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O-LevelMathematicsAlgebra and graphs4024/11 · May/June 2010 · Q133 Marks

Two families ordered three basic food items from their local shop. The Jones family ordered 1 bag of sugar, 4 cartons of milk and 3 loaves of bread. The Singh family ordered no sugar, 3 cartons of milk and 5 loaves of bread. Their orders can be represented by the matrix A where A = ( 1 0 ) ( 4 3 ) ( 3 5 ) The cost of a bag of sugar is 80 cents, the cost of a carton of milk is 50 cents and the cost of a loaf of bread is 40 cents. This information can be represented by the matrix B where B = (80 50 40).

  1. (a)Work out BA.[2]
  2. (b)What does the matrix BA represent?[1]

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Topic
Algebra and graphs, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 3 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, May/June 2010 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 13.

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