Proof: 8-3-2022

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

(Department of Mathematics)
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Course: Applied Mathematics for Business & Social Sciences (5405)

Level: Associate Degree in Commerce Semester: Spring, 2022

Please read the following instructions for writing your assignments.

(AD, BS, BEd, MA/MSc, MEd) (ODL Mode)
1. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks but within a question, the marks
are distributed according to its requirements.
2. Read the question carefully and then answer it according to the requirements of the
question.
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Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50

ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units 1–4)
Attempt all the questions, each question carries equal marks.
Q. 1 (a) (14+6=20)
Product 1 Product 2 Product 3 Total
Acceptable 156 350 204 710
Unacceptable 24 40 26 90
Total 80 390 230 800
A sample of 800 parts has been selected from three product lines and inspected by
the quality control department. The given table summarizes the results of the
inspection. If a part is selected at random from this sample, what is the probability
that:
i) The part is of the product 1 type.
ii) The part is unacceptable.
iii) The part is an acceptable unit of product 3.
iv) The part is an unacceptable unit of product 1.

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 v) The part is acceptable, given that the selected part is a unit of product 2.
vi) The part is product 1, given that the selected part is acceptable.
vii) The part is product 3, given that the selected part is unacceptable.

(b) What is the difference between the states of statistical independence and
statistical dependence?

Q. 2 Unemployment statistics within a wester state indicate that 6 percent of those eligible
to work are unemployed. Suppose that an experiment is conducted where three
persons are selected at random and their employment status is noted. If the random
variable for this experiment is defined as the number of persons unemployed:
(12+8=20)
(a) Construct the probability distribution for this experiment and determine the
probability that:
i) None of three is unemployed.
ii) Or two or more are employed.

(b) Find a formula for the probability distribution of the number of boys in
families with three children assuming equal probabilities for boys and girls.

Q. 3 (a) Sketch the plane representing 2x + y + 0z = 4. (10+10=20)

(b) The average size of farms in the United State increased from 100 acres in
1920 to 700 acres in 1980. Let y be the average size x years after 1900. In
what year was the average size 400 acres?

Q. 4 (a) Sketch the following intervals. (10+10=20)

i) (–3, 0) ii) [–5, –3] iii) [–5, –1) iv) (5, 10] v) [–2, 3]

(b) Solve: i) |7x – 12 | = |4–3x| ii) [5x – 4|  –10

Q. 5 (a) The value of machine is expected to decrease at a liner rate over the time. Two
data points indicate that the value of the machine at t=0 (time of purchase) is
$18,000 and its value in 1 year will equal $14,500. (10+10=20)
i) Determine the slope intercept equation (V = mt + k) which relates the
value V of the machine to its age t.
ii) Interpret the meaning of the slope and V intercept.
iii) Solve for the t intercept and interpret its meaning.

(b) Solve graphically and check your answer algebraically.

–x + 3y = 2
4x – 12 = –8

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Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units: 5–9)

Attempt all the questions, each question carries equal marks.

Q. 1 (a) An economy depends on two basic products, wheat and oil. To produce 1
metric ton of wheat requires .25 metric tons of wheat and .33 metric tons of
oil. Production of 1 metric ton of oil consumes .08 metric tons of wheat
and .11 metric tons of oil. Find the production that will satisfy a demand of
500 metric tons of wheat and 1000 metric tons of oil. (10+10=20)

(b) Given the matrices: , , . Verify the

following statements:
i) (PX)T = P(XT) (Associative Property)
ii) P(X + T) = PX + PT (Distributive Property)

Q. 2 (a) Determine the inverse of by using the matrix of cofactor

approach.
(b) Solve the given system of equations by using Cramer’s rule.
x1 – 4x2 + x3 = 12
7x1 –6x3 = 18
2x2 + 5x3 = 7

Q. 3 (a) Find the following limits: (8+12=20)

i) ii) iii)

(b) Living standards are defined by the total output of goods and services
divided by the total population. In the United States during the 1980s, living
standards were closely approximated by

where x=0 corresponds to 1981. Find the derivative of f. Use the derivative
to find the rate of change in living standards in the following years.
(i) 1981 (ii) 1988 (iii) 1989 (iv) 1990

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(v) What do your answers to part (i) – (iv) tell you about living standards in
those years?

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Q. 4 (a) Find critical points of the given functions. Use second derivate test on each
critical point to determine whether it leads to a relative maximum or
minimum.
f(x) = x4, –32x2 + 7 (14+6=20)

(b) Determine the location and values of the absolute maximum and
absolute minimum for the given function.
f(x) = (–x + 2)4, where 0  x  3

Q. 5 (a) Find fx, fy, fz, fyx, fxz, fzy, fy,(2, –1, 3), fyz, (–1, 1, 0), if (12+8=20)
f(x, y, z) =

(b) Suppose z = f (x, y) describes the cost to build a certain structure, where x
represents the labor costs and y represents the cost of materials. Describe
what fx and fy represent.

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