CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY EE/ECE 4411

CORRELATION 1
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
“Turning ideas into reality.” 04 December 2017

ALGEBRA TAKE HOME EXAM No.1

DIRECTIONS: Write your NAME on the TOP-LEFT of your answer sheet just above the engineering logo. Write your ID no.
on the space provided (Examination Code). Utilize the first 8-BOXES ONLY (do not include dashes). Use PENCIL No.2
for SHADING and BLACK BALLPEN for filling in the required boxes. Show your SOLUTION to every problem that needs
calculation.

1. The product of (𝑥𝑦 – 1) and (𝑥𝑦 + 8) is 14. In the equation 𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0, find the value of 𝑘
a. 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 – 8 b. 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 – 9𝑥𝑦 – 8 so that one root of the equation is twice the other root.
c. 𝑥 𝑦 + 7𝑥𝑦 – 8
2 2
d. 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 – 7𝑥𝑦 – 8 a. 18 b. 16
c. 12 d. 24
2. The expression (x – 3)3 is identical to
a. 𝑥 3 – 27 b. (𝑥 – 3)(𝑥 2 – 3𝑥 + 9) 15. The solution set of the equation (𝑥 – 3)2 – 49 = 0 is
c. (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 – 6𝑥 + 9) d. 𝑥 3 – 9𝑥 2 + 27𝑥 – 27
2
a. 10, 4 b. – 10, 4
c. 10, – 4 d. – 10, – 4
3. The product of (5𝑥 + 7𝑦) and (5𝑥 – 7𝑦) is
a. 25𝑥 2 – 70𝑥𝑦 – 49𝑦 2 b. 25𝑥 2 + 49𝑦 2 16. What value of k yields a perfect square trinomial
c. 25𝑥 + 70𝑥𝑦 – 49𝑦
2 2
d. 25𝑥 2 – 49𝑦 2 for 𝑥 2 – 2𝑘𝑥 + 49?
a. 7 b. – 7
4. The greatest common monomial factor in 3𝑥 2 – 6𝑥 is c. 1/7 d. – 1/7
a. 3 b. 3𝑥
c. 6𝑥 2 d. 𝑥 – 2 17. The discriminant of 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 9 = 0 is
a. 0 b. 1
5. The factored form of 𝑦 2 (2𝑥 – 3) – 4(2𝑥 – 3) is c. 6 d. 9
a. 𝑦 2 – 4(2𝑥 – 3)2 b. (2𝑥 – 3)(𝑦 2 – 4)
c. (𝑦 + 2)(𝑦 – 2)(2𝑥 – 3) d. (𝑦 2 – 4)(2𝑥 – 3)2 18. To complete the square in 𝑥 2 – 5𝑥 + 𝑘, you would
replace k with
6. The factored form of 4𝑎2 – 20𝑎𝑏 + 9𝑏 2 is a. – 5/2 b. 5/2
a. (2𝑎 – 𝑏)(2𝑎 – 9𝑏) b. (2𝑎 – 𝑏)(2𝑎 + 9𝑏) c. – 25/4 d. 25/4
c. (2𝑎 + 𝑏)(2𝑎 – 9𝑏) d. (2𝑎 + 𝑏)(2𝑎 + 9𝑏)
19. If x is directly proportional to y, and k is the constant of
7. The expression 81𝑥 – 90𝑥𝑦 + 25𝑦 is an example of
2 2 proportionality, the relationship may be expressed as
a a. 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑘 b. 𝑥 = 𝑘/𝑦
a. sum of 2 squares c. 𝑥 = 𝑘𝑦 d. 𝑦 = 𝑘/𝑥
b. difference between 2 perfect squares
c. sum of 2 cubes 20. When 𝑥 = 5, 𝑦 = 10 and when 𝑥 = 2, 𝑦 = 4. This is
d. perfect square trinomial an example of
a. direct variation b. inverse variation
8. All numbers below are composite except c. joint variation d. combined variation
a. 42 b. 53
c. 105 d. 154 2 1 1 1
21. The set { , , , } is
3 3 6 12
a. an arithmetic sequence b. a geometric sequence
9. The length of a rectangle with an area of 𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 c. a harmonic sequence d. not a sequence
square units if the width is 𝑥 units is
a. 𝑥 2 b. 𝑥 2 + 10 22. The absolute value of a nonzero number is
c. 𝑥 + 10 d. (𝑥 + 10)2 a. always negative
b. always positive
10. The square root of the sum of a number and 10 is 7. c. sometimes zero and sometimes negative
The number is d. always zero
a. 39 b. 49
c. 59 d. √17 23. Any combination of symbols and numbers related by
the fundamental operations of algebra is called a/an
11. If 2.5 kg of dressed chicken cost Php 105.00, what will a. term b. algebraic expression
be the cost of 3.75 kg? c. equation d. algebraic sum
a. Php 393.75 b. Php 262.50
c. Php 157.50 d. Php 147.00 24. A number written with the decimal point placed just
after the leading digit multiplied by a power of 10 is
12. The quadratic equation whose roots are 2 and – 3 is said to be
a. 𝑥 2 – 𝑥 – 6 = 0 b. 𝑥 2 – 𝑥 + 6 = 0 a. exponential form b. radical form
c. 𝑥 + 𝑥 – 6 = 0
2
d. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 6 = 0 c. scientific notation d. logarithmic form

13. In the equation 𝑘𝑥 2 – 6𝑥 + 3 = 0, determine the 25. What do you call the first and fourth terms in the
value of 𝑘 so that the roots are equal. proportion of four quantities?
a. 4 b. 1 a. numerators b. extremes
c. 2 d. 3 c. means d. denominators
26. An equation, which by some mathematical process, 40. What expression is equivalent to 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 – 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑦 + 𝑧)?
acquires an extra root is called a a. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑧 b. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 – 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 – 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑧
a. linear equation b. defective equation c. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 [𝑥/(𝑦 + 𝑧)] d. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 + 𝑧)
c. literal equation d. redundant equation
41. How many significant digits do 10.097 have?
27. A mathematical expression consisting of two terms is a. 2 b. 3
called a c. 4 d. 5
a. binomial b. monomial
c. duomial d. polynomial 42. The other form of 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑎 𝑁 = 𝑏 is
a. 𝑁 = 𝑏 𝑎 b. 𝑁 = 𝑎𝑏
28. Which of the following can not be a base for a c. 𝑁 = 𝑎𝑏 d. 𝑁 = 𝑏/𝑎
logarithm?
a. 𝜋 b. 10 1 n
43. From 𝑦 = ( ) , if x is a positive integer and n is large
c. e d. 1 𝑥
and positive, then the value of y is
29. For a quadratic equation, two distinct roots are a. large b. negative
produced only if the discriminant is c. irrational d. small
a. equal to zero
b. either less than or greater than zero 44. A bed sheet ½ mm thick is to be folded over itself 10
c. less than zero times. Find the height of the folded sheet in mm.
d. greater than zero a. 256 b. 512
c. 1024 d. 128
30. When the imaginary number is raised to an even
exponent, it becomes 45. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔 5.2 1000 = 𝑥, what is the value of x?
a. a negative imaginary number a. 4.19 b. 5.23
b. a real number c. 3.12 d. 4.69
c. infinite
d. a relatively small number 46. Find the value of a in the equation loga 2187 = 7/2.
a. 3 b. 6
c. 9 d. 12
31. log n x  log x1 / n is also equal to
a. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑛𝑥 b. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 𝑛 47. The expression 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 𝑦 / 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 𝑥 is equal to
1
c. log 𝑥 d. 𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 a. 𝑥 𝑦 /𝑦 𝑥 b. 𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 – 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦
n
c. (𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥) / (𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦) d. 1
32. The prefix tera- is opposite to the prefix
a. giga- b. pico- 48. Solve for 𝑥: 𝑥 = (𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑏 𝑎)(𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑐 𝑑)(𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑑 𝑐)
c. nano- d. deka- a. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑎 b. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑎 𝑐
c. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑏 𝑐 d. 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑑 𝑎
33. Find the term involving 𝑥 8 in the expansion of
1 16 49. Given 𝑙𝑜𝑔 2 = 𝑥 and 𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 = 𝑦, find the value of
(𝑥 2 + ) .
𝑙𝑜𝑔 √48.
4
𝑥
a. 12,870𝑥 8 b. 10,680𝑥 8 1
a. (𝑥 + 4𝑦)
1
b. (4𝑥 + 𝑦)
c. 11,480𝑥 8 d. 14,620𝑥 8 4 4
c. 4(𝑥 + 4𝑦) d. 4(4𝑥 + 𝑦)
34. b to the (m/n)th power =
50. Solve for 𝑥: log 𝑥 2 – log 5𝑥 = log 20
a. nth root of b to the mth power
b. b to the power (m + n) a. 0 b. 50
c. 1/n times the square root of b to the mth power c. 100 d. 150
d. b to the mth power over n
51. Find the third proportional to 8 and 14.
35. The logarithm of a negative number is a. 4.57 b. 10.58
a. a rational number b. imaginary c. 24.5 d. 42.5
c. a real number d. non-existent
52. A triangle has sides of lengths 12, 17, and 22 inches. If
36. Find x if x + 2, 3x – 4 and 2x + 7 are in arithmetic the length of the shortest side of a similar triangle is 8
progression. inches, find the length of the longest side in inches.
2 1
a. 17/3 b. 5 a. 14 b. 11
3 3
c. 3/17 d. 17 c. 18 d. 19

37. The sum of the terms in a geometric progression is 53. Find the remainder if 2𝑥 4 + 5𝑥 3 – 8𝑥 2 – 7𝑥 – 9 is
1820. How many terms are there if the first term is 5, divided by 𝑥 + 2.
the second term is 15 and the third term is 45? a. 35 b. – 35
a. 7 b. 8 c. 18 d. – 18
c. 5 d. 6
54. The length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 2 feet.
38. The sum of the 4th and the 8th terms of an arithmetic If each dimension were increased by 3 feet, the area
progression is 32. The sum of the 10th and the 14th would be increased by 51 square feet. Find the original
terms is 68. Find the sum of the first 15 terms. dimensions.
a. 315 b. 300 a. 9 by 11 ft b. 8 by 10 ft
c. 345 d. 330 c. 7 by 9 ft d. 6 by 8 ft

39. The arithmetic mean of 2a and 3b is 55. The number 0.123123123123….. is

a. √6𝑎𝑏 b. (2𝑎 – 3𝑏)/2 a. irrational b. surd
c. 6𝑎𝑏/2 d. (2𝑎 + 3𝑏)/2 c. rational d. transcendental
56. The altitude of a triangle is ¾ the length of its base. If 68. Find the second of three numbers such that the sum of
the altitude were increased by 3 feet and the base the first and second is 67, the sum of the first and third
decreased by 3 feet, the area would be unchanged. is 80, and the sum of the second and third is 91.
Find the length of the altitude. a. 17 b. 28
a. 12 ft b. 9 ft c. 39 d. 52
c. 6 ft d. 15 ft
69. Henry’s father is now twice as old as he is. Sixteen
57. The sum of the three angles of a triangle is 180o. The years ago, he was four times as old. How old is the
sum of two of the angles is equal to the third angle and father now?
the difference of the two angles is equal to 2/3 the third a. 24 b. 48
angle. Find the smallest angle. c. 18 d. 36
a. 15o b. 20o
c. 25o
d. 30o 70. In 11 years, Jonathan will be 5 times as old as he was 9
years ago. How old is he now?
58. The logarithm of 1 to any base is a. 10 b. 12
a. indeterminate b. one c 14 d. 16
c. infinity d. zero
71. A girl is half as old as her brother and two years
59. Carry out the following multiplication and express your younger than her sister. The sum of the ages of the
answer in cubic meters: 8 cm x 5 mm x 2 m. three children is 34 years. How old is the girl?
a. 8 x 10-2 b. 8 x 102 a. 8 b. 7
c. 8 x 10 -3
d. 8 x 10-4 c. 9 d. 10

60. If n is any positive integer, then 72. Two or more equations are equivalent if and only if
(𝑛 – 1)(𝑛 – 2)(𝑛 – 3). . . . . (3)(2)(1) is equal to they have the same
a. 𝑒 𝑛−1 b. (𝑛 – 1)! a. solution set b. degree
c. 𝑛! d. (𝑛 – 1)𝑒 𝑛 c. order d. variable set

61. If a two-digit number has x for its units’ digit and y for 73. A can paint a certain house in 10 days and B can paint
its tens’ digit, what represents the number? the house in 12 days. How long will it take to paint the
a. 𝑥 + 𝑦 b. 𝑥 – 𝑦 house if both men work?
c. 10𝑦 + 𝑥 d. 10𝑥 + 𝑦 7
a. 6 days b. 5
5
days
11 11
c. 5 days d. 6 days
62. Terms that differ only in numeric coefficients are known
as 74. A can do a certain job in 4 hours, B can do the job in 6
a. unequal terms b. unlike terms hours, and C can do the job in 8 hours. How long will it
c. like terms d. equal terms take to do the job if A and B work 1 hour and B and C
finish the job?
63. The sum of three numbers is 138. The second is 5 a. 2 hr b. 4 hr
more than the smallest and the third is 10 more than c. 3 ½ hr d. 3 hr
the smallest. Find the smallest number.
a. 51 b. 46 75. A tank can be filled by one pipe in 9 hours and by
c. 41 d. 36 another pipe in 12 hours. Starting empty, how long will
it take to fill the tank if water is being taken out by a
64. Three numbers are so related that the second number third pipe at a rate per hour equal to one-sixth the
is 2 more than the first number and the third is 4 more capacity of the tank?
than the first. Find the smallest of the numbers if the a. 20 hr b. 28 hr
sum of their squares is 56 more than three times the c. 36 hr d. 32 hr
square of the smallest number.
a. 3 b. 5 76. The ratio or product of two expressions in direct or
c. 9 d. 15 inverse relation with each other is called
a. ratio and proportion
65. The difference of two numbers is 14 and twice the b. constant of proportionality
smaller number is 5 less than the larger number. Find c. means
the larger number. d. extremes
a. 21 b. 23
c. 25 d. 27 77. The logarithm of a number to the base e is called
a. Naperian logarithm b. characteristic
66. If the numerator and denominator of a certain fraction c. mantissa d. Briggsian proportion
are each decreased by 2, the value of the new fraction
is ½. But if the numerator of the original fraction is 78. _____________ progression is a sequence of terms the
increased by 2 and the denominator decreased by 2, reciprocals of which form an arithmetic progression.
the resulting fraction is equal to ¾. Find the original a. Geometric b. Harmonic
fraction. c. Algebraic d. Binomial
a. 5/9 b. 3/7
c. 10/18 d. 12/16 79. Naperian logarithms have a base closest to which
number?
67. The sum of the reciprocals of two numbers is 11. a. 1.53 b. 1.62
Three times the reciprocal of one of the numbers is 3 c. 2.72 d. 10
more than twice the reciprocal of the other no. Find 80. An equation in which a variable appears under a radical
one of the numbers. sign is called
a. 1/6 b. 5 a. literal equation b. radical equation
c. 6 d. 1/3 c. irradical equation d. irrational equation
81. Which of the following has three significant digits? 93. How many ounces of pure silver must be added to 100
a. 0.372 b. 0.00372 ounces, 40% pure, to make an alloy which is 65% pure
c. 0.0372 d. all of these silver?
82. A man drove 220 miles in 3.5 hours. Part of the trip 3
a. 67 oz.
3
b. 73 oz.
7 7
was at 60 miles per hour and the rest at 65 miles per 3 3
c. 69 oz. d. 71 oz.
hour. Find the time spent at the lower speed 7 7
a. 1 hr b. 1.5 hrs
c. 2 hrs d. 2.5 hrs 94. A perfumer wishes to blend perfume valued at $4.10 an
ounce with perfume worth $2.50 an ounce to obtain a
83. Town A is 11 miles west of town B. A man walks from mixture of 40 ounces worth $3.00 an ounce. How
A to B at the rate of 3 miles per hour, and another much of the $4.10 perfume should he use?
man, starting at the same time, walks from B to A at a. 7.5 oz. b. 15 oz.
the rate of 4 miles per hour. Find the time after c. 12.5 oz. d. 10 0z.
starting that the men are 2 miles apart.
2
a. 1 hr b. 1
3
hr 95. A gourmet chef blends a salad dressing by mixing 20
7
4
7
5 ounces of a solution containing 85% olive oil with pure
c. 1 hr d. 1 hr corn oil, in order that the dressing be 50% olive oil.
7 7
How much corn oil should be used?
84. A motorboat goes 3 miles upstream in the same time a. 13 oz. b. 14 oz.
required to go 5 miles downstream. If the rate of flow c. 15 oz. d. 16 oz.
of the river is 3 miles per hour, find the speed of the
motorboat in still water. 96. What percentage of a mixture of sand, gravel and
a. 10 mph b. 11 mph cement containing 30% cement should be replaced by
c. 12 mph d. 14 mph pure cement in order to produce a mixture that is 40%
cement?
85. An airplane travels 360 miles in two hours with the a. 14.28% b. 15.39%
wind and flying back the same route, it took 3.6 hours c. 13.72% d. 12.65%
against the wind. Find the velocity of the wind.
a. 30 mph b. 40 mph 97. Which of the following non-terminating decimals is
c. 100 mph d. 160 mph rational?
a. 3.14149265… b. 1.141421356…
86. A statement of equality between two ratios. c. 2.470470… d. 2.71828182…
a. valuation b. theorem
c. identity d. proportion 98. Any number multiplied by _________________ equals
unity.
87. A certain two-digit number is equal to 9 times the sum a. infinity b. itself
of its digits. If 63 were subtracted from the number the c. its reciprocal d. zero
digits would be reversed. Find the number.
a. 81 b. 94 99. 27, 9, 3, 1, 1/3, . .. is what type of progression?
c. 74 d. 69 a. arithmetic b. geometric
c. harmonic d. power series
88. The sum of the second and third digits of a three-digit
number is equal to the first digit. The sum of the first 100. Solve the inequality:
𝑥
−2 <
4x+8
digit and the second digit is 2 more than the third digit. −28
2 3
−28
If the second and third digits were interchanged, the a. {𝑥|𝑥 < } b. {𝑥|𝑥 > }
5 5
new number would be 54 more than the original c. {𝑥|5 < 𝑥 <
28
} d. {𝑥|−5 < 𝑥 <
28
}
number. Find the number. 5 5

a. 844 b. 835
c. 826 d. 817

89. If a = b and b = c, then a = c. This is the _______

property of real numbers.
a. reflexive b. symmetric
c. transitive d. addition

90. What time after 4 o’clock will the hands of a clock be

together for the first time?
a. 4:21:49.09 b. 4:21:49.16
c. 4:21:49.02 d. 4:21:49.23

91. How many minutes after 7 o’clock will the hands of a

clock be directly opposite each other for the first time?
a. 7:05:07.58 b. 7:05:07.46
5 7
c. 5 min. d. 5 min.
11 11
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of
92. If a = b, then b = a. This property of real numbers is
known as preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”
a. reflexive property b. symmetric property
c. transitive property d. substitution property ~ General Colin Powell