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Quiz 1
1. Problem: 5. Problem: 8. Problem: 12. Problem:
Given a complex numbers in Cis form The base of a cylinder is a regular octagon Talisay City is considering a new P50000 In 2010, the population of Michigan was
8 Cis 40˚ and 2 Cis - 40˚ inscribed in a square with sides 16 cm x 16 street cleaner. The new machine will operate approximately 9,939,000 and decreasing
Find the value of (8Cis 40˚)(2Cis -40˚) cm. The altitude of a cylinder is 18 cm. at a savings of P600 per day compared to the according to the formula y = y0 e-0.003t. Assume
a) 8 c) 10 Determine the volume of a cylinder. present equipment. Assume the MARR is that the population continues to decrease
b) 16 d) 4 a) 4133.68 cm3 12%, and the machine life is 10 years with according to the given formula and predict
b) 4028.20 cm3 zero resale value at that time. How many days how many years after which the population of
c) 3444.52 cm3 per year must the machine be used to justify Michigan will be 9,500,000. (Hint: Let
d) 3818.88 cm3 the investment? y0 = 9,939,000; y = 9,500,000, and solve for t.)
2. Problem: a) 10 years c) 12 years a) 17 years c) 12 years
b) 15 years d) 13 years b) 15 years d) 13 years
Given vector A = 3i - 6j + 2k.
Compute the angle which the vector makes 13. Problem:
with the x-axis. 6. Problem: 9. Problem:
a) 48.5˚ c) 53.6˚ Find the sum of the first three terms of the
The volume of the frustum of a regular An unusually wet spring has caused the size
b) 64.6˚ d) 57.8˚ of the mosquito population in a community to n+3
triangular pyramid is 135 cu.m. The lower sequence whose general term is a n = .
base is an equilateral triangle with an edge of increase by 6% each day. If an estimated 2n
9 m. The upper base is 8 m. above the lower 100,000 mosquitoes are in the community on a) 2 ½ b) 5 c) 3 d) 4 ¼
April 1, find how many mosquitoes will inhabit
base. What is the upper base edge?
3. Problem: a) 3 m c) 2.5 m
the community on April 17. Round to the 14. Problem:
nearest thousand.
In triangle ABC, AB = 14 cm, BC = 28 cm. and b) 1.8 m d) 4 m The polar equation of the curve is expressed
a) 254,000 c) 248,000
CA = 18 cm. Determine the length of the b) 236,000 d) 225,000 2
as r = . Compute the length of the
angular bisector from vertex A to side BC. 1 - Sin θ
a) 5.48 cm. c) 6.35 cm. latus rectum.
b) 8.72 cm. d) 7.69 cm. 7. Problem: 10. Problem: a) 3 b) 1 c) 2.2 d) 4

A carousel is initially at rest. At t = 0, it is given Determine the area of the spherical triangle
ABC if A = 140˚, B = 75˚, C = 86˚ and 15. Problem:
a constant angular acceleration α = 0.060
r = 40 m. An investment of P8.5 million is expected to
4. Problem: rad/s2, which increases its angular velocity for
a) 2914 m2 c) 3026 m2
8 sec. Determine the angular velocity of the yield an annual income of P2.8 million.
carousel and the linear velocity of a child b) 2598 m2 d) 3379 m2 Determine the recovery period in years based
A 60 kg jogger runs up a long flight of stairs in
4.0 sec. The vertical height of the stairs is 4.5 located 2.5 m from the center. on the following estimates.
m. Estimate the jogger’s power output in a) 0.91 rad/sec. , 2.28 m/s 11. Problem: Annual depreciation = P1000000
watts. How much energy did this require? b) 0.66 rad/sec. , 1.65m/s Operational expenses = P 600000
a) 630 watts , 2520 Joules c) 0.33 rad/sec. , 0.83 m/s Determine the length of chord common to the Taxes, and insurance exp= P 200000
b) 660 watts , 2600 Joules d) 0.48 rad/sec. , 1.2 m/s circle x2 + y2 = 64 and x2 + y2 - 16x = 0. Miscellaneous expenses = P 50000
c) 700 watts , 2800 Joules a) 8.66 c) 11.45 a) 8.9 yrs. c) 7.2 yrs.
d) 680 watts , 2720 Joules b) 13.86 d) 7.54 b) 10 yrs. d) 12.4 yrs.
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Quiz 2
1. Problem: 5. Problem: 9. Problem: 12. Problem:
An equipment costs P325,000 and has a life of A plane has an equation of 4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0 A lot has a frontage of 120 m. long along a A plane has an equation of 4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0
4 yrs. with a salvage value of P50,000. road. The other sides which are both
Find the distance between the point A(1, 5, -3) Find the angle between the planes
Determine the capitalized cost of the perpendicular to the road are 90 m. and 60 m.
from the plane. 4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0 and 2x - 3y + z + 2 = 0.
equipment if the rate of interest is 16% per respectively. It is desired to subdivide the lot
a) 5 c) 1.4 a) 67˚25’ c) 67˚01’
annum. into two parts by another perpendicular line to
b) 2 d) 4 b) 67˚30’ d) 67˚17’
a) P664,238.40 c) P33,569 the road such that the area of the lot that
b) P625,3318 d) P37,833 adjoins the 90 m. side is equal to 1/3 of the
6. Problem: whole area. Determine the length of the 13. Problem:
2. Problem: dividing line.
a) 66.38 m. c) 75.05 m. Solve for A from the given expansion of partial
A parabola has an equation of y2 = 8x. Find fractions.
A plane has an equation of 4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0 the equation of the diameter of the parabola b) 98.11 m. d) 81.24 m.
Find the perpendicular distance between the 2x4+3x3+7x2+10x+10 A Bx+C Dx+E
which bisects chords parallel to the line = + +
plane 4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0 and (x-1)(x2+3)2 x-1 (x2+3) (x2+3)2
x - y = 4.
4x + y + 8z - 30 = 0. a) y – 2 = 0 c) y – 4 = 0 10. Problem:
a) 5 c) 11 a) 1 c) 3
b) y + 2 = 0 d) y + 4 = 0 b) 2 d) 0
b) 7 d) 9 ORS is a circular sector with a central angle of
40˚ at 0 and a radius of 20 cm. RS is the arc.
3. Problem: From point R, a line is drawn to point C, the 14. Problem:
7. Problem: mid point of OS. Find the area of RCS in
In what price will you sell a cellphone for sale sq.cm. A high concentrated solution having a volume
that cost P6000 in order that you may offer Secants PB and PD are drawn from point P of 100 liters is mixed by 7.5% alcohol and
a) 66.89 sq.cm c) 81.28 sq.cm
20% discount on the selling price and still which intersects the circle at C and A. Angle 25% gasoline. It was found out that a 50 - 50
b) 69.80 sq.cm d) 75.3 sq.cm
make a profit of 25% on the selling? PBA = 40˚ and angle BPD = 20˚. Chord AB is percent mixture is also appropriate in the
a) P1,520 c) P1,000 a diameter of the circle with PC = 30 m. Point solution. How much gasoline should be
b) P1,350 d) P900 C is along line PB and A along line PD. added to the high concentrated solution in
Compute the angle ACD. 11. Problem:
order to have a 50-50% mixture:
a) 25˚ c) 21˚ a) 50 liters c) 25 liters
4. Problem: b) 30˚ d) 34˚ Mr. and Mrs. Johnson sells their home. In
addition to cash, they take a mortgage on the b) 75 liters d) 40 liters
The probability that a construction generator house. The mortgage will be paid off by
will operate satisfactorily for 5 yrs is 0.80 and monthly payments of $450 for 50 months. The
that a welding machine will operate 8. Problem: 15. Problem:
couple decides to sell the mortgage to a local
satisfactorily over the same period of time is bank. The bank will buy the mortgage, but it A 10,000-kg airplane must reach a velocity of
10
0.75. Find the probabilities that in a 5-year ⎛ 1⎞ requires a 1% per month interest rate on their 80 m/s to take off. If the horizontal force
period both generator and welding machine In the expression of ⎜ 2x - ⎟ , find the investment. How much will the bank pay for exerted by the plane’s engine is 80 kN and
operate satisfactorily. ⎝ x⎠ the mortgage? neglecting horizontal forces, determine the
a) 0.50 c) 0.35 coefficient of the 8th term. a) $16,553 c) $15,485 length of the runway needed.
b) 0.60 d) 0.45 a) 1,000 c) 800 b) $14,527 d) $17,638 a) 400 m c) 360 m
b) 850 d) 960 b) 300 m d) 500 m
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Quiz 3
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 8. Problem: 12. Problem:
ABCD is a square of side 10 cm. PQRS is a The heights of a group of college students are
Rolls of carpet are stacked in 20 rows with 3 Evaluate the following:
square inside the square ABCD. PQBA, normally distributed with a mean of 66. If
rolls in the top row, 4 rolls in the next row, and 2 2y
95.4% of the heights of these students are
QRCB, RSDC and SPAD are identical trapezia so on, forming an arithmetic sequence. Find ∫ ∫ (x
2
+ y 2 ) dx dy
each of area 16 cm2. What is the height of between 63 and 69 inches, what is the
the total number of carpet rolls if there are 22 1 0

each trapezium? PQ is parallel to AB and SR standard deviation?

rolls in the bottom row.
a) 2.2 c) 2.8 a) 16.5 c) 17.5
is parallel to DC. a) 200 c) 240
b) 1.5 d) 0.7 b) 15.5 d) 14.5
a) 3 cm c) 2 cm b) 250 d) 225
b) 1 cm d) 4 cm
5. Problem: 13. Problem:
9. Problem:
2. Problem: A ball is dropped from a height of 20 feet and ABCD is a square of side 10 cm. Four
repeatedly rebounds to a height that is 4/5 of A denominator of a fraction is 1 more than the congruent isosceles triangles with sides equal
Towers A and B are constructed on a its previous height. Find the total distance the numerator. If both the numerator and the to "x" are cut off from the four corners so that
horizontal plain, B being 200 m. above the ball covers before it comes to rest. denominator are decreased by 3, the resulting the remaining portion forms this polygon.
plain. The angle of elevation of the top of a) 215 ft. c) 200 ft. fraction is equivalent to 4/5. Find the fraction. Compute the value of "x".
tower A as seen from point C in the plain (in b) 190 ft. d) 180 ft. a) 1/8 c) 7/8 a) 2.93 cm c) 3.36 cm
the same vertical plane with A and B) is 50˚, b) 5/8 d) 3/8 b) 2.48 cm d) 1.98 cm
while the angle of depression of C viewed
from the top of tower B is 28˚58' and the angle
6. Problem:
subtended at the top of tower B by the top of A company’s cost per tee shirt for silk 10. Problem: 14. Problem:
tower A and C is 50˚. How far is C horizontally screening x tee shirts is given by the rational
Two trains going in opposite directions leave A Canon digital printing machine has a first
from A. 3.2x + 400
function C(x) = . Find the cost per at the same time. One train travels 15 mph cost of $5,000, annual maintenance of $500
a) 451.08 m
x faster than the other. In 6 hours, the trains are and a salvage value of $600 at the end of its
b) 433.47 m
tee shirt for printing 100 tee shirts. 630 miles apart. Find the speed of each. life of 5 years. Based on an 8% interest rate,
c) 440.12 m
a) 53 mph , 68 mph c) 30 mph , 45 mph what is the equivalent uniform annual cost of
d) 415.33 m
a) $7.20 c) $8.00 b) 38 mph, 53 mph d) 45 mph , 60 mph the machine?
b) $6.00 d) $5.70 a) $1,498 c) $1,398
b) $1,011 d) $1,650
3. Problem: 11. Problem:
7. Problem:
Fifteen percent of students who took the board Compute the standard deviation of the normal
examination tests failed. Using Poisson Find the value of x in the given following 15. Problem:
distribution that approximates a binomial conditions.
distribution, find the probability that in a distribution. There are 60 trials with a
random sample of 100 students who took this x x For a rate of interest of 10%, compounded
probability of failure of 0.25. Arc tan + Arc tan = 45˚
test exactly 20 will fail.. 2 3 annually, find the value of “n” if the gradient
a) 4.19 c) 3.35 series factor A/G = 3.0045.
a) 0.0694 c) 0.0975 b) 2.28 d) 5.12 a) 4 c) 1
b) 0.0418 d) 0.0126 b) 3 d) 2 a) 8 years c) 9 years
b) 10 years d) 11 years
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Quiz 4
1. Problem: 6. Problem: 9. Problem: 13. Problem:
Evaluate (2 i - 3 j) . [(i + j - k) x (3 i - k)] Boyle’s law says that if the temperature stays A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial An equipment is bought at P420,000 with an
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 5 the same, the pressure P of a gas is inversely velocity of 3 m/sec, from the window of a tall economic life of 6 years and a salvage value
proportional to the volume V. If a cylinder in a building. The ball strikes the sidewalk at the of P50,000. The first year depreciation is
steam engine has a pressure of 960 ground level 4 seconds later. Find the height
2. Problem: kilopascals when the volume is 1.4 cubic
P125,420. The cost of money is 12% per year.
of the window above the ground level. What method of depreciation was used?
A ship sailed in the direction of S. 42˚ W. at a meters, find the pressure when the volume a) 66.5 m. c) 77.5 m. a) straight-line method
speed of 15 nautical miles per hours. Two increases to 2.5 cubic meters. b) 55.5 m. d) 44.5 m. b) sinking-fund method
hours later another ship left the same port in a) 537 kPa c) 525 kPa c) SOYD method
the direction of N.60˚W. at a speed of 18 b) 544 kPa d) 550 kPa d) declining balance method
nautical miles per hour. After how many hours 10. Problem:
will the second ship be directly North of the
first ship? 7. Problem: If the curve Ax2 + By2 + F = 0 passes through
a) 2.88 hrs. c) 3.62 hrs. (0, 3) and (3, 0), the curve is: 14. Problem:
b) 2.41 hrs. d) 4.12 hrs. The function V(r) = 2.5r can be used to a) a parabola c) a circle
estimate the maximum safe velocity V in miles b) an ellipse d) a hyperbola A 65 kg woman descends in an elevator that
per hour at which a car can travel if it is driven briefly accelerates at 0.20 g downward. She
3. Problem: stands on the scale that reads in kg. What
along a curved road with radius of curvature r 11. Problem:
A car drives east from point A at 30 kph. in feet to the nearest whole number, find the does the scale read?
Another car starting from B at the same time, max. safe speed if a clover leaf exit on an a) 55 kg c) 52 kg
A cross-section of a trough is a semi-ellipse
drives S 30˚W toward A at 60 kph. B is 30 km expressway has a radius of curvature of 300 b) 48 kg d) 50 kg
with width at the top 18 cm and depth of 12
away from A. How fast in kph is the distance feet. cm. The trough is filled with water to a depth of
between two cars changing after 30 minutes? a) 35 mph c) 40 mph 8 cm. Find the width of the surface of the
a) 45 b) 50 c) 75 d) 60 b) 31 mph d) 27 mph water. 15. Problem:
a) 14.78 cm. c) 16.97 cm.
The maintenance of a Carrier air conditioner is
4. Problem: 8. Problem: b) 15.32 cm. d) 13.21 cm.
expected to be P3,000 at the end of the first
In 2010, 13.1 out of every 100 Coast Guard year and it is expected to increase P120 each
personnel were women. If there were 42,358 An equipment installation job of EEI in the 12. Problem: for the following seven years. Compute for the
total Coast Guard personnel on active duty, completion stage can be completed in 40 days equivalent uniform annual maintenance cost.
estimate the number of women. Round to the of 8 hours per day of work with 40 men As a result of a nuclear accident, radioactive
working. With the contract expiring in 30 days, Capital recovery factor (A/P, 6%, 8) = 0.1610
nearest whole. debris was carried through the atmosphere.
the contractor decided to add 10 men on the Sinking fund factor (A/F, 6%, 8) = 0.1010
a) 4817 women c) 4391 women One immediate concern was the impact that
job, overtime not being permitted. If the Uniform gradient series factor
b) 6115 women d) 5549 women the debris has on the milk supply. The percent
liquidated damages is P20,000 per day of (A/G, 6%, 8) = 3.195
y of radioactive material in raw milk after t
delay and the men are paid P280 per day. Uniform gradient series present worth factor
5. Problem: days is estimated by y = 100(2.7)-0.1t. Estimate
(P/G, 6%, 8) = 19.845
Compute the total cost if he will add 10 more the expected percent of radioactive material in
What is the smallest nominal rate to yield an men to finish the job. a) P2,909.10
the milk after 30 days.
effective rate of 10.15%? a) P475,000 c) P500,000 b) P3,383.40
a) 5% c) 6.9%
a) 9.526% c) 9.667% b) P492,000 d) P488,000 c) P2,448.02
b) 4% d) 3.2%
b) 10.047% d) 8.963% d) P3,016.91
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Quiz 5
1. Problem: 5. Problem: 9. Problem: 13. Problem:
How far apart are the directrices of the curve Mattie Evans drove 150 miles in the same Determine the mass of the sun given the What is the radius of a cylindrical can with a
9x2 + 25y2 – 18x + 100y – 116 = 0? amount of time that it took a turbo propeller Earth’s distance from the sun as rES = 1.5 x volume of 512 cu.inches that will use the
a) 18.8 units c) 14.2 units plane to travel 600 miles. The speed of the 1011 m. Assume G = 6.67 x 10-11 N.m2/kg2 and minimum material?
b) 9.6 units d) 12.5 units plane was 150 mph faster than the speed of 1 year = 365.25 days. a) 5.01 inches c) 5.68 inches
the car. Find the speed of the plane. a) 2 x 1030 kg c) 3 x 1030 kg b) 4.33 inches d) 4.91 inches
a) 170 mph c) 180 mph b) 4 x 1030 kg d) 5 x 1030 kg
b) 200 mph d) 210 mph
2. Problem:
Solve for x from the following equations: 6. Problem: 10. Problem: 14. Problem:
xy = 2 yz = 20 zx = 15 A car with a mass of 1470 kg including its
a) ± 2 c) ± 3 Cebu Pacific plane flew from Busan, Korea, Three spheres made of lead have a radius of
r, 2r and 4r respectively are melted to form a driver is driven at 128 kph over a slight rise in
b) ± 5 d) ± 4 whose latitude is 14˚N and longitude of
new sphere of radius R. The ratio of the the road. At the top of the rise, the driver
121˚30’E on a course S.30˚W. and
volume to the surface area of the new sphere applies the brakes. The coefficient of static
maintaining a uniform altitude. At what
is equal to 4.18. Compute the radius "r" in cm. friction between the tire and the pavement is
3. Problem: longitude will it cross the equator?
a) 5 cm c) 2.4 cm 0.90, and the radius of curvature of the rise is
a) 113˚33’E c) 112˚50’E
b) 3 cm d) 4.7 cm 160 m. Compute the normal acceleration of
You want to find someone whose birthday b) 112˚48’E d) 113˚20’E
the car at the top of the rise.
matches yours. What is the least number of a) 7.1 m/s2 c) 5.8 m/s2
strangers whose birthdays you need to ask b) 7.9 m/s2 d) 6.5 m/s2
about to have a 50-50 chance?
7. Problem: 11. Problem:
a) 270 AOB is a sector of radius 24 cm and has a If money is invested at a nominal rate of
b) 253 central angle of 60˚. A circle having a radius r interest of 8% for a period of 4 yrs., what is the
c) 241 is inscribed in the sector. Compute the radius value of the compound amount factor if it is 15. Problem:
of the circle. compounded continuously.
d) 266 a) 8 cm c) 7 cm Find the 8th term of the geometric sequence
a) 1.377128 c) 1.043061 whose first term is 12 and whose common
b) 5 cm d) 10 cm b) 0.841525 d) 0.913898 ratio is ½.
4. Problem: a) 3/32 c) 5/32
8. Problem: b) 10/32 d) 7/32
A plane curve has parametric equations x(t) =
A bicycle wheel with a radius of 13 inches
12. Problem:
t2 and y(t) = t4 + 3t2. An expression for the rate
makes 6 revolutions per second. What is the A particle moves along the curve x = 2t2,
of change of the slope of the tangent to the speed of the bicycle in inches per second?
path of the curve is equal to: y = t2 – 4t and z = 3t – 5 where t is the time in
a) 500 in/sec. c) 511 in/sec. seconds. Find the velocity at t = 1 sec.
a) 4 c) 2 b) 485 in/sec. d) 490 in/sec. a) 7.41 c) 8.53
b) 3 d) 5
b) 3.75 d) 5.39
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Quiz 6
1. Problem: 5. Problem: 9. Problem: 13. Problem:
A point within an equilateral triangle has a A square section ABCD has one of its sides A point on the rim of the wheel has a linear
An open rectangular box is to be made from a
distance of 3 m., 4 m. and 5 m. respectively equal to x. Point E is inside the square forming speed of 18 cm/sec. If the radius of the wheel
9 x 12 inch piece of tin by cutting squares x
from the vertices. Determine the perimeter of an equilateral triangle BEC having one side is 20 cm, what is the angular speed of the
inches from the corner and folding up the
the triangle. equal to the side of the square. Compute the wheel in rad/sec?
sides. What should “x” be to maximize the
a) 26.05 m c) 20.31 m value of angle DEC. a) 0.7 rad/sec.
volume of the box?
b) 15.68 m d) 18.94 m a) 80˚ c) 52˚ b) 0.9 rad/sec.
a) 1.2 c) 2.8
b) 75˚ d) 64˚ b) 2.4 d) 1.7 c) 1.0 rad/sec
2. Problem: d) 0.5 rad/sec.

A proposed manufacturing plant will require a 10. Problem:

fixed capital investment of P8M and an 6. Problem:
estimated working capital of P1.5M. If the The sum of logarithms of two numbers is 14. Problem:
The perimeter of a sector is 9 m. and its radius 1.748188 and the logarithm of their sum is
annual profit is P2M and annual depreciation
is 3 m. Compute the area of the segment of 1.17609. What is the product of the number? A small entrepreneur invested a capital of
is estimated to be 8% of the fixed capital
the sector. a) 51 c) 56 P80,000 for a buy and sell business. He
investment. Compute the rate of return on the
a) 2.2 m2 c) 4.5 m2 b) 46 d) 49 estimated to have a gross income of P25,000
total investment.
b) 8.4 m2 d) 6.7 m2 annually and an operating cost of P6000
a) 14.32% c) 18.44%
b) 12.97% d) 20.45% 11. Problem: annually. It is assume the business to have a
life of 10 years. If the rate of interest is 12%,
7. Problem: A fixed capital investment of P10,000,000 is compute the benefit cost ratio.
3. Problem: required for a proposed manufacturing plant a) 2.35 c) 2.01
On February 1, 2017, a high school student A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C = 90˚ and an estimated working capital of b) 1.83 d) 1.34
deposits P1000 in a bank at 8% per year, and sides a = 50˚ and c = 80˚. Find the value P2,000,000. Annual depreciation is estimated
compounded annually. He withdraws P80 at of "b". to be 10% of the fixed capital investment.
a) 72.94˚ c) 77.52˚ Which of the following gives the payout period
the end of the first year, P90 at the end of the
b) 74.33˚ d) 79.73˚ in years?
15. Problem:
second year and the remaining balance on
February 1, 2020. What is the net cash flow on a) 3.24 yrs. c) 2.15 yrs. One of the roots of the quadratic equation
February 1, 2020? b) 3.35 yrs. d) 2.86 yrs. Ax2 + 14x + 12 = 0 is 6 times the other root.
a) P239.19 c) P251.23 8. Problem: Find the value of A.
b) P257.31 d) P246.45 12. Problem: a) 2 c) 10
A price tag of P1200 is payable in 60 days but b) 6 d) 8
if paid with in 30 days it will have a 3% A parabola has an equation of x2 = 6y + 10.
4. Problem: discount. Find the rate of interest. Find the equation of the diameter of the
A spherical wedge has a radius of 2 m. and a a) 41.3% c) 35.7% parabola which bisects the chord having a
central angle of 70˚. Find the volume of the b) 44.8% d) 37.1% slope of 4/3.
spherical wedge. a) 2x – 1 = 0 c) x – 4 = 0
a) 20.28 m3 c) 22.54 m3 b) 2x + 3 = 0 d) x – 2 = 0
b) 17.22 m3 d) 19.82 m3
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Quiz 7
1. Problem: 3. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
The yearly cost of tuition (in-state) and In triangle BCD, BC = 25 and CD = 10. A 150 g ball at the end of a string is revolving
The coordinate axes are asymptotes of the
required fees for attending a public two-year Compute the probable perimeter of the uniformly in a horizontal circle of radius 0.600
equilateral hyperbola whose vertex in the first
college full time can be estimated by the linear triangle. m. The ball makes 2 revolutions in a second.
a) 69 c) 83 quadrant is 3 2 units from the origin. What What is its centripetal acceleration?
function f(x) = 64x + 2083, where x is the is the equation of the hyperbola?
number of years after 2000 and f(x) is the total b) 77 d) 91 a) 91.7 m/s2
a) xy = 5 c) xy = 9 b) 86.3 m/s2
cost. Use this function to approximate the b) xy = 7 d) xy = 11
yearly cost of attending a 2-year college in the 4. Problem: c) 94.7 m/s2
year 2016. [Hint: Find f(16)] d) 88.3 m/s2
a) $3646 c) $3513 By using Pappus Theorem, determine the
b) $3107 d) $3397 volume generated by revolving the area in the 8. Problem:
first and second quadrants bounded by the 11. Problem:
ellipse 4x2 + 25y2 = 100, and the x-axis, about Line AB has point A(4, 5) and point B(- 3, - 2).
the x-axis. Find point C along line AB if distance BC is The cost C to produce x number of
2. Problem: a) 88.663 cu.units c) 90.305 cu.units three times the distance AC. skateboards is C = 100 + 20x. The
b) 93.141 cu.units d) 83.776 cu.units a) (3.46, 4.37) skateboards are sold wholesale for $24 each,
Rabbits in a lab are to be kept on a strict daily b) (2.81, 4.77) so revenue R = 24x. Find how many
deit that includes 30 grams of protein, 16 c) (2.25, 3.25) skateboards the manufacturer needs to
grams of fat and 24 grams of carbohydrates.
5. Problem: d) (1.25, 2.06) produce and sell to break even.
The scientist has only three food mixes A contractor can buy dump trucks for P800,000 a) 29 skateboards
available with the following grams of nutrients each (surplus) or rent them for P1189 per truck b) 36 skateboards
per unit. per day. The truck has a salvage value of c) 25 skateboards
P100,000 at the end of its useful life of 5 yrs. 9. Problem: d) 17 skateboards
Mixture Protein Fat Carbohydrates Annual cost of maintenance is P20,000. If
Mix A 4 6 3 money is worth 14% per annum, determine the On the day his son was born, a father decided
number of days per year that a truck must be to deposit a fund for his son’s college
Mix B 6 1 2
education. The father wants the son to be able
12. Problem:
Mix C 4 1 12 used to warrant the purchase of the truck.
a) 100 days c) 300 days to withdraw P4,000 from the fund on his 18th A mine is for sale. A mining engineer
Find how many units of each mix are needed b) 200 days d) 150 days birthday, again on his 19th birthday, again on estimates that, at current production levels,
daily to meet each rabbit’s dietary need. his 20th birthday and again on his 21st birthday. the mine will yield an annual net income of
a) 2 units of Mix A ; 3 units of Mix B ; 1 unit If the fund earns interest at 9% per year, P80,000 for 15 years, after which the mineral
6. Problem: compounded annually, how much should the
of Mix C will be exhausted. If an investor’s MARR is
b) 1 unit of Mix A ; 2 units of Mix B ; 3 units A light bulb is placed at a certain distance from father deposit at the end of each year, up 15%, what is the maximum amount he can bid
of Mix C the surface of a spherical globe of radius 20 through the 17th year? on this property?
c) 3 units of Mix A ; 1 unit of Mix B ; 2 units cm. If it illuminates one-third of the total a) P370.50 (MARR = min. attractive rate of return)
of Mix C surface of the globe, how far is it from the b) P350.49 a) P467,789.61
d) 1 unit of Mix A ; 3 units of Mix B ; 4 units surface? c) P325.18 b) P489,182.29
of Mix C a) 40 cm c) 62 cm d) P399.00 c) P475,244.17
b) 34 cm d) 55 cm d) P481,356.88
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Quiz 8
1. Problem: 5. Problem: 8. Problem: 11. Problem:
A man wants to make 14% nominal interest The parallel sides of a trapezoidal lot measure A wooden flagpole is embedded 3 m. deep at A Ferris wheel having a radius of 8 m. is
compounded semi-annually on a bond 160 m. and 240 m. and are 40 m. apart. Find corner A of a concrete horizontal slab ABCD, turning at the rate of 10 rpm. Compute the
investment. How much should the man be the length of the dividing line parallel to the square in form and measuring 20 ft. on a side. tangential velocity of the Ferris wheel at this
willing to pay now for a 12%, P40,000 bond two sides that will divide the lot into two equal A storm broke the flagpole at a point one instant.
that will mature in 10 years and pay s interest areas. meter above the slab and inclined toward a) 5.20 m/s c) 6.12 m/s
semi-annually? a) 203.96 m corner C in the direction of diagonal AC. The b) 8.38 m/s d) 7.25 m/s
a) P41,440.33 c) P19,512.48 b) 188.24 m vertical angles observed at the center of the
b) P35,762.40 d) P27,820.72 c) 220.13 m slab and at corner C to the tip of the flagpole
d) 214.08 m were 65˚ and 35˚, respectively. What is the
2. Problem: total length of the flagpole above the slab in 12. Problem:
yards?
The three sides of a triangle measure 36 cm, a) 5.61 yards c) 7.34 yards Peter Lee bought a one-year savings
18 cm and 24 cm. What is the length of the 6. Problem: b) 10.87 yards d) 3.65 yards certificate for P100,000 and it pays 6%. He
median drawn from the longest side to has a taxable income that puts him at the 28%
opposite vertex? A man stands at C at a certain distance from a bracket of income tax rate. Compute the after
a) 17.47 c) 11.22 flagpole AB, which is 20 m high. The angle of tax rate of return.
b) 21.47 d) 15.26 elevation of the top of AB at C is 45˚. The man 9. Problem: a) 4.32% c) 1.66%
then walks towards the pole at D. The angle of b) 2.34% d) 3.65%
elevation of the top of the pole measured from Find the value of θ if coversed
3. Problem: D is 60˚. Find the distance he had walked. sin θ = 0.256855.
a) 13.02 m a) 61˚ c) 39˚
NAPOCOR (National Power Corporation)
b) 5.66 m b) 48˚ d) 55˚
purchase P15 M worth of electrical
c) 8.45 m
equipments with a useful life of 6 years and a
d) 16.21 m
P2 M salvage value at the end of the 6th year.
If the interest rate is 12%, compute the 10. Problem:
equivalent uniform annual cost of the new
equipment. How much money must be deposited at the
a) P2.964 M c) P2.890 M 7. Problem: end of each year in a savings account that
b) P3.402 M d) P3.273 M pays 9% per year, compounded annually in
A Phil. Air Force plane is on alert for a mission order to have a total of P500,000 at the end of
and begins its takeoff run with an acceleration 10 years?
4. Problem: of 6 m/s2, then decreases uniformly to zero in
20 seconds at which time the plane becomes The uniform series factors are the following:
In triangle ABC, AB = 30 m, BC = 36 m, and Present Worth Factor: (P/A, 9%, 10) = 6.41766
airborne. Determine the takeoff run in meters,
AC = 48 m. The perpendicular bisectors of the Sinking Fund Factor: (A/F, 9%, 10) = -0.06582-
neglecting air resistance.
sides intersect at point P. How far is P from Capital Recovery Factor: (A/P, 9%, 10) = 0.15582
a) 990 m
side BC? Gredient Uniform Series: (A/G, 9%, 10) = 3.7978
b) 800 m
a) 22.09 m c) 27.38 m a) P32,910.04 c) P33,193.75
c) 1200 m
b) 15.92 m d) 9.44 m b) P33,312.15 d) P31,738.20
d) 700 m
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Quiz 9
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
A Ford Sports Mustang car costs $20,000 Find the volume generated by revolving the A tennis tournament has 8 players. The In a spherical triangle ABC, A = 116˚, B = 55˚
today. You can earn 12% tax-free on an “auto- triangle whose vertices are (2, 2), (4, 8), and number a player draws from a hat decides his and C = 80˚. Find the value of a in degrees.
purchase account”. If you expect the cost of (6, 2) about the line 3x – 4y = 12. first-round rung in the tournament ladder. a) 109.13˚
the car to increase by 10% per year, the a) 236.47 cu.units Suppose that the best player always defeats b) 110.99˚
amount you would need to deposit in the b) 224.71 cu.units the next best and that the latter always defeats c) 114.83˚
account to provide for the purchase of the car c) 257.83 cu.units all the rest. The loser of the finals gets the d) 117.12˚
five years from now is closest to: d) 241.27 cu.units runner-up cup. What is the chance that the
a) $14,248 c) $18,276 second-best player wins the runner-up cup?
b) $20,140 d) $16,473 a) 5/7
b) 4/7
c) 1/7 11. Problem:
2. Problem: 5. Problem: d) 2/7
The line kx + (3 – k)y = 3(1 + k) passes
Compute the acceleration due to gravity at a The bases of a right prism are pentagons with through a fixed point P, for any value of k. Find
place where a sample pendulum, 1.5 m. lon each side 6 cm long. The bases are 14 cm the coordinates of P.
makes 100 vibrations in 236 sec.? apart. What is the volume of the prism in
8. Problem:
a) (2, 2)
a) 12.03 m/s2 cu.cm.? A sphere of radius 5 cm and a right circular b) (4, 1)
b) 10.88 m/s2 a) 910 cm3 cone of radius 5 cm and height 10 cm stand c) (0, 3)
c) 9.79 m/s2 b) 867 cm3 on a plane. How far from the base of the cone d) (1, 3)
d) 11.42 m/s2 c) 693 cm3 must a cutting plane (parallel to the base of
d) 775 cm3 the cone) pass in order to cut the solids in
equal circular sections?
3. Problem: a) 1.2 cm
b) 0.8 cm 12. Problem:
Two tangents were drawn from T to a circle 6. Problem: c) 3 cm
and has its point of tangency on the circle at A d) 2 cm A man receives P145,000 credit for his old car
and B. The angle between the tangents is 54˚. A pendulum makes 90 vibrations in one when buying a new model costing P375,000.
Point C is along the periphery of the circle and minute. Determine the frequency. What cash payment will be necessary so that
is nearer to T than A and B. If the lines AC and a) 2.2 Hz the balance can be liquidated by payments of
BC are constructed, determine the angle b) 3.0 Hz 9. Problem: P12,500 at the end of each month for 18
between the lines AC and BC at point C. c) 1.5 Hz months when interest is charged at the rate of
a) 110 d) 2.7 Hz The height of the cone is h. It contains water 6% compounded monthly?
b) 117˚ to a depth of 2/3 h. What is the ratio of the a) P13,400
c) 105˚ volume of water to that of the cone? b) P18,750
d) 90˚ a) 30/38 c) P13,650
b) 26/38 d) P15,340
c) 19/38
d) 15/38
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Quiz 10
1. Problem: 5. Problem: 8. Problem: 10. Problem:
Find the length of one arc of the curve whose A road is tangent to a circular lake. Along the Roger McArthur purchases a building lot for Samsung, a computer chip manufacturer, has
parametric equations are x = 6θ - 6 Sin θ and road and 12 miles from the point of tangency, $40,000 cash and plans to sell it after 5 years. found that only 1 out of 2000 chips is
y = 6 – 6 Cos θ. another road opens towards the lake. From If he want an 18% before tax rate of return, defective. A certain company ordered a
a) 48 units c) 32 units the intersection of the two roads to the after taking the 6% annual inflation rate into shipment of chips. How many chips will the
b) 37 units d) 56 units periphery of the lake, the length of the new account, what must be his selling price? company order before the probability that at
road is 11 miles. If the new road will be a) $122,460 c) $116,464 least one chip is defective is 45%.
2. Problem: prolonged across the lake, find the length of b) $118,420 d) $134,804 a) 989
the bridge to be constructed. b) 1507
Peter borrows P10,000 from a bank on the a) 1.033 mi c) 2.091 mi c) 1341
first days of the month. The interest is b) 4.215 mi d) 3.642 mi d) 1194
computed at the end of every month on the 9. Problem:
amount he still owed at the rate of 1.5% per
month. Peter pays “x” pesos at the end of the An engineer who is about to retire has
first month, another “x” at the end of the 6. Problem: accumulated P50,000 in a savings account 11. Problem:
second month and another “x” at the end of that pays 6% per year compounded annually.
the 3rd month. Peter has completely paid off A swimming pool is rectangular in shape of Suppose the engineer wishes to withdraw a The king’s minter boxes his coins 100 to a
the debt completely at the end of the 3rd length 12 m and width 5.5 m. It has a sloping fixed sum of money at the end of each year for box. In each box he puts 1 false coin. The king
month, find the value of “x”. bottom and is 1 m deep at one end and 3.6 m 10 years. What is the amount that can be suspects the minter and from each of 100
a) 2868 c) 3434 deep at the other end. The water from a full withdrawn? boxes draws a random coin and has it tested.
b) 3246 d) 4268 cylindrical reservoir 3.6 m. in diameter and 10 Capital Recovery Factor: What is the chance the minter’s peculations go
m deep is emptied to the pool. Find the depth (A/P, 6%, 10) = 0.1359 undetected?
of water at the deep end. Gredient Uniform Series: a) 0.366
3. Problem: a) 4.376 m c) 5.252 m (A/G, 6%, 10) = 4.022 b) 0.183
b) 2.842 m d) 3.404 m Uniform Series Compound Amount Factor: c) 0.224
Two perpendicular chords both 5 cm from the
(F/A, 6%, 10) = 13.1808 d) 0.279
center of the circle, which divides into four
Single Payment Compound Amount Factor:
parts. If the radius of the circles is 13 cm, find
(F/P, 6%, 10) = 1.7908
the area of the smallest part.
a) 31 cm2 c) 35 cm2
7. Problem:
b) 27 cm2 d) 20 cm2
a) P5,326 12. Problem:
An 800-N man runs at 4.6 m/s, grabs a rope b) P6,795
that is tied to a branch of tree and swings out c) P8,227 In 1940, the average value of a house is
4. Problem: over the lake. He releases the rope when his d) P3,536 P290,000. In 1990, the average value of a
velocity is zero. If the length of the rope is 9 house of the same model is P7,910,000. What
A solid spherical steel ball x cm in diameter is m., what is the angle θ that the rope will make was the rate of inflation for the house?
placed into a tall vertical cylinder 12 cm in with vertical when he releases the rope? a) 6.8%
diameter containing water, causing the water a) 27.44˚ c) 29.19˚ b) 7.7%
level to rise by 6 cm. What is the value of x? b) 28.36˚ d) 29.88˚ c) 8.6%
a) 6 .1 cm c) 7.5 cm d) 9.2%
b) 10.9 cm d) 9.3 cm
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Quiz 11
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
Find the volume of the parallelipiped whose A pit 5 m. deep was dug out from the ground. One side of a rectangle, inscribed in a circle of What rate of interest compounded monthly is
edges are represented by The pit is 3 m. by 4m. at the top and 2 m. x 3 diameter 17 cm is 8 cm. Find the area of equivalent to an interest rate of 14%
A = 2i – 3j + 4k m. at the bottom. What is the volume of earth rectangle. compounded quarterly?
B = i + 2j – k removed in cu.m.? a) 135 cm2 a) 8.85%
C = 3i – j + 2k a) 44.167 m3 b) 100 cm2 b) 10.63%
b) 37.415 m3 c) 120 cm2 c) 13.84%
a) 5
c) 51.077 m3 d) 89 cm2 d) 15.36%
b) 10
d) 55.903 m3
c) - 7
d) - 5
8. Problem:
ABCD is a square of side 10 cm. Four
11. Problem:
5. Problem:
2. Problem: congruent isosceles triangles are cut off from Compute the equivalent nominal annual
At how many minutes after 3 PM will the the four corners so that the remaining portion interest compounded continuously if the
Find the base x of the triangle DBE as shown hands of a clock be perpendicular to each is a regular octagon. Compute the equal sides effective annual interest rate is 4%?
so that its area will be one half that of triangle other for the first time after 3 PM? of the isosceles triangle. a) 1.08%
ABC. a) 2.93 cm b) 3.92%
a) 32.07 min.
a) 12.23 B b) 2.48 cm c) 5.24%
b) 10.77 b) 31.24 min. c) 3.36 cm d) 2.03%
c) 17.08 12
c) 32.73 min. d) 1.98 cm
d) 14.14 D E
d) 30.58 min.
x

A C
20
9. Problem:
12. Problem:
A Heidelberg printing machine has an initial
6. Problem: cost of $80,000. It has an annual operating Sand is pouring from a spout at the rate of 25
3. Problem: cost of $18,000 (includes labor, electricity, cc/sec. It forms a cone whose height is always
Cebu Pacific airplane travels in a direction of 1/3 the radius of its base. At what rate in
miscellaneous expenses, etc.). Useful life is
It is 4.2 km from point A to the north end of the N.30˚W at an air speed of 600 kph. If the wind cm/sec is the height increasing, when the
20 years and rate of interest is 10%. Compute
lake and 6.1 km from A to the south end of the has a speed of 80 kph on a direction of cone is 50 cm high?
the salvage value of the machine at the end of
lake. The lake subtends an angle of 110˚ at Q. N.40˚E, what is the ground speed of the a) 0.000354 cm/sec
20 years for the machine to have an
The length of the lake from north to south is plane? b) 0.000214 cm/sec
equivalent uniform annual cost of $27,000.
nearest to: a) 635.04 kph c) 0.000447 cm/sec
a) $18,464
a) 5.977 km b) 643.29 kph d) 0.000785 cm/sec
b) $16,354
b) 8.507 km c) 631.85 kph
c) $22,738
c) 11.960 km d) 627.46 kph
d) $24,844
d) 9.643 km
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Quiz 12
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 8. Problem: 11. Problem:
Given: FC = P600,00 A swimming pool has the form of two In triangle ABC, tan A + tan B + tan C = 4. An engineer who is planning his retirement
SV = P60,000 intersecting circles of equal radius of 30 m. If Find the value of tan A tan B tan C. has decided that he will have to withdraw
Life = 5 years the center of the circle lies on the a) 4 P10,000 from his savings account at the end
Compute the depreciation on the 3rd year circumference of the other, compute the b) 7 of each year. How much money must the
using Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery perimeter of the swimming pool. c) 2 engineer have in the bank at the start of his
System Method. a) 251.33 m. d) 6 retirement, if his money earns 6% per year,
a) P124,033 b) 302.14 m. compounded annually and he is planning a
b) P135,001 c) 233.47 m. 12-year retirement annual withdrawals?
c) P115,200 d) 272.14 m.
d) P108,272 Uniform Series Capital Recovery Factor:
9. Problem: (A/P, 6%, 12) = 0.11928
5. Problem: Gredient Uniform Series:
Find the perimeter of an ellipse whose second (A/G, 6%, 12) = 4.8113
Determine the area of a circle inscribed in a
regular hexagon having an area of 240 sq.cm. eccentricity is 0.75 and distance between foci Uniform Series Compound Amount Factor:
2. Problem: a) 195.0 cm2 c) 217.7 cm2
is 6 units. (F/A, 6%, 12) = 16.8699
a) 24.880 Uniform Series Present Worth Factor:
b) 206.9 cm2 d) 183.2 cm2
The three sides of a triangle measure 36 cm, b) 28.448 (P/A, 6%, 12) = 8.3839
18 cm and 24 cm. What is the length of the c) 32.652
median drawn from the shortest side to 6. Problem: d) 25.413 a) P82,135
opposite vertex? b) P84,190
a) 29.24 cm If the area of the rectangle is (15x2 – 29x – 14) c) P83,839
b) 22.83 cm square inches, and its length is (5x + 2) d) P85,178
c) 33.04 cm inches, find its width.
d) 25.19 cm a) (3x + 11) in. c) (3x – 11) in. 10. Problem:
b) (3x + 7) in. d) (3x – 7) in.
A tugboat takes 1 2/3 times as long to go 100 12. Problem:
miles upstream along the Mississippi River as
7. Problem: it does to return. If the speed of the current of The maximum weight that a circular column
the Mississippi River is 2 miles per hour, find can support is directly proportional to the
3. Problem: Two inaccessible objects A and B are each the speed of the tugboat in still water. fourth power of its diameter and is inversely
viewed from two stations C and D on the same proportional to the square of its height. A 2-
a) 8 mph
Given a triangle ABC with sides AB = 25 cm, side of AB and 562 m. apart. The angle ACB meter diameter column that is 8 meters in
BC = 32 cm, and AC = 47 cm. Find the is 62˚12’, BCD = 41˚08’, ADB = 60˚49’ and b) 10 mph height can support 1 ton. Find the weight that
distance of the point of intersection of ADC is 34˚51’. Find the required distance AB. c) 12 mph a 1-meter-diameter column that is 4-meters in
perpendicular bisectors to side BC. a) 451.08 m d) 5 mph height can support.
a) 14.78 cm b) 739.90 m a) ¼ ton
b) 11.32 cm c) 940.12 m b) 1/8 ton
c) 16.97 cm d) 615.33 m c) ½ ton
d) 19.32 cm d) 1 ton
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Quiz 13
1. Problem: 5. Problem: 8. Problem: 11. Problem:
Find the eleventh term of the arithmetic An electrician needs to run a cable from the The angle of elevation of the top point D of a A solid pyramid whose altitude is 1.5 m.
sequence whose first three terms are 2,9, and top of a 60-foot tower to a transmitter box tower from A is 25˚. From another point B, the weighs 2000 kg. At what distance from its
16. located 45 feet away from the base of the angle of elevation of the top of the tower at D base must it be cut by a plane parallel to its
a) 82 c) 66 tower. Find how long he should make the is 56˚. Points A and B is 300 m. apart and are base so that two solids of equal weight will be
b) 91 d) 72 cable. the same horizontal planes as the foot C of the formed.
a) 65 ft. c) 85 ft. tower. The horizontal angle subtended by A a) 0.62 m
b) 75 ft. d) 95 ft. and B at the foot of the tower is 90˚, find the b) 0.15 m
2. Problem: height of the tower in meters. c) 0.84 m
a) 118.46 d) 0.31 m
If the third term of an arithmetic sequence is
b) 133.45
12 and the eight term is 27, find the fifth term. 6. Problem: c) 122.02
a) 22 c) 31
d) 129.11
b) 18 d) 49 The population of the Cook Islands is
decreasing according to the formula
y = y0 e-0.0277t. In this formula, t is the time in 9. Problem: 12. Problem:
3. Problem: years and y0 is the initial population at time 0.
If the size of the current population in 2010 A car travels from point A northward for 30 In 1987, the population of California condors
An unusually wet spring has caused the size was only 27 birds. They were all brought in
was 11,488, use the formula to predict the min. then eastward for one hour, then shifted
of the Cape Cod mosquito population to from the wild and an intensive breeding
population of the Cook Islands in the year N.30˚E. If the constant speed is 60 kph, how
increase by 8% each day. If an estimated program was instituted. If we assume a yearly
2025. Round to the nearest whole number. far directly from A, in km will it be after 2 hrs?
200,000 mosquitoes are on Cape Cod on May growth rate of 11.4%, how long will it take the
a) 7056 inhabitants a) 81.09 km
12, find how many mosquitoes will inhabit the condor population to reach 347 California
b) 7724 inhabitants b) 93.59 km
Cape on May 25. Use y = 200,000(1.08)x condors?
c) 7582 inhabitants c) 102.61 km
where x is number of days since May 12. a) 15.2 years
d) 7300 inhabitants d) 76.73 km
Round to the nearest thousand. b) 17.3 years
a) 539,000 mosquitoes c) 22.4 years
b) 544,000 mosquitoes 7. Problem: 10. Problem: d) 20.5 years
c) 528,000 mosquitoes
d) 552,000 mosquitoes A, B, and C are points on the same horizontal A firm has the capacity to produce 1,000,000
ground. PC is a vertical building of height 100 units of product per year. At present, it is able
m. Angle ACB = 90˚. The angle of elevations to produce and sell 600,000 units yearly at a
4. Problem: of P from A and B are 45˚ and 30˚ total income of P720,000. Annual fixed costs
respectively. D is a point along the line AB are P250,000 and the variable costs per unit is
The Ragum Dam in Tajikistan (part of the
such that AD is perpendicular to CD. P0.70. Determine the number of units that
former USSR that borders Afghanistan) is the
Determine the distance CD. should be sold annually to break-even.
tallest dam in the world at 1100 ft. How long
a) 87 m c) 99 m a) 380,000 units
would it take an object to fall from the top to
b) 78 m d) 84 m b) 460,000 units
the base of the dam?
c) 500,000 units
a) 6.82 seconds c) 8.27 seconds
d) 535,000 units
b) 7.14 seconds d) 9.34 seconds
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Quiz 14
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
The fastest average speed by a cyclist across A rectangular box is to be constructed to hold Compute the area of the curve having a polar An endowment today of one million pesos
the continental United States is 15.4 mph, by a new camcorder. The box is to have equation of r = 2 Sin θ + 2 Cos θ. maybe converted into monthly pensions for 20
Pete Penseyres. If he traveled a total distance dimensions 5 inches by 4 inches by 9 inches. a) 6.28 yrs. Determine the pension in pesos,
of about 3107.5 miles at this speed, find his Find the surface area of box. b) 5.32 considering that the rate of interest is 9%
time cycling. Write the time in days, hours, and a) 208 in2 c) 4.65 compounded monthly.
minutes. b) 202 in2 d) 7.17 a) P9,601.55
a) 9 days,20 hrs and 47.11 min c) 206 in2 b) P9,364.56
b) 9 days,20 hrs and 36.59 min d) 204 in2 c) P10,198.29
c) 8 days,22 hrs and 25.66 min d) P8,997.26
d) 8 days,24 hrs and 27.85 min
8. Problem:
2. Problem: 5. Problem: 11. Problem:
What is the total length of the curve
Russ placed P8,000 into his credit union x2 + y2 + 4x – 10y – 92 = 0?
How much net work is required to accelerate a a) 69.12 A bread salesman sells on the average 20
account paying 6% compounded semiannualy 1000 kg car from 20 m/s to 30 m/s?
(twice a year). How much will be in Russ’s b) 58.20 cakes on a round of his route. What is the
a) 1.8 x 105 Joules c) 74.55 chance that he sells an even number of
account in 4 years? b) 2.5 x 105 Joules
a) 15,390.20 d) 55.20 cakes? (We assume the sales follow the
c) 1.6 x 105 Joules Poisson distribution.)
b) 22,712.43 d) 2.1 x 105 Joules
c) 10,134.16 a) 0.384
d) 31,560.35 b) 0.568
c) 0.125
d) 0.927
3. Problem: 9. Problem:
6. Problem:
Karen Estes just received an inheritance of The lateral area of a right circular cone is 634
P10,000 and plans to place all the money in a A student plans to deposit P600 each year in a sq.m. If its diameter is two-thirds its altitude, 12. Problem:
savings account that pays 5% compounded savings account, over a period of 10 years. If determine its altitude in meters.
quarterly to help her son go to college in 3 the bank pays 6% per year, compounded a) 30.74 m The prairie dog population of the Grand Forks
years. How much money will be in the account annually, how much money will he have b) 25.26 m area now stands at 57,000 animals. If the
in 3 years? accumulated at the end of the 10-year period if c) 37.85 m population is growing at a rate of 2.6%
a) 11,607.55 the sinking fund factor is 0.07587? d) 21.67 m annually, how many prairie dogs will there be
b) 12,336.21 a) P8,283.22 in that area 5 years from now?
c) 13,101.11 b) P7,908.48 a) 60,374
d) 14,481.60 c) P6,389.73 b) 64,805
d) P9,000.00 c) 52,192
d) 56,550
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Quiz 15
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
A grant from an alumnus to a university The maximum weight that a rectangular beam A trough, whose ends are isosceles right A circle has a radius of 5 with its center at O.
specified that the university has to receive can support varies jointly as its width and the triangles with vertical axis, is 20 ft. long. If it Find the equation of the tangent to the circle at
P8000,000 during the first year and 75% of thr square of its height and inversely as its length. contains 40 gallons of water, how deep is the (3, 4).
proceeding years donation during each of the water? (1 gallon = 231 cu.in) a) 3x + 4y = 25
If a beam 21 foot wide, 31 foot high, and 10 fet
following 5 years. Find the total amount a) 7.6 inches b) 3x – 4y = 25
donated during the 6 years. long can support 12 tons, find how much a b) 4.8 inches c) 4x + 3y = 25
a) 2,549,443.76 similar beam can support if the beam is 23 foot c) 9.8 inches d) 4x – 3y = 25
b) 2,759,244.87 d) 6.2 inches
wide, 1 foot high and the feet long.
c) 2,819,373.66 2
d) 2,630,468.75 a) 20.8 tons c) 18.6 tons
b) 22.5 tons d) 24.2 tons
11. Problem:
8. Problem:
2. Problem: 5. Problem: If the angle from the line 2x + 5y – 17 = 0 to
Find the horsepower expended when a force
of 3760 N raises an object a distance of 4.73
the line 3x – By – 8 = 0 is 45˚, determine the m. in 35 sec.
A ball is dropped on to a horizontal floor. It
The numbers of baby gorillas born at the San value of B. a) 0.24 hp
reaches a height of 1.44 m. on the 1st bounce
Diego Zoo has asequence defined by a) 6 b) 0.68hp
and 0.81 m. on the second bounce. Find the
an = n(n-1), where it is the number of years the b) 4 c) 0.42 hp
height it attains on the third rebound.
zoo has owned gorillas. Find the tota number c) 7 d) 0.50 hp
a) 0.67 c) 0.46
of baby gorillas born in the first 4 years. d) 9
b) 0.87 d) 0.25
a) 16
b) 18
c) 20
d) 22
12. Problem:
3. Problem: 9. Problem:
6. Problem: Ship Atlantis started sailing N.40˚32’E. at a
P180,000 was spent on the project that yields
Intensity of light (in foot-candles) varies annual benefit of P60,000 for a period of 8
inversely as the square of x, the distance in The points (1, 2, 6), (1, 6, 2) are vertices of an rate of 3 mph. After 3 hrs, Potomac started years without any salvage value. Determine
feet from the light source. The intensity of light equilateral triangle. If the x and y coordinates from the same point going N.45˚18’E. at a rate the benefit cost ratio considering the cost of
2 feet from the source is 80 foot-candles. How of the other vertex is 5 & 2. Find the value of z. of 4 mph. What would be the direction of money to be 7%.
far away is the source if the intensity of light is a) 3 Potomac from Atlantis 3 hrs. after Potomac a) 1.62
5 foot-candles? b) 1 start from the same port? b) 3.02
a) 8 ft. c) 2 a) S. 3˚31’ W c) 2.82
b) 7 ft. d) 4 b) S. 3˚22’ W d) 1.99
c) 6 ft. c) S. 3˚45’ W
d) 9 ft. d) S. 3˚12’ W
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Quiz 16
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
The lateral area of a regular pyramid with a A building has a salvage value of P1 M after Two sides of a parallelogram are 68 cm and As in the two dimensional walk, a particle
square base is 1500 cm2 and altitude of 20 50 years. Annual depreciation is P2 M. Using 83 cm, respectively. One of its diagonals is 42 starts at an origin 0 in three space. Think of
cm. Compute the side of the square base. straight line method of depreciation, how many cm long. Determine the biggest interior angle the origin as centered in a cube 2 units on a
a) 56 years after should you sell the building for of the parallelogram. side. One move in this walk sends the particle
b) 24 P30 M? a) 149.73˚ with equal likelihood to one of the eight
c) 42 a) 20.3 years b) 166.24˚ corners of the cube. Thus, at every move the
d) 30 b) 35.5 years c) 123.99˚ particle has a 50-50 chance of moving one
c) 28.1 years d) 157.14˚ unit up or down, one unit east or west, and
d) 15.6 years one unit north or south if the walk continues
2. Problem: forever , find the fraction of particles that
returns to the origin.
Find the value after 20 years in pesos of an 8. Problem: a) 0.444
annuity of P20,000 payable annually for 8 5. Problem: b) 0.275
A circle is inscribed in a square and c) 0.239
years, with the first payment at the end of 2
The first cost of a certain equipment is circumscribed about another. Determine the d) 0.308
years, if money is worth 5%.
P324,000 and a salvage value of P50,000 at ratio of the area of the larger square to the
a) P326,644.33
the end of its life for 4 years. Money is worth area of smaller square.
b) P551,650.01
6% annually. If there is no salvage value and a) 4:3 11. Problem:
c) P740,512.48
the annual maintenance cost is P18,000, find b) 2:1
d) P129,820.72 One type of uranium has a radioactive decay
the capitalized cost of perpetual service. c) 3:1
d) 3:2 rate of 0.4% per day. If 30 pounds of this
a) P624,000
uranium is available today, how much will still
b) P536,000
3. Problem: remain after 50 days? Use y = 30(0.996)x and
c) P710,000
let x be 50.
d) P688,000
A lighthouse is 10 units of length northwest of 9. Problem: a) 30.3 lb.
b) 35.8 lb.
a dock. A ship leaves the dock at 8:00 am and
A hole 100 mm in diameter is to be punched c) 15.1 lb.
travels west at 12 units of length per hour. At
out from a right circular cone having a d) 24.6 lb.
what time will the ship be 8 units of length 6. Problem: diameter of 160 mm. Height of cone is 240
from the lighthouse?
mm. Determine the length of the hole punched
a) 8:33.2 A.M. The center of two circles with radii of 3 m. and
out. 12. Problem:
b) 8:54.1 A.M. 5 m. respectively are 4 m apart. Find the area
a) 85 mm
c) 9:10.6 A.M. of the portion of the smaller circle outside the About 68.2% of the scores fall within the
b) 70 mm
d) 8:44.2 A.M. larger circle. normal curve, which ranges from 50 to 80 and
c) 77 mm
a) 5.36 m2 is symmetric about the mean. What is the
d) 90 mm
b) 17.57 m2 standard deviation of the scores in this
c) 10.05 m2 distribution?
d) 13.40 m2 a) 12 c) 15
b) 20 d) 18
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Quiz 17
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
The population sized y of a community of An office supply store in Cebu City sells 7 What is the slope of the curve The sum of two numbers is a. The product of
lemmings varies according to the relationship writing and 4 pens for P6.40. Also, 2 tablets y = 2x4 – 3x2 + x1/2 – 290 at x = 3? one by the square of the other is to be a
y = y0 e0.15t. In this formula, t is the time in and 19 pens cost P5.40. Find the price of a) 201.55 maximum. Determine one of the numbers.
months and y0 is the initial population at time t each. b) 164.56 a) 3/4 a
= 0. Estimate the population after 6 months if a) x = 80, y = 0.20 c) 198.29 b) 1/3 a
there were originally 5000 lemmings. b) x = 90, y = 0.30 d) 213.49 c) 2/3 a
a) 12,611 c) 11,786 c) x = 70, y = 0.15 d) ½ a
b) 12,298 d) 11,100 d) x = 60, y = 0.10
8. Problem:
2. Problem: 11. Problem:
The volume of the frustum of a regular
For the ICL Production Company, the rational
5. Problem: triangular pyramid is 15 times the edge of the The vertices of a triangle has polar
lower base. The lower base is an equilateral coordinates of (0, 0˚), (6, 30˚) and (9, 70˚).
2.6 + 10000 Given the following partial fraction with its triangle with an edge of 9 m. The upper base
function C (x) = describes the Find the area of the triangle.
x corresponding partial fraction. is 8 m. above the lower base. What is the a) 10.24 sq.units
company’s cost per disc for pressing x x 2 + 2x + 3 1 B x +3 upper base edge? b) 17.36 sq.units
= + + a) 3 m
compact discs. Find the cost per disc for x 4 + x 3 + 2x 2 4x x 2 4(x 2 + x + 2) c) 21.58 sq.units
pressing 100 compact discs. b) 1.8 m d) 14.16 sq.units
a) 102.6 c) 2.5 m
What is the value of B?
b) 125.8 d) 4 m
a) 1.5
c) 211.2 b) 2.5
d) 391.1 c) 2.0 12. Problem:
d) 1.0 9. Problem:
A concrete culvert is to be built with a cross-
3. Problem: A quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a given section in the form a rectangle surmounted by
circle. The angle ADC = 75˚ and angle a semi-circle. The area of the cross-section is
A company that manufactures boxes recently ACD = 45˚. If the arc BC is only one-half of arc to be 2.4 square meters. Find the width so that
purchased P2000 worth of new equipment to 6. Problem: CD, find the value of angle BCA. its perimeter is minimum.
offer gift boxes to its costumers. The cost of a) 45˚ a) 2.984
producing a package of gift boxes is P1.50 If 10x = 4, find the value of 102x+1. b) 66˚ b) 1.639
and it is sold for P4.00. Find the number of a) 145 c) 23˚ c) 0.751
packages that must be sold for the company b) 150 d) 35˚ d) 2.168
to break even. c) 175
a) 700 boxes d) 160
b) 600 boxes
c) 500 boxes
d) 800 boxes
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Quiz 18
1. Problem: 4. Problem: 7. Problem: 10. Problem:
A large golf country club holds a singles Rolls of carpet are stacked in 20 rows with 3 A machine has a first cost of x pesos. It has a An investor pays P1,100,000 for a mine, which
tournament each year. At the start of the rolls in the top row, 4 rolls in the next row and salvage value of P60,000 at the end of its will yield a net income of x pesos at the end of
tournament for a particular year, there are 512 so on, forming an arithmetic sequence. Find useful life of 10 years. If the total depreciation each year for 10 years and this will become
players. After each round, half the players are the total number of carpet rolls if there are 22 using sum of years digit method at the end of valueless. He accumulates a replacement
eliminated. How many players remain after 6 rolls in the bottom row. 5 years is P538,182, find the value of the first fund to recover his capital by annual
rounds ? a) 260 cost x. investments at 4.5%. Find x if he desires
a) 16 b) 270 a) P744,000 11.5% return on his investment.
b) 17 c) 250 b) P800,000 a) P216,017
c) 19 d) 240 c) P785,000 b) P312,000
d) 18 d) P700,000 c) P153,424
d) P257,965
5. Problem:
2. Problem: A gardener is making a triangular planting with 8. Problem:
1 tree in the first row, 2 trees in the second 11. Problem:
The number of employees for a certain row, 3 trees in the third row, and so on for 10 Determine the capital recovery cost for the
company has been decreasing each year by rows. Write the sequence that describes the machine, which costs P20,000 and a salvage Solve for y if point (6, y) is equidistant to points
59. If the company currently has 640 number of trees in each row. Fin the total value of P5,000. It has a service life of 10 (3, 6) and (8, 12).
employees and this rate continues , find the number of trees planted. years. Interest rate is 10% per year, a) 5.996
number of employees in 10 years. a) 55 compounded annually. b) 10.324
a) 391.48 b) 57 a) P4,398.09 c) 8.583
b) 403.36 c) 56 b) P3,778.43 d) 13.199
c) 561.12 d) 59 c) P3,226.25
d) 270.96 d) P2,941.18

12. Problem:
6. Problem:
3. Problem: The maintenance cost of a printing machine is 9. Problem: Find the earthquake’s magnitude on the
Richter scale if a recording station measures
A credit card company charges 3% interest P500 on the 2nd year, P1,600 on the 3rd year, an amplitude of 300 micrometers and 2.5
A cable weighing 3 lb./ft. is unwinding from a
every two months on the unpaid balance in P2,400 on the 4th year, P3,200 on the 5th year seconds between waves. Assume that B is
cylindrical drum. If 50 ft. are already unwound,
charge accounts. What is its equivalent and P4,000 at the end of the 6th year. If money 4.2. Approximate the solution to the nearest
find the work done by the force of gravity as
effective interest rate? is worth 10%, find the present worth of the tenth.
an additional 250 ft. are unwound.
a) 24.0% maintenance cost. a) 5.1
a) 138,800
b) 17.1% a) P8,146.99 b) 6.3
b) 135,933
c) 21.5% b) P6,960.03 c) 6.0
c) 131,250
d) 19.4% c) P8,543.85 d) 5.6
d) 140,797
d) P7,747.31