July 21, 2018

1. Joseph gave 1/4 of his candles to Joy and Joy gave 1/5 of what she got to Tim. If Tim received 2
candles, how many candles did Joseph have originally?
A. 30 B. 20 C. 50 D. 40
2 2
2. What conic section is described by the equation 4x - y + 8x + 4y = 15?
A. parabola B. hyperbola C. circle D. ellipse
3. Find the maximum area of a rectangle which can be inscribed in an ellipse having the equation x2
+ 4y2 = 4.
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 5
2 2 2
4. If the general equation of the conic Ax + Bxy + Cy + Dx + Ey + F = 0. If Bx – 4AC > 0, the
equation describes a __________.
A. ellipse B. hyperbola C. parabola D. circle
5. Determine the equation that expresses that G is proportional to k and inversely proportional to
C and z.
A. G = ck/GG B. G = a/bc C. G = ck/zC D. G = bc/zK
6. The chord passing through the focus of the parabola and is perpendicular to its axis is termed as:
A. axis B. latus rectum C. directrix D. translated axis
7. What’s the equation of the hyperbola with a focus at (-3 – 3sqrt. of 13, 1) asymptotes
intersecting at (-3,1) and one asymptote passing thru the point (1, 7)?
A. 4x2 - 9y2 + 54x + 8y – 247 = 0 C. 9x2 - 4y2 + 54x + 8y - 247 = 0
B. 4x2 + 9y2 + 54x - 8y + 284 = 0 D. 9x2 + 9y2 + 54x - 8y + 284 = 0
8. Find the ratio of the sides of triangle if its sides form an arithmetic progression and one of the
angles is 90 degrees.

A. 4:5:6 B. 1: 2: 3 C. 3: 4: 5 D. 2: 3: 4

9. The area enclosed by the ellipse 4x2 + 9y2 = 36 is revolved about the line x = 3, what is the
volume generated?
A. 370. 3 B. 360. 1 C. 355.3 D. 365.1
2
10. The polynomial x + 4x + 4 is the area of a square floor. What is the length of its side?
A. X + 2 B. x-2 C. x + 1 D. x – 1
11. Given a conic section, if B2 - 4AC = 0, it is called?
A. Circle B. Parabola C. Hyperbola D. Ellipse
12. Find the height of a right circular cylinder of maximum volume which can be inscribed in a
sphere of radius 10 cm.
A. 11.55 cm B. 11.55 cm C. 12.55 cm D. 18.55 cm
13. The length of the latus rectum of the parabola y = 4px2 is:
A. 4p B. 2p C. p D. -4p
2
14. The area bounded by the curve y = 12x and the line x = 3 is revolved about the line x = 3. What
is the volume generated?
A. 186 B. 179 C. 181 D. 184
15. What is the length of the shortest line segment in the first quadrant drawn tangent to the ellipse
b2x2 + a2y2 = a2b2 and meeting to the coordinate axes?
A. a/b B. a + b C. ab D. b/a
16. Find the radius of the circle inscribed in the triangle determine by the lines y = x + 4, y = -x - 4
and y = 7x – 2.
A. 5/sqrt. of 2 B. 5/(2 sqrt. of 2) C. 3/sqrt. of 2 D. 3/(2 sqrt. of 2)
2
17. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the parabola y = 4x and the line x = 1, with
respect to the x-axis.
A. 2.133 B. 1.333 C. 3.333 D. 4.133
18. What is the unit vector which is orthogonal both to 9i + 9j and 9i + 9k?
A. i/√3 + j/√3 + k/√3 B. i/3 + j/3 + k/3 C. i/√3 - j/√3 - k/√3 D. i/3 - j/3 - k/3
19. Express in polar form -3 -4i
−1 −1 −1 −1
A. 5 e−t ( pi+tan 4 / 3) B. 5 e t (pi+ tan 4 /3 ) C. √ 5 e−t ( pi+ tan 4 /3 ) D. √ 5 et ( pi+tan 4 /3)
20. The axis of the hyperbola through its foci is known as:
A. conjugate axis B. transverse axis C. major axis D. minor axis
21. Describe the locus represented by |z +2 i|+|z−2 i|=6
A. circle B. parabola C. ellipse D. hyperbola
22. If the radius of the sphere is increased by a factor of 3, by what factor does the volume of the
sphere change?
A. 9 B. 18 C. 27 D. 54
3 2
23. Evaluate the ∫ ( 7 x −4 x ) dx .
7 x4 4 x2 7 x4 4 x2 7 x4 4 x3 7 x4 4 x3
A. + +C B. − +C C. + +C D. − +C
4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3
24. Describe the locus represented by |z – 3| - |z + 3| = 4.
A. ellipse B. circle C. hyperbola D. parabola
25. Melissa is 4 times as old as Jim. Pat is 5 years older than Melissa. If Jim is y, how old Pat?
A. 4y + 5 B. y + 5 C. 5y + 4 D. 4 + 5y
26. A conic section whose eccentricity, is less than one is known as:
A. a parabola B. an ellipse C. a circle D. a hyperbola
27. Two lines passing through the point (2, 3) make an angle of 45 deg with each other. If the slope
of one of the lines is 2, find the slope of the other.
A. -2 B.-1 C. -3 D. 0
28. From the top of a building the angle of depression of the foot of a pole is 48 deg 10 min. From
the foot of a building the angle of elevation of the top of a pole is 18 deg 50 min. Both building
and pole are on a level ground. If the height of a pole is 4m, how high is the building?
A. 13.10 m B. 12.10 m C. 10.90 m D. 11.60 m
29. The locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances between two fixed points is
constant is called
A. ellipse B. parabola C. circle D. hyperbola
30. Totoy is 5ft. 11inch tall and Nancy is 6ft. 5inch tall. How much taller is Nancy than Totoy?
A. 1 foot 7inch B. 1 foot C. 7inch D. 6inch
31. If log64 x = 3/2, find x.
A. 512 B. 521 C. 253 D. 256
32. What is the product of -9p3r and 2p – 3r?
A.sd 18p4r + 27p3r2 B. -18p4r + 27p3r2 C. -18p4r + 27p2r3 D. -18p4r + 27p2r3
33. Evaluate
34. Michael’s favourite cake recipe calls for 0.75 pounds of flour; he has a 5 pound bag. His wants to
make several cakes for the school bake sale. How many cakes can he make?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
35. Find the minimum amount of tin sheet that can be made into a closed cylinder having a volume
of 108 cu. inches in square inches.
A. 125 B. 137 C. 150 D. 120
36. A chord of a circle 10 ft in diameter is increased at the rate of 1 ft/s. Find the rate of change of
the smaller arc subtended by the chord when the chord is 8 ft long.
A. 5/2 ft/min B. 2/5 ft/min C. 5/3 ft/min D. 3/5 ft/min
37. Find the centroid of a semicircular area of radius a.
A. 2 a/ π B. 4 a/ π C. 2 a/3 π D.
4 a/3 π
38. An equilateral triangle with side “a” is revolved about its altitude. Find the volume of the solid
generated.
A. 0.32a3 B. 0.23a2 C. 0.41a3 D. 0.14a3
2 2 2 2
39. If the area bounded by the parabolas y = x – C and y = C – x is 576 square units, find the value
of C.
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
40. Solve y’’ – 5y’ + 4y = sin 3x.
A. y = 1/25 (3 cos 3x – sin 3x) + C1ex + C2e4x C. y = 1/50 (3 cos 3x – sin 3x) + C 1ex + C2e4x
B. y = 1/25 (3 sin 3x – cos 3x) + C1ex + C2e4x D. y = 1/50 (3 sin 3x – cos 3x) + C 1ex + C2e4x
41. A car is travelling at a rate of 36 m/s towards a statue of height 6 m. What is the rate of change
of a distance of the car towards the top of the statue when it is m from the statue?
A. 32.4 m /s B. 39.6 m/s C. 26.6 m/s D. 28.8 m/s
42. A fencing is limited to 20 ft length. What is the maximum rectangular area that can be fenced in
using two perpendicular corner sides of an existing wall?
A. 120 B. 100 C. 140 D. 190
43. Evaluate Laplace transform of t cos kt.
A. s2/(s2 + k2)2 B. k2/(s2 + k2)2 C. (-s2 + k2)(s2 + k2)2 D. (s2 - k2)(s2 + k2)2
44. Carmela and Marian got summer jobs at the ice cream shop and were supposed to work 15
hours per week each for 8 weeks. During the time, Marian was ill for one week and Carmela
took her shift. How many hours did Carmela work during the 8 weeks?
A. 120 B. 135 C. 150 D. 185
45. Manuelita had 75 stuffed animals. Her grandmother gave 15 of them to her. What percentage of
the stuffed animals did her grandmother give her?
A. 20% B. 15% C. 25% D. 10%
46. Find the coordinates of an object that has been displaced from the point (-4, 9) by the vector
4i – 5j.
A. (0, 4) B. (0, -4) C. (4, 0) D. (-4, 0)
47. A triangle has two congruent sides and the measure of one angle is 40 degrees. Which of the
following types of triangle is it?
A. isosceles B. equilateral C. right D. scalene
48. The parabola defined by the equation 3y 2 + 4x = 0 opens ____________.
A. upward B. downward C. to the left D. to the right
49. If a place on the earth is 12 degrees south of the equator, find its distance in nautical miles from
the north pole.
A. 6,021 B. 6,102 C. 6, 210 D. 6,120
50. If the standard deviation of a population is 9, the population variance is:
A. 9 B. 3 C. 21 D. 81
51. Simplify the equation sin2 Ɵ (1+ cos2 Ɵ).
B. A. 1 B. sin2 Ɵ C. tan2 Ɵ D. cos2 Ɵ
52. What is the complement of a 60-degree angle?
A. 120 degrees B. 30 degrees C. 40 degrees D. 20 degrees
2
53. If 2xy – y = 3, find y’’.
A. 2/(x-y)4 B. -2/(x-y)4 C. 3/(x-y)3 D. 1/(2-x)
54. The Rotary Club and the Jaycees Club had a joint party, 120 members of the Rotary Club and 100
members of the Jaycee Club also attended but 30 of those attended are members of both clubs.
How many persons attended the party?
A. 220 B. 190 C. 150 D.250
55. Two numbers have a harmonic mean of 9 and a geometric mean of 6. Determine the arithmetic
mean.
A. ¼ B. 4 C. 1/9 D. 9
56. Find the force on one face of a right triangle of sides 4 m and altitude of 3m. The altitude is
submerged vertically with the 4m side in the surface.
A.58.86 kN B. 62.64 kN C. 53.22 kN D. 66.67 kNS
57. An airplane flying with the wind took 2 hours to travel 1000 km and 2.5 hours in flying back.
What was the wind velocity in kph?
A. 40 B. 50 C. 60 D. 70
58. In how many ways can 6 people be lined up to get on a bus, if a certain 3 persons insist on
following each other?
A. 72 B. 144 C. 480 D. 120
59. If
60. Find the work done in moving an object along a vector a= 3i + 4j if the force applied is b= 2i + j.
A. 8 B. 9 C.10 D. 10
61. If the line 3x – ky – 8 = 0 passes through the point (-2, 4), then k is equal to
A. – 7/2 B. -5/2 C. -3/2 D.-1/2
62. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of the cube that is intended to hold 8 cu. m.,
if the error of the computed volume is not to exceed 0.03 cu.m?
A. 0.002 B. 0.003 C. 0.0025 D. 0.001
63. A man can do a job in 8 days. After the man has work for 3 days, his son joins him and together
they complete the job in 3 more days. How long will it take the son to do the job alone?
A. 12 days B. 10 days C. 13 days D. 11 days
64. The probability that a randomly chosen sales prospects will make a purchase is 0.16. If a
salesman calls on 5 prospects, what is the probability that the salesman will make exactly 3
sales?
A.0.0392 B. 0.0239 C.0.0329 D.0.0293
65. If sec2 A = 5/2, then 1 – sin2 A =
A. 0.20 B. 0.30 C.0.40 D. 0.50
66. What is the angle between the diagonal of a cube and pe of its edges?
A. 44.74º B. 54.74º C. 64.74º D. 74.74º
67. The line 3x – 4y =5 is perpendicular to the line
A. 3x – 4y = 1 B. 4x – 3y = 2 C. 4x + 3y = 3 D. 3x + 4y = 4
68. If the plane 3x + 2y – 3z = 0 is perpendicular to the plane 9x – 3ky + 5z – 1 = 0, find the value of k.
A. 2 B. -2 C. 3 D. -3
69. A solid has a circular base of radius r. Find the volume of the solid if every planar section
perpendicular to a fixed diameter is a semicircle.
A. 1.28 r3 B. 2.09 r3 C. 2.51 r3 D. 4.19 r3
70. Find the y-intercept of the line give by the equation 7x + 4y = 8.
A. 2 B. -2 C. 3 D. -3
71. Find the area inside the cardioid r = 1 + cos θ and outside the circle r = 1.
A. 2.97 B. 2.79 C. 2.85 D. 2.58
72. A person had a rectangular-shaped garden with sides of lengths 16 ft and 9 ft. The garden was
changed into a square design with the same area as the original rectangular-shaped garden.
How many feet in length are each of the sides of the new square-shaped garden?
A. 7 B. 9 C. 12 D. 16
73. Which of the following rope lengths is longest?
A. 1 meter B. 1 yard C. 32 inches D. 85 centimeters
74. Martin, a motel housekeeper, has finished cleaning about 40% of the 32 rooms he’s been
assigned. About how many more rooms does he have left to clean?
A. 29 B. 25 C. 21 D. 19
75. A horse is tied to a post with twenty-foot rope. What is the longest path that the horse can
walk?
A. 20 ft B. 40 ft C. 62.83 ft D. 10 ft
76. Doming wants to know the height of a telephone pole. He measures his shadow, which is 3 ft
long, and the pole’s shadow, which is 10 ft long. Doming’s height is 6 ft. How tall is the pole?
A. 40 ft B. 30 ft C. 20 ft D. 10 ft
77. A weight of 60 pounds rests on the end of an 8-foot lever and is 3 ft from the fulcrum. What
weight must be placed on the other end of the level to balance the 60-pound weight?
A. 36 pounds B. 32 pounds C. 40 pounds D. 46 pounds
78. A number is 1 more than twice another. Their squares differ by 176. What is the larger number?
A. 9 B. 7 C. 15 D. 16
79. The sides of a right triangle is in arithmetic progression whose common difference is 6 cm. Its
area is?
A. 216 sq. cm B. 270 sq. cm C. 360 sq. cm D. 144 sq. cm
80. A tank has 100 liters of brine with 40 N of dissolved salt. Pure water enters the tank at the rate
of 2 liters per minute and the resulting mixture leaves the tank at the same rate. When will the
concentration in the tank be 0.20 N/L?
A. 24.6 min B. 34.7 min C. 44.8 min D. 54.9 min
81. The base of an isosceles triangle is 20.4 and the base angles are 48’’20’. Find the altitude of the
triangle.
A. 9.8 B. 10.8 C. 11.6 D. 12.7
82. A lady gives a party dinner for six guests. In how many ways may the be selected from among 10
friends if two of the friends will not attend the party together?
A. 112 B. 128 C. 140 D. 160
83. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 81 m. Each time it strikes the ground, it rebounds 2/3
of the distance through which it last fell. Find the total distance it travels in coming to rest?
A. 243 m B. 162 m C. 405 m D. 324 m
84. Find the diameter of a pulley which is driven at 360 rpm by belt moving at 40 ft/s.
A. 2.12 ft B. 1.11 ft C.2.43 ft D. 1.24 ft
85. Find the volume generated by the circle x 2 + y2 = 25. If it is revolved about the line 4x + 3y = 40.
A. 3,498 cu B. 3,948 cu C. 4,624 cu D. 4,426 cu
86. A ranch has cattle and horses in a ratio of 9:5. If there are 80 more head of cattle than horses,
how many animals are on the ranch?
A. 140 B. 168 C. 238 D. 280
87. The first term of geometric sequence is 375 and the fourth term is 192. Find the common ratio.
A. 5/4 B. 4/5 C. 3/2 D. 2/3

88. In how many ways can a person choose 1 or more 4 electrical appliances?

A. 16 B. 15 C.12 D.20

89. The probability that a certain man will be alive 25 years hence is 3/7, and the probability that his
wife will be alive 25 years hence is 4/5. Determine the probability that 25 years hence only the
man will be alive.

A. 12/35 B. 4/35 C.31/35 D. 3/35

90. Find the point in the parabola y 2 = 4x at which the rate of change of the ordinated and abscissa
are equal.

A. (1, 2) B.(1, – 2) C.(2, 1) D. (2, – 1)

91. (1, 2i)-1 can be written as:

1 2 1 2 −1 2 −1 2
A. + i B. − i C. − i D. + i
5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
92. Find the y – intercept of the line tangent to the parabola x = 2y 2 at the point (2, 1)

A. – 7 B. 7 C. 3/2 D. 1/2

93. A growth curve is given by A = 10e 2t. At what value of t is A = 100

A. 5.261 B.3.070 C. 1.151 D. 0.726

94. If the short leg of a right triangle is 5 units long and the long leg is 7 units long, find the angle
opposite the short leg, in degrees.

A. 26.3 B. 28.9 C. 31.2 D. 35.5

95. Express 2 sin2 θ as a function of cos 2θ.

96. The x and y axes are the asymptotes of a hyperbola that passes through the point (2, 2). Its
equation is

A. x2 – y2 = 0 B. xy = 4 C. y2 – x2 = 0 D. x2 + y2 = 4

97. If the area of the equilateral triangle is 4(sqrt. of 3), find the perimeter.

A.16 B. 12 C. 18 D. 14

98. Find the area bounded by the curve r = 8cos θ.

A. 50.27 B. 12.57 C. 8 D. 57.02

99. What is the length of the transverse axis of the hyperbola whose equation is 9y 2 - 16x2 = 144?

A. 6 B. 9 C. 8 D. 57.02

100. Find the area bounded by x = 2y – y 2 and the y – axis

A. 4/3 B. 5/3 C. 2/3 D. 1/3