Day 3 Coaching
Day 3 Coaching
Day 3 Coaching
3. A vertical pole AB has B at the ground level and A at the top. From
a certain point C on the ground, a man finds that the angle of
elevation of the point A is 60 degrees. He moves away from the pole
along the line BC to a point D such that CD=7m. From D, the angle of
elevation of the point A is 45 degrees. Find the height of the pole.
a. 14.32 m
b. 16.56 m
c. 17.32 m
d. 15.55 m
4. Given p2 +q2 =1. Find the maximum value of p + q if both p and q are
positive real numbers.
a. 1/3
b. √2
c. √3
d. 1/√2
5. Find the shortest distance between the line y-x=1 and the curve x=y2
3√2
a. 8
√3
b. 4
2√3
c. 8
3√2
d. 5
8. Find the equation of the circle that goes through the points (1,2)
and (3,4) and radius =2.
a. (x-1)2 + (y-4)2 = 4 and (x-3)2 + (y+2)2 = 4
b. (x-1)2 + (y-4)2 = 4 and (x-3)2 + (y-2)2 = 4
c. (x-1)2 + (y-4)2 = 4 and (x+3)2 + (y-2)2 = 4
d. (x-1)2 + (y-4)2 = 4 and (x+3)2 + (y+2)2 = 4
9. Given: x2 - 4y2 + 2x +32y -27 =0. Find the foci of the hyperbola.
a. (−1, 4 − 3√5) and (−1, 4 + 3√5)
b. (1, 4 − 3√5) and (1, 4 + 3√5)
c. (−1, 4 − 2√5) and (−1, 4 + 2√5)
d. (−1, 2 − 3√5) and (−1, 2 + 3√5)
12. Find the area of the circle whose center is at (2, -5) and
tangent to the line 4x + 3y -8 =0.
a. 3pi
b. 6pi
c. 9pi
d. 12pi
17. A businessman found out that his profit varies as the product
of the amount spent for production and the square root of the amount
spent for advertisement. If his total budget for these expenses is
1.5 million, how much must be allocated for production to maximize
his profit?
a. 1 million
b. 0.5 million
c. 0.8 million
d. 0.75 million
𝑥 𝑑𝑥
18. Evaluate ∫ 𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 2 +2.
a. ½ arc tan (x2 + 1) + c
b. 1/3 arc tan (x2 + 1) + c
c. ½ arc tan (x + 1) + c
d. 1/3 arc tan (x3 + 1) + c
20. Twice the middle digit of a three digit number is the sum of
the other two. If the number is divided by the sum of its digit, the
answer is 56 and the remainder is 12. If the digits are reversed,
the number becomes smaller by 594. Find the number.
a. 432
b. 147
c. 852
d. 258
21. Eight men can dig 150 ft of trench in 7 hours. Three men can
backfill 100 ft of the trench in 4 hours. How long will it take 10
men to dig and backfill 200 ft of trench.
a. 9.87 hrs
b. 9.12 hrs
c. 9.45 hrs
d. 9.61 hrs
22. A spotlight is on the ground 20ft away from the wall and a 6ft
tall person is waliking toward the wall at a rate of 2.5 ft/sec. How
fast is the height of the shadow changing when the person is 8 feet
from the wall? Is the shadow increasing or decreasing at this time?
a. -0.4533
b. -2.0833
c. -0.5433
d. -2.0444
23. Find the area bounded by the x-axis, the line x=4, and the
curve y=sq.rt of x
a. 14/3
b. 16/3
c. 20/3
d. 18/3
25. Find the volume generated by the region bounded by the curve
y =16x and the line x=4, rotated about the line x=4.
2
a. 136.5
b. 375.3
c. 281
d. 428.8
26. Find the region area of the region bounded by y=x2-5x+6, the x-
axis, and the vertical lines x=0 and x-4.
a. 5
b. 17/3
c. 16/3
d. 6
30. At what time between 8 and 9’o’clock will the minute hand coincide
with the hour hand?
a. 8:42.5
b. 8:43.2
c. 8:43.6
d. 8:43.9
𝜋𝑥
32. Evaluate: lim(2 − 𝑥)tan 2 .
𝑥→1
a. 𝑒 2𝜋
b. 𝑒 2/𝜋
c. 0
d. Infinity
35. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (1,1), (3,-3)
and (5,-3).
a. 4 s.u.
b. 10 s.u.
c. 7 s.u.
d. 12 s.u.
36. The price “p” of beans, in dollars per basket, and the daily
supply “x”, in thousands of baskets, are related by the equation px
+ 6x + 7p = 5950. If the supply is decreasing at the rate of 2000
baskets per day, what is the rate of change of daily basket price of
beans when 100000 baskets are available?
a. 2.35
b. 3.15
c. 1.05
d. 4.95
37. Find the area of the hexagon ABCDEF formed by joining the points
A(1,4), B(0,-3), C(2,3), D(-1,2), E(-2,-1), and F(3,0).
a. 24
b. 20
c. 22
d. 15
38. A balloon leaving the ground 18m from the observer rises 3m/s.
How fast is the angle of elevation of the line of sight increasing
after 8 sec?
a. 0.12 rad/s
b. 0.08 rad/s
c. 0.03 rad/s
d. 0.06 rad/s
39. A man 1.8 m tall is walking at the rate of 1.2 m/s away from a
lamp post 6.7 m high. At what rate is the tip of his shadow receding
from the lamp post?
a. 2.16 m/s
b. 1.83 m/s
c. 1.64 m/s
d. 1.78 m/s
41. Find the slope of the line having a parametric equation y=4t3+6 and
x=t3+1.
a. 1
b. 3
c. 2
d. 4
42. The radius of a circle is 30o and the length of a chord is 44 in. Find the
angle subtended at the center.
a) 36o1’39”
b) 94o20’2”
c) 80o30’46”
d) None of these
43. Given the series, 6, 9,12, 15,………,171. Find the sum of the series.
a) 4936
b) 4912
c) 4956
d) 4982
44. Which of the following equations has -i, i, and 0 as its only
roots?
a. X3-1=0
b. X3-x=0
c. X3+1=0
d. X3+x=0
45. Find the term involving x8 in the expansion of (x2+ 1/x)16?
a)18720x8
b)17820x8
c)12870x8
d)18270x8
46. At what time between 8 and 9’o’clock will the minute hand coincide
with the hour hand?
e. 8:42.5
f. 8:43.2
g. 8:43.6
h. 8:43.9
47. The angle of depression of a ship viewed at a particular
instant from the top of a 75m vertical cliff is 30 degrees. The ship
is sailing away from the cliff at constant speed and 1 minute later
its angle of depression from the top of the cliff is 20 degrees.
Determine the speed of the ship in km/h.
a. 4.21
b. 5.12
c. 4.57
d. 5.76
48. The angle of elevation, 30 ft from the tree, of the top of tree
is three times the angle of elevation at a point 150ft from it. Find
the height of the tree.
a. 55.4 ft
b. 56.7 ft
c. 57.6 ft
d. 58.5 ft
49. A parabola has the origin as its focus and the line x=2 as the
directrix. Find the vertex of the parabola.
a) (0,1)
b) (0,2)
c) (2,0)
d) (1,0)
50. Find the radius of the circumscribing circle if the inscribed
triangle has sides 5, 7, and 10.
a. 5.38
b. 5.22
c. 5.12
d. 5.48
51. Evaluate the limit of (3x^2 +2x+1)/(x^2 +x +1) as x approaches
infinity.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1
52. Find the equation of the normal to x2 + y2 =1 at the point
(2,1).
a. y = 2x
b. x = 2y
c. 2x + 3y = 3
d. x +y =1
53. Compute the volume of revolution of the solid generated by
rotating the region enclosed by y=ex and the x-axis from x=0 and
x=1.
a. Pi/2
b. 4pi
c. pi
d. 2pi
54. Find the centroid of the area under the cuve y=4-x2 in the
first quadrant.
a. (0.6,1.6)
b. (0.6,1.8)
c. (0.75,1.8)
d. (0.75,1.6)
55. Find the length of the curve y = ex from x=0 to x=1.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 11
d. 9
56. Determine the area of the triangle bounded by the straight
lines: x+2y-7=0, 3x-4y-1=0, and 2x-y+6=0.
a) 10
b) 20
c) 15
d) 25
57. The line segment joining the points (-3,5) and (9,2) is trisected.
The points of trisection are
a) (0,2) and (1,4)
b) (1,4) and (5,3)
c) (4,2) and (3,8)
d) (0,0) and (5,5)
59. The velocity with which the bullet will hit the ground.
a. 175.66m/s
b. 167.56m/s
c. 176.75m/s
d. None of the above
60. Find the time for the bullet to hit the ground
a. 22.68 sec
b. 26.28 sec
c. 28.62 sec
d. None of the above
61. A stone is thrown vertically upward from the ground with a velocity
of 48.3 ft/sec. Two second later another stone is thrown vertically
upward with a velocity of 96.6 ft/sec. How far above the ground will
the stones be at the same level?
a. 1.4 sec
b. 4.1 sec
c. 2.3 sec
d. 3.2 sec
63. The rated speed of highway curve of 60m radius is 45km/hr. If the
coefficient of friction between the tire and the road in Question
number 11 is 0.5, what is the maximum speed at which a car can round
the curve without skidding?
a. 60kph
b. 68kph
c. 76kph
d. 82kph
65. A ball is dropped from the top of a tower 24.38m high at the same
instant that a second ball is thrown upward from the ground with an
initial velocity of 12.19m/s. Determine the relative velocity at the
point where the balls pass each other.
a. 19.62m from the top of the tower
b. 4.76m from the bottom of the tower
c. 4.76m from the top of the tower
d. None of the above
66. A homogenous ladder 18ft long and weighing 120 lb rests against a
smooth wall. The angle between the ladder and the floor is 70
degrees. The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the
floor is 0.25. How far up the ladder can a 180lb man walks before
the ladder slips?
a. 14.6 ft
b. 16.4 ft
c. 3.4 ft
d. None of the above
67. Six weights 30, 20, 40, 25, 15 and 45 hang in one plane from a
horizontal support at a distance 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 ft respectively
from the wall. What single force would replace these six weights?
a. 175 lb, 5.74 ft from the wall
b. 175 lb, 6 ft from the wall
c. 175 lb, 6.33 ft from the wall
d. 175 lb, 6.77 ft from the wall
68. The 2225 N block is in contact with 45 deg incline. The coefficient
of static friction is 0.25. Compute the value of the horizontal
force P necessary to just start the block up the incline.
a. 3780.23
b. 3807.23
c. 3708.32
d. None of these
69. Given the set of concurrent forces passing through the origin and
the point A,B, and C. 100 N through (3,4,2); 60 N through (4,1,-2);
and 80 N through (2,-3,3). Determine the resultant of the concurrent
forces.
a. 142.19N
b. 36.203N
c. 62.121N
d. 159.34N
70. Force P is directed at an angle of 𝛼 from x-axis and the 200N force
is acting at a slope of 5 vertical to 12 horizontal. Find P and 𝛼 if
the resultant is 500N to the right along the x-axis.
a. 324.63N, 13.71 deg
b. 342.63N, 17.32 deg
c. 432.63N, 34.71 deg
d. 423.63N, 37.41 deg
a. 142.19
b. 36.2
c. 62.1
d. 159.34
90. Two equal resistors are connected in series across a certain supply.
If the resistances are now connected in parallel across the same supply,
then the power produced will be ____ that of the series connection.
a. Two times
b. Four times
c. One half
d. One fourth
97. The bird perching on a high power line does not get electric
shock. This is because ___.
a. The whole body of the bird sitting on the live wire is at the
same potential and hence no current flows through the body.
b. The whole body of the bird sitting on the live wire is at zero
potential and hence no current flows through the body.
c. The air medium between the live wire and the earth contains large
number of charged particles.
d. All of these statements are false.