MSTE
MSTE
between the centroid and the circumcenter is equal A. 2.5 m/s C. 3.1 m/s
Problem 1: A thermometer reading 18°C is brought to 1.6. What is the distance from the circumcenter to B. 4.8 m/s D. 1.8 m/s
into a room where the temperature is 70°C; 1 minute the orthocenter?
later the thermometer reading is 31°C. Determine Problem 14: If the position function of a particle is
the thermometer reading 5 minutes after it is A. 4.8 C. 3.8 x(t) = 3t2 + 2t + 4, t > 0, find the distance that the
brought into the room B. 1.6 D. 2.7 particle travels from t = 2 to
A. 62.33°C C. 56.55°C t = 5.
Problem 8: A circle having a radius of 50 cm is
B. 58.99°C D. 57.66°C A. 78 C. 72
inscribed in a square and circumscribe about another
B. 65 D. 69
Problem 2: The volume V of a right circular cone square. Compute the ratio of area of larger square to
varies jointly as the altitude h and the square of the area of smaller square. Problem 15: An underground conical tank, standing
radius of the base r. If V = 400π cm3 when r = 10 cm on its vertex, is being filled with water at the rate of
A. 2:1 C. 3:1
and h = 12 cm. Find h when V = 96π 18π ft3/min. If the tank has a height of 30 feet and a
B. 2.5:1 D. 4:1
A. 7 cm C. 9 cm radius of 15 feet, how fast is the water level rising
B. 8 cm D. 10 cm Problem 9: Find the arc length L of the curve y = x 3/2 when the water is 12 ft. deep?
from x = 0 to x = 5. A. 1.2 ft/min C. 0.5 ft/min
Problem 3: Find how many quartzes of 4% butter B. 1.8 ft/min D. 0.2 ft/min
A. 335/27 C. 432/25
milk and 1% butter fat milk should be mixed to yield
B. 14.31 D. 18.21
60 quarts of 2% butter fat milk Problem 16: Find the minimum distance between
Problem 10: Find the area enclosed by the curve the spherical section x2 + y2 + z2 = 100 and the point
A. 20 C. 30 y2 = x2 – x4. (7,13,15)
B. 10 D. 25 A. 5/2 C. 1/5 A. 21.05 C. 12.31
B. 2/3 D. 4/3 B. 11.05 D. 5.30
𝑥−5
Problem 4: Find the limit of 𝑥 2−12𝑥+35 as x
Problem 11: The half-life of a radium is 1690 years. Problem 17: Find the value of X in a quadrilateral if
approaches 5
How much mill be left of 32 grams of radium after its interior angles are represented by x + 10, 2x + 20,
6760 years? 3x – 50 and 2x – 20.
A. -0.5 C. -1.0
A. 1 C. 3 A. 50 C. 30
B. 1.0 D. 0.5
B. 2 D. 4 B. 60 D. 20
Problem 5: After how many minutes from 12:00
Problem 12: A rocket is fired in the air, and its height Problem 18: In triangle ABC, c = 30, a = 36, and b =
o’clock noon will the minute hand and the hour hand
in meters at any given time t can be calculated using 18. Find the radius of the circle tangent to the side c
of a clock makes an angle of 120° for the first time
the formula h(t) = 1600 + 196t – 4.9t2. Find the and escribe outside the triangle.
A. 21.8 minutes C. 23.4 minutes
maximum height of the rocket and the time at which A. 30.15 C. 22.45
B. 20 minutes D. 21.9 minutes
it occurs. B. 45.12 D. 21.56
Problem 6: A construction worker built a parabolic A. 3840 m, 24 C. 3560 m, 20
Problem 19: The graph in the xy-plane represented
hut which is 16.1 m. wide at the base and 12.4 m. B. 2460 m, 16 D. 2860 m, 18
by
high at the center. How high above the base should a
Problem 13: As a man walks across a bridge at a x = 3 Sin t and y = 2 Cos t is an:
ceiling 12.2 m. wide be constructed.
speed of 1.5 m/s, a boat passes directly beneath him A. Ellipse C. parabola
A. 6.91 m C. 7.21 m
at a speed of 3 m/s. The bridge is 9 m. above the B. circle D. hyperbola
B. 5.28 m D. 3.12 m
water. How fast in m/s are the boat and the man
Problem 20: Find the slope of the line whose Problem 26: A body moves along a straight line
1
parametric according to the function S = 2 𝑡 3 − 2𝑡. Determine its
equations are x = 4t + 6 and y = t – 1. acceleration at the end of 2 sec.
A. 1/4 C. 1/3 A.7 C. 6
B. – ½ D. – 1/3 B.10 D. 2
Problem 21: Given the equation of the plane; Problem 27: A spherical balloon is inflated with gas
A = 4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0 at the rate of 20 cm3/min. How fast is the radius of
Coordinates of B (1, 5 , -3) the balloon changing at the instant the radius is 2
Find the distance between point B and Plane A cm.
A. 5.5 C. 3.5
B. 2 D. 3
A.2.312 𝑐𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 C. 0.398 𝑐𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛
Problem 22: The pressure, P in a travelling sound B.0.521 𝑐𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 D. 1.382 𝑐𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛
wave is given by P = 20sin[100π(t-0.2)], where P is
Problem 28: A spring with a natural length of 10 cm
the pressure in dynes per square centimeter and t is
is stretched by 0.50 cm by a 12 N force. Find the
in seconds. Find the amplitude of the given function
work done in stretching the spring from 10 cm to 18
A. 20 C. 30
cm. Express the answer in Joules.
B. 40 D. 50
A. 6.68 C. 8.68
Problem 23: Given the following function Z = 3x2 – B. 7.68 D. 9.68
𝑑𝑧
6y2 + xy + 5y – 9. Determine the partial derivative 𝑑𝑥 Problem 29: Evaluate the integral of (ln 6) 6x dx if the
lower limit is 1 and the upper limit is 2.
A. 6x + y C. 3x + 4y + 5 A. 25 C. 35
B. 12.1 D. 18.1 B. 30 D. 40
Problem 24: What is the percentage increase in the 𝑑𝑦
Problem 30: Find 𝑑𝑥 if y = 24x
surface area of similar solids if the diameter is
A.23x+4 ln4 C. 24x+2 ln2
increased by 25%
B. 24x+1 ln4 D. 22x+1 ln2
A. 55.25% C. 64%
B. 56.25% D. 53.25%