[MPRBA-108/MPRBA (RM)-108/MPCBA-108]

MBA, MBA (RM) & MBA (CMU) DEGREE EXAMINATION

I TRIMESTER
QUANTITATIVE METHODS-I
(Effective from the admitted batch 201011)
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Fiures in the riht hand marin indicate mar!s allotted.
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SECTION-A
1. Answer any 1IVE of the followin#
Each answer should not e$ceed one pae. (%$&'20)
a) (hat are different types of indices) *ive e$amples
b) +implify
( )
( )
( )
( )
,
-
-
,
2
&
&
2
-
,
2
&
x
x
x
x
+

c) +olve the e.uation
0 % / 2
2
+ + x x
d) Find the determinants of the followin matrices

1
1
1
]
1

1
1
1
]
1

0 2 &
0 0 %
- % ,
1
1 0 2
/ 0 ,
% - 2
B A
e) 3ifferentiate e
, lo x
w.r.t. x
f) Evaluate the interal
dx x x

+ + & , 2
2
) 4f the demand curve is
1
p
q
q
find the price elasticity of
demand
h) (hat is the probability that a leap year selected at random will
contain either %, +undays or Fridays
SECTION-B
Answer the followin#
UNIT-I
2. a) +implify
( ) ( )
2 2 2 2 2 2
a ca c
a
c
c bc b
c
b
b ab a
b
a
x
x
x
x
x
x
+ + + + + +

,
_

,
_

,
_

&
b) +olve the two e.uations iven below

1, , 2
& 2 %
+

y x
y x

&
OR
c) +olve the e.uation
0 2 % 2
2
+ x x

&
d) 5he demand and supply e.uations of a commodity are
3 ' 20"&6 and + ' 106"12 respectively. Find e.uilibrium price
and e.uilibrium .uantity &
UNIT-II
,. a) 4f
1
1
1
]
1

10 % 2
, 2 1
% & ,
A
1
verify that A
"1
A ' 4 2
OR
b) +olve the followin system of e.uations by 7ramer8s
method

10 & 2 , 1 & 1 12 + + + + z y x z y x z y x

&
c) +olve the followin e.uations by matri$ inversion

& 2 %
1/ , &

+
y x
y x

&
UNIT-III
&. a) 3ifferentiate
x x
x x
% ,
-
2
2 ,
+

w.r.t. x
&
b) Find the averae cost and marinal cost for the total cost
function

x x x Tc 0 ,
,
1
2 ,
+

where $ is the output in thousand units. 7alculate the
minimum averae cost. &
OR
c) 3ifferentiate
x
x
e
e

+
1
1
with respect to x
&
d) 5he cost function of the firm is iven as 7 ' & x where 7 is
the cost and x the output. 7alculate output at minimum
marinal cost &
UNIT-IV
%. a) Evaluate
( )

+ dx x x
1
2
2 %
&
b) 3etermine the cost of producin 100 cars if the marinal
cost per unit is 9c '
2000 &
2
1%
2
+ x x
. (hat is the cost of
production of one car) &
OR
c) Evaluate
( )

dx x x 2 ,
,

&
d) A demand function of a monopolist is iven by 6 ' 100 x x
2
.
Find marinal revenue when i) x ' , ii) x ' 0 &
UNIT-V
-. a) A problem in statistics is iven to two students A and :.
5he odds in favour of A solvin the problem are - to 0 and
aainst : solvin the problem are 12 to 10. 4f A and :
attempt1 find the probability of the problem bein solved &
b) Five men in a company of 20 are raduates. 4f , men are pic!ed
up at random1 what is the probability that they are raduates)
(hat is the probability that atleast one is raduate) &
OR
c) A ba contains 2 red and % white balls. 5wo successive
drawins of , balls are made such that (i) balls are
replaced before the second draw (ii) the balls are not
replaced before the second draw. Find the probability
that the first drawin will ive , white and second
, red balls. 2
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