CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY EE/ECE 4411

CORRELATION 1
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
“Turning ideas into reality.” 06 December 2017

ALGEBRA TAKE HOME EXAM No.2

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. Three times the first of three consecutive number odd 12. According to Hooke’s law, the length of the spring,
integer is three more than twice the third. Find the third 𝑆, varies directly as the force, 𝐹, applied on the spring.
integer. If a spring to which Hooke’s law applies, a force of 18.6
a. 12 c. 10 lbs. stretches the spring by 1.27 inches. Find 𝑘, the
b. 15 d. 18 constant of proportionality.
2. The ten’s digit of a certain two digit number exceeds a. 14.64 c. 4
the unit’s digit by four and is one less than twice the b. 6.83 d. 8
unit’s digit. Find the number. 13. A falling body strikes the ground with a velocity 𝑣
a. 65 c. 95 which varies directly as the square root of the distance
b. 85 d. 59 𝑠 as it falls. If a body that falls 100 feet strikes ground
3. A merchant marked a certain product for P180, which is with a velocity of 80 ft/s, with what velocity will a ball
20% of the normal retail price. If the retail price is 50% dropped from the Washington Monument
higher than the wholesale price, what is the wholesale (approximately 550 ft high) strike the ground?
price of the product? a. 15.7 ft/s c. 17.7 ft/s
a. P120 c. P130 b. 16.7 ft/s d. 18.7 ft/s
b. P150 d. 140 14. Harry is one-third as old as Ron and 8 years younger
4. A man sold a watch for P3500 at a loss of 30% on the than Hermione. If harry is 8 years old, what is the sum
cost price. Find the corresponding loss or gain if he sold of their ages.
it for P5,050. a. 40 c. 48
a. 1% gain c. 1% loss b. 45 d. 50
b. 2% gain d. 2% loss 15. Bobbie has $1.54 in quarters, dimes, nickels, and
5. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock will the hands of pennies. He has twice as many dimes as quarters and
the clock be at right angle for the first time? three times as many nickels as dimes. The number of
a. 4:5.45 c. 4:5.23 pennies is the same amount as the number of dimes.
b. 4:6.42 d. 4:7.62 How many quarters does he have?
6. In a certain factory, the ratio of the number of male to a. 2 c. 4
female workers is 2:3. If one hundred new female b. 6 d. 5
workers are hired, the number of female workers will 16. The electrical resistance of a wire varies as its length
increase to 65% of the total number of workers. Find and inversely as the square of the diameter. If a wire
the original number of workers in the factory. 100 meters long and a 1.25 mm in diameter has a
a. 600 c. 700 resistance of 30 ohms, find the length of the wire of
b. 800 d. 900 the same material whose resistance and diameter are
7. Three cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes. How many 5 ohms and 0.75 mm, respectively?
minutes will it take for 100 cats to kill 100 rats? a. 20 m c. 40 m
a. 3 c. 100 b. 30 m d. 50 m
b. 33.33 d. 300 17. Suppose that dolls sell for 7 dollars each and toy train
8. If 𝑤 varies directly as the product of 𝑥 and 𝑦 and sell for 18 dollars. A store sells only dolls and train
inversely as the squares of 𝑧 and that 𝑤 = 4 and 𝑥 = sets, and the total amount received is 208 dollars. How
2, 𝑦 = 6 and 𝑧 = 3. Find 𝑤 when 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 4 and 𝑧 = 2. many toy trains were sold?
a. 3 c. 4 a. 22 c. 18
b. 2 d. 1 b. 3 d. 6
9. How many minutes after 10:00 o’clock will the hands of 18. After the price of petroleum oil went up by 10%, a
the clock be opposite each other for the first time? consumer reduced his oil consumption by the same
a. 22.76 c. 20.45 percent. By what percent would his petroleum bi;l be
b. 21.81 d. 21.48 changed?
10. The electrical resistance of a piece of wire is inversely a. 1% c. 10%
proportional to the cross-sectional area. When the b. 11% d. 0.1%
cross-sectional area is 5 𝑚𝑚2 its resistance is 7.02 19. Ana is 5 years older than Beth, In 5 years the product
ohms. Compute the resistance when the cross-sectional of their ages will be 1.5 times the product of their
area is 9 𝑚𝑚2 . present ages. How old is Beth now?
a. 4 c. 8 a. 27 c. 5
b. 2 d. 5 b. 20 d. 18
11. The weight 𝑊 of an object above the earth varies 20. The sum of the ages of Peter and Paul is 21. Peter will
inversely as the square of the distance 𝑑 from the be twice as old as Paul 3 years from now. What is the
center of the earth. If a man weighs 180 pounds on the present age of Peter?
surface of the earth, what would his weight be at an a. 8 c. 18
altitude 1000 miles? Assume the radius of the earth to b. 6 d. 15
be 4000 miles.
a. 92.5 c. 28.8
b. 115.2 d. 56.2
21. A multimillionaire let his estate to his wife, daughter, 33. The ratios of pure milk and water in two vessels are 3:1
son and bodyguard. His daughter and son got half of and 7:5, respectively. If equal quantities of the mixtures
the total value of the estate sharing in the ratio of 3:2. are mixed together, then the ratio of pure milk and
His wife got twice value as much as the share of the water in the new vessel is
son. If the bodyguard received half a million pesos, a. 1:2 c. 5:3
what is the total value of the estate? b. 2:1 d. 3:5
a. 6.5 million c. 7 million 34. An amount is divided among A, B and C in the ratio of
b. 5 million d. 6 million. 4:7:11, respectively. If 40% of the amount A received
22. A company sells 80 units and makes P80 profit. It sells is P120, what is the difference between the amounts
110 units and makes P140 profit. If the profit is a linear received by B and C?
function of the number of units sold, what is the a. P 400 c. P 800
average profit per unit if the company sells 250 units? b. P 200 d. P 300
a. P1.76 c. P1.66 35. A monkey ascends a greased pole 1 m high. In the first
b. P1.68 d. P1.86 minute, he ascend 5 m and in the next minute he
23. Ten years from now the sum of the ages of A and B is descends 3 m. If he continues this process, in how
equal to 50. Six years ago, the difference of their ages many minutes will he reach the top?
is equal to 6. How old is A? a. 17 min c. 1 min
a. 18 c. 16 b. 10.5 min d. 40 min
b. 10 d. 19 36. Two pipes A and B fill a cistern in 24 minutes and 3
24. John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years minutes, respectively. Assuming that both pipes are
older than Alice. In 5 years, John will be three times as opened simultaneously, when must the first tap be
old as Alice. How old is Peter now? turned off so that the cistern may be filled in 16
a. 5 c. 10 minutes?
b. 16 d. 24 a. after 10 min. c. after 8 min.
25. John’s father is 5 times older than John and john is b. after 12 min. d. after 16 min.
twice as old as his sister Alice. In two years, time the 37. A thief steals a scooter at 1PM and drives at the speed
sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now? of 45 kph. The thief is discovered at 2 PM and the
a. 15 c. 10 owner chases him at 54 kph. He will be caught at
b. 8 d. 24 a. 7 pm c. 8 pm
26. A man is four times as old as his son. In 3 years, the b. 6 pm d. 6:30 pm
father will be three times as old as his son. How old is 38. Three globes of copper whose radii are 3 cm, 4 cm and
the son? 5 cm, respectively are melted to form a new globe. The
a. 15 c. 6 radius of new globe, given that the volume of a globe
b. 8 d. 24 varies as the cube of its radius is
27. Abigail is 8 years older than Cynthia. Twenty years ago a. 5 cm c. 9 cm
Abigail was three times as old as Cynthia. How old is b. 6cm d. 12 cm
Abigail now? 39. The force of attraction between two bodies of mass, m1
a. 15 c. 6 and m2, respectively varies directly as the product of
b. 3 2 d. 24 their masses and inversely as the square of the distance
28. The resistance of a wire varies directly with its length between them. If the masses of the bodies and the
and inversely with its area. If a certain piece of wire 10 distance between them is doubled, the force of
m long and 0.10 cm in diameter has a resistance of 100 attraction will become
ohms, what will be its resistance be if its uniformly a. 4 times c. half
stretched so that its length becomes 12m? b. 2 times d. will not change
a. 120 ohms c. 144 ohms 40. A major project accounts for one-third of the course
b. 130 ohms d. 110 ohms grade. The rest of the course grade is determined by
29. Candle A and candle B of equal length are lighted at the the quiz average. A student has quiz grades of 82, 80,
same time and burning until candle A is twice as long 99, and 87, each counting equally. What does the
as candle B. Candle A is designed to fully burn in 8 project grade need to be to raise the student’s average
hours while candle B for 4 hours. How long will they be to 90?
lighted? a. 96 c. 69
a. 3 hrs & 30 mins c. 2 hrs & 40 mins b. 86 d. 76
b. 3 hrs d. 2 hrs 41. A shopkeeper buy two types of tea one at P 700 or 10
30. A costumer bought some apples and some oranges, 12 kg and the other at P 770 or 10 kg. he mixes the two
pieces of fruit in total, and they cost him P132. If an types and the mixture is sold at P 840 or 10 kg. His
apple cost P3 more than an orange, and if more apples percentage profit is
than oranges were purchased, how many pieces of 2
a. 14 7
9
c. 12 11
apples were bought? 1 1
b. 16 11 d. 14 7
a. 12 c. 8
b. 9 d. 4 42. Sid has $4.85 in coins consisting of nickels, dimes and
31. An iron bar four meters long has a 300 pound weight quarters. If he has six more nickels than dimes and
hung on one end and a 200 pound weight hung at the twice as many quarters as dimes, how many coins does
opposite end. How far from the 300 pound weight he have?
should be located to balance the bar? a. 34 c. 22
a. 2.5 m c. 1.6 m b. 19 d. 31
b. 1.0 m d. 2.0 m 43. Two numbers are each positive and one number is less
32. For a particular experiment, you need 5 liters of 10% than twice the other number. Their product is 35.
solution. You find 7% and 12% solution on the shelf. Which of the following can be used to find the two
How much of the 7% solution you mix with the numbers?
appropriate amount of the 12% solution to get 5 liters a. (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 ) = 35 c. (𝑥 )(3 − 2𝑥 ) = 35
of 10% solution? b. (𝑥 )(𝑥 − 3) = 35 d. (𝑥 − 3)(2𝑥 − 3) = 35
a. 1.5 c. 2
b. 2.5 d. 3
44. Three consecutive integers are such that twice the 57. Ten years ago, I was three times as old as you are. In
smallest plus 3 times the middle one plus 4 times the six more years I will be twice as old as you are. How
largest is 155. What is the sum of these three integers? old are you?
a. 48 c. 51 a. 32 b. 26
b. 54 d. 38 c. 33 d. 30
45. A theater seats has 100 people. Admission is P50 for 58. A tank can be filled by three pipes separately in 20, 30,
men and P 10 for women and P 0.50 for children. How and 40 minutes respectively. In how many minutes can
many men should there be in order to fill every seats it be filled by three pipes acting together?
and take up just P 1000? a. 9.23 b. 10.69
a. 20 c. 19 c. 1.23 d. 8.19
b. 21 d. 18 59. A would require 45hrs to varnish the entire picture
46. It takes an airplane one hour and forty-five minutes to frame produced during a particular day. B who takes 2
travel 500 miles against the wind and covers the same minutes more to varnish each frame will require 60 hrs.
distance in one hour and fifteen minutes with the wind. How many frames are there?
What is the speed of the airplane? a. 200 b. 650
a. 342.85 mph c. 375.50 mph c. 450 d. 150
b. 450.50 mph d. 285.75 mph 60. Plastic material worth 2.75/kg is to be mixed with
47. A speed boat can make a trip of 100 miles in one hour plastic worth P3.50/kg to make up 50kg. of mixture to
and 30 minutes if it travels upstream. If it travels sell at 3/kg. How much plastic P3.50/kg must be used?
downstream, it will take one hour and 15 minutes to a. 16.67 kg b.22.3 kg
travel the same distance. What is the speed of the boat c. 23.33 kg d.15.33 kg
in calm water? 61. An investor has P 1, 100 income from bonds bearing
a. 84.45 mph c. 73.33 mph 4% and 5% if the amount at 4% and 5% were
b. 78.43 mph d. 89.56 mph interchanged he would earn P 50 more per year. Find
48. Sarah can walk 4 km in the time it takes Jane to walk 5 the total sum invested.
km. Sarah requires 3 minutes longer than Jane to walk a. P20,000 b. P25,000
a kilometer. Find the rate of Sarah. c.P30,000 d.P35,000
a. 4 kph c. 7 kph 62. A 5 gallon radiator containing of water and antifreeze
b. 5 kph d. 3 kph was supposed to contain a 50% antifreeze solution.
49. The difference between two numbers is 12. If 2 is When tested it was found to have only 40% antifreeze.
added to 7 times the smaller, the result is the same as How much must be drained out and replace with pure
when 2 is subtracted from 3 times the larger. Find the antifreeze so that the radiator will contained the desired
numbers. 50% antifreeze solution?
a. 20 and 6 c. 15 and 3 a. 2/3 b. 3/4
b. 20 and 8 d. 17 and 2 c. 4/5 d. 5/6
50. The quotient of a 2-digit number divided by the sum of 63. Two cars A and B start at the same point and at the
the digits is 4. If the number be subtracted from the same time, travel in opposite directions. Car B travelling
sum of the squares of its digit the difference is 9. Find at 20kph slower than A. If they are 420 km apart after
the number. 3hrs, find the rate of car A?
a. 36 c. 30 a. 50 b. 60
b. 42 d. 54 c. 70 d. 80
51. In the equation 𝑥 2 - kx +9 = 0, find k if the roots are 64. If A is 10% greater than B and B is 20% less than C,
equal. then A in terms of percentage of C is?
a. 8 c. 7 a. 114% b. 88.9%
b. 6 d. 5 c. 112.5% d. 88%
52. Two students were solving a problem that would reduce 65. Find three consecutive odd integer such that twice the
it to a quadratic equation. The first student committed sum of the first and the second integer plus four times
an error on the constant term and found the roots to be the third is equal to 60.
5 and 7 while the second student made an error on the a. 3,5,7 b. 7,9,11
first degree term and gave the roots as 2 and 16. Find c. 5,7.9 d. 1,3,5
the correct quadratic equation. 66. The denominator of a certain fraction is three more
a. 𝑥 2 - 12x +9 = 0 b. 𝑥 2 - 12x +32= 0 than twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms
c. 𝑥 2 + 7x +14 = 0 d. 𝑥 2 +7x +32= 0 of the fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the
53. Solve for x in the equation: 2 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 - 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 9 = 2 original fraction.
a. 12 b. 10 a. 8/5 b.13/5
c. 11 d. 13 c. 5/13 d. 3/5
54. The 3rd and 8th term of an arithmetic progression are 9 67. The tens digit of a certain two digit number is 1/3 of
and 24 respectively. Find the 20th term. the units digit. When the digits are reversed, the new
a. 63 b. 60 number exceeds twice the original number by one more
c. 36 d. 69 than the sum of the digits. Find the original number.
55. A pile of creosoted poles contain 1275 poles in layers so a. 26 b.39
that the top layer contains one pole and each lower c.13 d.28
layer has one more pole than the layer above. How
68. A boat travels downstream in 2/3 times as it goes going
many layers are in the pile?
up stream. If the velocity of river’s current is 8 kph,
a. 20 b. 30
determine the velocity of the boat in still water.
c. 40 d. 50
a. 40kph b. 50 kph
56. A man is 25 years older than his son. In 10 years he
c. 30 kph d. 60 kph
will be ten more than twice as old as his son. How old is
69. A tank can be filled by three pipes separately in 20, 30
the son.
and 40 minutes respectively. In how many times can it
a. 9 b. 7
be filled by the three pipes acting together?
c. 6 d. 5
a. 10.69 mins b. 1.23 mins
c. 9.23 mins d. 8.19 mins
70. On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000 cubic 83. A and B working together can complete a job in 30 hrs.
meters of earth, the larger shovel 40 hrs and the A works twice as fast as B. How many days would it
smaller for 35 hrs. On another job, they removed take A working alone to complete the job?
40,000 cubic meters with the larger shovel working 70 a. 45 hrs b. 20 hrs
hrs and the smaller working 90 hrs. How much earth c. 15hrs d. 8 hrs
can be removed by each shovel in one hour working 84. A farmer can plow a certain field twice as fast as his
alone? son. Working together, it would take them 4 days to
a. 169.2, 287.3 b. 178.3,294.1 plow the field. How long would it take the son to do it
c. 173.9, 347.8 d. 200.1, 312.4 alone?
71. Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the lawn in 4,6, and 7 a. 5 days b. 11 days
hours respectively. What fraction of the yard can they c. 12 days d. 15 days
mow in one hour if they work together? 85. A mason can do a given job in 4 hrs. His helper can do
a. 47/84 b. 45/84 the same job in 9 hrs. The mason begins working and
c. 84/47 d. 84/45 after 1hr is joined by his helper. In how many hrs will
72. A man sold 9 dozen plain eggs and 16 dozen salted they complete the job?
eggs for P942. The following day he sold at the same a. 2.08 hrs b. 4.87 hrs
prices, 12 dozen plain eggs and 15 dozen salted eggs c. 2.65 hrs d. 1.986 hrs
for P990. Find the price per piece of his salted eggs. 86. A would require 45 hrs to varnish all the picture
a.P2.50 b. P3.50 frames produced during a particular day. B who takes
c.P3.00 d.P2.75 2 minutes more to varnish each frame will require 60
73. Jack has $1.75 in nickels and dimes combines. There hrs. How many frames are there?
are 5 more nickels than dimes. How many dimes are a. 200 b. 650
there? c. 450 d. 150
a.10 b.20 87. Two pipes can fill up a tank alone separately in 3 and
c. 30 d.40 2 hrs respectively. When the third pipe is used to help
with the first two pipes, the tank can be filled in 1hr.
74. Ten years ago, Boyet was three times as old as Joy.
How long can the third pipe fill the tank alone?
Now he is 10 more than twice as old as Joy. Find their
a. 8 hrs b. 2 hrs
present ages.
c. 5 hrs d. 6 hrs
a. 40 and 20 b. 30 and 70
88. A contractor estimated that a project will be finished
c.20 and 40 d. 20 and 60
by his crew in 60 days. After the crew worked for 40
75. A and B working together can complete a job in 30 hrs.
days, 38 workers stopped working. If the remaining
A works twice as fast as B. How many days would it
workers will continue at the same rate, they will be
take A working alone to complete the job?
delayed by 5 days. How many workers are there in the
a. 45 hrs b.20 hrs
original crew?
c. 15hrs d.8 hrs
a. 200 b. 100
76. The tens digit of a certain two digit number is 1/3 of
c. 190 d. 180
the units digit. When the digits are reversed, the new
89. A tank can be filled in 48 minutes by two pipes running
number exceeds twice the original number by one more
simultaneously. By the larger pipe it can be filled in 5
than the sum of the digits. Find the original number.
minutes less time than by the smaller. Find the time
a.26 b.39
required for the larger pipe to fill it.
c.13 d.28
a. 109.8 min b. 45.2 min
77. In a purse are nickels, dimes and quarters amounting to
c. 93.6 min d. 90.65 min
$9.85. There are twice as many dimes as quarters, and
90. A pipe can fill a tank in 4hrs if the drain is open. If the
the number of nickels is two more than twice and the
pipes run with the drain open for 1hr and the pipe
number of dimes. Determine the number of nickels.
runs with the drain open for 1hour and the pipe is
a.16 b. 34
then closed, the tank will be emptied in 40 minutes
c. 54 d. 62
more. How long does it take the pipe to fill the tank if
78. A and B working together can complete a job in 30 hrs.
the drain is closed right at the start of filling?
A works twice as fast as B. How many days would it
a. 1.6 hrs b. 15 hrs
take A working alone to complete the job?
c. 12.4 hrs d. 24 hrs
a. 45 hrs b.20 hrs
91. A 100 kg salt solution originally 4% by weight NaCl in
c.15hrs d.8 hrs
water is evaporated until the concentration is 5% by
79. Ten years ago, Boyet was three times as old as Joy.
weight NaCl. What percentage of the water in the
Now he is 10 more than twice as old as Joy. Find their
original solution is evaporated?
present ages.
a. 20.83% b. 12.56%
a. 40 and 20 b. 30 and 70
c. 78% d. 100%
c. 20 and 40 d. 20 and 60
92. Find the ratio at which plastic material worth 2.75/kg
80. Kaye is now thrice as old as Koy. Five years ago Kaye
is to be mixed with plastic worth P3.50/kg. To make
was 5 times as old as Koy. How old is Kaye.
up mixture to sell at P4.00/kg and earn 50% profit.
a.10 b.20
a. 2/67 b. 1/2
c. 30 d. none of these
c. 3/67 d. 1/3
81. Olie is three times as old as Bong. Four years ago, he
93. Plastic material worth 2.75/kg is to be mixed with
was four times as old as Bong was at that time. How
plastic worth P3.50/kg to make up 50kg. of mixture to
old is Bong?
sell at 3/kg. How much plastic P3.50/kg must be used?
a. 12 b. 14
a. 16.67 kg b. 22.3 kg
c. 13 d. 16
c. 23.33 kg d. 15.33 kg
82. Hary is 1/3 as old as Ron and eight years younger than
94. A man sold 9 dozen plain eggs and 16 dozen salted
Hermoine. Find the sum of their ages if Hary is 8 years
eggs for P942. The following day he sold at the same
old.
prices, 12 dozen plain eggs and 15 dozen salted eggs
a. 8 b. 24
for P990. Find the price per piece of his salted eggs.
c. 48 d. 16
a. P1.50 b. P3.50
c. P3.00 d. P2.75
95. Jack has $1.75 in nickels and dimes combines. There
are 5 more nickels than dimes. How many dimes are
there?
a. 10 b. 20
c. 30 d. 40
96. Admission tickets to Marimar’s concert were P400 for
adults and P125 for children. Receipts for the day
showed that 2700 persons attended and P887,500 was
collected. How many children attended that day?
a. 500 b.140
c. 700 d. 1800
97. An investor has P 1, 100 income from bonds bearing
4% and 5% if the amount at 4% and 5% were
interchanged he would earn P 50 more per year. Find
the total sum invested.
a. P20,000 b. P25,000
c. P30,000 d. P35,000
98. What weight of water must be added to 50lb of a 45%
brine solution to yield a 20% solution?
a. 61.3 lbs b. 55.1 lbs
c. 62.5 lbs d. 37.5 lbs
99. Find the bigger of two consecutive positive odd
integers such that the difference of their squares is 40.
a. 11 b. 10
c. 12 d. 16
100. The tens digit of a certain two digit number is 1/3 of
the units digit. When the digits are reversed, the new
number exceeds twice the original number by one
more than the sum of the digits. Find the original
number.
a. 26 b. 39
c. 13 d. 28

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of

preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”

~ General Colin Powell