Consider the following distribution of 50 workers of a factory. Find the mean daily wages of the workers of the factory by using an appropriate method.

Question : Daily Wages in Rupees 0 – 120 120 – 140 14 – 160 160 – 180 180 – 200 Number of Workers 12 14 8 6 10 Solution : Let the assumed mean A = 150 and class size h = 50 So, \(u_i\) = \(x_i – A\over h\) = \(x_i – 150\over …

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A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness programme, in which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house.

Question : Number of plants 0 – 2 2 – 4 4 – 6 6 – 8 8 – 10 10 – 12 12 – 14 No. of houses 1 2 1 5 6 2 3 Which method do you use for finding the mean and why ? Solution : Number of Plants Number of …

A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness programme, in which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house. Read More »

Prove the following identities, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the expressions are defined :

Question : (i)  \(1 – cos\theta\over 1 + cos\theta\) = \(({cosec\theta – cot\theta})^2\) (ii)  \(1 + sin\theta\over cos\theta\) + \(cos\theta\over 1 + sin\theta\) = \(2sec\theta\) (iii)  \(tan\theta\over 1 – cot\theta\) + \(cot\theta\over 1 – tan\theta\) = \(sec\theta + cosec\theta\) + 1 (iv)  \(1 + sec\theta\over sec\theta\) = \(sin^2\theta\over 1 – cos\theta\) (v)  \(cos A – …

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Express the trigonometric ratios sin A, sec A, and tan A in terms of cot A.

Solution : We know that   \(cosec^2 A\) = 1 + \(cot^2 A\) \(\implies\)   \(1\over sin^2 A\) = 1 + \(cot^2 A\)   \(\implies\)  \(sin^2 A\) = \(1\over 1 + cot^2 A\) \(\implies\)  sin A = \(1\over \sqrt{1 + cot^2 A}\) Also,  we know that  \(sec^2 A\) = 1 + \(tan^2 A\) \(\implies\)  \(sec^2 A\) = 1 …

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If A, B and C are the interior angles of a triangle ABC, show that sin\(B+C\over 2\) = cos\(A\over 2\).

Solution : Since A, B and C are the interior angles of a triangle ABC \(\therefore\)   A + B + C = 180 \(\implies\)  \(A\over 2\) + \(B\over 2\) + \(C\over 2\) = 90 \(\implies\)  \(B\over 2\) + \(C\over 2\) = 90 – \(A\over 2\) \(\implies\)  sin(\(B+C\over 2\)) = sin(90 – \(A\over 2\)) \(\implies\)   sin\(B+C\over …

If A, B and C are the interior angles of a triangle ABC, show that sin\(B+C\over 2\) = cos\(A\over 2\). Read More »