Sultan Qaboos University - College of Science Department of Mathematics and Statistics FPMT 0103 - Mathematics for Social Sciences

in English Home Assignment 1 - Spring 2011 Name: ID No: Section:

This assignment should be submitted to your instructor on or before Wednesday, 16 March 2011. Answer all ve questions and show all necessary work. Please attach this sheet of paper with your solutions. Late submission will be penalised.

1. Solve the system of equations: 6x + 5y = 2x + y 2 2x 3y =7x+y 6 2. The variable cost of making a pair of shoes is 12 rials and the xed cost is 2000 rials per week. The shoes can be sold at 16 rials each. (a) Find the total cost of making 100 pairs of shoes per week. (b) How many pairs of shoes must be sold each week to get a prot of at least 600 rials?

3. Find the market equilibrium price and quantity for the demand and supply equations given by D : p2 + 3q 2 = 124 S :pq =2 respectively, where p is the price per unit and q is the quantity. 4. (a) If f (x) = ex , then show that f (x + y) = f (x)f (y) (b) A culture starts with 8000 bacteria, and the number doubles every 40 minutes. Find the number of bacteria after 4 hours. 5. Let

2x + 5, 3 x < 0 4 x2 , 0x2 f (x) = 1 , x>2 1 x

(a) Find f (2) (b) Find f (a2 ) if a < 2 (c) What is the domain of f (x)?