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Algebraic Expressions

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Algebraic expressions form the foundation of mathematics, involving variables, constants, and arithmetic operations. This topic includes evaluating coefficients, solving proportional relationships, and understanding boolean logic. It is widely tested across various competitive exams to assess analytical skills.

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Algebraic Expressions Questions

Multiple choice mathematics and statistics relations cartesian product of sets cartesian product of two sets cartesian product

$(x, y)$ and $(p, q)$ are two ordered pairs. Find the values of $x$ and $p$, if $(3x - 1, 9) = (11, p + 2)$

  1. $x = 4, p = 9$
  2. $x = 6, p = 7$
  3. $x = 4, p = 5$
  4. $x = 4, p = 7$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Given$(x,y)=(p,q)$
$(3x - 1, 9) = (11, p + 2)$
By equating 
$3x - 1 = 11$
$3x = 12$
$x = 4$
$9 = p + 2$
$p = 7$
So, the value of $x = 4, p = 7.$

Multiple choice mathematics and statistics relations cartesian product of sets cartesian product of two sets cartesian product

 $(x, y)$ and $(p, q)$ are two ordered pairs. Find the values of $p$ and $y$, if $(4y + 5, 3p - 1) = (25, p + 1)$

  1. $p = 0, y = 5$
  2. $p = 1, y = 5$
  3. $p = 0, y = 1$
  4. $p = 1, y = 1$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Given $(x,y)=(p,q)$
$(4y + 5, 3p - 1) = (25, p + 1)$
On equating we get
$4y + 5 = 25$
$4y = 25 - 5$
$4y = 20$
$y = 5$
$3p - 1 = p + 1$
$3p - p = 1 + 1$
$2p = 2$
$p = 1$
So, the value of$ p = 1, y = 5$

Multiple choice mathematics and statistics relations cartesian product of sets cartesian product of two sets cartesian product

Determine all ordered pairs that satisfy $(x - y)^{2} + x^{2} = 25$, where $x$ and $y$ are integers and $x \geq 0$. Find the number of different values of $y$ that occur

  1. $3$
  2. $4$
  3. $5$
  4. $6$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

${ \left( x-y \right)  }^{ 2 }+{ x }^{ 2 }=25$
Now, ${ 3 }^{ 2 }+{ 4 }^{ 2 }={ 5 }^{ 2 }$
$9+16=25$
$\therefore $There are 2 possibilities:
$I.{ \left( x-y \right)  }^{ 2 }=9$ and ${ x }^{ 2 }=16$
$\therefore x=\pm 4$ and $x-y=\pm 3$
$\left( i \right) .x-y=3\Rightarrow \left( 4,1 \right) $ and $\left( -4,-7 \right) $
$\left( ii \right) .x-y=-3\Rightarrow \left( 4,7 \right) $ and $\left( -4,-1 \right) $
$II.{ \left( x-y \right)  }^{ 2 }=16$ and ${ x }^{ 2 }=9$
$\therefore x=\pm 3$ and $x-y=\pm 4$
$\left( i \right) .x-y=4\Rightarrow \left( 3,-1 \right) $ and $\left( -3,-7 \right) $
$\left( ii \right) .x-y=-4\Rightarrow \left( 3,7 \right) $ and $\left( -3,-1 \right) $
$\therefore $ Different values of y are $1,-1,7,-7$
$\therefore 4$ different values of y occur.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods linear regression aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation correlation

If the regression coefficient by $x$ is $0.5$, what is the value of $a$ in the given equation?
$2Y=aX-16.80$

  1. $4$
  2. $0.5$
  3. $1.0$
  4. $3.32$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The regression coefficient of Y on X is given as 0.5. Rewriting the equation 2Y = aX - 16.80 in slope form gives Y = (a/2)X - 8.40. The slope (regression coefficient) equals a/2 = 0.5, therefore a = 1.0.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods linear regression aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation correlation

Estimate the value of coefficient of correlation between $x$ and $y$ if the two coefficient of regression are $0.49$ and $1$____.

  1. $0.9$
  2. $0.7$
  3. $0.8$
  4. $1.0$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correlation coefficient (r) is the geometric mean of the two regression coefficients (b_yx and b_xy). Here, r = sqrt(0.49 * 1) = sqrt(0.49) = 0.7.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods linear regression aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation correlation

If the regression coefficient of x on y is -1/3 and that of y on x is -3/4. Find the value of correlation coefficient between x and y___.

  1. -0.5

  2. 0.57

  3. 0.8

  4. None

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The correlation coefficient (r) is the geometric mean of the regression coefficients. Since both coefficients are negative, r must also be negative: r = -sqrt((-1/3) * (-3/4)) = -sqrt(1/4) = -0.5.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods linear regression aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation correlation

If the regression coefficient bxy is 2.0, what is the value of a in the given equation 2.9X = aY + 15?

  1. 5.8

  2. 2.9

  3. 6.18

  4. 4.32

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The regression coefficient bxy is defined as the slope of the regression line of X on Y. In the equation 2.9X = aY + 15, we can rewrite it as X = (a/2.9)Y + (15/2.9). Since bxy = a/2.9 and bxy = 2.0, we have a/2.9 = 2.0, which means a = 5.8.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods correlation analysis aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation linear regression

From the following data find correlation coefficient between X and Y.

X Y
21 10
24 14
28 18
30 20
32 23
  1. (0.77)

  2. (-0.77)

  3. (0.99)

  4. (-0.99)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient for the given data points (21,10), (24,14), (28,18), (30,20), (32,23) yields a value very close to 1, indicating a strong positive linear relationship.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods correlation analysis aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation linear regression

If the two regression coefficients are 0.8 and 0.2,then the value of coefficient of correlation is __________.

  1. -0.16

  2. -0.50

  3. +0.40

  4. -0.40

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correlation coefficient r is the geometric mean of the regression coefficients: r = sqrt(0.8 * 0.2) = sqrt(0.16) = 0.40. Since the regression coefficients are positive, the correlation coefficient is positive.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods correlation analysis aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation linear regression

If regression coefficient between x and y is -2/3, y on x is -1/6, the coefficient of correlation between x and y is_____.

  1. -3

  2. 1

  3. -1/2

  4. -1/3

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The correlation coefficient r is the geometric mean of the two regression coefficients (b_xy and b_yx). Here, r = sqrt((-2/3) * (-1/6)) = sqrt(2/18) = sqrt(1/9) = -1/3 (the sign matches the regression coefficients).

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods correlation analysis aspects of correlation scatter graphs and correlation linear regression

Estimate the value of coefficient of correlation between x and y if the two coefficient of regression are 0.64 and 1 :___

  1. 0.9

  2. 0.7

  3. 0.8

  4. 1.0

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correlation coefficient r is the square root of the product of the regression coefficients. Here, r = sqrt(0.64 * 1) = sqrt(0.64) = 0.8.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods measures of dispersion and skewness shortcut method to find variance and standard deviation variance and standard deviation measures of dispersion

If $y=-8x-5$ and SD of $x$ is $3$, then SD of $y$ is:

  1. $8$
  2. $24$
  3. $3$
  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Given that std dev of x is $\sigma(x)=3$
Given equation is $y=-8x-5$

applying std dev on both sides we get

$\sigma(y)=\sigma(-8x-5)$

$\implies \sigma(y)=\sigma(-8x)+\sigma(-5)$

$\implies \sigma(y)=\sigma(-8x)+0$ (since, $\sigma(c)=0$)

$\implies \sigma(y)=8\sigma(x)$ (since, $\sigma(aX)=|a|\sigma(X)$)

$\implies \sigma(y)=8\times 3=24$

Therefore, standard deviation of $y$ is $24$.