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MATHEMATICS COMPENDIUM
REAL NUMBERS
Points to Remember :
1. Euclids division lemma : Given positive integers a and b, there exists whole numbers q and r satisfying
a =bq +r, 0 r <b.
2. Euclids division algorithm : This is based on Euclids division lemma. According to this, the HCF of any
two positive integers a and b, with a >b, is obtained as follows :
Apply Euclids division lemma to find q and r where a =bq +r, 0 r < b.
If r =0, the HCF is b. If r 0, apply the Euclids lemma to b and r.
Continue the process till the remainder is zero. The divisor at this stage will be HCF (a, b).
3. The fundamental theorem of arithmetic : Every composite number can be expressed (factorised) as a
product of primes, and this factorisation is unique, except for the order in which the prime factors occur.
4. For any two positive integers a and b, HCF (a, b) LCM (a, b) =a b.
HCF (a, b)
LCM( , )
a b
a b
and
LCM ( , )
HCF( , )
a b
a b
a b
and LCM (a, b, c)
HCF ( , , )
HCF ( , ) HCF ( , ) HCF ( , )
a b c a b c
a b b c a c
6. Let a be a positive integer and p be a prime number such that p/a
2
, then p/a.
7. If p is a positive prime, then p is an irrational number. ..
8. Let x be a rational number, whose decimal expansion terminates. Then we can express x in the form
p
q
,
where p and q are co-prime and the prime factorisation of q is of the form 2
n
5
m
, where n, m are non-
negative integers.
9. Let
p
x
q
be a rational number, such that the prime factorisation of q is of the form 2
n
5
m
, where n, m are
non-negative integers. Then x has a decimal expansion which terminates.
10. Let
p
x
q
be a rational number, such that the prime factorisation of q is not of the form 2
n
5
m
, where n,
m are non-negative integers. Then x has a decimal expansion which is non terminating repeating (recur-
ring).
POLYNOMIALS MATHEMATICSX
POLYNOMIALS
Points to Remember :
1. Let x be a variable, n be a positive integer and a
0
, a
1
, a
2
, ......., a
n
be constants. Then
1
1 1 0
( ) ,
n n
n n
f x a x a x a x a
here, the equations have a unique solution, and pair of equations is said to be consistent.
(ii) parallel, if
1 1 1
2 2 2
a b c
a b c
here, the equations have No solution, and pair of equations is said to be inconsistent.
(iii) Coincident, if
1 1 1
2 2 2
a b c
a b c
here, the equations have infinitely many solutions, and pair of equations is said to be consistent.
3. A pair of linear equations in two variables can be solved by the :
(i) Graphical method
(ii) Algebraic Methods; which are of three types :
(a) Substitution method
(b) Elimination method
(c) Cross-multiplication method
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES
Example 1. Draw the graph of linear equation 2x + 3y = 7.
Solution. 2x +3y =7 3y =7 2x
7 2
3
x
y
0 30 45 60 90
sin 0
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
cos 1
3
2
1
2
1
2
0
tan 0
1
3
1
3
not defined
cosec not defined 2
2
2
3
1
sec 1
2
3
2
2 not defined
cot not defined
3
1
1
3
0
C
B
A
90
133
4. The value of sin increases from 0 to 1 as increases from 0 to 90. Also, the value of cos decreases
from 1 to 0 as increases from 0 to 90.
5. If is an acute angle, then
sin (90 ) =cos , cos (90 ) =sin
tan (90 ) =cot , cot (90 ) =tan
sec (90 ) =cosec , cosec (90 ) =sec
6. Basic trigonometric identities :
(i)
2 2
sin cos 1
or
2 2
1 cos sin
or
2 2
1 sin cos
(ii)
2 2
1 tan sec
or
2 2
sec tan 1
(iii)
2 2
1 cot cosec
or cosec
2
cot
2
=1
SOME APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY
Points to Remember :
1. Theline of sight is the line drawn from the eye of an observer to the point in the object viewed by the
observer.
2. The angle of elevation of an object viewed, is the angle formed by the line of sight with the horizontal
when it is above the horizontal level, i.e. the case when we raise our head to look at the object.
angle of elevation
l
i
n
e
o
f
s
i
g
h
t
3. The angle of depression of an object viewed, is the angle formed by the line of sight with the horizontal
when it is below the horizontal level, i.e. the case when we lower our head to look at the object.
angle of depression
L
i
n
e
o
f
s
i
g
h
t
4. The height or length of an object or the distance between two distant objects can be determined with the
help of trigonometric ratios.
5. The observer is taken as a point unless the height of the observer is given.
AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES MATHEMATICSX
AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES
Points to Remember :
1. A circle is a collection of points which moves in a plane in such a way that its distance from a fixed point
always remains the same. The fixed point is called the centre and the fixed distance is known as radius
of the circle.
2. Area and circumference of a circle : If r is the radius of the circle, then
(i) circumference =2tr =td where d =2r (diameter)
(ii) Area =
2
2
4
d
r
t
t =
(iii) Area of a semicircle
2
1
2
r = t
(iv) Area of a quadrant
2
1
4
r = t
3. Area of a circular ring : If R and r (R >r) are radii of two concentric circles, then area enclosed by the
two circles.
=t (R
2
r
2
)
4. Number of revolutions completed by a rotating wheel
circumference
Distancemoved
=
5. If a sector of a circle of a radius r contains an angle of u. Then,
(i) length of the arc of the sector 2
360
r
u
= t
r
O
r
A B
u
(iii) Area of the sector
2
360
r
u
= t
=
=
=
+ + +
+ + +
=
n
i
i
n
i
i i
n
n n
f
x f
f ........ f f
x f ...... x f x f
x
1
1
2 1
2 2 1 1
(ii) Short-cut method :
1
1
where isassumedmean
,
and,
n
i i
i
n
i i
i
i
f d
A
x A
d x A
f
=
=
= +
=
3. Mode is the value of the variable which has the maximum frequency.
4. The mode of a continuous or grouped frequency distribution :
mode =
1 0
1 0 2
, where
2
f f
l h
f f f
+
l =lower limit of the modal class
f
1
=frequency of the modal class
f
0
=frequency of the class preceding the modal class.
f
2
=frequency of the class following the modal class.
h =width of the modal class
5. The median is the middle value of a distribution i.e. median of a distribution is the value of the variable
which divides it into two equal parts.
6. Median for individual series (ungrouped data) : Let n be the number of observations.
(i) Arrange the data in ascending or descending order.
(ii) (a) If n is odd, then median =value of
th
n
|
.
|
\
| +
2
1
observation.
(b) If n is even, then median =
1
2
value of
th th
+ 1
2 2
n n
(
| | | |
+
(
| |
\ . \ . (
observations.
7. Median for continous grouped data :
Median
2
, where
N
F
l h
f
= +
l =lower limit of the median class
f =frequency of the median class
h =width of the median class
F =cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class.
1
n
i
i
N f
=
=
P(E)
1.
7. An event having only one outcome is called an elementary event. The sum of the probabilities of all the
elementary events of an experiment is 1.
8. For any event E, P(E) +P( E) =1, where
E
stands for not E.
9. Total possible outcomes, when a coin is tossed n times, is 2
n
.
10. Total possible outcomes, when a die is thrown n times, is 6
n
.
11.
Playing Cards (Total 52)
13 13
13 13
Spade ( )
(Black coloured)
Club ( )
(Black coloured)
Heart ( )
(Red coloured)
Diamond ( )
(Red coloured)
The cards in each suit are ace, king, queen, jack and number cards 2 to 10. Kings, queens and jacks are
called face cards.