FACULTY OF HEALTH AND APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

PROGRAMME: Introduction to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (INSTEM)
PROGRAMME CODE: 04 STEM
LEVEL: 4

COURSE NAME: INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS B COURSE CODE: ITM402S

DATE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2021 PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES MARKS: 50

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT FIRST OPPORTUNITY TEST 1

EXAMINERS: Mr I.D.O Ndadi, Mr T Kaenandunge, Ms L Khoa, Ms A Sakaria
MODERATOR: MR F NDINODIVA

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Examination conditions apply at all times. NO books, notes, cell phones or earphones
allowed. CELLPHONES TO BE SWITCHED OFF AND PUT AWAY.
2. No borrowing or lending of any equipment or stationery.
3. Use of a non-programmable pocket calculator is required. CALCULATOR WITHOUT THE COVER
4. Answer all questions and number your solutions correctly.
5. Only blue or black ink may be used for written work.
6. Untidy / illegible work will attract no marks.
7. Round all answers to three (3) decimal places, unless indicated otherwise in a question.
Give answers for angle sizes (in degrees) to one decimal place.

Use the following headings for your answer script:

GROUP NAME
STUDENT NUMBER
INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS B ITM402S
TEST 1

1
Question 1 (11 marks)

1.1 Given:
1 −2   1 4
A=  ,B=  . Calculate the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 if 𝐵 is an inverse of 𝐴. (5)
0 x   y 2

1.2 Five years ago, a man was seven times as old as his son. In five years’ time, the man will
be three times as old as his son. Use Cramer’s rule to calculate the father and son’s
present age. Let 𝑥 and 𝑦 be the father and son’s present age, respectively. (6)

Question 2 (23 marks)

2.1 If the area of an equilateral triangle is 36 3 m 2 , find its perimeter. (6)

2.2 Triangle 𝑃𝑄𝑅 has vertices 𝑃(5; 5), 𝑄(−7; 1) and 𝑅(1; −7). Determine whether ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 is
isosceles or equilateral and give a reason. (4)

2.3 In triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, coordinates of the midpoints of line segments 𝐴𝐵, 𝐵𝐶 and 𝐴𝐶 are
(1;2), (4;1) and (2;-2) respectively. Determine the equation of the line segment 𝐴𝐵. (4)

2.4 Triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 has vertices 𝐴(0; 5), 𝐵(−1; −1) and 𝐶(5; 2). Determine the equation of the
perpendicular bisector of the median from 𝐴 to 𝐵𝐶. (5)

2.5 A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical holes to hold pens.
The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each of the
holes is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the volume of wood in the entire stand (4)

Question 3 (16 marks)

A farmer has 80 hectares of his farm available for planting maize and cabbages. He must grow
at least 10 hectares of maize and 20 hectares of cabbages to meet demands. He prefers to
plant more cabbages than maize but his work force and equipment will only allow him to
cultivate a maximum of three times the quantity of cabbages to that of maize. If the profit on
maize is R800 per ha and on cabbages R500 per ha, how should the farmer plant the two
crops to make a maximum profit and what is this profit. Use 2 cm to represent 10 units on
both axes.

TOTAL: 50 marks = 100%