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This document contains 50 math and word problems across various topics including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, probability, and calculus. The problems involve finding terms in polynomial expansions, sums of exponents, roots of polynomials, products and differences of numbers, time conversions, proportions, geometric sequences, distances, probabilities, volumes, permutations, derivatives, integrals, inverses, and rates of change.
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Math Problems

This document contains 50 math and word problems across various topics including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, probability, and calculus. The problems involve finding terms in polynomial expansions, sums of exponents, roots of polynomials, products and differences of numbers, time conversions, proportions, geometric sequences, distances, probabilities, volumes, permutations, derivatives, integrals, inverses, and rates of change.
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1.

Find the term involving x2yz in the expansion of (2x + y + 5z)4

2. Find the sum of the exponents of (3x2 + 2y4)10

3. The roots of x3 11x2 x + 2 = 0 are r, s, and t. What is the value of r2st + rs2t rst2?

4. Find the product of 2 numbers such that their sum multiplied by the sum of their squares is
5500 and their difference multiplied by the difference of their squares is 352.

5. The time is past 2PM. In 10 minutes, the minute hand will be as much as the hr hand as it is
now behind it. What time is it?

6. In the Marawi conflict, the AFP captured 6400 soldiers. The provisions on hand will last for
216 meals while feeding 3 meals a day. The provisions lasted 9 more days because of daily
deaths. At an average, how many died per day?

7. The sequence x, 2x + 7, 10x 7 forms a geometric progression. The sum of the first 10
terms of the geometric progression.

8. The ball is dropped from a height of 120 ft and continuously rebounds to 2/3 of the distance
it falls. What is the total distance traversed by the ball when it comes to rest?

9. If one of the roots of ax + by + c is 2/3 + (5/9)i where a, b and c are integers , what is the
value of c?

10. The geometric mean of two numbers is 8 while the arithmetic mean is 4. The cube of the
harmonic mean is?

11. The vertices of a triangle have their polar coordinates at (0,0o), (6,30o) and (9,70o). The
perimeter of the triangle is?

12. Three circles are mutually tangent to each other externally. Connecting the 3 centers form a
triangle whose sides are 16cm, 20cm and 24cm. What is the area of the smallest circle in
cm2?

13. A plane flies at a speed of 400 Nm from A to B on a direction N 32o W with a wind blowing at
a speed of 30 Nm on the direction due west. At what angle was the original direction of
flight shifted due to the tail of wind?

14. Given a spherical triangle a = 77o36, b = 63o17 and 107o23 with spherical radius of 5m.
Find the perimeter?

15. The probability that a student pilot passes a written test for his private pilots licence is 0.7.
Find the probability that a person passes the test before the 4th try.

16. If the probability that a basketball player sinks the basket at a 3point range is 2/5,
determine the probability of shooting 5 out of 8 attempts.
17. A statistics of a machine factory indicates that for every 1000 unit it produces, there is one
reject unit. If a customer buys 200 units, what is the probability that it will have at least one
reject unit.

18. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are P(2,-1,3), Q(1,2,4) and R(3,1,1)?

19. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are represented by A = 2i 3j + 4k, B =
i + 2j k and C = 3i j + 2k?
20. A circle is circumscribed about a hexagon. Determine the area of the hexagon if the area
outside the hexagon but inside the circle is 15 sq. cm?
21. How many has a polygon if the sum of its exterior angles equals the sum of its interior
angles?
22. Find the equation of a line that bisects the acute angle between the lines x y 1 = 0 and 7x
+y-7=0
23. What is the equation of the radical axis of the circles x2 + y2 -18x -14y + 121 = 0 and x2 + y2
-6x -6y = 14.
24. A circle passes through (2,3), (6,1) and (4,-3). Find the coordinate of the center of the
circle?
25. The perimeter of an ellipse is 28.448 cm the major axis is 10 cm long and lies on the x-axis
with its center on the origin. Determine the e quation of the ellipse
26. Compute the equation of the polar of the point (4,-6) with respect to the ellipse 16x2 + 36y2
= 576
27. Determine the distance between the vertices of a hyperbola xy = 8.
28. Two faces of a cube lie in the planes 2x y + 2z 3 = 0 and 6x 3y + 6z + 8 = 0. Find the
volume of the cube?
29. If f(x) = x3 x 1, what is the set of all c if f(c) = f(-c)?
30. Find the value of x if x30o + y45o = 9.9178839.0083o
cos sin
31. What is the inverse of the 2 x 2 matrix A = ( )?
sin cos
32. Determine the distance between the foci of a hyperbola if the lengths of the transverse and
conjugate axes are 10 m and 8 m, respectively.
33. From a deck of ordinary cards, what is the probability of drawing a heart or face card?
34. Find the equation of the smallest circle that passes though the points (-3,2) and (12, -6).
35. What is the sum of all constants k such that the two lines (k + 1)x 3y + 2 = 0 , (k - 2)x +
4y 1 = 0 are perpendicular to each other?
36. For certain arithmetic progression with S1729 = S29 where Sn denotes the sum of the first nth
terms, find S1758?
37. The average of 999 is 999. From these numbers I choose 729 of them and coincidentally,
their average is 729. Find the average of the remaining numbers.
38. If the 3rd term of an HP is 3 and the 10th term of the same HP is 10, what is the maximum
possible length of HP.
39. Two dice are rolled, find the odds against getting a sum of 9.
40. Find the probability of getting royal flush when 5 cards are dealt from a deck of 52 cards.
41. If x = t3 1, y = t2 + t, find d2y/dx2?
42. If z = x2 3xy + 3y2 7x + 12y +10, find the minimum value of z.
43. Solve the differential equation y'+ exy = ex
44. A triangle has vertices at A=(0,0), B=(14,0), and (C=(5,12). What are the coordinates
of the incenter?
45. What is the volume of a regular tetrahedron of edge is 10cm?
46. How many distinct permutations can be made from the word columns?
47. A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its surface area decreases at the rate of
1cm2/min. How fast is the radius shrinking when it is 3 cm?
2 4
48. Find the inverse laplace transform of (+1 +3).
49. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the quantity of radium present. Suppose that
it is found that in 25 years approximately 1.1% of a certain quantity of radium has
decomposed. Determine approximately how long will it takes for one half the original
amount of radium to decompose.
50. Water is poured into a conical tank at the rate of 2.15 cubic meters per minute. The tank is 8
meters in diameter across the top and 10 meters high. How fast the water level rising when
the water stands 3.5 meters deep.

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