University of Cape Town

Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

MAM1010F/MAM1110F Examination
4 July 2017
Time: 2 Hours
Total marks: 100
Full marks: 100

• Answer the questions in the spaces provided on the question sheets. If you run
out of room for an answer, continue on the back of the page and clearly indicate
that you have continued the problem elsewhere.

• Show all your work or reasoning. Answers without work or reasoning shown
will receive no mark.

• You may use (non-graphing) calculators. Round your answers off to two decimal
places where necessary, unless otherwise specified.

• There are 13 pages of questions excluding this one. Make sure that no pages
are missing. Put your student number at the top of each page, just in case a
page comes loose.

Surname: First Name:

Student Number: Signature:

Do not write below this line:

Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Points: 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 9 11 7 6 14 19 100
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SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS [24 Points]

Write the letters A,B,C,D or E corresponding to the correct answers in the blocks below
Marking: Correct answer = 4, no answer = 0, wrong answer = -1

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points

1. [4 Marks] Find a so that the piece-wise-defined function f (x) below is continuous on

its domain.
(
ax + 1 if x < −1
f (x) =
−2x − 5 if x ≥ −1

A. 3 B. −1 C. −3 D. 1 E. 4

2. [4 Marks] If the effective rate is 37.5%p.a., and the nominal rate is 33.6%p.a. then
how many times per year is the (nominal) interest compounded?
A. 2 B. 12 C. 4 D. 3 E. 365

3. [4 Marks] A certain old Cape Town hotel charges R600 today for a bed and breakfast
service. Assuming inflation was constant at 6%, what did the same hotel charge in
1991, to the nearest rand?
A. R336 B. R132 C. R120 D. R36 E. R234

4. [4 Marks] If you invest R4000 in an account earning 4,2%p.a. compounded continu-

ously, how long will it take for your investment to double in value?
A. 16, 8 years
B. 16, 5 years
C. 15, 1 years
D. 17, 3 years
E. 17, 5 years

5. [4 Marks] The cost of production for handmade chocolates is given by

C(q) = 5q + 4000

where q is the quantity made. The demand is related to the price p by the equation
q
p = 10 − 1000 . At what production level is the profit maximised?
A. 4000 B. 5500 C. 3500 D. 2000 E. 2500

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6. [4 Marks] The marginal cost of producing the xth USB stick is given by

dC 10 000
= 10 + 2x +
dx x2

The total cost of producing 100 USB sticks is R14 000. The cost function C(x), is
given by:
10 000
A. 10x + x2 − x
10 000
B. 10x + x2 − x
+ 3 100
10 000
C. 10x + x2 − x
+ 1 400
2 10 000
D. 10x + x − x
+ 100
10 000
E. 10x + x2 − x
+ 2 100

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SECTION B: LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS [80 Points]

Write the answers to the questions in the spaces provided.
Show all working!

7. [4 Marks] Four years ago you borrowed R200 000 from a bank to start a small busi-
ness. One year ago you borrowed a further R50 000. You need to pay back the loan
in two equal instalments, the first one now and the second in two years’ time. How
much do you have to pay in each instalment? The bank’s interest rate is 10% p.a,
compounded monthly.

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8. [6 Marks] At the beginning of 2017 Jane opens a savings account that earns 6%
interest p.a. compounded monthly. She plans to make deposits of equal size at
the end of each month for a year so that she will have enough saved by the end of
December 2017 to buy a new laptop costing R13 500,00.
(a) How much should she deposit at the end of each month for the twelve months? (3)

(b) Jane forgot to make the deposit at the end of August. How much will she have (3)
in her savings account at the end of December 2013?

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9. Thandeka takes out a loan of R800 000 from a bank to buy a flat. She can afford to
pay back R10 000 at the end of every month. The bank charges interest of 8% p.a.,
compounded monthly.
(a) How many months does Thandeka take to repay the loan to the bank? (3)

(b) How much is the last payment (the one that is less than R10 000)? (4)

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(c) How much of the last payment is interest? (2)

dy
10. [11 Marks] Determine dx (do not simplify your answer) if:
√
(a) y = arcsin 1 − x2 (3)

" #
3
(x3 + 1)
(b) y = ln (4)
(1 + x)1/2

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(c) y = (sin x)tan x (4)

11. [7 Marks] Given that the equation x2 + xy + y 2 = 3 defines y implicitly as a function

of x:
dy
(a) Determine dx
(3)

(b) Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of x2 + xy + y 2 = 3 at (1; 1). (4)

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12. [6 Marks] The cost of manufacturing x Blu-ray players in a day is given by

C(x) = 15 000 + 20x + 100xe−0.1x rand for x ≥ 0.

The daily production level is currently x = 5 000 Blu-ray players and is increasing at
a rate of 100 Blu-ray players per day (i.e. dx
dt
= 100).
(a) Write down the equation for the average cost C̄(x). (2)

(b) At what rate is the average cost changing when the daily production level is (4)
1 000 Blu-ray players?

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13. [14 Marks] Evaluate the following integrals showing all your working:
+ e−3x dx
R 3

(a) x
(2)

R
(b) x2 (2x3 − 1)5 dx (4)

R
(c) x · e3x dx (3)

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Ra
(d) Evaluate 0
x3 · sin(x4 )dx where a > 0. (5)

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14. [19 Marks] Consider the function f (x) = (x + 1)e−x

(a) Write down the domain of the function. (1)

(b) Find the points of intersection of the graph of f (x) with the axes. (2)

(c) Find limx→−∞ f (x) and limx→∞ f (x), and hence describe any horizontal asymp- (3)
totes of f (x).

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(d) Does f (x) have any vertical asymptotes? Justify your answer. (1)

(e) The first derivative is f 0 (x) = −xe−x (you do not need to verify this). (2)
Find the coordinates of the critical points of f (x).

(f) Use the first derivative test (sign table) to determine the intervals where the (3)
function is increasing and the intervals where the function is decreasing. Hence
classify all the critical points.

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(g) The second derivative of the function is f 00 (x) = (x − 1)e−x (you do not need to (4)
verify this).
Find any points of inflection and indicate the concavity of f (x) on a sign table.

(h) Draw a rough sketch of the graph of f (x), indicating all points of interest from (3)
the information obtained above.

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