BCA 1st Semester Bridge Mathematics Exam
BCA 1st Semester Bridge Mathematics Exam
To calculate 2 * vector a - 3 * vector b, substitute and compute: 2*(2, -1, 3) - 3*(5, 0, -2) = (4, -2, 6) - (15, 0, -6) = (4-15, -2-0, 6+6) = (-11, -2, 12).
First, use tan(45°) = height/distance (1 = h/d), hence h = d. Then, use tan(60°) = height/(d-50) (√3 = h/(d-50)). Substituting h = d from the first equation into the second gives √3 = d/(d-50). Solving gives d = 50/((√3)-1). Finally, calculate h = 50/((√3)-1) to get the height of the tree.
The distance between points (0, 0) and (36, 15) is found using the distance formula √((x2-x1)² + (y2-y1)²), resulting in √((36-0)² + (15-0)²) = √(1296 + 225) = √1521 = 39. This formula can be applied similarly to calculate real-world distances between two locations by using their coordinate points on a map.
Using the product rule for differentiation, the derivative of f(x) = x * e^x is f'(x) = e^x + x * e^x. This is calculated by letting u = x and v = e^x, then f'(x) = u'v + uv' = 1 * e^x + x * e^x.
Given tanθ = 2, the double-angle formula for tangent, tan(2θ) = 2tanθ / (1 - tan²θ), can be used. Substituting tanθ = 2 gives tan(2θ) = 4 / (-3) = -4/3. This is calculated using tan(2θ) = (2*2)/(1-4) = -4/3.
The inverse of a 2x2 matrix A = [a b; c d] is calculated as (1/det(A)) * [d -b; -c a], where det(A) = ad - bc. For A = [4 7; 2 3], det(A) = 4*3 - 7*2 = 12 - 14 = -2. Thus, A^(-1) = (-1/2) * [3 -7; -2 4].
The domain of the function f(x) = 1/(x-2) is all real numbers except x = 2, because division by zero is undefined. The range of f(x) is all real numbers except y = 0, because the function approaches infinity as x approaches 2 from either direction.
1. Mean: The mean is the sum of all ages divided by the number of ages, so (22 + 24 + 24 + 26 + 30) / 5 = 25.2. 2. Median: As the ages are sorted, the median is the middle value, which is 24. 3. Mode: The mode is the value that appears most frequently, which is 24.
The total number of arrangements of the letters in 'MISSISSIPPI' derives from the factorial of the total number of letters divided by the factorials of the number of occurrences of each repeated letter. There are 11 letters: 1 M, 4 I's, 4 S's, and 2 P's. The arrangement count is 11!/(1!4!4!2!) = 34650.