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Indian Navy Pilot Number Theory — practice questions — page 2

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Trace how trigonometry travelled

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Steps
  1. The study of trigonometry begins in India
  2. Indian results pass to Arabia
  3. From Arabia the knowledge reaches Europe
  4. The Indian approach is adopted worldwide
syllabus records that the study of trigonometry began in India, passed to Arabia, and reached Europe from there. Source: syllabus Maths Part I, Ch 2 Inverse Trigonometric Functions.

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True or false: the historical note

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  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The study of trigonometry was first started in India.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The sine function reached mathematics through the siddhantas.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Trigonometry passed from India to Arabia and then to Europe.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The Greeks never studied trigonometry at all.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    sin⁻¹ is also called the arc sine function.
Straight from the Historical Note. Source: syllabus Maths Part I, Ch 2 Inverse Trigonometric Functions.

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Complete the definition of slope

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    y
    Choices
    1. y
    2. x
    3. angle
  2. Answer
    x
    Choices
    1. x
    2. y
    3. slope
Complete the statement
The slope of a non-vertical line through (x₁,y₁) and (x₂,y₂) is the difference in {0} divided by the difference in {1}.
Slope is a ratio of differences, and it needs the line to be non-vertical. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 9 Straight Lines.

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