Name: MATT JULIUS P.

CORPUZ
Section: SPL CE-5H

COLLEGE AND ADVANCED ALGEBRA

Assignment No. 1
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1. Which of the following is equivalent to + ?
𝑥 𝑥+1
2𝑥+1 2𝑥−1 2𝑥+3 2𝑥+1
a. b. 2 c. d.
𝑥 2 +1 𝑥 +𝑥 𝑥 2 +4 𝑥 2 +𝑥
𝑥 5 2
2. Which of the following gives the expansion of ( − ) ?
5 2
𝑥2 25 𝑥2 25 𝑥2 25 𝑥2 25
a. +𝑥− b. + 2𝑥 − c. +𝑥 + d. −𝑥 +
25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4
(𝑥 2 +9𝑥+14) (3𝑥+6)
3. If (𝑥 2 −49)
is divided by (𝑥 2 the quotient is:
+𝑥−56)
𝑥+8 𝑥+3
a. 𝑥 + 8 b. 𝑥 + 3 c. d.
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4. Which of the following can be a product of an even prime number and odd prime number?
a. 4 b. 12 c. 6 d. 8
5. The sum of seven consecutive integers is zero, what is the smallest integer?
a. -4 b. -1 c. -3 d. -2
6. The sum and product of three distinct positive integers are 15 and 45, respectively. What is the largest integer?
a. 5 b. 9 c. 15 d. 7
7. Solve for x if 481/𝑥 = 4 × 31/𝑥
a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 3
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8. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 2𝑥 + , then 𝑓(−1) is equal to?
5
𝑥
a. -2 b. -5 c. -4 d. -8
9. How many significant digits do 10.097 have?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
10. MCMXCIV is equivalent to what number?
a. 1964 b. 1994 c. 1984 d. 1974
11. The polynomial 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 8 is divided by 𝑥 − 5, then the remainder is?
a. 175 b. 140 c. 218 d. 200
12. Determine k so that the equation 4𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 1 = 0 will just have one real solution
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
13. What is the discriminant of the equation 4𝑥 2 = 8𝑥 − 5?
a. 8 b. -16 c. 16 d. -8
14. Find the sum of the roots of equation 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 6 = 0
a. -5 b. 5 c. 4 d. -2
15. Find the product of the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 8 = 0
a. 5 b. 8 c. -5 d. -8
16. In the expression of (𝑥 + 4𝑦)12, the numerical coefficient of the 5th term is?
a. 63,360 b. 126,720 c. 506,880 d. 253,440
17. What is the fourth term of the expansion (𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )100 ?
a. 1650𝑥103 b. 161700𝑥103 c. 167100𝑥103 d. 167100𝑥100
18. What is the numerical coefficient of the term next to 495𝑥 8 𝑦 4 ?
a. 660 b. 792 c. 990 d. 1100
19. Find the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2𝑥 − 1)20 ?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
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20. Solve for the value of x in: 𝑙𝑜𝑔2𝑥 3 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 = 6.278
𝑥
a. 379.65 b. 365.97 c. 397.56 d. 3
21. Two times the father’s age is 8 more than six times his son’s age. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 44. The
age of the son is:
a. 49 b. 15 c. 20 d. 18
22. A father is three times as old as his son. Four years ago, he was four times as old as his son was at that time. How old
is his son?
a. 36 b. 24 c. 32 d. 12
23. Two thousand (2000) kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be made by mixing a steel containing 14% nickel with
another steel containing 6% nickel. How much of the steel containing 14% nickel is needed?
 a. 1500 kg b. 800 kg c. 750 kg d. 500 kg
24. A 100kg salt solution originally 4% by weight. Salt in water is boiled to reduce water content until the concentration
is 5% by weight salt. How much water is evaporated in kg?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25
25. A pump can pump out a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump out the same tank in 20 hours. How long will it
take both pumps together to pump out the tank in hours?
a. 1/2 b. 1/4 c. 6 d. 7
26. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% faster than Pilar and together they can paint a given fence in
4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to work alone in hrs?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 13 d. 15
27. How many minutes after 3:00PM will the minute hand of the clock overtakes the hour hand?
a. 14/12 min b. 16-11/12 min c. 16-4/11 min d. 14/11 min
28. If a two-digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y for its ten’s digit, represent the number.
a. yx b. 10y+x c. 10x+y d. x+y
29. Juan can walk from his home to his office at the rate of 5mph and back at the rate of 2mph. What is his average speed
in mph?
a. 2.86 b. 3.56 c. 4.12 d. 5.89
30. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger starts the same course at 10kph.
How long will it take for the second jogger to catch the first?
a. 20min b. 25min c. 30min d. 15min
31. In class of 40 students, 27 likes Calculus and 25 likes geometry. How many students liked both Calculus and
Geometry?
a. 10 b. 14 c. 11 d. 12
32. A class of 40 took examination in Algebra and Trigonometry. If 30 passed Algebra, 36 passed Trigonometry, and 2
failed in both subjects, the number of students who passed the two subjects is?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 28 d. 25
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33. Evaluate the following determinant: | |
9 4
a. 64 b. 44 c. 54 d. -44
34. Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y and inversely as the square of z and that w = 4 when x = 2, y =
6, and z = 3. Find w when x = 1, y = 4, and z = 2.
a. 4 b. 2 c. 1 d. 3
35. The electrical resistance of a cable varies directly as its length and inversely as the square of its diameter. If a cable
600 meters long and 25 mm in diameter has a resistance of 0.1 ohm, find the length of the cable 75 mm in diameter with
resistance of 1/6 ohm.
a. 6000 m b. 7000 m c. 8000 m d. 9000 m
36. A grocery owner raises the prices of his goods by 10%. Then he starts his Christmas sale by offering the customers
10% discount. How many percent or discount does the customer actually get?
a. nothing b. 1% discount c. 9% discount d. they pay 1% more
37. The price of 8 calculators ranges from P200 to P1000. If their average price is P950, what is the lowest possible price
of any of the calculator?
a. 500 b. 550 c. 600 d. 650
38. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3,… must be taken so that the sum is 66?
a. 13 b. 12 c. 4 d. 11
39. There are seven arithmetic means between 3 and 35. Find the sum of all terms.
a. 169 b. 171 c. 167 d. 173
40. Solve for x if 𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 5𝑥 + 7𝑥 + ⋯ + 49𝑥 = 625
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 1 d. 1 ¼
41. Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01, 1.00, 0.99, …
a. 0.05 b. 0.04 c. 0.03 d. 0.02
42. The geometric mean of a and b is:
1 𝑎𝑏
a. √𝑎𝑏 b. (𝑎 + 𝑏)/2 c. d.
𝑏 2
43. Find the sum of the infinite geometric progression 6, -2, 2/3, …
a. 5/2 b. 9/2 c. 7/2 d. 11/2
44. The fourth term of a geometric progression is 189 and the sixth term is 1701, the 8 th term is:
a. 5103 b. 1240029 c. 45927 d. 15309
45. A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provisions for 66 days. If the garrison loses 20 men each day, for
how many days can the provision hold out?
a. 60 b. 72 c. 76 d. 82
46. If one third of the air in the tank is removed and by each stroke of an air pump, what fractional part of the total air is
removed in 6 strokes?
 a. 0.9122 b. 0.0877 c. 0.8211 d. 0.7145
47. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15 m. On each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the height from which it last fell. Find
the distance traveled by the ball before it comes to rest.
a. 75 m b. 96 m c. 100 m d. 85 m
48. The value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 in the complex equation 3 + 𝑥𝑖 = 𝑦 + 2𝑖 is:
a. 5 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
49. Multiply (3 − 2𝑖)(4 + 3𝑖)
a. 12 + 𝑖 b. 18 + 𝑖 c. 6 + 𝑖 d. 20 + 𝑖
50. Evaluate the value of √10 x √−7
a. imaginary b. −√70 c. √17 d. √70