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2.
3.
4.
1 1
(c) 1 1
3 6
5.
6.
PB books shop sells books at 35% discount from the retail price. If it sells a book for
RM19.50. Find
(a) The retail price.
(b) The customer only pays for RM15.00 for the second book. What was the further
discount in percentage?
(c) The overall percentage discount obtained by buying the two books form the shop
in the sale compared with the manufacturers retail price.
7.
8.
Simplify:
(a) 2e x 3 3e x 1
1
1
(c) x y x
y
2 6y 5
(e)
5 x 15 xy
(b)
(d)
9 x 2 3 2 x 1
27 x
3
3
2x 1 2x 1
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
4. A team of financial advisers guiding the launch of a national newspaper has modeled
the future circulation of the newspaper by the equation N = c(1 e-kt), where N is the
daily circulation after t days of publication, and c and k are positive constants.
When the paper is launched audits show that c = 800,000 and k
(a) Transpose this formula to show that t
1
In3.
20
1
c
In
k cN
. Find the
minimum number of minutes required for the temperature of the liquid to drop below
60 0 C . Round up to the nearest whole number.
(b)
2 x 3 8x 3
8
2
(c) 7 x 2 15 x 32
(b) x -0.5
(c) x 4.25
Answer: (a) 225x + 62y (b) -12 x 3 +6x2 27y z2+4z (c) 12 x 2 +44x-45
3. Evaluate the following without using a calculator.
4 30
8 5 x 38
(a)
7 5
2
(d) 1 1
6
15
(b)
Answer: (a)
12
19
3 1
80
x
5 24 100
3
5
9
1
3 (c) 8
2 2
10
2
5
26
29
(c) 9
(d) 2
35
30
(e) 4
(b)
1
32
(e) 5
4. Find expressions for the following algebraic functions; simplify the answers as far as
possible.
2 x 3 6 x 2 2( x 2) 2
1 x2 2
(a)
(b)
x
x
x2
x2
2
x 1
5
2
3
2
2
x 1
x ( x 1) x
(c) 2( x 1)
(d)
(b)
1
2
x 2
(c)
2 x ( x 2)
x 1
(c) 5 x 2 25
Answer: (a) x = 3
(b) x = 1.34
(d)
3x 2 2 x 3
x 2 ( x 1)
(d) 5 3 1010
(c) x = 4
(d) x = 2.42
(c) y e3.61092
(b) y e 3 t
(d)
112 e 4.71850
1
t
3
(a) ln Pe 2
ce 2
d
ln
(b) ln ce 2t
a
4
e
(c) ln
4
ln a ln e
(d) ln
e3
e6
(e)
Answer: (a) ln P 2
(b) ln c 2t
(c) ln a 4
(d) 3
(e)
ln c ln d 2
8. A firms annual sales fall from RM50,000 to RM45,000 from one year to the next.
Express the fall as a percentage of the original. Answer: -10%
9. The government imposes a 5% service tax on the prices of goods. How much does the
consumer pay for Nasi Lemak priced by a shop at RM5.50 ?
Answer: RM5.78
10. The GDP of a country has increased by 6.2% in year 2003 with the value RM135
billion. What was the GDP for year 2002 ?
Answer: RM127.12 billion
11. The price of a monitor is RM 297.50 after a 20% reduction is taken. What was the
price of the monitor before the reduction?
Answer: RM371.88
x y 18
3 x 4 y 2
y 21 2 x
y x 2 3x 1
Sketch the graph and find its maximum or minimum value of the following
quadratic:
(i) f ( x) x 2 4 x 3
(ii) f ( x) 2 8 x x 2
3. Differentiate:
(a) y x 3 ( x 2 5)3
(b) y
2 x2
x 1
4. The supply and demand equations of a pair of safety shoes are given by QS = P 8 &
QD
80 P
where P, QS and QD denote price, quantity supplied and quantity
3
demanded respectively.
(i) Find the equilibrium price and quantity.
(ii) If the government imposes a fixed tax of RM36.00 on each pair of shoes, find the
equilibrium price and quantity.
5. A computer firm launches a new monitor on 1 st June 2002. During the following
period a rough estimate of the number of orders, N received t days after the launch is
given by N 3t 2 0.08t 3 . What is the maximum number of orders received on any
one day of the year?
Self-Practice Questions
12. Find the slope of the straight line passing through
(a) (2,6) and (3,9)
(b) (2,-1) and (6,-5)
Answer: (a) 3
(b) -1
Q S 20 3P
Q D 220 5 P
(b)
QS 45 8 P
Q D 125 2 P
(c)
QS 32 7 P 0
(d)
Q D 128 9 P 0
13P Q S 27
Q D 4 P 24 0
(d) P = 3, Q
14. Supply and demand conditions can also be expressed in quadratic form. Find the
equilibrium price (P) and quantity (Q), given the demand function
P Q 2 3Q 20 0 and the supply function P 3Q 2 10Q 5 .
Answer: P = 2, Q = 3
15. Differentiate:
(a) y 4 x 3 12 x 2 3 x 12
(b) y ( x 4 3x 2 5) 3
2
7
3
(c) y 4 x 2 3
x
x
2
Answer: (a) 12 x 24 x 3
1
2
6x
(b) 3( x 4 3 x 2 5) 2 (4 x 3 6 x)
4 21
x3 x 4
16. Evaluate f (x) for each of the following functions at the given point.
2
2
(a) f ( x) 8 x 4 at x = 1
(b) f ( x) x 2
x
x
Answer: (a) 6 (b) 0.8536
17. Find the expressions for
(a)
(b)
(c)
d2y
in the case when
dx 2
y 12 10 x 6 x 2 2 x 3
xy 3 x 4 4 x 2
at x = 2
dy
6 x 4 when x = 0 and y = 5. Find the function of y.
dx
100 P 2
2
dTC
2
4. Given MC dQ 32 18Q 12Q , FC 45 , find:
(a) total cost function,
(b) average cost function,
(c) variable cost function.
5. A business analyst from Factory A which is located at Bayan Lepas, Penang, estimated
that the demand function facing the factory for Optical Transceivers is Q D
620 P
12
.
He further reported that if Q Optical Transceivers are demanded in a particular day,
the total fixed cost is RM200 while the variable cost is RM ( 200 2Q) per unit.
(a) Find the expressions for total revenue and total cost.
(b) Find the expression for profit function.
(c) Calculate and verify the profit maximizing level of output. What is the maximum
profit for producing this level of output?
(d) Determine the break-even output levels.
(e) Using the answer obtained from (c) and (d), sketch the curve for profit function.
Clearly show the profit maximizing level of output and corresponding profit level.
Self-Practice Questions
1. Integrate:
(a) f (x) = 5x3
(c) f (x) =
3
x2
Answer: (a)
(b)
2. Demand function is Q
4 3
x 3x 2 5 x C
3
(c)
3
C
x
100 P
20
Q
per unit
50
Q2
(ii) TC = 150 + 4Q +
50
1
Q
25
(b) x = 1 or 7
(RM) of production are 12, and the variable costs (RM) are (9 Q) per units.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Write down the expressions for total revenue (TR) and total costs (TC). Hence
obtain the expression for the profit function, .
Find the price and quantity at which is maximum.
Find the price and quantity when the product is break even.
= -7Q2 + 31Q 12
Answer: (i) TR = 40Q 8Q2 TC = 12 + 9Q Q2
(ii) P = 22.29, Q = 31/14 (iii) P = RM8 or RM 36.57, Q = 4 or
3/7
5. If the demand equation of goods is Q
25 P
, find the level of output which
5
10
d)
g)
5x
dx
b)
x dx
e)
7.
dx
dx
4
c)
4x
f)
2x
dx
3 x 4 dx
2 x 2 3 x dx
Answer: (a)
(e)
1
5
1 3
x c
3
4
3
1 6
5
2
x c (b) x 5 c
(c) x 4 c
(d) x 2 c
6
4
3
2
3
5
2
3
(f) x 7 x 5 c
(g) x 4 x 3 x 2 c
7
5
4
3
2
x 2 3x
1
2
dx ,
0.
3
Answer: y
8.
2 x 5 3x
1
4
dx
2 2
x 6x 2
3
= 0.
3
Answer: y
9.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Answer: (a) 3P 2 4 P 1
(b)
60
Q3
(c) 15 L
11
1 6
x 4x 4 6
3