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A projectile is fired at $45°$ to the horizontal. The elevation angle of the projectile at its highest point, as seen from the point of projection, is:
At max height $H = \dfrac{u^2}{4g}$; horizontal distance $= \dfrac{R}{2} = \dfrac{u^2}{2g}$
Elevation angle: $\tan\phi = \dfrac{H}{R/2} = \dfrac{u^2/(4g)}{u^2/(2g)} = \dfrac{1}{2}$
$\phi = \mathbf{\tan^{-1}\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)}$
The total of Konrad's purchases ledger balances was $57,400. Later, these errors were found:
| Discount allowed overcast in cash book | $2,000 |
| Returns outwards omitted in a supplier's account | $350 |
| Payments to trade payables undercast in cash book | $137 |
| Purchases journal overcast | $500 |
What is the corrected total of the trade payables balances?
Only errors affecting individual supplier accounts change the purchases ledger total.
1. Returns outwards omitted: $57,400 - $350 = $57,050.
The others (Discount allowed, payments undercast in cash book, journal overcast) affect the Control Account or other ledgers, but not the individual ledger balances until corrected there.
The dimensions of $(\mu_0 \varepsilon_0)^{1/2}$ are:
We know that $c = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{\mu_0 \varepsilon_0}}$, where $c$ is the speed of light with dimension $[LT^{-1}]$.
Therefore: $\sqrt{\mu_0\varepsilon_0} = \dfrac{1}{c}$
$[\sqrt{\mu_0\varepsilon_0}] = [c^{-1}] = [L^{-1}T]$
So $(\mu_0\varepsilon_0)^{1/2}$ has dimensions $[L^{-1}T]$.
A machine has an original cost of Rs. 19,00,000 and installation charges of Rs. 1,00,000. Its useful life is 5 years and residual value is Rs. 40,000. Using the Straight Line Method, what is the depreciation charge for the 4th year?
Total cost $= 19{,}00{,}000 + 1{,}00{,}000 = Rs.\ 20{,}00{,}000$
Depreciable amount $= 20{,}00{,}000 - 40{,}000 = Rs.\ 19{,}60{,}000$
Annual depreciation (SLM) $= \dfrac{19{,}60{,}000}{5} = Rs.\ 3{,}92{,}000$
Under the Straight Line Method, depreciation is equal every year. So the 4th year's depreciation is also Rs. 3,92,000. There is no change between years in SLM.
Given a circle $2x^2+2y^2=5$ and a parabola $y^2=4\sqrt{5}\,x$, consider:
Statement I: A common tangent is $y=x+\sqrt{5}$.
Statement II: If $y=mx+\frac{\sqrt{5}}{m}$ is a common tangent, then $m^4-3m^2+2=0$.
For the parabola $y^2=4\sqrt{5}x$: tangent in slope form is $y=mx+\frac{\sqrt{5}}{m}$.
For the circle $x^2+y^2=5/2$ (radius $\sqrt{5/2}$): distance from origin to tangent $= \frac{|\sqrt{5}/m|}{\sqrt{1+m^2}}=\sqrt{5/2}$
$\frac{5/m^2}{1+m^2}=\frac{5}{2}\Rightarrow\frac{1}{m^2(1+m^2)}=\frac{1}{2}\Rightarrow m^2+m^4=2\Rightarrow m^4+m^2-2=0$
Hmm: $m^4+m^2-2=(m^2+2)(m^2-1)=0$, so $m=\pm1$. Statement II gives $m^4-3m^2+2=0=(m^2-1)(m^2-2)=0$, so $m=\pm1,\pm\sqrt{2}$ — this is different. But $m=\pm1$ works for both. At $m=1$: tangent is $y=x+\sqrt{5}$ ✓. Statement I is true; Statement II is false (wrong equation).
If $\cos^{-1}x - \cos^{-1}\!\dfrac{y}{2}=\alpha$ where $-1\leq x\leq1,\ -2\leq y\leq2,\ x\leq\dfrac{y}{2}$, then $4x^2-4xy\cos\alpha+y^2$ equals:
Let $\cos^{-1}x=A$ and $\cos^{-1}(y/2)=B$, so $A-B=\alpha$.
Then $\cos A=x,\ \cos B=y/2,\ \sin A=\sqrt{1-x^2},\ \sin B=\sqrt{1-y^2/4}$.
Using $\cos\alpha=\cos(A-B)=\cos A\cos B+\sin A\sin B=\dfrac{xy}{2}+\sqrt{1-x^2}\sqrt{1-\frac{y^2}{4}}$
$4x^2-4xy\cos\alpha+y^2 = (2x-y\cos\alpha)^2+y^2(1-\cos^2\alpha)$... expanding directly: $= 4x^2+y^2-4xy\cos\alpha$.
After substitution and simplification using the expression for $\cos\alpha$: $= 4(1-\cos^2\alpha) = \mathbf{4\sin^2\alpha}$.
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