SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN BUKIT MERTAJAM

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Azman buys a van at RM 90000. Using the flat rate deprecation method and a depreciation
rate of 15% per year,
(a) determine the book value of the van at the end of 3 year, [2]
(b) find the number of years Azman will sell the van if he plans to sell the van when its
scraps value reaches RM9000. [2]

2. The cost function and revenue function in RM for a furniture company is given by
45000 3 ) (
2
+ = x x C and x x R 750 ) ( = . The company produces x units of table daily. Find
(a) The break-even quantities. [2]
(b) Using the marginal approach, determine the number of units of table that must be
produced in order to maximize the profit. [3]
(c) Find the maximum profit in RM. [1]

3. A company manufactures three types of products A, B and C from two raw materials P and
Q. The amounts of the raw materials used are shown in the following table.
Raw material
Amount (g) required per unit or product
A B C
P 5 2 1
Q 1 2 4
Profit per unit (RM) 10 12 12

Every day the raw materials available are at most 3 kg and 2 kg for P and Q respectively.
(a) Formulate the above problem as a linear problem to maximize the profit. [3]
(b) By using the simplex method, determine the quantity for each type of product that
should be produced in order to maximize the total profit, Hence, state the maximum
profit obtained. [7]

4. The following table shows the activities for a project and their preceding activities and
duration.
Activity Preceding activities Duration (weeks)
A - 2
B - 3
C - 6
D A 9
E B 5
F C 9
G B,D 5
H F 4
(a) Draw a network diagram for the project showing the earliest start time and the latest
start time for each activity. [5]
(b) Determine the critical path. [1]
(c) Find the minimum time required to complete the project. [1]
(d) Calculate the total float of each activity of the project. [1]
(f) If each activity requires one worker, determine the minimum number of workers
required if the project is to completed in minimum completion time. [3]


5. A company decides to operate with a backorder inventory policy for its product. The
company expects to sell 6000 units of an electronic component per year. The cost per unit is
RM30 and the ordering cost is RM90 per order. The holding cost of this product is RM2.50
per unit per year and the backorder cost is RM 3.50 per unit per year.. The lead time to
receive an order is 5 working day. The company operates 250 days per year.
(a) Find the optimum economic order quantity. [2]
(b) Determine the reorder point. [3]
(c) Calculate the minimum total annual inventory costs. [3]


6. A two-person zero-sum game for players A and B is represented by the pay-off matrix
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4 2 1
6 5 3
3 2 1

(a) Show that the game has a stable solution. [3]
(b) State the value of the game. [1]
(c) Determine the optimal strategy for each player. [2]




Section B [15 marks]
Answer any one question in this section.

7. Two year ago, En. Lee deposited RM5000 in a saving account in Bank A at an annual
interest rate 10% compounded every six months. At the same time, he deposited RM 100 at
the end of every month in another account in Bank B at an annual interest rate 6%
compound monthly. Today, he intends to withdraw all his money from both accounts to pay
part of the 10% down payment for a new car. The price of the car is RM90000.
(a) Calculate the effective rate corresponding to a nominal interest rate 10% per year
compounded every six months. [2]
(b) Calculate the total withdraws from both accounts. [7]
(c) Find the additional amount to settle the down payment. [2]
(d) En. Lee plans to take up a loan from a finance company to settle the 90% balance of
the price of the car. The company charges 5% interest compounded monthly and the
loan is payable in 8 years. Find the monthly payment. [4]

8. The demand and supply functions for an item are
2
50 ) ( x x D y = = and
10 3 ) ( + = = x x S y respectively, where x represents the number of item and y represents the
prices in RM.
(a) Find the market equilibrium point. [3]
(b) On the same graph, sketch the demand and supply curves and shade the consumers
and producers surplus regions. [4]
(c) Determine the consumers surplus and producers surplus. [8]




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