anchored to a wall. A block of mass M2  M1 is placed on the top
of the first block. The two bodies move as a unit with SHM. What is the maximum
amplitude of oscillation so that the two bodies move as a unit ? The coefficient of friction
between two bodies is  .

a)
1    gM1 b)
1    gM 2 c)
 M1 g 
d)
M 2 g 
k k k k
10. A horizontal spring –block system of mass 2 kg executes SHM. When the block is passing
through its equilibrium position, an object of mass 1 kg is put on it and the two move
together. Then new amplitude of vibration is (A being ts initial amplitude)
2 2 A
a) A b) A c) 2A d)
3 3 2

11. Four massless springs of force constant 2k, 2k, k and 2k are connected to a mass M lying on
a smooth horizontal surface as shown in the figure. If the mass M is displaced horizontally
through a small distance and released, the system will oscillate with a frequency

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 1 7k 1 4k 1 k 1 k
a) b) c) d)
2 M 2 M 2 3M 2 4M

12. Two identical springs are fixed at one end and masses 1 kg and 4 kg are suspended at their
other ends. They are both stretched down from their mean position and let go
simultaneously. If they are in the same phase after every 4 s, then the spring constant k is

a) Nm 1 b)  2 Nm 1 c) 2Nm 1 d) Nm 1
2
13. Two identical blocks P and Q have mass m each. They are attached to two identical springs
initially un stretched as shown. Now the left spring(along with p)is compressed by A/2 and
the right spring (along with Q) is compressed by A, Both the blocks are released
simultaneously. They collide and stick to each other. The amplitude of oscillation of
combined mass is

a)A/4 b)A/2 c)2A/3 d)3A/4

14. A system is shown in the figure. The time period for small oscillations of the two blocks
will be

2m 3m 3m 3m
a) 2 b) 2 c) 2 d) 2
k 2k 4k 8k

15. A point mas is subjected to two simultaneous sinusoidal displacements in x-direction,

 2 
x1  t   A sin t and x 2 (t)  A sin  t   . Adding a third sinusoidal displacement
 3 

x 3 (t)  Bsin  t    brings the mass to ta complete rest. The values of B and  are

3 4 5 
a) 2A, b) A, c) 3A, d) A,
4 3 6 3
16. A metallic wire of density  floats horizontal in water. The maximum radius of the wire, so
that the wire may not sink will be : (surface tension of water =T and angle of contact   0 0 )
2T 4T T T
a) b) c) d)
g g g g
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17. A soap bubble is being blown on a tube of radius 1 cm. The surface tension of the soap
solution is 0.05 N/m and the bubble makes an angle of 60 o with the tube as shown. The
excess of pressure over the atmospheric pressure in the tube is :

a)1Pa b)5 Pa c)10 Pa d)20 Pa

18. A capillary tube of radius R is immersed in water and water rises in it to a height H. Mass of
water in the capillary tube is M. If the radius of the tube is doubled , mass of water that will
rise in the capillary tube will now be
a)M b)2M c)M/2 d)4M
19. A solid sphere of radius R made of material of bulk modulus k is surrounded by a liquid in
a cylindrical container. A massless piston of area A floats on the surface of liquid. When a
mass m is placed on the piston to compress the liquid, the fractional change in the radius of
R
the sphere Is
R
mg mg mg 3mg
a) b) c) d)
Ak 3Ak A Ak
20. A U-tube of base length L filled with same volume of two liquids of densities  and 2  is
moving with an acceleration a on the horizontal plane as shown in the figure. If the height
difference between the two surfaces (open to atmosphere ) become zero, then the height H
is given by

aL 3aL aL 2aL
a) b) c) d)
2g 2g g 3g

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 SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical value. If the
Answer in the decimals , Mark nearest Integer only. Have to Answer any 5 only out of 10
questions and question will be evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, -1 in all other cases.

21. In the figure shown, the spring is relaxed. The spring is compressed by 2A and released.
Mass m collides with the wall and loses two –third of its kinetic energy and returns. If the
n m
time after which the mass m comes to rest first time after releasing is , then find n.
12 k

(Neglect friction)__________

22. A small block of mass m = 0.5 kg is attached to two springs each of force constant k=10
N/m as shown in figure. The block is executing SHM with amplitude A=50 cm. when the
block is at equilibrium position, one of the spring break without changing momentum of
block. What is new amplitude (in cm ) of oscillation? _____________

23. In the arrangement shown in figure pulleys are light, springs are ideal and k1  252 N / m ,
k 2  2k1 , k 3  3k1 and k 4  4k1 are the force constants of the springs. Calculate the period (in

sec) of small vertical oscillations of block of mass m= 3kg._____________

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 
24. A particle of mass m is moving in time t on a trajectory given by r  10t 2ˆi  5  t  5 ˆj where ,

 and  are dimensional constants. The angular momentum of the particle becomes the

same as it was for t=0 at time t is ……………………….s.

25. A liquid of density   0 1  y  is stored in a container where y is the distance from the
2
liquid surface and   m1 . A small hole is made at the bottom of the container. Find
3
velocity of efflux (in m/s ) when the liquid height is 1m. Assume flow is laminar
(g  10ms 2 ) ._______________

26. A container of width 2 m is filled with a liquid. A thin wire of a mass per unit length 10 g/m
is gently placed over the liquid surface in the middle of the surface as shown in the figure.
As a result, the liquid surface is depressed by a distance 1 cm. Determine the surface
tension (in SI unit) of the liquid. Assume suitable approximation._______________

27. A big drop is formed by coalescing 1000 small identical drops of water. If E1 be the total
surface energy of 1000 small drops of water and E 2 be the surface energy of single big drop
of water, then E1 : E 2 is x : 1 where x=________________.
28. There is an air bubble of radius 1.0 mm in a liquid of surface 0.075 Nm 1 and density 1000
kg m 3 at a depth of 10 cm below the free surface. The amount by which the pressure inside
the bubble is greater than the atmospheric pressure is ……………………..pa (g=10m-2)
29. A spherical ball of radius 1 mm and density 10.5 g/cc is dropped in glycerine of coefficient
of viscosity 9.8 poise and density 1.5 g/cc. viscous force on the ball by which it attains
constant velocity is approximately 3696  10  x N. The value of x is
________________.(given , g= 9.8 m / s 2 and linear   22 / 7 )
30. The distance of centre of mass from end A of a one dimensional rod AB having mass
 x2  3L
density   0 1  2 
kg / m and length L (in metre ) is m . The value of  is …………..
 L  

(where, x is the distance from end A).

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CHEMISTRY Max.Marks:100
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and
(4) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 if not correct.
31. Iodide ion is oxidized to hypoiodite ion  IO   by hypochlorite ion  ClO   in basic

solution as
OH 
I   aq   ClO   aq    IO   aq   Cl   aq 

The following initial – rate experiments were run and for each the initial rate of
formation of IO  was determined

Exp. Initial concentration (mol/L) Initial rate

No. I ClO  OH   mol L1s 1 

1) 0.010 0.020 0.010 12.2 102

2) 0.020 0.010 0.010 12.2  102

3) 0.010 0.010 0.010 6.1102

4) 0.010 0.010 0.020 3.0 102

The correct rate law for the reaction is

0 2 2 0
1) r  K  I   ClO   OH   2) r  K  I   ClO   OH  
1
3) r  K  I   ClO   OH   4) r  K  I   ClO   OH  

32. In the anion HCOO  the two carbon-oxygen bonds are found to be of equal length.
What is the reason for it?
1) Electronic orbits of carbon atoms are hybridized
2) The C  O bond is weaker than the C  O bond
3) The anion HCOO  has two resonating structure
4) The anion is obtained by removal of a proton form the acid molecule

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33. The non-aromatic compound among the following is

1) 2) S 3) 4)
34. Which of the following molecules is least resonance stabilized?

O N
1) 2) 3) 4) O
35. Organic reactions that involve ionic mechanisms proceed through
A) Homolytic bond dissociation
B) Heterolytic bond dissociation
C) Formation of carbanions
D) Formation of free radicals
E) Formation of carbocations
Select the correct answer from the options given below
1) A and C only 2) B and E only 3) C and D only 4) B and D only
36.

Cl

Br

1) 1-chloro-2-bromocyclohexa-1, 3-diene 2) 1-bromo-2-chlorocyclohexa-1, 3-diene

3) 2-bromo-3-chlorocyclohexa-1, 3-diene 4) 2-chloro-1-bromocyclohexa-1, 3-diene
37. The most unlikely representation of resonance structures of p-nitrophenoxide ion is

O O O O O O
O O
N N N N

1) O 2) O 3) O 4) O

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38. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) The energy of hybrid structure is always less than that of any resonating structure
2) The resonance energy is the difference between the enthalpies of formation of the
molecule and the resonating structure having maximum energy
3) All the resonating structures does not contribute equally to the resonance hybrid
4) In delocalized structure of benzene the   charge cloud is spread equally above and
below the plane of molecule
39. Which will be the least stable resonating structure?
   
1) H 2C  CH  CH  CH  NH 2 2) H 2 C  CH  CH  CH  NH 2
   
3) H 2 C  CH  CH  CH  NH 2 4) H 2C  CH  CH  CH  NH 2
40. Which of them is false for order of  I effect?
 
1) F  Cl   Br  I 2)  NR 3   NH 3   NO2

 C  CH  H
3) OCH 3  OH   NH 2 4)
41. Which of the following is an achiral molecule?

CH 3 CH3 CH 3 CO2 H

Cl Br H H OH H OH
H 3C

H Cl H 3C H H OH
H Cl
H CH3 CH 3 CO2 H
1) 2) 3) 4)
42. In which of the following compounds the direction of inductive effect is not correct?

1) 2)

3) 4)

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43. Out of the following, the alkene that exhibits optical isomerism is
1) 3-methyl-2-pentene 2) 4-methyl-1-pentene
3) 3-methyl-1-pentene 4) 2-methyl-2-pentene
44. I) CH 2  CH  CH  CH 2
 
II) CH 2  CH  CH  CH 2
 
III) CH 2  CH  CH  CH 2
Among these which are canonical structures?
1) I and II 2) I and III 3) II and III 4) All of these
45. Which of the following resonating structure is most stable?
 
1) CH 3  O  CH  CH  CH 2 2) CH 3  O  CH  CH  CH 2
   
3) CH 3  O  CH  CH  CH 2 4) CH 3  O  CH  CH  CH 2
46. A fixed weight of Ca is converted into CaCO3 and then completely neutralized by
500mL decimolar HCl (no acid left at the end). The calcium chloride formed is
converted into Plaster of Paris. Weight of Plaster of Paris formed is
1) 5gm 2) 4.2gm 3) 8.8gm 4) 3.625g
47. Which of the following is an oxidation – reduction reaction?
1) H 3O   aq   CO32  aq  
 HCO3  aq   H 2O

 NH 4  aq   NO3  aq 
2) HNO3  aq   NH 3  aq  

3) Mg  s   F2  g  
 MgF2  s 

4) Pb  NO3 2  aq   2 NaCl  aq  
 PbCl2  s   2 NaNO3  aq 

48. How many   electrons are contained in given molecule?

1) 6 2) 8 3) 10 4) 12
49. Which of the following alkyl group has the maximum  I effect?
1)  CH 3 2 CH  2)  CH 3 3 C  3) CH 3CH 2  4) CH 3 
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50. Find the number of cyclic ethers for M.F C4 H 8O including structural as well as stereo?
1) 8 2) 9 3) 10 4) 11
SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical value. If
the Answer in the decimals , Mark nearest Integer only. Have to Answer any 5 only
out of 10 questions and question will be evaluated according to the following marking
scheme:
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, -1 in all other cases.

51. The sum of all the chiral centers present in following compound is
O

O O

CH 3  CH 2  CH  NO2   COOH

CH 3  CH 2  CHBr  CH 2  CH 3

CH 3  CH  I   CH 2  NO2

CH 3  CH 2  CH  OH   CH 2OH

CH 3  CH  CH  I   C2 H 5
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I
52. How many grams of urea (molecular weight = 60g/mol) should be dissolved in 200g
of water to produce a solution with a 104oC difference between the boiling point and
freezing point at 1 atm? (Use K f  2.0 K  Kg mol 1 and Kb  0.5 K  Kg mol 1 ) (write the

answer to the nearest integer)

53. Observe the following pairs
Total number of enantiomeric pairs = x
Total number of diastereomeric pairs = y

H CH 3 H Br
H 3C H H 3C H
CH 2OH CH 2 Br Br CH 3
Br HO C2 H 5 C2 H 5
a) b)

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 F CH 3 CH 3
H OH HO H
H 3C H H 3C
H H H H
H
H F H OH OH
c) d)
Calculate x + y
54. Total number of non-aromatic compounds is

55. Find out total number of geometrical isomers possible for

I Br

Br I

56. Identify total number of compounds which are unstable at room temperature?
O

I) II) III) IV)

B
V) VI) VII)

57. How many of the following species involve d-orbital in resonance?

O
BF3 , CF3 , CCl3 , , , N  SiH3 3 , N  CH3 3 , CCl3
O

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58. How many of the given compounds can show zero optical rotation?

59. Number of resonance structures possible for tropylium ion

60. Two solids A and D dissociated into gaseous products as follows at 27oC
2
A  s   B  g   C  g  ; Kp1  300  atm 

2
D  s   E  g   C  g  ; Kp2  600  atm 

When both the solids dissociated in the same vessel find the total pressure (in atm) of
the mixture at equilibrium
MATHS Max Marks: 100
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and
(4) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 if not correct.

 x  y  f  x  f  y
61. Let f   for real values of x and y. If f '  0  exists and equals 1
 2  2
and f  0   1, then f '  2  is equal to
A) 0 B) 2 C) 1 S) 3
 d 2x 
62. If y  x  e x , then  2  , is
 dy 
  x ln 2
2 2 1 1
A) B2) C) S)
27 27 9 9

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63. If f  xy   f  x   f  y  x, y  0 and f  x  is differentiable at x  1, then

x 1 x 
A) f    f  x   2 f  y  B) Lt f    f  e  1
 y x0  x 

 y
C) f(x) is differentiable for all x > 0 D) f    f  y   2 f  x 
x
 ax 3  1 x 1
64. If f  x  =  2
is differentiable at x=1 then a + b=
 x  ax  b x 1

A) 4 B) 3 C) 2 S) 1
65. Let f  x    x  1 x  2  x  3 ...  x  n  , n  N and f 1  n  = 5040 then the value of n is
A) 4 B) 2 C) 6 D) 8
  e1/ x  e 1/ x 
x , x  0
66. If f  x     e1/ x  e 1/ x  then at x  0, f  x  is

 0, x0
A) Differentiable B) Not differentiable
C) Differentiable and continuous D) Discontinuous
67. Consider the system of linear equations ,
where λ,μ R. Then which of the following statement is Not correct?
A) System has unique solution if λǂ1 and μǂ13
B) System is inconsistent if λ=1 and μǂ13
C) System has infinite number of solutions if λ=1 and μ=13
D) System is consistent if λǂ1 and μ=13

68. If f  x   x  tan x and g  x  is the inverse of f(x), then g '  x  is equal to

1 1 1 1
A) 2
B) 2
C) 2
S) 2
1   g  x   x  2   g  x   x  2   g  x   x  1   g  x   x 
69. Let A be the point of intersection of the lines 3 x  2 y  14,5 x  y  6 and B be the point of
intersection of the lines 4 x  3 y  8, 6 x  y  5 .The distance of the point P(5, –2) from the
line AB is
13 5
A) B) 8 C) D) 6
2 2

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70. Let f  x   x  x  x 2 , x   1,1 , then the number of points at which f(x) is
discontinuous, is
A) 2 B) 1 C) 0 S) 3
5 1  1  3
71. If f  x   2  x  x  1  x  1 , then f '    f '    f '     f '   is equal to
2 2  2 2
A) 1 B) 2 C) 1 D) 2
72. For which value of x, sin(cot-1(x + 1)) = cos(tan-1 x)
1 1
A) B) 0 C) 1 S) 
2 2
73. Let f :  (0)   be a function satisfying
 x  f(x)
f  = for all x,y. f(y)  0. If f ' (1) = 2024 then
y
  f(y)
A) xf'(x)-2024 f(x)=0 B) xf'(x)-2023 f(x) = 0
3) xf'(x)+2024 f(x)=0 D) xf'(x)+f(x)=2024
74. A function f : R  1,   satisfies the equation
f  xy   f  x  f  y   f  x   f  y   2 .If f is differentiable on R  0 and f  2   5 ,
f  x 1
f ' x   . then   _____
x
1
A) 2 f ' 1 B) 3 f ' 1 C) f ' 1 D) f ' 1
2
75. If x 2  y 2  1 , then
A) yy " 2  y '2  1  0 B) yy "  y '2  1  0
2 2
C) yy "  y '   1  0 D) yy " 2  y '   1  0
  e 
 log e  2  
 3  2 log e x   x , d2y
76. If y  Tan 1  1
  Tan  then is
 1  6 log e x   log e  ex 2   dx 2
 
 
A) 0 B) 1 C) -1 D) 2
d2y
77. If x   (t ) and y   (t ) , then is equal to (dashes denote the derivative w.r.t ‘t’)
dx 2
 ' '' ' ''  ' '' ' ''  ''  ''  '. ''
a) b) c) d) 
'  '2  ''  '2  '3

 d 2 y  d 2 x 
78. Let y  e2x . Then  2  2  is:
 dx  dy 
A) 1 B) e2x C) 2e 2x D)  2e2x

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 dy
79. If x y  e x  y , then 
dx
A) 1  log x 1 B) 1  log x 2
C) log x 1  log x  2 D) log x 1  log x  1
g ( x)
80. Let f ( x)  when x  0 and f (0)  0 . If g (0)  g 1 (0)  0 and g 11 (0)  17 then f 1 (0) 
x
A) 3/4 B) –1/2 C) 17/3 D) 17/2
SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical value. If the
Answer in the decimals , Mark nearest Integer only. Have to Answer any 5 only out of 10
questions and question will be
evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, -1 in all other cases.

81. If y is a function of x and log(x + y) = 2xy, then y '  0  is

n dy y
82. xy   x  y  and  , then n is
dx x

83. If f  x  y  z   f  x   f  y   f  z  with f 1  1, f  2   2 and x, y , z  R, then

n
 4r. f  3r 
Lt r 1 is equal to
n  n3

 x sin  sin   x  1
84. If [x] denotes the integral part of x and f  x  
 x  1 , then the
1   x
number of points where f(x) is discontinuous in [0, 5] is
85. Total number of solution of 2cos x  sin x in  2 ,5  is equal to

86. The number of real or complex solutions of x 2  6 x  8  0 is

1 1 x4  2 sin 2 x
87. If a  lim and b  lim , then the value of ab3 is:
x0 x4 x 0 2  1  cos x

88. Let  x denoted the fractional part of x and

2
cos1 1   x  sin 1 1   x 
f  x    , x  0.
 
 x  x3

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 If L and R respectively denotes the left hand limit and the right-hand limit of f  x  at
32 2
x  0, then
 2  
L  R2 is equal to ____________

89. Let f be a function such that f  x  y   f  x   f  y  for all x and y and

f  x    2 x 2  3 x  g  x  for all x where g  x  is continuous and g  0  9 then f ' x is

equals to
90. Let f (x)  x 3  x 2f ' (1)  xf '' (2)  f ''' (3), X  R Then f’(10) is equal to ________.

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