class 10 mathematics

Question: The sides AB, BC, CA of a triangle ABC have 3, 4 and 5 interior points respectively on them. Find the number of triangles that can be drawn using these points as vertices. Answer: The points 3+4+5=12 points lie in a plane. To construct a triangle, we require three non-collinea..

Question: From 12 books, in how many ways can 5 be chosen i. to surely include a particular book ii. never to include a particular book iii. to have no restrictions at all? Answer: i. To include a particular book, one particular book has already been chosen. We have to select 4 books fr..

The matrices are scalar matrices of order 2 and 3 respectivel..

Let a=first term, d = common difference, l=t n =last term, s = required sum. Then, Writing the series in the reverse order, Adding together the two series, ..

Question: How many three letter words (with or without meaning) can be formed out of the letters of the word LOGARITHMS if repetition of letters is not allowed? Answer: Number of letters in the word LOGARITHMS is 10. The three letter words formed by using these letters will be..

Question: Convert the following into factorials: i) 5.6.7.8.9.10 ii) 4.6.8.10.12 Answer: i) ii) ..

Question: A candidate is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions, which are divided into two groups, each containing 5 questions, and he is not permitted to attempt more than 4 from each group. In how many ways can he make his choice? Answer: ..

Using determinants, find the area of triangle whose vertices are (2, -7), (1, 3), (10, 8). Solution: (x 1 , y 1 ) = (2, -7) (x 2 , y 2 ) = (1, 3) (x 3 , y 3 ) = (10, 8) Area of the triangle = -47.5 Since area has to be a positive quantity, it is given by 47.5 sq.units..

Question: Ten different letters of an alphabet are given. Words with five letters are formed from these given letters. Find the number of words which have atleast one letter repeated. Answer: Total number of 5 letter words from given 10 letters = 10 5 (if ..

i) 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ... is a series in which first term is 1, second term is 4, third term is 7 and so on. ii) 3 - 9 + 27 - 81 + ... is also a series in which the first term is 3, second term is -9, third term is 27 and so ..