UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS. UNISA lex MATO0511 Ockternoent ACCESS TO MATHEMATICS conrad Duraton 3 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS : tne or sale SECOND oan Closed book examination This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue ‘This paper consists of 6 pages THE USE OF A POCKET CALCULATOR IS NOT PERMITTED. Answer ALL the questions [TURN OVER)MATOSLL October/November 2018 QUESTION 1 Suppose A = {z € R: a > -3} and B= (~4; 5). 1.1 Sketch each of A and B on a separate number line. (@) 12 (a) Write AU B in sot builder notation. @) (b) Sketch AU B on a separate number line. @ 13 (@) Write An B in interval notation. @ (b) Sketch AM B on a separate number line. a Ie) QUESTION 2 2.1 Three students, Thando, Busi and Peter, painted a room together. They spent 5 hours, 3 hours ‘and 2 hour, respectively, on the task. They earned R500 in total, for the job. How much should each of them receive? @ 22 A trader made a profit of 50% on merchandise that he sold for R10000 Calculate the original total price of the goods. @) (6) QUESTION 3 3.1 The fourth, fifth and sixth terms of a geometric sequence are a4, 2+2 ond 3241 (@) the possible values for 2. 6) (b) the value for the first term in the sequence if <0 (ie 7 is negative) @ 3.2 The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 10 and the sixth term is 85 Find the first three terms Of the sequence @ fa) [TURN OVER]3 MATO511 ‘October/November 2018 QUESTION 4 4.1 Two aeroplanes leave two different airports, 1000km apart from each other, at 9h00 m the mormng ‘They fly towards each other The one fies at a speed of 250km/h and the other at 350km/h At what time will they pass each other? (3) 42 Find the amount of interest that a person will earn if he invests an amount of R9000 for 30 months, at an interest rate of 6% per annum, with the mterest compounded semi-annually (Leave your ‘answer as an expression in exponential form as you may not use a calculator.) (5) (8) QUESTION 5 ‘The population of a country grows according to the formula N= Noe ‘where NV 1s the population (in millions) at time ¢ (in years). No 1 the mal population (im millions) and ‘kis a constant 51 If the mitial population was 40 million and after 120 years it is 360 million, find an expression for kn terms of in. @) 52 Use this expression for k and the other information given above, to find how long it takes for the population to double. (3) [5] QUESTION 6 ‘Suppose we have functions f, 9 and A, defined as follows J (2) = ogy (2 + 3) — log, (2-2) g(z) = Aw) = 6.1 (a) White down Dy @) (0) Solve f(2) = 3 ® 62 (a) Find D, and Ry @) (b) Solve g(x) < 2. (3) (TURN OVER]4 MATO511 October/November 2018 63 (a) Wnte down Dy. @) (b) Solve h(z) =1 @) fie) QUESTION 7 ‘The sketch above shows graphs of the functions f and g. The graph of f is a parabola, with vertex B. ‘The graph of g 18 a straight line which cuts the parabola at Eon the y-axis and at A. The equation of f can be wnitten as y=ar?-2-6. ‘The equation of g can be written as verte ‘The line SR is parallel to the y-axis, where R is a point on the graph of f and S'1s a pot on the graph of g. 7.1 (a) Show that a =2 @) (b) Find the co-ordinates of B (3) (©) Find the co-ordinates of D (3) 72 (a) Find the equation of the straight line @) (b) Find the co-ordinates of A @) 73 Determine the maximum length of SR between E and A (3) 7.4 Use the graphs (ie do not solve an mequabty) to determune all values of z for which [TURN OVER]MATO511 October/November 2018 (F-9)(2) 20 @) 75 Find the equation of the circle which has EA as a diameter @) [24] QUESTION 8 In a survey to determine the bad smoking habits of first-year students, the number of cigarettes that they amoke per day was counted ‘The back-to-beck stem-and-leaf plot below shows the data collected. 1026 8/1/21310 05 0/2/4625 56204 6/3/5 73016 0585 0/4/93 4 5|sjo 1 men ‘women 8.1 How many students were questioned in this survey? Oy 8.2 How many men smoke more than 50 cigarettes per day? Q@) 8.3 How many female students smoke more than 30 cigarettes per day? q@ i] QUESTION 9 ‘There are 2 blue pens, denoted as by and bp, 3 red pens, r, rz and rg, and 2 green pens, 9, and gz, in a closed box. Suppose you draw two pens together without first looking at the pens. 9.1 What is the sample space, S, in this case? (Give it as a set.) ® 9.2 Determine n(S). @ 9.3 Write down, as a net, the event E'” drawing a red and a green pen”. @ 9.4 Determine n(). w 9.5 What is the probebility that you will draw a red and a green pen together? (2) f10)6 MATOSIL October/November 2018 QUESTION 10 ‘A glass tank is 25cm long, 20cm wide, 30cm high and contains water ‘The surface of the water is 5 cm below the top of the tank. After a solid metal spherical ball B, has carefully been placed into the tank, the surface of the water is 3cm below the top of the tank. [°5 on 13 om Zoom [+ 25 an (The formula for the volume of a sphere (ball) is $ar*.) 10.1 Calculate the volume of the ball. Hint: The volume of the ball is equal to the volume of water displaced by the ball. @) 10.2 Calculate the radius of the ball. Leave your answer in terms of mand a surd if necessary. (3) 10.3 Suppose the radius of a second solid metal ball, By, 16 half the radius of ball B Suppose ball By ‘was put into the tank of water instead of ball B, Would the surface of the water be 4em below the top of the tank? Explain your answer. (3) fi) TOTAL: [100] UNISA 2018