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194
(Let the ones digit = x. Then tens = x + 5, hundreds = x – 3.
Solving gives digits = 194.)
Ravi = 12 years.
Sister = x, Ravi = 2x, so 3x = 18 → x = 6, Ravi = 12 years.
Fraction = 3/4.
Let fraction = a/b.
(a+1)/b = 1 → a+1 = b → b = a+1.
a/(b+2) = ½ → a/(a+3) = ½ → 2a = a+3 → a=3, b=4.
Fraction = 3/4.
Circumference = 2πr = 2 × 22/7 × 7 = 44 cm.
👉 So four angles are 72° and four are 108°
Interior angles on the same side = supplementary.
So the partner angle = 180 – 72 = 108°.
The vertically opposite, corresponding, and alternate interior angles give repeats.
👉 Interior angles = 35°, 90°, and the one adjacent to exterior = 180 – 125 = 55°.
Exterior angle = sum of opposite interior angles.
👉 No matter what the triangle is (scalene, isosceles, right-angled), the sum of its exterior angles is always 360°.
Each exterior angle = 180° – (interior angle).
So sum of 3 exterior angles = 3 × 180° – sum of 3 interior angles.
= 540° – 180° = 360°.
First transaction: Cost = 60. Selling Price = 60 × 1.2 = 72.
Second transaction: Cost = 72. Loss 25% → SP = 72 × 0.75 = 54.
Net: CP total = 60, final SP = 54 → Loss = 6.
Loss% = 6/60 × 100 = 10% loss.
He charges for 1 kg, but gives 900 g.
Suppose CP = ₹100/kg.
He charges = 100 (for 1 kg).
CP of 900 g = 100 × (900/1000) = 90.
Profit = 100 − 90 = 10.
Profit% = 10/90 × 100 = 11.11% profit.
👉 Recall: (x + 1/x)² = x² + 1/x² + 2.
So x + 1/x = √(98+2) = √100 = 10.
Now, x³ + 1/x³ = (x + 1/x)³ − 3(x + 1/x).
= 10³ − 3×10 = 1000 − 30 = 970.
(a) Red face cards: J, Q, K of ♥ and ♦ → 6 cards. Probability = 6/52 = 3/26.
(b) Kings = 4 cards, so not a king = 52 − 4 = 48 cards. Probability = 48/52 = 12/13.
(c) Hearts = 13 cards, Black cards = 26. Overlap (black hearts) = none.
So total = 13 + 26 = 39. Probability
D = midpoint of BC → BD = DC = 6 cm.
Triangles ABD and ADC are congruent (by SSS: AB = AC, BD = DC, AD = AD).
So AD ⟂ BC (property of median in isosceles triangle).
In ΔABD: AB = 10, BD = 6.
AD² = 10² − 6² = 100 − 36 = 64 → AD = 8 cm.
👉Angle at the center = 70°.
Angle at the circumference on the same arc = ½ × 70° = 35°.
At the circumference on the other arc = 180° − 35° = 145°.
Let first term = a.
For 1st AP: sum of 15 terms = (15/2)[2a+(15−1)×2].
= (15/2)(2a+28) = 15(a+14).
For 2nd AP: sum of 10 terms = (10/2)[2a+(10−1)×3].
= 5(2a+27) = 10a+135.
Equating: 15(a+14) = 10a+135.
15a+210 = 10a+135 → 5a=−75 → a=−15.
Answer: First term = −15.
Hypotenuse = √(15² + 20²) = 25 cm
Formula for inradius of right triangle:
r = (a + b − c) / 2
where a and b = perpendicular sides, c = hypotenuse.
Substituting:
r = (15 + 20 − 25) / 2 = 10 / 2 = 5 cm
🎯 Answer: Radius = 5 cm
👉Let the roots be k and (k + 1).
Sum of roots = k + (k + 1) = 2k + 1
From the equation, sum of roots = −(coefficient of x) / (coefficient of x²)
= −(−5) / 1 = 5
So, 2k + 1 = 5 → 2k = 4 → k = 2
Roots are 2 and 3
Product of roots = 2 × 3 = 6
But product of roots = constant term / coefficient of x² = m / 1 = m
Therefore, m = 6
🎯 Final Answer: m = 6
Using similarity of triangles (same angle of elevation of the sun):
Height of pole / Shadow of pole = Height of tree / Shadow of tree
6 / 8 = h / 20
h = (6 × 20) / 8 = 15 m
🎯 Answer: Height of tree = 15 m
In trapezium with parallel sides, triangles AOB and COD are similar.
So AO/OC = BO/OD
3/2 = BO/OD
BO:OD = 3:2
🎯 Answer: BO : OD = 3 : 2
👉Number of seats (AP): 20, 22, 24, …
Price per seat (GP): 50, 100, 200, …
Income per row = (seats) × (price).
So incomes: 20×50, 22×100, 24×200, … = 1000, 2200, 4800, …
This is a GP with a = 1000, r = 2.2 (since 2200/1000 = 2.2).
Total income = a × (r¹⁰ − 1)/(r − 1)
= 1000 × (2.2¹⁰ − 1)/1.2 ≈ 1000 × (2653 − 1)/1.2 ≈ 2,21,0000
🎯 Answer: About ₹22.1 lakh
log₂[x(x−6)] = 4 → x(x−6) = 16
x² − 6x − 16 = 0
(x−8)(x+2) = 0 → x = 8
🎯 Answer: x = 8
Choose positions for 2 digits = C(7,2)
Choose digits = 10P2
Fill remaining 5 from 30 (letters+symbols) = 30P5
Total = C(7,2) × 10P2 × 30P5
🎯 Answer: C(7,2) × 10P2 × 30P5
👉C ∩ V only = 20 − 5 = 15
V ∩ S only = 15 − 5 = 10
C ∩ S only = 10 − 5 = 5
Chocolate only = 50 − (15+5+5) = 25
Only Chocolate = 25
Use identity: cos 2x = 1 − 2 sin^2 x.
Substitute: sin x = 1 − 2 sin^2 x.
Rearrange: 2 sin^2 x + sin x − 1 = 0.
Let s = sin x. Then 2s^2 + s − 1 = 0.
Solve quadratic: s = [−1 ± sqrt(1 + 8)] / 4 = [−1 ± 3] / 4.
So s = 1/2 or s = −1.
Solve sin x = 1/2 in [0,360): x = 30°, 150°.
Solve sin x = −1 in [0,360): x = 270°.
Final answers: x = 30°, 150°, 270°.
🔍 Check:
Reflexive? No — a person is not usually considered their own ancestor.
Symmetric? No — if A is ancestor of B, B is not ancestor of A.
Transitive? Yes — if A is ancestor of B, and B is ancestor of C, then A is ancestor of C.
✅ This relation is transitive, but not reflexive or symmetric.
👉hence not equivalence
👉As x → 2 from the left, numerator = (2 – x) positive, denominator = (x – 2) negative ⇒ limit = –1.
As x → 2 from the right, numerator = (x – 2) positive, denominator = (x – 2) positive ⇒ limit = +1.
Since left-hand limit ≠ right-hand limit, the limit does not exist.
Therefore, f(x) is discontinuous at x = 2.
Coefficient matrix:
M =
[ 1 2 3 ]
[ 2 4 6 ]
[ 1 1 1 ]
Determinant:
det(M) = 1*(41 – 61) – 2*(21 – 61) + 3*(21 – 41)
= 1*(4 – 6) – 2*(2 – 6) + 3*(2 – 4)
= (–2) – 2*(–4) + (–6)
= –2 + 8 – 6 = 0
Since det(M) = 0, the matrix is singular.
That means the system has no unique solution.
Depending on the right-hand side vector b, the system may have infinitely many solutions or no solution.
Real-life meaning: Product P2 requires resources in exactly double the proportion of P1, so the constraints are not independent.
Note that |sin x| means we take the positive value of sin x.
On [0, π], sin x ≥ 0 ⇒ |sin x| = sin x.
On [π, 2π], sin x ≤ 0 ⇒ |sin x| = –sin x.
So the required area = ∫₀^π sin x dx + ∫_π^{2π} (–sin x) dx.
First integral:
∫₀^π sin x dx = [–cos x]₀^π = (–cos π) – (–cos 0) = (–(–1)) – (–1) = 1 + 1 = 2.
Second integral:
∫_π^{2π} (–sin x) dx = [cos x]ₚᵢ^{2π} = cos(2π) – cos(π) = 1 – (–1) = 2.
Total area = 2 + 2 = 4.
✅ Final Answer: The total area is 4 square units.
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