MURANG’A UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF PURE, APPLIED AND HEALTH SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY ORDINARY EXAMINATION

2021/2022 ACADEMIC YEAR

FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN Bed SCI, Bed ARTS, BAS, BME, BASP, BMCS, BSC GENERAL

AMM 101 –BASIC MATHEMATICS

DURATION: 2 HOURS

Instructions to candidates:

1. Answer question One and Any Other Two questions

2. Mobile phones are not allowed in the examination room.
3. You are not allowed to write on this examination question paper.
SECTION A: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

12
a. Find the sum of the series  3k  8
k 1
(5 marks)

b. Let set A (2,4,9,12) and set B= (2, 5, 9, 14) find

i. AUB (1 mark)
ii. AnB (1 mark)
iii. (AUB) – (AnB) (1 mark)
iv. Use a venn diagram to represent (AUB)c (2 marks)
c. Find the solution of the linear system of equations (5 marks)
x + 3y - 2z = 5
3x + 5y + 6z = 7
2x + 4y + 3z = 8
d. Solve tanθ = 2 sin θ for 0o ≤θ ≤ 360o (5 marks)
e. Find the 7th term in the expansion of (a+b)10 using binomial theorem (5 marks)

f. i. evaluate (2 marks)
ii. in a lottery, a total od 1000 tickets were sold. Determine the number of ways of obtaining
winners of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes if three tickets are drawn one after the other (3 marks)

SECTION B – ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

a. Given the function f(x) = 3x +2 and g(x) = 4x – 7, find

i. f o g and its value at x = 1 (3 marks)
ii. gof (2 marks)

b. Consider an ‘if p then q’ statement ‘if you get an A in mathematics, then i will buy you a
laptop.’
Construct a truth table for the statements (5 marks)
c. In a survey of 500 students of a college, it was found that 245 liked watching football, 265 liked
watching hockey and 310 liked watching basketball. Also, 135 liked watching both football and
hockey; 145 liked watching both basketball and hockey and 140 liked watching both football
and basketball. 25 liked watching none of these games. Determine the number of students who
like watching;
i. all the three games (5 marks)
ii. only one of the three given games (5 marks)
QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
a. Find the remainder when is divided by
i. x–1 (2 marks)
ii. 2x – 1 (3 marks)
b. Without using tables or calculators find the value of sin(120o + 45o) (5 marks)
c. ABC is a triangle such that AB =12 cm, BC = 21cm, <ABC = 101o. determine
i. Length AC (2 marks)
ii. <BAC (2 marks)
iii. <ACB (2 marks)
d. Solve the equation 1 + cosθ = 2 sin θ for 0 ≤θ≤360o
2 o
(4 marks)

QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

a. When a polynomial f(x) is divided by (x - 1) the remainder is 3. When f(x) is divided by

(x+1), the remainder is 5. When f(x) is divided by (x – 2), the remainder is 20. Find the
remainder when f(x) is divided by (x2 -1) (x – 2).
(8 marks)
b. How many different seven digit telephone numbers are possible if the first digit cannot be
zero and no digit may repeat? (3 marks)
-2 3
c. Expand (3 – x) in ascending power of x as far as the term in x , and state the range of
values of x for which the expansion is valid. (5 marks)
d. Prove the identity
(4 marks)