ME 418 (CORRELATION)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES
11. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32
a. 320 c. 180
PART 1 b. 2 d. 90
12. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In three
years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What their
ALGEBRA
ages now?
1. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric series if the a. 4,14 c. 7,11
sum is 2 and the first term is ½ b. 5,13 d. 6,12
a. 1/3 c. ¾ 13. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock
b. ½ d. ¼ be together for the first time?
2. Factor the expression 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 8 as completely a. 3:16.36 c. 3:12.30
as possible b. 3:14.32 d. 3:17.37
a. (𝑥 + 8)(𝑥 − 2) 14. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two-
b. (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 2) digit positive number is 27. If the digits are
c. (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 2) reversed in order and the resulting number
d. (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 2) subtracted from the original number, the difference
3. Find the value in the equation 24𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 1 = 0 is also 27. What is the original number?
1 a. 63 c. 48
a. ( , 1)
6 b. 54 d. 73
1 1
b. ( , ) 15. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14.
6 5
c. (1/2, 1/5) Determine the number.
d. (1/8, −1/3) a. 6 c. 8
4. Find the value of k of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 4 = b. 7 d. 9
0, so that the roots are equal. 16. Jojo brought a second-hand Betamax VCR and
a. ±4 c. ±12 the sold it to Rudy at a profit of 40%. Rudy then
b. ±8 d. ±2 sold VCR to Noel at a profit of 20%. If Noel paid
5. If the roots of the equation are 1 and 2. 2,856 pesos more than it cost to Jojo, how much
What is the quadratic equation? did Jojo paid for the unit
a. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2 = 0 a. 4,000 c. 4,200
b. 4,100 d. 4,300
b. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 2 = 0
17. Ten liters 25% salt solution and 15liters of 35% salt
c. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 2 = 0
solution are poured into a drum originally
d. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 2 = 0
containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is
6. In the expansion of (𝑥 + 4𝑦)12 , the numerical
the percent concentration in the mixture?
coefficient of the 5th term is:
a. 19.55% c. 27.05%
a. 63,360 c. 506,880
b. 22.15% d. 25.72%
b. 126,720 d. 253,440
18. The boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as
7. The polynomial 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 8 is divided by
it does going upstream if the velocity of the river
𝑥 − 5, then the remainder is:
current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat
a. 175 c. 218
in still water
b. 140 d. 200
a. 40kph c. 50kph
8. Find the remainder if divide 4𝑦 3 + 18𝑦 2 + 8𝑦 − 4
b. 30kph d. 60kph
by (2𝑦 + 3).
a. 10 c. 15
19. A batch of concrete consisted of 200lbs fine
b. 11 d. 13
aggregates, 350lbs coarse aggregate, 94lbs
9. Find the rational number equivalent to repeating
cement, and 5 gallons of water. The specific
decimal 2.35242424…….
gravity of sand and gravel maybe taken as 2.65
a. 23273/9900 c. 23289/9900
and that of the cement as 3.10. how much weight
b. 23261/990 d. 23264/9900
of cement is required to produced one cubic yard?
10. Find the 1987th in the decimal equivalent to
a. 765lbs c. 675lbs
1785/9999 starting from decimal
b. 657lbs d. 567lbs
a. 8 c. 7
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20. Dalisay Corporation’s gross margin is 45% of 30. A bookstore purchased a best-selling book ₱
sales. Operating expenses such as sales and 200.00 per copy. At what price should this book be
administration are 15%of sales. Dalisay is in 40% sold so that, giving a 20% discount, the profit is
tax bracket. What percent of sales in their profit 30%.
after taxes? a. ₱ 347 c. ₱ 325
a. 18% c. 24% b. ₱ 280 d. ₱ 350
b. 5% d. 0% 31. In a certain community of 1,200 people, 60% are
21. A club od 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke literate of the males, 50% are literate, and of the
Marlboro, and 20 likes smoke Philip Moris. How females 70% are literate. What is the female
many like both? population?
a. 13 c. 11 a. 850 c. 550
b. 10 d. 12 b. 500 d. 600
22. A and B working together can finish painting a 32. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 feet in the 1st
home is 6 days. A working alone, can finish it in second, 48.3 in the 2nd second, 80.5 in the 3rd
five days less than B. How long will it take each of second, and so on. How far did the body fall during
them to finish the work alone? the 10th second?
a. 10, 15 c. 20, 15 a. 248.7 ft c. 241.5 ft
b. 15, 20 d. 5, 10 b. 308.1 ft d. 305.9 ft
23. Given ‘’w’’ varies directly as the product of x and y 33. In a commercial survey involving 1,000 persons on
and inversely as the square of z, and that w=4, brand preferences, 120 were found to prefer brand
when x=2, y=6 and z=3. Find the value of ‘’w’’ x only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z
when x=1, y=4 and z=2. only, 370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450
a. 2 c. 4 prefer brand y or z but not x, and 420 prefer either
b. 3 d. 5 brand z or x but not y. How many persons have no
24. A merchant has three items on sale, namely a brand preference, satisfied with any of the 3
radio for ₱50, a clock for ₱30 and a flashlight or ₱ brands.
1.00. At end of the day, he has sold a total of 100 a. 230 c. 180
of the three items and has taken exactly ₱ 1000 b. 280 d. 130
on the total sales. How many radios did he sale? 34. The electric power which a transmission line can
a. 16 c. 18 transmit is proportional to the product of its design
b. 20 d. 24 voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the
25. The third term harmonic progression is 15 and the transmission distance. A 115-kilovolt line rated at
9th term is 6. Find the 11th term? 1000 amperes can transmit 150 Megawatts over
a. 4 c. 6 150 km. How much power, in Megawatts, can a
b. 5 d. 7 230-kilovolt line rated at 1,500 amperes transmit
26. What is the sum of the coefficients of the over 100 km?
expansion of (2𝑥 − 1)20 . a. 785 c. 675
a. 0 c. 2 b. 485 d. 595
b. 1 d. 3 35. 3The number x, 2x+7, 10x-7 from a Geometric
27. Find the ratio of the infinite geometric series if the Progression. Find the value of x
sum is 2 and the first term is ½. a. -5 & -3/7 c. 7 & -7/6
a. 1/3 c. ¾ b. 7 & 7/6 d. 8 & 3/7
2
b. ½ d. ¼ 36. Solve for x: 10𝑥 + 10 + 1 = 0
28. Determine the sum of the positive valued solution a. -0.113, -0.887 c. -0.331, -0.788
to the simultaneous equation: xy=15, yz=35, b. -0.113, -0.788 d. -0.311, -0.88
xz=21. 37. Solve for x: √20 − 𝑥 = 𝑥
a. 15 c. 17 a. 4, -5 c. -4, 5
b. 13 d. 19 b. -4, -5 d. no solution
29. The areas of two squares differ by 7 square feet 38. Find the sum of the sequences 25, 30, 35….
and their perimeters differ by 4 ft. Determine the 2 9
a. (𝑛2 + 9𝑛) c. (𝑛2 + 5𝑛)
5 2
sum of their areas. 5 9
a. 25𝑓𝑡 2 c. 28𝑓𝑡 2 b. (𝑛2 + 9𝑛) d. (𝑛2 − 5𝑛)
2 2
2
b. 27 𝑓𝑡 d. 22𝑓𝑡 2 39. If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find the
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 a. 2 c. 3 49. In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be
b. 5 d. 2/3 seated alternately in a row of eight chairs?
9 4 a. 576 c. 1728
40. Given the 2 x 2 matrix [ ], find its determinant.
7 8 b. 1152 d. 288
a. 31 c. -20 50. In how many ways can a PSME chapter with 15
b. 44 d. 20 Directors, choose a President, a Vice-President, a
41. What is the number of permutations of the letters Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Auditor, if no
in the word BANANA? member can hold more than one position?
a. 36 c. 52 a. 15 c. 36,060
b. 60 d. 42 b. 3,003 d. 360,360
42. In how many ways can 3 MARINES and 4 51. A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’’s and 6 CPM’s.
ARMIES be seated on a bench if the ARMIES if a committee of 3 members one from each group
must be seated together? is to formed, how many such committees can be
a. 640 c. 576 formed?
b. 720 d. 144 a. 260 c. 480
43. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row b. 380 d. 360
to make coded signal. How many signals can be 52. There are 5 main roads between the cities A and
made if a signal consists of the display of one or B, and four between Band C. in how many ways
more flags. can a person drive from A and C and return, going
a. 64 c. 68 through B on both trips without driving on the same
b. 66 d. 62 road twice?
44. How many four digits numbers can be formed by a. 260 c. 120
the use of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 if one digit b. 240 d. 160
is used only once in one number? 53. The lotto uses numbers 1-42. A winning number
a. 240 c. 280 consists of six different numbers in any order.
b. 320 d. 360 What are your chances of winning it?
45. There are four balls of four different colors. Two a. 5,245,786 c. 10,127,420
balls are taken at a time and arranged in a definite b. 8,437,224 d. 2,546,725
order. For example, if a white and a red ball are 54. How many ways can you invite one or more of five
taken, one definite arrangement is white first, red friends to a party?
second and another arrangement is red first, white a. 25 c. 15
second. How many such arrangement are b. 31 d. 62
possible? 55. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls
a. 24 c. 12 at a time are taken and arranged in any way. How
b. 6 d. 36 many such combinations are possible?
46. A factory building has six entrance doors. In how a. 36 c. 6
many ways can a person enter and leave; b. 3 d. 12
i. By any door 56. A semi-conductor company will hire 7 men and 4
ii. By a different door women. In how many ways can the company
a. 30, 36 c. 6, 5 choose from 9 men and 6 women?
b. 36, 30 d. 36, 6 a. 680 c. 480
47. Three A, B, C get into a bus that has six vacant b. 540 d. 840
seats on each side. In how many ways can they 57. In how many ways can a committee of three
be seated if A insists on sitting on the right side? consisting of two chemical engineers and one
a. 660 c. 530 mechanical engineer can be formed from four
b. 720 d. 410 chemical engineers and three mechanical
48. A group of 6 speakers consists of 2 politicians and engineers?
4 lawyers who are not politicians. In arrangements a. 18 c. 32
for a speaking order at a meeting, the politicians b. 64 d. none of these
will speak in succession and the lawyers in 58. In mathematics examination, a student may select
succession. In how many ways can be the order 7 problems from set of 10 problems. In how many
be arranged? ways can he make his choice?
a. 69 c. 96 a. 120 c. 720
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59. How many line segment can be formed with 6 69. A man invested ₱50,000. Part of it he put in an oil
distinct points, no three of which are collinear? stock from which he hoped to receive a 20% return
a. 10 c. 20 per year. The rest he invested in a bank stock
b. 15 d. 25 which was paying 6% per year. If he received
60. How many triangles are determined by the ₱400 more the first year from the bank stock than
vertices of a regular hexagon? from the oil stock, how much did he invest in the
a. 10 c. 20 oil stock?
b. 15 d. 25 a. 10,000.00 c. 15,000.00
61. How many committees can be formed by choosing b. 20,000.00 d. 13,000.00
4 men from an organization of a membership of 15 70. Find the value of B in the equation
men?
𝑥+10 𝐴 𝐵
a. 1390 c. 1435 = +
𝑥2 −4 𝑋−2 𝑋+2
b. 1240 d. 1365
62. On a certain examination, the student must a. -1 c. -2
answer 8 out of the 12 questions including exactly b. 3 d. 5
5 of the first 6. In how many ways can he write the
examination?
a. 100 c. 792
b. 495 d. 120
63. How many different sums of money can be made
from penny, a nickel, a dime and a quarter?
a. 24 c. 15
b. 12 d. 20
64. Tony went to a drugstore. He brought a bottle of
aspirin and bottle of Tylenol. The aspirin cost
₱1.25 more than Tylenol. He also brought cologne
which cost twice as much as the total of the other
two combined. How much did the Tylenol cost if
his total bill (without tax) was ₱ 24.75?
a. ₱4.50 c. ₱6.25
b. ₱3.50 d. ₱5.75
65. In an alloy containing 30% silver is mixed with a
55% silver alloy to get 800 pounds of 40% alloy,
how much of the 30% silver alloy must be used?
a. 450 pounds c. 460 pounds
b. 420 pounds d. 480 pounds
66. Lita has ten bills in her wallet. She has a total of ₱
40.00. if she has one more ₱5 bill than ₱10 bills
and two more ₱1 bills than ₱5 bills, how many ₱10
bills does she have?
a. 4 c. 2
b. 3 d. 5
67. In how many ways 7 scientist be assigned to one
triple and two double hotel rooms?
a. 210 c. 300
b. 200 d. 230
68. A woman went shopping for some canned goods
which were on sale. She brought three times as
many cans of tomato sauce as cans of peaches
and two times as many cans of tuna as cans of
peaches. If she purchased a total of 24 cans, how
many cans did he buy?
a. 4 c. 2
b. 3 d. 5

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