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11. A wheel 5 feet in diameter rolls up with an incline of 18 degrees 20 minutes. What
is the height of the center of the wheel above the base of the incline when the wheel
has rolled 5 ft. up the incline? Ans. 4 ft.
12. A tree broken over by the wind forms a right triangle with the ground. If the broken
part makes an angle of 50 degrees with the ground and the top of the tree is now 20ft
from its base, how tall was the tree? Ans.55 ft.
13. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from point A is 23.5. From another
point B, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 55.5. The points A and B are
217.45 ma art and on the same horizontal plane as the foot of the tower. The
horizontal angle subtended by A and B at the foot of the tower is 90 degrees. Find the
height of the tower. Ans. 90.6 m
14. A pole cast a shadow 15m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61
degrees. If the pole is leaned 15 degrees from the vertical directly towards the sun,
determine the length of the pole? Ans. 54.23 m
15. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He takes sights at the top of
the tower from A and B, which are 50 feet apart, at the same elevation on a direct line
with the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the
height of the tower? Ans. 92.54 ft.
16. The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of tower A is 28 degree
and the angle of elevation of the top of tower A from the base of tower b is 46 degree
the two towers lie in the same horizontal plane. If the height of tower B is 120m. Find
the height of tower A. Ans. 40.7 m
17. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are on the same elevation as the foot of a
building. The angles of elevation of the top of the building from points A and B are 21°
and 32° respectively. How far is A from the building? Ans. 259.2
18. If xcos θ + ysin θ = 1 and xsin θ – ycos θ = 3, what is the relationship between x
and y? Ans. X2 + Y2 = 10
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑦
19. If x + y = 90o, then is equal to: Ans. cotx
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥
20. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB= 15cm, BC= 18cm. and CA= 24 cm. Determine
the distance from the point of intersection of the angular bisectors to side AB. Ans. 4.73
cm
Analytic Geometry
21. Find the equation of the bisector of the obtuse angle between the lines 2x + y = 4
and 4x – 2y = 7. Ans. 4y = 1
22. The two straight lines 4x-y+3 = 0 and 8x -2y +6=0 Ans. are coincident
23. Find the shortest distance from the point (1,2) to appoint on the circumference of
the circle defined by the equation x2 + y2 + 10x + 6y + 30 = 0. Ans. 5.810
24. Determine the length of the chord common to the circles x2 + y2 = 64 and x2 + y2 -
16x = 0 Ans. 13.856
25. Find the equation of the locus of the center of the circle which moves so that it is
tangent to the y-axis and to the circle of the radius one with center (2,0). Ans. y2 – 6x
+3=0
26. The eccentricity of the ellipse x2/4 + y2/16 = 1 is: Ans. 0.866
27. The eccentricity of the elliptical path in which the earth moves around the sun is
approximately 186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. Determine
the apogee of the earth. Ans. 94,550,000
28. Determine the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment PQ if P(-2,3)
and Q(4,-5). Ans. 6x – 8y – 14 = 0
29. An ellipse has its center at (0, 0) with its axis horizontal. The distance between the
vertices is 8 and its eccentricity is 0.5. Compute the length of the longest focal radius
from point (2, 3) on the curve. Ans. 6
30. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices have polar coordinates (0,0o), (6,20o)
and (8,50o). Ans. 12 sq units
Differential Calculus
31. What is the radius of the curvature at point (1, 2) of the curve 4x - y2= 0?
Ans. 5.66
32. The number of newspaper copies distributed is given by C = 50t2 – 200t + 10000,
where t is in years. Find the minimum number of copies distributed from 1995 to 2002.
Ans. 9800
33. Given the following profit versus production function for a certain commodity: P =
200,000 – x – (1.1/1+x) 8. Where P is the profit and x is unit of production. Determine
the maximum profit.
Ans. 200,000
34. An iron bar 20m long is bent to form a closed plane area. What is the largest area
possible?
Ans. 31.83 m
35. Find the extrema of the linear function f(x,y) = 3x – 4y on the planar region {(x,y);
4 ≤ x + y ≤ 7,1 ≤ x ≤ 3).
Ans. The minimum value is 021 and the maximum value is 5.
37. A closed box with a square base has a volume of 100 in3. Compute the rate of
change of its surface area with respect to its base dimension x when x=5.
Ans. 4
38. A certain travel agency offered a tour that will cost each person P 1500.00 if not
more than 150 persons will join, however the cost per person will be reduced by P 5.00
per person in excess of 150. How many persons will make the profit a maximum?
Ans. 225
39. Two cities A and B are 8km and 12 km, respectively, north of a river which runs due
east. City B being 15km east of A. A pumping station is to be constructed (along the
river) to supply water for the two cities. Where should the station be located so that the
amount of pipe is a minimum?
Ans. 6 km east of A
40. A boatman is at A, which is 4.5 km from the nearest point B on a straight shore BM.
He wishes to reach in minimum time, a point C is situated on the shore9km from B.
How far from C should he land if he can row at the rate of 6kph and walk at the rate of
7.5 kph? Ans. 3 km
Integral Calculus
41. Find the volume in the first octant bounded by the surfaces x2 = y + 2z and x = 2.
Ans. 1.6
42. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the curve y2 = 4x, the line x =
1, the x-axis on the first quadrant with respect to y-axis.
Ans. 0.571
43. How much work is required to pump all the water from a right circular cylindrical
tank that is 8 feet in diameter and 9 feet tall, if it is emptied at a point 1 foot above the
top of the tank?
Ans. 49,421 𝜋 kg-m
44. A 60-m cable that weights 4 kg/m has a 500-kg weight attached at the end. How
much work is dine in winding-up the last 20 m of the cable?
Ans. 10,800
45. A uniform chain that weighs 0.50 kg per meter has a leaky 15-liter bucket attached
to it. If the bucket is full of liquid when 30 m of chain is out and half-full when no chain
is out, how much work is done in winding the chain? Assume that the liquid leaks out at
a uniform rate and weighs 1 kg per liter.
Ans. 356.2 kg-m
46. The velocity of a body is given by v(t) = sin(πt) where the velocity is given in
meters per second and t is given in seconds. The distance covered in meters between
t= ¼ and ½ second is close to.
Ans. 0.2251
47. An area is bounded by the curve y=sinx, the x axis and the lines x=0 and x=π. How
far is the centroid of the region above the x-axis?
Ans. 0.3926
1 1−𝑥
48. Evaluate: ∫0 √1+𝑥 𝑑𝑥
Ans. 0.5707963268
49. Find the area of the region bounded by the one loop of the curve x2 = y4(1 - y2).
Ans. 𝜋/8
1 2 𝑦
50. Evaluate: 𝐴 = ∫0 ∫0 ∫0 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑧 Ans. 1/6
Differential Equations
51. Under certain conditions, cane sugar in water is converted into dextrose at a rate
proportional to the amount that is unconverted at any time. If, of 75 kg at time t = 0,
8kg are converted during the first 30 minutes, find the amount converted in 2 hours.
Ans. 27.23
52. A thermometer reading 18 *C is brought into a room where the temperature is 70
*C; 1 min. later the thermometer reading is 31 *C. Determine the temperature reading
as a function of time and, in particular, find the temperature reading 5 min. after the
thermometer is first brought into the room .
Ans. 57.66 oC
53. Obtain the differential equation of a parabola with axis parallel to the x-axis.
Ans. 3(y’’)2 – y’y’’ = 0
54. Obtain the particular solution of dr/dt = -4rt when t=0, r=ro
Ans. r=roe-2t2
55. A mothball, in the shape of a sphere, loses mass at a rate proportional to its surface
area. Its diameter is observed to decrease by a factor of 2 in 200 days. How long will it
take for the mass to decrease to one-half of its original value?
Ans. 82.4 days
Probability and Statistics
56. A game show host asks a contestant to pick 3 out of 21 baskets. One of the 21
baskets contains a “Win all” chip and another contains a “Lose all” chip. In the event
that both chips were picked, the contestant will still lose all. What is the probability the
contestant win all?
Ans. 1/7
57. The probability of a component failing in one year due to excessive temperature
is1/20, that due to excessive vibration is 1/25 and that due to excessive humidity is
1/50. Determine the probabilities that during a one-year period a component will not
fail because of both excessive temperature and excessive humidity.
Ans. 0.931
58. In a shooting game the probabilities that Botoy and Toto will hit a target are 2/3
and 3/4 respectively. What is the probability that the target is hit when both shoot at it
once?
Ans. 11/12
59. A standard deck of 52 playing cards is well shuffled. The probability that the first
four cards dealt from the deck will be four aces is closes to:
Ans. 4 x 10^-6
60. A standard deck of 52 playing cards is well shuffled. The probability that the first
four cards dealt from the deck will be four aces is closes to:
Ans. 8/13
Physics
61. A hunter fires a 50 gram bullet at a tiger. The bullet left the gun with a speed of
600 m/s/. What is the momentum of the bullet?
Ans. 30 kg m/s
62. An elevator can lift a load of 500 N from the ground level to a height of 20 meters
in 10 seconds. Find the horsepower rating of the elevator.
Ans. 13.4
63. A 400-kg elevator starts from rest accelerates uniformly to a constant speed of 2.0
m/s and decelerates uniformly to stop 20 m above its initial position. Neglecting the
friction and other losses, what work was done on the elevator?
Ans. 785 KJ
64. The brakes of a 1000-kg automobile exert 3000 N. How long will it take for the car
to come to a complete stop from a velocity of 30 m/s?
Ans. 10 sec
65. A light ray of wavelength 589 nm travelling through air is incident on a smooth flat
slab of glass at an angle of 30o to the normal. Find the angle of refraction. Index of
refraction of air is 1 and that of glass is 1.52.
Ans. 19.2 o
66. A 1-N bullet is fired with a velocity of 900 m/s into a 89-N sand box mounted on
wheels. After the impact, the box strikes a spring and is broight to rest for a distance of
150 mm. Find the spring constant in N/mm.
Ans. 45.2
67. An object is placed 3 ft from the center of a horizontally rotating platform. The
coefficient of friction is 0.30. The object will begin to slide off when platform speed is
nearest to___.
Ans. 22 rpm
68. A 200-kg crate impends to slide down a ramp inclined at an angle of 19.29o with
horizontal. What is the frictional resistance?
Ans. 648.16 N
69. A diverging lens Ans. can collimate converging ray of light
70. Some light beams will follow curved paths Ans. under no circumstances
Engineering Mechanics
71. A cable 800 m long weighing 1.5Kn/m has tension of 750 kN at each end. Compute
the maximum sag of the cable.
Ans. 200 m
72. A belt passes over a wheel of radius 25 cm. If a point on the belt has a speed of 5
m/s, how fast is the wheel possible recoil velocity of the cannon?
Ans. 5.6 rev/s
73. A 1750 kg cannon, initially at rest, fires a 50 kg shell horizontally with a speed of
625 m/s. what is the maximum possible recoil velocity of the cannon?
Ans. 17.86
74. A 50 kg block rests at the top of a smooth plane whose length is 2.00 m and whose
height is 0.50 m. How long will it take for the block to slide to the bottom of the plane
when released?
Ans. 1.3 s
75. One hundred mL of water in a plastic bag of negligible mass is to be catapulted
upwards with an initial acceleration of 20 m/s2. What force is necessary to do this?
Assume the gravity is 9.81 m/s2 and the density of water is 1 g/mL.
Ans. 1.55 N
76. A body weighing 40 lb starts from rest and slides down a plane at an angle of 30o
with the horizontal for which the coefficient of friction is 0.30. How far will it move
during the third second? How long will it require for it to move 60 ft?
Ans. c. 19.33 ft, 3.94 s
77. At what rpm is a Ferris wheel turning when the rider feels weightlessness or zero
gravity every time the rider is at the topmost part of the wheel with radius of 9m?
Ans. 9.97 rpm
78. A rock is thrown horizontally of the top of a building that is 7.5 m above the
ground. It is observed that the rock lands 22 m away from the base of the building. The
initial velocity of the rock was nearly equal to.
Ans. 18 m/s
79. The landing speed of an airplane is 360 kph. When it touches down, it puts on its
brakes and reverses its engine. The retardation in its speed is 0.2 times the square root
of its speed. Determine the time elapsed in seconds from the point of touchdown until
the plane comes to a complete stop.
Ans. 90 s (not sure)
80. A car jumps across a 10 ft wide ditch with a constant velocity v. The ditch is 6
inches lower on the far side. What is the minimum velocity that will keep the car from
falling into the ditch?
Ans. a. 38.6 mph
Strength of Materials
81. The thermal stress in a bar that is allowed to expand freely when heated to a
higher temperature is. Ans. ZERO
82. When applied normal and shear stresses are resolved in such a manner that the
shear stresses vanishes ( go to zero ), the resulting normal stresses are called the __.
Ans. Principal Stress
83. What is the material stress for brittle materials, in the calculation of allowable stress
from the formula?
Ans. Ultimate Stress
84. A steel rod 30 ft long used in control device is to transmit a tensile force of 1000 lb
without stretching more than 1/8 inch, nor exceeding an allowable stress of 20000 psi.
The diameter of the rod is nearest to ____. ( E = 30 x 106 psi ).
Ans. 1/4
85. Determine the outside diameter of a hollow steel tube that will carry a tensile load
of 500 kN at a stress of 140 MPa. Assume the wall thickness to be one-tenth of the
outside diameter.
Ans. 113 mm
86. A force of 10 N is applied to one end of a 10 inches diameter circular rod. Calculate
the stress.
Ans. 0.20 kph
87. What force is required to punch a 20-mm diameter hole through a 10-mm thick
plate? The ultimate strength of the steel is 450 MPa.
Ans. 282.74 KN
88. A steel pipe 1.5 m in diameter is required to carry an internal pressure of 750 kPa.
If the allowable tensile stress of steel id 140 MPa. Determine the required thickness of
the pipe in mm.
Ans. 4.01 mm
89. A load P is supported by two springs arranged in series. The upper spring has 20
turns of 14.5 mm radius wire on a mean radius of 75 mm. The lower spring consists of
15 turns of 5 mm radius wire on a diameter of 130 mm. Determine the value of P that
will cause a total elongation of 80 mm. Assume G= 83 GPa for both springs.
Ans. 223.3 N
90. A hollow steel shaft 2540 mm long must transmit torque of 34 kN-m. The total
angle of twist must not exceed 3 degrees. The maximum shearing stress must not
exceed 110 MPa. Find the inside diameter of the shaft that meets these conditions. Use
G= 83 GPa.
Ans. 92 mm
Engineering Economy
91. The ratio of net income before taxes to the net sales is the ___. ANS. PROFIT
MARGIN
92. What do you call the value of the stock as stated on the stock certificate? ANS. PAR
VALUE
93. A P 2000 loan was originally made at 8% simple interest for 4 years. At the end of
this period the loan was extended for 3 years, without the interest rate was made 10%
compounded semiannually. How much should the borrower pay at the end of 7 years?
Ans. 3538
94. A chemical engineer wishes to set –up a special fund by making a uniform semi-
annual end- of period deposits for 20 years. The fund is to provide a 100,000 at the end
of each of the last five years of a 20 year period. If interest is 8% compounded semi-
annually, what is the required semi-annual deposit to be made?
Ans. A = 6,193.99 (use ordinary annuity)
95. A machine having a first cost of P60, 000.00 will be retired at the end of 8 years.
Depreciation cost is computed using a constant percentage of the declining book value.
What is the total cost of depreciation, in pesos, up to the time the machine is retired if
the annual rate of depreciation is 28.72%?
Ans. 56,000
96. XYZ Corporation makes it a policy that for any new equipment purchased, the
annual depreciation cost should not exceed 20% of the first cost at any time with no
salvage value. Determine the length of service life necessary if the depreciation used is
the SYD method.
Ans. 9 years
97. Determine the capitalized cost of an equipment costing P 2M with an annual
maintenance of P 200,000.00 if money is worth 20% per annum.
Ans. 3M
98. It is the value which is usually determined by a disinterested third party in order to
establish a price that is fair to both seller and buyer.
Ans. Salvage Value
99. What costs represents money which has been spent or capital which has been
invested and which cannot be recovered due to certain reasons?
Ans. Sunk Cost
100. One thousand pesos is borrowed for one year at an interest rate 1% per month. If
the sum of money borrowed for the same period at an interest rate 12% per year, the
saving in interest charges is closest to?
Ans. d. 7 pesos
At 1:00 P.M., a thermometer reading 70 *F is taken outside where the air temperature
is -10 *F (ten below zero). at 1:02 P.M. the reading is 26*F. at 1:05 P.M.the
thermometer is taken back indoors, where the air is at 70 *F. What is the temperature
reading at 1:09 P.M.
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