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    mathcity.org Merging man and maths B.Sc. Mathematics Paper Pattern Mathematics A Course (Punjab University) Available online @ http://www.mathcity.org‚ Version: 2.0.2 Paper A (Mathematics A Course) (Attempt 2 questions out of 4) Section I Ø Ch # 1 Complete + Ex 2.1‚ 2.2‚ 2.4 → Calculus Ø Ex 2.5 + Ch # 3 → Calculus 2Q 2Q Recommended: ………………………….…………………… (Attempt 2 questions out of 4) Section II Ø Ex 6.1 to 6.4‚ 6.6‚ 6.7 Ø Ch # 8 (Ex 8.1 to 8.12) → Calculus → Calculus

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    to make math sense. Whenever the order of operation is not indicated by grouping symbols‚ there is a standard order of operations to be followed. That order is Exponents‚ Multiplication‚ Division‚ Addition and Subtraction from left to right. In mathematics‚ more than in some other forms of written expression‚ ambiguity must be eliminated. Otherwise‚ different people may assign different meanings to the same symbols‚ and communication is faulty. Ambiguity is eliminated using grouping symbols and the

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    Bailey Busse Geometry‚ Hour 3 Mrs. Wilton November 30‚ 2013 Mathematics in a Marketing Career One of the top questions a math teacher hears is "when are we going to use this in real life?" It’s actually a very interesting question. No matter what career field you’re planning on going into‚ chances are you’ll use some form of math in your job and daily life. Whether you’re using complex math like an architect will use‚ or simple math like

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    Name _______________________________________ Score ______________________ Section __________________________ REVISING IN MATHEMATICS IV A.Y. 2014 - 2015 (Science Class) General Directions: Analyze the following statements then write the correct answer. I. MULTIPLE CHOICES Directions: Read the following test items carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer. 1. Which of the following is a polynomial function? a. P(x) = 3x-3 – 8x2 + 3x + 2 c. P(x) = 2x4 + x3 + 2x + 1 b

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    The ancient Maya used a mathematical system that is “vigesimal.” A vigesimal counting system is based on 20 units (0 - 19)‚ instead of the 10 unit (0 - 9) based counting system that we use today called the decimal system. The decimal mathematical system widely used today is believed to have possibly originated by counting the number of fingers that the average person has. Counting with our fingers gives us our ten unit based metric system. It is believed that the Maya possibly began counting with

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    The Mayan Code‚ also known as the Mayan Script and the Mayan Hieroglyphs‚ was the writing system of Ancient Maya. The oldest account of it being used was found inside a Mayan pyramid in 2006 and found to be from around 300 BC (“Mayan Writing”). Attempts to break the Mayan Code began in 1832 and continued until the early 1950s‚ when breakthroughs in the Code were made‚ allowing more glyphs to be figured out. The first thing to be decoded were the Mayan numbers in 1832‚ allowing Mayan years to be matched

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    During A.D. 300 and 900 mayans flourished through much of Central America and in Yacatan in Southeren Mexico. It is said that there could be many reasons for the dissappearance‚ or the decline of the Ancient Mayan Civiliztion. There are many theories about the mayan civilization that some think was due to lack of food‚ frequent warfare‚ and over population. The decline started around A.D. 900‚ the Mayas left thier stone palaces and abandond their cities. That soon was barred by the jungle but the

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    Extra Class In Mathematics Practice Paper #2 September 2‚ 2010 1. If h(x) = 1 + 3x and k(x) = x +2 ( CXC 1999 # 5 ) evaluate: a) hk (x) b) hk(4) c) (hk)-1 (x) 5 marks 2. Given that : f : x 3 – x and g: x x + 2 x – 5 a) Calculate g(2) b) State the value of x for which g(x) is NOT defined c) Derive an expression for gf(x) d) Calculate the value of f-1 (4)

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    In all areas of science and most areas of life‚ a fundamental and logical understanding has seemed to be the only form of understanding that I can fully accept. Mathematics embodies this‚ which is why I find the subject so stimulating and why I aim to study it at university. I have found maths to be an extremely elegant subject‚ particularly Calculus and Proof by Induction. I still find the fundamental concept of taking an infinitely small section of a parabola to allow the gradient to be constant

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    accomplishments span from exemplary literary works‚ such as those of Cicero‚ Virgil‚ and Goethe; to philosophical breakthroughs of men like Rene Descartes who said‚ “I think therefore I am”‚ and finally to the unprecedented discoveries in the fields of mathematics and science. Among all the civilizations of time‚ those of the Pre-Columbian Era seem to have successfully applied mathematical concepts‚ mainly geometry and algebra‚ in a somewhat uncanny manner. One cannot all but question how engineers of today’s

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