ZAMBIAN OPEN UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

2024-SEMESTER TWO (2) ASSIGNMENTS

BBA 112- MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

LECTURER: MR. L. SIMATAA MOBILE NO. 0977-564568

EMAIL: [email protected]

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Answer all the questions

2. Full credit will only be given if all the working is shown. Answers alone whether correct or
wrong without any working shown will earn a zero mark.

NOTE: LATE SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED

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ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE DATE: 11TH OCTOBER, 2024

QUESTION ONE

(a) Define the income elasticity of demand. Explain why the income elasticity of
demand may be positive or negative.
(b) The demand function for good 1 is given by

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 Q = 30 − 2 P1 + 3P2 + 0.2Y

where P1 is the price of good 1, P2 is the price of another good and Y is income.

Calculate the income elasticity of demand when income increases from K100 to K150,
assuming P1 = 60 , P2 = 90 . Is good 1 normal or inferior?
(c) Without solving the equations, determine the nature of the roots of the given quadratic
equations.

(i) 2 x 2 − 3x − 5 = 0

(ii) x2 − 4x + 7 = 0

(d) Assume that a company knows that the cost to produce x items is given by the cost function
C ( x) = 20 x 2 + 1500 x dollars. It also knows that the revenue from x items is given by the
revenue function R ( x ) = 750 x + 300 . Find the maximum profit they can expect and how
many of these items they have to produce and sell to make this maximum profit.

(e) Find the set of values of x for which

3x 2 − 5 x + 4
<0
x2 + 5x − 6

QUESTION TWO

(a) If α , β and γ are the roots of the cubic equation ax 3 + bx 2 + cx + d = 0 prove that
−b c d
α + β +γ = , αβ + βγ + αγ = , αβγ = − .
a a a
(b) Given that x + 2 is a factor of f ( x ) = x 3 − 3x 2 − 4 x − 4 + p , find the value of p and hence
factorise f ( x ) .
(c) Solve the equations
(i) 2 x +3 = 21− x + 15
(ii) log 2 (2 x 2 + 3 x + 5) = 3 + log 2 ( x + 1)

(d) A virus is thought to spread through a chicken farm according to the equation
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N = 2100 where N is the number of infected chickens, t is in days.
1 + 1950e −0.1t

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 (i) How many chickens are infected at t = 0 ?
(ii) Calculate the number of chickens infected after 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 days.

(iii) Will all the chickens become infected eventually? Give reasons for your answer.

QUESTION THREE

(a) Express the following set of equations in matrix form and hence solve them using a
matrix method:

x + y + z =1
2x − y + z
x + 3y − z = 7

(b) A high class dressmaker makes three types of dresses. She makes cheap ‘everyday’ dresses,
medium – priced ‘cocktail’ dresses and expensive ‘ballroom’ dresses. The making of the
dresses involves the ‘inputs’ of fabric, labour, fastenings and machine time. The following
table shows the units of input required per dress for each dress type.

‘Everyday’ ‘Cocktail’ ‘Ballroom’

Fabric 5 6 8

Labour 20 25 30

15 22
Fastenings 20
7 9 12
Machine
time

The dressmaker makes a combination of the three dress types which uses exactly 270
units of fabric, 1050 units of labour and 790 units of fastenings.

i. How many of each type of dress does she make?

ii. What is the corresponding machine time used?

(c) Given the function g ( x ) = x 2 + 1 , state the range for the domain {−2, −1, 0,1, 2}

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  1 3 1 2 1 
(d) Given that C =   and D =  
 2 1  2 3 5
i. CD
ii. DC

QUESTION FOUR

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(a) If f ( x ) = 2 x + 3 , g ( x ) = x − 2 and h ( x ) = . Find
x
−1
(i) ( gof )
−1
(ii) ( goh )
(iii) ( fog oh ) −1

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(b) Find the inverse of the function f ( x ) =
x+2
1
(c) Given the function f ( x ) = , find its domain and range
x −3
(d) The function f ( x ) is given by

a
f ( x) = + bx + c
1 + x2
−8
for some constants a, b, c . Given that f ( 0 ) = 8, f (1) = 3 and f ( 2 ) = ,
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i. Find a system of linear equations for a, b, c .

ii. Solve this system using a matrix method.