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SQQM1023-MANAGERIAL MATHEMATICS
FIRST SEMESTER 2011/2012
ASSIGNMENT 2
Due date: 8 December 2011

Answer ALL the questions.
PART A

Q1. By using the first principle method, find
) (x f '

a. for
x x f 2 ) ( =

b.
6
2 8
) (

=
x
x f
Q2. By using the definition of derivatives, find the first derivatives of 7 3 ) (
2
+ = x x x f .

Q3. Using rules of derivative, find the first derivatives for the following:

(i) y = 10e
x
+8x
4
(ii) x x y ln 2 =

(iii)
5
) (
3
4
+
=
x
x
x f (iv)
5
) 2 (
1
) (

=
x
x f

(v) y =
2
e (vi) x x y 7 3 ln + =

(vii)
2
2
1
x
x
x y + + = (viii) |
.
|

\
|
+ =
x
x y
1
5
5


ix)
1
) 2 ( ) (

+ = x x f x)
7
) (
3
+
=
x
x
x f

Q4. Find the first, second and third order of differentiation.
(i)
2 3
2 e x e y
x
+ + = (ii)
x
xe y =

2
iii)
3 9
4 3 x x y + = iv) x x y ln =

Q5. Find the critical points for the following functions.
(i)
2
4 4 3 ) ( x x x f =
(ii) 1 2
3 4
+ = x x y

Q6. Find the critical points for 6 3 2
3
+ = x x y and determine the nature of the points
(maximum/ minimum/inflection point).

PART B

Q7. Given the demand function of a new product is ( ) 1200 3 p f q q = = , where p is
price in RM and q represents the quantity of the product. Find the level of production
that will maximize the total revenue and determine the maximum revenue.

Q8. The total cost of producing q units of a certain product is described by the
function
()


where C(x) is the total cost and q is the number of units produced.

a. How many units should be produced in order to minimize the total cost?
b. What is the minimum cost?


Q9. Find the partial derivative of the function with respect to each of the variable.

(i)
6 3
3 5 ) , ( y xy x y x f = (ii)
2 3
1
( , ) ln
x
f x y y e y x
x
= + +

Q10. Find If 2 6 2 ) , (
3
+ + = y xy y x f , find
x
f and
y
f . Find ) 1 , 2 (
x
f and ) 3 , 4 (
y
f .

Q11. Find the critical points for the given functions. Determine whether the critical
points are maximum, minimum or saddle point.

3
(a) 8 8 3 ) , (
2 3
+ + = xy y x y x f (b) 6 2 2 ) , (
2 2
+ + + + = y x xy y x y x f

(c)
2
( , ) 2 900 f x y x xy = + +

Q12. Using Lagrange multipliers, find x and y that will maximize
2
( , ) 3 2 f x y x xy y = + + subject to the constraint 200 x y + = .

Q13. To fill an order for 100 units of its product, a firm wishes to distribute production
between its two plants, plant 1 and plant 2. The total cost function is given by
c = f (q
1
, q
2
) = 0.1q
1
2
+ 7q
1
+ 15q
2
+ 1000,
where q
1
and q
2
are the numbers of units produced at plants 1 and 2, respectively.
How should the output be distributed in order to minimize costs?

Q14. Evaluate:

(a)
}
dx x
3
(b) dx
x
x
}
|
|
.
|

\
|

2
5


(c) ( )
}
dt t
5
5 (d) ( )
}
dx x x
2
3
2 2 5

(e)
( )
}


5
1
1
5
dx
x
(f)
}
+
7
5
1 3 dx x


Q15. A furniture factory has a marginal cost function, 15 3 ) ( ' = x x C and marginal
cost function x x R 3 150 ) ( ' = with x is the quantity produced. Fixed cost for the
factory is RM 8000. Determine:

a. Demand function
b. Total cost function
c. Profit function

Quantity that maximized the profit



END OF ASSIGNMENT

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