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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2015/2016
FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE
CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CIT 0106: BASIC MATHEMATICS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DATE: APRIL, 2016 TIME: 1 ½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO
QUESTIONS
QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)
a) Determine the equation of a line that passes through:

i) A (5, 10) and B (8, -2) [3 marks]

ii) P (0, 0) and Q (6, 4) [3 marks]

b) Simplify the following and write the answer in simplest surd form:
i)  2  3 
2
[3 marks]

ii) 3 22 5 2
[3 marks]

iii)  8 2  8 2  [3 marks]

c) Rationalize the denominator

3 2
[4 marks]
3 2

d) Find the gradient of the curves: (1)

i) y = 4x3 + 2x +6 at x = 1 [4 marks]
x  3x
2
ii) y = at x = 1 [4 marks]
2x 2

2
e) Evaluate 
1
(6 x 2  2 x  6) dx [5 marks]

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QUESTION TWO (15 MARKS)

a) Given y = -x2 + 4x + 8. Determine;

dy
i) The gradient function, [2 marks]
dx
ii) The turning point [2 marks]

iii) Is the value of y at turning point a maximia or minima? [2 marks]

 3x 
4
b) Evaluate: 2
 4 x  2 dx [5 marks]
2

c) The value of a machine depreciates at a linear rate. In 2000

the value was Ksh.106,000, after 2 years the value was
Ksh.100,000.

Determine the value of the machine in 2010. [4 marks]

QUESTION THREE (15 MARKS)

a) Determine the value of x if :

i) log x2 + log 2 = log 16 [3 marks]

ii) 32x x 4 = 12 [3 marks]
b) How long does a principal amount of Ksh.60,000 deposited in
a bank, take to double it if earns 12% compound interest annually. [4 marks]

c) Solve by matrix method, the simultaneous equations: [5 marks]

2x + 3y = 13
x+y = 5

QUESTION FOUR (15 MARKS)

3 4 1 1
a) Given A =   and B = 3 2
5 4  

Evaluate:
i) A-1 [3 marks]
ii) AB [3 marks]
iii) ATB [3 marks]

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b) Investigate nature of the turning points to the curve.

y = 0.001x3 + 80x + 600

What is the maximum or minimum of y [6 marks]

QUESTION FIVE (15 MARKS)

a) An amount of Ksh.100,000 was deposited in a bank that gives

a 10% compound interest annually. Determine the interest after
three years. [4 marks]

b) Evaluate in simplest form:

i) 3 2  3  8  2 27 [4 marks]

ii) 8 16 [3 marks]

54  27  8
iii) [5 marks]
81
2 24
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