FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

MATHEMATICS ENTRANCE TEST , December 2008, time: 2h.30min.

Here, ln means the natural logarithm, with base e 2.72 . log2 means: log with base 2.

1.

Simplify: (x, y and z are positive constants)

2 1

a.

2.

4x

(x y z )

2 4

(xy )

b.

b. 3x 2 (x + 1)5 + 5x 3 (x + 1)4

b. 22x 7 2x = 8

c. 800 (0.8)t = 200 (1.05)t

Solve the following inequalities:

a. x >

5.

x 1
2x 2 + 8x
x 1

Solve the following equations:

a. x 3 + 23 x 2 + 21 x = 0

4.

c.

Factor the following expressions completely:

a. 5xy 2 45x 3y 2

3.

x
4
+
x 2 2x

2
x 1

c. (x + 1) e 0.5x < 0

b. log2 (0.1x ) < 1

Differentiate the following functions, simplify and factorize:

2x 4

a. f (x ) =
x + 2

b. y = 2 x 4 e x

6. Let f (x ) = (x x )3
a. Find f (4) and f '(4)
b. Approximate the change in the function value if x increases with 0.01 (from x = 4).
Give the relationship between this approximation and f '(4) .
c. Find the equation of the tangent at the graph of f for x = 4.
7.

With domain x > 0 is given the function: f (x ) =

Find the extreme value(s) of this function.

ln x
x