CASE STUDY QUESTIONS

1. CASE STUDY-1
The figure given below shows the path of a diver, when she takes a jump from the
diving board. Clearly it is a parabola.
Annie was standing on a diving board, 48 feet above the water level. She took a dive
into the pool. Her height (in feet) above the water level at any time ‘t’ in seconds is
given by the polynomial h(t) such that
h(t) = -16t2 + 8t + k

Based on above information, answer the following question:

a) What is the value of k?
b) At what time will she touch the water in the pool?
c) Find the maximum height up to which Annie can reach while jumping.
d) Rita’s height(in feet) above the water level is given by another polynomial p(t)
with zeroes – 1 and 2. Then find p(t).
e) The zeroes of the polynomial r(t) = - 12t2 + (k – 3)t + 48 are negative of each
other. Then find k.

2. CASE STUDY-2
Prize Distribution:
Director of a company select a round glass trophy for awarding their employees on
annual function. Design of each trophy is made as shown in the figure, where its base
ABCD is golden plated from the front side at the rate of Rs 6 per cm².

(i) Find the area of sector OCXD.

(ii) Find the area of ∆ AOB.
 (iii) What is the total cost of golden plating?
(iv) Find the length of the arc CXD.
(v) Calculate the ratio of areas of minor sector and major sector.

3. CASE STUDY-3
Rashmi bought a wall clock to gift her friend Komal on her birthday. The clock
contains a small pendulum of length 15cm.The minute hand and hour hand of the
clock are 10cm and 7cm long respectively.
Answer the following questions:
(i) Calculate the area swept by the minute hand in 20 minutes.
(ii) Find the distance covered by the tip of the minute hand in 5 minutes.
(iii) What is the angel described by hour hand in 30minutes?
(iv) Calculate the area swept by the hour hand in 1 hour.
(v) What is the area swept by the hour hand between 9am and 5pm?

4. CASE STUDY-4
A stable owner has four horses. He usually tie these horses with 7m long rope to peg
at each corner of a square shaped grass field of 20m length, to graze in his farm. But
tying with rope sometimes results in injuries to his horses, so he decided to build
fence around each horse and let them freely move and graze separately in their own
area.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) Find the area grazed by each horse.(use π = 22/7)
(ii) Find the total area of the field in which these horses can graze. (use π = 22/7)
(iii) Find the perimeter of the region where each horse can graze if the length of the rope is
increased by 2m.(use π = 3.14)
(iv) Find the total length of the fencing wire needed to fence around all the horses if
the length of the rope is 7m.
(v) Find the total cost of fencing around 4 horses at the rate of Rs.70 per metre if the
length of the rope is 7 m.

5. CASE STUDY-5
Rohit wants to distribute chocolates in his class on his birthday. The chocolates are of
three types: MUNCH, PERK and KitKat. If the total number of students in the class is
54 and everyone gets a chocolate, then answer the following questions.

Based on the above case study answer the following questions:

1
(i) If the probability of distributing munch is , then find the number of
3
Munch Rohit has.
4
(ii) If the probability of distributing KitKat is , then find the number of
9
KitKat chocolates Rohit has.
(iii) What is the probability of distributing PERK?
(iv) Find the probability of distributing both Munch and PERK.
(v) The probability of distributing all the chocolates is
6. CASE STUDY-6
There is a game of tossing of three coins. The entry fee in the game is Rs 200.
Shikha takes entry into game by paying the entry fee. The rules of the game are:
if by tossing three coins or one coin three times she gets one or two heads, the
entry fee is refunded. If she gets three heads, she receives double the amount
paid as entry fee. Otherwise, she loses the entry fee. Based on the above
information answer the following questions.
(i) List all the possible outcomes of the game.
(ii) What is the probability that Shikha loses the entry fee?
(iii) What is the percentage of chances of getting Rs400?
(iv) What is the probability that she gets back her entry fee?
(v) List the outcomes of losing her entry fee.
 7. CASE STUDY-7
A Brooch is a small piece of jewellery which has a pin at the back so that it can
be fastened on a dress, blouse or coat. Designs of some brooches are shown
below

Design A:Brooch A is made with silver wire in the form of a circle with diameter
28mm. The wire is also used for making 4 diameters which divide the circle into 8
equal parts.
Design B: Brooch B is made of two colours, Gold and Silver. Outer part is made
with Gold and the inner part is made of Silver. The circumference of the Silver part
is 44mm and the gold part is 3mm wide everywhere.

(i) In design A, find the total length of the wire required.

(ii) In design A, find the area of each sector of the brooch.
(iii) In design B, Find the radius of the inner part (silver).
(iv) In design B, what is the circumference of the outer part(golden)?
(v) A boy is playing with brooch A. He makes revolutions with it along its
edge.
How many complete revolutions must it take to cover 352mm distance ?
8. CASE STUDY-8
An unbiased game of chance as shown below consists of spinning the wheel on which
different areas have been marked with different colours such as Red-R, Yellow-Y,
Blue-B and Orange-O on the wheel respectively. Numbers have been marked on
different parts and each of these is equally likely. The prize depends on the number at
which the arrow points once the wheel comes to the rest.

a. What is the probability that the arrow will point at a prime number?
b. If the arrow points at a perfect square, the person gets a double chance to spin the wheel.
Then what is the probability of double chance of spinning wheel?
c. What is the probability that the arrow will point toward the letter Y?
d. What is the probability of arrow pointing towards a number divisible by 3?
e. What is the probability of arrow pointing towards an odd number or a prime number?