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17.Find the constant term in the expansion of ( 2x? + 1/x)?
1. The sum of two numbers is 12 and their product is 3. Calculate the sum
A. 672 C..724
of their reciprocals.
B. 696 D. 788
A. % G2
B. % D. 4
18. How many different committees of 6 can be formed from 12 boys and
2. Three numbers are in arithmetic progression. Their sum is 18 and the 8 girls if each committee is consisting of 4 boys and 2 girls?
sum of their squares is 126. Find the smallest number of the arithmetic A. 2970 C. 15820
progression. B. 13860 D. 27720
A. 1 C.3
B.2 D. 4 19.A ball is dropped from a height of 100 ft and rebounds half of the
distance it falls. It continues to fall and rebound this way. If the ball
3. A job can be done in as many days as there are men in the group. If the has travelled a total distance (up and down) of 275 ft, how many times
number of men is reduced by 5, the work delayed by 6 days. How many did it hit the ground?
were there in the original group? A. 4 C.7
A. 20 C.30 B. 5 D.8
B. 25 D.35
20. What is the probability of drawing 2 face cards in two draws from an
4. Three red books and five blue books are placed at random on a shelf.
ordinary deck of cards?
What is the probability that the red books will be together?
A.0.067 C. 0.107
A. 0.04 C. 0.06
B. 0.05 D. 0.07
B.0.087 D. 0.127
5. The mean of 7 numbers is 63. What is the sum of the numbers? 21.Bacteria culture grows exponentially so that the initial number has
A. 9 C. 0.9 double in 2.5 hrs. How many times the initial number will be present
B. 44.1 D. 441 after 10 hours?
A. 6 C.12
6. Thirty students in class averaged 80% on a certain exam. Twenty others B. 8 D. 16
averaged 90%. What is the class average?
A. 84 C. 86 22.In how many ways can a picture be painted by using two or more of
B. 85 D. 87 the 7 different colors?
A. 110 C. 128
7. Two dice are tossed. How many possible outcomes are there? B. 120 D. 135
A. 12 C. 36
B. 24 D. 42 23.Find the value of x if Log (2x-5) base 6 = Log 6 (base 4)
A. 5.75 CG UAT
8. A can paint a fence 50% faster than B and 20% faster than C and together
B. 6.26 D.8.68
they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take A to paint
the same fence if is had to work alone. 24.Find the area of the shaded portion of the two concentric circles
A. 10 C.11 whose chord outside the small circle is 10 cm.
B. 9 D. 12
A.25m cm? C.10n cm
9.How many 2-digits number of the two different digits can be formed B.52 cm D. 100x cm?
from the numbers 0, 2, 4, 6, 8?
25.If the perimeter of a rhombus is 600 cm and one diagonal is 200 cm,
A. 12 C. 20
find the length of the other diagonal.
B. 16 D. 25
A. 111.80 cm C. 223.60 cm
10.A project can be done by 8 girls in 5 days. Then 5 boys can do the B. 122.60 cm D. 225.20 cm
same project in 6 days. How long will it take for 3 boys and 6 girls to
26.If the measure of an exterior angle formed by extending the base of
do the job?
an isosceles triangle is 112, what is the measure of the vertex angle?
A. 4 days C. 6 days
A. 68 C. 44
B. 5 days D. 8 days
B. 54 D. 78
11.Find the sum of all positive integers divisible by 11 between | and
27.Tangents are drawn to a circle of radius 10 cm from a point 25 cm
1000.
from its center. Find the length of the tangents.
A. 44955 C. 46046
A. 27.47 cm C. 23.4 cm
B. 45045 D. 47047
B. 22.91 cm D. 32.4 cm
12.In how many different ways can 5 persons be seated in an automobile
28.How many sides has a polygon of the sum of its interior angle is 2,520
having places for 2 in the front seat and 3 in back seat if only 3 can
deg?
drive?
A. 18 C. 20
A. 30 C. 60
B. 16 D. 12
B. 36 D. 72
29.Three ducks and one-third lay three eggs and one-third in 3 days and
13.A wooden cone of altitude h is to be sawed into two parts of equal
one-third. How many eggs will 10 ducks lay in 10 days?
weight. How far from the vertex should the cut parallel to the base be
A.9 C. 300
made?
B. 30 D. 10
A. 0.799h C. 0.689 h
B. 0.794h D. 0.583 h 30. The length of the side of the square is 80 cm. A second square is
inscribed by joining the midpoints of the sides of the first square, a
14. The pedestal for a certain machinery foundation is in the form of a
third by joining the midpoints of the sides of the second square, and so
frustum of a regular square pyramid whose altitude is 1.20 m and
on. Find the sum of the areas of the infinite number inscribed squares
whose base edges are 0.40 m and 0.70 m respectively. Calculate the
thus formed.
volume of the pedestal.
A. 6,400 sq. cm C. 9,600 sq. cm
A. 0.458 cum C. 0.732 cum
B. 3,200 sq. cm D. 12, 800 sq cm
B. 0.372 cum D. 0.424 cum
31.Find the volume of torus of mean diameter 10 m and the radius of
15. Calculate the total surface area of including the base of a 4-foot-high
circle is 1.7 m.
right circular cone with a 3-foot base?
A. 45.82 cu.m C. 72.34 cum
A. 27.20 C. 28.5
B. 71.31 cum D. 67.42 cu.m
B. 1532 D. 32.4
16.The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What
approximate percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height be so
that both volumes are equal?
A. 133% C. 166%
B. 150% D. 200%
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32. The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies directly with 47.A square circumscribe a circle whose are is 167. What is the area of
the weight and the distance through which is to be lifted and inversely a square?
as the power of the motors. If it takes 20 seconds for a 5-hp motor to A. 16 C. 48
lift 220 N through 12 m, what size of motor is required to lift 5,340 N B. 32 D. 64
in 30 seconds through 12 m?
A. 90.6 hp C. 90.2 hp 48. When an irregular-shaped object is placed in a cylindrical vessel of
water whose radius is 8 cm, the water rises 6 cm. What is the volume
B. 80.91 hp D. 72.6 hp of the rock if it is completely submerged?
33.In how many different ways can 4 persons be seated in consecutive A. 24m cu. cm C. 384 cu. Cm
seats in a row of 7 seats? B. 48m cu. cm D. 192 cu. Cm
A. 72 C. 120
B. 96 D. 168 49. Find the area of the largest square that can be cut from a circle whose
radius 4 mm?
34. Find the side of regular polygon of twelve sides inscribed in a circle A. 8sq.mm C. 20 sq. mm
of radius 10 cm. B. 16sq.mm D. 32 sq. mm
A. 5.17 cm C. 3.43 cm
50. The diagonal of a square is 6/2 meters? Finds its area.
B. 2.34cm D. 4.53 cm
A. 6s8q.m C. 18 sq.m
B. 12sq.m D. 36 sq. m
35.A number between 1 to 10,000 inclusive is selected at random.
Compute the probability that it is a perfect square?
A. 0.01 C.0.02
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B. 0.015 D.0.025
36.A tank in an ice plant is to contain 3000 liters of brine. It is
51.Sixty degrees is how many radians?
constructed to be 4 m long and 1.5 m wide. Calculate the height of the
A. 1/2 C. 1/4
tank.
A. 0.5m C.1.2m B. 1/3 D. (2/3)
B. 0.25m D. 0.75 m
52.By how many cubic centimeters does the volume of a cube whose
37.A quadrilateral having sides equal to 12 m, 20 m, 8 m, and 16.97 m side is 10 cm exceed that of another cube whose side is 8 cm?
respectively. If the sum of two opposite interior angle is equal to 225 A. 2 C. 498
deg, find the area of the quadnilateral. B. 8 D. 488
A. 150 C. 168
B. 143 D. 172 53. A cube whose volume is 64 cubic units is put on top of a table. If
38. Compute the area of a regular pentagon with given side of 25 mm and another cube whose volume is 27 cubic units is put on the center of the
an apothem of 17.2 m. top of the first cube, what is the total exposed surface area of the first
A. 1095 C. 1890 cube?
B. 1075 D. 1240 A. 16 Cc. 91
B. 64 D. 71
39.If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 2:4:6, find the largest
angle. 54. The base of the rectangle measures 17 and the altitude measures 20.
A. 30 C. 90 Find the area.
B. 60 D. 120 A. 170 C.85
B. 340 D. 74
40.In how many ways can the first, second, and third places be chosen
from a group of 10 contestants? 55.It takes 10 working days for 15 men to finish a painting job in a
A. 27 C. 720 certain warehouse. If there were only 10 painters available and 5 of
B. 120 D. 1000 them could only work for half-day, how many days will it take to finish
the job?
41.A multiple choice test consists of 5 questions with 3 possible answers
A. 5 C.15
but only one of which is correct. In how many ways can a student
B. 10 D. 20
answer the 5 questions and get all of them correct?
A. 1 C3
B. 3 D. 15 56.A group of 3 boys and 2 girls are seated in a row of 5 chairs. Find
the probability that they will be seated alternately.
42, How many sides have a polygon if the sum of the interior angles is
2520 degrees?
a 325! 12!
o 3i)
A. 10 C. 14
B. 12 D. 16 B. 25 p.25
43, A regular pentagon has sides of 20 cm. An inner pentagon with sides
of 10 cm is inside and concentric to the larger pentagon. Determine 57.A pair of dice is tossed. If one die shown a 5, what is the probability
the area inside and concentric to the larger pentagon but outside of the that the other die shows a 5 also?
smaller pentagon. A. 1/36 Cc. 1/11
A. 430.70 cm? C. 573.26 cm? B. 1/46 D. 1/12
B. 473.77 cm? D. 516.14 cm?
58.How many gallons are there in 10 cubic meters of liquid?
44. A post is 9 ft from one wall of a room and 40 ft from the wall at right A. 748 gal C. 2641.7 gal
angle to it. How many ft is it from the intersection of the two walls? B. 74.80 gal D. 7.480 gal
A.7 C. 41
59.Calculate the volume of pentagonal prism 15 cm high given one of
B. 21 D. 49
its sides equal to 6 cm.
A. 929 C. 859
45 In a parallelogram ABCD, angle A is three times angle B. What is B. 945 D. 749
the measure of angle B?
A. 30 C. 50 60.A square has a diagonal with length of 6. Find its area.
B. 45 D. 60 A. 9 C.18
B. 36 D.72
46.Two spheres of copper, of radii 1 cm and 2 cm, respectively, are
melted into a cylinder of radius | cm. Find the altitude of the cylinder.
61.Compute the weight of a piece of lumber 400 mm by 600 mm, 6.0 m
A.2cm C.4cm
long, if the lumber weighs 960 kg/cu m?
B.3cm D. 12cm
A. 1,382.4kg C. 1,435.5 kg
B. 1,235.7 kg D, 1,235.7 kg
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62. Find the area of an equilateral triangle with a perimeter of 9. 78.How many different signals each consisting of 8 flags hung in a
A. 45 C.9 sq rt of 3/4 vertical can be formed from 4 identical red bags flags, 3 identical
B. 81 sqrt of 3/2 D. 40.5 yellow flags, and 1 blue flag?
A. 140 C. 280
63. Arhombus has a side of 10 and the measure of one angle is 30°. Find B. 210 D. 560
the area of the rhombus.
79. What is the numerical coefficient of x? in the expansion of ( x — sq rt
A. 25 C. 50 sq rt of 3
of 2)°?
B. 50 D. 25 sq rt of 3
A.5 C. 20
64. What is the largest diameter circle that will fit inside a regular B. 10 D. -20
pentagon with 2-inch sides?
A. 2.752 in. C. 1.573 in. 80. What is the value of j raised to j ?
B. 3.254 in. D. 0.523 in. A.0.208 C.é
B.4.81 D. pi
65.Find the length of one diagonal of a rhombus with the given area of
264 sq.m and the other diagonal is 24 cm.
81. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the hands of a clock at right
A. 22 C.18
angles for the first time.
B. 20 D. 14
A. 4:38 2/11 o’clock C. 4:3 7/11 oclock
66. How long must the side of the square be in order that its area be four B. 4:5 5/11 oclock D. 4:11 oclock
times the area of a square whose side is 7?
82. What is the sum of the dates in a 31-day month?
A. 7 C. 28
A. 456 C. 321
B. 14 D. 35
B. 496 D. 504
67.In a circle with diameter of 10 m, a regular five-pointed star touching
its circumference is inscribed. Calculate the area that is not covered by 83.To complete the pipings in the newly constructed power plant, 60
the star. men must work for 72 days. If all 60 men are employed at the start but
A. 40.54 C. 14.45 the number working is decreased by 5 men at the end of each 12-day
B. 50.48 D. 28.06 period, how long will it take to complete the dam?
A. 120 days C. 108 days
68. What is the area of the given sector whose perimeter is 9 units and its
B. 110 days D. 240 days
radius is 3 units?
A. 4 C. 11/2
B. 27/2 D. 9/2 84. The excess of the sum of the fourth and fifth parts over the difference
of the half and the third parts of a number is 119. Find the number.
69. Each dimension of a right circular cone is divided by the same A. 420 C. 320
number. The new volume is 1/216 of the original. Compare the B. 500 D. 400
dimensions of the new cone with the original.
A.dnew = 1/6 dorig C. dnew = % dorig 85.Find the range of the set of numbers: 7, 3, 9, 8, 1, 17
B. dnew = 1/16 orig D. daew = 1/16dotig A. 10 C. 16
B. 7 D:.17
70. A sphere has a radius of 7m. What is the length of the side of the
86. Two coins are tossed. How many possible outcomes are there?
smallest cube into which the sphere can be placed?
A. 2 C.8
A. 12m C.10m
B. 4 D. 16
B. 14m D.&8m
87.A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to
71.1f the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 5:12:13, then the triangle: produce signal generators. Weekly demand for the generators is 35
A. acute C. obtuse units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. What is
B. isosceles D. right the maximum production time per unit in hours required of the line to
meet the demand?
72. A circle with a radius of 5m and a square with sides of 10 m are A. | hour C. 3 hours
arranged so that a vertex of the square is at the center of the circle. B. 0.75 hour D. 2.25 hours
What is the area common to the figures?
A. 25 pi/4 C. 32 pi/4
88. Four boys and four girls. In how many ways can they form a line?
B. 10 pi/4 D. 12 pi/4
A. 144 ways C. 72 ways
B. 576 ways D. 16 ways
73. The volume of a cylinder is 900 cm?. Find the volume of a cone that
has the same base area and height as the cylinder.
A. 400 cucm C. 450 cu cm 89.Two numbers are in the ratio of 6:1, and their difference is 40. What
B. 300 cucm D. 150 cucm is the larger number?
A. 48 Cc. 8
74. The total area of a cylinder is 25 cm?. Find the total area of a cylinder B 7 D. 42
whose radius and height are three times as great as the given cylinder.
90.Find the number of permutations which can be formed from all the
A. 354sqcm C. 125 sq. cm
letters of the word PHILIPPINES?
B. 225sqcem D. 325 sq. cm
A. 10! C. 1,108,000
75.A rhombus has a side of 10 and the measure of one angle is 30°. Find B. 303,360 D.11!
the area of the rhombus.
A. 25 C. 50 sq rt 3
B. 50 D. 25 sqrt of 3 91.10 sacks of palay need 4 days to dry under the sun. How many days
are needed to dry 100 sacks of palay under the same condition in
76. What is the area of the isosceles triangle whose base is 10 and its base another place?
angle is 60° ? A. 4 C.8
A. 25 sqrt of 3 C. 25 B. 20 D.40
B. 50 sqrt of 3 D. 50
92.Find the area of the smaller segment of a circle bounded by a chord
77. The seventh tem of a geometric progression with an initial term of 16 cm long at a distance 6 cm from the center.
3 and a common ratio of 2 is A. 44.74 sq.cm C. 52.3 sq. cm
A. 129 C. 192 B. 54.45 sq. cm D. 61.23 sq. cm
B. 291 D. 219
93. Solve for x for the given equation ofx? + 1/3 ifx + 1/x=5.
A. 110 C..120
B. 115 D. 125
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94. How many numbers of 4 different digits each greater than 5000 can
be formed from the digits 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7?
A. 30 C. 90
B. 60 D. 360
95.A rectangular box with a square base contains 8 cubic feet. If the
height is 6 inches, how many feet are there in each side of the base?
A. 2 C.4
B. 3 D. 6

96.The surface area of the cube is 96 square centimeters. How many

cubic centimeters are there in the volume of the cube?
A. 6 @,32
B. 16 D. 64

97.A metal washer | cm in diameter is pierced by a4 cm hole. What is

the area of one face of the washer?
A. pi/4 C.% of pi
B. pi/2 D. 3/16 of pi

98.A study gives the following results for a total sample size of 8.
2, es
3, 5, 8, 8, 10, 10, 12
The mean of the sample is 7.25. What is most nearly the standard
deviation?
A. 2.5 C33
B. 2.9 D. 3.7
99.How many diagonals does a pentedecagon have:
A. 60 C.70
B. 80 D. 90
100. A tetrahedron is a regular solid with equilateral triangles for each
of the three surfaces. If each side is 10 cm, what is the volume of the
tetrahedron?
A. 116.21 cu. cm C. 91.67 cu. cm
B. 117.85 cu. cm D. 83.33 cu. cm
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16. What is the equation of parabola whose vertex is at (0,3)
MESL REFRESHER 2.1 and directrix x =— 1.
A. y?-4x-6y+9=0 C. y?-4x
+ 6y-—9=0
What is the distance between points A and B defined by
(cos
A ,- sin A) and
B( sin A, cos
A )? B. y?+4x+6y-9=0 D. y?- 4x+6y-—9=0
A. V2 C28 17. What is the equation of the axis of symmetry of the parabola
B. | D. 3 y =x? + 14x +40?
In what ratio does (—5,—6) divide the line segment joining A.x=-7 C. x=-9
(—9,—-10) and (7,6)? B.x=14 D. x=40
A. 1:2 C133
18. Find the center of the given hyperbola x’ — 4y”—x + 12y=
B. 1:4 B, 1:5
9.
What is the equation of a line that intercepts the x-axis at x A. (%,'4) C. (3/2, %)
= 4 and the y — axis at y =- 6?
B. (%,3/2) D. (1/2, 1/3)
A. 3x+2y—-—12=0 C.3x-—2y-—12 =0
B. 2x-—3y-12=0 D.2un4y—12 =6 19. Find the eccentricity of hyperbola whose transverse and
conjugate axes are equal in length.
What is the smallest angle between lines 2x + y — 8 = 0 and
x+3y+4=0? A. sqrtof2 C. 2 sq. rt. of 2
A. 30 deg C. 60 deg. B. 2 D. 1.58
B. 45 deg D. 15 deg. 20. Find the equation of the locus of point which moves so that
What is the distance between the lines 3x + 4y — 12 = 0 and the sum of its distances from the points (2, 1) and (8, 1) is
3x + 4y —22=0? 10.
A. 3 C.5 A. 25x?+ 16y? — 160x — 50y + 25 =0
B. 4 D.2
B. 16x? + 25y? — 160x —50y + 25=0
Find the value of k such that the line kx + 3y = 5 is C. 16x? + 25y? + 160x + 50y + 25 =0
perpendicular to the line x-— 2y + 6=0. D. 25x?+ l6y? + 160x — 50y — 25 =0
A. 6 C.3
B. 2 D. 1/3 21. A particle moves in the x-y plane. After t s, the x- and y-
coordinates of the particles location are x = 8 sin t and y= 6
Find the equation of the line through the origin and
cos t. Which of the following equations describes the path of
bisecting the angle between the axes in the first and third
quadrants. the particle?
A. xty=0 C.x-y=0 A. 36x? + 64y? = 2304 C. 36x? - 64y? = 2304
B. x+y=1 D,x-y=1 B. 64x? + 36y? = 2304 D. 36x? - 64y” = 2304
The area of triangle whose vertices at (5, 1), (-3, 1) and (1,
y) is 24. What is the value of y? 22. Ifthe length of the transverse axis is 8 and conjugate axis is
6, then calculate the distance between the foci..
A. 7 C.8
A. 5 Cc. 10
B. 6 D.9
B. 16 D. 12
What is the distance from the plane 2x + 2y -z-6=0 to
23. What is the length of the conjugate axis of the equilateral
the point (2, 2, -4)?
hyperbola of given equation xy = 8.
A. 2 C.4
A. 8 C.12
B. 3 D.5
B. 4 D. 2
10. Which conic section is described by the equation 9x* + 16y
24, Find the eccentricity of an ellipse whose major axis is twice
+ 54x-—64y=-1.
as long as its minor axis.
A. hyperbola C. circle
A. 0.87 C. 0.57
B. parabola D. ellipse
B. 0.76 D. 0.94
11. What is the equation of ellipse with foci at ( +3, 0) and
25. Where is the location of (5, 3) in relation to the given ellipse
major axis of length 8. Ax? + Qy? — 24x — 36y + 36=0.
A. x*/16+y/7=1 C.x?/16 +y?/36=1 A. Inside C. on the Ellipse
B. x*/16+y7/49=1 D.x?/4+y?/16=1 B. Outside D. the center of ellipse
12, An ellipse has an eccentricity of 1/3. What is the length of 26. Find the volume of the pyramid formed in the octant by the
the semi-major axis if the distance between the foci is 4? plane 6x + 10y + 5z — 30 = 0 and the coordinate axes.
A. 16 C.6 A. 20 Cc. 10
B. 18 D.8 B. 15 D. 25
. The equation for a circle is x? + 4x + y? + 8y = 0. What are 27. The points (x, 1), (y, 2), Cy, 2), (z, 3) are collinear. Which of
the coordinates of the circle’s center? the following is true?
A. (-4,-8) C. (-2, -4)
A. Z-K=y—-xX G £-y=2-«
B. z-y=y-x D. x+y=ytz
B. (-4,-2) D. (2, -4)
14. Find the value ofk for which the equation x*+ y? + 4x - 28. What is the limit of (1 + 1/n)"as n approaches 0.
A. 0 Cc. 1
2y-k =0 represents a point circle.
B. e D. infinity
A. 5 C. -6
B. 6 D. —5 29. Which of the following is not a correct derivative?
1S, Compute the area enclosed by the curve x? — 10x + 4y + y”
fi panes calane -_ By sae eens
= 196 dx dx | x x
A. 125 pi C. 225 pi B. =i Ls x) = -3(1 a x) D. —_— — cscx
cot x
B. 325 pi D. 100 pi dx dx
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44. A particle moves according to the following functions of
30. What is the second derivative of y = 5x3 +2x+1 time:
A, 15x*+2 c. be x (t)=3sint y (t)=4eost
B. 30 D. 30x
What is the resultant velocity at t= ?
A.0 C.4
31. What is the maximum point of y =x + I/x.
B.3 D.9
A. (1, 2) C. (-1,3)
B. (-1, -2) D. (-5, -3 ) 45. Find the approximate radius of curvature of f(x) at point ( 8,
16) of f(x) =x? + 6x — 92.
32. What is the point of inflection of the curve x —In x?
A. 5456 C. 5340
A. (1,1) C. (1, 5) B. 5565 D. 3408
B. (1,0) D. no point of inflection

46. Evaluate the integral of dx /(x+2) from—6 to—10.

33. Find the partial derivative of xy* — 5y + 6 with respect to x. A. 212 C. 1/2
A. y? CG, y'+2 B. In3 D. In 2
B. x?-10 DR. x5 47. Integral of dx /[ 1 + x(squared) |; limits from 0 to infinity.
A. pi/2 C. pi/4
B. pi/3 D. pi/6
34. The slope of the line having the parametric equations x = t —
land y=2t. 48. Calculate area bounded by sine and cosine curves.
Al C3 A. 2pi C.2 sq. rt. of 5
B. 2 D. 4 B. 2sq. rt. of 2 D. 3 sq. rt. of 2pi
35. Determine the equation of the line tangent to the graph y =
49, Find the area of the region bounded by the curve r = 8 cos
2x* + 1 at the point (1, 3).
20.
A. y=2x+1 C.y=2x-1
A.16n C. 12x
B. y =4x-1 D.y=4x+1
B.32n D. 8x
36. What number will be greater it’s square by the minimum 50. A given area is bounded by the curve y = x’ and the line 2x
amount? +y=8. Determine the x-component of the centroid of the
A. 1/4 C. 1/3 area.
B. 1 D. 1/2 A.=l C2
B. -1/2 D. 4/5
37. A triangle has variable sides x,y,z subject to the constraint
such that the perimeter P is fixed to 18 cm. What is the
maximum possible area for the triangle?
A. 15.59 cm? C. 18.71 cm?
B. 14.0 cm? D. 17.15 cm?
38. Find the largest area of a rectangle that could be inscribed
in the ellipse , 4x? + 9y?
= 36
A. 42 C. 12
B. 30 D. 40
39. The lower edge of a picture is 3 m the upper edge is 5 m
above the eye of an observer. At what horizontal distance
should he stand if the vertical angle subtended by the picture
is to be greatest?
A. 3.87 C. 3.23
B. 2.54 D:. 1,25
40. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of the
cube that is intended to hold 8 cu. m., if the error of the
computed volume is not to exceed 0.03 cu. m?
A. 0.002 C. 0.003
B. 0.0025 D. 0,001
41. The dimensions of a closed rectangular box are measured as
3 feet, 4 feet, and 5 feet, with a possible error of (+/-) 1/16
inch in each measurement. Use differentials to approximate
the maximum error in the circulated value of the volume in
cubic feet.
A. (+/-) 53/192 C. (+/-) 25/96
B. (+4/-) 47/192 D. (+/-) “4
42. A boy, 1.2 m tall is walking directly away from a lamp post
at the rate of 0.9 m/s. If the lamp is 6 m above the ground,
find the rate at which his shadow is lengthening.
A. 0.225 m/s C. 0.284 m/s
B. 0.125 m/s D. 0.204 m/s
43, A manona wharf, 4.2 m above the level of the water
surface is pulling a rope tied to a boat at the rate of 0.30
m/sec. How fast (m/sec) is the boat approaching the wharf
when there are 7 m of rope out?
A. -0.3 C. - 0.375
B. - 0.42 D. - 0.325
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MESL REFRESHER 2.2 63. A line passes through point (2, 2). Find the equation of
the line if the length of the segment intercepted by the
51. Determine the integral of z sin z with respect to z, then r coordinates axes of the square root of 5.
with respect tor fromr = 0 to r= 1 and from z=0 A. 2x+y-2=0 C.2x-y—-2=0
to z=n/2. B. 2x-y+2=0 D.2x+y+2=0
A. % Cc. 1/4
B. 4/5 D. 2/3 64. What is the length of the latus rectum for the ellipse
x(squared) /64 + y(squared)/16 = 1?
A. 3 C.5
B. 4 D.6
52. What is the equation of the plane containing all of the point
(3, 1, 2 ) and that is normal to the origin-based vector ( 1, 2 65. A line segment joining two of its points and passing through
~—3) a focus of a conic.
A. x+2y+3z+1=0 C.x+2y-3z+1= A. Latus rectum C. Focal chord
B. Focal radius D. Chord contrast
0
B. x-2y+3z+1=0 D.x-2y-—3z-1=
0 66. Calculate the length of are in the first quadrant of the given
equation 9x(squared) + 16y(squared) — 144 = 0
A. 5.55 C. 3.54
53. What is the cosine of the angle between the planes 2x — y — B. 22.214 D. 9.57
2z-—5=0 and 6x—2y+3z+8=0. 67. Compute the area enclosed by the curve x? — 10x + 4y +
A. 0.534 C. 0.860 = 196
B. 0,381 D. 0.286 A. 125 pi C. 225 pi
B. 325 pi D. 100 pi
68. The intercept form for algebraic straight line equation is:
54. Find the equation of a line with slope = 2 and y-intercept = -
A. axt+y/b=1 C.Ax+By+C=0
5, B. y=mx+b D. x/at+ y/b = 1
Ay=-3x+2 C. y =2/3x+x
69. The conic section described by the equation x” — 10xy + y?
B. y=2x-3 D. y=2x+3
+x+y+1=0Ois:
55. Find the equation of the line that passes through the points A. circle C. hyperbola
(0, 0) and (2, -2). B. parabola D. ellipse
A.y=x C. y 70, Find the equation of parabola with vertex (0, 0) and focus at
I

B. y=-2x +2 D. ¥ (4, 0).

A. y>=16x Ceo 1l6¥
56. Find the equation of the line passing through (1,—4) and B. y?=-16x D. x? =- l6oy
with equal intercepts.
71. Ifall the y-terms have even exponents, the curve is
A.x-y-3=0 CS 23=0
symmetric with respect to the
B.x-y+3=0 D.x+y-3=0
A. line 45° with the axis C. y-axis
B. x-axis D. origin
57. The conic section whose eccentricity is less than 1 (e < 1)
A. circle C. parabola
B. ellipse D. hyperbola 72. Mechanical Plant Engineer (MPE) may be allowed to take
the licensure examination for PME if
58. Find the slope form of the line passing through points (1.7, A. he has 4 years practice as a MPE
3.4) and (8.3, 9.5 ) B. ifhe graduated with a BSME degree and has a 4 years of
A. 0.924 C. 1.08 practice as a RME
B. 0.534 D. 0.872 C. if he has a BSME degree, passed the examinations for
RME and has 4 years practice as RME
59. A locus of a point which move so that it is always equidistant D. none of these
from a fixed point (focus) and from a fixed straight line
(directrix). 73. A point moves so that the sum of its distances from the point
A. Circle C. Parabola (-2, 2) and (4, 2) is 8. Find the eccentricity of its locus.
B. Ellipse D. Hyperbola A. 0.75 C. 0.60
B. 0.80 D. 0.50
60. Find the location of the focus of parabola given the equation
y? + 8x=0. 74. Two angles which have the same vertex and the sides of one
A. (0,0) C.(-2,0) are form by extending the sides one are form by extending
B. (2,0) D.( 0,-2) the sides of the other.
A. Adjacent angles C. Vertical angles
61. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line B. Horizontal angles D. Deflection angles
joining (4,0) & (—6,—3).
A. 20x + 6y — 29 =0 C. 20x — 6y — 29 =0 75. Find the equation of the circle passing through (-3 , 6), (-5
B. 20x + 6y +29=0 D. 20x —6y —29 =0 ,2)and (3,-6).
A.x?+y? —4x-2y—45 =0.
62. The maximum horsepower rating of mechanical works or B.x?+ y? —3x+ 9y = 0
plant that can be tended or operated by a Certified Plant C. x? +y?-4x +2y-35=0
Mechanic is : D.x?+y? —2x —4y—45=0
A. 50 hp C. 300 hp
B. 400 hp D. 150 hp
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76. The parabola whose vertex is at origin, axis on y — axis 89. How much work is required to pump all the water from a
focus at (0, p) directrix y = -p and opening upward has the right circular cylindrical tank that is 8 ft in diameter and 9
equation. feet tall, if it is emptied at a point 1 foot above the top of the
A. x? = 4py C. x? = -4py tank?
B. y? = 4px D. y* = -4px A. 155,260.65 C. 154,422.44
B. 150,322.22 D. 160,432.90
77. Which of the following equations describes a circle with
center at (2,3) and passing through the point (-3,-4)?
90. The height ( in feet) at any time t (in seconds) ofa
A. (x+3)? + (y+4)? = 85 C. (x+3)? + (y-2)? = 74 projectile thrown vertically is : h(t) = - 16t? + 256t.When
B. (x+3)? + (yt2) =V74 D. (x-2)? + (y-3)2 = 74 does the projectile reach the ground?
A. 16s C. 30s
78. An arc 18 m high has the form of a parabola with the axis B. 20s D. 10s
vertical. If the width of the arc 8 m from the top is 64m,
find the width of the arc at the bottom. 91. A circular pool of water is expanding at the rate of 16 pi sq.
A. 82 C. 96 in per second. What is the rate of the radius expanding when
B. 80 D. 100 it is 4 inches?
A. 2 in/sec C. 3 in/sec
79. What is the limit of (1 + 1/n)"as n approaches 0. B. | in/sec D. pi in/sec
A. 0 Cc. 1
B. e D. infinity 92. Find the area of the polygon whose vertices are @ (2, -6)
80. Find the area of the enclosed by the curve , (4,0), (2,4), (-3, 2) and (-3, -3).
9x?+ 18x + 25y* —100y = 116 A. 45.2 GC, 553
B. 47.5 D. 57.4
A .15z sq. units C. 247 sq. units
B. 207 sq. units D. 317 sq. units 93. Find the volume generated by revolving a rectangle of sides
a and b about a line in its plane and c units from its center.
81. The eccentricity of an equilateral or rectangular hyperbola is Assume the line is lying outside of the rectangle.
A. 2sq. rt. of 2 C. sqrt of 2
A. 2nabe C. mabe
B. 2sq. rt. of 3 D. sqrt of 3
B. 4r’abc D. abe/2n
82. A truck hauling cylindrical steel tank has to pass under an
94. Determine B such that 3x + 2y — 7 = 0 is perpendicular to
overhead parabolic arch bridge which has a span of 24 m
2x -By+2=0.
and is 20 m high. If the tank is 16 m and is place in the truck
A.5 C.4
with its sides vertical, and the top of the tank is 10 m above
B.3 D. 2
the street level, what is the smallest clearance from the top
of the tank so that the truck can pass under the bridge? 95. Evaluate the integral of (sin x) raised to 4 times (cos x)
A. 1.11 C..1.23 raised to 6 with the limits from 0 to pi/2.
B. 8.99 D. 3.24 A. 3pi/512 C. pi/312
B. 5pi/512 D. 7pi/512
83. Find the change in y if y= 2x —3 where x changes from
3.5'to'3.5. 96. Find the area of the region enclosed by the given set of
A. 3.01 C. 0.4 curves
y = x? andy =x +2.
B. 0.7 D. 0.2 A. 8.55 C.7.32
B. 4.50 D. 6.25

84. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the earth 97. Find the equation of the bisector of the acute angle formed
moves around the sun is approximately 186,000,000 miles by the lines x + 3y —-6=0 and 3x+y+2=0.
and the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. Determine the A. x-y-1=0 C.2x+y-1=0
apogee of the earth. B. xt+ty-1=0 D.3x-y +1=0
A. 93,000,000 miles C. 91,450,000 miles
B. 94,335,100 miles D. 94,550,000 miles 98. Determine the length of the arc of the curve y =e* from
x=Otox=1.
85. The partial derivative with respect to x of the function xy” — A. 2.0 C. 1.8
Sy + 6 is: B. 2.2 D. 1.68
A. xy ay
B. 2y D. —5y 99. Determine the radius of the sphere whose
86. Evaluate: him x csc 2x equation is x? + y*+z?—2x+ 8y + 16z+65=0
A. -1/3 Cc. 1/4 A. 5 units C. 4 units
B. 1/2 D. 1/5 B. 3 units D. 6 units

87. The volume of the sphere is increasing at the rate of 6 100.The area bounded by the curve y = x’, the x-axis and the
cm3/hr. At what rate is its surface area increasing (in line x = | is rotated about the x-axis. Determine the volume
cm2/hr) when the radius is 50 cm? generated?
A. 0.24 C. 0.40 A. 0.523 C. 0.785
B. 0.36 D. 0.36 B. 0.667 D. 0.628

88. The equation ofa gas line is 4x + 3y + 19 =0. A factory is

located at point (7,1) will connect the gas line in the shortest
possible distance. Find the length of the pipe line required.
A.7 C. 9
B. 8 D. 10
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MESL REFRESHER 3.1

12. What is the differential equation of all straight lines.
1. Determine the volume generated by rotating the region A. y =0 Cy =1
bounded by y = x, x = 1 and y*= 4x about the x-axis. B. y’=0 D. y’ = infinity

A. 10 C. 127 13. Find the differential equations of the family of lines passing
B. 9n D. 82 through the origin.
A.xdy-ydx =0 C.y=mx+b
2. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the B.xdy+ydx=0 D.y’ =x
curve x? + y?—4x—6y—12=O about the line 3x + 4y —
48 =0. 14. What is the solution to the following differential equation
y +7y=0?
A. 150 x? C. 400 r?
B. 300 1? D. 100 7?
A.y =7x+C CVvH=Ce*
B.y=Ce”™ D. either (A) and (B)
3. Find the centroid of a semi-circular arc of radius r.
A. 2r/pi C. 3pi/r
15. What is the general solution to the following differential
B. 3r/pi D. 1pi/r
equation?
4. What is the surface area generated by the arc in the first 2.
ay +2 [=] + 2y=0
quadrant of the curve x? + y” = 100 when the axis of rotation dx dx
is the x-axis?
y =C, sinx - C2 cosx
A 2002 C. 100 x
y = Cicosx - Csinx

GOR
B. 400 x D. 150 2 y = Cicosx + Cosinx
5. The region bounded by the parabola y* = 4x and the line x = y =e* (Cicosx + Cosinx)
2 is the base of a solid with each plane (square) section is 16. Given that A and B are constants, which answer is a
perpendicular to the x-axis. Calculate the volume of the solution of the following differential equation : y” + 10y’ +
solid. Sy =0
A. 32 C. 64 A. y= Ae!™ + Be* C. y= Ae** + Be™
B. 16 D. 12
B. y= Ae* + Be* D. y= Ae™ + Be*™
6. What is the surface area generated by revolving the parabola
y =x’ from x = 0 to x =sq. rt of 2 about the y-axis? 17. The substance decomposed at a rate proportional to the
A. 12.74 C. 11.65 amount present. What is the half-life of the substance if
B. 14.98 D. 13.61 10% decomposes in 100 years ?
7. Find the work done in stretching a spring of natural length 8 A. 568 years C. 658 years
cm from 10 cm to 13 cm. Assume a force of 6 N is needed B. 465 years D. 586 years
to hold it a length of 11 cm. 18. A thermometer reading 18 °F is brought into a room where
A. 0.21 N-m C. 0.34 N-m
the temperature is 70°F; a minute later, the thermometer
B. 0.28 N-m D. 0.30 N-m
reading is 31°F. Determine the temperature reading 5
8. Accistern in the form of an inverted right circular cone is 20 minutes after the thermometer is first brought into the
m deep and 12 m diameter at the top. If the water is 16 m room.
deep in the cistern , find the work done in joules in A. 57.67 deg. F C. 58.67 deg. F
pumping out the water. The water is raised to a point of B. 55.35 deg. F D. 60.57 deg F
discharge 10 m above the top of the cistern.
19. Find the velocity of escape of the Apollo spaceship as it is
A. 68,166.75 kJ C. 87,987.98 kJ
projected from the earth surface, that is the minimum
B. 78,980.87 kJ D. 45,647.68 kJ
velocity imparted to it so that it will never return. The
9. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the curve radius of the earth is 4000 miles and the acceleration of the
x’ = 8y , the line x =4 and the x-axis on the first quadrant spaceship is 32.2 ft/s.
with respect to y = axis. A. 36879.91 C. 45382.45
A. 25.6 G 2 B. 45255.2 D. 31345.51
B. 32.7 D. 20.6
20. What is the cube root of the complex number (8, 60°)?
10. How can the following differential equation best be A. (2)(cos60° + isin60°)
; d’x dx B. (2)(icos20° + sin20°)
described? a ae (ta +C=D(t)
C. (2.7)(cos20° + isin20°)
A. linear, homogeneous, and first order D. (2)(cos(20° + 120° n) + isin(20° + 120°n)
B. homogeneous and first order
C. linear, second order, and nonhomogeneous 23 1

D. linear, homogeneous, and second order 21.

If A=|-1 2 4 , what is the co-factor of the second
05 7
11. The differential equation given is correctly described by row, third column element ?
which one of the following choices?
a
2
+ bry = f (x)
he 2
0
3
5
c. 1
2
7
0

sl 5 |
2 3 3 1
A. linear, second order, non-homogenous B. = D.
B. linear, second order, homogeneous
C. nonlinear, second order, homogeneous 22. What is the exponential form of the complex number 3+9i?
D. nonlinear, second order, nonhomogeneous A es? C. 9 5ei71.56°

B.5 e3-? D.7 @i126.2°

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36. If P5000.00 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded
23. What is the product of the complex numbers 2 + 71 and 6 — quarterly. Find the compounded interest at the end of 10
Si? years.
A. 10+ 2i C. 13
+ 34i A. P6,005.30 C. P6,040.20
B. 13 + 22i D. 47
+ 32i B. P6,000.00 D. P6,010.20

24. What is the rectangular form of the complex number 37. A man borrowed P500,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay
19% the loan at the end of 9 months. The bank discounted the
723? loan and gave him P450,000.00 in cash. What was the rate
A. 7.15 + 0.87% C. -0.87
+ 7.15: of discount?
B, 7.15
— 0.871 D, -0.87 —7.15i A. 15% C. 12%
B. 10% D. 20%
25. Given the origin-based vector A =i+ 2j + k, what is most
nearly the angle between A and the x-axis? 38. A machine costs P20,000 today. If inflation is 6% per year
A. 22° C. 66° and interest is 10% per year, what will be the approximate
B. 24° D. 80° future value of the machine, adjusted for inflation, in 5
years?
26. What is M squared if matrix M_ has first row (-1 ,3, 5),
A. P36,300.00 C. P28,500.00
second row ( 1 , -3 , -5 ) and third row (-1,3,5)?
B. P42,000.00 D. P43,100.00
A. M Cc. 2M
B. 21 D, 21 39. A parent on the day the child is born wishes to determine
what lump sum would have to be paid into an account
27. What is the rationalized value of the complex number bearing interest at 5% compounded annually, in order to
9+3.5i . withdraw P20,000.00 each on the child’s 18", 19", 20", and
21" birthdays:
7+16i-
A. P35,941.73 C. P30,941.73
A. 0.39 + 0.39i C. 1.12 -0.66i
B. P33,941.73 D. P25,941.73
B. 0.32 —0.39i D. -1.75 + 1.03i
40. How much money must be invested today in order to
withdraw P10,000 per year for 10 years if the interest rate is
28, What is the matrix product AB of matrices A and B?
_72 1 _[4 3 12%?
A=l1 9 5 lb 1 A. P55,504.00 C. P56,502.00
B. P58,400.00 D. P60,000.00
10 4 8 3 41. A man borrowed P15,000.00 two year ago. The terms of the
A. l7 31 C. 2 0 loan are 10% interest for 10 years with uniform payments.
11 4 10 7 He just made his second annual payment. How much
B [sl DL, 3 principal does he still owe?
A. P12,000.00 C.P10,117.00
29, Find the 10th term of the triangular numbers, 1, 3, 6, B. P13,024.00 D.P11,700.00
A. 55 C. 60
B. 110 D. 120 42. What is the size of 10 equal annual payments to repay a loan
of P100,000.00 if money earns 10%? First payment is one
30. If you borrowed P10,000.00 from a bank with 18.5% interest year after receiving the loan.
per annum, what is the total amount to be repaid at the end A. P18,034.45 C, P17,946,35
of one year? B. P16,274.54 D. P15,927.45
A. P18,100 C. P11,800
B. P81.100 D. P10,180 43. A series of year end payments extending over eight years are
as follows: P10,000 for the first year, P20,000 for the
31. P5,000 is borrowed for 75 days at 16% per annum simple second year, P50,000 for the third year, and P40,000 for
interest. How much will be due at the end of 75 days? each year from the fourth through the 8th year. Find the
A. P6,167.30 C. P5,666.67 equivalent annual worth of these payments if the annual
B. P5,164.38 D. P6,666.67 interest is 8%.
A. P44,800.00 C. P35,650.00
32. How long will it take a sum of money to double at 5% annual B. P30,563.00 D. P33,563.85
percentage rate?
A. 5.9 years C. 9.6 years 44. What uniform annual amount should be deposited each year
B. 3.9 years D. 14.2 years in order to accumulate P100,000.00 at the end of the 5"
annual deposit if money earns 10% interests?
33. A student has money given by his grandfather in the amount A. P15,708.83 C. P18,494.45
of P20,000.00. How much money in the form of interest B. P17,943.45 D. P16,379.75
will he get if the money is put in a bank that offers 8% rate
compounded annually at the end of 7 years? 45. An asset is purchased for P120,000.00. Its estimated life is
A. P34,276.48 C. P34,270.00 10 years, after which it will be sold for P12,000.00. Find
B. P36,276.40 D. P34,266.68 the depreciation for the second year using the sum-of-the-
years-digit method.
34, What is the present worth of P27,000,00 due in 6 years if A. P19,000 C. P18,200
money is worth 13% and is compounded semi-annually? B. P17,673 D. P18,400
A. P12,681.00 C. P13,500.00
B. P15,125.00 D, P21,931.00 46. An item is purchased for P100,000. Annual cost is P18,000.
Using 8% interest rate, what is the capitalized cost for
35. The nominal interest rate is 4%. How much is my perpetual service?
P10,000.00 worth in 10 years in a continuous compounded A. P352,000 C, P235,000
account? B. P532,000 D. P325,000
A. P14,918.25 C. P13,620.10
B. P13,498.60 D, P13,650,.20
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47. A steel mills estimates that one of its furnaces will require 57. A local firm is establishing a sinking fund for the purpose of
maintenance of P20,000.00 at the end of 2 years. accumulating a sufficient capital to retire its outstanding bonds at
P40,000.00 at the end of 4 years and P80,000.00 at the end maturity. The bonds are redeemable in 10 years, and their maturity
of 8 years. What uniform semi-annual amounts could it set value is P150,000.00. How much should be deposited each year if
the fund pays interest at the rate of 3%?
aside over the next eight years at the end of each period to
A. P12,547.14 C.P14,094.85
meet these requirements maintenance cost if all the funds B. P13,084.58 D.P 16,848.87
would earn interest at the rate of 6% compounded semi-
annually? 58. A manufacturer of sports equipment produces tennis rackets for
A. P7,897.35 C. P6,897.35 which there is a demand of 200 per month. The production set cost
B. P9,897.35 D. P8,897.35 for each lot of racket is P300.00. In addition, the inventory
carrying cost for each racket is P24.00 per year. Using the
48. A machine cost P20,000.00 today and has an estimated scrap Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model, which is the best
value of P2,000.00 after 8 years. Inflation is 8% per year. production batch size for the rackets?
How much money needs to be set aside each year to replace A. 245 units C. 173 units
B. 71 units D. 346 units
the machine with an identical model 8 years from now?
A. P2,990.00 C.P3,920.00
59. A man borrows Php10,000 now at a 15% effective interest per
B. P3,290.00 D.P3,610.00
payment period. Each loan payment totals Php3000. After the first
payment is made, what is the out-standing balance on the loan?
49. A machine has an initial cost of Php50,000 and a salvage A. Php7000 C. Php 8500
value of Php10,000 after 10 years. What is the book value B. Php8050 D. Php13,000
after five years using the MACRS method of depreciation?
A. Php12,500 C. Php18,500 60. A woman bought a car and financed Php15,500 of the purchase
B. Php16,400 D. Php21,900 price. The effective interest rate per payment period was 1%. She
made two payments of Php350 and then decided to pay off the
50. A machine is under consideration for investment. The cost remaining balance in one lump sum. What was the approximate
of the machine is P25,000.00. Each year it operates, the balance?
machine will generate a savings of P15,000.00. Given an A. Php14,800 C. Php15,000
effective annual interest rate of 18%, what is the discounted B. Php14,900 D. Php15,100
payback period, in years, on the investment in the machine?
A. 1.75 years C.1.67 years 61. Php5000 is put into an empty savings account with a nominal
B. 3.17 years D.2.16 years interest rate of 5%. No other contributions are made the account.
With monthly compounding, how much interest will have been
eared after five years?
MESL REFRESHER 3.2 A. Php1250 C. Php1410
B. Php1380 D. Php1420
51.A company which manufactures electric motors has a production
62. How much will my P5000 be after 12 years in a bank with an
capacity of 200 motors a month. The variable costs are P150.00
interest rate of 8%?
per motor. The average selling price of the motors is P275.00.
A. P12,590.85 C. P12,200.00
Fixed costs of the company amount to P20,000 per month which
B. P12,320.85 D. P12,400.00
includes taxes. The number of motors that must be sold each
month to break even is closest to: 63. Find the compound amount of interest if P2500 is invested at 8%
A. 40 C. 80 compounded quarterly for 5 years and 6 months
B. 150 D. 160 A. P7,200.00 C. P3,864.95
B. P3,600.00 D. P3,925.00
§2. A machine has an initial cost of P40,000.00 and an annual
maintenance cost of P15,000.00. Its useful life is 10 years and 64. A savings association pays 4% interest compounded quarterly.
salvage value of P8,000.00 The annual benefit from purchasing the What is the effective annual interest rate?
machine is P16,000.00 The effective annual interest rate is 10%. A. 4.19% C. 4.86%
What is the machine’s benefit-cost ratio? B. 4.06 % D. 4.02%
A. 2.34 C.1.56
B. 1.65 D.1.83 65. How much must be invested on January | year 1, in order to
accumulate P2,000 on January 1, year 6 at 6%?
53. A fixture that costs P700.00 will save P0.06 per item produce. A. P1,495.00 C. P1.595.00
Maintenance will be P40.00 annually and there are 3500 units B. P1,295.00 D. P1,695.00
produced annually. What is the pay-back period at 10%?
A. 4.12 yr C. 4.65 yr 66. P1,500.00 was deposited in a bank account, 20 years ago. Today is
B. 3.95 yr D. 4.85 yr is worth P3,000.00. Interest is aid semi-annually. Determine the
interest rate paid on this account?
54. A factory equipment has an initial cost of P200,00.00. Its salvage A. 3% C.3.5%
value after ten years is P20,000.00. As a percentage of the initial B. 2.9% D. 4%
cost what is the straight-line depreciation rate of the equipment?
A. 5% C. 6% 67. A firm borrows P2000 for 6 years at 8%. At the end of 6 years, it
B. 9% D. 8% renews the loan for the amount due plus P2000 more for 2 years at
8%. What is the lump sum due?
55. Consider a deposit of P600.00 to be paid back in one year by A. P6,135.00 C. P5,254.00
P700.00. What are the conditions on the rate of interest, 1% per B. P5,280.00 D. P6,035.00
year compounded annually, such that the net present worth of the
investment is positive. Assume i> 0. 68. What is the present worth of the two P100 payments at the end of
A. 0<i<16.7% C. 12.5% <i<14.3% the third year and fourth year? The annual interest rate is 8%.
A. P153 C. P162
B. 0<i<14.3% D. 16.7% <i<100%
B. P160 D. P127
56. A company issued 50 bonds ofP 1,000.00 face value each,
69. A businessman wishes to earn 7% on his capital after payment of
redeemable at par at the ends of 15 years to accumulate the funds
taxes. If the income from an available investment will be taxed at
for redemption, the firm established a sinking fund consisting of
an average rate of 42%, what minimum rate of return, before
annual deposits, the interest rate of the fund being 4%. What was
payment of taxes, must the investment offer to be justified?
the principal in the fund at the end of the 12" year?
A. 12.1% C.11.1%
A. P35,983.00 C. P41,453.00
B. 10.7% D.12.7%
B. P38,378.00 D. P37,519.00
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70. You borrow P3,500.00 for one year from a friend at an interest rate 81. How much do I have to deposit in a bank that gives an interest rate
of 1.5 % rate per month instead of taking a loan from a bank at a of 10% so that I can have a bank balance of P100,000 after 10
rate of 18% per year. Compare how much money you will save or years?
lose on the transaction. A. P38,554.30 C. P38,530.40
A. You will pay P55.00 more than if you borrowed from the bank B. P38,500.14 D. P38,540.50
B. You will save P55.00 by borrowing from your friend
C. You will pay P85.00 more than if you borrowed from the bank 82. If you got a character loan of P10,000 from a bank with 18%
D. You will pay P55.00 less than if you borrowed from the bank interest per annum, how much interest would you have paid in one
year
71. Funds are deposited in a savings account at an interest rate of 8% A. P1,800 C. P18,000
per annum. What is the initial amount that must be deposited to B. P900 D. P180
yield a total of P10,000.00 in 10 years?
83. How much should you put into a 10% savings account in order to
A. P4,894.00 C. P6,720.00
B. P4,530.00 D. P4,564.00 have P10,000.00 in five years?
A. P8,200.00 C. P7,209.00
72. An interest rate is quoted as being 7% % compounded quarterly. B. P7,000.00 D. P6,210.00
What is the effective annual interest rate?
A. 21.81% C. 7.22%
84. Instead of paying P100,000.00 in annual rent for office space at the
B. 7.71% D. 15.78%
beginning of each year for the next 10 years, an engineering firm
has decided to take outa 10-year P1,000,000.00 loan for a new
73. A man borrows P100,000.00 at 10% effective annual interest. He building at 6% interest. The firm will invest P100,000.00 of the
must pay back the loan over 30 years with uniform monthly rent saved and ear 18% annual interest on that amount. What will
payments due on the first day of each month. How much does man be the difference between the firm’s annual revenue and expenses?
pay each month? A. The firm will need P17,900.00 extra.
A. P870.00 C. P878.00 B. The firm will break even
B. P846.00 D. P839.00 C. The firm will have P21,500.00 left over
D. The firm will need P13,000.00 extra
74, A manufacturing firm wishes to give each 80 employees a holiday
85. An instructor plan to retire in exactly one year and want an account
bonus. How much is needed to invest monthly for a year at 12%
that will pay him P25,000.00 a year for the next 15 years.
nominal interest rate, compounded monthly, so that each employee
Assuming a 6% annual effective interest rate, what is the amount
will receive a P2,000.00 bonus?
he would need to deposit now? (The fund will be depleted after 15
A. P12,608.00 C. P12,600.00
years.)
B. P12,610.00 D. P12,300.00
A. P249,000.00 C. P248,500.00
75. A Mechanical Engineer wished to accumulate a total of P10,000.00 B. P242,806.00 D. P250,400.00
in a savings account at the end of 10 years. If the bank pays only
86. A company puts P25,000.00 down and will pay P5,000.00 every
4% compounded quarterly, what should be the initial deposit?
year for the life of a machine, 10 years. If the salvage value is zero
A. P4,876.94 C.P6.716.73
and the interest rate is 10% compounded annually, what is the
B. P4,995.86 D.P5,890.11
present value of the machine?
76, A merchant puts in his P2,000.00 to a small business for a period of A. P56,200.00 C. P55,723.00
six years. With a given interest rate on the investment of 15% per B. P55,100.00 D. P55,300.00
year, compounded annually, how much will he collect at the end of
the sixth year? 87. The cost C of a product is a function of the quantity x of the
A. P4,400.00 C. P4,200.00 product: C(x) =x? - 4000x+ 50- Find the quantity for which the
B. P4,390.15 D. P4,626.00
cost is minimum.
77, A machine has been purchased and installed at a total cost of A. 3000 C. 1000
P18,000.00. The machine will be retired at the end of 5 years, at B. 2000 D. 1500
which time it is expected to have a scrap value of P2,000.00 based
on current prices. The machine will then be replaced with an exact 88. At a 10% per interest rate, $500 now is equivalent to how much
duplicate. The company plans to establish a reserve funds to three years hence?
accumulate the capital needed to replace the machine. If an A. $665.50 C. $ 542.5
average annual rate of inflation of 3% in anticipated, how much B. $ 456.50 D.$ 146.5
capital must be accumulated?
89. The differential equation of all straight lines whose slope is m and
A. P15,030.00 C. P13,382.00
whose y-intercept is b.
B. P18,548.39 D. P15,386.00
Ay? -y' =0 C.y ty’ =0
B.y’ =0 D.y” =0
78. A couple sold their home. In addition to cash, they took a mortgage
on the house. The mortgage will be paid off by monthly payments
90. The differential equation y’’ — 5x(y’)'=e*+ 1
of $232.50 for 10 years. The couple decides to sell the mortgage
is of order
to a local bank. The bank will buy the mortgage, but requires a 1%
A. 1 C.2
per month interest rate on their investment. How much will the
bank pay for the mortgage.? B.4 D. no order
A. $16,205.48 C.$ 12,345.43
B. $11,205.48 D.$ 10,345.45 91. In the following differential equation dx/dt + 4x = 0 with the initial
condition x(0) = 12 and the value of x(2) ?
A. 3.4x 10% C. 5.1.x 10°
79, A man buys a small garden tractor. There will be no maintenance
cost the first year as the tractor is sold with one year’s free B. 4.0x 10° D. 6.2 x 10%
maintenance. The second year the maintenance is estimated at
$20. In subsequent years of the maintenance cost will increase $20 92. What is the complex expression of In (3 +] 4)?
per year (that is, 3"! year maintenance will be $40; 4" year A. 1.2+]0.85 C.1.5+]j 0.75
maintenance will be $60, and so forth). How much would need to B. 1.609 + j 0.927 D. 1.2+j 0.75
be set aside now at 5% interest to pay the maintenance costs on the
tractor for the first six years of ownership? 93. What amount should be deposited at 6% in order to draw out
A. $239.36 C. $313.45 P20,000 at the end of each year for seven years, and leave nothing
B. $342.45 D. $ 213.45 in the fund at the end?
80. The president of a growing engineering firm wishes to give each of A. Php 111,650.00 C. Php 120,450.00
50 employees a holiday bonus. How much is needed to invest B. Php 294.605.00 D. Php 233,450.00
monthly for a year at 12% nominal interest rate, compounded
monthly, so that each employee will receive a P1,000.00 bonus?
A. P2,750.00 C. P4,311.00
B. P3,940.00 D. P3,890.00
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94. If equal spheres are piled in the form of a complete pyramid with
an equilateral triangle as a base. Find the number of spheres in a
pile if each side contains four spheres.
A. 20 C. 30
B. 40 D. 60
95. A production order for 200 units is received. The item is made on a
machine that has a P1,000 set-up, an output of six items per hour,
and a daily fixed cost of P5,000. The variable item cost is P50.
What is the highest price the company could afford to buy the
item for, instead of producing the item itself?
A.. Php 180.00 per item C. Php 240.00 per item
B. Php 154.00 per item D. Php 200.00 per item

96. Given the component velocities Vx and Vy, what is the resultant
velocity at t= 4?
Vx =6-t and Vy =3 -?

A. 61 C.27
B. 13 D. 73
97. How much money must you invest today in order to withdraw P
1000 per year for 10 years if the interest rate is 12%?
A. P 5540 C. P 5640
B. P 5650 D. P 5730

98, What interest rate compounded monthly is equivalent to 10%

effective rate?
A.9AT% C. 9.75%
B. 9.68% D. 9.57%
99. What is the exact simple interest of P 20,000.00 if invested at 12%
from January 23, 2021 to March 12, 2021?
A. P 320.45 C.P315.56
B P 350.74 D. P 380.27
100. What is the present worth of a perpetuity of P 5000 at 5%
compounded semi-annually?
A. P 100,000 C. P 200,000
B. P 300,000 D. P 400,000
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13. Acar travels 100 km to city A in 2 hours, then travels 200
MESL REFRESHER 4.1 km to city B in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car
for the trip?
Lh. If the density of a gas is 0.003 slugs per cubic foot, what is A. 45 km/hr C. 60 km/hr
the specific weight of the gas? B. 58 km/hr D. 66 km/hr
A. 9.04 N/m3 C. 15.2 N/m?
B. 76.3 N/m? D. 98.2 N/m? 14. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground.
How long does it take to hit the ground?
What is the magnitude of the resultant force of the two forces A.1.3s C.35's
200 N at 20° and 400 N at 144°? B. 2.15 D.5.5 5
A. 332.5N C. 313.5N
15. A projectile whose mass is 10 g is fired directly upward
B. 323.5N D. 233.5 N
from ground level with an initial velocity of 1000 m/s.
A boat can travel 8 miles per hour in still water. What is its Neglecting the effects of air resistance, what will be the
velocity with respect to the shore if it heads 35° East of speed of the projectile when it impacts the ground?
North? A. 707 m/s C. 1000 m/s
A. 4.2 mph C. 4.8 mph B. 981 m/s D. 1414 m/s
B. 4.4 mph D. 4.6 mph 16. A stone is dropped into a well and 4 seconds later the sound
A 100 kN block slides down a plane inclined at an angle of of the splash is heard. If sound travels at a speed of 340
30° with the horizontal. Neglecting friction, find the force m/sec, how deep is the well?
that causes the block to slide. A. 70.48 m C. 68.32 m
A. 48N C.50N B. 64.24 m D. 72.26 m
B.54N D.58N 17. A shot is fired at an angle of 45° with the horizontal and a
A object weighing 400 N is held by a rope that passes over a velocity of 300 fps. Calculate, to the nearest, the range of
horizontal drum. The coefficient of friction between the the projectile.
rope and the drum is 0.25. If the angle of contact is 150°, A. 3500 ft C. 1200 ft
determine the force that will raise the object. B. 4000 ft D. 932 yards
A. 350N C. 540 N 18. A marksman aimed his rifle at the bull’s eye of a target 50
B. 770N D. 780 N m away. If the bullet’s speed is 350 m/s, how far below the
bull’s eye does the bullet strikes the target?
A wheel 760 mm in diameter rolls on a concrete road. It
A.5cm C. 8 cm
carries a load of 500 N. The coefficient of rolling resistance
B. 10 cm D. 12 cm
is 0.305 mm. What is the force P necessary to roll the wheel
along road? 19. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation 1000 meter from
A. 0.40N C. 0.30 N the ground intended to hit a target which elevation is 200 m.
B. 0.20 N D. 0.70 N from the ground. If the plane was flying at a velocity of 300
kph at what distance from the target must the bomb be
A beam rests on a fulcrum, 1.2 m from one end. A weight of
dropped to hit the target? Wind velocity and atmospheric
350 kg is suspended from this end causing the beam to pressure to be disregarded.
balance. If the weight of 350 kg is suspended on the A. 1064.17 m. C. 1170.25 m.
opposite end of the beam, it is necessary to suspend a 1000 B. 1068.20 m. D. 1066.18 m.
kg weight on the first end in order to effect an even balance.
Find the length of the beam. 20. A projectile is launched upward from level ground at an
A. 3.65m C.3.74m angle of 60° with the horizontal. It has an initial velocity of
B. 3.57m D. 3.43 m 45 m/s. How long will it take before the projectile hits the
ground?
A certain cable is suspended between two supports at the A. 4.15 C. 7.945
same elevation and 500 feet apart, the load is 500 lbs per B. 5.858 D. 9.53 s
horizontal foot including the weight of the cable. The sag of
the cable is 30 feet. Calculate the total length of the cable. 21. A580 N man is standing on the top of a building 40 m
A. 503.76 ft C. 502.67 ft above the ground. What is his potential energy relative to
B. 501.67 ft D. 504.76 ft the ground?
A. 10 kJ C. 20 kJ
A cable carries a horizontal load of 20 kg/m. Neglecting its B. 12 kJ D. 23 kJ
own weight, find the maximum tension on the cable if the
distance between the supports is 100 m and the sag is 5 m. 22. Acar moving at 70 kph has a mass of 1700 kg. What force
A. 5087kg C. 5099 kg is necessary to decelerate it at a rate of 40 cm/s”?
B. 5078 kg D. 5102 kg A. 420 N C. 540 N
B. 680 N D. 425N
10. A rectangle has a base of 3 cm and a height of 6 cm. What is
its second moment of area in cm‘ about an axis through the 23. The rotor of a steam turbine is rotating at 7200 rpm when
center of gravity and parallel to the base? the steam supply is suddenly cut off. The rotor deceleration
A. 54 C. 44 at a constant rate and come to rest after 5 min. What was the
B. 24 D. 34 angular deceleration of the rotor?
A. 0.40 rad / s? C. 8.5 rad/s?
11. What is the period of an oscillating body whose mass, m, is B. 2.5 rad / s? D. 16 rad / s?
0.025 kg if the spring constant, k, is 0.44 N/m?
A. 0.75 s C.1.5s 24. A cyclist on a circular track of radius r = 240 m is travelling
B.1.2s D.2.1s at 8 m/s. His speed in the tangential direction increases at
the rate of 1 m/s”. What is the cyclist’s total acceleration?
12: What is the natural frequency, w , of an oscillating body A. —0.9 m/s? C. 0.9 m/s?
whose period of oscillation is 1.8 s? B. 0.7 m/s? D. 1.0 m/s?
A. 1.8 rad/s C. 3.5 rad/s
B. 2.7 rad/s D. 4.5 rad/s
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25. Aman weighs himself twice in an elevator. When the 36. A 50 kg cylinder has a height of 3 m and a radius of 0.5 m.
elevator is at rest, he weighs 824 N; when the elevator starts The cylinder sits on the x-axis and is oriented with its major
moving upwards, he weighs 932N. How fast is the elevator axis parallel to the y-axis. What is the mass moment of
accelerating, assuming constant accelerations? inertia about the x-axis?
A. 0.64 m/s? C. 1.3 m/s? A. 4.1 kgem? C. 41 kgem?
B. 1.1 m/s? D. 9.8 m/s? B. 16 kgem? D. 150 kgem?
26. A boy tied a 80 gram stone to a string which he rotated to
form a circular motion with a diameter of 1000 mm. 37. A torsional pendulum consists of a 5 kg uniform disk with a
Compute for the pull exerted on the string by the stone if it diameter of 50 cm attached at its center to a rod 1.5 min
got loose leaving at a velocity of 25 m/sec. length. The torsional spring constant is 0.625 Nem / rad.
A. 10.12 kg. C. 10.11 kg. Disregarding the mass of the rod, what is the natural
B. 11.11 kg. D. 11.12
kg. frequency of the torsional pendulum?
A. 1.0 rad/s C. 1.4 rad/s
27. Ona normal day, the speed limit of a hi-way curve whose B. 1.2 rad/s D. 2.0 rad/s
radius of curvature is 600 ft is 45 mph. At what speed will
skidding impend if the coefficient of friction between tires 38. A2 kg ball of clay moving at 40 m/s collides with a 5 kg
and roadway is 0.3? ball of clay moving at 10 m/s directly toward the first ball.
A. 62.21 mph C. 71.15 mph What is the final velocity if both balls stick together after
B. 70.62 mph D. 68.27 mph the collision?
28. A lead hammer weighs 45 N. In one swing of the hammer, A. 4.29 m/s C. 30.0 m/s
the nail is driven 1.5 cm inches into a wood block. The B. 23.0 m/s D. 42.9 m/s
velocity of the hammer’s head at impact is 4.5 m/s. What is
the average resistance of the wood block? 39. A 1 kg disk with a diameter of 10 cm and a width of 4 cm is
A. 3090 N C. 3920 N placed on edge at the top of an inclined ramp | m high. The
B. 3100 N D. 4090 N ramp is inclined at 10°. At the bottom of the ramp is a
spring whose spring constant is 2000 N/m. The disk roll
29. A flywheel is brought from rest up to a speed of 1,500 rpm down the ramp and compresses the spring while coming to a
in | minute. What is the average angular acceleration a ? complete stop. What is the maximum compression of the
A. 2.617 rad per second? C. 157 rad per sec? spring?
A.9.9 cm C. 11.7 cm
B. 333 radians per second D. 5.23 rad per sec?
B. 11.4 cm D. 14.1 cm
30. What momentum does a 40 Ibm projectile has if it is
moving at 420 mph?
40. A solid cylinder is placed at the top of a 30° incline. When
A. 765 lbf-s C. 523.6 Ibf-s released, it freely rolls down. What will be its linear speed at
the foot of the incline which is 1.5 m below the initial
B. 16,860 Ibf-s D. 24,640 Ibf-s
position of the cylinder?
31. Ina lifting machine, a load of 50 KN is moved by a distance A. 4.4 m/s C. 2.76 m/s
of 10 cm using an effort of 10 KN which moves through a B. 5.32 m/s D. 2.52 m/s
distance of | m, the efficiency of the machine
is
41. A rocket is moving through a vacuum. It changes its
A. 20% Cc. 10% velocity from 9020 ft/sec. to 5100 ft/sec. in 48 sec. How
much power is required to accomplish this if the rocket’s
B. 30% D. 50%
mass is 13,000 slugs?
32. A400 g block with an initial velocity of 80 cm/s slides A. 13.6 x 10°hp C. 36.1 x 10°hp
along a horizontal table top against a friction force of 0.70 B. 16.3 x 10°hp D. 31.6 x 10°hp
N. How far will it slide before stopping?
42. A force of 200 Ibf acts on a block at an angle of 28° with
A. 0.183m C. 0.213m
respect to horizontal. The block is pushed 2 feet
B. 0.786m D. 0.324 m horizontally. What is the work done by this force?
33. A3 kg block is moving at a speed of 5 m/s. What is the A. 320J C. 540 J
force required to bring the block to a stop in 8 x 10+ B. 480 J D.215J
seconds? 43. A solid disk flywheel (I = 200 kg-m) is rotating with a speed
A. 9.2 kN C. 15.4 kN of 900 rpm. What is the rotational kinetic energy?
B. 13.2kN D. 18.8 KN A. 730
x 10° J C. 888
x 10° J
34. A block with a mass of 115 slugs slides down a frictionless B. 680
x 10° J D. 1100
x 10° J
wedge with a slope of 40°. The wedge is moving 44. The flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete
horizontally in the opposite direction at a constant velocity stop in 8 seconds from a speed of 60 revolutions per minute.
of 16 ft/sec. What is the absolute speed of the block 2 Compute for the number of turns the flywheel will still
seconds after it is released from the rest? make if its deceleration is uniform.
A. 11.4 ft/sec C. 31.9 ft/sec A. 7 turns C. 6 turns
B. 30.9 ft/sec D. 41.4 ft/sec B. 4 turns D. 5 turns
35. A cannonball of mass 10 kg is fired from a cannon of mass 45. A block of ice is released at the top of a 30° inclined 10 m
250 kg. The initial velocity of the cannonball is 1000 km/h. above the ground. If the slight melting of the ice renders the
All of the cannon’s recoil is absorbed by a spring with a surface frictionless, determine its velocity block at the foot
spring constant of 520 N/cm. What is the maximum recoil of the incline.
distance of the cannon? A. 13 m/s C. 12 m/s
A. 0.35 m C. 0.77 m B. 14 m/s D. 10 m/s
B. 0.59 m D. 0.92 m
46. Acar weighing 40 tons is switched to a 2% upgrade with a
velocity of 30 mph. If the car is then allowed to run back,
what velocity will it have at the foot of the grade? Note:
train’s Resistance is 10 lb/ton.
A. 37 fps C. 43 fps
B. 31 fps D. 34 fps
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47. A heavy brass plumb-bob suspended from a 38-inch cord 56. The impulse-momentum principle is mostly useful for
was observed to have a natural period of oscillation of about solving problems involving .
two seconds if pulled 24 inches to one side and then allowed A. force, velocity, and time
to swing freely. If an astronaut was to repeat this experiment B. velocity, acceleration, and time
on the moon where the gravitational attraction is C. force, acceleration, and time
approximately 1/6" that of the earth, the observed period D. force, velocity, and acceleration
would be:
A. 0.33 seconds C. 4.90 seconds 51. An iron block weighs 5 N and has a volume of 200 cubic
B. 0.82 seconds D. 12.00 seconds centimeters. What is the density of the block?
A. 800 kg/m? C. 988 kg/m?
48. Which of the following is false? B.1255 kg/m? D. 2550 kg/m?
A. Kinematics is the study of the effect of motion, while 58. The net force that acts on a particular will be equal to zero
kinematics is the study of the causes of motion. when the particle
B. The radius of gyration for a mass of uniform thickness is
identical to that for a planar area of the same shape. A. is travelling at constant velocity around a circle
C. The acceleration of a body rotating with a constant angular B. has constant linear momentum
velocity zero. C. Has constant kinetic energy
D. The number of generalized coordinates cannot exceed the D. has constant angular momentum
number of degrees of freedom.
D9. Determine the allowable spacing of poles designed to carry
49. The net force that acts on a particular will be equal to zero an aluminum cable weighing 0.03 kg/m distributed
when the particle horizontally if the maximum tension at the lowest point is
1250 kg and the allowable sag is 0.5 m. Assume factor of
A. is travelling at constant velocity around a circle safety of 2.
B. has constant linear momentum A. 288.67 m C. 324.57m
C. Has constant kinetic energy B. 845.57m D. 234.67m
D. has constant angular momentum
60. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to time is.
A. force C. work
50. One newton is the force required to
B. Momentum D. power
A. give a 1 g mass an acceleration of | m/s?
B. acceleration at 10 kg mass at a rate of 0.10m/s?
61. A 600 N block rests on a surface inclined at 30 degrees.
C. acceleration at 1 kg mass at a rate of 1.00 cm/s?
Determine the horizontal force required to prevent the block
D. acceleration at 1 kg mass at a rate of 9.81 m/s?
from sliding down. Angle of friction between the block and
the inclined plane is 15 degrees.
MESL REFRESHER 4.2 A. 145.34N C. 155.19 N
B. 160.75 N D. 163.21 N
51. A flywheel rotates at 7200 rpm when the power is suddenly
62. A perfect sphere moves up a frictionless incline. Which of
cut off. The flywheel deceleration at a constant rate of 2.1
the following quantities increases?
rad / s? and comes to rest 6 min later. How many revolutions
A. angular velocity C. potential energy
does the flywheel make before coming to rest?
B. total energy D. linear momentum
A. 18 000 rev C. 72 000 rev
B. 22 000 rev D.390 000 rev
63. A motorcycle moves at a constant speed of v = 12 m/s
52.If the sum of the forces on a particle is not equal to zero, the around a curved road of radius r= 100 m . What is the
particle is magnitude and general direction of the motorcycle’s
acceleration?
A. Moving with constant velocity in the direction of the A. 1.1 m/s? away from the center of curvature
resultant force. B. 1.1 m/s? toward the center of curvature
B. accelerating in a direction opposite to the resultant force C. 1.4 m/s? away from the center of curvature
C. accelerating in the same direction at the resultant force D. 1.4 m/s’ toward the center of curvature
D. Moving with a constant velocity opposite to the direction
64. The flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete
of the resultant force.
stop in 8 seconds from a speed of 60 revolutions per minute.
Compute for the number of turns the flywheel will still
53. A 10 kg block is raised vertically 3 meters. What is the
make if its deceleration is uniform.
change in potential energy? Answer in SI units closest to:
A. 7 turns C. 6 turns
A. 320J C. 294 J
B. 4 turns D. 5 turns
B. 350 kg.m?/s? D. 350 N.m
54. Why does a spinning ice skater’s angular velocity increase as 65. A rope is used to tow an 800 kg car on a smooth, level road.
she brings her arms in toward her body? The rope will break if the tension exceeds 2000 N. What is
the greatest acceleration that the car can reach without
A. Her mass moment of inertia is reduced. breaking the rope?
B. Her angular momentum is constant. A. 1.2 m/s? C. 3.8 m/s?
C. Her radius of gyration is reduced. B. 2.5 m/s? D. 4.5 m/s?
D. all of the above
66. Three nonparallel, nonzero forces act on a rigid body. What
must be true of all of these forces for the body to be in
55. The distance of a body travels is a function of time and is
equilibrium?
given by x(t) = 16t + 8t’. Find its velocity at t = 3.
A. The forces must be concurrent.
A. 64 C. 56
B. The forces must be equal in magnitude but opposite in
B. 54 D. 44
direction.
C. The forces must have the same line of action.
D. The forces must be at complementary angles to one
another.
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67. A 5kg mass hangs at the end of a cord. Find the tension in 78. A pickup truck is traveling forward at 25 m/s. The bed is
the cord if the acceleration of the mass is 1.5 m/s* down? loaded with boxes whose coefficient of friction with the bed
A. 41.5N C. 43.8N is 0.40. What is the shortest time that the truck can be
B. 45.5N D. 56.7 N brought to a stop such that the boxes do not shift?
A.235s C.5.9s
68. A rigid body is subjected to three concurrent coplanar B. 4.7 s D. 6.45
forces. What is the minimum number of independent
equations that are necessary to establish the equilibrium 79. A material breach of contract when the .
conditions? A. contractor uses material not approved by the contract for
A. 0 C€.2 use
B. 1 D. 3 B. contractor’s material order arrives late
C. owner becomes insolvent
69. A 60 000 kg railcar moving at | km/h is coupled to a D. contractor installs a feature incorrectly
second, stationary railcar. If the velocity of the two cars
after coupling is 0.2 m/s ( in the original direction of motion 80. Calculate the kinetic energy of a 150,000 kg cylindrical
) and the coupling is completed in 0.5 s, What is the average flywheel of radius 2.5 m and rotates at 350 rad/s ?
impulsive force on the 60 000 kg railcar? A. 4.43 x 10'°J C.2:87 £10]
A. 520 N C. 3100 N B. 3.12 x 10!°J D. 1.32 x10o"J
B. 990 N D. 9300 N
81. The elevator in a 12- story building has a mass of 1000 kg.
70. A perfect sphere moves up a frictionless incline. Which of Its maximum velocity and maximum acceleration are 2 m/s
the following quantities increases? and 1 m/s’, respectively. A passenger with a mass of 75 kg
A. angular velocity C. potential energy stands on a bathroom scale in the elevator as the elevator
B. total energy D. linear momentum ascends at the maximum acceleration. What is the scale
reading just as the elevator reaches its maximum
71. Achild keeps a | kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a acceleration?
circle holding onto a 1.5 m long string attached to its wing A. 75N C.811N
tip. The string is always in the plane of the circular flight B. 150 N D. 886 N
path. If the plane flies at 10 m/s, what is the tension in the
82. Which of the following is NOT a unit of force?
string?
A. Pound C. Dyne
A.7N C.28N
B. Erg D. Newton
B. 15 N D. 67N
83. A body weighing 40 Ib starts from rest and slides down a
72. The deflection of a beam is:
plane at an angle of 30° with the horizontal for which the
coefficient of friction f = 0.3. How far will it move during
A. directly proportional to the modulus of elasticity and
the third second?
moment of inertia
A. 19.63 ft C. 18.33 ft
B. inversely proportional to the modulus of elasticity and
B. 19.33 ft D. 19.99 ft
length of the beam cubed
C. inversely proportional to the modulus of elasticity and 84. Tera is opposite to ‘
moment of inertia A. nano C. giga
D. inversely proportional to the weight and length B. pico D. deca
85. Acopper bar 90 cm long is heated from 86°F to 97°F.
73. Acar starts from rest and moves with a constant
Compute the increase in length given that the coefficient of
acceleration of 6 m/s*. What is the speed of the car after 4
thermal expansion is 1.7x 104 /C°?
seconds?
A. 18 m/s C.35m/s
A. 9.33 x 10°m C.3.15% 107 m
B. 24m/s D.55m/s B. 3.17x 10°m D. 2.32 x 10°m

74. A 20 quarts of water is approximately how many cubic 86, Convert in fathom the deepest part of the lake measured at
meters ? 1200 ft.
A. 2.0 C. 0.0094625 A. 120 C. 100
B. 3.28 D. 0.018925 B. 200 D. 1000
75. The gravitational acceleration of the Earth, near the surface, 87, A B-2 plane dropped a bomb at an elevation 1200 m from
is 981 m/s’. Ifa brick mass 3 kg is dropped from a great the ground intended to hit a target which is also elevated at
height, how far will the brick fall in 2 seconds? 400 m from the ground. If the plane was flying at a velocity
A. 6m C.19.6m of 300 kph at what distance from the target must the bomb
B. 294m D. 58.8 m be dropped to hit the target? Wind velocity and atmospheric
pressure to be disregarded.
76. Aman standing at a window 5 meters tall watches a falling A, 1064.17 m.* C. 1170.25 m.
ball pass by the window in 0.3 second. From how high B. 1068.20 m. D. 1066.18 m.
above the top of the window was the ball released?
A. 8.2m C.9.6m
B. 12m D.21m 88. A 15 kg grindstone 7.5 cm in radius is turning at 100 rad/s.
The motor is switched off and a chisel is pressed against the
77. What is the name for a vector that represents the sum of two grindstone with a force of a tangential component. Calculate
vectors? the moment of inertia of the grindstone if it is a solid
A. scalar C. tensor cylinder.
B. resultant D. moment A. 0.003375 kg-m? C. 0.0576 kg-m?
B. 0.005743 kg-m? D. 0.0422 kg-m?
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89. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per cubic foot,
what is the specific volume of the liquid?
A. 0.5321 cm?/g C. 0.6748 cm?/g
B. 6504 cm?/g D. 1.0675 cm?/g
90. Calculate the work required to accelerate a 900 kg car from
rest to attain 100 km/hr on the level highway.
A. 437.52 kJ C. 543.22 kJ
B. 235.72 kJ D. 347.22 kJ
91. An isosceles triangle has a 10 cm base and a 10 cm altitude.
Determine the moment of inertia of the triangular area
relative to a line parallel to the base and through the upper
vertex in cm‘.
A. 2750 C. 2500
B. 3023 D. 3055
92. A 200 m deep ocean with S.G. of 1.03 is approximately how
many furlong?
A. 2.0 G17
B. 3.28 D. 1.0
93. Calculate how many hours could a hypothetical 120,000 kg
, 2.5 mradius cylindrical flywheel rotating at 360 rad/s
supply energy at the rate of 1.5 MW.
A. 2.7 hrs C. 1.38 hrs
B. 4.5 hrs D. 7.52 hrs
94. An automobile moving at a constant velocity of 15 m/s
passes a gasoline station. Two seconds later, another
automobile leaves the gasoline station and accelerates at a
constant rate of 2 m/s”. How soon will the second
automobile overtake the first?
A. 15.3 s C. 16.8 s
B. 13.5 s D. 18.6 s

95. Calculate the magnitude of total linear acceleration of a

particle moving in a circular path of radius 0.3 m at the
instant when the angular speed is 1.5 rad/s and the angular
acceleration of 4.5 rad/s”?
A. 1.75 s C.1.51s
B. 3.25 s D..2:32 §

96. A 12 kg grindstone 8 cm in radius is turning at 100 rad/s.

The motor is switched off and a chisel is pressed against the
grindstone with a force of tangential component of 1.2 N.
Compute the angular acceleration of the grindstone.
A. 2.5 rad/s? C. 3.2 rad/s?
B. 1.5 rad/s? D. 0.5 rad/s?
97. In what distance can a 6000-Ib truck be stopped from a speed of 44
ft/s, if the coefficient of friction between tires and roadway is 70%.
A. 43.14 ft C. 41.52 ft
B. 40.64 ft D. 42.95 ft
98. A truck weighing 1.4 kN moves up a slope of 15°. What is
the force generated by the engine if the truck is accelerating
at a rate of 3 m/s”? Assume the coefficient of friction is
u=O0.1.
A. 876 N C. 930 N
B. 926 N D. 958 N

99. An elevator weighing 2,000 lb attains an upward velocity of

16 fps in 4 sec with uniform acceleration. What is the
tension in the supporting cables?
A. 2,150 Ib C. 1,950 Ib
B. 2,495 Ib D. 2,250 lb

100. What is the minimum initial velocity of a rocket must have

if it is to be able to hit a target 1000 km away?
A. 3032 m/s C. 3132 m/s
B. 3232 m/s D. 3332 m/s
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15. What percent increase in volume is achieve for a sphere whose
MESL 5.1 diameter increases from 3 cm to 4 cm ?
A. 147% C.110%
1. Find the probability of getting a head or a tail in a single toss B. 137% D. 120 %
of a coin?
A. 1/4 C. 1/8 16. The great pyramid of Egypt has a square base 232 m ona side
B. 1/2 Dz. 1 and 147 m high. Find its volume.
A. 2,768,334 m? C. 2,632,242 m?
2. A student must answer six out of eight questions in the exam. B. 2,662,351 m? D. 2,637,376 m?
The number of the different ways in which he can do the exam
is: 17.A rectangle, 3 cm wide and 8 cm long, is revolved about its
A.8 C. 28 longer side. Calculate the total area generated.
B. 18 D. 48 A. 66 pi C. 45 pi
B. 72 pi D. 24 pi
3. The score of the 8 students were 75, 78, 73, 82, 87, 89, 93, 95. 18.A rectangle, 3 The regular polyhedron is a solid with all its
What was the average score of the students? faces identical regular polygons. The regular polyhedrons are
A. 82 C. 84 also known as
B. 83 D. 44 A. Euclidean solids C. Platonic solids
B. Pythagorean solids D. Newtonian solids
4. Find the volume of a paraboloid having a radius of 8 cm and a 19.cm wide and 8 cm long, is revolved about its longer side.
height of 16 cm. Calculate the volume generated.
A. 512n C. 422 A. 66 pi C. 45 pi
B. 500 D. 4832 B. 72 pi D. 24 pi
5. What will be the effect in the volume of a rectangular prism if 20. A study has a sample size of 9, a standard deviation of 4.0, and
each of its dimensions is doubled? a sample standard deviation of 4.2. What is most nearly the
A. Vnew =8 Vorig c Vnew = 12 Vorig sample variance?
B. Vnew = 10Vorig D. Vnew = 2Vorig A. 16 C. 34
B. 18 D. 36
6. The apothem of a polygon is the of its inscribed
circle. 21. What is the spherical excess of a triangle whose angle are 102
A. radius C. diameter deg., 77 deg. and 121 deg.
B. circumference D. length A. 120 deg C. 105 deg.
B. 110 deg D. 140 deg.

7. A-sphere has a radius of 7m. What is the length of the side of 22. The difference between a nautical mile and a statute mile.
the largest cube which can be replaced inside the given A. 800 feet C. 1000 feet
sphere? B. 900 feet D. 500 feet
A. 2 sqrt of 2 C. 5 sq rt of 2
B. 7 sqrt of2 D. 4 sqrt of 2
23. What is the area of spherical lune whose angel is 80 deg ona
8. There are how many regular polyhedra known to man? sphere of radius 60 cm?
A. 5 G7 A. 3200 pi sq.cm C. 1200 pi sq. cm
B. 3 D. 10 B. 4200 pi sq. cm D. 1320 pis. cm

9. What is the middle term of the expansion of (x + y)!? ? 24. Each of the faces of a regular hexahedron is a
A. -924x®y® C. 792x5y5 A. square C. rectangle
B. 924x%y6 D. 495x°y4 B. triangle D. hexagon

10. The volume of a paraboloid is equal to the volume o

circumscribing cylinder. 25. Find the area of spherical triangle whose angles are 70 deg,
A. 1/3 C. 1/4 104 deg, and 111 deg on a sphere of radius 60 cm.
B. 1/2 D. 2/3 A. 2,200 pi sq. cm C. 2,000 pi sq. cm
B. 1,450 pi sq. cm D. 1,000 pi sq. cm

11. Calculate the area of a trapezoid having a length of its median 26. It is a polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygons in
equal to 32 m with that altitude of 6 m. parallel planes and the other faces are parallelograms.
A. 184 C. 204 A. Tetrahedron C. Frustum
B. 192 D. 182 B. Prism D. Prismatoid

12. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10 inches. 27. A spherical wooden ball 15 cm in diameter sinks to a depth of
Find the area of the octagon. 12 cm in a certain liquid. Find the area exposed above the
A. 282.8 C. 302.2 liquid.
B. 265.5 D. 294.8 A. 45 pisq.cm C. 40 pi sq. cm
B. 50 pisq.cm D. 20 pi sq. cm
13. Find the area of the bigger segment of a circle bounded by a
chord 16 cm long at a distance 6 cm from the center. 28. At a point where y’ = 0, if y changes from positive to negative
A. 44.74 sq.cm C. 314.31 sq. cm as x increases,
B. 269.41 sq. cm D. 324.4 sq. cm A. y is minimum C. y is maximum
B. xis minimum D. x is maximum
14. For a regular polygon of heptagon sides, find the number of
degrees contained in each central angle. 29. The measure of 2.25 revolutions counterclockwise is
A. 51.43° _B. 60° ~C.40° D. 32.73° A. 835° Cc. 810°
B. 805° D. 815°
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30. A five-pointed star is also known as
A. pentagon C. pentagram
B. pentatron D. quintagram 45. How many edges are there in a dodecagon?
A. 6 C. 30
31. What is angle of a spherical wedge whose volume is one-ninth
B. 12 D. 8
that of the sphere.
A. 50 deg. C. 24 deg.
B. 40 deg D. 60 deg.
46, The sum of the digits of a three digit number is 15. If the digits
in the hundred’s and ten’s place are interchanged, the number
32. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of the circumference of a
is increased by 360. The units digit is 44 of the sum of the
circle is called
hundred’s and ten’s places. Find the number.
A. Mil C. radian
A. 583 C. 843
B. degree D. grad
B. 483 D. 384

33. Find the surface area of torus of mean diameter 10 m and the
47. Which of the following is NOT a unit of force?
diameter of circle is 1.7 m.
A. Pound C. Dyne
A. 167.8 sq.m C. 234.4 sq.m
B. Erg D. Newton
B. 176.5 sq.m D. 325.7 sq. m

48. A trough, whose ends are isosceles right triangles with vertical
34. Find the volume of a triangular spherical pyramid whose base
axis, is 6 m long. If it contains 150 liters of water, how deep is
has angles 77 deg., 102 deg. and 121 deg. on a sphere of radius
the water?
15 cm.
A. 0.123 m C. 0.235 m
A. 2,340 cc C. 1,230.ce
B. 0.158m D. 0.313 m
B. 2,360 cc D. 1,095 cc
49. The is stated in the magnitude of the absolute or relative
35. Express 45° in mils. error of the approximated value.
A. 80 C. 1600 A. precision C. mistake
B. 800 D. 2700 B. accuracy D. error

50.A pyramid has square base whose sides are 20 meters each
36. What is the area of the isosceles triangle whose base is 10 and with perpendicular distance from the vertex of 50 meters.
its base angle is 60° ? Compute the perpendicular distance from the base of the
A. 25/3 C.:25 pyramid to the section, parallel to the base, whose area is 300
sq meter.
B. 50/3 D. 50
A. 5.45m C. 6.69m
37. Which regular polyhedron does not have a face a triangle? B. 4.54m D. 7.34m
A. Tetrahedron C. Icosahedron
B. Octahedron D. Dodecahedron

38. A rectangle is 16 meters long and 9 meters wide. What is the

length of a side of a square whose area is the same as that of
the rectangle?
A. 5m C.10m
B. 7m D.12m

39, When two planes intersects with each other, the amount of
divergence between the two planes is expressed by measuring
the
A. dihedral angle C. polyhedral angle
B. plane angle D. reflex angle

40. A rectangle room is to contain 125 sq. meters of flooring. If

the length is to be five times its width, what should its
dimension be?
A. 25m x 50m C. 3m x 15m
B. 5mx 15m D. 5m x 25m

41. The unit of force which is equivalent to 1 gram-cm/sec?.

A. Joule C. Dyne
B. Slug D. Newton

42. Three-eights of a revolution is how many degrees?

A. 45° Cc. 135°
B. 90° D. 67.5°
43. The first non-zero digit from the left of the number.
A. Whole number C. Tens digit
B. Leading digit D. Units digit

44. An equilateral triangle has an altitude of 5/3 cm long. Find

its area.
A. 5V3 sq. cm
4
C. 100V3 sq. cm
B. 25V/3 sq. cm D. 50/3 sq. cm
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MESL 5.2 65.A and B are points on the opposite sides of a certain body of
51. If the coversed sin 8 = 0.134,what is the value of 0 ?
water. Another point C is located such that AC = 197 m and
A. 60° @..45° BC= 157m, and angle BAC = 51 deg. Determine the distance
B. 30° D. 360°
AB.

52. The geometric figure remaining after a parallelogram has been A. 158.76m C. 189.5m
removed from one corner of a larger similar polygon. B. 123.45m D. 197.5 m
A. Google C. Gaussian plane
66.A right triangle whose length of sides may be expressed as
B. Gnomon D. Lozenge
ratio of integral units.
A. Pedal triangle C. Scalene triangle
53. A study gives the following results for a total sample size of
B. Isosceles triangle D. Primitive triangle
12.
3, 4,4, 5, 8, 8, 8, 10, 11, 15, 18, 20
What is most nearly the mean? 67. Find the area of parallelogram whose sides are 67 cm and 43
A. 89 C.11 cm with the acute angle between them is 65 deg and 46 min.
B. 9.5 D. 12 A. 2,435.56 sq. cm C. 1,234.54 sq. cm
B. 2,627.47 sq. cm D. 2,340,54 sq. cm
54. Prime numbers that appear in pair and differ by 2 (eg. 3 and 5,
11 and 13 etc.) are called
68. In the proportion of four quantities, the first and fourth terms
A. Mersenne primes C. twin primes
are referred to as the
B. prime number theorem D. pseudo primes
A. means C. denominators
B. extremes D. numerators
55. The acute angles of a right triangle are congruent and one of
the congruent sides has length 14. What is the area of the 69.The second and sixth terms of a geometric progression are
triangle? 3/10 and 243/160, respectively. What is the first term of this
A. 49 C. 196 sequence?
B. 98 D. 28 A. 1/10 C.:3/5
B. 1/5 D. 3/2
56. What is the largest measure (in steradians) of a solid angle
70. The sides of a triangular garden lot is 13 ft, 18 ft and 19 ft.
A. 2n C. 8x
This lot is to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side and
B. 42 D.n drawn from the opposite vertex. Find the length of the line.
A. 12.0 ft C. 13.8 ft
57.A wire 16 feet long has to be formed into rectangle. What is B. 12.5 ft D. 11.5 ft
the maximum area of the rectangle? 71. The most significant digit of the number 0.2015 is
A.4 C.8 A. 0 C2
B. 32 D. 16 B. 1 D.5
58. When an imaginary number is raised to an even exponent, it
A. becomes infinite 72.A cylindrical gasoline tank, lying horizontally, 0.90 m in
B. becomes negative imaginary number diameter and 3 m long is filled to a depth of 0.60 m. How many
C. becomes relatively small number gallons of gasoline does it contain if one cubic meter is
D. becomes real number equivalent to 265 gallons?
A. 200 C. 280
59. Ifx = 1-1- 1-1... , what is the value of x? B. 360 D. 390
A. 0.618 C. 0.712 73. Any influence capable of producing change in the motion of
B. 0.816 D. 0.721
an object is called
A. Force C. acceleration
60. Solid angles are measured in
B. velocity D. vector
A. mil C. steradians
B. radians D. circular mils
74. How many bricks are contained in a chimney in the shape of
a frustum of a cone whose height is 18.30 m, whose outer
61. What is the name of a polygon that has 27 diagonals? diameters are 1.20 m and 2.40 m, respectively, and whose
A. hexagon C. nonagon
inner diameters are 1.0 m and 2.20 m, respectively. There are
B. decagon D. undecagon 530 bricks to a cu mm of chimney.
62. To find the width of a river, a surveyor sets up a transit at A. 5178 pieces C. 4192 pieces
point C on one river bank and sights directly across to point B. 4509 pieces D. 3529 pieces
B on the other bank. The surveyor then walks along the bank
75.If two triangles have congruent bases, then the ratio of their
for a distance of 275 m to point A. The angle CAB is 57°28’. areas equals the ratio of
What is the approximate width of the river? A. their perimeter s C. their sides
A. 150m C. 330m B. the lengths of their altitudes D. none of the above
B. 230m D. 430 m

63. Two 20 cm diameter circles are placed so that the 76. The integral of any quotient whose numerator is the difference
circumference of each just touches the center of the other. of the denominator is the of the denominator.
What is the area common to each other? A. reciprocal C. logarithm
A. 121.4 cm? C. 123 cm? B. product D. derivative
B. 102.7 cm? D. 145 cm? 77. Anarc subtends an angle of 40 deg. in a circle of radius 10 cm.
64. The place where sellers and buyers come together. Find the length of the arc. and the chord joining the ends of
A. Department store C. Mall the arc.
B. Market D. Shopping center A. 6.98 cm C. 6.84 cm
B. 5.42cm D. 6.43 cm
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78. The arc length equal to the radius of the circle is called 91. Newton was inspired by an apple. Pappus propositions were
A. radian C. sector inspired by what fruits?
B. quarter sector D. semicircle A. Apple and pear C. Lemon and orange
B. Apple and Lemon D. Apple and banana
79. In a right angled triangle, the hypotenuse is four times as long
as the perpendicular to it from the opposite vertex, one of the
92. Three spheres of radii r, 2r, and 3r, respectively, are melted
acute angle is
and formed into a new sphere. Find the volume of this new
A. 15 deg C. 22.5 deg
sphere.
B. 30 deg D.45 deg
A. 54 pir(cubed) C. 48 pi r(cubed)
80. The length of the common chord of two circles intersecting B. 43 pir (cubed) D. 32 pi r(cubed)
each other is 48 cm long. If the distance between their centers
is 17 cm, and the radius of the circle is 25 cm, what would be 93. An arc length equal to the radius of a circle.
the radius of the second circle? A. Grad C. Degree
A. 24 C. 20 B. Radian D. Mil
B. 26 D. 30
81. The area of the surface generated by rotating any plane curve 94. A piece of lead in the form of a frustum of a pyramid whose
about a certain axis in its plane id equal to the product of the base areas are 26 sq. cm and 65 sq. cm, respectively, and
length of the arc and the distance traveled by its centroid. altitude 23 cm is melted to form 8 spherical balls. Find the
A. Varignon’s theorem radius of each ball.
B. First proposition of Pappus A. 3.115 cm GC, 2321 cm
C. Method of section B. 2.342 cm D. 1.342 cm
D. Second proposition of Pappus
95. The median of a triangle is the line connecting the vertex and
82. A basketball player sinks 50% of all his attempts. What is the
the midpoint of the opposite side. For a given triangle, these
probability that he will make exactly 3 of his next 10 attempts?
medians intersects at a point which is called the
A. 1/256 C. 30 /128
A. orthocenter C.centroid
B. 3/8 D. 15/128
B. circumcenter D. incenter
83. The covered water reservoir in a certain town is 18 m high
with a base diameter of 6 m. Find the volume of water it 96. A hemispherical bowl or radius 10 cm is filled with water to a
contains when full in liters. depth of 5 cm. Find the volume of water.
A. 508,938 liters C. 409,509 liters A. 654.5 cu. cm. C. 749. 45 cu. cm
B. 609,500 liters D. 504,405 liters B. 764.7 cu. cm. D. 847.54 cu. cm
84. A polygon of 100 sides is called :
97. Solve for x in the equation : arctan (x + 1 )+ arctan (x - 1 )
A. Chilliagon C. Perigon
= arctan ( 12 ).
B. Ennagon D. Milliagon
A. 1.50 C. 1.20
B. 1.34 D. 1.25
85. A pipe with a 20 cm inner diameter is filled to a depth equal
98. How many different ways that a party of seven councilmen
to one-third of its diameter. What is the approximate area in
can be seated in a row?
flow?
A. 1 C. 2080
A. 33 cm? C. 92 cm?
B. 560 D. 5040
B. 60 cm? D. 100 cm?

86. A solid bounded by a zone and the planes of the zone’s base. 99. A pole cast a shadow 15 m. long when the angle of elevation
A. Spherical sector C. Lune of the sun is 61 deg. If the pole has lean 15 deg from the
B. Spherical segment D. Spherical excess vertical directly towards the sun, what is the length of the
pole?
A. 54.23 m C. 36.84 m
87. A solid has a circular base of diameter 20 cm. Find the volume
B. 48.64m D. 64.84 m
of the solid if every cutting plane perpendicular to the base
along a given diameter is an equilateral triangle.
100. The probability of getting at least 2 heads when a fair
A. 2514cc D. 3210 cc
coin is tossed four times is :
B. 3450 cc C. 2309 cc
A. 11/16 C. 1/4
88. The base edge of a pyramid is 4 m and its altitude is 9 m. A B. 13/16 D. 3/8
plane passed 3 m above the base. Find the ratio between the
volume of the pyramid above this plane and the entire
pyramid.
A. 8/35 C..2/3
B. 8/27 D. 1/3
89. A doughnut-like surface of revolution generated by rotating
the circle through 360° in space about a line in its plane but
now passing through the circle.
A. Torus C. Anchor
B. Annulus D. All of the above

90. Three spheres of radii r, 2r, and 3r, respectively, are melted
and formed into a new sphere. Find the surface area of this
new sphere.
A. 136.8 r(squared) C. 124.5 r(squared)
B. 143.7 r(squared) D. 113.4 r(squared)