MATHS

E-TECH ACADEMY
QUESTION BANK

SUBJECT: MATHS II STD: XII SCIENCE – 2023-24

NOTE: For Board Exams, remember that question types will remain same though the
numbers, values and equations may vary.

[DIFFERENTIATION]
• Theorem: (i) Composite
(ii) Inverse
(iii) Parametric

• Composite form

Differentiate the following w.r.t.𝑥:

1) 𝑦 = log(sin 𝑥 + cos 𝑥)
2) 𝑦 = √𝑥 2 + 5
3) 𝑦 = (𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥)2
4) sin(𝑥 2 + 𝑥)
−1
5) 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥

• Inverse Trigonometric Form:

Differentiate the following w.r.t.𝑥:

2 tan 𝑥
1) 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (1 − 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥), 8) 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (1+ 𝑡𝑎𝑛 2𝑥)

1−cos 𝑥 cos 𝑥+sin 𝑥

2) 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 ( ), 9) 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 ( )
sin 𝑥 √2

3 cos 𝑥−2 sin 𝑥 cos 2𝑥−sin 2𝑥

3) 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 ( ) , 10) 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (cos 2𝑥+sin 2𝑥)
√13

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4) 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (2𝑥√1 − 𝑥 2 ), 11) 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛 −1 (1−15𝑥 2)

5𝑥 𝑎+𝑏 tan 𝑥
5) 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (3−𝑥−6𝑥 2 ) , 12) 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 ( 𝑏−𝑎 tan 𝑥 )

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6) 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (3𝑥) + 𝑠𝑒𝑐 −1 (3𝑥)

𝑥 𝑥+1
7) 𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (𝑥+1) + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 −1 ( )
𝑥
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• Implicit form:
𝑑𝑦
1) If 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 4𝑥𝑦 = 0 find
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑦
2) If 𝑎𝑥 2 + 2ℎ𝑥𝑦 + 𝑏𝑦 2 = 0 find 𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑦 1−𝑦 2
3) If √1 − 𝑥 2 + √1 − 𝑦 2 = 𝑎(𝑥 − 𝑦) then show that = √1−𝑥 2
𝑑𝑥

• Logarithmic Differentiation: -
𝑑𝑦
1) If 𝑦 = (log 𝑥)tan 𝑥 find 𝑑𝑥 .
𝑑𝑦
2) If 𝑥 𝑝 𝑦 𝑝 = (𝑥 + 𝑦)𝑝+𝑞 find 𝑑𝑥
𝑥 3 −𝑦 3 𝑑𝑦 99 𝑥 2
3) If log (𝑥 3 +𝑦 3) = 2 then 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑥 = − 101 𝑦 2
𝑥+𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑦
4) If 𝑆𝑒𝑐 −1 (𝑥−𝑦) = 𝑎2 , 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 = 𝑥.
𝑑𝑥

𝑑𝑦
5) If 𝑦 = √tan 𝑥 + √tan 𝑥 + √tan 𝑥 … … … ∞ find 𝑑𝑥
𝑥……….∞ 𝑑𝑦
6) If 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑥 find 𝑑𝑥

• Parametric form: -
𝑑𝑦
1) If 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑡 2 , 𝑦 = 2𝑎𝑡 find 𝑑𝑥 .
𝑑𝑦
2) If 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝑡, 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑥

• Differentiation of one function wrt another

1) Differentiate log(1 + 𝑥 2 ) wrt respect to tan 𝑥.

2) Differentiate 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥 wrt √1 − 𝑥 2 .

• Higher Order Derivative:

𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
1) If 𝑦 = cos(𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥) then show that (1 − 𝑥 2 ) 𝑑𝑥 2 − 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑚2 𝑦 = 0
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
2) If 𝑦 = (𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥)2, show that (1 + 𝑥 2 )2 + 2𝑥(1 + 𝑥 2 ) 𝑑𝑥 − 2 = 0
𝑑𝑥 2
−1 𝑥 𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
3) If 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑛 then show that (1 + 𝑥 2 ) 𝑑𝑥 2 + (2𝑥 − 𝑚) 𝑑𝑥 = 0.
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[APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES]

• Approximation:

Find approximate value of –

i) √8.95

ii) 𝑒 1.005 given 𝑒 = 2.7183.

iii) sin(30°, 30′) given that i = 0.0175c and cos 30° = 0.866

iv) cos(60°, 30′) given that 1°0.0175𝑒 , sin 60° = 0.8660.

v)𝑙𝑜𝑔10 (1016) given that 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑒 = 0.4343.

• Maxima & Minima

1) Find maximum and minimum values of functions

i) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 2 + 24𝑥
ii) 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 − 21𝑥 2 + 36𝑥 = 20

2) Divide 80 into two parts such that their product is maximum.

3) A rod of 108 meters long is bent to form a rectangle. Find is dimensions if the area is maximum.

4) A rectangle has area 50 cm2. Find its dimensions when its perimeter is the least.

5) A wire of length 36 meters is bent to form a rectangle. Find its dimension if the area rectangle is
maximum.

6) The profit function 𝑝(𝑥) of a firm selling 𝑥 items per day is given by
𝑝(𝑥) = (150 − 𝑥)𝑥 − 1625. Find the number of items, the firm should manufacture per
day to get maximum profit. Also find the maximum profit.

• Rate of Measures:

1) The displacement ‘s’ of a particle at time ‘t’ is given by 𝑠 = 𝑡 3 − 4𝑡 2 − 5𝑡. Find its
velocity and acceleration at t = 2 sec.

2) A stone is dropped into a pond. Waves in the form of circles are generated and the
radius of the outermost ripple increases at the rate of 2 inch/sec. How fast will the area
of the wave increases –
a) When the radius is 5 inches?
b) after 5 seconds?

3) A spherical soap bubble is expanding so that its radius is increasing at the rate of
0.02 cm/sec. At what rate is the surface area increasing, when its radius is 5 cm?

4) The surface area of a spherical balloon is increasing at the rate of 2 cm2/sec. At what
rate the volume of the balloon is increasing when radius of the balloon is 6 cm?

5) A man of height 2 metres walks at a uniform speed of 6 km/hr away from a lamp post of
6 metres high. Find the rate at which the length of the shadow is increasing.
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• Slope/Equation of tangent or normal

1) Find the equation of tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 1 at (1, 3).

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2) Find the equation of tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 2𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 + 2 𝑎𝑡 (2 , 2).

3) Find the point on the curve 𝑦 = √𝑥 − 3, where the tangent is perpendicular to the line
6𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 5 = 0.
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4) Find the co-ordinates of the points on the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 𝑥 , here the tangents are
parallel to the line 𝑦 = 2𝑥.

5) Find the points on the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 𝑥, where the tangents are parallel to
3𝑥 − 𝑦 + 1 = 0.

• Rolle’s theorem /LMVT:

1) Verify Rolle’s theorem for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 9 on [1, 4]

2) Verify Rolle’s theorem for the following function: 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 10 on [0,4]

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3) Verify Lagrange’s mean value theorem for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 𝑥 , 𝑥 ∈ [1,3]

4) Verify Lagrange’s mean value theorem for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 + 4 on the interval
[0,5].

5) 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 − 3), 𝑥 ∈ [0,4], find ‘c’ if LMVT can be applied.

• Increasing and Decreasing:

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1) Test whether the function, 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 𝑥 , 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅, 𝑥 ≠ 0, is increasing or decreasing.

2) Test whether the function, 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 − 16, 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅, is increasing or decreasing.

3) Find the value of 𝑥 function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 6 is strictly increasing.

4) Find the value of 𝑥 function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 2 + 24𝑥 + 12 is strictly decreasing.

[INDEFINITE INTEGRATION]

• Square Formulae (Special case)

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1) ∫ 25−9𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
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2) ∫ 4𝑥 2 +16 𝑑𝑥
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3) P.T ∫ √𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔|𝑥 + √𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 | + 𝑐.
+𝑎2
1 1 𝑎+𝑥
4) P.T ∫ 𝑎2 −𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 = 2𝑎 log |𝑎−𝑥| + 𝑐.
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𝟏 𝟏
• ∫ 𝟐 𝒅𝒙 or ∫ 𝒅𝒙
𝒂𝒙 +𝒃𝒙+𝒄 √ 𝒂𝒙𝟐 +𝒃𝒙+𝒄

1
1) ∫ 𝑥 2 +4𝑥+8 𝑑𝑥

1
2) ∫ 𝑥 2 +2𝑥+3 𝑑𝑥

• Trigonometric Form:

1)∫ cot 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

sin 2𝑥
2) ∫ 𝑑𝑥
cos 𝑥

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3) ∫ 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝑥 .𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥 𝑑𝑥

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4) ∫ sin 𝑥.𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥 𝑑𝑥

√tan 𝑥
5) ∫ sin 𝑥.cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
• ∫ 𝒅𝒙, ∫ 𝒂+𝒃 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙 𝒅𝒙, ∫ 𝒂 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙+𝒃 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙+𝒄 𝒅𝒙
𝒂+𝒃 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙

1
1) ∫ 3+5 cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

1
2) ∫ 4−5 cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

𝑑𝑥
3) ∫ 2+cos 𝑥 −sin 𝑥

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4) ∫ 3+2 sin 𝑥+cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

• Method of Substitution:
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1) ∫ 𝑥 log 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

sin √𝑥
2) ∫ 𝑑𝑥
√𝑥

sin 𝑥
3) ∫ √36−𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝑑𝑥
𝑥

𝑒 𝑥 (𝑥+1)
4) ∫ 𝑐𝑜𝑠2 (𝑥.𝑒 𝑥 ) 𝑑𝑥

5) ∫ 𝑥 𝑥 (1 + log 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥

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6) ∫ 𝑥 log 𝑥.log(log 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥

7) ∫ 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝑛 𝑥 tan 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

𝑥 2 .𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑥 3 )
8) ∫ 1+𝑥 6
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• U.V Rule:

1) ∫ 𝑥. log 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

2) ∫ log 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 ⇒

3) ∫ 𝑥. 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

4) ∫ 𝑠𝑒𝑐 3 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

∫ 𝒆𝒙 [𝒇(𝒙) + 𝒇′(𝒙)]𝒅𝒙

cos 𝑥−sin 𝑥
1) ∫ 𝑒 𝑥 [ ] 𝑑𝑥
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥

√1−𝑥2 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥+1

2) ∫ 𝑒 𝑥 [ √1−𝑥 2
] 𝑑𝑥

−1𝑥 𝑥+√1−𝑥 2
3) ∫ 𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( √1−𝑥 2
) 𝑑𝑥

U.V Proof:
𝑒 𝑎𝑥
1) ∫ 𝑒 𝑎𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑎2 +𝑏2 [𝑎 sin 𝑏𝑥 − 𝑏 cos 𝑏𝑥] + 𝑐

𝑥 𝑎2 𝑥
2) ∫ √𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 = 2 √𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝑎) + 𝑐
2

𝑥 𝑎2
3) ∫ √𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 𝑑𝑥 = 2 √𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔|𝑥 + √𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 | + 𝑐
2

𝑥 𝑎2
4) ∫ √𝑥 2 − 𝑎2 𝑑𝑥 = 2 √𝑥 2 − 𝑎2 − log|𝑥 + √𝑥 2 − 𝑎2 | + 𝑐
2

Theorem:
If u & v are two differentiable functions of 𝑥 then prove that
𝑑𝑦
∫ 𝑈. 𝑉 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑈 ∫ 𝑉 𝑑𝑥 − ∫ ( . ∫ 𝑣𝑑𝑥) 𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑥
Hence evaluate ∫ 𝑥. sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑥.

• Partial Fraction:
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1) ∫ 𝑥 (𝑥−1) 𝑑𝑥

(𝑥+1)
2) ∫ (𝑥+2)(𝑥+3) 𝑑𝑥

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3) ∫ (𝑥+2)(𝑥 2+4) 𝑑𝑥

𝑒𝑥
4) ∫ (1+𝑒 𝑥 )(2+𝑒 𝑥 ) 𝑑𝑥 ,Hint 𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑡 & 𝑒 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑑𝑡

1+log 𝑥 1
5) ∫ 𝑥 (2+log 𝑥)(3+log 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 , 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑡 log 𝑥 = 𝑡 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑑𝑡.
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2𝑥 2 −3
6) ∫ (𝑥 2−5)(𝑥 2+4) 𝑑𝑥 , Hint 𝑥 2 = 𝑡.

THEOREM:
If 𝑥 = ∅(𝑡) is a differentiable function of ‘t’ then prove that ∫ 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 = ∫ 𝑓[∅(𝑡)] ∅′ (𝑡)𝑑𝑡

[DEFINITE INTEGRATION]
• Prove that:
2𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
1) ∫0 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = ∫0 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 + ∫0 𝑓(2𝑎 − 𝑥)𝑑𝑥

𝑏 𝑏
2) ∫𝑎 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 = ∫𝑎 𝑓(𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑥)𝑑𝑥

𝑎 𝑎
3) ∫0 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 = ∫0 𝑓(𝑎 − 𝑥)𝑑𝑥

𝑎 𝑎
4) ∫−𝑎 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 = 2 ∫0 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥, 𝑖𝑓 𝑓(𝑥) is an even function
=0 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑓(𝑥) is an odd function

• Sums:
ℎ 1 𝜋
1) If ∫0 𝑑𝑥 = 16, then find value of h.
2+8𝑥 2

𝑎 √𝑥
2) ∫0 𝑑𝑥
√𝑥+√𝑎−𝑥

3
2 √𝑥
3) ∫1 3 3 𝑑𝑥
√3−𝑥+ √𝑥

𝜋/4
4) ∫0 log (1 + tan 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥

𝜋 𝑥 sin 𝑥
5) ∫0 𝑑𝑥
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝑥

𝜋
6) ∫0 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝑥. 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

3 𝑥3
7) ∫−3 9−𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 .

[APPLICATION OF DEFINITE INTEGRATION]

1) Find the area of the region bounded by the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 and the line 𝑦 = 4.

2) Find the area of the region bounded by the curve 𝑦 2 = 4𝑥, the X-axis and the lines
𝑥 = 1, 𝑥 = 4 for 𝑦 ≥ 0.

3) Find the area of the region bounded by the line 2𝑦 + 𝑥 = 8, X-axis and the lines 𝑥 = 2
and 𝑥 = 4.

4) Find the area of the region bounded by the curve 𝑥 2 = 16𝑦, lines 𝑦 = 2, 𝑦 = 6 and
Y-axis lying in the first quadrant.

5) Find the area bounded by the curve 𝑦 2 = 4𝑎𝑥 about X-axis and the lines 𝑥 = 0 and
𝑥 = 𝑎.
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6) Find the area of the region lying between the parabolas 𝑦 2 = 4𝑎𝑥 and 𝑥 2 = 4𝑎𝑦.

7) Find the area of the region common to the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 9 and the parabola 𝑦 2 = 3𝑥.
𝜋 𝜋
8) Find the area of the region bounded by the curve 𝑦 = sin 𝑥, the line 𝑥 = − 2 , 𝑥 = 2 and
X-axis.

[DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION]
• Order & Degree
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑3 𝑦
1) 𝑑𝑥 2 + 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑥 = √1 + 𝑑𝑥 3

3/2
𝑑𝑦 2
[1+( ) ]
𝑑𝑥
2) 𝑑2 𝑦
=𝑐
𝑑𝑥2

3) (𝑦 ′′′ )2 + 3(𝑦 ′′ ) + 3𝑥𝑦 ′ + 5𝑦 = 0

𝑑𝑦 3𝑥𝑦
4) 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑑𝑦 = cos 𝑥
𝑑𝑥

𝑑𝑦
𝑑𝑦
5) 𝑒 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑥

• Formation of Differential Equation

Form the differential equation:
1) 𝑦 = 𝐴 𝑒 5𝑥 + 𝐵 𝑒 −5𝑥
2) 𝑦 = 𝐴 sin 2 𝑥 + 𝐵 cos 2 𝑥
3) 𝑦 = 𝐴 sin(log 𝑥) + 𝐵 cos(log 𝑥)

• Solution to Differential Equation

Variable Separable Form:

𝑑𝑦
1) 𝑦 − 𝑥 =0
𝑑𝑥
2) Solve cos 𝑥 cos 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 − sin 𝑥 sin 𝑦 𝑑𝑥 = 0
𝑑𝑦
3) Find the particular solution 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑒 2𝑦 cos 𝑥,
𝜋
When 𝑥 = 6 , 𝑦 = 0.
4) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 𝑑𝑦 = 0

Reducible to variable separable form

𝑑𝑦
1) Solve (𝑥 + 𝑦) 𝑑𝑥 = 1

𝑑𝑦
2) Solve 𝑑𝑥 = cos(𝑥 + 𝑦).

Homogeneous Differential Equation

𝑑2 𝑦
1) Solve 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 2 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2
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𝑑𝑦 𝑥 2 +𝑦 2
2) Solve 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑥𝑦

3) Solve (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑥 − 2𝑥𝑦 𝑑𝑦 = 0

Linear Differential Equation:

𝑑𝑦
1) Solve 𝑑𝑥 − 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥 at 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 1

𝑑𝑦
2) Solve 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑦 sec 𝑥 = tan 𝑥

𝑑𝑦
3) Solve 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑦 = tan 𝑥

𝑑𝑦
4) Solve = 𝑥2𝑦 + 𝑦
𝑑𝑥

• Application of Differential Equation:

1) A body is heated at 1100C and placed in air at 100C. After 1 hour its temperature is
600C. How much additional time is required for it to cool to 350C?

2) If the population of a country doubles in 60 years, in how many years will it be triple
under the assumption that the rate of increase is proportional to the number of
inhabitants? [Given: log 2 = 0.6912 and log 3 = 1.0986]

3) The rate of growth of bacteria is proportional to the number present. If, initially, there
were 1000 bacteria and the number doubles in one hour, find the number of bacteria
1
after 2 2 hours. [Take 2 = 1.414]

[PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION]

• Discrete Random Variable

1) Find the probability distribution of number of head in two tosses of a coin.

2) Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the number of sixes, find the probability distribution of X.

3) Obtain the probability distribution of the number of sixes in two tosses of a fair die.

4) The probability distribution of a discrete random variable X is:

X=𝑥 1 2 3 4 5
P(X = 𝑥) 𝑘 2𝑘 3𝑘 4𝑘 5𝑘
Find 𝑃 (𝑋 ≤ 4)

5) Probability distribution of X is given by

X=𝑥 1 2 3 4
P(X = 𝑥) 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2
Find 𝑃 (𝑥 ≥ 2) and obtain cumulative distribution function of X.

6) A random variable X has the following distribution:

𝑥 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X = 𝑥) 𝑘 3𝑘 5𝑘 7𝑘 9𝑘 11𝑘 13𝑘
(a) Find 𝑘, (b) Find 𝑃(0 < 𝑋 < 4) (c) Obtain the cumulative distribution function (c.d.f.) of X.
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7) The probability mass function for X = number of major defects in a randomly selected appliance of a certain
type is
X=𝑥 0 1 2 3 4
P(X = 𝑥) 0.08 0.15 0.45 0.27 0.05
Find the expected value and variance of X.

8) Find the mean of number randomly selected from 1 to 15.

9) In a meeting 70% of the numbers favour and 30% oppose a certain proposal. A member is selected at random
and we take X = 0 if he opposes, and X = 1 if he is in favour. Find E(X) and var (X).

10) Find expected value and variance of X, where X is number obtained on the uppermost face when a fair die is
thrown.

11) Find 𝑘, such that the function

4
𝑘 ( ) ; 𝑥 = 0,1,2,3,4, 𝑘 > 0
𝑃(𝑥) = { 𝑥
0 ; 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒,
is a probability mass function (p.m.f.)

• Continuous Random Variable

12) If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑘𝑥 , 𝑓𝑜𝑟 0 < 𝑥 < 2
=0 , 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒,
is the probability density function of a random variable X. then find:
(i) value of 𝑘, (ii) 𝑃(1 < 𝑋 < 2)

13) The p.d.f. of continuous random variable X is given by

𝑥
𝑓(𝑥) = , 0<𝑥<4
8
=0 , 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
find (i) 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 2) (ii) 𝑃(2 < 𝑋 ≤ 3) (iii) 𝑃(𝑋 > 3) (iv) E(x) (v) Var (x)

14) The following is the p.d.f. (Probability Density Function) of a continuous random variable X:
𝑥
𝑓(𝑥) = 32 , 0<𝑥<8
=0 , 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
(a) Find the expression for c.d.f. (Cumulative Distribution Function) of X.
(b) Also find its value at 𝑥 = 0.5 and 9.
(c) E(x).

15) Give the p.d.f. (probability mass function) of a continuous random variable 𝑥 as:
𝑥2
𝑓(𝑥) = , −1<𝑥 <2
3
=0 , 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Determine the c.d.f. (cumulative distribution function) of 𝑥 and hence find
𝑃(𝑥 < 1), 𝑃(𝑥 ≤ −2), 𝑃(𝑥 > 0), 𝑃(1 < 𝑥 < 2)
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[BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION]
1) If 𝑋~𝐵(𝑛, 𝑝) and 𝑛 = 10, 𝐸(𝑋) = 5, then find the value of 𝑝.

2) Given 𝑋~𝐵(𝑛, 𝑝). If n = 10 and 𝑝 = 0.4, find E(X) and Var(X).

3) Given that 𝑋~𝐵(𝑛 = 10, 𝑝), if 𝐸(𝑋) = 8, find the value 𝑝.

4) Given 𝑋~𝐵(𝑛, 𝑝). If 𝑛 = 20, 𝐸(𝑋) = 10, find 𝑝, Var(X) and S.D. (X).

5) Given 𝑋~𝐵(𝑛, 𝑝). if 𝐸(𝑋) = 6 and Var(X) = 4.2, find the value of 𝑛.

6) If a fair coin is tossed 10 times, find the probability of getting

(i) exactly six heads. (ii) at least six heads.

7) A die is thrown 6 times, If ‘getting an odd number’ is a success, find the probability of at least 5 successes.

8) Suppose that 80% of all families own a television set. If 5 families are interviewed at random, find the probability
that (a) three families own a television set. (b) at least two families own a television set.

9) The probability that a bomb will hit a target is 0.8. Find the probability that out of 10 bombs dropped, exactly 4
will hit the target.

10) The probability that a person undergoes a kidney operation will recover is 0.7. Find the probability that of six
patients who undergo similar operations half of them will recover.

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