Arts (English Medium) Class 11 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

In how many ways can 4 prizes be distributed among 5 students, when
(i) no student gets more than one prize?
(ii) a student may get any number of prizes?
(iii) no student gets all the prizes?

Let P(n) be the statement : 2ⁿ ≥ 3n. If P(r) is true, show that P(r + 1) is true. Do you conclude that P(n) is true for all n ∈ N? 

\[\frac{(2n)!}{2^{2n} (n! )^2} \leq \frac{1}{\sqrt{3n + 1}}\]  for all n ∈ N .

Evaluate each of the following:

⁸P₃

Evaluate each of the following:

Evaluate each of the following:

⁶P₆ 

Evaluate each of the following:

P(6, 4)

\[\text{ Given }  a_1 = \frac{1}{2}\left( a_0 + \frac{A}{a_0} \right), a_2 = \frac{1}{2}\left( a_1 + \frac{A}{a_1} \right) \text{ and } a_{n + 1} = \frac{1}{2}\left( a_n + \frac{A}{a_n} \right) \text{ for }  n \geq 2, \text{ where } a > 0, A > 0 . \]
\[\text{ Prove that } \frac{a_n - \sqrt{A}}{a_n + \sqrt{A}} = \left( \frac{a_1 - \sqrt{A}}{a_1 + \sqrt{A}} \right) 2^{n - 1} .\]

\[\text{ Let } P\left( n \right) \text{ be the statement } : 2^n \geq 3n . \text{ If } P\left( r \right) \text{ is true, then show that } P\left( r + 1 \right) \text{ is true . Do you conclude that } P\left( n \right)\text{  is true for all n }  \in N?\]

Show by the Principle of Mathematical induction that the sum S_n of then terms of the series  \[1^2 + 2 \times 2^2 + 3^2 + 2 \times 4^2 + 5^2 + 2 \times 6^2 + 7^2 + . . .\] is given by \[S_n = \binom{\frac{n \left( n + 1 \right)^2}{2}, \text{ if n is even} }{\frac{n^2 \left( n + 1 \right)}{2}, \text{ if n is odd } }\]

Prove that the number of subsets of a set containing n distinct elements is 2ⁿ, for all n \[\in\] N .

\[\text{ A sequence }  a_1 , a_2 , a_3 , . . . \text{ is defined by letting }  a_1 = 3 \text{ and } a_k = 7 a_{k - 1} \text{ for all natural numbers } k \geq 2 . \text{ Show that } a_n = 3 \cdot 7^{n - 1} \text{ for all } n \in N .\]

\[\text { A sequence  } x_1 , x_2 , x_3 , . . . \text{ is defined by letting } x_1 = 2 \text{ and }  x_k = \frac{x_{k - 1}}{k} \text{ for all natural numbers } k, k \geq 2 . \text{ Show that }  x_n = \frac{2}{n!} \text{ for all } n \in N .\]