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UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of
Engineering/Bio-systems /Information & Communication
Technology Degree
First Year First Semester Examination August/September 2018

FOT 11301 Mathematics ()

Time: 3 hours

Read and follow the instructions given below.

This paper contains 06 questions on 08 pages including this sheet.

Answer all questions.

Each question carries a total of 100 marks.

This is a closed book examination.

Write your index number on every page of your answer script.

Draw elearly labelled diagrams wherever necessary

I f you have any doubts as to the interpretation of the wording of a question, nmake

your own assumptions, but clearly state it on the answer script.

Question1
This question has three parts.
Part
a) Consider the simple statements given below.

p: It is raining.

9: lt is cold.

r:I go to work.
Write the following compound statements using logical symbols.

i ) I f it is not raining then it is cold.

i) It is raining but not cold.
ii) I go to work if and only if it is not raining and not cold.

Write the following using English language.

iv) qV p
vp~r

b) Use a truth table to prove that the contrapositive of an implication is equivalent

to tha
implication.
(50 marks

Part 2
a) Let A = {{a, b}, {c). {d, e, f}}. State whether each of the following statements are tme a

false.
i) a EA

ii) c} EA

ii) {d,e,f}EA
iv) (la,b}} SA

v) EA

b) How many elements does the power set of the set S defined as the letters in the word
"technology", have?
(30 mark
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Part 3
A family of 10 people have come to the studio to take some family photos. They want to take

photos with 5 people in a photo at a time. How many different such photos (of different 5 people

each time) can be taken disregarding their arrangement?

[20 marks]

Qucstion 2
a) Let the relations f: A ~ B, g: B C and h: C D be defined by the following arrow
diagrams.

A B C D

C
W

i) Determine which relation/s is/are functions. Give reasons.

11) For the identified function/s determine whether they are one-one and onto.

135 marks

b) Consider the function defined below.

5
fo)3-x r *3

Find:
i) -17)
x for which f(x) = 2.5
ii)
 iii)

iv) fG(2))

c)ldentify which of the functions below may correspond to the given graphs 40 marka
i) y = 2-x

ii) y = xi

ii) y = 2 sin(x)

iv) y

v) y = 2(0.5)*

Graph a Graph b Graph c

Graph d Graph e

25 mark=
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Question 3
a) Solve the following equations and inequalities.
1)

i) 4x2+4x = -1
ii) In(2x +10) = 2 In 2
iv) 3(2x 4)+6> 18+2x and - 3x +52 -16
[60 marks]
b) Below are the graphs of four functions drawn on the same coordinate plane.
Graph 1 y = ax*-x-1

Graph 2 y bx -3
Graph 3 y=-X
Graph 4 y 3x +c

(a, b and c represent constants)

2
 Use these graphs to estimate the solutions of the following
simultaneous equations.
following quadrati ime
) ax2 x - 1 0
ii) bx 3 =1
ii) y-3x =c
y+x = 0

AD maty
Question 4
a) Solve the following trigonometric equations for 0° 0 3600. Give your
significant figures where necessary.

P
i) sin =-
ii) csc6=3

30 marns
b) Prove the following trigonometric identities.

i) sinx. coos x. tan x =1-cosx

ii) cosx + sin x. tanx = seccx

(30 mark
c) The figure below shows a triangular field on horizontal ground. AB=54 m, BC-35a
LABC=10o°. P

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

54 m

00°

35
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Calculate, giving your answers to 3

significant figures,
i) The length, in m, of AC.
ii) The size in degrees, of 2CAB.
iii) The area of the triangular field.
140 marks

Question 5
This question has two parts.

Part1
a) Write the given numbers in the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers.

i) (2 + 3)(2:)
(20 marks
b) Express the complex number z = 1-3i in polar form. Hence, find (1 - 31)° in the

form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers.

30 marks

Part 2
a) Find the angle between the vectors 0.5i +0.5j + 1.5k and 2i- 4j + 6k.

120 marks

b)Show that if two nonzero vectors are orthogonal, then their direction cosines satisfy
cos a cos az t cos B, cos B2 + cos y cos 2 = 0

130 Marks
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Question
a) 1f A and R (, 9).show that
-

i) (A + 8) = AT+ BT
ii) (AB)T =B"AT

For 1 sitters 40 Marks

b) Use Gauss-Jordan elimination method to balance the following chemical equation

Write down all the
steps clearly.
Na +H20 Na0H + H2
For repeaters

b)
Express the following system of
system using the inverse method.
equations in matrix form and find the solution
of this
X+z =-4
x+y + z = 0

5x-y = 4

60 marks|