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Practice Exam IBEB NonCD Version 2014

This document contains a practice exam for an entrance examination in mathematics. The exam consists of 9 multi-part questions testing a range of mathematical skills including solving systems of equations, taking derivatives, graphing functions, solving equations, and analyzing functions. It provides instructions that calculators are allowed but graphing calculators are not. The questions cover topics such as derivatives, extreme values, points of inflection, graphs of functions, and solving various types of equations.

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Practice Exam IBEB NonCD Version 2014

This document contains a practice exam for an entrance examination in mathematics. The exam consists of 9 multi-part questions testing a range of mathematical skills including solving systems of equations, taking derivatives, graphing functions, solving equations, and analyzing functions. It provides instructions that calculators are allowed but graphing calculators are not. The questions cover topics such as derivatives, extreme values, points of inflection, graphs of functions, and solving various types of equations.

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ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM
Entrance examination Mathematics level 2
for International Bachelor Economics & Business Economics (IBEB)
PRACTICE EXAM
Please note:
Available time: 2.5 hours (150 minutes).
In all your answers, give a complete solution where you show all the required
steps, formulas, and substitutions that lead to your answer. A good or wrong
answer is only a small part of the solution. The quality and completeness of your
detailed solutions determine the points you will get. You should end an exercise
with a conclusion or an answer.
The use of a graphing calculator or of a so called programmable calculator is not
permitted. The use of a simple scientic calculator is allowed.
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Question 1
Solve each of the systems of equations below:
(a)

3x + 11y = 21
2x + 5y = 7
(b)

5x 2y = 7
11x 3y = 21
Question 2
Determine the derivative of each of the following functions, and simplify your answer
as much as possible.
(a) f(x) =

x
2
+ 4
(b) f(x) = ln(x
2
6x) ln(x)
(c) f(x) =
x
2
+ 8x + 15
5 + x
Question 3
Given the function f(x) = e
x
2
+2x
(a) Determine the extreme values of f(x) or show that f has no extreme values.
Determine for each extreme value whether it is a (local) maximum or a (local)
minimum.
(b) Show that f

(x) = 2(2x
2
4x + 1)e
x
2
+2x
. Furthermore, determine the points of
inection of f or show that f has no inection points.
(c) Determine the domain of function f and sketch the graph of f, based on the
answers to the previous questions.
Question 4
Solve the following equations:
(a) ln(x
4
24x
2
) ln(x
2
) = 0
(b)

x
2
15x x = 5
(c) (3
x
)
2
=
1
9
3x+4
2
Question 5
Consider the functions f(x) = | 2x | and g(x) = x
2
3
Note: | x | denotes the absolute value of x.
(a) Sketch the graphs of f and g in one gure.
(b) Solve | 2x | = x
2
3
(c) Solve | 2x | x
2
3
Question 6
(a) Determine the formula of the straight line through the point (10, 3), and parallel
to the line y =
2
5
x + 13.
(b) Determine the formula of the straight line through the point (10, 3), and perpen-
dicular to the line y =
2
5
x + 13.
(c) Determine the formula of the tangent line of f(x) =
2
5
x
2
+13x 167 at the point
(10, 3).
Question 7
(a) Sketch in the same gure the graphs of the functions
f(x) =
x +
1
2
2
and g(x) =
2
x +
1
2
(b) Calculate all points of intersection of the graphs of f and g.
(c) Determine all the values of x for which the inequality f(x) g(x) holds.
Question 8
(a) For each of the following three equations, give the number of solutions (explain
your answer).
(i) 3x
2
2x 2 = 0
(ii) 3x
2
+ 8x + 8 = 0
(iii) 3x
2
+ 20x + 20 = 0
(b) Give all value(s) of p for which the equation 3x
2
+ px + p = 0 has no solutions.
Question 9
Consider the function f(x) = ax
4
8x
3
+b. Assume that (x, y) = (2, 8) is an inection
point of this function. Show that f has another inection point and compute the
(x, y)-coordinates of this other point of inection.
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