List of top Mathematics Questions

Find the shortest distance between the lines \( \vec{r} = \hat{i} + 2\hat{j} - 4\hat{k} + \lambda(2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} + 6\hat{k}) \) and \( \vec{r} = 3\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} - 5\hat{k} + \mu(2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} + 6\hat{k}) \).
A person has a contract of construction. The probability of being a strike is 0.65. The probabilities of completing the construction work on time in both conditions are 0.80 and 0.32 whether the strike is not happened and it is happened respectively. Then find the probability of completing the construction work in due time.
If the ordered pairs (2x - 3, 5) and (x, y - 1) are equal, then find the numbers x and y.
The modulus of two vectors \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\) are \(\sqrt{3}\) and 4 respectively, and \(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b} = 6\). Then find the angle between the vectors \(\vec{a}\) and \(\vec{b}\).
Prove that \( 0 \leq P(E) \leq 1 \), where P(E) is the probability of the event E.
Find the area of a parallelogram whose adjacent sides are the vectors \( \vec{a} = \hat{i} - \hat{j} + 3\hat{k} \) and \( \vec{b} = 2\hat{i} - 7\hat{j} + \hat{k} \).
Find the direction cosine of Z-axis.
If y = 5x\(^2\) + 4, then at the point with x-coordinate 2, the slope is
Obtain the projection of the vector \( \vec{a} = 2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} + 5\hat{k} \) on the vector \( \vec{b} = \hat{i} + 3\hat{j} + \hat{k} \).
Prove that \( \sin^{-1} x = \cos^{-1} \sqrt{1 - x^2} \).
Find the general solution of the differential equation \(y - x \frac{dy}{dx} = x + y \frac{dy}{dx}\).
Prove that the semi-vertical angle of the cone of given slant height and maximum volume is tan\(^{-1}\) \(\sqrt{2}\).
Solve by matrix method the following system of equations:
\(2x + y + z = 1\)
\(x - 2y - z = \frac{3}{2}\)
\(3y - 5z = 9\)
Find the area of the region bounded by the ellipse \(\frac{x^2}{a^2} + \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1\).
Find the shortest distance between the lines whose vector equations are \(\vec{r}=(\hat{i}+2\hat{j}+3\hat{k})+\lambda(\hat{i}-3\hat{j}+2\hat{k})\) and \(\vec{r}=(4\hat{i}+5\hat{j}+6\hat{k})+\mu(2\hat{i}+3\hat{j}+\hat{k})\).
If \( \theta \) be the angle between two unit vectors \( \hat{a} \) and \( \hat{b} \), prove that \( \sin\frac{\theta}{2} = \frac{1}{2} |\hat{a} - \hat{b}| \).
A die was thrown twice and the sum of the numbers which appeared was found to be 6. Find the conditional probability that the number 4 appears at least once.
Find the general solution of the differential equation \(x\frac{dy}{dx} + 2y = x^2\) (\(x \neq 0\)).
Maximize \(Z = x + 2y\) by graphical method under the constraints \(x+y \le 1, -x+y \le 0, x \ge 0, y \ge 0\).
Sand is falling from a pipe at the rate of 12 cm\(^3\)/second. The falling sand forms such a cone on the ground that its height is always one-sixth of the radius of its base. At which rate is the height of the cone formed by sand increasing while its height is 4 cm?
Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are \( \vec{a} = 3\hat{i} + \hat{j} - 2\hat{k} \) and \( \vec{b} = \hat{i} - 3\hat{j} + 4\hat{k} \).
Let a relation R be defined in the set \(\mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N}\) as follows: \((a, b) R (c, d)\) if and only if \(a + d = b + c\). Prove that R is an equivalence relation.
In a leap year, selected at random, find the probability that there are 53 Tuesdays.
Evaluate : \(\int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{x^2 - a^2}}\).
Find the direction-cosines of the y-axis.