100 MSTE Problems Prepared by CEneer

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MSTE Practice Problems/ Looksfam Problems
1. The surface area of a sphere is 900π sq.cm. What is the ratio of the area of zone of
the second segment to that of the first if the altitude of the first segment is 6 cm?
Answer: 4:1
2. A new bridge with a 100-year life is expected to have an initial cost of $20 M. This
bridge must be resurfaced every five years at a cost of $1 M. The annual inspection and
operating costs are estimated to be $50,000. Determine the present-worth cost of the
bridge using the capitalized equivalent approach (that is the life of the bridge as infinite),
if the interest rate is 10% per year, compounded annually.
Answer: $22,137,974.81
3. Two parallel sides of a rectangle are being lengthened at the rate of 2 in/sec, while
the other two sides are shortened in such a way that the figure remains a rectangle with
2
constant area A=50 in . What are the dimensions when the perimeter ceases to
decrease?
Answer: 5√2
4. Find the work done by a constant force F = 2i + 4j if its point of application to a block
moves from P1(1, 1) to P2 (4, 6).
Answer: 26
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5. Two pumps are available for filling a gasoline storage tank. Pump A used alone can
fill the tank in 3 hrs and pumped B, used alone, can fill it in 4 hrs. If both pumps are used
simultaneously, how long will it take to fill the tank?
Answer: 1 hr 43 min
6. Heavy Metal Stamping is evaluating a project with the first cost of $150,000, no
salvage value, annual savings of $30,000 and a life of 10 years. Using an interest rate of
10%, calculate the present worth index.
Answer: 1.23
7. Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon at the rate of 2 ft3/min. How fast is the
surface area sinking when the radius is 12 ft?
Answer: -1/3 ft3/ min.
8. The spiral easement curve has a length of spiral equal to 80 m and the radius of the
central curve of the spiral curve is 192.84 m. Compute the deflection angle at the end
point of the spiral.
Answer: 3.96˚
9. 1 km of gravel road require reshaping and leveling. You estimate that 6 passes of a
motor grader will be required. Based on operator skill, machine characteristics and job
conditions you estimate two passes at 6.4 kph, two passes at 8 kph and two passes at
9.7 kph. If the job efficiency is 0.80, how many grader hours will be required for this job?
Answer: 23.1 hours

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10. If the velocity of the wind is 25 mph, find the wind pressure in kPa if a constant “c” is
usually taken as 0.00256.
Answer: 0.0768 kPa
11. During the Typhoon Butchoy, the wave due to the strong winds produced a wave
length at a point on the surface of the water at a depth of 4 m. Determine the wave
length for a period of 3.88 seconds for a shallow water wave.
Answer: 20 m.
12. A 3800 kg open railroad car coasts along with a constant speed of 8.60 m/s along a
level track. Snow begins to fall vertically and fills the car at rate of 3.50 kg/min. Ignoring
friction with the tracks, what is the speed of the car after 90 min?
Answer: 7.94 m/s
13. Estimate the actual bucket load in bank cu.m for a loader bucket whose heaped
capacity is 3.82 m3. The soil’s bucket fill factor is 0.90 and its load factor is 0.80.
Answer: 2.75 (BCM)
14. Find the base diameter and height of a conical spoil bank tha will contain 76.5 BCM
of excavation if the soil’s angle of repose is 32˚ and its swell is 12%.
Answer: 3.17 m
15. A four-wheel drive tractor weighs 20000 kg and produces a maximum rimpull of
18160 kg at sea level. The tractor is being operated at an altitude of 3050 m on wet
earth. A pull of 10000 kg is required to move the tractor and its load. What is the
maximum usable pull as limited by traction? Coefficient of traction = 0.45
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Hint: Derating factor = altitude (m) - 915
102
Answer: 9000 kg
16. Tropical cyclone “Inting” hit the country with an estimated forecast of wave speed of
120 kph. The cyclone causes a storm surge with a frequency of 0.109 hertz. Compute
the length between the crest of the deep water wave.
Answer: 131.18 m.
17. A – 2.5% grade is connected to a +1.0% grade by means of a 180 m vertical curve.
The P.I. station 100 + 00 and the P.I. elevation is 100 m above sea level. What is the
elevation of the lowest point on the vertical curve?
Answer: 100.64 m.
18. A car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 48 m/s in 15 sec. The acceleration
increases from zero uniformly with time for the first 6 sec. after which it remains
2
constant. Find the constant acceleration in m/s .
Answer: 4 m/s2
19. A rectangle is to be inscribed in a semicircle with radius 4, with one side on the
semicircle’s diameter. What is the largest area this rectangle can have?
Answer: 15.08 say 16
20. A poster is to contain 100 square inches of picture surrounded by a 4-inch margin at
the top and bottom and a 2-inch margin on each side. Find the overall dimensions that
will minimize the total area of the poster.
Answer: 4 + √50 by 2 √50 + 8

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21. A circular pool of water is expanding at the rate of 16π in2/sec. At what rate is the
radius expanding when the radius is 4 inches?
Answer: 2 in / sec.
22. Determine the principal that would have to be invested to provide P200 of simple
interest income at the end of 2 years if the annual interest is 9%.
Answer: P1111.11
23. Find the value after 20 years in pesos of an annuity of P120,000 payable annually for
8 years, with the first payment at the end of 2 years if money is worth 5%.
Answer: P326,644.33
24. A certain engineer who is about to retire has accumulated P50,000 in a savings
account that pays 6% per year, compounded annually. Suppose that the engineer wishes
to withdraw a fixed sum of money at the end of each year for 10 years, what is the
amount that can be withdrawn?
Answer: P6795
25. The ABD Company is building a new plant, whose equipment maintenance costs are
expected to be P500 the first year, P150 the second year, P200 the third year, $250 the
fourth year, etc., increasing by P50 per year through the 10th year. The plant is expected
to have a 10-year life. Assuming the interest rate is 8%, compounded annually, how
much should the company plan to set aside now in order to pay for the maintenance?
Answer: P2340.21
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26. A particle moves according to the parametric equations x = t3 and y = 2t2. What is
the distance covered by the particle when t = 2 sec.
Answer: 11.52 m
27. The sides of an equilateral triangle has a length of x cm, are increasing at the rate of
27 cm/sec. How fast is the triangle’s area is increasing when x = 18 cm long?
Answer: 420.888
28. If the perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 18 cm, find the maximum area of the
triangle.
Answer: 9√3
29. Suppose the probability that a worker meets with an accident during a one-year
period is 0.4. If there are 200 workers in a factory, find the probability that more than 75
workers will meet with an accident in one year. (Assume that whether a worker has an
accident or not is independent of any other worker having one).
Answer: 0.7422
30. What is the minimum radius of curvature allowable for a roadway with a 100-km/hr
design speed, assuming that the maximum allowable superelevation rate is 0.12?
Answer: 328 m
31. Determine the minimum length of a crest vertical curve between a +0.5% grade and
a -1.0% grade for a road with a 100 km/h design speed. The vertical curve must provide
190 m stopping sight distance.
Answer: 110.5 m say 120 m

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32. Select suitable plant to excavate one million cu.m of firm silty clay for the
foundations of a modern power station.
Information Data:
All materials may be directly loaded into dump trucks and ramped up to the ground level.
Average haul for excavator = 30 m
Swell factor = 1.2
Excavating season, March to October inclusive (approximately 30 weeks with an

average 50 hour a week)
Tip located on site
Answer: 6 excavators and 5 truck loaders
33. If an underwater flashlight is directed toward the surface of a swimming pool, at

what angle of incidence will the light beam totally reflected?
Answer: 48.8°
34. A boat owner agrees to take a group on an outing at $4.50 apiece if the number of
passengers is equal to or less than his break-even point. For each person above this he
reduces the fare for all passengers 3 cents per person. If he has on board now the
number of passengers that maximizes the total collected, what is the boat owner’s
profit?
Answer: profit = 0
35. A tennis tournament has 8 players. The number a player draws from a hat decides
his first-round rung in the tournament ladder. Suppose that the best player always
defeats the next best and that the latter always defeats all the rest. The loser of the
finals gets the runner-up cup. What is the chance that the second-best player wins the
runner-up cup?
Answer: 4/7
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36. Three hares are standing in a triangular field which is exactly 100 yards on each side.
One hare stands at each corner; and simultaneously all three set off running. Each hare
runs after the hare in the adjacent corner on his left, thus following a curved course
which terminates in the middle of the field, all three hares arriving there together. The
hares obviously ran at the same speed, but just how far did they run?
Answer: 100 yards
37. A cowboy is five miles south of a stream which flows due east. He is also 8 miles
west and 6 miles north of his cabin. He wishes to water his horse at the stream and
return home. What is the shortest distance he can travel and accomplish this?
Answer: 17.9 miles
38. On a certain day, our parking lot contains 999 cars, no two of which have the same 3
digit license number. After 5:00 p.m. what is the probability that the license numbers of
the first 4 cars to leave the parking lot are in increasing order of magnitude?
Answer: 4! or 24
39. A salesman visits ten cities arranged in the form of a circle, spending a day in each.
He proceeds clockwise from one city to the next, except whenever leaving the tenth city.
How many days must elapse before his location is completely indeterminate, i.e., when
he could be in any one of the ten cities?
Answer: 83
40. A neat computer programmer wears a clean shirt every day. If he drops off his
laundry and picks up the previous week’s load every Monday night, how many shirts
must he own to keep him going?
Answer: 15
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41. The density of air decreases with increasing altitude and thus for a compressor
operated above sea level, k, should be reduced. For example, to compress 2.8 m3 (100
ft.) of air per minute from 0.05 N/mm2 (atmospheric pressure) to 0.801 N/mm2
(absolute pressure), what will be the power value of the compressor?
Answer: 6.47 kW
42. The community of Upper Snowshoe has expanded its winter tourism very rapidly.
Three years ago, they built a new, 10,000 kW power plant for $4.5M. The local
construction cost index was 135 at that time, and it has risen to 157 now. In current
dollars, what is the estimated cost of a 16,000 kW power plant?
Answer: $8M
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43. Determine the hourly production of a (0.57 m ) capacity backhoe, excavating a
foundation 3 m deep in common earth. Ideal output for the equivalent face shovel for
easy dig = 100 m3/h
Backhoe proportion of face shovel production = 0.80
Assume angle of swing is 90˚ therefore
Swing factor = 1.0
Other factors affecting output:
Job conditions, losses caused by:
Weather, say 10%
Manoeuvring 8%
Breakdowns 5%
Operator skill 7%
Waiting 10%
Answer: 44 m3/h
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44. Julie's Bakeshop has a plant for processing Deluxe breakfast rolls and wants to
better understand its capability. Last week the facility produced 148,000 rolls. The
effective capacity is 175,000 rolls. The production line operates 7 days per week, with
three 8-hour shifts per day. The line was designed to process the nut-filled, cinnamon-
flavored Deluxe roll at a rate of 1,200 per hour. Determine the design capacity for this
plant when producing the Deluxe roll.
Answer: 201,600 rolls
45. A large number of test results produce a standard deviation (s) a 1.5 N/mm2, and
average strength 10 N/mm2. If 5% of results are permitted to fail, what should be the
minimum design strength of the mix?
2
Answer: 7.06 N/mm
46. The probability that the stock market goes up on Monday is 0.6. Given that it goes
up on Monday, the probability that it goes up on Tuesday is 0.3. Find the probability that
the market goes up on both days.
Answer: 0.18
47. A cosmetics salesperson makes house calls to different households in a drive to

sell a product. The probability that a resident is home is 0.7. Given that a resident is
home, the probability that the resident buys the product is 0.3. Find the probability that a
resident is home when called and buys the product.
Answer: 0.21
48. Ted has an instructor who gives a midterm exam and a final exam. The probability
that a student passes the midterm exam is 0.6. Given that a student fails the midterm
exam, the probability that the student passes the final exam is 0.8. What is the
probability that Ted fails the midterm and passes the final?
Answer: 0.32
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49. An ellipse has an equation equal to 9x2 + 25y2 = 225. Determine the ratio of the area
to the perimeter of an ellipse.
Hint: P= 2π√(a2 + b2 )/2
Answer: Ratio = 1.82
50. In 2022, the population of Metro Manila was approximately 9,939,000 and
decreasing according to the formula y = yo e -0.003t. Determine in how many years will the
population be 9,500,000.
Answer: 15 years
51. A large number of test results produce a standard deviation (s) a 1.5 N/mm2 , and
2
average strength 10N/mm . If 5% of results are permitted to fail, what should be the
minimum design strength of the mix?
2
Answer: 7.06N/mm
52. A motor boat, operating at full throttle, made a trip 4 miles upstream (against a
constant current) in 15 minutes. The return trip (with the same current and at full
throttle) took 12 minutes. Find the speed of the current and the equivalent speed of the
boat in still water.
Answer: 2mph
53. A man is driving a car at a speed of 45 kph along a straight line passing 20 m in
front of a 15 m high monument. At what rate is his distance from the top of the
monument changing 4 seconds after he passed in front of the monument?
Answer: 40.25 kph

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54. Because it is above Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope can see stars
and galleries that 1/50 as bright as the faintest objects now observable using ground
base telescopes. How many times farther can the space telescope see than a ground
based telescope. The brightness of a point source (B) such as a star, varies inversely as
the square of its distance (D) from the observer. B=k/D3
Answer: 7.1 times
55. The Ben Azouli are camped at an oasis 45 miles west of Taqaba. They decided to
dynamite the Trans-Hadramaut railroad joining Taqaba to Magaba, 60 miles of the oasis.
If the Azouli can cover 18 miles a day, how long will it take them to reach the railroad?
Answer: 2 days
56. If a convex lens has focal length f centimeters and if an object is placed a distance p
centimeters from the lens with p > f, then the distance q from the lens to the image is
related to p and f by the formula( 1/P + 1/q = 1/f) . If f = 5 cm how close must be the
object be from the lens for the image to be more than 12 centimeters from the lens?
Answer: 60/7
57. If the input to an amplifier is 0.4 volt and the output is 50 volts, find the decibel
voltage gain of the amplifier.
Answer: 42 decibel
58. Find the angle between a = 2i + 3j + k and b = -i + 5j + k.
Answer: 41.26°
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59. Two thirds of people in a party are lawyers, whose average I.Q. is 120. The rest are
engineers whose I.Q. is 180. What is the average I.Q. of all persons in the room?
Answer: 140
60. A rectangular picture, each of whose dimensions is an integral number of inches,

has an ordinary rectangular frame 1 in. wide. Find the dimensions of the picture if the
area of the picture and the area of the frame are equal.
Answer: 3 × 10 or 4 × 6
61. A belt is in contact with a pulley for a sector of 1.12 radians and the coefficient of
friction between these two surface is 0.26. Determine the tension on the taut side of the
belt, T newton, when the tension on the slack side is 22.7 N.
Answer: 30.37 N
62. A small coin is placed on a flat, horizontal turntable. The turntable is observed to
make exactly three revolutions in 3.3 sec. What is the speed of the coin when it rides
without slipping at a distance of 5.2 cm from the center of the turntable and the
acceleration of the coin?
Answer: 169.6 cm/s2
63. How many revolutions per minute would a 15 m diameter Ferris wheel need to make
for the passengers to feel weightless at the topmost point?
Answer: 11 rpm
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64. At what minimum speed must a roller coaster be travelling when upside down at the
top of a circle so that the passengers will not fall out? Assume radius of curvature is 7.4
m.
Answer: 8.52 m/s
65. A 1000 kg car rounds a curve on a flat road of radius 50 m. at a speed of 50 km/h.
Compute the maximum coefficient of friction must the pavement have to prevent the
car from sliding?
Answer: 0.39
66. A 50 kg person and a 75 kg person are sitting on a bench. Estimate the magnitude
of the longitudinal force each exerts on the other. Assume distance between the people
is 1/2 m.
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Answer: 1.5 × 10 N
67. A car travelling 55 km/h can brake to stop in distance of 18 m. If the car is traveling
twice as fast, what is its stopping distance?
Answer: 72 m
68. Determine the net work done on the backpack must do on a 15 kg backpack carried
by a man moving up hill of height h = 10m.
Answer: 0
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69. A 1000 N piano is moved 20 m across a floor by a horizontal force of 350 N. Find
the coefficient of friction.
Answer: 0.35
70. When a family of four with a total mass of 200 kg steep into their 1200 kg car, the
car's springs compresses 3 cm. What is the spring constant of the car's spring?
Answer: 65400 N
71. A spring has a spring constant K = 88 N/m. How much must this spring be
compressed to store at 45 joules of potential energy?
Answer: 1.01 m
72. Find the horsepower expended when a force of 3760 N raises an object a distance
of 4.73 m in 35 sec.
Answer: 0.68 hp
73. It is observed that 50 traffic crashes occurred on a 20 mile long section of route 120
in one year. If the average daily traffic on the section was 5500 vehicles, determine the
rate of fatal crashes per 100 million vehicles-miles if 6% of of the two crashes involved
fatalilties.
Answer: 7.42 crashes
74. An 80 m spiral connects a tangent with a 180 m radius circular curve. The maximum
velocity in kph that a car could pass through the curve without skidding is nearest to.
Answer: 73.68 kph

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75. A closed traverse has the following data:
Line Distance Bearing
AB 179.00 N. 47˚02’14” E.
BC 258.20 S. 69˚35’59” E.
CD ------- S. 39˚35’17” W.
DE. ------- S. 87˚29’48” W.
EA 145.41 N. 24˚48’09” W.
What is the length of CD?
Answer: 202.43
76. A plane lifts off from a runway at an angle of 20˚. If the speed of the plane is 300
mph, how fast is the plane gaining altitude?
Answer: 102.6 mph
77. The sale price of an item sold by Marks and Spencer is 800 – 35x dollars and the
total manufacturing cost is 2x3 – 140x2 + 2600x + 10000 dollars, where x is the number
of items. What number of items should be manufactured in order to optimize the
manufacturer’s total profit?
Answer: 20
78. Initially, the number of bacteria present in a culture is No. At t = 1 hour the number
of bacteria is measured to be 3/2 No. If the rate of growth is assumed to be
proportional to the number of bacteria present, determine the time necessary for the
number of bacteria to triple.
Answer: 2.7 hours

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79. Five milligrams of dye are injected into the pulmonary artery. Find the cardiac output
of the heart over a period of 30 sec. if the concentration of the dye is,
c(t) = -(1/100) t(t - 30) milligrams per liter.
Answer: 6.67 liters/min
80. A researcher wants to estimate the mean (average) real estate tax paid by
homeowners living in Rockford. To do so, he decided to select a random sample of
homeowners and compute the mean tax paid by the homeowners in that sample. How
large must the sample be for the researcher to be 95% certain that his computed
sample mean would be within $35 of the true population mean, that is when $35 of the
mean tax paid by all homeowners in the city? Assume that the standard deviation σ of
all tax bills in the city is $120.
Answer: 46 homeowners
81. When a cake is removed from a baking oven, its temperature is measured at 300˚ F.
Three minutes later its temperature is 200˚ F. Determine the temperature of the cake at
anytime after leaving the oven in the room temperature is 70˚ F.
-0.1902t
Answer: T(t) = 70 + 230e
82. The Richter magnitude of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is estimated to have
8.3. The 1989 “World Series” earthquake in San Francisco had a magnitude of 7.1 on the
Richter scale. How much greater was the intensity of the 1906 earthquake than that of
the 1989 earthquake?
Answer: 16 times stronger

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83. A conical tank having the vertex at the bottom has a height of 1.8 m and a radius of
opening at the top of 0.50 m. It contains water to a depth of 1.0 m. If a spherical ball
having a radius of 0.15 is placed on the conical tank, how high will the water rise?
Answer: 56 mm
84. There are three families, each with two sons and two daughters. In how many ways
can all these young people be married?
Answer: 80
85. The maximum value of a radial acceleration that can be tolerated without producing
discomfort of a sag vertical curve.
2
Answer: 0.3 m/s
86. Maintenance expenditures for Mananga Bridge in Tabun9k, Talisay with 20 years life
will come as periodic outlays of P1000 at the end of the 5th year, P2000 at the end of
the 10th year and P3000 at the end of the 15th year. With interest at 10%, what is the
equivalent uniform annual cost of maintenance for the 20 year period?
Answer: 248
87. Find the angles that are complementary. One is twice as large as the other. Hint:
obtain the two equations using a and b as representation, then find the angles.
Answer: 30° and 60°

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88. How long does it take an investment of P2000 to double if it is invested at 5%

interest compounded quarterly?
Answer: 14 years
89. The first cost of a machine is P1,800,000 with a salvage value of P300, 000 at the
end of its life of 5 years. Determine the total depreciation after 3 years using Straight
Line Method.
Answer: P900, 000
90. A long rectangular sheet of metal, 12 cm wide, is to be made a rain gutter by turning
up two sides so that they are perpendicular to the sheet. How many centimeters should
be turned to give the gutter its greatest capacity?
Answer: 3 cm
91. A painter needs to find the area of the gable end house. What is the area of the
gable if it is a triangle with two sides of 42 ft that meet at a 105° angle?
2
Answer: 852 ft
92. Geologist took measurements at two points B and C, 928 m apart. The angle of
elevation from B to the top of the mountain A is 47° 10'. The angle of elevation from C to
B is 8° 40' and the angle of elevation from C to A is 32° 30'. It is known that the elevation
at C is 1537 m. What is the elevation at A?
Answer: 2763.91 m
93. A wheel tractor-scraper weighing 91 tons is being operated on a haul road with a
time penetration of 5 cm. What is the total resistance (kg) and effective grade when the
scraper is ascending a slope of 5%?
Answer: Resistance = 9100kg, Effective grade = 10%

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94. A copper wire has nominal breaking strength of 300 MPa and a reduction of area
77%. Calculate the true tensile strength (breaking load/true area).
Answer: 1304 MPa
95. A rock crushing machine contains a wheel of diameter 3 m rotating at a rate of 1600
rpm. Find the angular speed of the wheel.
Answer: 3200π rad/min.
96. The cost C to produce x sim cards is C = 100 + 20x. The sim cards are sold
wholesale for P24 each, so revenue “R” is given by R = 24x. Find how many sim cards
the manufacturer needs to produce and sell to break even.
Answer: 25 sim cards
97. A container is partially filled with 12 liters of whole milk containing 4% butterfat.
How much 1% milk must be added to get a mixture that is 2% butterfat?
Answer: 24 liters
98. The owner of a candy store notices that 20 pounds of gourmet cashews are getting
stale. They did not sell because of their high price of $12 per pound. The store owner
decides to mix peanuts with the cashews to lower the price per pound. If peanuts sell
for $3 per pound, how many pounds of peanuts must be mixed with the cashews to
make a mixture that could be sold for $6 per pound?
Answer: 40 pounds
99. A cube has a volume of 27000 cm3. The cube is cut by a plane containing two
diagonally opposite edges of the cube. Find the area of the section thus formed in
sq.cm.
Answer: 1273 cm2

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100. Consider a 1 cu. m batch of concrete.
Materials Weight (kg) Moisture Content
Sand 600 5%
Aggregate 1200 5%
Water 120
Cement 300
Determine the batching weights (approximately).
Answer: sand = 630 kg, gravel = 1236 kg, cement = 300 kg, water = 84 kg

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Answer: -1/3 ft3/ min.

Answer: 23.1 hours

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Answer: 0.0768 kPa

Answer: 7.94 m/s

Answer: 2.75 (BCM)

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Answer: 15.08 say 16

Answer: 4 + √50 by 2 √50 + 8

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Answer: 110.5 m say 120 m

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Average haul for excavator = 30 m

Swell factor = 1.2

Excavating season, March to October inclusive (approximately 30 weeks with an

Tip located on site

Answer: 6 excavators and 5 truck loaders

33. If an underwater flashlight is directed toward the surface of a swimming pool, at

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Answer: 100 yards

Answer: 17.9 miles

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Backhoe proportion of face shovel production = 0.80

Assume angle of swing is 90˚ therefore

Swing factor = 1.0

Other factors affecting output:

Job conditions, losses caused by:

Weather, say 10%

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Answer: 201,600 rolls

47. A cosmetics salesperson makes house calls to different households in a drive to

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Hint: P= 2π√(a2 + b2 )/2

Answer: Ratio = 1.82

Answer: 40.25 kph

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Answer: 7.1 times

58. Find the angle between a = 2i + 3j + k and b = -i + 5j + k.

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60. A rectangular picture, each of whose dimensions is an integral number of inches,

Answer: 169.6 cm/s2

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Answer: 8.52 m/s

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Answer: 7.42 crashes

Answer: 73.68 kph

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75. A closed traverse has the following data:

Line Distance Bearing

DE. ------- S. 87˚29’48” W.

What is the length of CD?

Answer: 102.6 mph

Answer: 2.7 hours

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c(t) = -(1/100) t(t - 30) milligrams per liter.