Mizan Tepi University

College of Natural and Computational Science

Department of Mathematics
Applied Mathematics for Computer science (ASSIGNMENT – 30%)

Part I Show all necessary steps neatly and Clearly

(6 pts each)
1. Find the equation of the line through the point (2,-3,1) in a direction orthogonal to the line
x  1 y 1 z  2
 
3 2 5

2. Find the line of intersection of two planes

x  4 y  2z  7  0
3x  3 y  z  2  0
3. Solve each of the following system of linear equations by using
I. Gaussian Elimination method
II. Cramer’s rule, whenever possible.
b. x  y  z  2w  4
a.  x1  x 2  x 3  1
2 y  z  3w  4
 2 x1  2 x 2  x 3  3
2 x  y  z  3w  5
2 x1  x 2 3x 3  1
x yw 4

4. Find k that makes the function

 x 2  2 , if x  1
f ( x)  
kx  4 if 1  x
Continuous at x=1.
5. Find the first and second derivatives of the functions
(  1)( 2    1)
a. r
3

t2 3
b. s
(t  1) 3 (t  1) 3

NB. Only the assignment with question paper as cover page is acceptable.

Submission Date; Dec, 21- 2023