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Previous Year Question Paper

BT-401 (GS) – Mathematics-III

November 2022CSITSEMESTER-4
November 2022
Max Marks: 70
Duration: 3 Hours
Instructions:

Attempt any five questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1
a)Unit 1

Use Newton's formula for interpolation to find the net premium at the age 25 from the given table.

b)Unit 1

Using Newton-Raphson's method find the real root of x⁴ - x - 10 = 0.

Q.2
a)Unit 2

Solve the simultaneous linear equations using Crout's method: x₁+x₂+x₃=1, 3x₁+x₂-3x₃=5, x₁-2x₂-5x₃=10.

b)Unit 2

Evaluate ∫₀¹ log x cos x dx by (i) Trapezoidal rule (ii) Simpson 3/8 rule.

Q.3
a)Unit 3

Find y(0.1) for differential equation dy/dx = x²y - 1, y(0) = 1 using Taylor's series method.

b)Unit 3

Solve xy'' + y' + xy = 0, where y(0) = 1, y'(0) = 0, for x = 0 to x = 1.5.

Q.4
a)Unit 4

Find Laplace transform of piecewise function f(t) = sin t for 0 < t < 2π, and 0 for 2π < t.

b)Unit 4

Find the Fourier series for periodic extension of piecewise function f(t) = sin t for 0 ≤ t ≤ π, and 0 for π ≤ t ≤ 2π.

Q.5
a)Unit 5

If m balls are distributed among a men and b women, show that the probability that the number of balls received by men is odd is (1/2)[((b+a)^m - (b-a)^m)/(b+a)^m].

b)Unit 5

Two independent random variable X and Y are both normally distributed with means 1 and 2 and standard deviations 3 and 4 respectively. If Z = X - Y, write the pdf of Z and find P[Z+1 ≤ 0].

Q.6
a)Unit 1

Prove that Δⁿ 0^(n+1) = [n(n+1)/2] Δⁿ 0^n.

b)Unit 1

Given log x values for x = 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, find the value of log 3375.

Q.7
a)Unit 3

Use Runge-Kutta method to approximate y when x=0.1 and x=0.2, given x=0 when y=1 and dy/dx=x+y.

b)Unit 3

Use Milne's method to solve dy/dx = x + y with initial condition y(0)=1, from x=0.20 to x=0.30.

Q.8
a)Unit 5

Prove that for normal distribution, QD:MD:SD :: 10:12:15.

b)Unit 1

Prove that Δⁿ sin(ax+b) = (2 sin(ah/2))^n sin[ax+b+n((ah+π)/2)].