SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA 0

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

BSe DEGREE PROGRAMME IN
FOOD BUsINESS MANAGEMENT
YEAR I SEMESTER I EXAMINATION JUNE/ JULY 2018

MATHEMATICS-FBM 11053
Time allowed: Two and Half (2 %) Hours
Answer question number ONE (01), TWO (02) and any FOUR (04) from the rest.

a Solve for x given that 4*-18 +8 =0 (Hint: 2" =y).

(5 marks)

b Sketch all the possibilities of cures for a quadratic equation in the form
ax +bx +e where b' - 4ac =0 and a < 0, (5 marks)

cFind the roots ofthe equationx' - 16 = 0

(5 marks)

d Obtain the point of intersection of the following straight lines. (5 marks)

y-4x = 5

y-Sx = 4

2 a Solve the following inequality and show the results on real number line.

x-2x-320 (6 marks)

b Define the following intervals in number systems.

(i) Open
(i) Closed
(i)Semi Closed (6 marks)

c Sketch the straight lines for,

) y=3 (4 marks)
(i) x = -2

d Define the term "Gradient" of a straight line (4 marks)

Differentiate the following functions with respect to x and find the stationary points
(both x and y coordinates).

a y=x -6x+1 (5 marks)

(5 marks)
by=2x-2x+5
 4 Obtain partial derivatives of the following functions with respect to x and

separately.

a z
=x*y- xy+y"
bz=e'y-2x*y' +15 (5

5 Evaluate the following definite integrals.

s-2dx
b 2x( +2*dx

6 Consider the function f(x) =x' -3x and answer the following questions.
function?
a What are the stationary points of the
maximum or minimum? (2
b Are stationary points

C Sketch the curve.

vessel
wishes to build a stainless steel open cylindrical
7 A food processing company thec
intermediate processing material. What is
with a capacity of 125m to store the
to build the vessel?
minimum area of stainless steel sheet required (