If the co-ordinates of two points A and B
are $$\left( {\sqrt 7 ,0} \right)$$ and $$\left( { - \sqrt 7 ,0} \right)$$ respectively and
P is any point on the conic, 9x² + 16y² = 144, then PA + PB is equal to :

Four fair dice are thrown independently 27 times. Then the expected number of times, at least two dice show up a three or a five, is _________.

If $${3^{2\sin 2\alpha - 1}}$$, 14 and $${3^{4 - 2\sin 2\alpha }}$$ are the first three terms of an A.P. for some $$\alpha $$, then the sixth terms of this A.P. is:

If the minimum and the maximum values of the function $$f:\left[ {{\pi \over 4},{\pi \over 2}} \right] \to R$$, defined by
$$f\left( \theta \right) = \left| {\matrix{ { - {{\sin }^2}\theta } & { - 1 - {{\sin }^2}\theta } & 1 \cr { - {{\cos }^2}\theta } & { - 1 - {{\cos }^2}\theta } & 1 \cr {12} & {10} & { - 2} \cr } } \right|$$ are m and M respectively, then the ordered pair (m,M) is equal to :