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MAT121: Mathematics for Business and Information Science

Final Exam Review Packet

A. Calculate the exact distance (i.e., simplified radicals where appropriate, not decimal approximations

using a calculator) between the given points.

1. ( ) and ( )

2. ( ) and ( )

3. ( ) and ( )

4. ( ) and ( )

5. ( ) and ( )

6. ( ) and ( )

B. Calculate the slope of the line through the given points. Final answers should be completely reduced

fractions, not decimals, where appropriate.

7. ( ) and ( )

8. ( ) and ( )

9. ( ) and ( )

10. ( ) and ( )

11. ( ) and ( )

12. ( ) and ( )

C. Determine the slope-intercept form of the equation of each line described below. Final answers

should contain completely reduced fractions, not decimals, where appropriate.

13.

14.

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15.

; passes through ( )

16.

( )

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17. Through ( ) and ( )

18. Through ( ) and ( )

19. Parallel to ; passes through ( )

20. Parallel to

; passes through ( )

21. Parallel to ; passes through ( )

22. Parallel to ; passes through ( )

23. Perpendicular to ; passes through ( )

24. Perpendicular to

; passes through ( )

25. Perpendicular to ; passes through ( )

26. Perpendicular to ; passes through ( )

D. Determine the equation of each circle described below.

27. ( )

28. ( )

29. ( ) ( )

30. ( ) ( )

31. ( ) ( )

32. ( ) ( )

E. Determine the intersection of each pair of lines below. Final answers should contain completely

reduced fractions, not decimals, where appropriate.

33. and

34.

and

35. and

36. and

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37. and

38. and

39. and

40. and

41.

and

42. and

F. For each exercise below, a parametric solution to a system of linear equations in , , and is

given. Find every specific instance of each solution if , , and are integers with ,

, and .

43.

44.

45.

46. ( )

47. ( )

48. ( )

49.

50. ( )

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G. Solve each system of linear equations below. If there are infinitely many solutions, provide the

parametric representation of the solutions; if there is no solution, state so.

51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

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H. Use the given matrices to complete each exercise below. For each exercise that is not possible, state

the reason why.

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I. Solve each system of linear equations below using matrix inverses. You must write the problem in

matrix form, then show the matrices , , , , and as discussed in class and in the

textbook. Finally, you must properly interpret your final answers.

68.

69.

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J. Solve each word problem below. You must write a proper equation and properly interpret your final

answer.

70. (Break-Even Analysis)

A company determines that their cost for manufacturing a certain product is plus

per item produced. If they sell the product for per item, how many of that product

must they produce to break even assuming they sell every item they manufacture?

71. (Break-Even Analysis)

A company is trying to determine which manufacturing process they should use to produce

one of their products. Manufacturing process A has an overhead cost of plus a

cost of per unit. Manufacturing process B costs per unit but has an overhead cost of

just . If the company’s projected sales are units at per unit for the next

fiscal quarter, which manufacturing process should they select?

72. (Market Equilibrium)

A particular item has a demand equation given by and a supply equation

given by , where is the quantity of the item on the market in

thousands and is the price per item in hundreds of dollars. Determine the market

equilibrium for this situation.

73. (Systems of Linear Equations)

A company manufactures products that require time in each of departments before

going onto the market for sale. Product A requires hours of assembly, hour of

finishing, and hours of quality control. Product B requires hours of assembly,

hours of finishing, and hour or quality control. Product C requires hours of assembly,

hour of finishing, and hour of quality control. If there are hours of assembly time,

hours of finishing time, and hours of quality control time available each week, how

many of each product should the company produce each week in order to maximize

productivity (i.e., every available hour in each department is used)?

74. (Systems of Linear Equations)

A teenager has to invest and wants to split the money into different types of

funds: a certificate of deposit account (CD); a savings account; and savings bonds. He

wants to put three times as much money in the CD as in the savings account, and he wants to

put more in savings bonds than in the savings account. How much should he invest

in each type of account?

75. (Linear Depreciation)

A tugboat has an original cost of and depreciates linearly over years with a

scrap value of . What is the value of the tugboat as it begins its tenth year of

service?

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K. Solve each linear programming exercise below using the technique specified.

76. Solve using the graphical approach:

Maximize:

Subject to:

77. Solve using the graphical approach:

Minimize:

Subject to:

78. Solve using the simplex method:

Maximize:

Subject to:

79. Solve using the simplex method:

Minimize:

Subject to:

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L. Complete each exercise pertaining to finance using techniques discussed in this course.

80. Determine the final amount of money in a savings account years after an initial deposit of

if the annual interest rate is compounded monthly and no further transactions

occur on the account during that time.

81. What initial deposit into a savings account earning quarterly interest will yield a total

of after years if no transactions occur on the account following the initial

deposit?

82. What is the effective rate of an account earning annual interest compounded

quarterly?

83. Determine how much money would be in an investment account after years if the

account earned annual interest compounded continuously after an initial deposit of

if no additional transactions occur.

84. How long will it take for the population of Kutztown to grow to if people

currently live in the borough and the population exhibits continuous growth at a rate of

annually?

85. How long will it take for a savings account to grow to if the account earns

annual interest compounded monthly on an initial deposit of if no further

transactions occur on the account?

86. Determine how much money will be in an ordinary annuity after years if monthly

contributions of are made to the investment and interest is accrued at a rate of

compounded monthly.

87. Determine the present value of an ordinary annuity into which is deposited every six

months for years if the annuity earns annual interest compounded semiannually.

88. What monthly payment is required to pay off a mortgage if the annual interest

rate is and the mortgage carries a -year term?

89. How much would an individual have to pay into an investment each month in order to accrue

a total of in years if the annual interest rate earned is ?

90. Create the amortization table for the repayment of a loan in quarterly installments

over a period of years if the annual interest rate charge on the loan is fixed at .

91. Create the sinking fund schedule for the accumulation of a total of over a period of

years if the fund earns an annual interest rate of and contributions to the fund

occur only once per year.

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M. Use the set definitions below to complete each exercise.

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{ }

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92. Find A C .

93. Determine B C .

94. Find A B C .

N. Use the Venn diagram provided to complete each exercise.

95. ( )

96.

97.

98. ( )

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O. Fill in the appropriate number in each region of the Venn diagram. Use your results to answer each

question that follows.

The Kutztown University Student Government Association conducts a survey of students

to determine what they enjoy: ice cream, pizza, or homework. The results are as follows:

said ice cream

said pizza

said homework (must be Prof. Fowler’s students)

said ice cream and pizza

said ice cream and homework

said pizza and homework

said they enjoy all three

99. How many students only like ice cream?

100. How many students don’t like ice cream?

101. How many students don’t like pizza or homework?

102. How many students like homework but not ice cream?

103. How many students like ice cream or pizza?

104. How many students do not like any of these items?

Ice

Cream Pizza

Homework

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P. Complete each exercise below.

105. How many ways can Prof. Fowler randomly assign one letter grade (A through F only; no

plus or minus) to each of five students in a group?

106. How many arrangements of ten books can be made if all ten books are placed on a shelf?

107. How many ways can just three of twelve books be arranged on a shelf?

108. How many committees of three people can be formed from a group of fifteen people?

109. From a drawer containing black, blue, and green socks, how many different

possible “pairs” (the colors don’t have to match!) of socks can be pulled out randomly?

110. From a class of seven boys and three girls, how many ways can the teacher:

a. Select a random group of students?

b. Seat all ten students in a straight line with all the boys next to each other and all the

girls next to each other?

c. Randomly select one boy and one girl?

111. A box contains baseballs, softballs, and tennis balls.

a. How many sets of balls can be randomly selected from the box?

b. How many sets of balls can be randomly selected if all the balls are baseballs?

112. Determine the number of ways one can distinctly arrange the letters in the native Hawaiian

name of the lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) or reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus

rectangulus) referenced in a 1960s Warner Brothers cartoon starring Bugs Bunny:

HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA’A (do not count the apostrophe in your calculations).

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113. A deck of cards is shuffled and a hand of five cards is dealt.

a. How many different hands can be dealt?

b. How many hands are a flush (i.e., all five cards are the same suit)?

c. How many hands have a pair of threes, a pair of nines, and a face card?

114. How many ways can Calculus books, Finite Mathematics books, and Algebra

books be arranged on a shelf if all of each type of book must be grouped together?

115. How many ways can a scientist select at least of the rats in a cage to conduct an

experiment?

116. In how many ways can a group of men and women be seated if they must be seated in

a row such that they alternate men followed by woman?