UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
EC14C/ECON1001 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS SEMESTER I 2005/06 EXAMINATION

November 30, 2005 Time Allotted = 2 hours Attempt ALL Questions

1 a) Let A be the set of all rational numbers between 10 and 20 inclusive. Let B = (13 , 17] . Define the set B \ A. [3] b) Use Venn Diagrams to show that n A B n A nB n A B . [6] Let S {x, y, z} and T = { 0, 1, 8, 27} a) How many elements are there in the Power Set of S. b) List the Power Set of S. The relation R is defined from the Power Set of S to the set T as follows: R = {(P,q)P is a member of the Power Set of S, q T and q = [n(P)]3 c) Develop a mapping diagram for R. d) Is R an onto' function? Give reasons for your answer. e) Define the inverse relation R-1. f) Is this reverse relation a function? Give reason(s) for your answer. 3. Let U = { x x is real, 0 x 12 } A = [-3, 3) and B = (2, 7) Write A in line notation. 4. Refer to the graph of y f (x ) in the following figure. [3] [4] [2] [2] [2] [1] [4]

(a) Find the value of f ( 4).

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(b) Find the value of x for which f (x ) 0 . (c) Find the domain of f. (d) Find the range of f. 5 a) Factorize completely the following expressions:i.

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36m 2 25n 4

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ii. x 3 x 2 4 x 4 divided by x 3

b) Use the Remainder Theorem to find the remainder when 2 x 3 4 x 2 2 x 3 is [3]

6.

Solve the following a) 2m 9 3 b) 5 x 125 c) 2 log 5 y log 6 36 log 10 1000 d) 2 x 2 5x 3 by completing the square
f x x 2 3 and g x x 2 . find the value of (gf)(3).

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7. If

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8. A warehouse advertises the following fan sale for the summer:For purchases of less than 10 fans, the price is $150, from 10 to 50 fans there is a discount of 20%, and for more than 50 fans there is a discount of 30%. Write a compound function to represent the cost of buying x fans. [3]

9 Write a system of inequalities that describes the shaded region shown below. [3]

10.

A store sells 2 types of cell phones, Nokia and Motorola. Because of market

competition it can sell at most 50 cell phones per werek. In order to satisfy customers taste, it sells twice as many Motorolas as Nokias. Let x be the no. of Nokia it sells in a week, and y be the no. of Motorolas it sells in a week. Write a system of inequalities to describe this situation. Please be aware of that the store cannot sell a negative quantity of phones. [4]

11. Write the following system of equations in the form Ax = b: -x x + 3y + 2z = 4 + z = 5 5y - z = 2

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12. 13.

Find the determinant of the matrix A from question 11. Show that the inverse of the matrix of matrix A from question 11. is given by A-1 = -5/18
1 5 13 1 5

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[14] /18
1 1

/6

/18 /18

/18

/6

/18 - /6 [4]

14. Hence, find the solution to the system of equations in question 11.

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