Faculty of Economics and Business

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

EBQ 1053 Algebra and Calculus
Tutorial 3 / Semester 1 (2016/2017)
Submit handwritten answer before the tutorial starts.

1. Write the equation in the slope-intercept form and then find the slope
and y-intercept of the corresponding line.

2. Express the equation in logarithmic form.

3. Perform the indicated operation and simplify.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

4. Solve the following equation using completing square.

x 2  8x  4  0

5. Solve the following equation using elimination and substitution methods.

a. 2 y  x  7
x  y4

b. 3x  y  5
x y 3

c. 3x  4 y  5
5x  2 y  6

d. 4 x  2 y  3z  1
x  3 y  4 z  7
3x  y  2 z  5

6. What is the domain and range of the following question.

a.
 Ans: Range = { }
Domaain = { }

b. (915, -18)
(16, 18)
(5, -19)
(9, 18)

7. Find the equilibrium price and quantity.

a. Qd  60  2 x
Qs  x  30

8. For the pair of supply and demand equations, where x represents the quantity
demanded in units of a thousand and p the unit price in dollars, find the equilibrium
quantity and the equilibrium price.

9. Find the common difference and the first term of the following arithmetic sequence:-
a) The 2nd term is 3 and the 8th term is –21.
b) The 3rd term is 9 and the 10th term is 44.
c) The 4th term is 18 and the 9th term is 8.
d) The 8th term is 11 and the 15th term is 32.

10. The sum of the first six terms of an arithmetic sequence is 345 and the difference
between the first term and the sixth term is 55. Find the first six terms of the sequence.

11. Let a1 , a 2 , a3 ,...... be a geometric sequence. Find the indicated quantities.

1
a. a1  64,000, r  ; S10  ?
2
b. a1  20, r  2; S12  ?