Japan-IMF Scholarship Program For Asia 2017-2018 Basic Mathematics Aptitude Test
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program For Asia 2017-2018 Basic Mathematics Aptitude Test
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Reference Number:
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! Example questions 1:
Solve the following expression:
1 4
+
2 2
! Example questions 2:
Simplify the following expression:
a2
a × 10 +
a
Answer: 11a
1 5 25
× 10 + ÷
4 4 2
Answer:
1/2
ax (ax )
3a1−x
Answer:
1
a
Answer:
ex ex = e4+x
Answer:
4x2 (5 + x)
20x + 4x2
Answer:
2
a
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1. Deduce the equation of a line whose slope is 1.2 and which passes through the point (2, 5).
Answer:
Answer:
ln(x + 6) = 0
Answer:
2
&
ixi−1 = 1
i=1
Answer:
a = (xa )2
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3
a
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Answer:
6x − 7 5
f (x) = . (x ̸= )
8x − 5 8
Answer:
∂2 f
3. Find the partial derivative ∂x∂y when f (x, y) = (8x − 4y)5 .
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Answer:
∂f
5. Given constants a b, and c, find ∂x when
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4
a
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(b) [3 points] Find the determinant of C.
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(a) [2 points] Find the local maximum and minimum of the function.
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(b) [3 points] Given the function below
f (x) = bx2 − x − c
i. Specify “the condition of the parameter b” that this function has a local minimum.
ii. Find this point.
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