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MATHEMATICS – REFRESHER PART III 5. The error of scale on the map is 0.02 mm. The map has a scale of
1:350,000. Find the error of measurement on the ground. (CE NOV
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following 2000)
questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each item by shading the box A. 5m B. 6m
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. C. 7m D. 8m
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.
SOLUTION:
emap
The complete factored form of  5  x   14  5  x   49 is 1
2
1. 
eactual 350000
A.  x  2 2  x  B.  x  2 x  2 0.02 1

C.  x  2 2
D.  x  22 eactual 350000
eactual  7000 mm  7 m
SOLUTION:
ANSWER: C. 7 m
 5  x 2  14  5  x   49
6. The volume of a hemisphere varies directly as the cube of its radius.
25  10x  x 2  70  14x  49 3
The volume of a hemisphere is 20.75 cm when the radius is 2.54 cm.
x 2  4x  4 When the radius is 3.25 cm, determine the volume of a sphere of the
same material?
 x  2 2 A. 43.45 cm
3
B. 33.97 cm
3

3 3
C. 67.90 cm D. 86.94 cm
ANSWER: D.  x  2
2
SOLUTION:

2. The logarithm of the product of M and N is 1.602059991 and the V  R3

logarithm of their quotient is 0.397940008. Determine the value of N. V1 V
A. 4 B. 6  2
R13 R23
C. 10 D. 12
20.75 V2
SOLUTION: 
2.543 3.253
log MN  1.602059991
V2  43.4677 cm3  volume of hemisphere 2
MN  10 1.602059991
 EQ1 Volume of sphere 2:
M 2V2  86.9355 cm3
log    0.397940008
N 3
ANSWER: D. 86.94 cm
M
 100.397940008  EQ2
N
7. A container is filled with 70 liters which is 40% alcohol by volume.
Solve EQ1 and EQ2: How much of a mixture must be taken and then replaced with equal
M  10 amount of water so that the resulting solution is 30% alcohol by
N4 volume?
ANSWER: A. 4 A. 15 liters B. 17.50 liters
C. 20 liters D. 22.50 liters
th
3. Find the 7 term in the sequence 1, 1, 1/2, 1/6, 1/24… (CE MAY SOLUTION:
2016)
A. 1/720 B. 1/120 0.40  70   0.40  x   0  x   0.30  70  x  x 
C. 1/64 D. 1/48 x  17.50 liters
SOLUTION: ANSWER: B. 17.50 liters

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8. A car takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to travel from point A to point B.

, , , , , ,
0! 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! How long will the journey be if the speed is 1.50 times the original
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th speed?
A. 6 hrs B. 5 hrs
1 1
7th =  C. 4 hrs D. 3 hrs
6! 720
SOLUTION:
ANSWER: A. 1/720
S  V1t1  V2t 2

4. The sum of the first “n” terms of a progression is 32n1  6 . Determine

 V1  7.5   1.5V1  t 2
th th
the quotient of the 9 and 7 terms. (CE NOV 2016) t 2  5 hours
A. 9 B. 729 ANSWER: B. 5 hours
C. 81 D. 6561
SOLUTION: 9. Runners A and B could run a distance of 1000 m in 130 seconds and
138 seconds respectively. If they run at the same time and at the
Sum of first n terms: point of origin, how far does runner B behind runner A up to the time
Sn  32n2  6 runner A finished running?
A. 57.97 m B. 48.51 m
nth term in the sequence: C. 65.12 m D. 78.20 m
an  Sn  Sn 1
SOLUTION:
a7  S7  S6
1000
VA   7.6923 m/s
a7   3    6    3    6 
2 7 1 2 6 1
130
    1000
a7  1417176 VB   7.2464 m/s
138
a9  S9  S8 SA  1000 m
a9   3    6    3    6  SB  VB t A   7.2464 130   942.0290 m
2 9 1 2 8 1
   
SA  SB  57.9710 m
a9  114791256
th th ANSWER: A. 57.97 m
Quotient of the 9 and 7 terms:
a9 114791256
 10. A man can row 20 km downstream in the same time it takes him to
a7 1417176 row 8 km upstream. He rows downstream for 1.5 hours, then rows
a9 back for 3 hours but finds that he is still 3 km away from his starting
 81 position. Determine the rate of the stream.
a7
A. 2 kph B. 3 kph
ANSWER: C. 81 C. 5 kph D. 6 kph

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SOLUTION: cos  x  y   cos 143.1301  36.8699 

t downstream  tupstream cos  x  y   1
Sdownstream Supstream ANSWER: D. 1

Vdownstream(relative) Vupstream(relative)
Sdownstream Supstream sin2   cos2 
 14. Simplify: (CE NOV 2016)
V  Vs V  Vs tan 
20 8 A. tan B. cot 

V  Vs V  Vs C. sec  D. cos
20  V  Vs   8  V  Vs  SOLUTION:
12V  28Vs  0  EQ1
sin2   cos2  1
  cot 
Sdownstream  Supstream  3 tan  tan 
Vdownstream(relative)t downstream  Vupstream(relative)tupstream  3 ANSWER: B. cot
 V  Vs  1.5    V  Vs  3   3
1.5V  4.5Vs  3  EQ2 15. Evaluate: sin x  tan x  cot x  (CE NOV 2018)

Solve EQ1 and EQ2 simultaneously: A. secx B. cscx

V = 7 kph (velocity of rowing) C. sinx D. cosx
Vs = 3 kph (velocity of stream)
SOLUTION:
ANSWER: B. 3kph
sin x  tan x  cot x 
11. Three distinct positive integers have a sum of 15 and a product of 45.
 sin x cos x 
What is the smallest of these integers?  sin x   
A. 1 B. 5  cos x sin x 
C. 7 D. 9  sin2 x  cos2 x 
 sin x  
SOLUTION:  cos x sin x 
 
x  y  z  15  EQ1 1
  sec x
 x  y  z   45  EQ2 cos x
Diophantine Equations: ANSWER: A. secx
- More unknowns than equations
- Trial and error solution 16. Two angles of a triangle are 43.3° and 103.2°. The side opposite the
- Unknowns must be positive whole numbers obtuse angle has length 2.7 units. Determine the lengths of the two
From EQ1: other sides of the triangle. (CE NOV 2015)
z  15  x  y A. 1.53 units, 1.90 units B. 0.98 units, 0.86 units
Substitute in EQ2: C. 3.83 units, 2.17 units D. 4.76 units, 3.35 units
 x  y 15  x  y   45 SOLUTION:
Try the choices: Let:
A. x = 1  y=5 A = 43.3°
B. x = 5  y=1 B = 103.2°
C. x = 7  y = 0.9062 C = 180 – A – B = 33.5°
D. x = 9  y=1 b = 2.7 units (side opposite the obtuse angle)
If: Sine Law:
x = 1, y = 5, then z = 15 – 1 – 5 = 9 a b c
 
Thus: sin A sinB sinC
Smallest of the integers is 1 a 2.7 c
 
ANSWER: A. 1 sin  43.3  sin 103.2  sin  33.5 
a  1.9020 units
12. Twice the explement of a certain angle A is ten times its complement.
Which of the following gives the value of angle A in gradians? b  1.5307 units
A. 175 B. 105 ANSWER: A. 1.53 units, 1.90 units
C. 70 D. 25
SOLUTION: 17. Two insects fly from the same point but towards different directions.
One flies at a speed of 12.2 m/min while the other flies at 17.4 m/min.
Explement of A  360   The angle between their flight directions is 84.1°. Find the distance of
Complement of A  90   the two insects after 2.1 minutes.
A. 24.24 m B. 35.35 m
2 Explement of A   10  Complement of A 
C. 42.42 m D. 53.53 m
SOLUTION:
2  360  A   10  90  A 
Let:
A  22.5
V1 = 12.2 m/min
400 grads V2 = 17.4 m/min
A  22.5   = 84.1
360
A  25 gradians Distance traveled by each insect after t = 2.1 minutes:
S  Vt
S1  12.2 2.1  25.62 m
ANSWER: D. 25 gradians

13. Find the exact value of cos  x  y  , given sinx  3 / 5 , cosy  4 / 5 , x S2  17.4  2.1  36.54 m
is an angle in Quadrant II, and y is an angle in Quadrant I. Distance between the two insects after t = 2.1 minutes:
A. 0 B. 1 Cosine Law
C. 0.5 D. −1 S2   25.62   36.54   2  25.62 36.54  cos  84.1
2 2

SOLUTION: S  42.4158 m
sin x  3 / 5 ANSWER: C. 42.42 m
x  36.8699  Quadrant I
x  143.1301  Quadrant II
cos y  4 / 5
y  36.8699  Quadrant I

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18. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of one triangle is 3 units Area of spherical triangle:
more than its base while the altitude of the other is 3 units less than    2
its base. Find the altitudes if the areas of the triangles differ by 21 A  E  R
square units.  180 
  
A  102     30 
A. 4, 10 B. 5, 12 2
C. 8, 15 D. 2, 9  180 
SOLUTION: A  510  1602.2123 cm2
2
b1  b2  b ANSWER: D. 1602.21 cm
h1  b1  3  b  3
22. Solve for x  y in the equation 1  2i x  yi  7  4i (CE MAY 2015,
h2  b2  3  b  3
CE MAY 2017)
A1  A 2  21 A. 1 B. 3
1 1 C. 5 D. 7
b1h1  b2h2  21
2 2 SOLUTION:
1 1
b  b  3   b b  3   21 1  2i x  yi  7  4i
2 2
b7 x  yi  2xi  2yi2  7  4i
x  2y  1  7  2xi  yi  4i
h1  b  3  10
h2  b  3  4 x  2y  7   2x  y  4  i

ANSWER: A. 4, 10 x  2y  7  0  EQ1
2x  y  4  0  EQ2
19. Given ABC: A = 32°, C = 77°, and a = 14 inches. Determine the
area of ABC. Solve EQ1 and EQ2:
2 2 x3
A. 150 in B. 160 in
C. 170 in
2
D. 180 in
2 y2

SOLUTION: xy 325

A  B  C  180 ANSWER: C. 5
32  B  77  180
B  71 23. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle with a known diameter of
25 cm. Side AB is the diameter of the circle, angle ACD is 30°, and
1 2 sinB sinC angle BDC is 20°. Determine the length of side BC. (CE MAY 2015)
Area  a
2 sin A A. 8.55 cm B. 12.5 cm
2 sin  71 sin  77 
1 C. 6.04 cm D. 16.07 cm
Area  14 
2 sin  32  SOLUTION:

Area  168.9411 in2 170 in2

2
ANSWER: C. 170 in
2
20. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 m . The angle included
between the equal sides is 30°. Determine the length of the third side.
(CE MAY 2015)
A. 3.11 m B. 6.21 m
C. 5.80 m D. 11.59 m
SOLUTION:
Peripheral Angle Theorem:
  2  20  40
Cosine Law:
BC2  12.5 2  12.5 2  2 12.5 12.5  cos 
BC  8.5505 cm
ANSWER: A. 8.55 cm

24. A concurrent force system in space is composed of three forces

Area = 36 m
2 described as follows: P1 has a magnitude of 126 kN and acts through
 = 30° the origin and point x = −1, y = 5, z = −3. P 2 has a magnitude of 93 kN
and acts through the origin and point x = 5, y = −4, z = 6. P 3 has a
1 2 magnitude of 38 kN and acts through the origin and point x = 4, y =1,
Area  x sin 
2 z = −3, where x, y and z are in meters. Determine the x-component of
1 2 the resultant force.
36   x  sin  30 A. 48.05 kN B. 57.48 kN
2
x  12 m C. 32.93 kN D. 61.50 kN
SOLUTION:
 30  z 2 z 2
sin    x  12 Components of force P1:
 2 
d1x  1, d1y  5, d1z  3
z  6.2117 m
ANSWER: B. 6.21 m d1  dx 2  dy 2  dz2  35

21. d1x 1
Find the area of a spherical triangle whose angles are 125°, 73°, and
84°. The radius of the sphere is 30 cm.
P1x 
d1
P1  126  21.2979 kN
2 2
35
A. 1062.21 cm B. 1206.21 cm
C. 1260.21 cm
2
D. 1602.21 cm
2 Components of force P2:
d2x  5, d2y  4, d2z  6
SOLUTION:
Spherical Excess: d2  dx 2  dy 2  dz2  77
E  125  73  84  180
d2x 5
E  102 P2x 
d2
P2   93  52.9917 kN
77
Components of force P2:

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d3x  4, d3y  1, d3z  3 SOLUTION:

d3  dx 2  dy 2  dz2  26 F  s 
1
2

m Vf 2  Vi2 
1  9800 
P3x 
d3x
P3  
4
38   29.8097 kN  T  9800  5   2  9.81   2 2  0 2 
d3 26  
T  10,199.5923 N
x-component of the resultant force, R x: T  10.1996 kN
Rx  P1x  P2x  P3x
ANSWER: C. 10.20 kN
Rx   21.2979    52.9917    29.8097 
Rx  61.5035 kN 30. A force of 200 lb acts on a block at an angle of 28° with respect to the
horizontal. The block is pushed 2 feet horizontally. What is the work
ANSWER: d. 61.50 kN done by this force? (ME APR 1998)
A. 335 Joules B. 894 Joules
25. Runners A and B could run a distance of 1000 m in 130 seconds and C. 480 Joules D. 655 Joules
138 seconds respectively. If they run at the same time and at the SOLUTION:
point of origin, how far does runner B behind runner A up to the time
runner A finished running? Work  F  s
A. 58.00 m B. 48.51 m Work   200  cos 28  2 
C. 65.12 m D. 78.20 m  1 kg  1 m 
SOLUTION: Work  353.1790 lb-ft   9.81 m/s2  
 2.2 lb  3.28 ft 
VA 
1000
 7.6923 m/s Work  480.1395 N-m
130 Work  480 Joules
1000
VB   7.2464 m/s ANSWER: C. 480 Joules
138
SA  1000 m 31. An advertisement claims that a certain 1200 kg car can be
accelerated from rest to speed of 25 m/s in a time of 8.0 seconds.
SB  VB t A   7.2464 130   942.0290 m
What average power must the motor produce to cause this
SA  SB  57.9710 m acceleration?
A. 52.33 hp B. 46.88 hp
ANSWER: A. 58.00 m
C. 62.84 hp D. 70.22 hp
26. Two airplanes leave the same airport at the same time flying in SOLUTION:
opposite directions. The rate of the faster airplane is 300 mph while Work-Energy Principle:

 
the rate of the slower airplane is 200 mph. After how many hours will 1
the two airplanes be 1000 miles apart? (CE NOV 2015) Work  m V22  V12
2
A. 2 hrs B. 3 hrs
C. 5 hrs D. 8 hrs
1
Work  1200  252  02
2
 
SOLUTION: Work  375,000 N  m
S1  S2  Stotal Power:
V1t  V2 t  Stotal Work 375,000
Power  
300t  200t  1000 time 8
t  2 hours Power  46875 watts  746
ANSWER: A. 2 hrs Power  62.8351 hp
ANSWER: C. 62.84 hp
27. During baseball practice, a batter hits a very high fly ball and then
runs in a straight line and then catches it. Which has a greater 32. A 150 gram ball at the end of a string is revolving uniformly in a
displacement, the player or the ball? (CE MAY 2018) horizontal circle of radius 0.60 m. The ball makes two revolutions in a
A. The batter has greater displacement than the ball. second. What is the centripetal acceleration? (CE MAY 2018)
2 2
B. The ball has a greater displacement than the batter. A. 75.40 m/s B. 94.75 m/s
2 2
C. The batter and the ball has the same displacement. C. 56.85 m/s D. 45.24 m/s
D The ball and the batter have the same distance traveled. SOLUTION:
SOLUTION: Linear velocity of the ball:
Since both the batter and the ball started their motion at the V  R
same location (where the ball was hit) and ended their motion at  rev 2 rad 
the same location (where the ball was caught), the displacement V  2    0.60 
of both was the same.  sec 1 rev 
V  7.5398 m/s
ANSWER: C. The batter and the ball has the same displacement.
Centripetal acceleration:
st
28. At what distance can a 3000 lb car be stopped from a speed of 44 ft/s 1 :
if the coefficient of friction between the tires and road is 0.70? V2
A. 51.45 ft B. 35.59 ft acentripetal 
R
C. 42.95 ft D. 22.54 ft
SOLUTION: acentripetal 
 7.5398 2
0.60
Fs 
1
2

m Vf 2  Vi2  acentripetal  94.7482 m/s2
1

 N  s  2 m Vf 2  Vi2 
nd
2 :
acentripetal  2R
1  3000 
 0.70  3000  s  2  32.2   44 2  0 2   rev 2 rad 
2
  acentripetal   2    0.60 
s  42.9459 ft  sec 1 rev 
ANSWER: C. 42.95 ft acentripetal  94.7482 m/s2
2
29. An elevator weighing 9.80 kN starting from rest accelerates upward ANSWER: B. 94.75 m/s
and attains a speed of 2 m/s after traveling 5 m. Which of the
following most nearly gives the tension in the cable which supports 33. A golf ball of mass 0.045 kg is hit off the tee at a speed of 45 m/s. The
−3
the elevator? golf club was in contact with the ball for 3.510 s. Determine the
A. 10.00 kN B. 10.10 kN impulse imparted to the golf ball. (CE MAY 2018)
C. 10.20 kN D. 10.30 kN A. 5.786 kg-m/s B. 0.158 kg-m/s
C. 2.025 kg-m/s D. 1.286 kg-m/s

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SOLUTION: 38. The radius of the earth is 3960 miles. The gravitational acceleration at
2
the earth’s surface is 32.16 ft/s . Determine the velocity of escape
Impulse is equal to the change in momentum:
from the earth.
Impulse  m  V
A. 5.05 miles/sec B. 6.95 miles/sec
Impulse   0.045  45  C. 8.91 miles/sec D. 9.82 miles/sec
Impulse  2.025 kg-m/s SOLUTION:
ANSWER: C. 2.025 kg-m/s Velocity of Escape:
V  2gR
34. A 23-g bullet traveling at 230 m/s penetrates a 2-kg block of wood and
emerges cleanly at 170 m/s. If the block is stationary on a frictionless V  2  32.16  3960  5280 
surface when hit, how fast does it move after the bullet emerges? (CE V  36,672.2513 ft / s  5280
MAY 2018)
V  6.9455 miles / second
A. 4.60 m/s B. 2.61 m/s
ANSWER: B. 6.95 miles/sec
C. 0.69 m/s D. 1.93 m/s
SOLUTION: 39. In how many ways can a student select a set of 4 structural design
books and 3 hydraulics books from a set of 9 structural books and 5
Conservation of momentum:
hydraulics books? (CE NOV 2016)
m1V1  m2V2  m1V1 ' m2V2 '
A. 1500 B. 1260
m1V1  m2 V2  m1V1 ' m2 V2 ' C. 814 D. 136
 23  230    2000 0    23 170    2000  V2 ' SOLUTION:
V2 '  0.69 m/s 9C4  5C3  1260
ANSWER: C. 0.69 m/s ANSWER: B. 1260

35. A ball of mass 0.440 kg moving east (+ x-direction) with a speed of 40. In a common carnival game, a player tosses a penny from a distance
3.30 m/s collides head-on with a 0.220 kg ball at rest. If the collision is of about 5 feet onto the surface of a table ruled in 1-inch squares. If
perfectly elastic, what will be the speed and direction of each ball after the penny (3/4 inch in diameter) falls entirely inside a square, the
the collision? (CE MAY 2018) player gets his penny back. Otherwise, he loses his penny. If the
A. 1.10 m/s (east) and 4.40 m/s (east) penny lands on the table, determine the player’s chance of winning.
B. 1.10 m/s (west) and 4.40 m/s (east) (CE MAY 2017)
C. 4.40 m/s (west) and 1.10 m/s (east) A. 1/4 B. 1/8
D. 0 and 4.40 m/s (east) C. 1/16 D. 1/32
SOLUTION: SOLUTION:
Coefficient of restitution, e = 1 for perfectly elastic collision: The probability that the coin will be inside the 1-inch square is
V ' V2 ' the probability that the coin’s center falls into the small shaded
e 1 1 square as shown in the figure:
V1  V2
  V1 ' V2 '   V1  V2
  V1 ' V2 '    3.30    0 
 V1 ' V2 '  3.30  EQ1

Conservation of momentum:
m1V1  m2V2  m1V1 ' m2V2 '
0.440 3.30  0.2200  0.440 V1 ' 0.220 V2 '
1.452   0.440  V1 '  0.220  V2 '  EQ2
For r (coin’s radius):
Solve EQ1 and EQ2: 1 3  3
r     inch
V1 '  1.10 m/s  east  2 4 8
V2 '  4.40 m/s  east  For x (side of shaded square):
3 3
ANSWER: A. 1.10 m/s (east) and 4.40 m/s (east)  x 1
8 8
1
36. A ball is dropped from a height of 2.60 m. If the coefficient of x  inch
restitution between the ball and the ground is 0.60, to what height will 4
it bounce? Probability of winning:
A. 1.2467 m B. 1.1804 m area of shaded square
P
C. 1.0580 m D. 0.9360 m area of 1-inch square
SOLUTION: 2
 1
Coefficient of Restitution: 2  
  2 
x 4 1
P
e
h2
12 1 16
h1
ANSWER: C. 1/16
h2
0.60 
2.60 41. Eleven books consisting of five engineering books, four mathematics
h2  0.9360 m books, and two physics books are arranged in a shelf at random.
ANSWER: D. 0.9360 m Determine the probability that books of each kind are arranged
together? (CE MAY 2018)
37. Determine the period of oscillation of a simple pendulum having a
A. 1/2551 B. 1/1155
length of 12 m in Hertz. (CE MAY 2017)
C. 1/6930 D. 1/3468
A. 0.1878 minutes B. 0.1439 minutes
C. 0.1158 minutes D. 0.1612 minutes
SOLUTION:
SOLUTION:
3! 5! 4! 2!
Period of oscillation: P
11!
L
T  2 P
1
g 1155
12
T  2 ANSWER: B. 1/1155
9.81
T  6.9492 seconds  0.1158 minutes
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42. A batch of electronic parts contains 16 that are within power tolerance m = number of models = 7
and 4 that are not. If 3 electronic parts are selected at random from
2bm
the batch, without replacement, determine the probability that all three P
are within power tolerance. (CE NOV 2015) bm
A. 1/285 B. 1/140 2  8  7 
P
C. 25/37 D. 28/57 87
SOLUTION: 112
P  7.4667
15
16(within power tolerance) + 4(not within power tolerance) = 20
electronic parts ANSWER: B. 7.47
Select 3 electronic parts without replacement:
46. According to statistics, 30% of smokers want to quit smoking. In a
 16  15  14  16C3
P  3PT        random sample of 12 smokers, determine the probability that the
 20  19  18  20C3 number of those who want to quit smoking is exactly 6. (CE NOV
P  3PT   28 57 2015)
A. 0.4925 B. 0.0792
ANSWER: D. 28/57 C. 0.1178 D. 0.0961

43. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A SOLUTION:
quality control engineer selects 2 cell phones at random without P1  30%  0.30  want to quit smoking
replacement. What is the probability that neither is defective? (CE
MAY 2016) P2  1  0.30  0.70  do not want to quit smoking
A. 0.9505 B. 0.4009 n  12
C. 0.0955 D. 0.0490 r6
SOLUTION: P  nCr P1 
r
P2 nr
5(defective) + 195(non-defective) = 200 cell phones P  12C6  0.30 
6
 0.70 126
Select 2 non-defective cell phones without replacement: P  0.07925
195C2  195  194  3783
P    ANSWER: B. 0.0792
200C2  200  199  3980
P  0.9505 47. The mean duration of television commercials on a given network is 75
seconds, with a standard deviation of 20 seconds. Assume that the
ANSWER: A. 0.9505 duration time are normally distributed, find the approximate probability
that a commercial will last lesser than 35 seconds.
44. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A
A. 0.0227 B. 0.0255
quality control engineer selects 2 cell phones at random without
replacement. What is the probability that exactly one cell phone is C. 0.0352 D. 0.0372
defective? (CE NOV 2016) SOLUTION 1:
A. 0.049 B. 0.072
Normal Probability Distribution:
C. 0.095 D. 0.014
z2


1 2
SOLUTION: P e z 2dz
2 z1
5(defective) + 195(non-defective) = 200 cell phones z score:
Select exactly 1 defective cell phone without replacement: x
z
5C1 195C1  5  195   195  5  
P     
200C2  200  199   200  199  Where:
x = value
39
P  0.04899  = mean
796
 = standard deviation
ANSWER: A. 0.049 Lower Limit:
0  75
45. Eight eligible bachelors and seven beautiful models purchased z1   3.75
randomly single seats in the same 15-seat row of a theater. On the 20
average, how many pairs of adjacent seats are ticketed for Upper Limit:
marriageable couples? (CE MAY 2017) 35  75
z2   2
A. 4.67 B. 7.47 20
C. 5.33 D. 3.35
2


1 2
SOLUTION: P35  e z 2dz
st
2 3.75
1 solution: P35  0.0227
Number of adjacent pairs:
8  7  1  14 SOLUTION 2:
Mode 3 1
Probability that on the left is a man and on the right is a woman:
 8  7  4 X
PMW     
 15  14  15 1 75 + 20 = 95
2 75 – 20 = 55
Probability that on the left is a woman and on the right is a man:
3
 7  8  4
PWM     
 15  14  15 AC
Shift 1 5 1: P(
Probability that the pair is of different gender: Shift 1 5 4: ►t
P  PMW  PWM
P(35►t)
4 4
P 
15 15 0.0227
8
P ANSWER: A. 0.0227
15
Expected number of different-gender pairs: 48. Light bulbs having a mean life of 2400 hours and a standard deviation
 8  of 62 hours are used for a consignment of 4000 bulbs. Determine the
P  14   percentage of bulbs with a life between 2300 hours and 2500 hours.
 15  (CE NOV 2012)
112 A. 39.28% B. 44.66%
P  7.4667
15 C. 71.90% D. 89.32%
nd
2 solution: SOLUTION:
b = number of bachelors = 8 Mode 3 1

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X SOLUTION 1:
1 2400 + 62 = 2462 S  xy 2
2 2400 – 62 = 2338
S  kxy 2
3
AC x2  y 2  432  1849
Shift 1 5 1: P(
y2  1849  x 2
Shift 1 5 4: ►t
P(2500►t) – P(2300►t)
  
S  kx 1849  x 2  k 1849x  x 3 
ANSWER: D. 89.32%
0.893237 dS
dx
 
 k 1849  3x 2  0

x  24.8261 cm
49. A manufacturer estimates that 0.25% of his output of a component is
defective. The components are marketed in packets of 200. y  1849  x 2
Determine the probability of a packet containing only 2 defective y  35.1094 cm
components using Poisson’s Distribution. (CE NOV 2015)
ANSWER: B. 35.11 cm
A. 0.0126 B. 0.0159
C. 0.0607 D. 0.0758 53. An item’s cost distribution is given as a function of the probability.
SOLUTION: Cost in Pesos Probability
Poisson’s Distribution: 1 0.20
2 0.28
k e
P 3 0.18
k! 4 0.23
Where: 5 0.11
 = average number of events in a specified interval
Determine the expected cost.
.25
  200  0.5 A. ₱2.77 B. ₱7.72
100
C. ₱1.35 D. ₱5.31
k = actual number of successes that occur in the specified
interval SOLUTION:
k=2 E  1 0.20   2  0.28   3  0.18   4 0.23   5 0.11
0.5  e
2 0.5 E  2.77
P  0.07582
2! ANSWER: A. ₱2.77

ANSWER: D. 0.0758 54. One prominent physician claims that 70% of those patients with lung
cancer are chain smokers. If his assertion is correct, find the
50. A manufacturer estimates that 0.25% of his output of a component is probability that of 10 patients with lung cancer recently admitted to a
defective. The components are marketed in packets of 200. hospital, fewer than half are chain smokers.
Determine the probability of a packet containing less than 3 defective A. 0.0344 B. 0.0382
components using Poisson’s Distribution. (CE NOV 2015)
C. 0.0438 D. 0.0473
A. 0.9856 B. 0.8659
C. 0.6985 D. 0.5968 SOLUTION:
Probability using Binomial Distribution:
SOLUTION:
n = 10
Poisson’s Distribution: r = less than 5 = 0 to 4
k e Ps = 0.70
P Pf = 1- Ps = 0.30
k!
4

 10Cx  0.70x  0.3010x 

Where:
 = average number of events in a specified interval P
.25 x 0
  200  0.5 P  0.04735
100
k = actual number of successes that occur in the specified ANSWER: D. 0.0473
interval
k = less than 3 = 0, 1, 2 55. Two cards are drawn in succession from a deck without replacement.
2  0.5k  e0.5 
What is the probability that both cards drawn are greater than 2 but
P   k! 
less than 8? (REE SEPT 2006)
k 0   A. 93/663 B. 94/663
0.50  e0.5 0.51  e0.5 0.52  e0.5 C. 95/663 D. 96/663
P  
0! 1! 2! SOLUTION:
P  0.9856 From a deck of 52 cards  draw 2 cards:
ANSWER: A. 0.9856  2 < both cards < 8
 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7
51. The number of working days lost due to accidents in a factory in the  5(4  H or D or C or S) = 20 cards
12-month period is listed as follows: {6, 4, 2, 1, 3, 6, 1, 3, 5, 9, 2, 9}. Desire = 20C2
nd
Determine the 2 quartile value. (CE MAY 2015) Total = 52C2
A. 1 B. 2.5 Desire 20C2
C. 3.5 D. 6
P 
Total 52C2
SOLUTION: 95
P
Arrange the data in ascending order: 663
1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 9, 9
ANSWER: C. 95/663
nd
2 quartile or median:
median  2nd quartile  average of 6 th and 7 th data 56. A purse has thirty-six 10-peso coins, twenty 5-peso coins, and twenty-
nine 1-peso coins. Three coins are drawn in succession without
34
median   3.5 replacement. Find the probability that the three are 1-peso coins.
2 A. 0.0370 B. 0.0237
ANSWER: C. 3.5 C. 0.0719 D. 0.0151
SOLUTION:
52. The strength of a rectangular beam varies directly to the product of its
36(10-peso) + 20(5-pes0) + 29(1-peso) = 85 coins
width and the square of its depth. Find the depth of the strongest
beam that can be cut from a log whose diameter is 43 cm. (CE MAY
Pick 3(1-peso) coins (without replacement):
2014)
A. 41.33 cm B. 35.11 cm
C. 34.29 cm D. 24.83 cm

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PRACTICE PROBLEMS
29 C3
P  3(1-peso) 
85 C3
1. A line is divided into 10 equal parts. If the length of each part is a
261
 prime number, which of the following is the possible length of the line?
7055 A. 390 B. 290
 0.0.036995
C. 330 D. 210
ANSWER: A. 0.0370
2. If x is a positive integer except 1, then which of the following
57. On a TV quiz show, a contestant is asked to pick an integer at mathematical statements must be true of (x  1)(x)(x  1) ?
random from the first 100 consecutive positive integers, that is, the
integers from 1 to 100. If the number picked is divisible by 9 or 12, the A. It is always negative B. It is always odd
contestant will win a free trip to Palawan. What is the probability that C. It is always divisible by 3 D. It is always divisible by 4
the contestant will win the trip?
A. 17/100 B. 13/100 3. Given the equations ab  1/ 8 , bc  6 , and ac  3 , find the product
C. 11/100 D. 19/100 abc?
SOLUTION: A. 2/3 B. 3/4
Let: C. 4/3 D. 3/2
P(9) = integers divisible by 9
The coefficients of the middle term in the expansion of 1  x 
= 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90, 99 4
4. and
P(12) = integers divisible by 12
= 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96
P(9 and 12) = integers divisible by 9 and 12
1  x 
6
are the same if  equals
= 36, 72 A. −5/3 B. −3/10
P(9 or 12) = integers divisible by 9 or 12) C. 3/5 D. 10/3
P  9 or 12   P  9   P 12   P  9 and 12 
5. A 12-ton concrete mixture consists of 1/6 sand, 1/3 gravel, and 1/2
11 8 2
   cement. If “x” tons of cement are added, the mixture will contain 60%
100 100 100 cement. How many tons of cement must be added?
17 A. 2 tons B. 3 tons

100 C. 5 tons D. 6 tons
ANSWER: A. 17/100
6. American West Airlines has three models of Boeing aircraft in their
58. There are 14 players in a badminton singles tournament. Each player fleet. The 737-300 contains 21 more seats than the 737-200. The
is to play with each other only once. Determine the minimum number 757-200 contains 36 less seats than twice the number of seats in 737-
of days can they all play without any player playing more than one 200. Determine the number of seats for each aircraft if the total
game in any day. number of seats for the three models is 437.
A. 11 days B. 12 days A. 122, 143, 208 B. 155, 106, 176
C. 13 days D. 14 days C. 113, 134, 190 D. 95, 116, 226
SOLUTION:
7. A tank can be supplied by two pipes A and B and can be emptied by a
Total # of games = 14 C2  91
third pipe C. If the tank is empty and all pipes are opened, the tank
Total # of games 91 can be filled in 25 hours. If the tank is full and pipes A and C are
Minimum # of days =   13
# of games per day 7 opened, the tank can be emptied in 5.5 hours. If the tank is full and
pipes B and C are opened, the tank can be emptied in 2.75 hours.
ANSWER: C. 13 days Pipe A supplies 80 L/min more than pipe B. Determine the rate of pipe
B.
A. 97.6 L/min B. 177.6 L/min
C. 257.6 L/min D. 337.6 L/min

8. Two trains are running in the same direction on two parallel tracks.
One train 180 m long is moving at 120 kph and the other train 120 m
long is moving at 180 kph. At a certain instance, the front end of the
faster train is 600 m behind the tail end of the slower train. Find the
distance traveled by the slower train when the front end of the faster
train caught up with its tail end.
A. 1200 m B. 1500 m
C. 1600 m D. 1800 m

9. A survey concerning a group of TV viewers show that: 56% watch

sports; 39% watch movies; 51% watch news; 16% watch sports and
movies; 19% watch movies and news; 30% watch sports and news;
11% watch sports, movies and news. The rest are children who like
watching cartoons only. How many of the TV viewers are children?
A. 15% B. 8%
C. 12% D. 10%

10. All of the students at a certain review center are majoring in

Hydraulics, Structural Engineering, or both. 73% of the students are
Hydraulic majors and 62% are Structural Engineering majors. If there
are 200 students, how many of them are majoring in both Hydraulics
and Structural Engineering?
A. 50 B. 60
C. 70 D. 80

11. The cost for two kinds of air-condition systems for a two-bedroom
apartment are given in the table:
System Cost to install Operating cost per year
Solar ₱29,700.00 ₱150.00
Electric ₱5,000,00 ₱1,100.00
Determine the number of years when the total cost for solar and
electric air-condition systems be equal. (CE NOV 2016)
A. 22 B. 24
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12. The sum of two angles is 1600 mils and their difference is 40 grads. 26. A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. If sides AB = 8 m, BC =
Find the value of the bigger angle in degrees. 15 m, CD = 12 m, and DA = 18 cm, determine the area of the
A. 36° B. 27° quadrilateral.
2 2
C. 63° D. 72° A. 218.91 m B. 285.92 m
2 2
C. 161.93 m D. 193.81 m
13. The sum of the sines of two angles A and B is 3/2 while the sum of
the cosines of the angles is 3 / 2 . Find angle A. 27. Three circles with radii 3.0 cm, 5.0 cm, and 9.0 cm are externally
tangent to each other. Find the area of the triangle formed by
A. 35° B. 45°
connecting their centers.
C. 60° D. 90° A. 43.33 cm
2
B. 47.91 cm
2

2 2
C. 50.25 cm D. 52.67 cm
14. If y  sinx  a and y  cos x  b , find y in terms of a and b.
A. ab B. a2  b2 28. Two tangents OA and OB to a circle intersect at point O outside the
circle. If the area of the smaller segment intercepted by the arc AB is
C. a2  b2 D. a2  b2 30% the area of the circle, find the measure of BOA.
A. 32.91° B. 37.29°
15. A vertical pole was broken by the wind. The upper part still attached, C. 43.33° D. 46.67°
reached a point on the level ground 15 ft from the base of the pole. If
the upper part is 9 ft longer than the lower part, find the height of the 29. A cylindrical tank has a base diameter of 14 m and is half filled with
pole. water. A solid rectangular block is totally submerged into the tank. If
A. 17 ft B. 22 ft the block has dimensions 7 m  9 m  11 m, determine the height that
C. 25 ft D. 30 ft the water will rise inside the tank.
A. 1.13 m B. 3.11 m
16. If the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 8, determine the C. 4.50 m D. 5.40 m
lengths of the segments of the hypotenuse formed by the altitude.
A. 6 and 10 B. 5 and 13 30. The base of a right prism is a regular octagon inscribed in a square
C. 4 and 16 D. 3 and 22 with side 16 m  16 m. If the altitude of the prism is 18 m, find its
volume.
3 3
17. A flagstaff standing on top of a tower 80 ft high subtends an angle of A. 3397.18 m B. 3817.39 m
arctan(1/9) at a point 100 ft from the foot of the tower. Find the height 3 3
C. 4114.33 m D. 4562.11 m
of the flagstaff.
A. 18 ft B. 20 ft 31. A trough whose ends are symmetrical trapezoids with axis vertical is
C. 24 ft D. 30 ft 10 m long. The lower base of the trapezoid is 2 m, the upper base is 6
3
m and the altitude is 4 m. If it contains 100 m of water, find the depth
18. From an office window of a building, a man tried to make vertical of water in the trough.
angular measurements of a tower on a distant field. Using crude A. 3.60 m B. 3.22 m
instruments, he measured the angle of depression of the foot of the C. 2.90 m D. 1.75 m
tower and recorded it to be 6.4°. He then looked at the top of the
tower and recorded an angle of elevation of 42.6°. If the ground is
32. A loud speaker diaphragm is in the form of a frustum of a cone. The
generally level from the foot of the building to the foot of the tower and
end diameters measure 28 cm and 6 cm and the distance between
the man’s eyesight was approximately 3.2 m above the ground. What
them is 30 cm. The lateral surface of the speaker is made of felt
is the height of the tower?
composite material. Determine the area of the felt material needed to
A. 26.23 m B. 27.33 m cover the lateral surface of the speaker?
C. 28.53 m D. 29.43 m A. 1405.37 cm
2
B. 1706.52 cm
2

2 2
C. 1104.22 cm D. 301.15 cm
19. From point A (elevation = 120 m), the angle of elevation of the top of a
building is 29°. From point B, 321 m nearer the building and 19.65 m
33. The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio of 2:3 and the sum of
lower than point A, the angle of elevation of the top of the same 3
their volume is 1260 m . Determine the volume of the larger sphere.
building is 51°. Find the elevation of the top of the building. 3 3
A. 729 m B. 672 m
A. 507.47 m B. 470.26 m 3 3
C. 972 m D. 1050 m
C. 458.86 m D. 439.35
34. A cubical container that measures 2 m on a side is tightly packed with
20. A sine wave given by the function: f  t   3sin  2t  . Determine its eight balls and is filled with water. All eight balls are of the same size
frequency. and are in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent
A. 1/ B. 1/2 balls. Determine the volume of water in the container.
3 3
C. 2/ D. 3/ A. 0.38 m B. 2.50 m
3 3
C. 3.81 m D. 4.20 m
21. What is the algebraic form of the complex number 13e1.176i ?
35. Determine the surface area illuminated by a candle “H” distance from
A. 12 + 5i B. 5 – 12i the surface of a spherical ball of radius R.
C. 12 – 5i D. 5 + 12i
A. 2R2H / (H  R) B. R2H / (H  R)

22. Solve for x in the equation 3ix  5  3i   3  i y  i . C. R2H / (H  R) D. 3R2H / (2H  R)

A. −1/9 B. 1/9
36. A tank has the form of a frustum of a sphere of radius 20 m. Its upper
C. 5/3 D. −5/3
base is 8 m from the center of the sphere and its lower base is 14 m
from the center. Determine the lateral surface area of the tank.
23. For a spherical triangle: angle A = 6319.6’; side b = 12417.8’; and A. 2246.50 m
2
B. 2581.40 m
2

side c = 8316.6’. Determine side a. 2 2

C. 2764.60 m D. 2923.80 m
A. 7224.1’ B. 7224.4’
C. 7224.6’ D. 7224.9’ 37. The central angle of a spherical wedge is 57.3°. Find its volume if its
radius is 4 units.
24. A lot is in the form of an equilateral triangle each of whose sides is A. 47.23 cubic units B. 46.67 cubic units
300 m. Compute the length of the line parallel to one side that will
C. 46.23 cubic units D. 42.67 cubic units
divide the area into two equal parts.
A. 141.42 m B. 212.13 m
38. Find the volume of a spherical sector with a central angle of 30° in a
C. 281.97 m D. 345.68 m
sphere of radius 12 cm.
3 3
A. 123.32 cm B. 184.98 cm
25. In a triangle XYZ, side XY = 18 and side YZ = 6. Find the probable 3 3
C. 61.66 cm D. 92.49 cm
length of side XZ.
A. 10 B. 11
39. Find the volume of the solid generated by rotating the circle
C. 12 D. 13
x2  y2  16 about the line y  14  0 .
A. 6632.37 cubic units B. 4421.58 cubic units
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40. Two cylinders each with radius of 3 m intersect at right angles. Find 55. The equilateral hyperbola xy = 8 has the x-axis and y-axis as
the volume in the first octant common to the two cylinders. asymptotes. Determine the distance between the vertices.
3 3
A. 21 m B. 16 m A. 12 units B. 8 units
3 3
C. 24 m D. 18 m C. 6 units D. 4 units

41. A right circular cone has a radius of 1.20 m at the top and an altitude 2
of 4.80 m. It contains oil at a depth of 2.40 m. What will be the depth 56. Find the area bounded by the curve y  , and the lines y  0 ,
x3
of oil if the cone is inverted?
x  4 and x  5 .
A. 0.21 m B. 0.33 m
A. 5.678 B. 4.389
C. 0.45 m D. 0.67 m
C. 3.695 D. 1.386
42. A steel structural member has a mass of 400 kg. If each of its
dimensions is reduced by 30%, what is the new mass? 57. Find the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the curves
A. 10.8 kg B. 36.0 kg y  sinx , y  cosx and the y-axis
C. 137.2 kg D. 196.0 kg A. 0.833 sq. units B. 0.414 sq. units
C. 1.100 sq. units D. 0.667 sq. units
43. A metal block weighing 240 kg is to be remolded into a wire of length
950 m. The density of the metal is 8.95 g/cc. Find the cross-sectional
58. Determine the area bounded by the curve 3x2  y  0 , and the lines
area of the wire.
A. 0.13 cm
2
B. 0.28 cm
2 y  0 , x  0 , and x  2  0 .
2 2
C. 0.19 cm D. 0.41 cm A. 8 B. 12
C. 16 D. 24
44. Find the distance between the intercepts of the line x  2y  6 .
A. 7.16 units B. 6.17 units 59. Find the area within the curve: r  3  cos3
C. 7.61 units D. 6.71 units A. 7/2 B. 2/7
C. 19/2 D. 2/19
45. A circle passes through the points (2, 8), (−15, 1), and (9, −9). Find
the ordinate of its center. 60. Determine the area bounded by the curve r  6cos  .
A. −1 B. −2 A. 28.27 sq. units B. 12.57 sq. units
C. −3 D. −4 C. 113.10 sq. units D. 50.27 sq. units

46. Find the value of k if 3x^2  3y^2  3x  6y  k  0 represents a point 61. A curve has an equation of y  ex . Determine the centroid from the y-
circle. axis of the area bounded by the curve from x = 0 to x = 1 and the
A. 13/4 B. 15/4 coordinate axes.
C. 3/4 D. 1/4 A. 0.582 units B. 0.782 units
C. 0.882 units D. 0.982 units
47. Determine the equation of the radical axis of the circles
x2  y2  12x  9y  50  0 and x2  y2  25  0 . 62. Determine the location of the centroid of the area bounded by
A. 4x – 3y = 25 B. 4x + 3y = 25 2x  y  6  0 , x  0 , and y  0 .
C. 3x – 4y = 25 D. 3x + 4y = 25 A. (1, 2) B. (1, 2)
C. (1, 2) D. (1, 2)
48. If the equation of the directrix of a parabola is x  5  0 and its focus
is at (1, 0), find the length of its latus rectum. 63. Determine the length of the curve y  4x2/3 from x = 8 to x = 27.
A. 4 B. 6
A. 24.53 B. 25.98
C. 8 D. 12
C. 27.63 D. 28.58

49. For what value of “a” will the graph of x2  4ay pass through the point
64. An area is bounded by the curve y  x2 and the lines y = 0 and x = 2.
(4, 16)?
Find the volume of the solid formed if the area is revolved about the x-
A. 1/8 B. 1/6
axis.
C. 1/5 D. 1/4
A. 12.57 cubic units B. 20.11 cubic units
2 C. 25.13 cubic units D. 40.21 cubic units
50. What is the length of the latus rectum of the curve x = 20y?
A. 20 B. 5 65. Determine the volume of the solid bounded by the coordinate planes
C. 20 D. 5 and the plane 2x  3y  z  6  0 .
A. 4 cubic units B. 5 cubic units
51. Find the equation of the locus of the center of circles that are tangent C. 6 cubic units D. 7 cubic units
to the circle x2  y2  12x  8y  43  0 and the y-axis.
66. Determine one of the horizontal asymptotes of the curve
A. y2  8y  18x  43  0 B. y2  8y  18x  43  0
y2 
 2x  3 2
C. y2  8y  18x  43  0 D. y2  8y  18x  43  0
x2  2x  3
A. 2y – 3 = 0 B. y–3=0
52. Determine the equation of an ellipse with its major axis horizontal,
center at the origin, eccentricity is 1/3, and distance between foci is 2. C. y–2=0 D. 3y – 2 = 0

A. 9x2  8y2  72 B. 9x2  y2  9

Find the differential of y from the function y  x .
x
67.
C. 8x2  9y2  72 D. x2  9y2  9
A. x 1  ln x  dx B. x x 1  ln x  dx
53.
x x  x1  xln x 1  ln x  dx
What is the length of the latus rectum of the curve
x x  x x 1  x x ln x 1  ln x  dx
x
C.   D.
2 2
36x  9y  36  0 ?  
A. 2 B. 4
68. Find the first partial derivative with respect to x of the given function:
C. 1 D. 8
x  2y
z
54. Determine the angle between the asymptotes of the curve x
4x2  16y2  64 2y 2
A. B. 
A. 26.87 B. 53.13 x2 x
C. 75.96 D. 37.98 2y 2
C.  2 D.
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83. The original cost of a certain equipment with an economic life of 10

69. Find dy dx in the equation x3  xy  y2  4 at point (0, 2).
years is ₱120,000.00. The book value after 2 years is ₱82,690.91.
A. 1/2 B. 1 Using Sum-of-Year’s Digit Method of Depreciation, determine the
C. 2 D. 1/4 salvage value at the end of the life of the equipment.
70. In the equation x2  4x  y  4  0 , find the coordinates of the point A. ₱10,000.00 B. ₱11,000.00
C. ₱12,000.00 D. ₱13,000.00
where the abscissa and the ordinate change at equal rates.
A. (1.50, 12.25) B. (1.50, 0.25)
84. A contractor was awarded a four-year contract for trucking services.
C. (0.50, 6.25) D. (0.50, 2.25)
He purchased a dump truck worth ₱1,000,000. The truck can be used
for 20,000 km per year. The estimated fuel consumption is ₱125,000
A particle moves according to the equation s  t  3t  3t  t  3
4 3 2 per year. The dealer agrees to handle all the maintenance cost for 4
71.
where s is in meters and t in seconds. Determine the time when the years at an additional cost of ₱200,000. Salvage value of the truck
velocity is decreasing. after 4 years is ₱300,000. Money is worth 15% per year. Which of the
following most nearly gives the annual cost of the truck not including
A. 0.25 < t < 1.00 B. 0.50 < t < 1.00
the maintenance cost?
C. t < 0.50 or t > 1.00 D. t < 0.25 or t > 1.00 A. ₱245,285.50 B. ₱365,385.70
C. ₱415,185.75 D. ₱515,685.40
72. A particle’s position in the xy-plane at any time t is given by
x  t   2t 2  3 and y  t   t 4 . Determine the y-component of the 85. A manufacturing plant installed a new boiler at a total cost of
particle’s velocity at time t = 5. ₱150,000 and is estimated to have a useful life of 10 years. It is
A. 500 B. 250 estimated to have a scrap value at the end of its useful life of ₱5,000.
C. 20 D. 50 If interest is 12% compounded annually, determine its capitalized
cost.
A. ₱221,230.21 B. ₱218,855.87
73. Water is running out from a conical funnel at a rate of 2 cubic inches
per second. If the radius of the top of the funnel is 4 inches and the C. ₱281,855.78 D. ₱212,230.12
altitude is 8 inches, find the rate at which the water level is dropping
when it is 2 inches from the top. 86. An investment of ₱150,000 is expected to yield a regular annual net
5 4 income of ₱35,000 per year for ten years. Determine the cost-benefit
A. in/sec B. in/sec ratio if money is worth 12% per annum.
9 9
A. 1.3333 B. 1.3184
3 2
C. in/sec D. in/sec C. 1.6571 D. 1.9842
9 9
87. The planning department of Common Office Supplies has been asked
74. From the equation y  ax3  bx2  cx  d , the critical point is located to determine whether the company should introduce a new computer
desk next year. The department estimates that ₱6000 of new
at the origin and the inflection point is at (2, 4). Find the value of “b”.
manufacturing equipment will need to be purchased and that the cost
A. 1/4 B. −1/4 of constructing each desk will be ₱200. The department also
C. 3/2 D. −3/2 estimates that the revenue from each desk will be ₱450. Determine
the revenue R(x) from the sale of “x” desks to break even.
75. The sum of three integers is 57. what is the maximum product of the A. ₱4800 B. ₱10800
three integers? C. ₱14400 D. ₱6400
A. 5280 B. 6859
C. 6080 D. 9050 88. A telephone company has the capacity to produce 500,000 units per
year. The number of units produced this year is 350,000 and the
76. Divide 120 into two parts so that the product of one and the square of number of units sold is 350,000. The company has a total income of
the other is maximum. Find the smaller number. ₱350,000,000. The company has a fixed cost of ₱100,000,000 per
A. 20 B. 40 year and a variable cost of ₱200 per unit. Find the number of units
C. 50 D. 70 that should be produced to break-even.
A. 175,000 units B. 150,000 units
77. It is estimated that between the hours of 12:00PM and 7:00PM the C. 125,000 units D. 100,000 units
speed of a highway traffic flowing past the intersection of EDSA and
89. The resultant of a concurrent force system has a magnitude of 650 N
Ortigas Avenue is approximately S  t3  9t2  15t  45 , in kph,
passing through points (0, 0, 0) and (3, 6, 2). Which of the following
where t is the number of hours past noon. At what time between
most nearly gives the x-component of the resultant force?
12:00PM and 7:00PM is the traffic moving fastest?
A. 185.7 N B. 278.6 N
A. 1:00PM B. 3:00PM
C. 392.3 N D. 422.6 N
C. 5:00PM D. 6:00PM
90. Given the set of concurrent forces passing through the origin and the
78. A manufacturing company has determined that the total cost of
given points:P1 = 300 KN (3, −4, 6); P2 = 400 KN (−2, 4, −5); and P3 =
producing an item can be obtained from the function:
200 KN (−4, 5, −3). Determine the direction cosine of the resultant
C  8x2  1760x  180000 , where x is the number of units that the force on the y-axis.
company is producing. Determine the number of units that the A. −0.514 B. 0.762
company will produce in order to minimize the cost. C. 0.394 D. −0.394
A. 90 B. 110
C. 140 D. 170 91. A system of concurrent forces having the following magnitudes and
passing through the origin and the indicated points: F 1 = 145 kN (−1,
79. Which rate is best for an investor? 5, 3); F2 = 80 kN (5, −4, −6); F3 = 32 kN (4, 1, 3). Which of the
A. 5.5% comp. semi-annually B. 5% comp. monthly following most nearly gives the x-component of the resultant of the set
C. 6% comp. annually D. 5.5% comp. quarterly of forces?
A. 37.65 kN B. 46.18 kN
80. Compute the interest for a principal of ₱200,000 for a period of 8 C. 80.77 kN D. 92.36 kN
years, if it was made at 16% compounded bi-monthly.
A. ₱507,365.97 B. ₱494,312.42 92. Find the angle between the vectors A  i  2j  2k and
C. ₱384,186.30 D. ₱198,316.42 A  4i  j  8k .
A. 48.97° B. 35.44°
81. If the rate of interest is 7% per annum, compounded continuously,
after how many years will a deposit be tripled. C. 68.26° D. 57.67°
A. 19.56 B. 16.23
93. At a certain instant, two cars X and Y are 2000 ft apart. At this instant,
C. 13.62 D. 15.69 2
X has a speed of 15 mi/hr and accelerating at 3 ft/s , while Y is
2
moving towards X at a speed of 30 mi/hr and accelerating at 2 ft/s .
82. A piece of machinery can be bought for ₱10,000 cash or on When will the two cars meet relative to the position of car X?
installment plan of ₱2000 downpayment and ₱750 per year for 15 A. 11 seconds B. 15 seconds
years. What is the annual interest rate for the annual payments?
C. 18 seconds D. 23 seconds
A. 4.6% B. 6.4%
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94. A ball is thrown upward with a speed of 48 ft/s from the edge of a cliff 107. The painted light bulbs produced by a company are 50% red, 30%
432 ft above the ground. How high is the ball from the ground after 5 green and 20% blue. In a sample of 5 bulbs, find the probability that 2
seconds? are red, 1 is green and 2 are blue.
A. 233.30 ft B. 269.50 ft A. 0.09 B. 0.06
C. 328.60 ft D. 467.80 ft C. 0.18 D. 0.13

95. A 50 kg block is pushed by a horizontal force causing the block to 108. A few books are laid out on a desk in the library. Two are Hydraulics,
2
accelerate by 1 m/s . The block has an initial velocity of 5 m/s. The three are Mathematics, one is Design, and four are Surveying.
coefficient of friction between the block and the horizontal floor Student A selects a Hydraulics book and student B then selects a
surface is 0.40. Which of the following most nearly gives the Surveying book. Both students took their selections to the classroom
magnitude of the applied force? to study. If student C then selects a book at random, what is the
A. 224.60 N B. 226.40 N probability that he selects a Surveying book?
C. 246.20 N D. 264.20 N A. 1/8 B. 3/8
C. 1/5 D. 3/5
96. A projectile is fired with a velocity of 300 m/s at an angle of 20° with
the horizontal from the top of a building 30 m high above a level 109. Draw three cards in succession from a standard deck of 52 cards
ground. What is the velocity as it hits the ground? without replacement. What is the probability of obtaining a face card
A. 105.44 m/s B. 256.56 m/s only at the second draw?
C. 281.90 m/s D. 300.98 m/s A. 0.1396 B. 0.1412
C. 0.1474 D. 0.1625
97. Traffic travels at 65 miles per hour around a banked highway curve
with a radius of curvature of 3000 ft. What angle of banking is 110. A box contains 8 green, 9 red, and 12 white balls. If 15 balls are
necessary such that friction will not be required to resist the picked at random without replacement, what is the probability of
centrifugal force? picking 3 green, 8 red, and 4 white balls?
A. 7.16° B. 1.51° A. 0.00332 B. 0.00352
C. 5.37° D. 3.84° C. 0.00322 D. 0.00342

98. A 2 kg brick is moving at a speed of 6 m/s. How large a force F is 111. One bag contains 4 white balls and 3 black balls, and a second bag
needed to stop the brick in a time of 0.0007 second? contains 3 white balls and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn from the
A. 18.31 kN B. 13.18 kN first bag and placed unseen in the second bag. What is the probability
C. 14.71 kN D. 17.14 kN that a ball now drawn from the second bag is black?
A. 38/102 B. 38/63
99. An 8 gram bullet is fired horizontally into a 9 kg block of wood and C. 54/85 D. 11/60
sticks in it. The block which is free to move, has a velocity of 40 cm/s
after impact. Find the velocity of the bullet before impact. 112. The probabilities that a service station will pump gas into 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
A. 450.4 m/s B. 550.6 m/s or 5 or more cars during a certain 30-minute period are 0.03, 0.18,
C. 380.1 m/s D. 250.0 m/s 0.24, 0.28, 0.10, and 0.17, respectively. Find the probability, that in
this 30-minute period, at most 4 cars receive gas.
100. A 9300 kg boxcar traveling at 15.0 m/s strikes a second boxcar at A. 0.80 B. 0.55
rest. The two stick together and move off with a speed of 6.0 m/s. C. 0.27 D. 0.83
What is the mass of the second boxcar?
A. 5580 kg B. 19530 kg 113. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6,if
C. 8550 kg D. 13950 kg the digits may be repeated, and it is greater than 330?
A. 48 B. 68
101. Two identical balls collide head-on. The initial velocity of one ball is C. 89 D. 100
+0.75 m/s, while that of the other ball is −0.43 m/s. If the collision is
perfectly elastic, what is the final velocity of each ball?
114. If a multiple-choice test consists of 5 different questions each with 4
A. −0.43 m/s and +0.75 m/s B. −0.53 m/s and +0.95 m/s possible answers of which only 1 is correct, in how many ways can a
C. −0.18 m/s and +0.85 m/s D. −0.23 m/s and +0.55 m/s student check off one answer to each question and get all the
answers wrong?
102. An object A weighing 10 kg is moving to the right with a velocity of 10 A. 625 B. 1024
m/s collides with an object B weighing 5 kg moving to the left with a C. 125 D. 243
velocity of 5 m/s. Find the velocity of A after collision if the coefficient
of restitution is 0.80.
115. Find the equation of a curve for which the slope of the tangent line at
A. 1 m/s (to the right) B. 13 m/s (to the right) any point P(x, y) is numerically equal to 1/2 the slope of the line from
C. 1 m/s (to the left) D. 13 m/s (to the left) the origin to the point.
A. x2  Cy B. 2x  y2  C
103. One fair die is used in a dice game. The player wins $10 if he rolls an C. y2  Cx D. 2y  x2  C
even face. He loses $5 if he turns up an odd face. What is the
expected winning/losing for one roll of the die?
116. Which of the following is the general solution of the differential
A. $0.00 B. $2.50
d2 y
C. $5.25 D. $3.33 equation:  4y  0 ?
dx2
104. The number of working days lost due to accidents in a factory in the A. y  sinx  2tanx  C B. y  ex  2ex  C
12-month period is listed as follows: {6, 4, 2, 1, 3, 6, 1, 3, 5, 9, 2, 9}.
st
Determine the 1 quartile value. C. y  2x2  x  C D. y  sin2x  cos2x  C
A. 1 B. 2

D 
C. 3.5 D. 6.5
117. Find the general solution of
4
 18D2  81 y  0 .
105. The following set of 9 numbers are as follows: 190, 110, 200, 180,
130, 150, 180, 100, 200 A. y   c1  c2x  cos x  c3  c 4 x  sinx
What is the median of the distribution?
B. y   c1  c2x  cos3x  c3  c 4x  sin3x
A. 150 B. 160
C. 170 D. 180 C. y  c1 cos3x  c2 sin3x

D. y   c1 cos x  c 2 sinx  e3x

106. Given are three boxes:
- Box I has 10 light bulbs of which 4 are defective
- Box II has 6 light bulbs of which 1 is defective 118. The half-life of the radioactive element krypton-91 is 10 seconds. If 16
- Box III has 8 light bulbs of which 3 are defective. grams of krypton-91 are initially present, how many grams are present
A box is selected at random and then a bulb is drawn at random. after 50 seconds?
What is the probability that the bulb is non-defective? A. 4 grams B. 2 grams
A. 0.6861 B. 0.4777 C. 0.5 gram D. 0.25 gram
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