2026 YTSS P1 Q24

2026 YTSS P1 Q24

Secondary 4
7 marks

Tickets to a concert were sold. The seats were divided into 3 sectors, A, B and C.

On Friday, 56 Sector A tickets, 84 Sector B tickets and 78 Sector C tickets were sold.

On Saturday, 62 Sector A tickets, 76 Sector B tickets and 95 Sector C tickets were sold.

  1. Represent this information in a \(2\times3\) matrix, \(E\).[1]
  2. The price per ticket is \$20 for Sector A, \$15 for Sector B and \$12 for Sector C.
    Write down a column matrix \(F\) to represent the price per seat.[1]
  3. Evaluate the matrix \(G=EF\).[2]
  4. State what each element of matrix \(G\) represents.[1]
  5. Using matrix multiplication, find the total amount of money collected from selling all of the tickets.[2]

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Answer:(a) \(E=\begin{pmatrix}56&84&78\\ 62&76&95\end{pmatrix}\). (b) \(F=\begin{pmatrix}20\\ 15\\ 12\end{pmatrix}\). (c) \(G=\begin{pmatrix}3316\\ 3520\end{pmatrix}\). (d) Friday’s and Saturday’s revenues. (e) \$6836.

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