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Practice Problem 3 (May 7, 2024)

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PRACTICE PROBLEMS (Part 3)

MAY 7, 2024
Algebra, Trigonometry, Plane & Solid Geometry

1. Two ships leave port at the same time, one ship sailing in the direction N23°E at a speed of 11 mph, and the
second ship sailing in the direction S67°E at 15 mph. Approximate the bearing from the second ship to the
first, one hour later.
N30.75°W

2. A triangular field has sides of lengths 125 yards, 160 yards, and 225 yards. Approximate the number of
acres in the field. (One acre is equivalent to 4840 square yards)
2 acres

3. Secant AB intersects the Circle O at D, while secant AC intersects the circle O at E. If AE = 4 m, AC = 24 m,


AB = 16 m find AD.
6m

4. A lot has a frontage of 120 m. along a road. The other sides, which are both perpendicular to the road are 90
m, and 60 m, respectively. If it is desired to subdivide the lot into two parts by another perpendicular line to
the road such that the area of the lot that adjoins the 90 m. side is equal to one-third of the whole area.
Determine the length of the dividing line.
81.24 m

5. Chords AB and CD divides the circle into 4 segments. AB is the diameter of the circle. AE = 8 cm, CE = 12
cm, DE = 20 cm. Compute the area of the smallest segment of the circle if the chords intersect at point E.
52.05 cm2

6. The corners of a cubical box touch the spherical shell that encloses it. If the volume of the box is 27000
cu.cm, what is the volume of the space outside the box but inside the sphere?
46459

7. A framework is formed a square base right pyramid made of copper wire. The length of each side of the
base is x cm and the length of each slant edge is y cm. If the height of the pyramid is 7 cm, and the total
length of the wire used for the framework is 68 cm, what is the value of x?
8

8. A polyhedron having 12 faces and has for its faces 12 regular pentagons is called dodecahedron.
Determine its number of edges.
30

9. In a spherical triangle ABC, A = 116°, B = 55° and C = 80°. Find the value of “a” in degrees.
114.83°

10. A navigational buoy consists of a hemisphere whose radius is 12 cm surmounted by a cone of the same
radius and a height of 48 cm. It is placed in sea water and floats to a depth of 18 cm. The hemispherical
portion is at the bottom of the section. Determine the volume of the buoy below the water surface in cubic
meter
0.006
11. Two men A and B starting at the same point at the same circumference of a circle walked at the same rate
of 60 meters per minute. The radius of the circle is 800 m. If A walks towards the center and B walks around
the circumference, find the distance between the two men at the end of five minutes
381.60

12. A city has a current population of 37,000 that has been decreasing at a rate of 3% per year. At this rate, find
the city’s population in 20 years.
20120

13. Determine the area of a spherical triangle ABC if A = 140 ̊, B = 75 ̊ and C = 86 ̊, if it has a radius of 40 km.
3379 sq.km

14. A circular cone is inscribed in a sphere of radius 9 cm. If the circular cone has a maximum convex surface,
what is the altitude of the cone?
12 cm

15. The sum of the digits on the odometer in my car (which reads up to 99999.9 (miles) has never been higher
than it is now, but it was the same 900 miles ago. How many miles must I drive before it is higher than it is
now?
100 miles

16. When a small airplane flies with thewind, it can travel 450 miles in 3 hours. When the same airplane flies in
the opposite direction against the wind, it takes 5 hours to fly the same distance. Find the speed of the
plane in still air.
120

17. Compute the 15th term of the harmonic sequence ¼ , 1/7, 1/10 …
1/46

18. A given alloy contains 20% copper and 5% tin. How many pounds of cooper and of tin must be melted with
100 lb of the given alloy to produce another alloy analyzing 30% copper and 10% tin? All percentages are by
weight.
17.5 copper, 7.5 tin

19. Evaluate (6 + 5i) 3 in rectangular form.


-234 + 415i

20. During the 2010-2011 regular NBA Season, the top-scoring player was Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City
Thunder. Durant scored a total of 2161 points during the regular season. The number of free throws (each
worth 1 point) he made was 14 more than four times the number of three-point field goals he made. The
number of two-point field goals that Durant made was 28 less than the number of free throws he made.
How many free throws, did Kevin Durant make during the 2010-2011 NBA Season?
594 free throws

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