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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

__________________________________________________________________________________

ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE DATE: 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2024

QUESTION ONE

−1 + 5 1 − 5
(a) Write a quadratic equation whose roots are ,
2 2

1
(b) Perform the following indicated operations involving rational expressions. Express final
answers in simplest form.
3x 4
(i) 2
+ 2
x − 6 x − 40 x − 16
2 2 4
(ii) − − 3
x − 2 x + 2 x − 4x

(a) Given that X = [ −5,10] , and the subsets A = [ −2, 2] , B = ( −4,8 ) and C = ( 0,5] . Find the
following sets and illustrate your answers on the number line.
(i) B'
(ii) ( A ∩ B) − C
(iii) A '∪ C '

(b) Given the supply function, P = 500 + 2Q , where P is the price of a bottle of Fanta
in kwacha , Q is the number of litres supplied.
(i) Graph the supply function. What is the meaning of the value at the vertical
intercept?
(ii) What is the value of Q when P = K 600 ?

QUESTION TWO

(a) Simplify the following and leave the answers in surds:


(i) ( 3 − 1)( 2 + 1)
(ii) (3 2 − 2 )( 3 3 + 2)
(b) Rationalize the denominators and simplify:
1
(i)
2 +1
3
(ii)
2− 3
(c) Determine if the following functions are odd or even or neither
(i) f ( x ) = x3 + x
(ii) f ( x ) = x2 − x

(iii) f ( x ) = − 9 − x2

2
(d) Express the following as fractions
(i) 4.135
(ii) 0.68
(iii) 4.17

QUESTION THREE

(a) (i) Factorize the polynomial x 3 − 3 x 2 − 4 x + 12 .

(ii) Hence calculate the range of values of x for which x 3 − 3 x 2 > 4 x − 12 .

(b) A supplier supplies 50 football scarves when the price is K6 each and 90 units
when the price is K11 each.
(i) Determine the equation of the supply function in the form P = h ( Q ) .

(ii) How many additional scarves are supplied for each successive K1 increase in
price?
(iii) Calculate the quantity supplied when the price is K8.5 per scarf.

(iv) Calculate the price when 120 scarves are supplied.

(v) What is the price below which no scarves are supplied?

QUESTION FOUR

(a) Sketch the graph of the quadratic function f ( x ) = −4 x 2 + 13x − 8 showing clearly the
greatest or least value of f ( x ) and the intercepts.
(b) The roots of 2 x 2 + 6 x + 5 = 0 are α and β . Find the equation whose roots are:

3
(i) α + 2, β + 2
α β
(ii) ,
β α

(c) A small business profits over the last year have been related to the price of the product
only. The relationship is R ( x ) = −0.4 x 2 + 64 x − 2400 , where R is the revenue measured
in thousands of kwachas and x is the price of the product measured in kwachas.
i. What price would maximize the revenue?
ii. What is the maximum revenue possible?
iii. How much money would they lose if they gave the product away?

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