SHAHEED ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO UNIVERSITY OF LAW, KARACHI

Mid-Term Examination Spring-2021

25 August 2021

Class: BBA - II

Course: Business Mathematics Duration: 03 hours

Instructor: Rais Ahmad Marks: 25

INSTRUCTIONS:
Note:
Attempt any three questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Do the paper in your own hand writing, any type of cheating is strictly prohibited.
Take the clear/visible pictures of your work and paste it on word file.

Question No.1
A. In a certain factory there are 24 females and 36 males. Find the ratio of
female members to male members.

B. Express the combined in the ratio a : b: c, if a : b = 4 : 9 and b : c = 12 : 5

C. In a class of 100 students, 13 students were absent. What percentage of

students was absent?

D. A man purchased a new furniture for Rs.45,000 and after using it for three
years he sold it for Rs,41,400. Find his loss percent?

Question No.2
A. Solve the following equation for “x”.
2 x +4 3 x +1
+1=
2 2

B. Solve the following equation for x and y using method of systematic

elimination.
7 (x - 1) -6y = 5 (x - y)
7x + 3 (y - 3) = 5 (x + y)

C. Solve the following equation for x and y using method of substitution.

3x + 2y = 14
2x + 3y = 14

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Mid-Term Examination Spring-2021
25 August 2021

Question No.3
A. Solve the following equation by the method of factors.
x2 -13x + 40 = 0

B. Solve the following equation by general quadratic formula.

2 = 13x2 + 6x

C. Solve the following by appropriate method.

5 x−1 x−3
x −2
= x+ 6

Question No.4
A. Find the distance between (-4, -5) and (-8, -10)

B. A point moves so that its distance from the point (-1, 0) is always three
times its distance from the point (0, 2). Find the equation to the locus.

C. Find the equation to the straight line passing through the (1, 3) and (-7, 8)

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Best of luck