MATH 122
THARAKA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF
BACHELOR
MATH 122: BASIC MATHEMATICS
STREAMS: P/T TIME: 2 HOURS
DAY/DATE: MONDAY 06/04/2020 8.30 A.M. – 10.30 A.M.
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)
(a) Define
(i) Set [1 mark]
(ii) Tautology [1 mark]
(iii) Proposition [1 mark]
(b) Construct a truth table for 𝑃 ∧ 𝑅 ⟺ ∼ 𝑃 ∨ 𝑄 [4 marks]
(c) Let 𝑓: 𝐴 ⟶ 𝐵 where 𝐴 = {1, 2, 3, 4} and 𝐵 = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑}. Determine whether 𝑓 is a
bisection given that 𝐹(1) = 𝑎, 𝐹(2) = 𝑐, 𝐹(3) = 𝑑 and 𝐹(4) = 𝑎 [4 marks]
(d) Given that 3𝑛 + 2 is odd. Prove that n is odd [5 marks]
3𝑥 2 +12
(e) Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = . Find 𝑓(3) [2 marks]
4𝑥+1
(f) If a club has 20 members, how many different four member committee are possible
[4 marks]
(g) Prove that cos 𝜃 (tan 𝜃 − sec 𝜃) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 1 [4 marks]
(h) If the third term of a geometric progression is the square of the first term and the fifth
term is 64. Find the first term and common ratio [4 marks]
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QUESTION TWO
(a) Let 𝑈 = {𝑤, 𝑦, 𝑥, 𝑧, 2, 4, 6} be a universal set
Set 𝐴 = {𝑤, 𝑥, 2}, 𝐵 = {𝑧, 4, 6}. Find
(i) (𝐴 𝑈 𝐵)𝑐 [2 marks]
(ii) 𝐴𝑐 ∪ 𝐵 𝑐 [2 marks]
(iii) (𝐴 − 𝐵) 𝑈 (𝐵 − 𝐴) [2 marks]
(b) Use mathematical induction to prove that 1 + 3 + 5+. . +(2𝑛 − 1) = 𝑛2 for all 𝑛 ∈ 𝜇
[5 marks]
(c) Prove that if 𝑛 is odd, then 𝑛3 is odd [5 marks]
(d) Define the terms
(i) Valid argument [2 marks]
(ii) Logical equivalence [2 marks]
QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
(a) Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 , 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 4 and ℎ(𝑥) = 1⁄4 𝑥
Find
(i) (𝑓𝑜𝑔𝑜ℎ)𝑥 [2 marks]
(ii) (𝑔𝑜𝑓𝑜ℎ)𝑥 [3 marks]
(iii) 𝑔−1 (𝑥) [3 marks]
(b) Negate the statement “every student in class has done cat I [2 marks]
(c) Check whether (𝑃 ∧ 𝑞) 𝑉 ∼ 𝑟 → 𝑞 ⟷ 𝑟 is a tantology or not [5 marks]
(d) Given that 𝐴 = 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑡 and 𝐵 = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐}, show that 𝐴𝑋𝐵 ≠ 𝐵𝑋𝐴 [5 marks]
QUESTION FOUR
(a) With the inverse and converse of the statement, “If you are a registered student, then you
can access library services in campus”. [2 marks]
(b) Determine whether the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 from Z to z is one to one. [3 marks]
(c) Find the modulus and conjugate of
2−𝑖
𝑍= [5 marks]
√2+4𝑖
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(d) Prove that √2 is irrational by contradiction [5 marks]
(e) Find the first three terms of the sequence 𝑎𝑛 = (1 + 𝑖)𝑛 , 𝑖 = √−1. Hence find the sum of
the first three terms [5 marks]
QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
(a) List the members of the set 𝐴 = {𝑥: = 2𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 6 = 0} [3 marks]
(−1)
6 k +1
(b) Evaluate 2k [4 marks]
k =1
(c) In a survey of 60 people, it was found that
25 read the daily nation
26 read the standard
9 read both daily nation and Kenya times
11 read both nation and standard
8 read both standard and Kenya times
3 read all the three newspapers
(i) Fill the correct number of people in a Venn diagram where N, S and T denote the
number of people who read nation, standard and Kenya times newspapers
respectively. [8 marks]
(ii) The number of people that read at least one of the three newspapers [3 marks]
(iii) The number of people who read exactly one of the newspapers [2 marks]
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