DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT COURSE CODE/TITLE: AMA 4104: MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE
SEMESTER: I DATE OF SUBMISSION :30TH NOVEMBER 2023
1. Consider the data below Classes 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12
Frequency 8 16 15 3
Calculate i) Arithmetic mean (5 marks) ii) Geometric mean (5 marks) iii) Harmonic mean (5 marks) 2. Consider the following data Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 7 9 12 8 13 5
i) Construct a ‘less than’ and ‘more than’ cumulative frequency distribution for above data. (4 marks) ii) Draw a ‘less than’ and ‘more than’ ogives on different cartesian planes. (6 marks) 3. The following are marks obtained by 30 students of Actuarial Science in their annual examination. Classify them in a frequency table 30, 35, 36, 35, 19, 25, 63, 50, 32, 58, 55, 28, 43, 19, 40, 51, 56, 15, 14, 31, 56, 62, 22, 46, 52, 17, 54, 37, 16, 50 (4 marks) 4. A farmer harvested the following amount of food stuffs, wheat – 65 bags, sorghum- 75 bags, millet- 63 bags, groundnuts-59 bags and maize-85 bags. Represent this information in a pie chart. (5 marks) 5. Factorize the expression 6𝑥 3 − 17𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 3. Hence solve the cubic equation 6𝑥 3 − 17𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 3 = 0 (5 marks) 6. Simplify without using tables or calculator sin 315°(𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 210°+1) (4 marks) cos 225°(𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 150°+1)
7. In a circle of radius r = 2cm , what is the length of the arc intercepted by a central angle of measure 𝜃 = 1.2 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 (2 marks) 2 3 3 8. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the roots of the equation 3𝑥 + 2 = 8𝑥, find the values of 𝛼 + 𝛽 (4 marks) 9. Solve the equation 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 for 0° ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 180° (3 marks)
10. Solve the equation tan 𝜃 = 4 cot 𝜃 + 3 where −180° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 180° (3 marks) 1 1 11. Prove that 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃+1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃+1 = 1 (3 marks)
1−𝑡𝑎𝑛 30 12. Solve without using tables or calculators 1+𝑡𝑎𝑛 30 (3 marks)
13. Find the range of values of q for which the equation
i) 𝑥 2 − 𝑞𝑥 + 𝑞 + 3 = 0 has real roots. ii) 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑞𝑥 + (2𝑞 − 3) = 0 has equal roots. (8 marks) 1 14. The probability of a component falling in one year due to excessive temperature is 20 .due 1 1 to excessive vibration is 25 and due to excessive humidity is 50. Determine the probabilities that during a one year period a component: i) Falls due to excessive temperature and excessive vibration ii) Falls due to excessive vibration or excessive humidity. iii) Will not fall because of both excessive. (6 marks) 15. A box contains 5 red, 2 white and 3 blue balls. In how many ways can the 10 balls be arranged in a row? (3 marks) 16. A bag contains 7 red marbles and 3 green marbles. Two marbles are drawn , one after the other without replacement. Illustrate this information on a tree diagram , and find the probability that i) The marbles are green ii) The marbles are of different colours (6 marks) 17. When the polynomial f(x) is divided by x − 2 the remainder is 7 and when f(x) is divided by x + 1 the remainder is -5. When f(x) is divided by (x − 2)(x + 1) the remainder is ax + b. Determine the values of a and b. (4 marks) 18. Draw a cumulative frequency graph for the following data: Height (cm)150-154 155-159 160-164 165-169 170-174 Frequency 4 22 56 32 5
Using the graph above, estimate
i) the median ii) the interquartile range (6 marks) 19. A ferry which holds ten people carries a group of thirteen men and seven women across a river. Find the number of ways in which the group may be taken across if all the women go on the first trip. (3 marks) 20. A committee of six is to be formed from nine women and three men. In how many ways can the members be chosen so as to include at least one man. ((3 marks)
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