MATHS-IB

IMP QUESTIONS
LOCUS (4M)
S.A.Q
1. Find the equation of locus of a point P such that PA2  PB 2  2c 2 where A   a,0  ,
B   a, 0  and 0  a  c
2. The ends of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle are (0,6) and (6,0). Find the equa-
tion of the locus of its third vertex.
3. Find the equation of the locus of a point. The difference of whose distances from
(-5,0) and (5,0) is 8.
4. Find the equation of the locus of a point, which forms a triangle of area 2 with the
points A(1,1) and B(-2,3).
5. A(1,2), B(2,-3) and C(-2,3) are three points. A point P moves such that
PA2  PB 2  2 PC 2 . Show that the equation to the locus of P is 7 x  7 y  4  0 .

TRANSFORMATION OF AXES (4M)

S.A.Q
1. When the origin is shifted to (-1,2) by the translation of axes, find the transformed
equation of x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  1  0
2. The point to which the origin is shifted and the transformed equation are given below.
Find the original equation.
i)  1, 2  ; x 2  2 y 2  16  0
3. When the origin is shifted to the point (2,3) the transformed equation of a curve is
x 2  3 xy  2 y 2  17 x  7 y  11  0 . Find the original equation of the curve.
4. When the axes are rotated through an angle  , find the transformed equation
x cos   y sin   p

5. When the axes are rotated through an angle , find the transformed equation of
6
x 2  2 3 xy  y 2  2 a 2 .

6. When the axes are rotated through an angle , find the transformed equation of
4
3 x 2  10 xy  3 y 2  9 .

THE STRAIGHT LINE (2+2+4+7=15M)

V.S.A.Q
1. Find the equation of the line containing the points (1,2) and (1,-2).
2. Find the condition for the points (a,0), (h,k) and (0,b. Where ab  0 . to be collinear..
3. Find the slopes of the straight lines passing through the following pairs of points
i) (-3,8), (10,5) ii) (3,4) (7,-6)
4. Find the value of y, if the line joining the points (3,y) and (2,7) is parallel to the line
joining the points (-1,4) and (0,6)
5. Find the sum of the squares of the intercept of the line 4x-3y=12 on the axes of coordi-
nates.
6. Find the point of intersection of the following lines
i) 4 x  8 y  1  0 , 2 x  y  1  0 ii) 7 x  y  3  0 , x  y  0
7. Find the value of p. If the straight lines x  p  0 , y  2  0 and 3 x  2 y  5  0 are con-
current.
8. Show that the lines 2 x  y  3  0 , 3 x  2 y  2  0 and 2 x  3 y  23  0 are concurrent and
find the point of concurrency.
9. Find the value of p, if the following lines are concurrent 3 x  4 y  5 , 2 x  3 y  4 and
px  4 y  6
10. Find the length of the perpendicular drawn from the point given against the following
straight lines
i) 3 x  4 y  10  0
11. Find the distance between the following parallel lines
i) 3 x  4 y  12 , 3 x  4 y  7 ii) 5 x  3 y  4  0 , 10 x  6 y  9  0 .
12. Find the value of p, if the straight lines 3 x  7 y  1  0 and 7 x  py  3  0 are mutually
perpendicular.
S.A.Q
1. Determine whether or not the four straight lines with equations x  2 y  3  0 ,
3 x  4 y  7  0 , 2 x  3 y  4  0 and 4 x  5 y  6  0 are concurrent.
2. If Q(h,k) is the foot of the perpendicular from P(x,y0 on the straight line ax+by+c=0,
then  h  x1  : a   k  y1  : b    ax1 , by1  c  ;  a 2  b 2 
3. Find the image of (1,-2) w.r.t the straight line 2 x  3 y  5  0 .
4. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the line 3 x  4 y  6  0 and making an
intercept -4 on the x-axis.
5. Find the foot of the perpendicular drawn from (4,1) upon the straight line
3 x  4 y  12  0 .
6. Find the foot of the perpendicular drawn from (3,0) upon the straight line
5 x  12 y  41  0
7. Find the image of the point (1,2) in the straight line 3 x  4 y  1  0
8. Transform the equation 3 x  4 y  12  0 into
i) Slope intercept ii) Interceot form iii) Normal form.
9. Transform the following equations into
a) Slope- intercept form ii) Intercept form iii) Normal form
i) 3 x  4 y  5 ii) 4 x  3 y  12  0
L.A.Q
1. Find the circumcenter of the triangle whose vertices
i) (1,3),(-3,5) and (5,-1) ii) (-2,3),(2,-1) and (4,0) iii) (1,3), (0,-2) and (-3,1)
2. Find the equation of the straight line perpendicular to the line 2 x  3 y  0 and passing
through the point of intersection of the lines x  3 y  1  0 and x  2 y  4  0
3. Find the equation of the straight line making non-zero equal intercepts on the coordi-
nate axes and passing through the point of intersection of the lines 2 x  5 y  1  0 and
 x  3y  4  0 .
PAIR OF STRAIGHT LINES (7+7=14M)
L.A.Q
1. Let the equation ax 2  2hxy  by 2  0 represent a pair of straight lines. Then the angle 
ab
cos  
between the lines is given by
a  b
2
 4h 2

2. Show that the product of the perpendicular distance from a point  ,   to the point of
a 2  2ha   b 2
straight line ax 2  2hxy  by 2  0 is
a  b
2
 4h2

3. Show that the area of the triangle formed by the lines ax 2  2hxy  by 2  0 and

n 2 h 2  ab
lx  my  n  0 is am 2  2hlm  bl 2

4. Find the centroid and the area of the triangle formed by the following lines.
i) 2 y 2  xy  6 x 2  0 , x  y  4  0 ii) 2 y 2  y  y  4   6  y  4 2
5. If the equation b  ax 2  2hxy  by 2  2 gx  2 fy  c  0 represents a pair of parallel straight
lines, then i) h 2  ab ii) af 2  bg 2 and iii) the distance between the parallel lines
g 2  ac f 2  bc
2 2
a a  b b a  b
6. Show that the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the curve
x 2  xy  y 2  3 x  3 y  2  0 and the straight line x  y  2  0 are mutually perpendicular
7. Find the values of k, if the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the
curve 2 x 2  2 xy  3 y 2  2 x  y  1  0 and the line x  2 y  k are mutually perpendicular..
8. Find the angle between the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the
curve x 2  2 xy  y 2  2 x  2 y  5  0 and the lines 3 x  y  1  0 .
9. Find the condition for the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the
circle x 2  y 2  a 2 and the line lx  my  1 to coicide.

THREE DIMENSIONAL COORDINATES (2M)

V.S.A.Q
1. Find the distance of P(3,-2) from the origin.
2. Find the distance between the points (3,4,-2) and (1,0,7).
3. Show that the points (1,2,3), (7,0,1) and (-2,3,4) are collinear.
4. Find the ratio in which YZ-plane divides the line joining A(2,4,5) and B(3,5,-4) Also
find the point of intersection.
5. Find the ratio in which the XZ-plane divides the line joining A(-2,3,4) and B(1,2,3)
6. Show that the points (5,4,2), (6,2,-1) and (8,-2,-7) are collinear.
 DIRECTION COSINES AND DIRECTION RATIOS (7M)
L.A.Q
1. Find the direction cosines of two lines which are connected by the relations
l  m  n  0 and mn  2nl  2lm  0 .
2. Find the direction cosines of two lines which are connected by the relation
5l  5m  3n  0 and 7l 2  5m2  3n 2  0
3. Find the angle between two diagonals of a cube.
4. Find the angle between the lines whose directions cosines satisfy the equations
l  m  n  0 , l 2  m2  n2  0
5. Find the angle between the lines whose directions cosines are given by the equations
3l  m  5n  0 and 6mn  2nl  5lm  0

THE PLANE (2M)

V.S.A.Q
1. Find the equation of the plane whose intercepts on X, Y, Z axes are 1, 2, 4 respectively.
2. Find the intercepts of the plane 4 x  3 y  2 z  2  0 on the coordinate axes.
3. Find the d.c's of the normal to the plane x  2 y  4  0 .
4. Find the equation of the plane passing through (-2,1,3) and having (3,-5,4) as d.r's of
its normal.
5. Find the angle between the planes x  2 y  2 z  5  0 and 3 x  3 y  2 z  8  0
6. Show that the points (0,-1,0), (2,1,-1),(1,1,1),(3,3,0) are coplanar.

LIMITS (2+2+4=8M)
V.S.A.Q
1. Compute the following limits
i) lim
x 1
 x 2  2 x  3
 a 3
ii) lim   
x 2 x  1
 x 
x 2  8 x  15
iii) lim
x 3 x2  9
2 x 
2. Show that lim   x  1  3
x 0
 x 

3. Compute xlim
2
[ x]  x  and xlim
2
[ x ]  x 
ax 1
4. Compute lim , (a  0; b  0, b  1)
x 0 bx 1
5. Compute the following limits.
cos x
 2x 1  lim sin  x  1
i) lim ii)
   iii) lim sin ax iv) lim
 
x  1
x
x 1 3 x 2  4 x  5 2 x  x 1 2
   2
x 0

e7 x  1 1  cos mx
v) lim vi) lim , n0
x  0 1  cos nx
x 0 x
6. Compute the following limits
8 x  3x
i) lim
x 2  3x  2
x 3 x 2  6 x  9
ii) lim
x  3 x  2 x iii) lim
x 
 x2  x  x 
CONTINUITY
S.A.Q
 sin 2 x
 if x  0
1. Is f defined by f  x    x continuous at 0 ?
 1 if x  0
2. Check the continuity of the following function at 2
1 2
 2  x  4  if 0 x2

f  x   0 if x2
 2  8 x 3 if x2



 k 2 x  k if x  1
3. If f given by f  x    is a continuous function on R then find the
2 if x  1
values of k.
 cos ax  cos bx
 if x  0
x2
f  x  
4. Show that  1  b 2  a 2  if x  0 where a  b are real constants, is
 2
continuous at 0.

DIFFERENTIATION (2+2+4+7=15M)
V.S.A.Q
1. If f  x   sin  log x  ,  x  0  find f  x 
If f  x    x3  6 x 2  12 x  13 , find f  x 
100
2.
3. Find the derivation of the following functions f  x 
i) 5 sin x  e x log x
4. If f  x   1  x  x 2  ...  x100 the find f ' 1
5. If f  x   2 x 2  3x  5 then prove that f '  0   3 f '  1  0 .
6. If f  x   log  sec x  tan x  , find f '  x 
dy
7. If y  log  sin  log x   , find
dx
8. Find the derivatives of the following functions
 1  cos 2 x
i) 1  cos 2 x ii) x Tan1 x iii) log  tan 5x  iv) Tan1  log x 

v) esin x
1

9. Find the derivatives of the following functions

 2x   1  1 
i) sin 1  3x  4 x3 
1
iii) sec  2 x 2  1   0  x 
1
ii) sin  1  x 2  
    2

S.A.Q
1. Find the derivatives of the following functions from the first principle.
i) sin 2x ii) cos ax iii) tan 2x iv) cot x
v) cos 2 x vi) x sin x
L.A.Q
1. Establish the following
dy 1 y2
i) If 1  x  1  y  a  x  y  then
2 2

dx 1  x2

dy y 1  log x log y 
ii) If x log y  log x then dx  x  log 2 x 
 

1  3 x  x  1  4 x  4 x 
3 3
1  2 x 
iii) If y  Tan  2 
 Tan  2 
 Tan  4 
 1 x   1  3x   1 6x  x 
2

dy y  x log y  y 
iv) If x y  y x then dx  x( y log x  x)

2. Find the derivative of the function  sin x log x  x sin x

APPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES (2+2+4+4+7+7=26M)

ERRORS & APPROXIMATION
V.S.A.Q
1. Find by and y of y  f  x   x 2  x at x  10 when x  0.1
2. Find y and dy for the following functions for the values of x and x which are
shown against each of the functions.
i) y  x 2  3x  6 , x  10 and x  0.01 ii) y  e x  x , x  5 and x  0.02
iii) y  5 x 2  6 x  6 , x  2 and x  0.001
3. Find the approximations of the following 82
4. If the increase in the side of a square is 4% then find the approximate percentage of
increase in the area of the square.
5. Find the slope of the tangent to the curve y  3x 4  4 x at x  4 .

TANGENTS AND NORMALS

S.A.Q
1. Find the equations of tangent and normal to the curve xy  10 at (2,8)
2. Find the equations of tangent and normal to the curve y  x3  4 x 2 at (-1,3)
x
3. Find the lengths of subtangent and subnormal at a point on the curve y  b sin
a

a  ax x

4. Find the lengths of normal and subnormal at a point on the curve y   e  e a

2 
RATE OF CHANGE
S.A.Q
1. A particle is moving in a straight line so that after t seconds its distance is s (in cons)
from a fixed point on the line is given by s  f  x   8t  t 3 . Find
i) The velocity at time t = 2 sec ii) The initial velocity
iii) Acceleration at t = 2 sec
2. A particle moving along a straight line has the relations s  t 3  2t  3 , connecting the
distance s described by the particle in time t find the velocity and acceleration of the
particle at t  4 seconds.
3. The distance time formula for the motion of a particle along a straight line is
s  t 3  9t 2  24t  18 find when and where the velocity is zero.
4. The displacement s of a particle travelling in a straight line in t seconds is given by
s  45t  4t 2  t 3 . Find the time when the particle comes to rest.
TANGENTS AND NORMALS
L.A.Q
1 1 1
1. Show that the tangent at P  x1 , y1  on the curve. x  y  a is yy12  xx12  a 2
2. At any point t on the curve x  a  t  sin t  , y  a 1  cos1 , find the length of tangent,
normal subtangent and subnormal.
3. Find the lengths of subtangent, subnormal at a point t on the curve
x  a  cos t  t sin t 

y  a  sin t  t cos t 

4. Show that the curves y 2  4  x  1 and y 2  36  9  x  intersect orthogonally..

5. Find the angle between the curves given below
i) y 2  4 x ; x 2  y 2  5 ii) y 2  8 x ; 4 x 2  y 2  32
1 1
6. Show that the curves 6 x 2  5 x  2 y  0 and 4 x 2  8 y 2  3 touch each other at  2 , 2 
 
MEAN VALUES THEOREMS
V.S.A.Q
1. Define the Lagranges's mean value theorem.
2. Verify Rolle's theorem for the following functions :
i) x 2  1 on [-1,1]
f b   f  a 
3. Find 'c' so that f  c   in the following cases.
ba
 i) f  x   e x ; a = 0, b = 1
4. Let f be a real function on an interval I. Then f is said to be a .
5. Strictly increasing (decreasing) and incressing (decreasing) functions at a point.
6. A point x = c in the domain of the function is said to be a. stationary point of y  f  x 
if f '  c   0
7. Find the intervals on which f  x   x 2  3 x  8 is increasing or decreasing.
MAXIMAAND MINIMA
L.A.Q
1. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 15 so that the sum of their squares is mini-
mum.
2. Find two positive integers whose sum is 16 and the sum of whose squares is minimum.
3. Find two positive integers x and y such that x  y  6 and xy 3 is maximum.
4. From a rectangular sheet of dimensions 30 cm  80 cm four equal squares of side x cm
are removed at the convers, and the sides are then turned up so to from as open rectan-
gular box find the values of x so that the volume of the box is the greatest.
5. If the curved surface of right circular cylinder inscribed in a sphere of radius r is maxi-
mum. Show that the height of the cyclinder is 2r .