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MAT 1310 Tutorial Sheet 4

This tutorial sheet for MAT 1310 at Eden University covers topics on surds and absolute value functions, requiring students to work on specific problems as a group assignment. Students must submit their answers by April 18, 2025, and the assignment includes various mathematical tasks related to surds, rationalization, and modulus functions. The document outlines detailed questions and exercises for students to complete, emphasizing understanding and application of mathematical concepts.

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MAT 1310 Tutorial Sheet 4

This tutorial sheet for MAT 1310 at Eden University covers topics on surds and absolute value functions, requiring students to work on specific problems as a group assignment. Students must submit their answers by April 18, 2025, and the assignment includes various mathematical tasks related to surds, rationalization, and modulus functions. The document outlines detailed questions and exercises for students to complete, emphasizing understanding and application of mathematical concepts.

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Eden University

School of Natural Sciences


Department of Applied Sciences and Engineering
MAT 1310: Mathematics Methods I
Lecturer: Mr. Kafunda T
Tutorial Sheet 4: Surds and Absolute Value (Modulus) Functions, 2025

Instructions: From this tutorial sheet, students are required to answer and sub-
mit the following questions as group assignment :
8(b), 9 , 13, 14(b), 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Each group should contain 30 students of the same tutorial group.
Date of Submission:April 18, 2025

Surds

1. What is the difference between pure and mixed surds? Give an example for
each. Convert each of the following to a mixed surd
√
(a) 200
√
(b) 18
√
(c) 5 64

2. Convert each of the following to a pure surd


√
(a) 2 3
√
(b) 4 3 10
1√
(c) 4 2
7
3. State the laws of surds (at least four of them) that you know and apply each
of them.(Use your own examples)
q
81
√
4. Express 3 625 in the form a 3 b, in the simplest form where a and b are
rational numbers.
√ √
5. Express 6 × 5 in the form p, where p is an integer.
√ √
6. Express 7 4 3 in the form 4 p, where p is an integer.
√
3
√ √
7. Arrange in ascending order: 2, 3 and 6 5

8. Rationalize the denominator in the following expressions:


√ √
2√2−√3
(a) 5 2− 3
.
1
(b) √ √
3− 2+1
1
(c) √ √ √
2− 5+ 3
√
3+2 2 √
9. If √ = a + b 2, find the rational numbers a and b.
3− 2
√
2+2 3 √
10. If √ = x + y 3, find the integers x and y.
2−2 3
11. Simplify without using tables or a calculator:

3 cos2 45◦ cos 42◦ + tan2 60◦ sin 48◦ − 9 cos 60◦ cos 42◦

√ √
3√2+5√6 √
12. Express 3 2−5 6
in the form a + b c, where a, b, and c are rational numbers.
State the values of a, b, and c.
√ √
13. Given that x = 1 + 2, express x + x1 in the form a + b c, where a, b, and c
are rational numbers.

Absolute Value (Modulus) Functions

14. Prove that for all x, y, z ∈ R

(a) |xy| = |x||y|.

(b) |x + y| ≤ |x| + |y|.

(c) |x − y| = |y − x|.

(d) |x + y + z| ≤ |x| + |y| + |z|.

15. A delivery drone is flying along a straight path modeled by the function:

d(t) = |2t − 6|

where d(t) represents the drone’s distance from its warehouse (in km) after
t minutes.

(a) Express d(t) as a piecewise function

(b) Find the domain and range of d(t).

(c) Sketch the graph of d(t).

(d) At what time(s) is the drone 10 km away from the warehouse?

(e) When is the drone closest to the warehouse?

(f) Calculate the time range for which the minimum distance between the
drone and its warehouse is 4km.
16. Mike who is MAT 1310’s class representative has a company whose profit (in
thousand Kwacha) is given by the function:

P (x) = |7x − 35|

where x represents the number of products (in hundreds) sold.

(a) Express P (x) as a piecewise function

(b) Find the domain and range of the company’s profit function.

(c) Sketch the graph of company’s profit function.

(d) How many products must be sold to make zero profit?

(e) Find the number of products needed to be sold for P (x) ≤ 21

17. Mr. Kafunda designed office tables for Eden University and recommended
that they should have length = 200cm, width = 100cm and height = 15cm,
but due to manufacturing variations, the actual height is given by:

h = 15 + |e|

where e is the error in cm.

(a) Express the acceptable height range using a modulus function if the
error is between −0.3 cm and +0.3 cm.

(b) Find the domain and range of h(e).

18. The deviation of temperature in the auditorium from a normal room tem-
perature of 22°C is given by the function:

T (t) = |22 − t|
where T (t) is the actual temperature in the auditorium at time t hours.

(a) Find the domain and range of T (t).

(b) Sketch the graph of T (t).

(c) At what times does the temperature drop below 10°C in the auditorium?

(d) When does the temperature reach exactly 12°C in the auditorium?

19. A student in the School of Natural Sciences modeled the velocity of a bounc-
ing tennis ball in the Chapel as:

v(t) = |t2 − 16|

where v(t) is the velocity in m/s at time t.

(a) Find the domain and range of v(t).

(b) Sketch the graph of v(t).

(c) At what time(s) is the velocity equal to zero?

(d) Find the value(s) of t for which v(t) ≤ 9

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