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4 (Sem-1) BMT

2021
(Held in 2022)

COMMERCE
Paper: 1-1
(Business Mathematics)
Full Marks: 80
Time Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions.

Answer either in English or in Assamese.

Group-A
Marks 40

1. Answer the following as directed:

1x10=10b

A+5)-5
Is x:x+5 5 a null set ?
(a) =

x:x+5 =5 1 G RT AA?

Contd.
 (b) Evaluate ( n A1)
log, 4096

() Is a scalar matrix a diagonal matrix ?

(Yes/No)

(d) Find the value of P.

e) Fill in the blank

The variables associated with linear

programming problems are called

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 ( If Interest is compounded half yearly,
what is the formula for finding
amount ?

Given (R| TCR) EA= Amount (na)

r Rate (T ) , P Principal (T),
n= No. of years (1)

(g) Evaluate ( fAfA)

d
(h) Fill in the blank:

d(TC)
dx
where x denotesS

the volume of output.

Contd.
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 0 Choose the correct answer

y-5x represents a line

y -5x ATGT

passing through the origin

(i)
(1i) parallel to the X-axis.

X- AT
Y-axis.
(i) parallel to the
Y- 7ATA

Define deferred annuity.

2 Answer the following questions 2x5-10

(a) Find the thirteenth term of the

following series

4, 8, 16,

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 (b) Find the slope of the line passing
through the points -3, -5) and (7,9.

-3,-5) TR (7,9) fTAT AIR A

(c)
(c) Evaluate (1 A )

dx

(d) Write two differences between a matrix

and determinant.

-5 4 7
(e) If (7) and (
A-3-6 1
8-2 -6
B= , find (R ):
7 -4 o

5B-2A.

5 Contd.
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 3 Answer the lollowing questions: fany four
5x4-20

(a) If a, b, c are in G.P, prove that

1 1
are in A.P
a +b 2b b+c

q a, b, c 9 1 ajey I , (UTT 2A1

1 1
RTCG+b' 2b b+C
Or/1

If
logx logy log z
(a) u-Z z-x X-U
then prove that (CUTAR | )
x .y". z"=1

(b) A machine costs Rs. 4,00,000. Its

value depreciates at the rate of 10%
p.a. What will be its value after 4
years?
aD1 CATbR JT 4,00,000
T 109% 301, 4 M TE CAB=CO T

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 Or/
In how many years will an annuity of
Rs. 400 amount to Rs. 4064 if interest
is 3% compounded annually ?

4064 ? Given (1731 TC)

log13048 = 0.1155
log1-03 0.0128

(c) Integrate (any two)

0Jxl1-E)de
6x-4
dx
6x-8x +8

(ii) +3x+2)dx
4(Sem-1) BMT/G Contd.
 Or/414

If (afe)() then show that

fa)-fb) a-b
(C8 911 41 01)
14fa).fb) 1+ab
(d) Show that (Ga )
-a ab ac

ab -b be-4 a' b'c2

ac bc

Or/HR
If (a) A-{a, b, c, d, e)
B-b,c, e, f}
C-{a, c e, g, h}
find (Re 1 )
() AnB-C)
(i) (A-B)n(A-C)
(e) Prove that (211 )

2nP -2"1.3.5....(2n-1)}
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 Or/TR
A question paper consists of two
groups A and B. Each group consists
of 5 questions. In hòw many ways a
student can answer 6 questions in all
if he has to answer at least two

questions from each group ?

aRM 2P993F A B ee

Differentiate (any two)

) (x+2) (x+1) w.r.tx

e w.r.t x
1+X
w.r.t x
(iun) 8x3-3x2 +12x-5
Contd.
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 Group-B (a) Esta
5.
form
Marks 40

y
10x4-40
Answer any four questions

(b) Find
thro

of the
(a) Solve the following system

rule 1 3x
equations by Cramer's
the

2x-
3x+y+ 2z = 3
2x-3y-z =-3 6x
X+2y+z=4

(b) In how many ways the letters of the

6 (a) Fir
word MISSISSIPPI' be
can
arranged ?

3 ()
MISSISSIPPI' MCOR 'AR A

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 (a) Establish the equation of a line in the
5
form y=mx+ C 5

y =mx+ c BU 7AOCTR 7 arob1

(b) Find the equation of the line passing

through the point of intersection of

the lines 2x-3y+4 0 and

3x+4y-5 = 0 and perpendicular to

the line 6x -7y +8 0 .

2x-3y + 4 =0 4 3x+4y-5 = 0 R

6x-7y + 8 = 0 RR 7 CRR 7

6. (a) Find (R )

( the average revenue function (AR)

11 Contd.
 revenue
function (MR)
fu) the marginal

enfee R a a (MR)

revenue (2 R BR)
if (R) total

TR-250-+3

sold
Q- No. of output

Evaluate AR and MR at Q= 4

MR-7 A
Q= 473T AR
2+3-5

tons of steel
(b) A steel plant produces x

per week at a total cost of

Rs -7x+11lx+ 50

Find the output level at which the

marginal cost attains its minimum.
5

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 athe et -7x-111xr-50

(a) I y - a x , show that (oryet o)

5
dx

(b) A function is defined as

(1-X, 0Sxsl

f)-x-1,
x-1, x>1

Is flx) continuous at x-1 ? 5

flx) x-1 Rye aRTH UR,

(Sem-1) BMT/O 13 Contd

 8 (a) ( If (aR) fe)- 1+X prove that
(9T91 )

(i) Evaluate (R R9 )

x-1
3x+1-5x-1

(b) The total cost function c(x) of

producing x items is given below

c(x)=1500+5x when (IC) 0Sxs500

3000+4x when (RIORI) 500<x$ 2000

Find the cost of producing-
()450 items ( ) (i) 1200 items
5

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 (al Solve the following linear programming

problem by graphical method 6

Maximize Z=5x+3y

subject to

2x +y s1000
xS 400
yS 700

and x, y2 10

(b) What is linear programming problem ?

Illustrate with an example.

15 Contd.
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 A=
3 11
10. (a) Show that the matrix
-1 2

satisfies the matrix equation

where I=
101
A-5A+71=0,
0 1
o 01
and O o o 5

3 11
CRNea CATR AA=
2

1
A-5A+7I= 7 I =

0 1
O
[o 0

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 b) Prove that (211 A)

C+"C nC
"C, 5

11. (a) A company is considering which of the

three methods of production it should

use in producing three goods A, B and
C. The amount of each goods produced
by
by each method is shown in the
following matrix

A BC

Method 14 8 2

Method 25 7 1

Method 35 39

The column matrix [10481

represents the profit per unit for A,
B and C in that order. Using matrix
multiplication find which method
maximizes total profit. 1

ABem-1) BMT/G 17 Contd.

 abt GHh f8iR Rdt A, B

ABC

4 8 2

a9107 2 557 1
zTP3
35 3 9

CRp [1 046] A, B U

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(b) Form a matrix A of order 3x2, where

3x2 T q1 R A R ,u

a -2ij 3

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