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a) ff (2y+1) is a factor ot 4y3 kX' + 5X + 1,frnd the value of k and factorise

'-/ '*expression. the above i3l

Find the.vaiue of
P 7 and y if
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ft,ll,i,t rrl=L;l
rnterest carcurated yearry on a certain
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year ::f::und
is"B80
sum of money for the second
t4t
and for ihe third year is ?96g. caircutaie
, ihe rate of in,errs .;,;; .;;
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Question 2

") r Sec 36
+
'-r/ c*;E tan 65 tan 2s - 2sin 30.
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b) lf x, y, z, are in continued proportion

prove that
lsl
(x +y)2 = x
, (Y*z)z T
c) Find the distance AB
and the equation v, perpendicurar
: __:_.! of rr bisecto
. __,r of A (a,_3) and B (3,1).
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Qriestion 3

a) solve thq following inequation,

write the solution sel
and
__._ represent
."H, sesrr rr
it on a number
nu line.
+ -1(+..(, - *, r w ,,
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o) i,.4arks obtained by 40 stucients
- vrvve"ra in 'r da test
resr is
rs gtven berow where
data. a and b are hvo missing
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Marks
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No. of studo_n-_--G t) a 16 13 E

lf the mean is 7.2 find

the ,,,alues of a arrc b .

c)
, , kite in ,nhich tscD is
",1"," y, raolus lc ll"::l:*.
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crn. ABCD is a square Quacirant of a I A1
and ACEF is an isosce tll
whose'esuar sides risht ansre triansre
,r" o r,ro tn" ,r"" ,n]o"o;;;:*'ts
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Question 4
a) Mr Brifto deposits a certain sum of money in a Recurring Depgsit
Account. lf the rate l3l
of interest is 8olop.a. and Mr.Britto gefs t8088 from the bank
afler three years, find the
value of his rnonthly installment.
ln the circte with centre OT/AOB = 7Ooand o
r"l
@C = 50 , Find Lvl
i; lnee ii) lP_ iiD lpAE

3s- 3o 7 ,t-
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c) i) Plr:tthe points A(4,6) and B (1,2)

on a graphpaper I4l
ii) A'is the image of A when reflected in X axis.
iii) B'is the image of B when reflecied in the line AA'
iv) Give a geometrical narne to the ABA,BI
v) Find its area
vi) Name the line of symmetry.

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a\ ,' Solve the following quadratic equation and give the answe;- correct
flgures.
to 2 signif -nt I3l

,1 = ,-l
x.+ 1 2x* 4
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/ot Prove the following
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sin A
1*Cos A = cosec A- cot A

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Muralidhar has a Saving Bank Accounl

in Dena Bank. His passbook entries
follows: are as

Deposit
(in?)
Jan 5, 2009
Jan 11,2009 By cheque
Feb 6 , 2060

To cheque

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Question 6

Solve for X using properties of proportion.

tul
y'+27 y = Og
9t2 +?7 A)

b) Cblculaie the mean of ihe follcwing distributron

using shortcut method. Also
modal -class. state the

Marks 11-20 21-30 31<o--i--41-50- 61_70

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c) A shcpkeeper buys an ariicle for { 400 from a

wholesaler at a discoun I ol 20a/o
on the
llst :rice. He rnarks up the list price by
lOToand sells it at T594 which includes
sales
tax .
i) the rate of sales tax.
ii) VAT paid by the shopkeeper.
iii) ihe proflt percentage of the shopkeeper.
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Marks G10 10-2d' 2U3G 3G40 4G50 50-60 b'u-/(-] TGBO 8G90 90-100
No. of studenta- 5 I 16 22 to 1U 11 4 ?

Draw an ogive for the given distribution using suitable scale.

Use the ogive to estimate
the following:
i) Median.
ii), lnterquartile range.
iiil tto. of students who obtained more than 75% n-iarks.
iv)Ihe number of students who did not pass the test if the minimum
marks to pbss t6l
is 40.

b) A trader buys 1 articles for ? 90b0. lf the pricd of each were (

15 less, one more article 141
could have been bought for t go00 . Frame an equation in
1 and solve it.

Question 8

a) ln a figure given below , CD is a dian,eter which meets the

chcrd AB at E such ihat IJI
AE = BE = 4cir'r. ilCE is 3 crn, find the radius of the circle.

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b) lf B and,C are two matrices such that

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'= l) s] and

Find the matrix A such that BA

c=
=C
f:l ;]

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c) A buoy is made in the form !=

of a hemi sphere surmounted
of the base oi the cone by a right cone. The radius
is 3.5 m and it"'rorrl"-i""i l4l
r:rimisphere .carcurate
the
height of the cone ancl 3 "i:in"
I\i the surface
(I rE sunace area of the buoy correct
to 2 places of decimal.
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// ,Qfiestion
\/' ,l Find the varue of m for which
the given equation has rear and equar roots.
X2 + 2 (rrt _1)7 + (m +5 l3I
) =Q
,b) The line segment ,^,-,--4 - 5 \ ,^ 6ffiL" ;nb P
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H_.
lotntngn( -'1
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: nd the value o.f a"and co:
,5)isdividedintheratiol ,roi,ffi"'i.t
ordinates of p M.
'c)
triangle of side 12 cmjs inscribed
in a circre. Find the radius
::;;o'"","rai of the
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Question f0
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.) , The rate of depreciation
",.".:",:,,:" ,, of a macntne .

./,. macl ls i6% p.a. The preseni value

of the machine is
/ ?926i Firrit j,rs .r,aiue 3 years aao. I-31

b) ln ihe give:. ;.rgr,,re A ABC

and A Altlp are rioht angled
at B and f,i. G;ven
AC=10cr;.'-.p=15cm. and PM prove 131
= 12 cm. that
i) A ABC ..: ,i AMp
ii) Find AB and BC

iii) area of i: ,l,BC "s.. area of A AMp

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c) ABc in which Bc 6 cm.

^1""]:-::;rr.^
circle with BC as diameter
= , {eac = lzooand AB = 3.5 crn. Drawa
' Find a point P on the circumference 14)
from AB and BC which is equidistant
.Measure
lACe

Question 11

d) From a pack of playing

cards, allodd numlers
cards are removed.
remoyed. from the remaining, When a card is
find the probabitity that Isl
i) a multipte of 3. it is

ii) a face card.

iii) prime number.

b) Mr" Singh invested gooo

? in 7To hundred rupee
shares at ? g0. After
a year
each and invesred,n"
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fiT,":ff. ny,rwenry !.,

i)
:i,:rr
his gain including his
nve
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dividend
ii) the annual income
from second investment
% ot increase in i.eturn
on his originat investment.
r) ' :lfis
rne equation of AB
is 3 y = 4
x+ 1g rr-, *l^o fuoq -or^ t^<roro.
i) find the co_orcinates of d
A and B t4)
ii) Findihe equation
of a line ihrough B paraltel
to AC .

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