Macroeconomics EBE1113

Semester 2 2015-2016

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK

94300 Kota Samarahan
Sarawak

Fakulti Ekonomi dan Perniagaan

EBE1113 - Macroeconomics

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Name

Matric No.

SHARIFAH SYAHIRAH BINTI MOHD BAHERI

53770

Individual Assignment

Macroeconomics EBE1113
Semester 2 2015-2016

Answer ALL the questions [60 marks]

Question 1

[15 marks]

Evaluate each of the following:

2

a)

b)

3 4
3
1 2
10 5
4

3 2
4 5 1 4 2 5

2 1 3 1

1 1

c) log 2 x log( x 3) log 6

Question 2

[10 marks]

Perform the following operations and simplify:

x 2 4 x 12
3x 6
a)
x
2

b) x 3 3 x 4

c)

x2
x2

x 6x 9 2 x 2 9
2

Question 3

[9 marks]

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:

Individual Assignment

Macroeconomics EBE1113
Semester 2 2015-2016

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?
Question 4

[6 marks]

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
1 2
,
(b) 4 3 that is perpendicular 2 x 3 y 5

Individual Assignment

Algebra & Calculus EBQ1053

Semester 1 2015-2016

(c)
(d)
(e) Question 5

[6 marks]

(f) 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?
(g)
(h)
(i) Question 6

[14

marks]
(j) Solve for x, y and z using Cramers rule method:
4 x y 3z 11
2x 3y 2z 9

(k) x y z 3
(l) [Remember to show detail workflows for the Cramers rule method]
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p) *** End of questions ***

Assignment 1