1. Simplify the function y = (tan x + cot x)sin x 13. In triangle ABC, AB = 30 m, BC = 36 m and 24.

m and 24. Find the probability that both events x and y

a. sin x c. cos x AC = 48 m. The perpendicular bisectors of will happen.
b. cot x d. sec x the sides intersect at point P. How far is P a. 0.40 c. 0.60
from side BC? b. 0.87 d. 0.20
2. An engineer selects a sample of 5 iPods a. 15.92 m c. 17.21 m
from a shipment of 100 that contains 5 b. 14.37 m d. 16.48 m 25. Find the probability that only x will happen.
defectives. Find the probability that the a. 0.40 c. 0.60
sample contains at least one defective. 14. A building has a salvage value of 1 million b. 0.87 d. 0.20
a. 0.23 c. 0.63 after 50 years. Annual depreciation is 2
b. 0.43 d. 0.83 million. Using straight line method of 26. Find the probability that either x and y will
depreciation. What is the book value after 25 happen.
3. A proposed manufacturing plant will require years? a. 0.467 c. 0.60
a fixed capital investment of P8 M and a. P51 M c. P53 M b. 0.87 d. 0.20
estimated working capital of P1.5 M. The b. P52 m d. P54 M
annual profit is P2 M and annual 27. An individual makes five annual deposits of
depreciation is to be 8% of the fixed capital 15. A regular octagon is to be cut out from a Php. 2,000 in a savings account that pays
investment. Compute the rate of return of the square section having a side of 16 m. interest at a rate of 4% per year. One year
total investment. Determine the side of the octagon. after making the last deposit, the interest
a. 14.32% c. 13.24% a. 6.63 c. 3.64 rate changes to 6% per year. Five years
b. 12.34% d. 21.43% b. 4.86 d. 7.92 after the last deposit, the accumulated
money is withdrawn from the account. How
4. In triangle BCD, BC = 25 m and CD = 10 m. 16. An equipment costing Php 50,000 has a much is withdrawn?
Compute the probable perimeter of the book value of Php 4,000 after 8 years. The a. Php. 14,223.00 c. Php. 14,496.52
triangle. depreciation is computed by using the b. Php. 13,179.57 d. Php. 15,040.36
a. 66 c. 69 constant percentage of the declining book
b. 67 d. 68 value. Compute the salvage value after 12 SITUATION
years. Compute the interest for an amount of P200, 000
5. AB is the diameter of a circle. BC is a chord, a. Php. 1,131.37 c. Php. 3,117.31 for a period of 8 years.
10 cm long. CD is another chord. Angle BDC b. Php. 1,173.13 d. Php. 1,117.33 28. If it was made a simple interest rate of 16%.
= 18o. Compute the area of the circle. a. P456,000 c. P256,000
a. 282.74 cm2 c. 748.22 cm2 17. A machine costs P500, 000.Using sum of the b. P146,000 d. P243,000
b. 822.47 cm2 d. 422.87 cm2 year’s digit method of depreciation, its first
year depreciation cost is P100, 000. What is 29. If it was made 16% compounded bi-monthly.
6. How many different ways to arrange 6 the salvage value when retired at the end of a. P507,365.96 c. P432,122.21
people in a round table? 5th year? b. P600,142.98 d. P342,165.75
a. 720 c. 540 a. P150,000 c. P200,000
b. 120 d. 1024 b. P100,000 d. P95,000 30. If it was made 16% compounded
continuously.
7. A polyhedron having 12 faces and its faces 18. A coin is so unbalanced that you are likely to a. P465,766.04 c. P601,225.21
are 12 regular pentagons. Compute the get two heads in two successive throws as b. P519,327.95 d. P398,655.54
number of edges. you are to get tails in one. What is the
a. 12 c. 20 probability of getting heads in a single throw? 31. The committee on a chess tournament
b. 18 d. 30 a. 0.168 c. 0.681 divides the 24 participants into two groups.
b. 0.618 d. 0.816 In each group, a participant is required to
8. Mr. Johnson borrows Php. 100,000 at 10% play against the other participants in his
effective annual interest. He must pay back 19. It costs Php 50, 000 at the end of each year group only once. If there are 69 more games
the loan over 30 years with uniform monthly to maintain a section of Naguilian Road. If in the first group than that in the second,
payments due on the first day of each month. money is worth 10%, how much would it pay how many participants are there in each
What does Mr. Johnson pay each month? to spend immediately to reduce the annual group?
a. Php. 839 c. Php. 872 cost to Php. 10,000? a. 20 and 4 c. 18 and 6
b. Php. 765 d. Php. 798 a. Php. 200,000 c. Php. 300,000 b. 15 and 9 d. 10 and 14
b. Php. 400,000 d. Php. 100,000
9. A small entrepreneur invested a capital of 32. The politicians filed the certificate of
P80,000 for a buy and sell business. He 20. Determine the annual cost of a structure that candidacies to run for town mayor of Baguio.
estimated to have a gross income of requires P15M to build with a salvage value A survey is takes a month before the election
P25,000 and operating cost of P6000 of P2M after 12 years if the interest rate is asking 400 registered voters which
annually. It is assumed that the business to 6% compounded annually. candidate they will vote for the elections. The
have a life of 10 years. If the rate of interest a. Php. 1,977,286.33 result are as follows:
is 12%, compute the benefit ratio. b. Php. 1,410,242.87 Candidates No. of Votes
a. 1.43 c. 3.14 c. Php. 1,284,936.06 A 150
b. 1.34 d. 3.41 d. Php. 1,670,601.38 B 130
C 120
10. A father wants to set aside money for his son. 21. The areas of two similar polygons are 80 and What is the probability that a voter will vote
Money can be deposited in a bank that pays 5. If a side of the smaller polygon has a for A during election?
8%. What equal deposits should be made by length of 2, find the length of the a. 1/8 c. 2/5
the father on his son’s 6th birthday up to the corresponding side of a larger polygon. b. 3/8 d. 3/5
17th birthday, in order to provide P5, 000 on a. 10 c. 8
18th, 19th, 20th and 21st birthday of his son? b. 12 d. 14 SITUATION
a. P678.55 c. P978.45 In a group of 40 people, 10 are healthy and every
b. P872.66 d. P755.86 22. A factory has production capacity of 4000 person of the remaining 30 has high blood
units per month with an efficiency of 80%. pressure, or a high level of cholesterol or both.
11. Determine the appropriate size of the Fixed operating cost = P800, 000/month There are 15 who have high blood pressure and
annual payment needed to retire P70, 000, Variable and material cost = P200/unit 25 have high level of cholesterol. If a person is
000 in bonds issued by the city to build a Selling price per unit = P500 selected randomly from this group, what is the
dam. The bonds must be repaid over a Find profit in pesos per month. probability that he/she has:
50-year period and to earn an interest of a. P120,000 c. P130,000 33. High blood pressure only?
6% annually. b. P180,000 d. P160,000 a. 3/8 c. 1/8
a. P5.5 M c. P3.7 M b. 1/2 d. 1/6
23. A company bought equipment for Php.
b. P4.2 M d. P6.8 M
60,000, which includes installation and tax 34. High level of cholesterol only?
charges. The equipment is expected to have a. 5/8 c. 5/6
12. A new equipment worth Php. 500,000 with a life of 16 years with a salvage value of b. 3/8 d. 1/8
a salvage value of Php. 50,000 must be 10% of the original cost. Determine the book
replaced at the end of each 10 years. If value at the end of 12 years. Money is worth 35. Both high blood pressure and high level of
the annual maintenance required is Php. 12% interest. cholesterol?
10,000, find the capitalized cost if money a. Php. 25,520 c. Php. 20,480 a. 1/4 c. 5/8
yields 5%. b. Php. 29,518 d. Php. 15,040 b. 1/8 d. 1/6
a. Php. 879,565.80
b. Php. 1,415,541.18 SITUATION
c. Php. 4,453,123.25 The probability of event x will happen is 3/5. The
d. Php. 915,541.17 probability of another event y will happen is 2/3.

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36. A radar unit is used to measure speeds of 44. An existing machine in a factory has an
cars on a motorway. The speeds are annual maintenance cost of P40,000. A new
normally distributed with a mean of 90 km/hr and more efficient machine will require an
and a standard deviation of 10 km/hr. What Investment of P90,000 and is estimated to
is the probability that a car picked at random have a salvage value of P30,000 at the end
is travelling at more than 100 km/hr? of 8 years. Its annual expenses and
a. 34.13% c. 15.87% maintenance and upkeep total to P22,000. If
b. 6.57% d. 4.335 The Company expects to earn 12% compute
the rate of return.
37. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five a. 12.5% c. 16.5%
persons are to be selected to form a b. 14.6% d. 17.2%
committee so that at least 3 men are there
on the committee. In how many ways can it 45. On a land worth P800,000, an investor
be done? constructs a building worth P3,000,000. The
a. 525 c. 735 owner estimates that the annual receipts
b. 756 d. 640 from rentals will be P720,000 and annual
expenses to cover taxes, insurance and
38. If you are doing a survey, which method of maintenance of the building will be P80,000.
collecting data would most likely result in an The investor estimates that the land can be
unbiased random sample? sold for P1,200,000, the building for
a. Placing a survey in a local newspaper P2,000,000 at the end of 20 years. If his
on how they voted in the last 2010 money is now earning 15%, compute the
elections. rate of return.
b. Selecting every third teenager leaving a a. 17.3% c. 13.4%
mall to answer survey about shopping. b. 15.4% d. 16.7%
c. Surveying dean’s lister taking concrete
design to determine the average amount SITUATION
of the CE student study each night. Given the sinusoidal function:
d. Selecting students by the last digit of f(t) = 3 sin 2t. Compute:
their school student number to
participate in a survey about cafeterias 46. Amplitude
food. a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
39. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-
defective phones. A quality control engineer 47. Period
selects 2 phones at random with a. π c. 1/π
replacement. What is the probability that b. 2π d. 2
exactly 1 is defective?
a. 23/400 c. 39/800 48. Frequency
b. 27/500 d. 33/200 a. π c. 1/π
b. 2π d. 2
40. A contractor can buy a dump truck for
P800,000 each or rent them for P1,189 per 49. If a chord is selected at random on a fixed
truck per day. The truck has a salvage value circle, what is the probability that its length
of P100,000 at the end of its useful life of 5 exceeds the radius of the circle?
years. Annual cost of maintenance is a. 1/3 c. 2/3
P20,000. If money is worth 14% per annum, b. 1/2 d. 1/6
determine the number of days per year that
a truck must be used to warrant the 50. In a poker hand consisting of 3 cards, find
purchase of the truck. the probability of holding 2 hearts and 1
a. 150 c. 250 diamond.
b. 200 d. 300 a. 2/4530 c. 8/10255
b. 39/850 d. 9/8512
41. The first cost of an electric re-bar bender is
P324,000 and a salvage value of P50,000 at
the end of its useful life of 4 years. Money is
worth 6% annually. If there is no salvage
value and annual maintenance cost is
P18,000, find the capitalized cost of
perpetual service.
a. P235,500 c. P545,600
b. P624,000 d. P721,000

42. Immediately after Mayon Volcano showed

telltale sights of activity, the PHIVOCS set up
stations to monitor the volcano. Two such
stations were located at points A and B, 7
km apart and on the same horizontal plane
as the base of the volcano, B being closer to
the volcano. From A, the angle of elevation
of the top of Mayon is 8o. The height of the
volcano’s wrath, the vertical smoke emitted
from the volcano’s crater subtended an
angle of 64o on each station A and B.
Assuming the smoke and the two stations
are on the same vertical plane, find the
height of the smoke.
a. 36.24 km c. 26.43 km
b. 63.42 km d. 46.34 km

43. A new corporate bond is being offered in the

market for P930. The bond has a face value
of P1,000 and matures in 10 years. The
issuing corporation promises to pay P70 in
interest per year. What is the company’s cost
of the capital raised through this bond issue
if the stock broker’s fee is P15 per bond sold?
a. 9.28% c. 10.23%
b. 11.24% d. 8.29%

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