UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS, UNISA trex. QMI1500 (497292) Maylune 2017 SECOND PAPER ELEMENTARY QUANTITATIVE METHODS, Duration — 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MR P MACHAKA SECOND MRS MC STRYDOM Programmable pocket calculator is permissible Closed book examination, Tvs examination question paper remains the property of the Unversity of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venueUNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS. UNISA |Sen UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS QNiI1500 (497292) MayiJune 2017 SECOND PAPER ELEMENTARY QUANTITATIVE METHODS Duration 2 Hours 4100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MRP MACHAKA SECOND MRS MC STRYDOM Programmable pocket calculator 1s permissible Closed book examination This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue ‘Thus paper consists of 17 pages, including a list of formulas (p 13) and instructions for completing the mark-reading sheet. Answer ALL questions. Please complete the attendance register on the back page, tear it off and hand it to the invigilator. Auswer all questions on the mark-reading sheet supplied and cazefully follow the instructions For eont- pletmg it Ako pay attention to the following 1) pox question » correct Do not mark more than one # Only one option (ndicated as (1) 2] ‘option pet question on the mark-readmg sheet © Marks will no? be deducted for incorrect answers The paper consists of 30 questions for a total of 100 marks ‘You are strongly advised to write your name on the mark-reading sheet. In the event that you enter your student number incorrectly, we will still be able to link you to the mark-reading sheet. Page 1 of 17QMqis00 May/June 2017 Question 1 The expression equals fy Ql {3 (4 6] a4 none of the above Question 2 ‘Suppose that 2 = 3 x VBI, x2 = 27, 23 = 64, ta = (a) 8 2 aT) 16 1T none of the above Question 3 ‘Suppose the semester mark of a certain module consists of a lnear combination of the marks for two assignments Assignment 1 contributes 10% towards the semester mark and Assignment 2 contributes 90% towards the semester mark The final assessment mark consists of 80% of the examination mark and 20% of the semester mark Dumusan obtained 90% in Assignment 1 and 80% in Assignment 2 during the semester He also obtained an exammation mark of 75% at the end of the semester What 15 ‘Dumusam’s final assessment mark? Wy fo b i} 5} 80,00% 76.20% 81,67% 91,20% None of the aboveQMr1500 3 May/June 2017 Question 4 Jonas, Jacob, James and Joseph sold memory cards for cellular phones for a total profit of R2596,80 ‘The profit 1s shared between them in a ratio equal to that of the number of memory cards they sold Jonas sold 33, Jacob 40, James 23 and Joseph 48 memory cards respectively How much money does James get? f) R147 [2] 595,10 (3) 865,60 [a] R112,90 (5] None of the above Question 5 Leeto 1s travelling by aeroplane ‘There are five m-flight movies for hum to watch In how many different ‘ways can he choose any three movies out of the five to watch before the flight 15 over? fy) 10 pl 15 B] 2 4) 60 {5} None of the above Question 6 Consider Question 5 again In how many ways can Leeto arrange three movies out of the five to watch them in a specific order? i 10 B15 [3] 20 6 [5] None of the above Question 7 Refiloe's car averages 14 kilometres per htre of petrol ‘The fuel tank capacity of her car 1s 50 litres ‘The cost of petrol is R11,20 per litre Refiloe’s trip to her destination 1s 250 knlometres She wants to reach her destination without stopping for a refuel Money 1s tight and her tank 1s almost empty The minimum amount of money she needs to pay for petrol to reach her destination 1s ft -R156,80 [2] 200,00 [a] 403,32 [4] 560,00 (5] none of the above Page 4 of 17QMI1500 May/June 2017 Question 8 ‘The expression for the straight line parallel to, y=5e-9 y= 52-10 92-5 ya 5049 y= 92 +10 {8} nome of the above Guestion A shop owner has a special offer on peaches He sells one packet of peaches for R33,00 and three packets of peaches for R90,00 Let z represent the number of packets sold and let y represent the price of the peaches ‘The relationship between quantity sold and price 1s linear and can be written as yaarth ‘Two data pomts, following directly from the given information, that will satisfy this linear relationstup are [a] (33,1) and (90,3) [2] (1,83) and (3,90) [3] (83,1) and (8, 90) (4) (4,83) and (90,3) [5] none of the above Guestion 7c Consider the quadratic function ia” — 182 +10 ‘The value of the disermmmant fy 10 108 [3] 85 ig {5] none of the above: Page 4 of 17Qaiis00 5 May/June 2017 Question 11 Consider the following graph of the quadratic equation yoortttete Which one of the following 1s true? o) (2) (3) (4) (5) ‘The value of y at the turning point 18 negative ‘The value of z at the vertex is positive ‘The value of as negative ‘The discrummant 18 negative None of the above Question 12 ‘A man has 17 money notes in his wallet, consisting of 200-rand and 60-rand notes The total value of the notes 1s R2200 If he makes a payment using ell the 200-rand notes, how much money will be left 1m his walles? [1] 300,00 2] 400,00 [3] 450,00 |4] 550,00 [5] None of the above Page 5 of 17QMI1500 6 May/June 2017 Question 13 The graphical representation of the inequality 6r +45 > 122 +15 fi] (ey 2 ——+ 2 ao tas 4 56 6 ao 12 a 4 8 6 8) Ci {5] none of the above Question 14 A truck rental company has two types of trucks ‘Type A has 20m of refrigerated space and 40m* of non-refngerated space Type B has 30m® of refrigerated space and 20m* of non-refrigerated space A food plant must transport at least 900m® of refngerated food and at most 1000m* of non-refngerated food Let x be the number of type A trucks and y be the number of type B trucks used for transportation of food The system of linear nequabities that represent this situation 18 fl] a 200 + 30y < 900 202 + 30y > 900 40x + 2y > 1000 40x + 20y > 1000 8) 20r + 30y < 900 a 40c + 20y < 1000 20x + 30y > 900 403 < 1000 {5] none of the above seiuttadeed Question 15 Anmutties can be defined as a sequence of 1] different payments st different tune intervals 2) equal payments at different time intervals 3] equal payments at equal tume intervals [4] different payments at equal time mtervals [5] none of the above Page 6 of 17Question 16 Consider the following graph ‘The system of hnear mequalities represented here 15, n ene © ze 24 @ v4 @ <4 y>2 @ Z >0 y20 (3) stasis © 2 <4 @ v4 @® -ty>2 @ o 20 yz0 {5] none of the above py 4 Sz + 3y> 15 zs s4 vcd -a+ y>-2 z 20 yao Sa + 3y > 15 oc <4 y<4 mrt y>-2 z 20 y20 ©OGO ©©00 QMIL500 May/June 2017 Page 7 of 17 i i i H i iQMqis00 8 May/June 2017 Question 17 Te 1s desired that the value of an investment, at 5% simple interest per year should be R15 000 in five vyears’ time from now How much should be invested now to reach the goal? hh} R4285,71 2} R11250,00 3] Ri1752,89 [4] R12000,00 [5] None of the above Question 18 Brakesh has earned R10000 He lends Ruta R4000 for 12 months Ruta agrees to repay the money with 15% per annum simple terest On the same day, Brakesh invests the remammg R6000 at 15% per annum compounded monthly for 12 months At the end of 12 months from now, how much interest in total will Brakesh have earned”: fl] R11 564,53 2] R964,53 {3} R600,00 (4) -R1564,53 {5] None of the above Question 19 Khensant has started a new job He plans to save R5000 at the end of each month for five years, 1m ‘a savings account that earns interest at a rate of 6% per annum compounded monthly What will the accurmulated amount be at the end of five years? (a) Radssst (2) -R258627,80 {3} R850594,40 fa] R259920,04 [5} None of the above Question 20 A Joan of R20000 with an interest rate of 14% per annum compounded monthly 18 to be amortised by equal monthly payments over four years ‘The first payment 1s due at the end of the first month ‘The monthly payment 1s lu} 309,23 (2) R313,20 [3] 899,38 [4] 546,53 {5} none of the above Page 8 of 17QMiis00 9 May/June 2017 Question 21 Paulinsh must pay the bank R8000 which 1s due in one year's time from now She pays R3000 two ‘months from now to lessen her debt All the payments are subject to an interest rate of 10% per annum compounded monthly How much must she pay the bank sx months from now to settle her debt? {i} R5837,70 (2) Rést0,16 [3] R5000,00 [4 R5307,17 [5] None of the above Question 22 A student has earned the following marks for four tests 78, 88, 93 and 2 His mean score for the four tests 15 80 The value of z to two decimal places 1s, i) 86,33 (2) 5967 (3) 84,75 (4) 61,00 [5] none of the above Question 23 ‘The monthly sales figures of a certain company over a penod of 25 months are given in the following data 144 145 157 183 163 138 120 140 148 126 160 150 128 168 154 140 162 165 135 140 134145 152 170 122 ‘The mode of the data to two decimal places 1s {1} 183,00 [2] 161,00 [3] 140,00 [4] 120,00 {5} none of the above Page 9 of 17QMt1500 May/June 2017 Question 24 ‘The staff of a college consists of professors, semor lecturers, lecturers, yumor lecturers and administrative staff A statistician wishes to determine the opinions of the staff mn the college on their salaries He has a hist of all staff members arranged alphabetically according to their surnames He randomly selects @ professor as a startmg pomt on the list Then subsequently he selects every fifth member of staff on the hst ‘The type of sampling he uses 1s called (1) quantitative sampling (2) random samphng {3} systematic sampling (4) stratified samphng [5] none of the above Question 25 ‘The owner of a small company has fifteen employees Three employees earn R15 000 per month, seven employees earn R10000 per month and five employees earn R7000 per month The owner's monthly salary 13 R25000 The mean monthly salary of all the people in the company to two decimal places 15 fl] -R32828,57 f2] R57000,00 [3] R11666,67 [4] R10937,50 [5] none of the above Question 26 Suppose the rand per dollar exchange rate is R1,6812 = $1 Semalaleng wants to buy a camera m ‘New York worth $965,00 Postage and packaging costs $15,25 What is the total amount m rands that ho noods to pay? fy) R11450,50 fe) -R11287,61 [3] 991,93 (4) R980,25 [5] None of the above Page 10 of 17QMm1500 WL May/June 2017 Question 27 ‘Suppose the real gross domestic product (GDP) for 2009 was 518360 and the real GDP for 2013 was 641819 What was the growth rate from 2009 to 2013 to three decimal places? [yj 4,000% 2] 23,817% fs] 5.486% 4) -5,200% [5] None of the above Question 28 ‘The price of gold is $1 300,00 per fine ounce The exchange rate 18 RIG 81,00 If 31,10348 grams equal one fine ounce, what 18 the rand value of one kilogram of gold? [1] Rasags3,21 [2] R41795,97 [3] Ra69040,48 (4) Ra0434,52 {5] None of the above Question 29 Mosarasarane store sells bottled water at a special price The bottled water costs the store R3,00 each with a fixed cost of R280,00 per week for marketing ‘The weekly cost, C(2), 18 a hnear function of the unit pnee, z, given by O(a) = 280 — 32 The mcome, R(z), from selling the bottled water (in rand) 18 given by the quadratic function Riz) = 202" + 5002 The profit function, P(x), 18 sven by P(z) = R(z) ~ C(e) The marginal profit fmetion 1s (1) P(e) = 200? + 4972 — 280 [2] P(2) = —A00 +503 (| P(e) = 2027 + 5032 + 280 I] P(e) = -40r +497 [5] none of the above Page 11 of 17‘QMI1500 May/June 2017 Question 30 if then the denvative of f(z) 1s f(a) = -3+ 2 + 32" f(z) = -1+ 152? +3277 J(a) = -3-4 152? — 32°? S'(2) = -3-+ 152? + 327? none of the above @ UNISA 2017 Page 12 of 17If f(zy=2", then f'(e)=na*! 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