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BBA / BBIS Marks Obtained:

End - Semester Examination
February – June 2015 Session
August 2015

SUBJECT : MAS 102 – Mathematics II TIME : 10 min.

YEAR :I SEMESTER : II
FULL MARKS : 10

Examination Roll No.:___________________ Registration No.________________

SECTION “A”
[10 Q. ×1 = 10 marks]

Encircle the most appropriate answers from the given choices.

x2  x  2
lim
1. What is the value of x 1 x 1 ?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 0

2 2
2. What is the slope of the line tangent to the curve 3 x y − y =x−15 at the point (2, -1)?
13
a. 14
1
b. 14
11
−
c. 14
13
d. 10
What is the equation of the line tangent to the curve y  e at the point (1, 1)?
ln x
3.
a. y  x
2

b. y  x
c. y   x
d. y   x
2

4. What are the vertical and horizontal asymptotes for the graph of the function given below?
x2  4x
f ( x)  2
x  4x  3
a. x  1 ,x  3 and y  1
b. x  1 ,x  3 and y  1
c. x  1 ,x  2 and y  3
d. x  1 ,x  2 and y  3
 If the cost function is c  0.4q  4q  5 . What is the rate of change of c with respect to q when
2
5.
q=2.
a. 4.6
b. 0.6
c. 5.6
d. 1.6

6. What are the critical values of the following function?

y  6 x 4  8 x3  1
a. At x = 1, x=0
b. At x = 3,x=2
c. At x = 4,x=1
d. At x = 5.x=3

7. If y  f ( x) such that y  8 x  4 and y (0)  3 , what is y?

a. y  4 x  4 x  3
2

b. y  x  4 x  3
2

c. y  x  4 x
2

d. y  x  4 x  5
2

What is the value of 

dx
8. ?
a. x  1
b. x  c
c. x
d. c + x

9. What is the area of the region bounded by y  x , the x-axis, and the line x  2 ?
a. 4sq.unit
b. 2 sq unit
c. 1 sq.unit
d. 6 sq unit

10. If f ( x, y )  xy 2  x 2 y , what is the value of f x (3, 4) ?

a. 100
b. 50
c. 60
d. 40
 KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
BBA / BBIS
End - Semester Examination
February – June 2015 Session
August 2015

SUBJECT : MAS 102 – Mathematics II TIME : 2 Hrs. 50 min.

YEAR :I SEMESTER : II
FULL MARKS : 40

SECTION “B”
[6Q × 4 = 24 Marks]
Attempt any SIX questions.

1. Evaluate the following limits (if it exists)

 x 2 if 0  x  1
lim f ( x)  
a.
x 1
 x if x  1
x5
f ( x) 
b. Use the definition of continuity, show that the function x 2  2 is continuous at x = 5.

2. What do you mean by continuity and differentiability of a function? Does continuity imply
differentiability? Explain with a suitable example.

3. Differentiate the following functions (Any two).

a. f ( x)  ( x  6) ( x  5)
4 2

5x  4
f ( x) 
b. x6
2 2

c. y  3e 2 x  e 2  e x  x e

If c  0.01q  5q  100 is a cost function, find the average- cost function. At what level of
2
4.
production q is there a minimum average cost?

5. Integrate the following (Any two).

a.  x 2 e x dx
1

 (2 x  1)( x  x) 4 dx
2

b. 0

2x 1
c.
x 2
 x  12
dx

6. Find the indicated partial derivatives of the following functions (Any two).
f ( x, y )
a. f ( x, y )  3x y  2 xy  5 xy  8 x  9 y ; f x ( x, y ) and y
4 2

z z
b. z  e ; x and y
5 xy

z
c. 2 x  3 y  5 z  900 ; x
2 2 2
7. Find the area of the region that is between the following curves
y  x  1 and y  5  2 x from x = 0 to x = 4.

SECTION “C”
[2 Q × 8 = 16 Marks]
Attempt any TWO questions.

8. a. For a monopolist’s product, the demand function is

p  85  0.05q
and the cost function is
c  600  35q
At what level of output will profit be maximized? At what price does this occur, and what
is the profit?
b. The demand equation for a product is
p  1200  q 2

Where p is the price per unit (in dollars) and q is the quantity of units demanded (in thousands).
Find the point elasticity of demand when q  10 . If price is increased by 1%when q  10 , what
is the approximately change in demand.

9. a. The production function for a firm is

f (l , k )  12l  20k  l 2  2k 2

The cost to the firm of l and k is 4 and 8 per unit, respectively. If the firm wants the total cost
of input to be 88, find the greatest output possible, subject to this budget constraint.

b. Evaluate the following integral.

1 1 x

  (2 x  1)dydx.
1 0

10. Why you need to study calculus as a management student? Explain.

With the help of the following graph find

a. All the asymptotes.

b. All points of discontinuities for the graph of the function.
c. Test continuity at x = 4.
d. Is limit exist at x = 2?
ANSWER KEY
MAS 102 – Mathematics II

1. C ( 3)
2. A (13/14)
3. B (Y=X)
4. B (X=1,X=3 and y=1)
5. C (5.6)
6. A (x=0,x=1)
A. y  4 x  4 x  3
2

7.
xc
8. B
9. B 2
10. D 40