University of Santo Tomas

Senior High School

A.Y. 2018-2019

Problem Set on Piecewise Functions

I. An internet cafe has a flat rate of P15 for the first hour of playing, surfing. An additional P10 is charged for
every hour in excess afterwards.
a) Construct the mathematical model.

b) Find the amount you paid if

i) you spend three hours for a day in the internet café.

ii) you spent an hour each day for three days in the internet café.

II. You want to earn extra income during the summer break. You decided to sell summer shirts. The wholesaler
has the following conditions: If you purchase 100 shirts or below, each shirt costs P120; if you purchase
between 100 and 300 shirts, the price per shirt is lowered to P110; if you get 300 shirts or more, the original
price per shirt is lowered by P15.
a) Construct the mathematical model.

b) How much will you pay the wholesaler if you ordered (i) 100 shirts? (ii) 250 shirts? (iii) 400 shirts?

III. Jose rides a jeepney to go to school which is 14 km away from his house. The fare rate is P8.00 for the first 4
km and an additional P1.25 for every kilometer or a fraction of it thereafter.
a) Construct the mathematical model.

b) How much is Jose’s back-and-forth jeepney fare?

III. A certain museum charges admission to groups given the following policy: Groups fewer than 30 are charged
at a rate of ₱250.00 per person, while groups of 30 people or more are charged at a discounted rate of ₱218
per person.
a) Construct a piecewise function expressing the amount a group will be charged as a function of its size.

b) How much will a group of 29 people save in total admission cost if they can recruit one more member?
IV. A new mobile phone plan offers unlimited text to all networks and has the following schedule of charges:
Basic charge, including 100 minutes of calls Php 400 per month
2nd 100 minutes of calls Php 1.50 per minute
Additional minutes of calls Php 2.00 per minute

a. Construct a function that relates the monthly charge C for x minutes of calls.

b. What is the charge for 160 minutes of calls?

c. What is the charge for 250 minutes of calls?

V. Suppose that a community tax law reads as follows:

Annual Gross Earnings Community Tax Due

Less than or equal to Ᵽ120,000 Ᵽ0
More than P120,000 but not over Ᵽ240,000 1% of income over Ᵽ120,000
Over Ᵽ240,000 5% of income over Ᵽ120,000

1) Represent the income tax payment schedule using a piecewise defined function.

2) What is the community tax due given an annual gross earnings of

a.) Ᵽ48,340 b.) Ᵽ435,000

3) If the community tax due is Ᵽ400.00, what is the annual gross earning?