Nepal Open University

Faculty of Management and Law

Office of the Dean
Mid-Term Examination
2078 (2021)

Program : Bachelor of Business Science (BBS) Full Marks : 100

Year : First Time : 3 Hours
Subject : MGMTH 323 Mathematics and Statistics

Candidates are requested to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

Section A

Comprehension Questions (6×5 = 30)

Attempt any SIX questions only.

1. Draw a histogram for the following data and locate mode.
Marks 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
No. of students 10 25 35 50 20 6
2. In a certain distribution Sk(B) = 0.6. If the sum of two extremequartiles is 100 and the
median is 38, find the value of upper quartile.
3. The average weight of 100 students in a certain class is 59 kg. The mean weight of boys
is 65 kg and that of girls is 50 kg. Find the number of boys and girl in the class.
4. From the following data:
Firm A Firm B
No. of workers 600 700
Average daily wage Rs 250 Rs 190
Standard deviation Rs 9 Rs 10
a. Which firm has larger wage bill?
b. Which firm has a lesser variability in daily wages?
5. Out of 6 teachers and 8 students, a committee of 11 is to be formed. In how many can
this be done, if the committee contains (i) exactly 3 students (ii) at least 5 teachers?
6. In a survey 20 students play football, 16 play hockey an 10 play both games. Find
the number of students who play (i) at least one game (ii) football only (iii) exactly
one type of game.
1 −2
0 −3 4
7. Show that (AB)T = BTAT when A=[ 3 0 ] and B = [ ]
1 2 0
−5 6

1 1 1
8. Without expanding the determinant, show that | a b c |=0
b+c c+a a+b
9. Evaluate the given determinant by Sarrus rule:

2 0 1
|4 −3 2|
7 −1 0

Section B

Descriptive and Problem Solving Questions (15×3 = 45)

Attempt any THREE questions only.

10. Given the following data, state which group is more uniform in terms of age distribution?
Age (years) Boys Girls
16 4 2
17 5 0
18 7 4
19 12 8
20 20 15
21 13 10
22 5 6
23 0 3
24 4 2
Total 70 50
11. The following table gives the frequency distribution of the marks of 800 candidates in an
examination:
Marks Below 10 10 –20 20– 30 30 - 40 40 -50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80 80 - 90 90 and above Total
No. of candidates 10 40 80 140 170 130 100 70 40 20 800

a. Find the median and interpret the result.

b. If the minimum marks to pass the exam is 35, what percentage of the candidates pass
the examination?
c. If it is decided to allow 80% of the candidates to pass, what should be the minimum
marks for passing the exam? (an application of percentile)
d. What is the number of candidates who get marks in between 34 and 79?
12. An advertising agency finds that, out of its 170 clients, 115 use Television, 110 use
Radio and 130 use Magazines. Also 85 use Television and Magazines, 75 use
Television and Radio, 95 use Radio and Magazines, 70 use all the three. Draw Venn
diagram to represent these data. Find how many (i) use only Radio? (ii) use only
Television? (iii) use Television and Magazine but not radio? (iv) use exactly one
media (v) use at least one media (vi) exactly two media (vii) use none of three media.
1 1 −1 −1 −2 −1
13. a. Given that A = [2 −3 4 ] and B = [ 6 12 6 ], verify that AB ≠ BA
3 −2 3 5 10 5

2 0 1
b. If A =[2 1 3] , find A2 − 5A + 6I
1 −1 0
 x + 1 −3 5
14. a. Solve the following equation | −3 𝑥 + 2 2 |=0
4 1 𝑥−6
x y z
2
b. Prove that ⌈x y2 z 2 ⌉ = xyz(x − y)(y − z)(z − x
x3 y3 z3

Section C

Case/Situation Analysis (1×25 = 25)

15. Read the situation given below and answer the questions that follow.

A goal of management of any business company is to earn profit as much as possible relative
to the capital invested in the company. One measure of sources in this effort is the rate of
return on equity- the ratio of net income to stockholder’s equity. Shown here are the rate of
return on equity of 20 companies.
9, 19, 16, 23, 41, 11, 16, 52, 12, 6, 17, 31, 10, 8, 11, 13, 12, 30, 15, and 7
(a) List five-number summary and mean rate of the return on equity percentages. (7)
(b) Construct the box-plots and describe the shape of the distribution. (5)
(c) Calculate quartile deviation, standard deviation and coefficient of variation. (7)
(d) Calculate percentile coefficient of kurtosis also interpret the result. (6)