UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS, — 2. UNISA Tess. MATO511 January/February 2019 Access to Mathematics Durston 3 Hours 120 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST DRS FALEYE SECOND DR ZIALI Closed book examination. This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examunation venue. ‘This paper consists of 6 pages THE USE OF A POCKET CALCULATOR IS NOT PERMITTED. Answer ALL the questions ‘There 1s a total of 120 marks [TURN OVER]2 MATOS1L January/February 2019 QUESTION 1 Suppose A = [-6,6) and B = {0,8} 11 Sketch each of A and B on separate number lines (2) 12 Determne AU B and give the answer in set builder notation @) 13 Determine A17 B and gpve the answer in mnterval notation @) (6) QUESTION 2 White the repeating decimal number 3,142 as an improper fraction ro QUESTION 3 3.1 A father 1s four tumes as old as hus daughter In 6 years he will be three times as old as she 1s then How old 1s the daughter now? ©) 3.2 The distance between two towns A and B, 1s 90km John cycles from A to B whereas Harry cycles from B to A They start cyclmg towards each other at the same time John cycles twice as fast as Harry does If they meet 2 hours later, at what average speed is each cyclist traveling? (8) 33 The area covered by water weed on a dam increases exponentially according to the formula A= Age, where 4 1s the area, in square metres, covered by weed after ¢ days The initial area Ag of water weed 18 200m? After 10 days the area 1s 300m? (a) Determne the value of k. Leave your answer in terms of In @ (b) Use the formula above, and the value of & in terms of fn, to determine the area covered by water weed after 30 days 6) 23) QUESTION 4 Suppose the functions f, 9, h and / are defined as follows f(z) = 422-5241 a) = 22-3 he) = -je+3 (2) Togs (w + 3) — logy (x ~ 2) [TURN OVER]3 MATOS11 January/February 2019 4.1 Write down Dy and solve the inequality f (2) <0. © 42 White down Dy, Dy and Dy+a- ®) 43 Solve the equation (x) = —4. @ 44 Solve the equation 4M#) = 8 @ 45 Write down Dj and solve the equation I(2) = } (” {29} QUESTION 5 The sketch shows a cucle, a parabola, which is the graph of f, and a straight line, which 1s the graph of 9 The parabola has z-intercepts 2 and 6, and y-intercept 6 Ite turning point 1s C’ The circle has its ‘contre at the ongin and it passes through the point A, which has coordinates (—-2,0). At point B both the exele and the straight Lne cut the z-ans The straight lne has y-intercept 1. . 5.1 What are the coordinates of B? Q@) 5.2 What is the equation of g? © 53 White down the equation of the hne that 1s perpendicular to the graph of g and passes through B. (6) ‘54 Find the equation that defines f. ) 55 Show that C has coordinates (2;8) @ [TURN OVER}4 MATOSLL January/February 2019 56 (a) What 1s the distance between A and C? @) (b) Find the midpoust D of AC. @) (c) Winte down the equation of the circle that has AC as diameter (5) 57 Find the maximum vertical distance between the graphs of f and g on the interval x € [0, 6] Hint Furst find an expression which defines this vertical distance ©) 58 Use the graphs of f and ¢ (not calculations) to solve F(z) g(2)20 @ (38) QUESTION 6 ‘Suppose you spin a com three times sn a row, and after each spin you record whether the coin landed heads uppermost(H) or tails uppermost(T) 61 Give the sample space, 5, for this activity in terms of Hand T «@ 62 Suppose B 1s the event “obtauning at least two tails” {a) Give the set & @ (b) What is the probabihty to obtain at least two tails? a) [20] QUESTION 7 A group of 30 grade 3 children did two spelling tests, one at the beginning of term and one at the end ‘The marks (percentages) on the two tests were grouped into classes with class width of 15%, the first class being 0~14, the second class bemg 15-29, ete The graphs are shown in the following figure The [TURN OVER]MATOSiL January/February 2019 solid line represents the first test and the dashed lane represents the second test, number of children 7 145 22 295 37 445 $2 595 67 Percentages 71 What types of graphs are shown in this figure? 72 1£ 60% 1s the minum pass mark, how many children passed the first test? & (b) the second test” 73 What is the arithmetic mean of the results of the first test? 74S 82 89,5 97 108,5 Q a) q@ @) {6} [TURN OVER]6 MATO51 January/February 2019 QUESTION 8 4m A bax with an open top 18 to be constructed from a rectangular piece of cardboard with dimensions 12 cm by 20 em, by cutting out equal squares, with side lengths of 4 em, at each corner and then folding up the sides Find the volume of the box {6} END OF PAPER TOTAL: 120 marks © UNISA 2019