Tutorials Math Bank
Tutorials Math Bank
2. Abi invested some money at 3% and $4000 less than that amount at 5%. The two
investments produced a total of $200 interestin a year. How much was invested at each
rate?
3. With income earned by selling the rights to her life story, Mystica invests some of the
money at 3% and $30,000 more than twice as much at 4%. The total annual interest
earned from the two investments is $5,800. How much is invested at each rate?
4. A man has Php1,000,000 invested at 7.4%. How much can he invest at 5% in order to
make 6.6 percent on his total investment?
5. Jane has Php 180,000 invested and gets an income of Php 14,700. Part of the
investment pays 10% and the remainder pays 7%. How much is invested at each rate?
6. I invested Php 24,000 in the common stock of one company and Php 12,800 in the
stock of another. The price per share of the second was four-fifths of the price per share
of the first. The next day, the price of the more expensive stock advanced Php 15 per
share, the price of the other declined Php 7.50 per share and as a result, the value of my
investment increased Php 300. Find the price per share of the more expensive stock.
7. A woman invested Php 250,000 in two business ventures. Last year she made a profit
of 15% from the first venture but lost 5% from the second venture. If last year’s income
from the two investments was equivalent to a return 8% on the entire amount invested,
how much has she invested in each venture?
9. A retail merchant invested Php 6.5 million in three kinds of cameras. The profit on the
sales of Camera A was 25%, on the sales of Camera B the profit was 12% and there was
a loss of 1% on Camera C. If the merchant invested an equal amount in cameras A and
B, and the overall profit on the total investment was 14%, how much was invested in
each kind of cameras?
10. Maria invested a portion of Php 31,750 at 9% and the remainder at 10%. If the total
income from the money is Php 3020, how much did she invest at each rate?
11. Pedro has an income of Php 300,000 from the business he inherited. He pays a total
income tax of 28% and invests part of the amount left at 10% and the remainder at 12%.
How much was invested at each rate if the total income from these two investments is
Php 23,600?
12. One alloy contains 80% gold (by weight) and another alloy contains 55% gold. How
many grams of each alloy should be combined to make 40 g of an alloy that contains
70% gold?
13. A radiator contains 25 quarts of a water and anti-freeze solution of which 60% (by
volume) is anti-freeze. How much of this solution must be drained and replaced with
water for the new solution to be 40% anti-freeze?
14. How much water is required to dilute 15 liters of a solution that is 12% dye solution
so that a 5% dye solution is obtained?
15. How much water must be evaporated from the 15 liters of the 12% dye solution in
the previous item to obtain a solution that is 20% dye? Assume that the process of
evaporation does not affect the total amount of pure dye.
16. A gardener has 26 kg of a mixture of a fertilizer and weed killer. If one kilo of the
mixture is replaced by weed killer the result is a mixture that is 5% weed killer. What
percent of the original mixture was weed killer?
17. A tank contains 20 gallons of a mixture of alcohol and water that is 40% alcohol by
volume. How much of the mixture should be removed and replaced by an equal volume
of water so that the resulting solution will be 25% alcohol by volume?
18. What weight of water must be evaporated from 40 lbs of a 20% salt solution to
produce a 50% solution? All percentages are by weight.
19. How many quarts of a 60% alcohol must be added to 40 quarts fo a 20% alcohol
solution to obtain a mixture which is 30% alcohol. All percentages are by volume.
20. Two unblended manganese ores contain 40% and 25% of manganese, respectively.
How many tons of each must be mixed with to give 100 tons of blended ore containing
35% of manganese? All percentages are by weight.
21. What weight of water must be added to 50 lbs of a 36% sulfuric acid solution to yield
a 20% solution? All percentages are by weight.
22. How many quarts of pure alcohol must be added to 10 quarts of a 15% alcohol
solution to obtain a mixture that is 25% alcohol? All percentages are by volume.
23. The radiator of a jeep has a capacity of 4 gallons. It is filled with an anti-freeze
solution of water and glycol that analyzes 10% gycol. What volume of the mixture must
be drawn off and replaced with glycol to obtain a 25% glycol solution? All percentages
are by volume.
24. One thousand quarts of milk testing 4% butterfat are to be reduced to 3%. How
many quarts of cream testing 23% butterfat must be separated from the milk to produce
the required result? All percentages are by volume.
25. A 42-year old has a son 12 years old. In how many years will the father be twice as
old as his son?
26. The tens digit of a number is 3 less than the units digit. If the number is divided by
the sum of the digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. What is the original
number?
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27. A man left of his money to his wife, to his daughter and the remainder, an
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amount of Php 15 , 000 to his son. How much money did he leave?
28. Person A can do a certain job in 3 hours, while the same job takes Person B in 4
hours. How long will it take both to finish the job if they work together?
29. whe Harry Potter opened his math book, two pages faced him. The sum of the page
numbers was 153. On what page did he open his book?
30. In the mini-zoo of the community, one-half of the animals are mammals, one-eight
are amphibians, one-sixteenth are birds, one-fourth are reptiles and 32 are fish. How
many animals are there?
31. The width of the rectangle is 2 centimeters more than one-half its length and its
perimeter is 40 centimeters, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
32. Admission tickets to a motion picture theater cost $2 for adults and $1.50 for
students. If 810 tickets were sold and the total receipts was $1426.50, how many of each
type of tickets were sold?
33. How many gallons of a solution containing 55% glycerine should be added to 25
gallons of a solution that contains 28% glycerine to give a solution that contains 35%
glycerine?
34. A little boy held two ants 150 cm apart on a table. One ant traveled at the rate of 10
cm per minute. After how long will the two ants meet?
35. There are four times as many men as women in a conference. When 18 more women
and 12 more men arrive, there are twice as many men as women. How many men in all
are there in the conference?
36. Before midnight during a New Year’s eve masquerade ball, a girl asked her partner
his age. He said if she subtracted 4 from his age and mulitplied the difference by 4, she
would have his age plus twice the day’s date. How old was the partner?
37. A man goes on a trip in a car. Ten minutes later, his son finds out he left some
important documents and proceeds to catch his father. Knowing that his father drive at
an average speed of 50 km per hour and he will drive at 70 km per hour, how long will it
take before he overtakes his father?
1. True or False
a. The value of sin −1 x is always nonnegative for all x ∈[0,1] .
b. For any α ∈ℜ, cos −1 ( cos α ) = α .
c. The modulus of iz is always equal to z for any z ∈ C .
d. If z = r cis θ is the polar form of a nonzero complex number z , then z = r cis ( −θ )
e. The set of purely imaginary numbers is closed under multiplication.
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2. If θ = sin − , then the value of sec ( 90 −θ ) is ___________.
−1
3
5
4. In the form a + bi , the complex conjugate of is ____________.
2 +i
6. There is/are _________ triangle(s) that can be solved in an oblique ∆ABC properly
labeled if β = 60 °, b = 6, c = 4 3 .
−1 1 −1 7
7. Evaluate: csc 3 sin − − tan −
2 24
x
8. For the function f ( x ) = −2 sin − π :
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a. Determine the amplitude, period and phase shift of the graph of f .
b. Obtain the zeroes of f on the interval 3π ≤ x ≤ 9π
c. Sketch one cycle of the graph of f .
i 27 (1 + i )
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b.
( 2 cis 75 °) 3
11. Meowth is on top of a tree 6 ft high. From there, he can see the feet of Jessie,
standing at a distance from and on the same level ground as the tree, has an angle of
depression of 30 °. Also from the top of the tree, Meowth sees the air balloon of James,
hovering directly above Jessie, at an angle of elevation of 15 ° from the top of the tree.
How high above the ground is James’s balloon flying?
12. In a park somewhere in Emerald City, Ash is seated directly north of Brock and
S 60 °W from Missy, while Missy is seated N15 °E from Brock. If Pikachu walks from
Brock to Missy and covered 8 m , how far will Pikachu walk from Missy to Ash?
13. In what quadrant will P (θ) lie if cot θ > 0 and cos θ < 0 ?
A. I B. II C. III D. IV
14. If the point (−3, 7 ) is on the terminal side of an angle θ in standard position, then
the value of sec θ is
4 4 4 7 4 7
A. B. − C. D. −
3 3 7 7
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19. An angle measuring revolutions is the same as an angle measuring ________
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radians and _______ degreees.
20. The radius of a circle whose central angle of 210 ° subtends an arc of length 42 π cm
is _________.
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21. If cos ( 90 − θ ) = and P(θ ) ∈Q ( IV ) , then csc θ is equal to _________.
5
3 3π
22. Given csc 2α = − and π < 2α < , then cos 4α is equal to _____.
2 2
15π 5π
b. 8 cos sin
8 8
2 tan 67 .5°
d.
2 − sec 2 67 .5°
13 5 3π
25. Given csc α = − , P (α ) ∈QIV and sec β = − , π ≤ α ≤ . Compute for the following.
5 4 2
α
a. sin
2
b. cot 2 β
c. cos (α − β )
28. Given:
Find: θ, x
29. A triangle has sides of length 20 cm , 21 cm and 22 cm . Find the measure of the
largest angle of the triangle.
30. At a point P, the angle of elevation of the top of a hill is 36 °. At a point Q on the
same horizontal line as P and the foot of the hill and 100 m from P, the angle of elevation
is 24 °. Find the height of the hill.
31. The leaning tower of Pisa was originally perpendicualr to the ground and 179 ft tall.
Because of sinking into the earth, it now leans at a certain angle θ from the
perpendicular. When the top of the tower is viewed from a point 150 ft from the center
of its base, the angle of elevation is 53 .3°. Find θ .
32. A flagpole is situated at the top of the building 115 ft tall. From a point in the same
horizontal plane as the base of the building the angles of elevation of the top and bottom
of the flagpole are 63 .2° and 58 .8°, respectively. How tall is the flagpole?
33. A building is located at the end of the street that is inclined at an angle of 8.4° with
the horizontal. At a point P, 210 m down the street from the building, the angle
subtended by the building is 15 .6°. How tall is the building?
34. A parallelogram has sides of lengths 30 cm and 70 cm and one angle of measure 65 °
. What is the measure of the longer diagonal?
35. From a lookout tower 120 ft high, a man observes from a position 10 ft below the
top of the tower that the angle of elevation of the top of a certain tree is 5.2° and that
the angle of depression of its base is 45 °. If the base of the tower and tree are at the
same level, what is the height of the tree?
36. A vertical pole 40 ft tall stands on a hillside that makes an angle of 17 ° with the
horizontal. What is the minimal length of cable that will reach from the top of the pole to
a point 72 ft downhill from the base of the pole?
38. From the top of a building 53 .6 ft high, the angle of elevation of the top of a pole is
15 °. At the bottom of the building the angle of elevation of the top of the pole is 30 °.
Find the height of the pole.
39. A tunnel for a new highway is to be cut through a mountain that is 194 .9 ft high. At a
distance of 175 m from the base of the mountain, the angle of elevation is 36 °. From a
distance of 150 m on the other side, the angle of elevation is 47 °. What is the length of
the tunnel?
41. Given P (α) is on the line segment joining the origin and the point ( −3,−4 ) while
P ( β) is on the line segment joining the origin and the point ( −5,−12 ) , find
a. cot (α − 2 β )
3π
b. cos − 2α
2
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42. Given tan α = and sin β = − . Neither P (α) nor P( β) is in QIV . Find
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a. sin ( α + β )
b. cos 2α
β
c. csc
2
44. Write True if the statement is always true; otherwise, write False.
a. ( sin θ + cos θ ) 2 = sin 2θ + 1
b. If P ( 4θ ) ∈QII , 2 2 sin 2θ cos 2θ = 1 + cos 8θ
c. csc 2 ( π ) −1 = cot 2 ( π )
85π 7π
d. If − π < θ < π and cos = sin θ , then θ = −
19 9
1999 π 5π 5π
= ( − 1)
1000
e. cot − tan
2 11 11
5 3
46. Given cot α = , cos α < 0, sin β = and P ( β ) ∉QI . Find the numerical value of the
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following:
a. sec (α − β )
b. tan ( 2α)
4π
c. cot +β
3
α
d. csc
2
β
e. tan
2
2152 π
49. P − lies in what quadrant?
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a. QI c. QIII
b. QII d. QIV
π
52. If cos + β = 0.125 , then csc β =
2
a. 0.125 c. − 0.125
b. 1.125 d. −1.125
6 1 3π π
53. If f (θ ) = f − +f −
( 5 + 2 sin θ ) , find the value of 2 2 2
10 7
a. c.
7 4
7 4
b. − d. −
10 7
π
56. The length of the chord in a unit circle if the length of the corresponding arc is −
2
will be:
a. π c. 2
b. 0 d. 1
13
58. If sec θ = − and P(θ ) ∉QIII , sin 2θ is equal to
5
120 120
a. c. −
169 169
60 60
b. d. −
169 169
5π 7π
59. Find the exact value of csc 2 − cot 2
12 12
7π π
60. Find the exact value of sin cos
24 24
α
61. If tan = 3 and P( α ) is not in QI ,
4
α
a. Find the exact value of tan
2
3α
b. Find the exact value of tan
4
64. Prove: cos 2 6θ sin 12θ = ( − 1 − cos 12θ ) ( sin 6θ sin 2 3θ − cos 2 3θ sin 6θ )
1. A. Of the six trigonometric function, only the cosine and secant functions are even.
B. For any angle A ∈ ℜ and B ∈ ℜ , cos ( A − B ) = cos ( B − A) .
sin x
3. A. The equation tan x = is an identity for cos x ≠ 0 .
cos x
Arc sin x
B. The equation Arc tan x = is an identity for Arc cos x ≠ 0 .
Arc cos x
7. Given: f ( x ) = −2 cos ( 6π x − 3π ) + 4
1
A. The graph of f ( x ) is displaced units to the right.
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B. The graph of f ( x ) is displaced 4 units up.
II. Mulitple Choice. Write the letter corresponding to the best answer on your answer
sheet. If the answer is not found among the choices, write E.
1. c s 2cθ + c o 2tθ ≡
A. csc θ B. cot θ C. tan θ D. sec θ
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For numbers 2 and 3, given sin θ = and P (θ) is in quadrant II.
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2. sin 2θ =
8 24 12 24
A. B. C. − D. −
5 25 25 25
3. cos 2θ =
7 7 9
A. − B. C. 1 D. −
25 25 25
4.