Faculty of Computer Studies

MT099 Foundation Mathematics

Tutor Marked Assignment – Fall 2023 2024
Cut-Off Date: November 18, 2023 Total Marks: 60
THIS TMA IS HANDWRITTEN PAPER-BASED WORK. It consists of 8 QUESTIONS, the
first 4 questions carries 7 MARKS where the last 4 questions carries 8 MARKS. You
are required to answer ALL the questions on the same questions sheet. The TMA will
be corrected by your tutor and you will be provided with a proper feedback file to
understand your mistakes and avoid them on the final exam.

Plagiarism Warning:
As per AOU rules and regulations, all students are required to submit their own TMA
work and avoid plagiarism. The AOU has implemented sophisticated techniques for
plagiarism detection. You will be penalized for any act of plagiarism as per the AOU's
rules and regulations. For the similarity, it will be considered starting from 30% and
it should be as follows:

Similarity % Deduction
50-69 30% of the achieved mark
70-89 50% of the achieved mark
90-100 Students get zero

Declaration of No Plagiarism by Student

I hereby declare that this submitted TMA work is a result of my own efforts and I
have not plagiarized any other person's work.

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Question-1 (7 marks)
8
8𝑥 9 𝑦8 𝑧 6
Simplify ( ) using the properties of exponents so that all exponents
−7𝑥 8 𝑦 5 𝑧 7

in the final answer are positive.

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Question-2 (7 Marks)
Compute the product (8𝑥 7 − 2𝑦 −6 )(−4𝑥 8 − 10𝑦 3 ) so that all exponents in the
final answer are positive.

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Question-3 (7 marks)
Evaluate (−9𝑥 10 − 3𝑥 6 − 80) + (−3𝑥 6 − 7𝑥 10 + 6𝑥 10 + 180)

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Question-4 (7 marks)
125𝑥 3 +125
Simplify ( )
2𝑥 2 −2𝑥+2

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Question-5 (8 marks)
3 3
Evaluate (7√40 − 4√135)

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Question-6 (8 marks)
10
Solve the equation − 𝑥 − 5 = −10 − (3𝑥 + 1)
4

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Question-7 (8 marks)
−6 −5𝑥
Solve the equation +2=
3𝑥 − √7 9𝑥 2 −7

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Question-8 (8 marks)
2
Solve the inequality 𝑥+9<1
10

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