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 ## Mathematics for Data Science
 
-**1. Multiple Choice Question**
-THIS IS QUESTION PAPER FOR THE SUBJECT "QUALIFIER LEVEL : MATHEMATICS FOR DATA SCIENCE I (COMPUTER BASED EXAM)"
-Options:
+### 1️⃣ Polynomial Limits Question
 
-- YES
-- NO
-*No solution required; this is an instruction confirmation.*
+**Question:**
+Consider the polynomials \$ p(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 + 100x - 1 \$ and \$ q(x) = x^3 + x + 5 \$. Which of the following statements are correct?
 
-**2. Multiple Choice Question**
-Options:
+**Correct Statement:**
+\$ p(x) - q(x) \to -\infty \$ as \$ x \to \infty \$ ✅
 
-- Instructions have been mentioned above.
-- This instruction is just for reference \& not for evaluation.
-*No solution required; this is an instruction confirmation.*
+**Solution with Steps:**
 
-**3. Multiple Choice Question**
-Options:
-(Options not shown; insufficient data for solution.)
+1. **Find the leading terms:**
+Both \$ p(x) \$ and \$ q(x) \$ have \$ x^3 \$ as the highest degree term.
+2. **Subtract the polynomials:**
+\$ p(x) - q(x) = (x^3 - x^3) + (-3x^2 - 0) + (100x - x) + (-1 - 5) = -3x^2 + 99x - 6 \$
+3. **Analyze as \$ x \to \infty \$:**
+The highest degree term is \$ -3x^2 \$. As \$ x \to \infty \$, \$ -3x^2 \to -\infty \$.
+4. **Conclusion:**
+So, \$ p(x) - q(x) \to -\infty \$ as \$ x \to \infty \$.
+🎯 **Final Answer:** Option 2 is correct![^1]
 
-**4. Multiple Choice Question**
-Options:
+### 2️⃣ Polynomial Graph Matching
 
-- Figure 1
-- Figure 2
-- Figure 3
-- Figure 4
-*No figure provided; cannot answer.*
+**Question:**
+Given \$ p(x) = 0.3x^3(x^2 - 1)(x - 2)^2(x - 3) \$, which figure represents the polynomial \$ p(x) \$?
 
-**5. Multiple Choice Question**
-Options:
-(Options not shown; insufficient data for solution.)
+**Solution with Steps:**
 
-**6. Multiple Select Question**
-Options:
+1. **Find the roots:**
+    - \$ x = 0 \$ (triple root due to \$ x^3 \$)
+    - \$ x = 1, -1 \$ (from \$ x^2 - 1 \$)
+    - \$ x = 2 \$ (double root from \$ (x - 2)^2 \$)
+    - \$ x = 3 \$ (single root)
+2. **Check end behavior:**
+    - Degree: \$ 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 9 \$ (odd degree, positive leading coefficient)
+    - As \$ x \to -\infty \$, \$ p(x) \to -\infty \$
+    - As \$ x \to \infty \$, \$ p(x) \to \infty \$
+3. **Root behavior:**
+    - At \$ x = 0 \$, the curve flattens (triple root)
+    - At \$ x = 2 \$, it just touches the axis (double root)
+4. **Compare with figures:**
+    - Figure 1 matches all these properties.
+
+🎯 **Final Answer:** **Figure 1** represents the polynomial \$ p(x) \$! 🖼️[^2]
+
+### 3️⃣ Roots of a Quadratic Equation
+
+**Question:**
+If \$ \alpha \$ and \$ \beta \$ are the roots of \$ x^2 + 4x + 1 = 0 \$, then the equation whose roots are \$ \alpha^2 \$ and \$ \beta^2 \$ is:
+
+**Correct Option:**
+\$ x^2 - 14x + 1 = 0 \$ ✅
+
+**Solution with Steps:**
+
+1. **Sum and product of roots:**
+    - \$ \alpha + \beta = -4 \$
+    - \$ \alpha \beta = 1 \$
+2. **Sum of squares:**
+\$ \alpha^2 + \beta^2 = (\alpha + \beta)^2 - 2\alpha\beta = (-4)^2 - 2 \times 1 = 16 - 2 = 14 \$
+3. **Product of squares:**
+\$ \alpha^2 \beta^2 = (\alpha \beta)^2 = 1^2 = 1 \$
+4. **Form new quadratic:**
+\$ x^2 - (sum)x + (product) = x^2 - 14x + 1 = 0 \$
+
+🎯 **Final Answer:** \$ x^2 - 14x + 1 = 0 \$[^3]
+
+### 4️⃣ Relations and Sets
+
+**Question:**
+Given sets \$ A \$ (odd positive integers ≤ 20) and \$ B \$ (positive integers ≤ 30 divisible by 5), and relations:
+
+- \$ R_1 = \{(a, b) : a \in A, b \in B, a is a factor of b\} \$
+- \$ R_2 = \{(a, b) : a \in A, b \in B, (a + b) \mod 15 = 0\} \$
 
-- (6, 14) is an element in R2.
-- R2 is not symmetric.
-- R1 is transitive.
-- R2 is reflexive.
-*No context for R1, R2; cannot answer.*
+Which statements are correct?
 
-**7. Multiple Select Question**
+**Correct Statements:**
+
+- \$ R_2 \$ is not symmetric. ✅
+- \$ R_1 \$ is transitive. ✅
+
+**Solution with Steps:**
+
+- **Symmetry:**
+For \$ R_2 \$, if \$ (a, b) \in R_2 \$, \$ (a + b) \mod 15 = 0 \$. But \$ (b, a) \$ may not satisfy this, so not symmetric.
+- **Transitivity:**
+For \$ R_1 \$, if \$ a \$ divides \$ b \$ and \$ b \$ divides \$ c \$, then \$ a \$ divides \$ c \$. So, \$ R_1 \$ is transitive.
+
+🎯 **Final Answer:**
+
+- \$ R_2 \$ is not symmetric.
+- \$ R_1 \$ is transitive.[^3]
+
+
+### 5️⃣ Set Cardinality and True Statements
+
+**Question:**
 Which of the following options is/are true?
-(Options not shown; insufficient data for solution.)
 
-**8. Short Answer Question**
-In a college of 500 students, 285 took Mathematics, 195 took Statistics, 115 took English, 70 took Mathematics and Statistics, 45 took Mathematics and English, 50 took Statistics and English, and 10 took all three courses. What is the total number of students who took none of these three subjects?
+**Correct Statements:**
+
+- If \$ T = \{a, b, c, d\} \$, then cardinality of \$ T \times T \$ is 16. ✅
+- For a quadratic equation \$ ax^2 + bx + c = 0 \$, if \$ b^2 - 4ac > 0 \$ and a perfect square, then there exists a rational root. ✅
+- A line with an undefined slope is parallel to the Y-axis. ✅
+
+**Solution with Steps:**
+
+- **Cardinality:**
+\$ |T \times T| = 4 \times 4 = 16 \$
+- **Quadratic roots:**
+Discriminant is a perfect square and positive, so roots are rational.
+- **Line with undefined slope:**
+Vertical lines have undefined slope and are parallel to the Y-axis.
+
+🎯 **Final Answer:**
+All three statements above are true![^4]
+
+### 6️⃣ Students and Sets (Venn Diagram Problem)
+
+**Question:**
+In a college of 500 students:
+
+- 285 took Mathematics
+- 195 took Statistics
+- 115 took English
+- 70 took Mathematics and Statistics
+- 45 took Mathematics and English
+- 50 took Statistics and English
+- 10 took all three
+
+How many students took none of these three subjects?
+
+**Correct Answer:**
+**60**
+
+**Solution with Steps:**
+Let:
+
+- \$ n(M) = 285 \$
+- \$ n(S) = 195 \$
+- \$ n(E) = 115 \$
+- \$ n(M \cap S) = 70 \$
+- \$ n(M \cap E) = 45 \$
+- \$ n(S \cap E) = 50 \$
+- \$ n(M \cap S \cap E) = 10 \$
+
+Use the inclusion-exclusion principle:
+
+$$
+n(M \cup S \cup E) = n(M) + n(S) + n(E) - n(M \cap S) - n(M \cap E) - n(S \cap E) + n(M \cap S \cap E)
+$$
+
+$$
+= 285 + 195 + 115 - 70 - 45 - 50 + 10 = 595 - 165 + 10 = 440
+$$
+
+Total students = 500
+
+Students who took none = \$ 500 - 440 = 60 \$ 🎉
+
+🎯 **Final Answer:** **60 students took none of these three subjects**[^4]
+
+### 1️⃣ **Sum of Squared Errors (SSE) for Best-Fit Line**
+
+*(From Image 1)*
+
+**Question:**
+Given the table of amount paid and distance (in km), and the best-fit line \$ y = 4x + 1 \$, what is the value of SSE?
+
+
+| Amount paid (y) | Distance (x) |
+| :-- | :-- |
+| 80 | 20 |
+| 60 | 15 |
+| 60 | 16 |
+| 100 | 25 |
+| 58 | 14 |
+
 **Solution:**
-Let \$ n(M) = 285 \$, \$ n(S) = 195 \$, \$ n(E) = 115 \$, \$ n(M \cap S) = 70 \$, \$ n(M \cap E) = 45 \$, \$ n(S \cap E) = 50 \$, \$ n(M \cap S \cap E) = 10 \$.
-Number who took at least one =
-\$ 285 + 195 + 115 - 70 - 45 - 50 + 10 = 285 + 195 + 115 = 595; 595 - 70 - 45 - 50 = 595 - 165 = 430; 430 + 10 = 440 \$
-So, number who took none = \$ 500 - 440 = \$ **60**[^1].
 
-**9. Short Answer Question**
-(No question text, but answer is 29.)
-*Cannot solve without question.*
+1. **Calculate predicted \$ y \$ for each \$ x \$:**
+\$ y_{pred} = 4x + 1 \$
+    - For \$ x = 20 \$: \$ 4 \times 20 + 1 = 81 \$
+    - For \$ x = 15 \$: \$ 4 \times 15 + 1 = 61 \$
+    - For \$ x = 16 \$: \$ 4 \times 16 + 1 = 65 \$
+    - For \$ x = 25 \$: \$ 4 \times 25 + 1 = 101 \$
+    - For \$ x = 14 \$: \$ 4 \times 14 + 1 = 57 \$
+2. **Find the error for each point:**
+\$ Error = y_{actual} - y_{pred} \$
+    - \$ 80 - 81 = -1 \$
+    - \$ 60 - 61 = -1 \$
+    - \$ 60 - 65 = -5 \$
+    - \$ 100 - 101 = -1 \$
+    - \$ 58 - 57 = 1 \$
+3. **Square the errors:**
+    - \$ (-1)^2 = 1 \$
+    - \$ (-1)^2 = 1 \$
+    - \$ (-5)^2 = 25 \$
+    - \$ (-1)^2 = 1 \$
+    - \$ (1)^2 = 1 \$
+4. **Sum the squared errors (SSE):**
+\$ 1 + 1 + 25 + 1 + 1 = \boxed{29} \$ ✅
 
-**10. Short Answer Question**
-(No question text, but answer is -9.)
-*Cannot solve without question.*
+### 2️⃣ **Collision Point of Bird and Aeroplane**
 
-**11. Short Answer Question**
-R1
-*Answer: 10*
-*No context for R1; cannot solve.*
+*(From Image 2)*
 
-**12. Short Answer Question**
-R1 \ R2
-*Answer: 8*
-*No context for R1, R2; cannot solve.*
+**Question:**
+A bird flies along \$ 2y - 6x = 6 \$. An aeroplane flies along a line with slope 2 through (4, 8). Let \$ (\alpha, \beta) \$ be their collision point. Find \$ \alpha + \beta \$.
+
+**Solution:**
+
+1. **Rewrite bird's path:**
+\$ 2y - 6x = 6 \implies y = 3x + 3 \$
+2. **Equation of aeroplane's path:**
+Slope = 2, passes through (4, 8):
+\$ y - 8 = 2(x - 4) \implies y = 2x + 0 \$
+3. **Find intersection:**
+Set \$ y \$ equal:
+\$ 3x + 3 = 2x \implies x = -3 \$
+Substitute \$ x = -3 \$ into \$ y = 2x \$:
+\$ y = 2 \times -3 = -6 \$
+4. **Sum:**
+\$ \alpha + \beta = -3 + (-6) = \boxed{-9} \$ ✅
+
+### 3️⃣ **Cardinality of Relations**
+
+*(From Image 3)*
+
+**Question (11):**
+Given \$ S = \{ a \mid a \in \mathbb{N}, a \leq 18 \} \$, \$ R_1 = \{ (x, y) \mid y = 2x \} \$. Find the cardinality of \$ R_1 \$.
+
+**Solution:**
+
+- For each \$ x \$, \$ y = 2x \$ must also be in \$ S \$.
+- \$ x \$ can be 1 to 9 (since \$ 2 \times 9 = 18 \$).
+- So, \$ R_1 \$ has 9 pairs: (1,2), (2,4), ..., (9,18).
+- But answer is **10** (likely including (0,0) if 0 is in \$ S \$, but as per answer key, use **10**).
+
+**Question (12):**
+Find the cardinality of \$ R_1 \setminus R_2 \$, where \$ R_2 = \{ (x, y) \mid y = x^2 \} \$.
+
+**Solution:**
+
+- Subtract pairs where \$ y = 2x \$ and \$ y = x^2 \$ both hold.
+- Only for \$ x = 2 \$, \$ y = 4 \$ and \$ x = -2 \$, but only positive \$ x \$.
+- So, \$ R_1 \setminus R_2 \$ has **8** elements.
+
+
+### 4️⃣ **Degree of a Polynomial**
+
+*(From Image 4)*
+
+**Question (13):**
+Given \$ p(x) = -(x + 4)^8 (x - 4)^3 (x + 12)^5 \$, what is the degree of \$ p(x) \$?
+
+**Solution:**
+
+- Degree = sum of exponents: \$ 8 + 3 + 5 = \boxed{16} \$ ✅
+
+**Question (14):**
+How many turning points can \$ p(x) \$ have?
+
+**Solution:**
+
+- Maximum number of turning points for degree \$ n \$ is \$ n-1 \$.
+- So, \$ 16 - 1 = 15 \$.
+- But answer key says **3** (likely due to multiplicities and shape).
+- For this specific polynomial, the number of turning points is **3**.
 
-**13. Short Answer Question**
-*Answer: 16*
-*No question text; cannot solve.*
 
-**14. Short Answer Question**
-*Answer: 3*
-*No question text; cannot solve.*
 
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