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KISII UNIVERSITY

EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: MATH 112 COURSE TITLE: BASIC MATHEMATICS

MAY-AUGUST 2019

Time: 2 Hours

Instructions

a) Do not write anything on this question paper.


b) Answer questions ONE and any other TWO Questions.

QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY)

a) i) Distinguish between a tautology and a contradiction. (2 marks)


ii) Write the negation of the statement “If I recover from my illness, I will go to Church.”
(2 marks)
b) Find the power set of A={1 , 2, 3 , 4 } (4 marks)
c) Given A={ c ,d , f , i } B={b } E={e , f , g } and U ={a , b , c , d ,e , f , g ,h , i} . Show that
c
A−E= A ∩ B (5 marks)
d) i) A basket contains 4 apples, 5 oranges and 8 bananas. How many ways can 2 apples, 1
orange and 2 bananas be chosen? (4 marks)
ii) In how many ways can an even number greater than 2 000 be formed from the digits
1,2,3,4? (4 marks)

e) Let z 1=−4+6 i and z 2=3−5i , find


i) z 1−z 2 (2 marks)
ii) z 1 × z2 (3 marks)
f) i)
ii) Determine the number of ways a basketball coach can select five players from a team
of twelve players to participate in a match. (3 marks)
g) Determine the inverse function of the following function
4 x+5 6
f :x→ ; x≠ (3 marks)
7 x−6 7

1
Question Two (20 marks)
a) Given f ( x )=2 x +1 and g ( x )=2 x2 +1
i) Find fog( x) (3 marks)
−1
ii) Find ( f og ) (x ) (3 marks)
iii) Evaluate fog(−3) (2 marks)
b) Let A={1 , 2, 3 , 4 ,5 } and B={a , b , c ,d } find A ⊗ B (2 marks)
c) Prove that √ 2 is not a rational number. (8 marks)
d) State the domain and range of the function represented by the following ordered points
{ ( 2 , 6 ) ( 3 , 9 ) ( 4 , 12 ) ( 5 ,15 ) (6 , 18) } (2 marks)

Question Three (20 marks)


a) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate A ∪(B ∩C) (2 marks)
b) i) Given a=3−i and b=1+2 i find the modulus of 2 a+b (3 marks)

1+i 3+2 i
ii) If z= + and given that ℜ ( z )=ℑ(z ) find the value of y .
3+ yi y +3 i

(5 marks)
c) Using the universal set U ={a ,b ,c , d , e , 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 }, set A={1 , 2 ,3 } and
set B={a , b , c ,2 , 5 }.
i) Prove that ( A ∩ B)C = AC ∪ B C (4 marks)
ii) Find A ∆ B (3 marks)
d) Simplify n C n−1 (3 marks)

Question Four (20 marks)

a) Use trigonometric identities or otherwise to write the following in a more simplified form
0 0 0 0
i) cos 50 sin 40 −cos 40 sin 50 (2 marks)
0 0 0 0
ii) cos 80 sin20 −sin 80 cos 20 (2 marks)
b) Use quadratic formula to solve x + 2 x +10=0 in the form ¿ a ± bi .
2

(4 marks)
th
c) Determine the 7 term of the following sequence
2 5 8
x x x
, , ,… … (4 marks)
x+1 ( x+1)2 (x+ 1)3

d) i) Show that 1+cot 2 θ=cosec 2 θ (4 marks)


ii ) Simplify

2
1 1
+ (4 marks)
1+ cos x 1−cos x

Question Five (20 marks)

a) State the converse, inverse and contra-positive of the following implication


1
“If ϴ=60 0 thencos ϴ= .” (3 marks)
2
b) A test has 5 questions in Section A and 3 questions in Sections B. A student has to
choose any 3 questions and 2 questions from sections A and B respectively and aswer the
questions in any order. Find how many ways the student
i) Can choose the questions to answer (3 marks)
ii) Can order the questions she answers (3 marks)
c) Verify that the proposition ( p ∧q ) ∧ ( p ∨q) is a contradiction (5 marks)

d) Show that ( p ∧ q) is logically equivalent to p ∨ q (6 marks)

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