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WORK SHEET
Class 12 - Applied Mathematics

1. Five litres of water is added to a certain quantity of pure milk costing ₹ 60 per litre. If by selling the mixture at [3]
the same price as before, a profit of 20% is made, what is the amount of pure milk in the mixture?
2. Solve: 55x ≡ 66 (mod 77) [3]
3. Solve: 7x ≡ 3 (mod 19) [3]
4. Find the non-negative remainder when 2151 × 351 is divided by 7. [3]

5. Two liquids are mixed in the proportion 3 : 2 and the mixture is sold at ₹ 110 per litre at a 10% profit. If first [3]
liquid costs ₹ 20 more per litre than the second, what does it cost per litre?

6. What is the remainder when 3287 is divided by 23? [4]

7. Find the non-negative remainder when 3200 × 250 is divided by 5. [4]

8. Find the remainder when 5121 is divided by 27. [4]

9. A boat takes 1 hour 30 minutes less to travel 36 km downstream than to travel the same distance upstream. If the [3]
speed of the boat in still water is 10 km/hr, find the speed of the stream.
10. Pipes A and B can fill a tank separately in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. Pipe C can empty the full [3]
tank in 15 minutes. If pipes A, B and C are opened successively for one minute each, how soon will the tank be
filled?
11. Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12 hours, 15 hours and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time [3]
and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, in how many hours will the tank be full?
12. A swimming pool is filled by three pipes A, B and C with uniform flow. The first two pipes A and B operating [3]
simultaneously fill the pool in the same time during which the pool is filled by pipe C alone. The second pipe B
fills the pool 5 hours faster than the first pipe A and 4 hours slower than the third pipe C. Find the time required
by the first pipe to fill the swimming pool.
13. A man rows a boat 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. It he rows 40 km upstream and 55 km [3]
downstream in 13 hours, then find the rate at which he rows the boat in still water.
14. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank separately in 10 hours and 15 hours respectively. Third pipe C can empty the [3]
full tank in 20 hours. Pipes A, B and C have opened alternately for one hour each. If A is opened first, then how
many hours will they take to fill the empty tank?
15. Boat P travels downstream from point A to point B in 3 hours less than the time taken by boat Q to travel [3]
upstream from point B to point C. The distance between points A and B is 20 km which is half of the distance
between B and C. The speed of boat Q in still water is 10 km/hr and the speed of boat P in still water is equal to
the speed of boat Q upstream. Find the speed of boat P in still water.
16. A solution is to be kept between 86° and 95°F. What is the range of temperature in degree Celsius, if the Celsius [3]
(C)/Fahrenheit (F) conversion formula is given by F = + 32.
9
C
5

17. Solve the following system of inequations: [3]

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 2(2x + 3) - 10 < 6 (x - 2), 2x−3

4
+ 6 ≥ 2+
4x

18. Solve the system of equation in R: 5x - 7 < 3 (x + 3), 1 − [3]

3x
≥ x− 4
2

19. Draw the diagram of the solution set of the linear inequations 3x + 4y ≥ 12, y ≥ 1, x ≥ 0. [3]
20. Solve the system of equation in R: -5 < 2x - 3 < 5 [3]
21. The marks scored by Rohit in two tests were 65 and 70. Find the minimum marks he should score in the third [3]
test to have an average of at least 65 marks.
22. Solve the system of equation in R: , 2(2x + 3) < 6(x - 2) + 10 [3]
2x−3 4x
− 2 ≥ − 6
4 3

23. Exhibit graphically the solution set of the linear inequations [3]
3x + 4y ≤ 12, 4x + 3y ≤ 12, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
24. Show that the solution set of the linear inequation is empty set: x + 2y ≤ 3, 3x + 4y ≥ 12, y ≥ 1, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 [3]
25. The water acidity in a pool is considered normal when the average pH reading of three daily measurements is [3]
between 7.2 and 7.8. If the first two pH reading are 7.48 and 7.85, find the range of pH value for the third
reading that will result in the acidity level being normal.
1 2 [3]
26. If A = [ ] , and f(x) = x2 - 2x - 3, show that f(A) = O.
2 1

a b [3]
27. Find the inverse of the matrix A = [ 1+bc
] and show that aA-1 = (a2 + bc + 1)I - aA.
c
a

28. If X and Y are 2 × 2 matrices, then solve the following matrix equations for X and Y: [3]
2 3 −2 2
2X + 3Y = [ ] , 3X + 2Y = [ ]
4 0 1 −5

29. A trust fund has ₹ 30,000 that must be invested in two different types of bonds. The first bond pays 5% interest [3]
per year, and the second bond pays 7% interest per year. Using matrix multiplication, determine how to divide ₹
30,000 among the two types of bonds. If the trust fund must obtain an annual total interest of:
i. ₹ 1800
ii. ₹ 2000
30. Give examples of matrices A, B and C such that AB = AC but B ≠ C, A ≠ 0. [3]
31. A manufacturer produces three products X, Y and Z which it sells in three markets I, II and III. Monthly sales [3]
and sale prices are given as follows:

Market Items sold

X Y Z

I 1000 1500 2000

II 2000 2500 3000

III 3000 3500 4000

Sales Price in (₹)

X Y Z

20 30 40

25 28 37

23 31 42

If the costs per item for three products X, Y and Z are ₹18, ₹25 and ₹34 respectively, find by matrix algebra his
total profit.

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32. Solve the system of the linear equations by Cramer's rule: [3]
3x + y + z = 2
2x - 4y + 3z = -1
4x + y - 3z = -11
33. Solve the following system of equations by Cramer's rule: [3]
2

x
+
3

y
+
10

z
= 4; 4

x
−
6

y
+
5

z
= 1 and 6

x
+
9

y
−
20

z
=2
34. The sum of three numbers is 2. If twice the second number is added to the sum of first and third, the sum is 1. [3]
By adding second and third number to five times the first number, we get 6. Find the three numbers by using
matrices.
35. Solve the system of linear equations by Cramer's rule: [3]
2x - y = 1
7x - 2y = -7
36. A trust invested some money in two type of bonds. The first bond pays 10% interest and second bond pays 12% [4]
interest. The trust received ₹ 2800 as interest. However, if trust had interchanged money in bonds, they would
have got ₹ 100 less as interest. Using matrix method, find the amount invested by the trust.
37. An amount of ₹5000 is put into three investments at the rate of interest of 6%, 7% and 8% per annum [4]
respectively. The total annual income is ₹358. If the combined income from the first two investments is ₹70
more than the income from the third, find the amount of each investment by matrix method.

38. Find a 2 × 2 matrix A such that A [

1 −2
] = 6I2 [4]
1 4

39. In an engineering workshop there are 10 machines for drilling, 8 machines for turning and 7 machines for [4]
grinding. Three types of brackets are made. Type I brackets require 0 minutes for drilling, 5 minutes for turning
and 4 minutes for grinding. The corresponding times for type II and III brackets are 3, 3, 2 and 3, 2, 2, minutes
respectively. How many brackets of each type should be produced per hour so that all the machines remain fully
occupied during an hour? Solve by using matrix method.
⎡
1 −1 2
⎤⎡
−2 0 1
⎤ [4]
40. Use the product ⎢ 0 2 −3 ⎥ ⎢ 9 2 −3 ⎥ to solve the system of equations x + 3z = -9, x + 2y - 2z =
⎣ ⎦⎣ ⎦
3 −2 4 6 1 −2

4, 2x - 3y + 4z = -3.
⎡
3 −2 −4
⎤ [4]
41. Express the matrix ⎢ 3 −2 −5 ⎥ as the sum of a symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix and verify your
⎣ ⎦
−1 1 2

result.

42. If matrix A =[
2 −2
] and A2 = pA, then write the value of p. [4]
−2 2

43. A two industries input-output relationship states that industry I require 20 paise worth of its own output and 50 [4]
paise worth of industry II for producing output of ₹1. Industry II requires 30 paise worth of its own output and
40 paise worth of industry I for producing an output of ₹1.
i. Write the technology coefficient matrix.
ii. Determine the gross output required to satisfy the economy's demand of ₹180 crores and ₹270 crores
respectively.
iii. Give the interpretation of its row sum and column sum, if any.

44. If [
a − b 2a + c
] = [
−1 5
] , find the value of b. [4]
2a − b 3c + d 0 13

[4]

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 1 0 −2
⎡ ⎤

45. Show that the matrix, A = ⎢ −2 −1 2⎥ satisfies the equation, A3 - A2 - 3A - I3 = O. Hence, find A-1.
⎣ ⎦
3 4 1

46.
∣ 3x
If ∣
7∣ ∣8
∣ = ∣
7∣
∣ . find the value of x. [3]
∣ −2 4∣ ∣6 4∣

47. If A = [
2 5
] and B = [
4 −3
] , verify that |AB| = |A||B|. [3]
2 1 2 5

48. Write the minors and cofactors of each element of the first column of the given matrix and hence evaluate the [3]
1 a bc
⎡ ⎤

determinant: A = ⎢1 b ca ⎥
⎣ ⎦
1 c ab

∣x+ 3 −2 ∣ [3]
49. If x ∈ N and ∣ ∣ = 8 , then find the value of x.
∣ −3x 2x ∣

⎡
1 2 2
⎤ [3]
50. Compute the adjoint of the matrix ⎢ 2 1 2⎥ . Verify that (adj A) A =|A| I = A (adj A).
⎣ ⎦
2 2 1

51. The total sales (S) in thousands of rupees of a firm selling two products X and Y is given by the relationship: S = [4]
a + bX + cY. Sales data from January-March are given below:

Month X Y Total Sales (S)

January 2 3 12

February 6 2 13

March 5 3 15

Using determinant method, determine the sales in the next month when it sells 4 units of X and 5 units of Y.
⎡
−1 −2 −2
⎤ [4]
52. Find the adjoint of the matrix A = ⎢ 2 1 −2 ⎥ and hence show that A (adj A) = |A| I3.
⎣ ⎦
2 −2 1

53. A salesman has the following record of sales during three months for three items A, B and C which have [4]
different rates of commission.

Sale of units
Month Total commission drew (in ₹)
A B C

Jan 90 100 20 800

Feb 130 50 40 900

March 60 100 30 850

Find out the rates of commission on items A, B and C by using the determinant method.
54. Write the minors and cofactors of each element of the first column of the given matrix and hence evaluate the [4]
0 2 6
⎡ ⎤
determinant: A = ⎢1 5 0⎥
⎣ ⎦
3 7 1

55. Write the minors and cofactors of each element of the first column of the given matrix and hence evaluate the [4]
a h g
⎡ ⎤

determinant: A = ⎢h b f ⎥
⎣ ⎦
g f c

56. A tank with a rectangular base and rectangular sides, open at the top is to be constructed so that its depth is 2 m [4]
and volume is 8 m3. If the building of tank costs ₹70 per square metre for the base and ₹45 per square metre for

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 sides, what is the cost of the least expensive tank?
57. Show that the rectangle of maximum perimeter which can be inscribed in a circle of radius a is a square of side [4]
–
√2a .

58. Find the interval/s in which the function f(x) = 2x3 – 24x + 107 is: [4]

i. strictly increasing, and

ii. strictly decreasing.

59. Find the intervals in which f(x) = x2 + 2x - 5 is increasing or decreasing. [4]

60. Find the intervals in which the function f(x) = 2x3 + 9x2 + 12x + 20 is [4]

i. increasing
ii. decreasing.

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