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Q.Two farmers Ramesh and Gurcharan Singh cultivate only three varieties of rice namely Basmati, Permal and Sharbati. The sale (in ₹) of these varieties of rice by both the farmers in the month of September and October are given by the following matrices A and B: September sales (in ₹) — columns: Basmati, Permal, Sharbati:
[!FORMULA] A=[10,00020,00030,00050,00030,00010,000] RameshGurcharan SinghA = \begin{bmatrix}10{,}000 & 20{,}000 & 30{,}000\\ 50{,}000 & 30{,}000 & 10{,}000\end{bmatrix}\ \begin{matrix}\text{Ramesh}\\ \text{Gurcharan Singh}\end{matrix}
October sales (in ₹) — columns: Basmati, Permal, Sharbati:
[!FORMULA] B=[5,00010,00025,00030,00020,00010,000] RameshGurcharan SinghB = \begin{bmatrix}5{,}000 & 10{,}000 & 25{,}000\\ 30{,}000 & 20{,}000 & 10{,}000\end{bmatrix}\ \begin{matrix}\text{Ramesh}\\ \text{Gurcharan Singh}\end{matrix}

(i) Find the combined sales in September and October for each farmer in each variety. [1½]
(ii) Find the decrease in sales from September to October. [1½]
(iii) If both farmers receive 2% profit on gross sales, compute the profit for each farmer and for each variety sold in October. [2]
Uttarakhand UbseUttarakhand Board Intermediate (Class 12) 2025Subjective· 5mImportance★★★★★
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Add/subtract the two sales matrices A (September) and B (October) entrywise, then scale October's matrix B by 2% for the profit.

A=[10,00020,00030,00050,00030,00010,000] RameshGurcharan SinghB=[5,00010,00025,00030,00020,00010,000] RameshGurcharan SinghA=\begin{bmatrix}10{,}000&20{,}000&30{,}000\\50{,}000&30{,}000&10{,}000\end{bmatrix}\ \begin{matrix}\text{Ramesh}\\\text{Gurcharan Singh}\end{matrix}\qquad B=\begin{bmatrix}5{,}000&10{,}000&25{,}000\\30{,}000&20{,}000&10{,}000\end{bmatrix}\ \begin{matrix}\text{Ramesh}\\\text{Gurcharan Singh}\end{matrix}

(columns: Basmati, Permal, Sharbati)

(i) Combined sales, A+BA+B:

Ramesh: Basmati 10,000+5,000=15,00010{,}000+5{,}000=15{,}000; Permal 20,000+10,000=30,00020{,}000+10{,}000=30{,}000; Sharbati 30,000+25,000=55,00030{,}000+25{,}000=55{,}000.

Gurcharan Singh: Basmati 50,000+30,000=80,00050{,}000+30{,}000=80{,}000; Permal 30,000+20,000=50,00030{,}000+20{,}000=50{,}000; Sharbati 10,000+10,000=20,00010{,}000+10{,}000=20{,}000.

A+B=[15,00030,00055,00080,00050,00020,000]A+B=\begin{bmatrix}15{,}000&30{,}000&55{,}000\\80{,}000&50{,}000&20{,}000\end{bmatrix}

(ii) Decrease in sales, A−BA-B:

Ramesh: Basmati 10,000−5,000=5,00010{,}000-5{,}000=5{,}000; Permal 20,000−10,000=10,00020{,}000-10{,}000=10{,}000; Sharbati 30,000−25,000=5,00030{,}000-25{,}000=5{,}000.

Gurcharan Singh: Basmati 50,000−30,000=20,00050{,}000-30{,}000=20{,}000; Permal 30,000−20,000=10,00030{,}000-20{,}000=10{,}000; Sharbati 10,000−10,000=010{,}000-10{,}000=0.

A−B=[5,00010,0005,00020,00010,0000]A-B=\begin{bmatrix}5{,}000&10{,}000&5{,}000\\20{,}000&10{,}000&0\end{bmatrix}

(iii) 2% profit on October's gross sales (0.02×B0.02\times B):

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