ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

(Department of Mathematics)
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Assignment Submission Schedule

6 Credit Hours Due Date 3 Credit Hours Due Date
Assignment 1 10-01-2024
Assignment 1 06-02-2024
Assignment 2 06-02-2024
Assignment 3 05-03-2024
Assignment 2 01-04-2024
Assignment 4 01-04-2024
Note: Tutorial Schedule and Rehnama-e-Tulba are available on AIOU website i.e. aiou.edu.pk

Course: Business Mathematics (1429) Semester: Autumn, 2023

Level: BA, B.Com, BBA

Please read the following instructions for writing your assignments.

(SSC, HSSC & BA Programmes)

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.
3. Late submission of assignments will not be accepted.
4. Your own analysis and synthesis will be appreciated.
5. Avoid irrelevant discussion/information and reproducing from books, study
guide or allied material.

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Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks (BA Old): 40
Pass Marks: (BA AD): 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units 1–4)
Attempt all the questions, each question carries equal marks.
Q. 1 (a) (12+8=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?
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 meant by the sample space for an experiment? Write the sample
spaces for the given experiments:
i) A day in June is chosen for a picnic.
ii) A coin is tossed and a die is rolled
iii) The manager of a small company must decide whether to buy office
space of lease it.

Q. 2 (a) A study on body types gave the following results: 45% were short, 25% were
short and overweight, and 24% were tall and not overweight. Find the
probability that a person is: (10+10=20)
i) Overweight;
ii) Short, but not overweight;
iii) Tall and overweight.

(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 + 3y + 4z = 12 (10+10=20)

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 (b) If a random variable can take the values 0, 1, 2 and 3. Then check that
whether the following satisfy the condition of being a probability
distribution.
P(X=0) = 0.18 P(X=1) = 0.20 P(X=2) = 0.38 P(X=3) = 0.24
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) Given the equation

i) Rewrite the equation in slope intercept form
ii) Identify the slope and y– intercept
iii) Interpret the meaning of the slope

Q. 5 (a) Solve the following second degree inequality: (10+10=20)

i) x2 + 4x – 12 ≤ 0 ii) 5x2 – 13x – 6 ≥ 0
(b) Solve graphically and check your answer algebraically.
–x + 3y = 2
4x – 12 = –8

ASSIGNMENT No. 2
Total Marks: 100 (Units: 5–9) Pass Marks (BA Old): 40
Pass Marks: (BA AD): 50
Attempt all the questions, each question carries equal marks.
Q. 1 (a) Global Insurance Company has four salespeople working in Hill Town. The
number of policies sold during the last month is given in matrix A, as; (12+8=20)
O’Malley Caponi Steomberg Deutsch

i) let S = [ 1 1 1 1]. Find SA and interpret its elements.

ii) Find ASt and interpret its elements.

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

following statements:
iii) (PX)T = P(XT) (Associative Property)
iv) P(X + T) = PX + PT (Distributive property)

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Q. 2 (a) Determine the inverse of

by using the matrix of cofactor approach (10+10=20)

(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: (10+10=20)
i)

ii)

iii)

(b) The population of a rare species of wildlife is declining. The function:

P = 75,000e–0.025t
Estimates the population P of the species as a function of time,
measured in years since 1980.
i) What is the population expected to equal in the year 1996?
ii) Determine the general expression for the instantaneous rate of change
in the population.
iii) At what rate is the population estimated to be declining in the year
1996?

Q. 4 (a) Find critical points of the given functions. Use second derivative test
on each critical point to determine whether it leads to a relative
maximum or minimum.f(x) = x4 – 32x2 + 7 (8+12=20)

(b) Find f '(x), f''(x), f''' (x), f' (1), f'' (5) and f'''(5) when
i) f(x) = (ii) f(x) = e2xlnx

Q. 5 (a) Given the demand function: (12+8=20)

i) Determine the partial derivatives fp1 and fp2

ii) If p1 = 20 and p2 = 10, evaluate fp1and fp2 and interpret their meaning.

(b) Sketch the function:

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f(x) =

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