MCQ in Age, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems Part 3

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This is the Multiples Choice Questions Part 3 of the Series in Age, Work, Mixture, Digit,
Motion Problems of the Engineering Mathematics topic. In Preparation for the ECE Board
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Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

Problem 101

Nonoy left Pikit to drive to Davao at 6:15 PM and arrived at 11:45 PM averaged 30 mph and
stopped 1 hour for dinner, how far is Davao from Pikit.

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A. 128

B. 135

C. 160

D. 256

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 102

A man fires a target 420 m away hears the bullet strikes to 2 second after he pulled the
trigger. An observer 525 m away from the target and 455 m from the man heard the bullet
strike the target one second after he heard the report of the rifle. Find the velocity of the
bullet.

A. 525 m/s

B. 360 m/s

C. 350 m/s

D. 336 m/s

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 103

A man travels in a motorized banca at rate of 12 kph from his barrio to the poblacion and
come back to his barrio at the rate of 10 kph. If his total time of travel back and forth is 3
hours and 10 minutes, the distance from the barrio to the poblacion is :

A. 17.27 km

B. 17.72 km

C. 12.77 km

D. 17.32 km

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 104

It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440-yard track. How long does it take Jordan to
run around the track if they meet in 32 second after they start together in a race around the
track in opposite direction?

A. 58.76 seconds

B. 68.57 seconds

C. 65.87 seconds

D. 86.57 seconds

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 105

Juan can walk from his home to his office at the rate of 5 mph and back at the rate 2 mph.
What is his average speed in mph?

A. 2.86

B. 3.56

C. 4.12

D. 5.89

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 106

Kim and Ken traveled at the same time at the rate of 20 m/min,from the same point on a
circular track of radius 600 m. If Kim walks along a circumference and Kim towards the
center,find their distance after 10 minutes.

A. 193 m

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B. 202 m

C. 241 m

D. 258 m

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 107

Two ferryboats ply back and forth across a river with constant but different speeds, turning at
the river banks without loss of time. They leave the opposite shores at the same instant,
meet for the first time 900 meters from one shore, and meet for the second time 500 meters
from the opposite shore. What is the width of the river?

A. 1500 m

B. 1700 m

C. 2000 m

D. 2200 m

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 108 (CE May 1998)

A boat takes 2/3 as much time to travel downstream from C to D, as to return, If the rate of
the river’s current is 8 kph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?

A. 38

B. 39

C. 40

D. 41

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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Problem 109 (ECE November 1998)

A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and upstream at the rate of 2 mph. How far
downstream should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?

A. 2 mi

B. 3.5 mi

C. 3 mi

D. 2.5 mi

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 110 (EE April 1997)

A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger the
same course at 10 kph. How long will it take for the second jogger to catch the first?

A. 20 min

B. 25 min

C. 30 min

D. 35 min

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 111 (CE May 1999)

At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes off at 340mph on an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier moves
due south at 25kph in the same direction as the plane. At 4:05 pm, the communication
between the plane and aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the communication range in miles
between the plane and the carrier.

A. 656 miles

B. 785 miles

C. 557 miles

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D. 412 miles

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 112

A boat going across a lake 8 km wide proceed 2 km at a certain speed and then completes
the trip at a speed 1/2 kph faster. By doing this, the boat arrives 10 minutes earlier than if the
original speed had been maintained. Find the original speed of the boat.

A. 2 kph

B. 4 kph

C. 9 kph

D. 5 kph

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 113 (CE May 1993)

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

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 114 (ECE November 1993)

If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find x, when z =

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A. 14

B. 4

C. 16

D. 8

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 115

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

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 116

The electrical resistance offered by an electric wire varies directly as the length and inversely
as the square of the diameter of the wire. Compare the electrical resistance offered by two
pieces of wire of the same material, one being 100 m long and 5 mm diameter, and the other
is 50 m long and 3 mm in diameter.

A. R1 = 0.57 R2

B. R1 = 0.72 R2

C. R1 = 0.84 R2

D. R1 = 0.95 R2

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 117

The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies directly with the weight and the
distance through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motors. If it takes 20
seconds for a 5-hp motor to lift 50 lbs. through 40 feet, what weight can an 80-hp motor lift
through a distance of 40 feet within 30 seconds?

A. 1000 lbs.

B. 1150 lbs.

C. 1175 lbs.

D. 1200 lbs.

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 118 (ECE November 1995)

The time required by an elevator to lift a weight, vary directly with the weight and the
distance through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes 30
seconds for a 10-hp motor to lift 100lbs through 50 feet, what size of motor is requires to lift
800 lbs. in 40 seconds through a distance of 40 feet?

A. 48 hp

B. 50 hp

C. 56 hp

D. 58 hp

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 119

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In a certain department store, the salary of saleslady is partly constant and varies as the
value of her sales for the month, when the value of her sales for the month is P10000.00, her
salary for that month is P900.00. When her sales goes up to P 2000.00 her monthly salary
goes up to P1000.00. What must be the value of her sales for the month so that her salary
for that month will be P2000.00?

A. P25000.00

B. P28000.00

C. P32000.00

D. P36000.00

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 120

A man sold 100 eggs, eighty of them were sold at gain of 30% while the twenty eggs were
sold at a loss of 40%. What is the percentage gain or loss of the whole eggs?

A. 14%

B. 15%

C. 16%

D. 17%

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 121

The population of the country increases 5% each year. Find the percentage it will increase in
three years.

A. 5%

B. 15%

C. 15.15%

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D. 15.76%

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 122

Pedro bought two cars, one for P600000.00 and the other for P400000.00. He sold the first
at a gain of 10% and the second at a loss of 12%. What was his total percentage gain or
loss?

A. 6% gain

B. 0% gain

C. 1.20% gain

D. 6% loss

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 123

A grocery owner raises the prices of his goods by 10%. Then he starts his Christmas sale by
offering the customers a 10% discount. How many percent of discount does the customers
actually get?

A. nothing

B. 1% discount

C. 9% discount

D. they pay 1% more

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 124

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Kim sold a watch for P3500.00 at a loss of 30% on the cost price. Find the corresponding
loss or gain if he sold it for P5050.00.

A. 1% loss

B. 10% loss

C. 1% gain

D. 10% gain

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 125

By selling balut at P5.00 each, a vendor gains 20%. The cost price of egg rises by 12.5%. If
he sells the balut at the same price as before, find his new gain in percent.

A. 7.5%

B. 5%

C. 8%

D. 6.25%

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 126

The enrollment at college A and college B both grew up by 8% from 1980 to 1985. If the
enrollment in college A grew up by 800 and the enrollment in college B grew up by 840, the
enrollment at college B was how much greater than the enrollment in college A in 1985?

A. 650

B. 504

C. 483

D. 540

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View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 127

A group consists of n boys and n girls. If two of the boys are replaced by two other girls, then
49% of the group members will be boys. Find the value of n.

A. 100

B. 49

C. 50

D. 51

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 128

On his Christmas Sale, a merchant marked a pair of slipper P180.00, which is 20% off the
normal retail price. If the retail price is 50% higher than the whole sale price, what is the
wholesale price of the slipper?

A. P18.00

B. P17.00

C. P15.00

D. P22.50

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 129

A certain XEROX copier produces 13 copies every 10 seconds. If the machine operates
without interruption, how many copies will it produce in an hour?

A. 780

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B. 46800

C. 1835

D. 4680

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 130

At a certain printing plant, each of the machines prints 6 newspapers every second. If all
machines work together but independently without interruption, how many minutes will it take
to print the entire 18000 newspapers? ( Hint: let x = number of machines)

A. 50x

B. 3000/x

C. 50/x

D. 3000x

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 131 (ME April 1996)

A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to produce signal generators.
Weekly demand for the generators is 35 units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days
per week. What is the maximum production time per unit in hours required for the line to
meet the demand?

A. 1 hour

B. 0.75 hour

C. 3 hours

D. 2.25 hours

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Answer: Option A

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Problem 132

Of the 316 people watching a movie, there a re 78 more children than women and 56 more
women than men. The number of men in the movie house is:

A. 176

B. 98

C. 42

D. 210

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 133

A certain department store has an inventory of Q units of a certain product at time t=0. The
store sells the product at a steady rate of Q/A units per week, and exhausts the inventory in
A weeks. The amount of product in inventory at any time t is:

A. Q – (Q/A) t

B. Q + (Q/A) t

C. Qt – Q/A

D. Qt – (Q/A) t

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 134 (ECE March 1996)

A merchant has three items on sale: namely, a radio for P50, a clock for P30, and a flashlight
for P1. At the end of the day, she has sold a total of 100 of three items and has taken exactly
1000 on the total sales. How many radios did he sale?

A. 80

B. 4

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C. 16

D. 20

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 135

The price of 8 calculators ranges from P200 to P1000.If their average price is P950,what is
the lowest possible price of any one of the calculators?

A. 500

B. 550

C. 600

D. 650

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 136

A deck of 52 playing cards is cut into two piles. The first pile contains 7 times as many black
cards as red cards. The second pile contains the number of red cards that is an exact
multiple as the number of black cards. How many cards are there in the first pile.

A. 14

B. 15

C. 16

D. 17

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 137 (ECE November 1997)

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The population of the Philippines doubled in the last 30 years from 1967 to 1997.Assuming
that the rate of population rate increase will remain the same in what year wills the
population triple?

A. 2030

B. 2027

C. 2021

D. 2025

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 138

Determine the unit digit in the expansion of 3855.

A. 3

B. 9

C. 7

D. 1

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 139 (ECE April 1998)

Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent of 1785/9999 starting from the decimal point.

A. 1

B. 7

C. 8

D. 5

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Answer: Option C

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Problem 140

Find the sum of all positive integral factors of 2048.

A. 4095

B. 3065

C. 4560

D. 1254

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 141

In how many ways can two integers be selected from the numbers 1,2,3,…50 so that their
difference is exactly 5?

A. 50

B. 5

C. 45

D. 41

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 142

A box contains 8 balls, 6 black balls.a8 red balls, and 13 yellow balls. How many balls must
be drawn to ensure that there will be three balls of the same color?

A. 8

B. 9

C. 10

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D. 11

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 143

A shore sells 10 different sizes of shoes, each in both high-cut and low-cut variety, each
either rubber or leather, and each with white or black color. How many different kinds of
shoes does he sell?

A. 64

B. 80

C. 72

D. 92

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 144 (ME October 1999)

An engineer was told that a survey had been made on a certain rectangular field but the
dimension had been lost .An assistant remembered that if the field had been 100 ft longer
and 25 ft narrower, the area would have been increased by 2500 sq. ft, and that if it had
been 100 ft shorter 50 ft wider, the area would have been decreased 5000 sq.ft. What was
the area of the field?

A. 25.000 ft2

B. 15,000 ft2

C. 20,000 ft2

D. 22,000 ft2

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 145 (EE April 1994)

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A 10-meter tape is 5 mm short. What is the correct length in meters?

A. 9.995 m

B. 10.05 m

C. 9.95 m

D. 10.005 m

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Problem 146 (ME OCTOBER 1997)

The distance between two points measured with a steel tape was recorded as 916.58 ft.
later. The tape was checked and to be only 99.9 ft long. What is the true distance between
the points?

A. 035.66 ft

B. 966.15 ft

C. 955.66 ft

D. 915.66 ft

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

Problem 147 (ME April 1996)

A certain steel tape is known to be 100000 feet long when the temperature of 70°F . When
the tape is at a temperature of 10°F, what reading corresponds to a distance of 90 ft?
Coefficient of linear expansion of the tape is 5.833 x 10-6 per °F.

A. 85.935

B. 88.031

C. 90.031

D. 93.031

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View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 148 (ME April 1996)

A line was measured with a steel tape when the temperature was 30°C. The measured
length of the line was found to be 1,256.271 feet. The tape was afterwards tasted when the
temperature was 10°C and it was found to be 100.042 feet long. What was the true length of
the line if the coefficient of expansion of the tape was 0.000011 per °C?

A. 1,275.075 feet

B. 1,375.575 feet

C. 1,256.547 feet

D. 1,249.385 feet

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

Problem 149 (ME April 1997)

The standard deviation of the numbers 1, 4, &7 is:

A. 2.3567

B. 2.4495

C. 3.2256

D. 3.8876

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

Problem 150

Three cities are connected by roads forming a triangle, all of different lengths. It is 30 km
around the circuit. One of the roads is 10 km long and the longest is 10 km longer than the
shortest. What is the length of the longest road?

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A. 5 km

B. 10 km

C. 15 km

D. 20 km

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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