Mathematics Times – July 2019

(Ben Green) #1
we get
a c
b



  

and also, we have b c c a  

   

That is
a c
c c a


  

 
  

after simplyfing , we get a c  ( )c a

   

That is
(1 )( ) 0 a c 

 

Which yields   1. Therefore a c   1 b
  
.
That is a c b   0
  

. Hence Centroid is 0.


8.Sol: It is a direct question about vector triple
product. First we find


2 1 1 4 6
0 3 2

i j k
u v     i j k

  
    

Let w ai bj 
  
, but w is unit vector, that is

a b^2  ^21. Which gives acos and
bsin. Now, we have
( )u v w a    (1) 4( ) cos 4sinb  

  

Therefore maximum value of ( )u v w 

  
is

1 ( 4) 17^2   ^2

9.Sol: We get around the problem a bit. If we
can take the Point (P) as origin and we simply
write PA a PB b PC c ,  , 


    

. We then write
a given equation as
PA PB PC  2 3  0


  

as a b c  2 3 0
 
(1)
We have area of a triangle when position
vectors are given as
1
2

a b b c c a    

    
(2)
From (1) and (2), we get area of a triangle
as
3
2

c a 

But we know area of triangle APC is
1
2

c a

 
.

Therefore
3
3
1

ABC
APC


 

Statistics
1.Sol: Given that mean and standard deviation of
x x 1 , ,... 2 are μ and respectively. That is

x 1 1 x 2 ... xn
n


   

and
2 2 2 2
2 ( )x xi xi xi xi 2
n n n n

 

     
     
 

(1)

Also given that mean and standard deviations
of new list of numbers y 1 ,y 2 ,...yn are

1 2 1 2
1 2 ... 2 2 3 ...
ˆ
n n

x x x x
y y y x x
n n


 
     
 

x x 1 2 ... xn
n


  
 

and

2 2 2
ˆ^2 y y^12 ... yn^2
n

 

  
 

2 2
1 2 1 2 2 2
3
2

...
2 2 n

x x x x x x

n


        
   
    

(2)
From (1) and (2), we get
2 2 2 2

(^2) ˆ 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2
2
x x x x x x
n n
       
 
8.Sol:
9.Sol:
Statistics
1.Sol:
2.Sol:
2 2 2
1 2 2 1 2 ( 1 2 ) 0
2 2
x x x x x x
n n
  
  
That is  ˆ and  ˆ.
2.Sol: Given that mean and standard deviation of
x 1 , x 2 ,... are μ and  respectively. That is

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