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XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), KOLKATA

Department of Management Studies
CIA Examinations, March 2022

Subject : Business Math & Stat Semester – II

Paper Code: BMHCR2122 Date: 23.03.2022
Full Marks : 40 Time: 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

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 Group – A
Answer ANY FOUR of the following questions: [4 × 5 = 20]
1. (i) Find the derivative of the following function: (𝑥 𝑥 )𝑥 .
(ii) If 𝑥 𝑚 𝑦 𝑛 = (𝑥 + 𝑦)𝑚+𝑛 , show that 𝑦2 = 0. (2+3)

𝑥
2. (i) Find the extreme value(s), if any, of the following function: log 𝑥
(ii) The radius of a spherical balloon is increasing at the rate of 7cm/sec. Find the rate at which
its surface area and volume are increasing at the instant when the radius is 5 cm. (2+3)

3. Calculate the missing frequency from the following distribution if the median is 8.53 inches.

Height (inches) 5.1 – 6 6.1 – 7 7.1 – 8 8.1 – 9 9.1 – 10 10.1 – 11 11.1 – 12

No. of plants 3 8 27 ? 17 11 9

4. The mean and S.D. of a group of 25 observations were found to be 30 and 3 respectively. After
the calculations, it was found that two of the observations were incorrect, which were recorded
as 29 and 31. Find the mean and S.D., if the incorrect observations are omitted.

5. (i) Prove that 𝑛𝐶𝑟 + 𝑛𝐶𝑟−1 = 𝑛+1𝐶𝑟 .

(ii) In how many ways 3 chairs can be filled from 6 persons? (3+2)

6. (i) For two events A and B, prove that 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) + 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵).
(ii) The letters of the word “DIRECTOR” are arranged at random. Find the probability that the
vowels will be always together. (3+2)

7. Deduce the mean and standard deviation of Poisson distribution. (3+2)

Group – B
Answer ANY TWO of the following questions: [2 × 10 = 20]
𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢 1
8. (i) If 𝑢 = log √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 , show that 𝜕𝑥 2 + 𝜕𝑦 2 + 𝜕𝑧 2 = 𝑥 2 +𝑦2 +𝑧 2.
(ii) Verify Euler’s Theorem when 𝑢 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2. (5+5)

9. (i) The runs of two batsmen Aftab (A) and Ratul (B) scored in 8 consecutive innings are as
follows:
A 32 28 47 63 71 39 60 96
B 19 31 48 53 90 67 62 40
Find which batsman is more consistent in scoring.
(ii) Calculate (a) AM, (b) Median and (c) Mode from the following data: (5+5)
𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 < 10 < 20 < 30 < 40 < 50
𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 3 8 17 20 22

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10. (i) A man draws 2 balls from a bag containing 3 white and 5 black balls. If he is to receive Rs
14 for every white ball and lose Rs 7 for each black ball, what is his expectation?

(ii) An insurance company insured 2000 scooter-drivers, 4000 car-drivers and 6000 truck-
drivers. The probability of a scooter, car and truck meeting an accident are 0.03, 0.01 and 0.15
respectively. If one of the insured persons meets with an accident, find the probability that he
or she is a scooter-driver. (5+5)

11. (i) Two machines respectively produce 0.5% and 0.4% defective items. Two samples of sizes
200 and 300 are respectively chosen from the production of first and second machine. Find the
probability that the total number of defective items in two sample together will not exceed two.
(Given 𝑒 −2.2 = 0.1108).

(ii) A coin is tossed 400 times. Find the probability that the number of heads lies between 190
and 210. Use the fact that the area under the standard normal curve between 𝑧 = 0 and 𝑧 =
1.28 is 0.40. (5+5)

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