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Three businessmen Mwanzia,Godana and Macharia decided to buy a bus. The marked price of the bus was shs.7,200,000.The dealers agreed that the three men could pay a deposit of 40% of the money and the rest to be paid within one year. Mwanzia,Godana and Macharia raised the deposit in the ratio 2:3:4 respectively. The balance plus 10% interest on the outstanding amount was to be paid to the dealer from the proceeds from the bus operations in the same ratio as the deposits. The businessmen agreed to jointly save 15% of the proceeds for maintenance. During the year the bus realized shs.8,044,000.
(a)How much of the deposit did Godana contribute?
(b)How much of the remaining amount did Macharia pay at the end of the year?
(c)After paying the remaining amount at the end of the year, how much money was Mwanzia left with?
Date posted:
February 25, 2019
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Janet and Martha both drive a distance of 96km but Martha average speed is 16km/hr slower than Janet's and consequently she takes 30 minutes longer to complete the journey. Calculate Janet's average speed.
Date posted:
February 25, 2019
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A two digit number is four times the sum of its digits.If the digits are interchanged the number formed is more than the original number by twenty seven.Find the number.
Date posted:
February 20, 2019
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The ratio of the interior to the exterior angle of a regular polygon is 9:1.Find the number of sides of the polygon.
Date posted:
February 20, 2019
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State four types of variation in Time series.
Date posted:
February 14, 2019
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State two approaches to Time series.
Date posted:
February 14, 2019
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The average lap time for 3 athletes in a long distance race is 36 seconds, 40 seconds and 48 seconds respectively.
If they all start the race at same time, find the number of times the lowest runner will have been over lapped by the fastest at the time all cross the starting point together again.
Date posted:
February 2, 2019
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Line L1 passes through the points A (1,2) and B (3, -4). Find the equation of L2 passing through the mid-point of AB and perpendicular to L1, leaving your answer in the form ax+by+c=0
Date posted:
February 2, 2019
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Mutua has 21 coins. The total value of the coins is Kshs. 72. There are half as many ten shillings coin as there are five shilling coins. If the rest are one shilling coin, find the number of five shilling coins mutual has.
Date posted:
February 2, 2019
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Portfolio manager wants to purchase a stock.if inflation decreases, the Probability is 0.9 that investment will be profitable. If inflation remains constant or increases, the Probability is 0.6 that investment will be profitable. Assume Probability that inflation rate declines is 0.3. what is the Probability that investment will be profitable?
Date posted:
January 25, 2019
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Find the angle between the vectors u=2i+2j and v=3i-2j.correct to one decimal place
Date posted:
January 24, 2019
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Consider the function f(x)=x²-7x+10 in the interval [2<=x<=5].Verify Rolle's theorem. (3Marks)
Date posted:
January 23, 2019
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State Rolle's theorem. (2 Marks)
Date posted:
January 23, 2019
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Define the term Differential equation. (2 Marks)
Date posted:
January 23, 2019
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Why are premiums paid in advance?
Date posted:
December 27, 2018
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Express 8,200,000 in standard form
Date posted:
December 17, 2018
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Explain what are quadrilaterals giving an example
Date posted:
December 8, 2018
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What is the supplementary angle to 130 degrees
Date posted:
December 8, 2018
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If the mass of a tin is given as 2kg to the nearest 10g,find the percentage error
Date posted:
December 8, 2018
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Explain what are surds in mathematics giving an example of a surd
Date posted:
December 8, 2018
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Explain the difference between cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers.
Date posted:
December 8, 2018
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What is the area of a square whose diagonal is 10 cm?
Date posted:
November 23, 2018
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If £100 is invested at compound interest of 8% per annum,determine
(a). The value after 10 years
(b). The time correct to the nearest year it takes to reach more than £300.
Date posted:
October 21, 2018
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Find the unit vector perpendicular to the vectors
a=2i+j+k
b+3i-j+2k
Also find the angle between a and b
Date posted:
October 13, 2018
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What are the measures of deviation?
Date posted:
October 9, 2018
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A committee of 8 lecturers is to formed out of 6 science, 8 arts teachers and a physical instructor.
Determine the number of ways the committee can be formed if:
I) Any teacher can be included in the committee
II) There should be 3 science and 4 arts teachers in the committee
Date posted:
October 1, 2018
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Find the number of sides of a polygon whose interior angle is 165 degrees
Date posted:
September 9, 2018
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In arithmetic the 8th term is twice the 4th term and 20th term is 40. find the common difference and the sum of 8th to 20 term inclusive. 2, The house on one side of a major street are a sign odd numbers starting with 11. If the sum of the numbering is 155. find the number of houses along the street
Date posted:
September 5, 2018
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Given the coordinates of A and B as (4,2) and (8,2) respectively, find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB.
Date posted:
August 30, 2018
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Sixteen men working at a rate of nine hours a day can complete a piece of work in 14 days. How many more men working at a rate of 7 hours a day would complete the same job in 12 days?
Date posted:
August 29, 2018