COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTING SCIENCES

MTH507 MATHEMATICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

FINAL EXAMINATION
TRIMESTER 2, 2015

Time allowed: 3 hours + 10 minutes reading time

Instructions:
1. There are two sections in the paper. Section A (40 marks is compulsory) and choose 3 out of the 4
questions in Section B (3 x 20 = 60 marks)
2. Start each Section on a new page.
3. Show all working as partly correct answers may be rewarded.
4. Programmable calculators are not allowed.
5. This exam is worth 50% of your overall mark.
6. If you use extra sheets of paper, attach it securely to the Answer Booklet.

SECTION A

[COMPULSORY]

[40 marks]

1. Determine the inverse of matrix A below:

4 5
A

1 2

[4marks]
2. A straight line passes through the point (
the value of .

) and (

). It also passes through point(

). Find

[5marks]

3. Graph the following inequalities and shade the feasible region.

4 x 5 y 20
3x y 12
[5marks]
4.

For the given data, find the mode, median, mean and standard deviation.

[1+2+2+4 = 9marks]

5. How many terms of an arithmetic sequence with first term as 10 and common difference of 6 is
needed to give a sum of 520.
[4marks]

6. Evaluate

4x

5 x 5 dx

[4marks]
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7. Standardized mathematic scores for two forms are given below;

Score
Over 80%
Under 80%

Form A
8
32

Form B
12
48

a) What is the probability that a randomly selected mark is of a student from Form A
b) What is the probability that a randomly selected mark is of a student from Form B given he/she scored
above 80%?

[2+3=5marks]

8. Jone, at age 35, decides to invest in an investment account in a local bank. He will put $2500 per
year for the next 40 years. How much will he have at age 75 if his rate of return is assumed to be
12% per annum?
(1 i) n 1
Hint: The annuity amount after n payment periods is given by A P
i

[4marks]

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SECTION B Answer any THREE of the FOUR questions available

Clearly label on the answer booklet the numbers you have chosen.
QUESTION B1

1) The fourth term of an arithmetic sequence is 47 and the eight term is 35. Solve for the first term
and the common difference using Elimination method.
[5marks]
2) A company produces two types of Steel. Type 1 requires 2 hours of melting, 4 hours of cutting, and
10 hours of rolling per ton. Type 2 requires 5 hours of melting, 1 hour of cutting and 5 hours of
rolling per ton. Forty hours is available for melting, twenty hours for cutting, and sixty hours for
rolling. Each ton of Type 1 steel produces $240 profit, and each ton of Type 2 produces $80 profit.
Find the maximum profit and the production schedule that will produce this profit. Clearly state the
objective function and constraints. Use the graph paper provided for plotting and attach it to the
answer booklet.
[15marks]

QUESTION B2
1) Suppose that a store has three sizes of cans of nuts. The standard size conatins 2 pounds of peanuts
and 1 pound of cashews. The large size contains 1 pound of walnuts, 6 pounds of peanuts and 2
pounds of cashews. The giant size conatins 1 pound of walnuts, 4 pounds of peanuts, and 2 pounds
of cashews. Suppose that the store recieves an order for 5 pounds of walnuts, 26 pounds of peanuts
and 12 pounds of cashews. How will it fill this order with the given sizes of cans?
You may any method you wish to solve this system.
[10marks]

2) Given below are Examination scores of a group of Mathematics students;

a) Group this data into classes. Keep the class width same and use the starting interval as
b) Find the mean, standard deviaition and variance of the grouped data obtained in (a).
[3+2+4+1=10marks]

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QUESTION B3

1) A farmer with 3000 meters of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a straight
higway. If the farmer does not want to fence the side along the highway, what is the largest area
that can be enclosed?
[6marks]

2) Compute the following limits:

a) lim
x5

x 2 3x 10
x 2 25

6x 2 4
b)
x 3x 3 1
lim

[3+3=6marks]

3) The weight of 100 college students closely follow a normal distribution with a mean of 130 pounds
and standard deviation of 5.2 pounds.
a) How many of these students would you expect to weigh at least 138 pounds?
b) What range of weight would you expect the middle 70% of the students in the group?
[4+4=8marks]

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QUESTION B4
1) Evaluate the following:
40

k ( 2k

4)

k 1

[4marks]

2) A tank is filled at a rate of v' (t ) 4t 2 where v(t) is the volume of the tank and t is time in
minutes. Initially there is 1000 L of water already present.
a) How much water will the tank hold after 3 minutes?
b) If the capacity of the tank is 5000L , how long will it take for the tank to overflow?
[4+3=7marks]

3) Sera took $12 000 to a local bank with a view of putting it into a savings account. The bank gives
Sera the three options of interest rates with their different compounding times.

Interest type , rate

Method

Option 1
Simple , 8.4%
Annually

Option 2
Option 3
Compound , 8.2% Compound, 8.3%
Monthly
Daily

Compute her total amount after 24 months for all the three options, and hence conclude on which
option she should take in order to get maximum return on her investment. Show all relevant
working.
[9marks]

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