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MTE-04
Assignment Booklet
Bachelor’s Degree Programme
MTE-04
ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA
(Valid from 1st July, 2013 to 31st March, 2014)

It is compulsory to submit assignment before
filling the exam form
School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi
2013
Dear Student,
Please read the section on assignments in the Programme Guide for Elective Courses that we sent you
after your enrolment. A weightage of 30 per cent, as you are aware, has been earmarked for continuous
evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment for this course. This assignment is in
this booklet.
Instructions for Formating Your Assignments
Before attempting the assignment please read the following instructions carefully.
1) On top of the first page of your answer sheet, please write the details exactly in the following format :
ROLL NO.:………………………….
NAME:………………………….
ADDRESS:………………………….
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COURSE CODE:………………………….
COURSE TITLE:………………………….
ASSIGNMENT NO.:………………………
STUDY CENTRE:………………………... DATE:…………………….…….
PLEASE FOLLOW THE ABOVE FORMAT STRICTLY TO FACILITATE EVALUATION AND

TO AVOID DELAY.
2) Use only foolscap size writing paper (but not of very thin variety) for writing your answers.
3) Leave a 4 cm. margin on the left, top and bottom of your answer sheet.
4) Your answers should be precise.
5) While solving problems, clearly indicate which part of which question is being solved.
6) The assignment is valid up to only March, 2014. If you fail in this assignment or fail to submit it by
March, 2014, you have to get the assignment for the July 2014 cycle and submit it as per the
instructions given in the programme guide.
Please retain a copy of your answer sheets.
Wish you luck!

ASSIGNMENT
(To be done after studying Blocks 1 and 2)
Course Code : MTE-04

Assignment Code : MTE-04/TMA/2013-14
Total Marks : 100
1. Which of the following statements are true? Give reasons for your answers. (This means that if
you think a statement is false, give a short proof or an example that shows it is false. If it is true,
give a short proof for saying so. For instance, to show that ‘1, padma, blueis a set’ is true, you
need to say that this is true because it is a well-defined collection of 3 objects.)
i) For any two sub sets A and B of a set U, AB=BA.

ii) The contrapositive of ‘If Lalita is good at mathematics, then her daughter passes the maths
exam’ is the statement ‘If Lalita is not good at mathematics, then her daughter fails the
maths exam’.
iii) The geometric representations of z and z1 (for z  0, z  C) are the reflections of each
other in the x-axis.
 
iv) Arg  .
4 4
v) Any polynomial over Q can have at most one root in C \ R.
vi) If a  R, then det ([a])  0.
vii) If 1,, 10 are positive real numbers with arithmetic mean A, then their harmonic mean
is A1.
viii) Any two linear equations in the variables x and y will have infinitely many common
solutions.
ix) {Descartes, DeMorgan, }is a set.
x) A matrix representation of x+yz=3 is
 1 
 1 
[x y z]   = [3]. (20)
  1 
2a) Apply Ferrari’s method, followed by Cardano’s method, to solve x42x3x2+2x=0. (12)
b) Find the roots of 32x4144x3+214x2117x+18=0 given that the sum of two of its roots equals the
sum of the other two roots. (6)
c) Obtain a polynomial over R with least degree, having 2i3 as a root. (2)
3a) A firm with 3 retail stores has 10 TVs, 15 stereos and 12 recorders in the first store; 20 TVs, 14
stereos and 5 recorders in the second store; and 25 TVs, 15 stereos and 7 recorders in the third
store. Express the present inventory in matrix form. (3)
b) Find the determinant of 2A, where A is the matrix obtained in 3(a) above. (4)
c) Explain why Cramer’s rule can be applied for solving the following system of equations. Also apply
the rule to obtain the solution.
6x5y3z = 0
x+12y4+2z = 0
2y+8z+23x = 0 (8)
(Note : Make sure you verify your solution.)
4a) Represent the set V of vowels of the English alphabet, the set F of integral factors of 15 and the set
M of non-negative multiples of 3 by the property method as well as the listing method. Also
represent them in a single Venn diagram. What universal set did you choose?
Further, give two distinct ways of representing the empty set using some or all three of these sets.
(11)
b) Prove the absorption law, for any two sets A and B. (5)
c) The successor of the set A is defined to be Find the successors of {1,2} and
{5,{ }}. (4)
5a) Show (23i)  (a+ib) in an Argand diagram, where a,b  R. (3)
b) Obtain the 5th roots of 4+3i. Also show them in an Argand diagram. (5)
c) Obtain in terms of sines and cosines of multiples of . (5)
d) If det (A) = a+ib, then what is det(iA), where A is a 33 matrix? (2)
6a) The following equations give the quantity supplied (Qs) and quantity demanded (Qd) at the price (P)
for the related markets of two products A and B. The equilibrium price is obtained when Qs = Qd for
each. Find the equilibrium conditions for each market, using the substitution method.
QdA = 823PA+PB QdB = 92+2PA4PB

QsA = 5+15PA QsB = 6+32PB (5)
b) If , then prove that
where and (5)

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MTE-04

Bachelor’s Degree Programme

(Valid from 1st July, 2013 to 31st March, 2014)

STUDY CENTRE:………………………... DATE:…………………….…….

PLEASE FOLLOW THE ABOVE FORMAT STRICTLY TO FACILITATE EVALUATION AND

4) Your answers should be precise.

Please retain a copy of your answer sheets.

Wish you luck!

Course Code : MTE-04

i) For any two sub sets A and B of a set U, AB=BA.

5a) Show (23i)  (a+ib) in an Argand diagram, where a,b  R. (3)

c) Obtain in terms of sines and cosines of multiples of . (5)

QdA = 823PA+PB QdB = 92+2PA4PB

b) If , then prove that

where and (5)

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