STK120 Math Section REVISION PAPER

Formulae STK 120

y  a  bx y  y1  b ( x  x1 )
y  a  bx  cx 2 y2  y1
y  y2  ( x  x1 )
x2  x1
b b b
2
x y  a  b   c 
2c  2c   2c 
 b  b 2  4ac
For a  bx  cx 2  0 it follows that x 
2c

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 Questions 1 to 6 are based on the following information:
Consider the following matrices:

1 0  3 4 5 0 4 3 5 0 3 4 5 0
       
1 2  4 - 2 3 8 4 1 8 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
A    B C  D E 
3 4 2 1 9 6 3 2 6 9 3 2 9 6 3 2
       
 4 2 1 2 3 4  2 1 3 4  1 2 3 4 
    

Note: Matrix D is the same as matrix C where column 1 and column 2 are interchanged.
Given: C  684 and CD  F

Question 1 (0.5)
The value of the determinant of matrix D is:

Question 2 (0.5)
The value of the determinant of matrix E is:

Question 3 (1)
5D  2I will be defined if I is of order:

Question 4 (1)
The order of the matrix AB' C is:

Question 5 (2)
The value of 𝑓 in matrix F is:

Question 6 (2)
Use the property 𝐴. 𝐴 = 𝐼 of an inverse matrix to indicate which option below represents 𝐴 :

 2 1   1  2  1.5  0.5 
(A)   (B)   (C)  
  1.5 0.5    0.5 1.5   2 1 

 2 1   1 2 
(D)   (E)  
 1.5  0.5   0.5  1.5 

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 Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following information:
The supplier of computers and computer accessories has shops in 3 cities namely: Johannesburg,
Durban and Cape Town. The sales and income per month (in R100) of three types of gaming
graphic cards are summarized in the following table:

Gaming graphic card Income (in R100)

City Type 1 Type 2 Type 3
Johannesburg 4 25 5 221
Durban 10 6 3 100
Cape Town 12 34 8 334

 4 25 5   221 𝑥
   
Let: S  10 6 3  , R   100  and 𝑋 = 𝑥
12 34 8   334  𝑥
   
Assume:

 The selling prices of the three types of gaming graphic cards are presented by the matrix
𝑋 and are the same for the 3 cities.
  27  15 22.5 
1 1  
 S    22  14 19  and | S |  24
12  
 134 82  113 

Question 7 (2)
The value of the numerator determinant, when using Cramer’s rule to calculate the selling price (in
R100’s) of a Type 1 gaming graphic card 𝑥 =
| |
, is:

Question 8 (2)
Solving the system of linear equations by using the inverse matrix approach (𝑆 𝑅 = 𝑋). The
selling price (in R100) of a Type 2 gaming graphic card is:

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 Question 9 and 10 are based on the following information:
A company paints two types of town houses namely Type I and Type II:
 The company has a total of 160 hours available to paint the town houses indoor and a
total of 150 hours to paint the town houses outdoor.
 To paint a Type I town house takes 20 hours indoor and 15 hours outdoor.
 To paint a Type II town house takes 10 hours indoor and 15 hours outdoor.
 In total at least 6 town houses must be completely painted.
 The profit to paint a Type I town house is R3000 and the profit to paint a Type II town
house is R2000.
 Let x denote the number of town houses of Type I to be painted and let y denote the
number of town houses of Type II to be painted.

Question 9 (2)
The constraints for the above LP problem are:

20 x  15 y  160 20 x  10 y  160 10 x  20 y  160

15 x  10 y  150 15 x  15 y  150 15 x  15 y  150
(A) (B) x  y  6 (C)
x y 6 x y 6
x, y  0 x, y  0 x, y  0
20x  10 y  160 20 x  15 y  160
(D) 15x  15 y  150 10 x  10 y  150
(E)
x, y  6 x y 6
x, y  0

Question 10 (1)
The objective function for the LP problem is: maximise _________

Question 11 (2)
Consider the following LP problem:
 Minimise 4 x  y subject to the constraints
2x  y  8
2 x  3 y  12
x, y  0
 The graphical representation of the constraints is given below:

The minimum value of the objective function is:______________

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Question 12 (1 decimal) (2)
The given constraints and feasible region (shaded area) are represented in the accompanying
graph:

𝑦≥1
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 ≤ 8
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 ≤ 6
𝑥, 𝑦 ≥ 0

The 𝑥 −coordinate where the objective function 𝑦 + 𝑥 (dotted line) is maximised, is:

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the following information:

The daily sales of 500ml still water bottles is given by the function:
𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 80 + 12𝑥 − 2𝑥 , 𝑥 ≥ 0
where 𝑦 denotes the number of bottles and 𝑥 the price in Rand.

Question 13 (2)
There is an average decrease in sales of ________ bottles per day if the price increases from R7
to R9.

Question 14 (2)
There will be no bottles sold per day if the price (in Rand) of a bottle is:

Question 15 (2)
The maximum number of bottles sold per day, is:

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Question 16 (1 decimal) (2)
In a furniture factory, a large number of electrical machines are used. The percentage of
machinery still usable after 𝑥 years is given by:
.
𝑃 = 100𝑒
The rate at which the percentage of usable machinery changes after 8 years is: _________%

Question 17 (1 decimal) (2)

The weekly demand (in thousands) for a certain type of mini refrigerator is related to its price 𝑝 (in
Rand) by means of the function:
𝐷 = 800 − 100 ln(2𝑝 + 5), where 800 ≤ 𝑝 ≤ 1100
The marginal demand when 𝑝 = 900 is:

Question 18 (2)
The price of an item (in Rand) is related to its demand (in thousands of units) by means of the
equation:
𝑝 = √15 − 2𝐷
The marginal rate (in thousands of units) at which the demand changes, is:

Question 19 (2)
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Given the following function: 𝑓(𝑥) =
𝑓 (𝑥) =

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(A)
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(B)
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(C)
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(D)
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Question 20 (2)
Given the function: 𝑓 (𝑥) = (2𝑥 − 3𝑥 )
The second order derivative (𝑓 (𝑥)) of 𝑓(𝑥) in the point 𝑥 = 1 is:

Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following information:

The function 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 3𝑥 − 4𝑥 has two critical values.

Question 21 (2)
The critical value that leads to a relative minimum extreme value is:

Question 22 (Max number of characters is 16) (1)

The other critical value leads to a/an _______________

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following information:

The total profit (in R1000) of a certain factory per year, is a function of the number of goods (in
1000) produced and the number of labourers employed (in 10), namely

𝑧 = 𝑃 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 108𝑥 − 6𝑥 + 136𝑦 − 8𝑦 − 12𝑥𝑦

where 𝑥 is the number of goods produced (in 1000) and 𝑦 is the number of labourers (in 10).

Question 23 (1)
Find :

Question 24 (1)

Find :

Question 25 (2)
P(2 ; 4)
The interpretation of the marginal profit function  36 is as follows:
x
Profit increases with:

(A) R36 if number of goods increases from 2 to 3 and 4 to 5 labourers are used.
(B) R36 if number of goods increases from 2000 to 3000 and 40 labourers are used.
(C) R36000 if number of goods increases from 2000 to 3000 and 40 to 50 labourers are used.
(D) R36000 if number of goods stays constant at 2000 and 40 to 50 labourers are used.
(E) R36000 if number of goods increases from 2000 to 3000 and 40 labourers are used.

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Question 26 (1)
3𝑑𝑧 =

Question 27 (1)
(−2𝑎𝑥)𝑑𝑥

(A) −𝑥 + 𝑐 (B) −𝑎 𝑥 + 𝑐 (C) 𝑎 𝑥 + 𝑐

(D) −𝑎𝑥 + 𝑐 (E) −2𝑎 + 𝑐

Question 28 (2)
3√4𝑥 + 5𝑑𝑥

(A) (4𝑥 + 5) + 𝑐 (B) 6(4𝑥 + 5) +𝑐 (C) (4𝑥 + 5) + 𝑐

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(D) (4𝑥 + 5) + 𝑐 (E) (4𝑥 + 5 )2 +𝑐

Question 29 (2)
The marginal revenue (in Rand) of a certain product in terms of its price, p, is given by:
300
R( p)  . The total revenue function, R ( p ) is:
3p 1

(A) 300 ln 3 p  1  c (B) 100 ln 3 p  1  c  900

(C) c
(3 p  1) 2
(D) 300 ln 3 p  c (E) 100 ln p  c

Question 30 (2)
The marginal cost function (in Rand) of a small company is:
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C  x   100 xe x
If it is known that the overhead cost is R9800, the value of c in C ( x )   C  x dx  c is: