METHODIST UNIVERSITY END OF 3RD TRIMESTER 2012 (EVENING) EXAMINATIONS FACULTY:SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT:PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES UNIT CODE: MATH 110 UNIT TITLE:LINEAR ALGEBRA 1 TIME:2 hours Instructions: Answer question one and any other two questions. Question One (30 marks) Find the determinant of the following matrices. -4 8 (2 marks) 0 1 1 -3 -2 (3 marks) 2 -4 -3 -3 6 +8 Find the values of x and y if:(5 marks) x + 2y 14 = 4 14
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Questions 1. The thirteen colonies were ruled by what country? 2. Which of the following states were one if the original 13 colonies? Mississippi‚ Alaska‚ Kentucky‚ New Jersey‚ or Ohio? 3. If many people came to New England for freedom of religion‚ what can you infer about life in the 17th century Europe? 4. What was a major difference between Middle and New England colonies? 5. What did the settlers of the 13 colonies have in common? 6. If you wanted to go to a bustling plantation‚ which colony
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MBAA 604 Activity 1.4 – Case Study 1: Emerging Markets: Brazil’s Quest for Comparative Advantage 1. Why is Brazil’s agriculture so competitive? Why do its manufacturing industries lack competitiveness? ANSWER: Although Brazil’s products within the agricultural market are not rare or hard to imitate‚ its industry is able to produce more using a fraction of the resources compared to other countries‚ all while still maintaining a high standard of quality. This allows Brazil to become the world’s
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CHAPTER 8 Linear Programming Applications Teaching Suggestions Teaching Suggestion 8.1: Importance of Formulating Large LP Problems. Since computers are used to solve virtually all business LP problems‚ the most important thing a student can do is to get experience in formulating a wide variety of problems. This chapter provides such a variety. Teaching Suggestion 8.2: Note on Production Scheduling Problems. The Greenberg Motor example in this chapter is largest large
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live‚ what to avoid‚ what to seek‚ how to get it. We need that guidance not only in isolated cases‚ but in the most fundamental questions in our lives: What kind of person do I want to be? What lifestyle do I want? What purpose or goals should I seek? Ethics is the branch of study dealing with what is the proper course of action for us as humans. It answers the question‚ "What do I do?" It is the study of right‚ wrong‚ good and bad‚ in human endeavors. It is the method by which we categorize our
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Part One: Short Answers 1. What is the primary and secondary purpose of the website? The primary purpose of the Justice and Police Museum website is to inform viewers about the history of Australia’s justice system‚ police force and criminal past. This site also provides information about the location‚ admission prices and things to do as well as certain things people can learn about such as forensics and notable figures in historical Australian crime. The secondary purpose of this website is to
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ISSN 2039‐2117 Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 (6) November 2011 Maximization of Profit in Manufacturing Industries Using Linear Programming Techniques: Geepee Nigeria Limited Fagoyinbo‚ I. S. * Akinbo‚ R. Y. * Ajibode‚ I. A.* * Department of Mathematics and Statistics‚ Federal Polytechnic‚ Ilaro‚Ogun State‚ Nigeria ** Olaniran‚ Y.O.A ** Department of Marketing‚Federal Polytechnic‚ Ilaro‚Ogun State‚ Nigeria Abstract Any
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GENETIC PROGRAMMING: AN INTRODUCTION AND SURVEY OF APPLICATIONS M.J. Willis*‚ H.G Hiden*‚ P. Marenbach+‚ B. McKay* and G.A. Montague* * Symbolic Optimisation Research Group (SORG) Dept. of Chemical and Process Engineering University of Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU‚ UK + Institute of Control Engineering Darmstadt University of Technology Landgraf-Georg-Strasse 4 D-64283 Darmstadt‚ Germany {Mark.Willis‚ H.G.Hiden‚ Ben.McKay‚ Gary.Montague} @ncl.ac.uk http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/sorg mali@rt.e-technik
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Question 1 a) Examine and review critically the four areas of marketing communication. Provide examples where necessary. (10 marks) b) Explain in detail the basic pricing strategies. Give examples to support your answers. (10 marks) Question 2 Identify and describe the most often used sources of differentiation. Give examples to support your answers. (20 marks) Question 3 Ursula is a marketing manager for a bathroom tile company. She is trying to figure out if her firm needs
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Linear Programming Tools and Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization by David Alexander Griffith Pritchard A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfillment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Combinatorics and Optimization Waterloo‚ Ontario‚ Canada‚ 2009 c David Alexander Griffith Pritchard 2009 I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis‚ including any required final revisions
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