PROGRAMME : DIA/DIBA/DHRM/DIM

COURSEWORK - Questions
Year

2015

Exam Sitting

Subject
Weightage

BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
30%
Submission Date

APRIL

Regulations
A. Late Submission

A 10% deduction per day of total coursework marks (excluding weekends

and public holidays).
Late submission between 5 to 10 days, results in a 50% deduction of total
coursework marks.
Late submission past 10 days results in an automatic 0% for coursework and
the student will be barred from the final examination.

B. Deliverables
Students must submit all materials supporting their coursework listed in the
deliverable section.

The coursework must be done individually and must be entirely your own
work. Please make sure that you are aware of the rules concerning
plagiarism. If you are unclear about them, please consult your program
coordinator/lecturer.
Plagiarism is presenting somebody elses work as your own. It includes: copying
information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material;
submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another students
coursework; stealing coursework from another student and submitting it as your
own. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be
dealt with according to the procedures set down by the university/college.

The coursework should exhibit formal research skills i.e. with a table of
content, proper citations, references, and appendixes.

The coursework write up must be able to demonstrate critical analysis and

application of both theory and practical issues to the company that you have
selected.

Student may include additional relevant data/information apart from the

proposed guidelines in conjunction to your research. Additional marks will be
awarded for such attempt.

Your coursework should not be more than 2000 words.

You should bind your coursework with the coursework cover as the 1st page.

A diskette containing the softcopy version of your coursework should be

submitted as well (if required).

PROGRAMME : DIA/DIBA/DHRM/DIM

COURSEWORK - Questions
Question 1
Suppose that you are to invest RMXX thousand in the airlines business that guarantees
you cash flow and relevant costs at the end of each year as indicated in the table below.
Year
2020(1st year)
2021(2nd year)
2022(3rd year)
2023(4th year)
2024(5th year)
(a)

Cash Flow
45% of your investment
39% of your investment
26% of your investment
13% of your investment
9% of your investment

Cost
3% of your investment
5% of your investment
6% of your investment
4% of your investment
2% of your investment

Compute the annual cash flow and relevant cost in RM.

(6 marks)

(b)

Compute the annual net cash flow of your investment in RM.

(6 marks)

(c)

Assume the discount rate is 5%, find the Net Present Value (NPV).
(6 marks)

(d)

Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) using a 20% discount rate.
(6 marks)

(e)

Plot the annual present value calculated from part (c) and (d) on the same graph.
(6 marks)
(Total: 30 marks)