A value of x satisfying the equation sin[cot⁻¹ (1+ x)] = cos [tan⁻¹ x], is :

If the vector $$\overrightarrow b = 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k$$ is written as the sum of a vector $$\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,$$ paralel to $$\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j$$ and a vector $$\overrightarrow {{b_2}} ,$$ perpendicular to $$\overrightarrow a ,$$ then $$\overrightarrow {{b_1}} \times \overrightarrow {{b_2}} $$ is equal to :

From a group of 10 men and 5 women, four member committees are to be formed each of which must contain at least one woman. Then the probability for these committees to have more women than men, is :

The eccentricity of an ellipse having centre at the origin, axes along the co-ordinate axes and passing through the points (4, −1) and (−2, 2) is :