assignment 1 question 2015-2016

Macroeconomics – EBE1113Semester 2 2015-2016

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK94300 Kota SamarahanSarawak

Fakulti Ekonomi dan Perniagaan

EBE1113 - Macroeconomics

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Name Matric No.

SHARIFAH SYAHIRAH BINTI MOHD BAHERI 53770

Individual Assignment


Answer ALL the questions [60 marks]

Question 1 [15 marks]

Evaluate each of the following:

a)2 3

10−(1 4

5+2 3

4 )

b)[341

−25

−1 ]¿ [−1 4 −2 5 ¿ ]¿¿

¿

c) log 2 x−log ( x−3 )=log6


Perform the following operations and simplify:

a)x2+4 x−12

3 x−6

b)

xx−3

+ 23 x+4

c)

x−2x2+6 x+9

− x+22 ( x2−9 )


A home healthcare company wants the absolute value of the difference between the

actual and budgeted amounts to be less than or equal to $500 and less than or equal to

5% of the budgeted amount. By letting a represent the actual expenses and b the

budgeted expenses, theses restrictions can be written as:



For travel, office supplies and wages, the company budgeted $12,500, $750 and

$84,600. The actual amounts paid for these expenses were $12,872.56, $704.15 and

$85,143.95.

Are these amounts within budget restriction?


Find the equation (in slope and intercept) of the following line through the given

point:

(a) (2 , −1 ) that is parallel to the line 2 x−3 y=5

(b) ( 14

, − 23 ) that is perpendicular 2 x−3 y=5


Given that to repay a debt of RM39,750 by monthly instalments, the first instalment

being RM60 and the amount increases by RM30 each month after the first payment.

(a) Find the number of months it takes to repay the debt.

(b) What is the amount of the final instalment?


Solve for x, y and z using Cramer’s rule method:

4 x+ y−3 z=112 x−3 y+2 z=9x+ y+z=−3

[Remember to show detail workflows for the Cramer’s rule method]

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