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DSC1630/101/3/2016

, DSC1630/101/3/2016




Tutorial Letter 101/3/2016


Introductory Financial Mathematics
DSC1630

Semesters 1 and 2


Department of Decision Sciences


This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.




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,Contents

1 General information 7
1.1 Introduction and welcome
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Purpose and outcomes of the module
. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 Lecturers and contact details
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4 Module related resources
. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.5 Student support services for the module
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.5.1 Contact with fellow students
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.6 Module specific study plan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.6.1 Study material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.6.2 Study time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.6.3 Calculator .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.6.4 Study methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.6.5 Self-evaluation exercises
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.7 Assessments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.7.1 Self-evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.7.2 Compulsory assignments
. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.7.3 Submission of assignments
. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.8 Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.9 Frequently asked questions
. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2 First semester compulsory assignments 17
2.1 Compulsory Assignment 01
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Compulsory Assignment 02
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3 Compulsory Assignment 03
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.4 Compulsory Assignment 04
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3 Second semester compulsory assignments 39
3.1 Compulsory Assignment 01
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39



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3.2 Compulsory Assignment 02
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.3 Compulsory Assignment 03
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.4 Compulsory Assignment 04
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

4 Self-evaluation exercises and solutions 61
4.1 Self-evaluation exercises
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.1.1 Self-evaluation exercise. 1. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.1.2 Self-evaluation exercise. 2. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.1.3 Self-evaluation exercise. 3. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4.1.4 Self-evaluation exercise. 4. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.1.5 Self-evaluation exercise. 5. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.1.6 Self-evaluation exercise. 6. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.1.7 Self-evaluation exercise. 7. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.1.8 Self-evaluation exercise. 8. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.2 Solutions:self-evaluation exercises
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.2.1 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.2.2 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.2.3 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
4.2.4 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
4.2.5 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
4.2.6 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
4.2.7 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
4.2.8 Solution to self-evaluation exercise
. . 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

5 Additional exercises and solutions 119
5.1 Additional exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
5.1.1 Additional exercise 1. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
5.1.2 Additional exercise 2. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
5.1.3 Additional exercise 3. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
5.1.4 Additional exercise 4. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
5.1.5 Additional exercise 5. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
5.1.6 Additional exercise 6. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
5.1.7 Additional exercise 7. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
5.2 Solutions:additional exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
5.2.1 Solution:additional exercise 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
5.2.2 Solution:additional exercise 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143



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