Maths - IB Important Questions

Locus
Short Answer Questions.
1. Find the equation of locus of a point P, if the distance of P from A (3, 0) is twice the distance of P from
B(-3, 0)
2. Find the locus of the third vertex of a right angled triangle, the ends of whose hypotenuse are (4, 0) and
(0, 4).
3. Find the equation of locus of P, if the line segment joining (2, 3) and (-1, 5) subtends a right angle at P.
4. If the distance from P to the points (2, 3) and (2, -3) are in the ratio 2 : 3, then find the equation of the locus
of P.
5. Find the equation of the locus of P, if the ratio of the distances from P to A (5, -4) and B (7, 6) is
2 : 3.
6. A (2, 3) and B (-3, 4) are two given points. Find the equation of locus of P so that the area of the triangle
PAB is 8.5
7. A (5, 3) and B(3, -2) are two fixed points. Find the equation of the locus of P, so that the area of triangle
PAB is 9.
8. Find the equation of the locus of a point, which forms a triangle of area 2 with the points A(1, 1) and B
(-2, 3).
9. Find the equation of the locus of a point, the difference of whose distances from (-5, 0) and (5, 0) is 8.
10. Find the equation of the locus of P, if A=  4, 0)  , B   4, 0  and PA  PB  4.
11. Find the equation of the locus of a point, the sum of whose distances from (0, 2) and (0, -2) is 6.
12. Find the equation of the locus of P, if A   2, 3 , B   2, 3 and PA  PB  8.

13. A (1, 2), B (2, -3) and C (-2, 3) are three points, A point P moves such that PA2  PB 2  2 PC 2 . Show
that the equation to the locus of P is 7 x  7 y  4  0

Transformation of Axes
Short Answer Questions.
1. When the origin is shifted to (3, 4) by the translation of axes, then, Find transformed equation of
2 x 2  4 xy  5 y 2  0.
2. When the origin is shifted to the point (2, 3), the transformed equation of a curve is
x 2  3 xy  2 y 2  17 x  7 y  11  0. , then find the original equation of the curve.
3. When the axes are rotated through an angle 45o , the transformed equation of a curve is
17 x 2  16 xy  17 y 2  225. , Find the original equation of the curve.
4. When the axes are rotated through an angle  , find the transformed equation of x cos   y sin   p .

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5. When the axes are rotated through an angle , find the transformed equation of
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x 2  2 3 xy  y 2  2 a 2 .

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6. When the axes are rotated through an angle , find the transformed equation of 3 x 2  10 xy  3 y 2  9.
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7. Show that the axes to be rotated through an angle of tan 1   so as to remove the xy term from
2  a b 
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the equation ax 2  2hxy  by 2  0, if a  b and through the angle , if a  b .
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The Straight Line

Short Answer Questions.

1. Prove that the points (1, 11), (2, 15) and (-3, -5) are collinear and find the equation of the straight line
containing them.
2. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (3, -4) and making X and Y-intercepts which
are in the ratio 2 : 3.
3. A (10, 4), B (-4, 9) and C(-2, -1) are the vertices of a triangle. Find the equations of

i) AB ii) the median through A

iii) the altitude through B iv) the perpendicular bisector of the side AB .

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4. A straight line passing through A (1, -2) makes an angle tan with the positive direction of the X-axis in
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the anti-clockwise sense. Find the points on the straight line whose distance from A is 5.

5. Transform the following equations into (a) slope-intercept form (b) intercept form and (c) normal form.
i) 3x  4 y  5 ii) x  y  2  0 iii) 3 x  4 y  12  0 iv) 3 x  y  4
6. Find the points on the line 3 x  4 y  1  0 which are at a distance of 5 units from the point (3, 2).
7. A straight line L is drawn through the point A (2, 1) such that its point of intersection with the straight line
x  y  9 is at a distance of 3 2 from A. Find the angle which the line L makes with the positive direction
of the X-axis.
8. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point of intersection of the lines
x  y  1  0 and 2 x  y  5  0 and containing the point (5, -2).
9. Find the value of k, if the lines 2 x  3 y  k  0, 3 x  4 y  13  0 and 8 x  11 y  33  0 are concurrent.
10. If the straight lines ax  by  c  0, bx  cy  a  0 and cx  ay  b  0 are concurrent, then prove that
a 3  b3  c 3  3abc.
11. A straight line meets the corrdinate axes in A and B. Find the equation of the straight line, when
i) AB is divided in the ratio 2 : 3 at (-5, 2)

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12. A straight line with slope 1 passes through Q(-3, 5) and meets the straight line x  y  6  0 at P. Find the
distance PQ.
13. Find the set of values of ' a ' if the points (1, 2) and (3, 4) lie to the same side of the straight line
3 x  5 y  a  0.
14. Find the point on the straight line 3 x  y  4  0 which is equidistant from the points (-5, 6) and
(3, 2).
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15. A straight line through Q  
3, 2 makes an angle
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with the positive direction of the X-axis. If the straight

line intersects the line 3 x  4 y  8  0 at P, find the distance PQ.

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16. A straight line through Q(2, 3) makes an angle with the negative direction of the X-acis. If the straight
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line intersects the line x  y  7  0 at P, find the distance PQ.
17. Find the equation of the straight line perpendicilar to the line 5 x  2 y  7 and passing through the points of
intersection of the lines 2 x  3 y  1 and 3 x  4 y  6.
18. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the origin and also through the point of intersection
of the lines 2 x  y  5  0 and x  y  1  0.
19. Find the equation of the straight line parallel to the line 3 x  4 y  7 and passing through the point of
intersection of the lines x  2 y  3  0 and x  3 y  6  0.
19. Find the equation of the straight line perpendicular to the line 2 x  3 y  0 and passing through the point
of intersection of the lines x  3 y  1  0 and x  2 y  4  0. .
20. Find the euqation of the line perpendicular to the line 3 x  4 y  6  0 and making an intercept -4 on the
X-axis.
21. x  3 y  5  0 is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points A, B. If A   1, 3 ,
find the coordinates of B.
22. Find the locus of the foot of the perpendicular from the origin to a variable straight line which always passes
through a fixed point  a, b  .

x y
22. Transform the equation   1 into the normal form when a  0 and b  0 . If the perpendicular distance
a b
1 1 1
of the straight line from the origin is p, deduce that 2
 2  2.
p a b
Calculus
Limits and Continuity

Short Answer Questions.

 x 1 1 
23. lim  2  3
x 1 x  x
 x  3 x  x 
2

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24. lim
Compute x 0  .
 1  x 1 

 x sin a  a sin x 
25. lim  
x a
 xa 

 cos ax  cos bx 
26. lim  
x 0
 x2 

sin  cos 2 x 
27. lim
x 0 x2

 3x  1 
28. lim  
x 0
 1  x 1 

 a  2 x  3x 
29. lim  
 3a  x  2 x 
x a

3
1 x  3 1 x
30. lim
x 0 x

x tan 2 x  2 x tan x
31. lim
1  cos 2 x 
x 0 2

 1 4 
32. lim   2 
x 2 x  2 x 4


33. lim
x 
 x 1  x 
34. lim
x 
 x2  x  x 
35. Check the continuity of f given by
  x 2  9  /  x 2  2 x  3  if 0  x  5 an d x  3
f x  
1.5 if x  3 , at the po in t 3 .

k 2 x  k if x  1
36. If f, given by f  x    , is a continuous function on R, then find the values of k.
 2 if x  1

 cos ax  cos bx
 2
if x  0
37. Show that f  x    x where a and b are real constants, is continuous at 0.
 1 b2  a 2  if x  0
 2

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  4  x 2 if x0

 x  5 if 0  x 1
f ( x)   2
38. Check the continuity of ‘f ‘ given by  4 x  9 if 1  x  2 at the point 0,1 and 2.
3 x  4 if x2


sin x if x  0
 2
 x  a if 0  x  1
f ( x)  
39. Find real constant a, b so that the function ' f ' given by bx  3 if 1  x  3 is
 3 if x  3

continuous on R.

Differentiation
Short Answer Questions.

1. Find the derivatives of the following functions from the first principles.
ii) x 1 iii) sin 2x iv) cos ax
v) tan 2x vi) cos 2 x vii) x sin x xi) sec 3x
2. Find the derivatives of the following functions.

iiii) x  tan  e  iv) x  log 1  sin y 

y 2
i) x  sin h 2 y

dy log x
3. If x y  e x  y , then show that  .
dx 1  log x 2

dy y ( x log y  y )
4. If x y  y x then  .
dx x ( y log x  x)

dy sin  a  y 
2

5. If sin y  x sin  a  y  , then show that  .

dx sin a

Find the derivative of f  x   esin with respect to g  x   sin 1 x .

1
x
6.

dy
7. Find for the following functions.
dx

3at 3at 2
i) x , y  ii) x  a  cos t  t sin t  , y  a  sin t  t cos t 
1 t3 1 t3

8. Differentiate f  x  with respect to g  x  for the following.

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  1   1  x2  1 
i) f  x   sec  2  , g  x   1  x 2
1
ii) f  x   tan 1   , g  x   tan 1 x
 2x 1   x 
 
9. Find the derivative of the function y defined implicitly by each of the following equations.

i) y  xy ii) y x  x sin y

1  2 x  dy
2 
10. If y  tan  x  1 then find .
 1 x  dx

d2y
11. If x  a  t  sin t  . y  a 1  cos t  find .
dx 2

12. If y  sin  sin x  , show that y ''  tan x  y ' y cos 2 x  0.

13. If y  ae nx  be  nx then prove that y ''  n 2 y.

Application of Derivatives
Tangents and Normals
Short Answer Questions.
1. Find the value of k, so that the length of the subnormal at any point on the curve y  a1 k x k is a constant.

2. Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the curve y  5 x 4 at the point (1, 5).

3. Find the equations of the tangents to the curve y  3x 2  x 3 , where it meets the X-axis.

3. Find the equations of tangent and normal to the curve y  x3  4 x 2 at  1,3 .

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4. If the slope of the tangent to the curve x 2  2 xy  4 y  0 at a point on it is , then find the equations of
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tangetn and normal at that point.
x
5. Find the tangent and normal to the curve y  2e 3 at the point where the curves meets the Y-axis.

6. Show that the curves x 2  y 2  2 and 3 x 2  y 2  4 x have a common tangent at the point (1, 1).
x
7. Show that at any point (x, y) on the curve y  be a , the length of the subtangent is a constant and the length

y2
of the subnormal is .
a

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8. Show that the curves 6 x 2  5 x  2 y  0 and 4 x 2  8 y 2  3 touch each other at  , 
2 2
Rate of Change
Short Answer Questions.
1. The volume of a cube is increasing at a rate of 9 cubic centimeters per second. How fast is the surface
area increaseing when the length of the edge is 10 centimeters?

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2. A particle is moving in a straight line so that after t seconds its distance is s (in cms) from a fixed point
on the line is given by s  f  t   8t  t 3 . Find (i) the velocity at time t = 2 sec (ii) the initial velocity (iii)
acceleration at t = 2 sec.
3. A container in the shape of an inverted cone has height 12 cm and radius 6 cm at the top. If it is filled
with water at the rate of 12cm3 / sec., what is the rate of change in the height of water level when the
tank is filled 8 cm?
4. A container is in the shape of an inverted cone has height 8 m and radius 6 m at the top. If it is filled with
water at the rate of 2m 3 / minute, how fast is the height of water chaning when the level is 4 m?
5. A particle is moving along a line according to s  f  t   4t 3  3t 2  5t  1 where s is measured in
meters and t is measured in seconds. Find the velocity and acceleration at time t. At what time the
acceleration is zero.
6. The total cost C  x  in rupees associated with production of x units of an item is given by

C  x   0.005 x3  0.02 x 2  30 x  500. Find the margibal cost when 3 units are produced (margibal
cost is the rate of change of total cost).
7. The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 8cm3 / sec. How fast is the surface area increasing
when the length of an edge is 12 cm?
8. A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and ripples move in circles at the speed of 5 cm/sec. At the instant
when the radius of circular ripple is 8 cm., how fast the enclosed area increases?

9. A point P is moving on the curve y  2 x 2 . The x coordinate of P is increasing at the rate of 4 units per
second. Find the rate at which the y coordinate is increasing when the point is at (2, 8).

Increasing and Decreasing, Maximum and Minimum

Short Answer Questions.

1. Find the intervals on which f  x   x 2  3 x  8 is increasing or decreasing?

2. Find the intervals on which the function f  x   x3  5 x 2  8 x  1 is a strictly increasing function.

1  x  x
3. Show that the functions ln and are decreasing on  0,   .
x 1  x  ln 1  x 
4. Find the intervals in which the function f  x   sin 4 x  cos 4 xx  0,  / 2 is increasing and
decreasing.

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