ELECTIVE 3- HOME EXAM

MATHEMATICS

SET A.1

INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions.

1. The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each side 6 cm long. The bases are 14
cm apart. What is the volume of the prism in cu. cm?
a. 574 b. 802 c. 785 d. 867

2. Find the area of the region bounded by the curves y = 12x / (x 2 +4) , the x-axis , x
= 1, and x = 4.
a. 4 ln 6 b. ln 24 c. 6 ln 15 d. 6 ln 4

3. How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to 30 liters of 20% alcohol to obtain a
mixture which is 40% alcohol solution?
a. 8 liters b. 6 c. 12 d. 10

4. River A flows at a rate of 3 kph and river B at 1 kph. It takes the boat to travel
twice in river A for a distance of 18 km than it took the boat to trave l 10 km in
river B. Compute the speed of the boat in still water.
a. 25 kph b. 21 c. 18 d. 12

5. The sides of a square lot having an area of 2.25 hectares were measured using a 100 m
tape that was 0.04 m too short. Compute the error in the area in sq m
a. 16 sq m b. 18 c. 20 d. 22

6. Four milk cans are bundled together using a piece of string. If you allow 5 cm for
tying the knot, what is the shortest amount of string that you need if each can has a
radius of 4 cm?
a. 62.12 cm b. 71.32 c. 84.55 d. 90.12

7. A rectangular bin , open at the top , is required to contain 128 cu m . If the bottom
is to be a square at a cost of P 2.00 per square meter , what dimensions will minimize
the cost?
a. s = 4 , h = 4 b. s = 8 , h = 8 c. s = 8 , h = 4 d. s = 4 , h = 8

8. Compute the braking distance for a car moving at an initial velocity of 60 kph and a
final velocity of 40 kph. The slope of the roadway is +5% , Coefficient of friction
bet. road pavement and tires = 0.15 , and Perception-reaction time is 0.75 s.
a. 37.55 m b. 31.15 c. 39.33 d. 34.55

9. Find an equation of the line through (1, -1) perpendicular to the line 3x – 4y = 10.
a. 3y = -4x +1 b. 3y = 4x -1 c. 3y = -4x – 1 d. 3y = 4x +1

SITUATION 2: For the ellipse 4x 2 + 9y2 + 8x – 32 = 0,

10. Find the distance focus from the center.

a. 2.75 b. 2.24 c. 2.56 d. 2.18

11. Find the major axis , a.

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2

12. Find the eccentricity of the ellipse.

a. 1 b. 0.33 c. 0.75 d. 0.5

13. A marksman fires at a target 350 meters away and he ars the bullet hit the target 2
seconds after he pulled the trigger. An observer 400 meters away from the marksman
 and 420 meters from the target, nears the bullet hit the target 1 second after he
hears the rifle repent. Find the speed of the bullet.
a. 330 m/s b. 372.58 c. 400 d. 385

14. You are given 8 numbers which add up to 168. One of the numbers is 28. Find the
average of other 7 numbers.
a. 25 b. 20 c. 15 d. 10

15. Find the latus rectum of the curve x 2 = -12y

a. 12 b. -12 c. -6 d. 6

16. Find the number of terms of the series 5 , 8, 11 … of which the sum is 1025.
a. 20 b. 22 c. 24 d. 25

17. In a vector 2i + 3j + 6k , compute the angle A which makes with x-axis.

a. 64.62° b. 74.75° c. 73.4° d. 31°

18. If a group of positive integers has a sum of 8 ,what is the greatest product the group
can have?
a. 16 b. 7 c. 18 d. 8

19. Convert x2 – 4y – 4 into polar form.

a. r = 2/(1- sinθ) b. r = 2(1- sinθ) c. r = cosθ + sinθ d. r = 1 + sinθ

20. Find the radius of gyration of the area in the first quadrant bounded by the lines x
= 0 , y = 4 and the curve y 2 = 8x with respect to x-axis.
a. 3.65 b. 3.10 c. 3.52 d. 3.77

21. Find the area of the quadrilateral having sides of 10 , 5 , 14.14 , and 15 and the
sum of the opposite angles is 225° .
a. 115 b. 110 c. 105 d. 100

22. The sum of the nth term of a sequence is given by S(n) = n(n – 3) . Determine the nth
term of the sequence.
a. 2n-2 b. 2n-4 c. 2n+2 d. 2n+4

23. Find the volume of solid of revolution bounded by the curves y2 = x3 , the x-axis and
x = 4.
a. 32π b. 64π c. 96π d. 128π

24. A ladder is placed 50 m from a wall at an angle θ with the horizontal. Top of the
ladder is x meters above the ground. If the bottom of the ladder is pushed toward the
wall, find the rate of change of x with respect to θ when θ = 45°
a. 2.5 m/deg B. 1.90 C. 1.75 d. 1.50

25. A parabolic curve has a descending grade of -0.8% which meets an ascending grade of
0.4% at Sta. 10+020 . The maximum allowable change of grade per 20 meter station is
0.15. Elevation of station 10 + 020 is 240.60 m. What is the length of the curve?
a. 180 m b. 160 c. 140 d. 120

26. Given the equation of the parabola y 2 – 8x – 4y – 20 = 0 , find the latus rectum.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

27. Find the limit of the following:

2
lim ( 𝑦 + 1)
𝑥 →∞ 𝑦

a. 0 b. ∞ c. 1 d. 2
28. Two boats left the wharf at the same time. One sailed in the direction N 30° E at 40
mph. The other sailed due East at 25 mph. How fast were they separating at the end of
one hour in mph?
a. 30 mph b. 35 c. 40 d. 45

29. Find the total length of the curve r = 4(1 – sin θ).
a. 16 b. 32 c. 18 d. 20

30. The geometric mean and harmonic mean of two numbers are 12 and 7.2 , respectively.
What is the larger number?
a. 12 b. 36 c. 24 d. 30

31. Find the remainder of 3x 4 + 5x2 + x – 20 when divided by x + 2.

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

32. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining (2, 4)
and (-1 ,6).
a. 6x – 4y = 17 b. – 6x – 4y = 17 c. 6x + 4y = 17 d. -6x + 4y = 17

33. Find the laplace transform of f(t) = t^2

a. 3/s2 b. 3/s3 c. 2/s3 d. 2/s2

34. Find the numerical coefficient of the 7th term of (3x – 2y)10.
a. 1,068,880 b. 1,088,640 c. 1,640,088 d. 1,880,460

35. If sec2 A is 5/2 , the value of cos 2 A is:

a. 2.5 b. 0.6 c. 1.5 d. 0.4

36. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540°. Find the number of sides.
a. 23 b. 24 c. 25 d. 26

37. What is the equation of the asymptote of the hyperbola 4x2 – 9y2 = 36?
a. 2x – 3y = 0 b. 3x – 2y = 0 c. 2x – y = 0 d. 2x + y = 0

38. The weight of a mass of 10 kg using g = 9.77 m/s 2 is:

a. 79.7 N b. 77.9 N c. 97.7 N d. 99.7 N

39. Locate the centroid of the area bounded by the parabola y 2 = 4x , the line y = 4 and
the y-axis.
a. 6/5,3 b. 2/5,3 c. 7/4, 6/5 d. 1/4 , 9/5

40. A spherical balloon is inflated. During the each second its radius expands by an
amount equal to 0.01in. less than the radius expanded during the previous second. If
the radius R expands at the rate of 0.35in. per second when R=18in. what is R exactly
30 seconds later?
a. 24.15 b. 23.14 c. 30.14 d. 20.78

41. A chemist has 300grams of 20% hydrochloric acid. He wishes to drain some off and
replace it with an 80% solutions so as to obtain a 25% solution. How many grams must
he drain and replace with 80% solution.
a.20 b. 23 c. 12 d. 25

42. The top of the cliff C is observed from A to have a vertical angle of 24degrees. The
observer then moves horizontally towards the cliff at point B 1500 meters from A and
found out that the vertical angle of C is 45degrees. A, B and C lie on the same
vertical plane. Find the elevation of the cliff if the height of instrument at A is
5.35m above the sea level.
a.1209.6m b. 1325.4 c. 1450.7 d. 1190.4

43. Engr. C passes a farmhouse at 3:14pm. At 3:56pm he passes the second farmhouse. If he
was travelling a uniform rate of 12mph, how far apart are the farmhouses?
a.1.2miles b. 3.6miles c. 3.0miles d. 8.4miles
44. How many times will a clock strikes in 24 hours, if it strikes only at the hours?
a.156 b. 78 c. 48 d. 24

45. A hollow spherical shell has a radius of 10 units and a mass of 20. What is the mass
moment of inertia
a.1289.3 b. 1450.2 c. 1620 d. 1333.33

46. Find the distance of the directrix from the center of an ellipse if its major axis is
10 and its minor axis is 8
a.8.5 b. 8.1 c. 8.3 d.8.7

47. Determine how much water should be evaporated from a 50kg of 30% salt solution to
produce a 60% salt solution
a.20kg b. 25kg c. 30kg d. 28kg

48. Find the slope of a line having the parametric equation y=4t+6 and x=t+1
a.2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

49. Each of the faces of a regular hexahedron is a?

a. triangle b. square c. star d. hexagon

50. A conic is symmetric with respect to its:

a. latus rectum b. principal axis c. minor axis d. major axis