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EC141 Course Work Exam Dec 2004

This document contains an examination for an introductory mathematics course at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The exam has four sections - Sections A through D - testing various mathematical concepts and skills. It provides instructions for completing the exam within the allotted 1 hour and 50 minutes. The exam also reminds students that the following semester will cover calculus and provides information about signing up for tutorials beginning in January 2005.

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EC141 Course Work Exam Dec 2004

This document contains an examination for an introductory mathematics course at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The exam has four sections - Sections A through D - testing various mathematical concepts and skills. It provides instructions for completing the exam within the allotted 1 hour and 50 minutes. The exam also reminds students that the following semester will cover calculus and provides information about signing up for tutorials beginning in January 2005.

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
EC141 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS END OF SEMESTER I COURSEWORK EXAMINATION Thursday 02 December 2004 commencing 6.00 pm Time allotted = 1 hour 50 minutes Section A [8 marks] Answer two (2) Questions 1. Circle all number systems in which each of the given numbers below belongs. -5 291 376 1 2 2 42 Whole Numbers/Non Negative Integers/All Integers/Rationals/Irrationals/ Real Numbers/Complex Numbers Whole Numbers/Non Negative Integers/All Integers/Rationals/Irrationals/ Real Numbers/Complex Numbers Whole Numbers/Non Negative Integers/All Integers/Rationals/Irrationals/ Real Numbers/Complex Numbers Whole Numbers/Non Negative Integers/All Integers/Rationals/Irrationals/ Real Numbers/Complex Numbers Whole Numbers/Non Negative Integers/All Integers/Rationals/Irrationals/ Real Numbers/Complex Numbers [8]

2.

How many of the following statements are true? 1. a + bx = bx a + cy cy = 3 + 8 = x -y bx cy = xx -y given that a 0 1 + 3. 4. abx acy 1 -

2.

x a. b. c. d. e.
3.

x2

x2

None of them. Exactly 1 of them. Exactly 2 of them. Exactly 3 of them All of them. [8]

A company has classified its employees according to the following system:


Classification Description

A B C D E

Employees paid an hourly wage Employees paid a monthly salary Employees who have less than two (2) years service Employees who have two through five years service Employees who have more than five (5) years service

The company also offers the following fringe benefits to eligible employees:
Fringe Benefit Eligible Employees

Pension Plan

Those with two or more years service years of service

Medical PlanThose who are not paid hourly or who have two or more Life Insurance Profit Sharing Christmas Bonus Those who are paid a monthly salary or have more than five years service Those who are paid a monthly salary and have two or more years of service Those not eligible for profit sharing.

The Universal Set consists of all employees of the company. a. b. Use narrative notation to define the set A. Use the operations of complement, union and intersection to define the set of all employees who are eligible for profit sharing in terms of the classifications A, B, C, D and E.
2

[8] Section B [60 marks] Answer ALL Questions 4. Let f(x) = a. b. 2+x 5 4x Compute f(3) f(-3). [4] 5. 6. 7.
8.

if x < 2 if x = 2 if x > 2

What type of function is f(x)?

Let f(x) = ln x Solve the equation

and | 4x 3 | = 17

g(x) = x3 - x2 + 1.

Find f(g(5)). [4] [4] [4]

The solution of | 4 3x | -17 is the entire Real Line. True or False Find the remainder when 2x3 + 3x2 + 5x + 7 is divided by x + 3. Show that the solution of 5 2x 5 = 9 [4]

9. 10.

is x = ( 5 + log 5 9 )

[4] [4]

Solve log 7 - log (x 1) = log 4 If log 2 x + 3 log 2 2 = log


a.
2

11.

/x which of the following is correct?

[4]

x =

b. x = or -. [4]
Hint: Use Difference of Two Squares

12.

Factorise 2x2y3 - 4xy4 a. Factorise x4 1. b. Factorise 3x4 - 6x3 + 3x2 c. Hence show that 3x4 - 6x3 + 3x2 = 3x2 ( x 1)

13.

[4] [4]

x4 1 14. 15. Factorise 6x2 - 17x + 10

(x + 1) (x2 + 1)
Hint: Use Product Sum Method

[4] [4]

For a certain city in Europe, the population P grows at the rate of 2% per annum. The formula for the population t years after 1998 is given by P = 1,010, 400 (1.02)t. What is the population in (a) 1998 (b) 2000? [4]

16.

Solve for x, y, z , u and w when x 5 y1 2x 9 u = 2x z 4 2x w -8 [4]

Section C [8 marks] Answer ONE (1) Question 16. Solve 3x2 - 2x - 5 = 0 [4]

Hence use a graph to select below the set of values of x for which 3x2 - 2x - 5 > 0 (a) (b) 17. 18
19

x < -1 and x > 1 x < -1 or x > 1 x2 - 18x + ??? = ( x ???)2 [4] [8] [4] [4]

Complete the Square

Hence write x2 - 18x + 99 in the form ( x - b)2 + c Solve the equation ( 6x - 29 ) = x - 4

18.

Section D [16 marks]


Answer ONE (1) Question 19.

Use a graph to show the set of all possible combination of x and y that solves the system of linear inequalities below. 5y - 2x 10 4x - 6y 12 y 0 Hint: Your x axis should range from 6 to + 6 and Your y axis should range from 3 to 12. [16] and B = 1 4 7 3 5 8 3 6 9 [6] [10]

20.

The matrix

A =

2 1 3

7 9 6

4 5 8

a. b.

Compute

2A B + 5I

Compute AB

END OF EXAMINATION PAPER


Reminder to St. Augustine Students.
Next Semester, you will be covering the more challenging part of this course, i.e. Calculus. The new tutorial and lecture times for Semester II are now available in the Economics Office. Tutorials and Lectures begin on the first week of Semester II (i.e. week of January 17, 2005) Please ensure that you sign up for a tutorial class by Friday 03 December 2004.

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