COMFORT TUTORS MTH 101 TEST

Instruction: Answer 4 questions ONLY Time = (xϵ N: x2 – 4x + 4 =0) hours

1a. An election is being held to determine the chairperson of the board of directors of a newly founded charity.
The candidates are Alice, Bob, and Charlene. Of the 70 members of the board, 8 would be satisfied with any of
the three candidates, and 1 would not be satisfied with any of the candidates. There are 26 who would be
satisfied with Alice, 39 who would be satisfied with Bob, and 47 who would be satisfied with Charlene.
Moreover, when asked “Would you be satisfied with either Alice or Charlene?” the response was 56 votes; only
14 said neither would be satisfactory. Similarly, when asked “Would you be satisfied with either Bob or
Charlene?” the response was 66 votes; only 4 said neither would be satisfactory. Finally, when asked “Would
you be satisfied with either Alice or Bob?” the response was 51 votes; only 19 said neither would be
satisfactory.
i. Draw a Venn Diagram to describe this situation
ii. Furthermore, tell me how many members of the board can be satisfied with more than one of the
candidates
1b. For any two sets A,B of a universal set U, the operator ⨁ is defined by
A ⨁ B =(A n B’) U (B n A’)
i. Draw a Venn Diagram to illustrate A ⨁ B.
ii. If C is a third Subset of U, draw a second Venn diagram representing U,A,B,C and shade the region A n
(B ⨁ C) = (A n B) ⨁ (A n C).

2a. Solve the following

i. x3 - (5 +a)x2 + (6 + 5a)x - 6a = 0 (remainder’s theorem)

ii. x4 - 8x3 + 20x2 - 32x + 16 = 0 ( by dividing by 4x2 or otherwise)
𝑎 𝑎
iii. x2 - 𝑥= b2 + 𝑏 (by inspection)
iv. x3 - 27x + 54= 0 (Cardan’s method)
v. x4 - 14x3 + 73x2 - 168x + 144 = 0 (if it has two pairs of equal roots)

3 a. Let α and β be the roots of the equation x2 -4x + 3 = 0, find the equation whose roots are (1 – α)(1 - β) and
α4 – β4.

b. Given that f(x) = px2 – 4x + 2p -7, find the two values of P for which f(x) = 0 has equal roots

c. The equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and bx2 + ax + c = 0, where a ≠ b and c ≠ 0 have common roots,

prove that a + b + c =0

4. Find the modules and arguments of

(1+𝑖)(2+𝑖 ) 1+2𝑖
i. 3−𝑖
ii. √1−2𝑖

b. Suppose f(x) = x2 + 8 and g(x) = √x − 3

find i. fog ii. gof iii. gog