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UTS BUSINESS SCHOOL

UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F business.uts.edu.au
PLEASE ATTEMPT
TO SOLVE THE
FOLLOWING EXERCISES
DURING PREPARATION
WEEK

• Generally, starred exercises are more

challenging than non-starred ones.
• Final results for all exercises can be found at
the end of the book.

UTS BUSINESS SCHOOL

UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F business.uts.edu.au
SECTION 1.1: EXERCISES

• 1.1.5.(f): Simplify the following algebraic expression by

collecting like terms
+ + +9
• 1.1.6.(e): Without using a calculator find the value of
+ ( ) when , = 20,10
• 1.1.13.(a): Multiply out the brackets
+2 +5
• 1.1.15.(d): Factorise 9 100
• 1.1.16.(b): Simplify +2 +5

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SECTION 1.1: EXERCISES (CONTINUED)

• 1.1.18.(a): Write down a formula for the following

situation:
A plumber has a fixed call-out charge of $80 and has an
hourly rate of $60. Work out the total charge, C, for a job
that takes L hours in which the cost of materials and parts
is $K.

• 1.1.4*(c): Without using a calculator evaluate the

following expression when , , = 1, 2, 3
+
+

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SECTION 1.1* EXERCISES

• 1.1.5*: Multiply out the brackets and simplify

+ +2 +3
• 1.1.8*(f): Factorise 60 4 6 15 2 4 + 3

• 1.1.10*(d): Evaluate the following without using a

calculator
2 2
123 456 789 123 456 788

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SECTION 1.1* EXERCISES (CONTINUED)

• 1.1.11*: A specialist paint manufacturer receives $12 for

each pot sold. The initial set-up cost for the production
run is $800 and the cost of making each tin of paint is
$3
a) Write down a formula for the total profit, , if the firm
manufactures pots of paint and sells pots.
b) Use your formula to calculate profit when = 1000
and = 800.
c) State any restrictions on the variables in the
mathematical formula in part (a).
d) Simplify the formula in the case when the firm sells
all that it manufactures.

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Priti't = Revenue -
Total costs
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Revenue :
Quantity sold (y )
times price per quantity 1121
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800
→
Total Costs Fixed costs :

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↳ Costs per pod produced
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IT =
IL y
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( 800+3×1 -

- Ny -3×-800
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IT -

125-3×-800
= 1218001-3000 -
800

= 11 ( 8001 -
3000
=
8800 -
3000=5800

4 Manufacturer can 't sell

more pots than it produces .

Thus X z i can
't
produce & see
:
y
negative quantities :X , yzo

d) y=x .
xzyzo

IT 12×-3×-800=9×-800
SECTION 1.2 EXERCISES

• 1.2.3.(e): Reduce the following algebraic fraction to its

lowest terms

• 1.2.4.: Reduce each of the following fractions to their

lowest terms by factorising the numerators and/or
denominators
+2
(d) (e) 2
4
• 1.2.5.: Which one of the following algebraic fractions
can be simplified? Why can the two others not be
simplified?
1 2
, ,
2 +2

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SECTION 1.2 EXERCISES (CONTINUED)

• 1.2.8.(h): Work out the following, simplifying your

answer as far as possible
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• 1.2.10: Which of the following inequalities are true?
a) 2 < 1 b) 6 > 4 c) 3 < 3
d) 3 3 e) 21 22 f) 4 < 25
• 1.2.11.(c): Simplify the following inequality
5> +4

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SECTION 1.2* EXERCISES

• 1.2.6*(a): An amount is placed in a savings account.

The interest rate is compounded annually so that
after years the savings, , will be
= 1 + 100
Find when = 2000, n = 5 and = 10.
• 1.2.7*(d): Solve the following inequality:
3+ <2 +4
3
• 1.2.9*: List all the whole numbers that satisfy both of
the following inequalities simultaneously:
7 < 6 and +1 +2

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SECTION 1.3 EXERCISES
• 1.3.2: An airline charges $300 for a flight of 2000km
and $700 for a flight of 4000km.
a) Plot these points on graph paper with distance on the
horizontal (x) axis and cost on the vertical (y) axis.
b) Assuming a linear model, estimate
i. The cost of a flight of 3200km
ii. The distance travelled on a flight costing $400
• 1.3.5: If + = 24, complete the following table and
hence sketch this line: x y
0
0
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1. 3.2 Cost

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(i) TX 4=3200 the -

y =
Is ( 32007-100=540 -

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SECTION 1.3 EXERCISES (CONTINUED)

• 1.3.6.(b): Solve the following pair of simultaneous linear

equations graphically:
+ =
+ =

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 1. 3.6

3×+45-12
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SECTION 1.3* EXERCISES

• 1.3.1* Which of the following points , lie on the line

= 25?
5, 2 , 10,1 , 5,0 , 5,10 , 5,10 , 0, 5
• 1.3.4* Identify the two lines in the following list which
are parallel:
a) + = 2 b) = 1 c) =6
d) = 9 e) = 0. + 2

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SECTION 1.3* EXERCISES (CONTINUED)

• 1.3.6* A bakery discovers that if it decreases the price

of its birthday cakes by $1, it sells 12 more cakes each
month.
a) Assuming that monthly sales, , are related to price, , by a
linear model, = + , state the value of .
b) If the bakery sells 240 cakes in a month when the price of the
cake is $14 work out the value of .
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c) Use this model to estimate monthly sales when the price is

$9.
d) If the bakery can only make 168 cakes in a month work out
the price that it needs to charge to sell them all.

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 1. 3

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Old price : Po i Old sales : Mo

That is : Mo -
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Pots ( Il

New Price P i new sales

M,
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that is : M ,
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a. Pits 121
be fun :P, -

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Mi -

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Mo -112

Substituting in 121 :

Moth a ( Po 1) tf H2 -

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⇐s Mo alpo 1) TS -12 (3) -

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Mo -
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Mo -
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spots Etta -1-112
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⇐ 9=-12
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Mp tumults
20.12-114.12=8
⇐ s b -

-
34-12=408
c) F- 9 ; what is M?

M -

fly Pt . 408

= fly g -

t 39 -

I 2

=
12 -

( 39 g ) -

=
12 -

25

=
300

d) At which price does th Sales

sell 168 cares ?

168=-1210+408 ⇐
12 P = 240
p -
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SECTION 1.3* EXERCISES (CONTINUED)
1

• 1.3.7*
1) Show that the lines + = and + =
are parallel whenever = 0.
2) Use this result to comment on the solution of the
following simultaneous equations:
=1
+ =7

• 1.3.8* Write down the coordinates of the points where

the line + = intercepts the axes

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1. 3.7 Assure SEO
1) axtJg=c

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dxteg f -

dx
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f -

⇐ g
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lines are parallel if coefficient info - t

ofxisteesane - That is :

db
de of
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a
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S -

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6
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a 12
e
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parallel
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are .

d. f = 12
to Two parallel lies
which are not identical never En le seat a
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Thus : No Solution to this syst

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ans

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