Dashiding Higher Secondary School

Annual Examination-2021

Paper: (Business Mathematics). Writing time: 3 hours

Class: XI Total marks: [100]

READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY:

1. Do not write for the first fifteen minutes. This time is to be spent on
reading the questions. After having read the questions, you will be given
THREE hours to answer all the questions.
2. Write your Index No., Class, Section, and Roll number in the separate
answer sheet provided.
3. In this paper, there are TWO sections, section [A] and [B]. Section [A] is
compulsory. You are expected to attempt any TEN questions from
section [B].

SECTION A(𝟑𝟎 marks)

Compulsory: To be attempted by all candidates

Question 1

DIRECTION: For each question, there are four alternatives: A, B, C and D.

Chose the correct alternative and write it in the answer-sheet provided.

I. If 𝑓(𝑥) is divided by 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐, the remainder is

𝑚 𝑚
A. 𝑓( ) C. 𝑓(− )
𝑐 𝑐
𝑐 𝑐
B. 𝑓( ) D. 𝑓(− )
𝑚 𝑚

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 II. Which of the following are TRUE about perpendicularity of two lines?
i. Product of their slopes is equal to −1.
ii. Their slopes are equal.
iii. Angle formed between them is 90°.
iv. The slope of one line is negative reciprocal of the slope of the
other.

A. i, ii and iv C. i, ii and iii

B. i, iii and iv D. i, ii, iii and iv

III. The Event A and B are mutually exclusive, so:

A. 𝑃(𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) × 𝑃(𝐵)
B. 𝑃(𝐴) = 𝑃(𝐵)
C. 𝑃(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵) = 1
D. 𝑃(𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵)

𝑎2 2𝑎𝑏 𝑏2
IV. | 𝑏2 𝑎2 2𝑎𝑏| is equal to
2𝑎𝑏 𝑏2 𝑎2

A. (𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 )2 C. (𝑎3 − 𝑏 3 )2
B. (𝑎3 − 𝑏 3 ) D. (𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 )

V. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The roots are real and unequal if 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 is positive.
B. The roots are rational if 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 is a perfect square.
C. The roots are equal if 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 is 1.
D. The roots are irrational if 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 is not a perfect square.

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 VI. Derivative of √2𝑥 + 1 is
1 1
1
A. C. (2𝑥 + 1)2 × 2
2√2𝑥+1 2
2 1
B. D.
√2𝑥+1 √2𝑥+1

VII. If the coefficient of variation and the mean of the first five even natural
numbers are 47.17 and 6 respectively, what will be its standard deviation?
A. 2.83 C. 283.02
B. 7.86 D. 12.72

𝑑
VIII. (∫ 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥) is equal to
𝑑𝑥

A. 𝑓(𝑥) C. 𝑓′(𝑥′)
B. 𝑓′(𝑥) D. 𝑓(𝑥) + 𝐶

IX. Area of triangle whose vertices are (4, 2), (4, 5)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−2, 2) is
A. 18 C. 15
B. 9 D. 1

4𝑚 1
X. If | | = 7, what is the value of m?
2 5𝑚
9 9
A. C.
20 √20
3 1
B. D.
2√5 2

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 11+𝑥
XI. Resolved partial fraction of (2−𝑥)(𝑥−3) is
−13 14 13 14
A. − C. +
(2−𝑥) (𝑥−3) (2−𝑥) (𝑥−3)
−14 13 14 13
B. − D. +
(2−𝑥) (𝑥−3) (2−𝑥) (𝑥−3)

𝑥 𝑛 −1
XII. Limiting value of lim is
𝑥→1 𝑥−1

A. 0 1
C.
𝑛
B. 𝑛 1𝑛 −1
D.
1−1

XIII. If you roll a die three times, what is the probability of rolling only even
numbers?
1 1
A. C.
8 6
1 1
B. D.
4 2

XIV. The mean between (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 and (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 is

A. 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 C. 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2
B. 𝑏 2 − 𝑎2 D. 𝑎 − 𝑏

XV. Additive constant disappears while differentiating because

A. Additive constant can be removed before differentiating.
B. It is unnecessary to derive an additive constant.
C. Derivative of an additive constant is zero.
D. All of above

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 Section B (70 marks)

Attempt ANY TEN questions.

Question 2

𝑥 5 −𝑎5
a) If lim = 240, find the value of a. [3]
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥 3 −𝑎3

b) If (7, 𝑥), (−5,2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3,6) lie on a straight line, find x. [3]
c) Prove whether the two lines are perpendicular to each other, if their
1
slopes are −3 and . [1]
3

Question 3

𝑥+1
a) Evaluate ∫ 𝑑𝑥. [3]
𝑥 2 +2𝑥+5

b) The vertices of ABC are 𝐴(−1,3), 𝐵(1,1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶(5,1). Draw and find
the length of the median to AB. [4]

Question 4

𝑥 𝑑𝑦
a) If 𝑦 = , prove that 𝑥 = 𝑦(1 − 𝑦). [5]
𝑥+𝑎 𝑑𝑥
1 1 1
b) If 𝑃(𝐴) = , 𝑃(𝐵) = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = , find 𝑃[(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)′ ]. [2]
4 2 8

Question 5

1
a) Find the integral of . [5]
√𝑥+𝑎+√𝑥+𝑏

b) Determine if (2𝑥 − 3) were a factor of 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 12. [2]

Question 6

a) Calculate the standard deviation from the following set of observations:

8, 9, 15, 23, 5, 11, 19, 8, 10, 12 [4]
b) Ms. Wangmo invested Nu. 250,000 in fixed deposit of 3 years.
i. What amount will she receive if she withdraws after 3 years?
Assume the bank pays her 6.75% interest rate. [1.5]
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 ii. What amount will she receive if she withdraws after 2 years? (The
premature penalty is 1%). [1.5]

Question 7

a) Determine whether the system of linear equations is consistent. [5]

4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 2; 8𝑥 + 6𝑦 = 4
𝑥 3 −49𝑥
b) Solve: = 0. [2]
2

Question 8

7+𝑥
a) Resolve into partial fractions. [4]
(1+𝑥)(1+𝑥 2 )

b) Find the mode of the following data: [3]

Class Interval 0 − 10 10 − 20 20 − 30 30 − 40
Frequency 10 45 12 3

Question 9

a) A bag contains 6 black balls and 3 white balls. Another bag contains 5
black and 4 white balls. If one ball is drawn from each bag, find the
probability that these two balls are of different colors. [3]
𝑥 2 −4
b) If 𝑓(𝑥) = , find if lim 𝑓(𝑥) exists. [4]
𝑥−2 𝑥→2

Question 10

a) Find the inter-quartile range and quartile deviation for the following data.
[5]
Wage 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
No. of workers 20 45 85 160 70 55 35 30

b) Derive 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 from the first principles. [2]

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Question 11

a) Mr. Kinley has Nu. 28,350 in his account on Day 1. He withdraws Nu.
15,500 after nine days. And then deposited Nu. 7500 on the 21 st day. His
transaction records can be displayed as shown below:
Date Opening Withdrawal Deposit Outstanding
balance
01-01-2020 28,350 28,350
09-01-2020 28,350 15,500 12,850
21-01-2020 12,850 7,500 20,350
31-01-2020 20,350 20,350
Assuming rate of interest as 5%, calculate the interest he earned for the
month of January? [4]

b) Solve the following system of equations using determinant. [3]

𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = −2, 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 5, −𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 1

Question 12

a) Find the equation of tangent to parabola 𝑦 2 = 4𝑎𝑥 at(𝑎𝑡 2 , 2𝑎𝑡). [3]

b) What is the ratio in which the points (2,1) divides the join of the points
(1, −2) and (4,7). [2]
c) Find the centroid of the triangle whose angular points are (−4,6), (2, −2)
and (2,5) respectively. [2]

Question 13

a) If 𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 𝑏 has (𝑥 − 2) as a factor and leaves a remainder 3

when divided by (𝑥 − 3), find a and b. [4]
b) Two dice are rolled. Find the probability of getting an odd number on
first die and a multiple of 2 on the other. [3]

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 Formulae
Strand A: Number and Operations
𝑎1 𝑐1
1 𝑥1 𝑦1 1 |𝑎 𝑐 | 𝐷𝑦
𝐷 = | |𝑥2 𝑦2 1|| 𝑦= 2
=
2 𝑥 𝑦 1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝐷
3 3 | |
𝑎2 𝑏2
𝑐 𝑏1
| 1 | 𝐷 𝐼 = 𝑃𝑅𝑇
𝑐2 𝑏2 𝑥
𝑥= =
𝑎 𝑏1 𝐷
| 1 |
𝑎2 𝑏2

Strand B: Patterns and Algebra

𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑣
−𝑏 ± √𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐 𝑑 𝑢 𝑣 −𝑢
𝑥= ( ) = 𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
2𝑎 𝑑𝑥 𝑣 𝑣
lim− 𝑓(𝑥) = lim 𝑓(𝑎 − ℎ) 𝑦 − 𝑦1 = 𝑚(𝑥 − 𝑥1 )
𝑥→𝑎 ℎ→0
lim 𝑓(𝑥) = lim 𝑓(𝑎 + ℎ) 1
𝑥→𝑎+ ℎ→0 𝑦 − 𝑦1 = − (𝑥 − 𝑥1 )
𝑛
𝑥 −𝑎 𝑛 𝑚
lim = 𝑛𝑎𝑛−1 1
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥 − 𝑎 ∫ 𝑑𝑥 = log 𝑥 + 𝐶
𝑥
𝑥 𝑛 − 𝑎𝑛 𝑛 𝑛−𝑚
lim 𝑚 = 𝑎 𝑛
𝑥 𝑛+1
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥 − 𝑎 𝑚 𝑚 ∫ 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = +𝑐
𝑑 𝑑𝑣 𝑑𝑢 𝑛+1
(𝑢𝑣) = 𝑢 +𝑣
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑛 ′ (𝑥)𝑑𝑥
[𝑓(𝑥)]𝑛+1
∫[𝑓(𝑥)] 𝑓 =
𝑛+1
𝑑
(𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏)𝑛 = 𝑛(𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏)𝑛−1 . 𝑎
𝑑𝑥

Strand C: Measurement and Strand D: Geometry

𝑚1 𝑦2 − 𝑚2 𝑦1
𝑑 = √(𝑥2 − 𝑥1 )2 + (𝑦2 − 𝑦1 )2 𝑦=
𝑚1 𝑥2 + 𝑚2 𝑥1 𝑚1 + 𝑚2
𝑥= 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 + 𝑥3
𝑚1 + 𝑚2 𝑥=
𝑚1 𝑦2 + 𝑚2 𝑦1 3
𝑦= 𝑦1 + 𝑦2 + 𝑦3
𝑚1 + 𝑚2 𝑦=
3
𝑥1 + 𝑥2
𝑥𝑚 = 𝑚1 − 𝑚2
2 tan 𝜃 = | |
𝑦1 + 𝑦2 1 + 𝑚1 𝑚2
𝑦𝑚 =
2
𝑚1 𝑥2 − 𝑚2 𝑥1
𝑥=
𝑚1 + 𝑚2

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 1
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 ∆= [𝑥1 (𝑦2 − 𝑦3 ) + 𝑥2 (𝑦3 − 𝑦1 ) + 𝑥3 (𝑦1 − 𝑦2 )]
2
Strand E: Data Management and Probability
∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 𝑖 3𝑛
𝑥̅ = 𝑄2 = 𝐿 + ( − 𝑐)
∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑓 4

∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑑𝑖
𝑥̅ = 𝐴 + ∑(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2
∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝜎=√
𝑛
∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖
𝑥̅ = 𝐴 + ℎ
∑ 𝑓𝑖 ∑(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2
𝜎=√
𝑖 𝑛 ∑𝑓
𝑀𝑑 = 𝐿 + ( − 𝑐)
𝑓 2
∑ 𝑥2 ∑𝑥
𝑓𝑚 − 𝑓1 𝜎= √ − ( )2
𝑀𝑜 = 𝐿1 + ×𝑖 𝑛 𝑛
2𝑓𝑚 − 𝑓1 − 𝑓2
𝑄3 − 𝑄1 ∑ 𝑓𝑥 2 ∑𝑥
𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 𝜎=√ − ( )2
2 ∑𝑓 ∑𝑓
𝑖 𝑛
𝑄1 = 𝐿 + ( − 𝑐) 𝜎
𝑓 4 𝐶. 𝑉 = × 100
𝑥̅
𝑃(𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵) 𝑃(𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) × 𝑃(𝐵)

𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵) − 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)

𝑃(𝐴) = 1 − 𝑃(𝐴̅)

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