Basic Engineering Correlation Algebra Re
Basic Engineering Correlation Algebra Re
Basic Engineering Correlation (Algebra Reviewer) 2. Product Y requires two minutes of work time per
1. Three transformers are directly proportional to unit on machine 1 and 3 minutes of work time per
the KVA cost P30,000. The cost of each transformer unit on machine 2. Each day, 100 minutes are
is directly proportional to the KVA rating and each available on machine 1 and 200 minutes are
has a constant of proportionally of 0.9, 0.8 and 0.6, available on machine 2. To satisfy certain
respectively. Find the cost of the KVA transformer. customers, the company must produce at least 6
a. P7,500 units per day of product X and at least 12 units of
b. P13,500 product Y. If the profit of each unit of product X is
c. P15,500 P50 and the profit of each unit of product Y is P60,
d. P9,000 how many of each product should be produced in
2. What is the sum of the following sequence of order to maximize the company's profit?
terms 18, 25, 32, 39, . . . ,67? a. X = 20 units, Y = 40 units
a. 280 b. X = 30 units, Y = 40 units
b. 380 c. X = 20 units, Y = 50 units
c. 320 d. X = 40 units, Y = 60 units
d. 340 8. If 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y - 4 is divided by 2y + 3, the
3. A train, an hour after starting, meets with an remainder is:
accident which detains it an hour, after which it a. 10
proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and arrives three b. 12
hour after the time; but had the accident happened c. 11
50 miles farther on yhe line, it would have arrived d. 9
one and one-half hour sooner. Find the length of 9. The square of a number increased by 16 is the
the journey. same as 10 times the number. Find the number.
a. 850/9 miles a. 8, 2
b. 800/9 miles b. 6, 2
c. 920/9 miles c. 4, 2
d. 910/9 miles d. 2, 2
4. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. 10. The seating section in a coliseum has 30 seats
Determine the number. in the first row, 32 in the second row, 34 seats in
a. 5 the third row and so on, until the tenth row is
b. 7 reached, after which there are ten rows each
c. 4 containing 50 seats. Find the total number of seats
d. 6 in the section.
5. The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and a. 1290
1/4. What is the equation? b. 1080
a. 12x2 + 7x + 1=0 c. 890
b. 12x2 - 7x - 1=0 d. 980
c. 12x2 - 7x + 1=0 11. If the roots of an equation is zero, then they are
d. 12x2 + 7x - 1=0 classified as
6. The geometric mean of 4 and 64: a. hypergolic solutions
a. 30 b. trivial solutions
b. 34 c. conditional solutions
c. 24 d. extraneous solutions
d. 16 12. An airplane went 360 miles in 2 hours with the
7. A certain company manufactures two products, wind and, flying back the same route, it took 3 3/5
X and Y, and each of these products must be hours against the wind. What was its speed in still
processed on two different machines. Product X air?
requires 1 minute of work time per unit on a. 120 mph
b. 150 mph d. 0.75 hour
c. 140 mph 19. Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In5 years, the
d. 130 mph product of their age is 1.5 times the product of
13. Find the fourth proportion to 3, 5 and 21. their product ages. How old is Beth now?
a. 27 a. 20
b. 65 b. 25
c. 56 c. 18
d. 35 d. 27
14. Two jet planes travelling towards each other 20. A chemist of a distillery experimented on two
take off at the same time from two airports located alcohol solutions of different strengths, 30%
3000 miles apart. If they passed each other after alcohol and 60% alcohol, respectively. How many
two hours, determine the speed of each plane if cubic meters of each strength must be used in
one plane is flying at a speed 100 mph faster than order to produce a mixture of 50 cubic meters that
the other. contain 40% alcohol?
a. 700 and 800 mph a. 20, 30 m3
b. 600 and 700 mph b. 33 1/3, 16 2/3 m3
c. 700 and 900 mph c. 21 1/3, 28 2/3 m3
d. 800 and 500 mph d. 10, 40 m3
15. Round off 0.003086 to three significant figures. 21. Subtracting 2.6 x 103 from8.26 x 104 is:
a. 0.0031 a. 8.0 x 104
b. 0.00308 b. 10.86 x 104
c. 0.003 c. 8.0 x 103
d. 0.00309 d. 10.86 x 103
16. It is sequence of numbers that successive terms 22. The time requires by an evaluator to lift a
differ by a constant. weight varies directly with the weight and the
a. geometric progression distance through which it is to be lifted and
b. arithmetic progression inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes 30
c. harmonic progression seconds for 10 hp motor to lift 100 lbs through 50
d. finite progression feet, what size of motor is required to lift 800 lbs in
17. At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes off at 340 mph on 40 seconds through a distance of 40 feet?
an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier moves due a. 56 hp
south at 25 kph in the same direction as the plane. b. 50 hp
At 4:05 pm, the communication between the plane c. 58 hp
and aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the d. 48 hp
communication range in miles between the plane 23. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic
and the carrier. progression 4, 7, 10, . . .
a. 785 miles a. 94
b. 557 miles b. 941
c. 412 miles c. 81
d. 656 miles d. 104
18. A manufacturing firm maintains one product 24. Convergent series is a sequence of decreasing
assembly line to produce signal generators. Weekly numbers or when the succeeding term is _______
demand for the generators is 25 units. The line than the preceding term.
operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. a. equal
What is the maximum production time per unit in b. slightly more
hours required for the line to meet the demand? c. greater
a. 3 hours d. lesser
b. 1 hour 25. In the equation x2 + x = 0, one root is x equal
c. 2.25 hours to:
a. 1 c. 11
b. ¼ d. 10
c. 5 33. The electric power which a transmission line
d. none of these. can transmit is proportional to the product of its
26. How many liters of water must be added to 35 design voltage and current capacity, and inversely
liters of 89% hydrochloric acid solution to reduce to the transmission distance. A 115 - kilovolt line
its strength to 75%? rated at 100 amperes can transmit 150 megawatts
a. 4.83 liters over 150 km. How much power, in megawatts can
b. 6.53 liters a 230 kilovolt line rated at 150 amperes transmit
c. 7.33 liters over 100 km?
d. 5.34 liters a. 595
27. Round off 34.2814 to four significant figures. b. 675
a. 34.8214 c. 485
b. 34 d. 785
c. 34.28 34. The electrical resistance of a wire varies as its
d. 34.281 length and inversely as the square of its diameter.
28. Solve algebraiclly: 11y2 - 3x2 = 41 4x2 + 7y2 = If a 100 m long and 1.25 mm in diameter has a
32. resistance of 30 ohms, find the length of the wire
a. (-2, 2) and (2, -2) of the same material whose resistance and
b. (± 1, ± 2) diameter are 25 ohms and 0.74 mm respectively.
c. (± 1, ± 4) a. 25 m
d. (2, 3)and ( -2, -3) b. 35 m
29. Determine the sum of the progression if there c. 30 m
are 7 arithmetic means between 3 and 35. d. 40 m
a. 98 35. What time after 3 o'clock will the hands of the
b. 304 clock be together for the first time?
c. 214 a. 3:02.30
d. 171 b. 3:17.37
30. Crew No. 1 can finish installation of an antenna c. 3:16.36
tower in 200 man-hour while Crew No. 2 can finish d. 3:14.32
the same job in 300 man-hour. How long will it take 36. A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11
both crews to finish the same job, working hours. Another pump can pump out water from the
together? same tank in 20 hours. How long will it take both
a. 120 man-hour pumps to pump out water in the tank?
b. 140 man-hour a. 6 hours
c. 100 man-hour b. 6 1/2 hours
d. 160 man-hour c. 7 1/2 hours
31. In how many minutes after 3:00 P.M will the d. 7 hours
minute hand of a clock coincide with the hour 37. If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find
hand? the common difference if the last term is 30.
a. 15.455 a. 3
b. 17.273 b. 4
c. 16.364 c. 5
d. 18.182 d. 2
32. In a class of 40 students, 27 students like 38. Equal volumes of two different liquids
Calculus and 25 like Geometry. How many students evaporated at different but constant rates. If the
liked both Calculus and Geometry? first is totally evaporated in 6 weeks and the
a. 12 second in 5 weeks, when will the second be one-
b. 13 half the volume of the first?
a. 3.5 weeks and none prefer all the three brands at a time. How
b. 3 weeks many persons have no brand preference with any
c. 4 weeks of the three brands?
d. 4 2/7 weeks a. 200
39. MCMXCIV is a Roman numeral equivalent to: b. 100
a. 1994 c. 280
b. 2174 d. 70
c. 3974 46. Which number has four significant figures?
d. 2974 a. 1.414
40. Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01, 1.00, b. 0.0014
0.99, . . c. 0.141
a. 0.01 d. 0.01414
b. 0.02 47. A club of 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke
c. 0.03 Marlboro and 20 likes to smoke Philip Morris. How
d. 0.04 many like both?
41. At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour a. 12
hand and minute hand of the clock first form an b. 13
angle of 120o? c. 14
a. 12:21.818 d. 11
b. 12:22.818 48. The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If
c. 12:18.818 two numbers namely 250 and 850 are removed,
d. 12:24.818 what is the arithmetic mean of the remaining
42. Solve the simultaneous equations: 3x - y = 6 9x - numbers?
y = 12. a. 41.25
a. ( -1, 3 ) b. 42.31
b. ( 1, -3 ) c. 44.25
c. ( 1, 3 ) d. 40.21
d. ( -1, -3 ) 49. There are 9 arithmetic means between 11 and
43. A merchant has three items on sale: namely, a 51. The sum of the progreesion is:
radio for P50, a clock fo P30, and a flashlight for P1. a. 374
At the end of the day, she has sold a total of 100 of b. 341
the three items and has taken exacly P1000 on the c. 320
total sales. How many radios did he sale? d. 337
a. 4 50. If a two digit number has X for its unit digit and
b. 80 Y for its tenth digit, represent the number.
c. 20 a. 10Y + X
d. 16 b. X + Y
44. What is the sum of the first 10 terms of the c. XY
geometric progression 2, 4, 8, 16, . . . ? d. 10Y + Y
a. 1696 51. In the series 1, 1, 1/2, 1/6, 1/24, . . . , determine
b. 2046 the 6th term.
c. 1024 a. 1/60
d. 1846 b. 1/120
45. In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons c. 1/150
on brand preferences, 120 were found to prefer d. 1/90
brand x only, 200 persons prefer brand y only, 150 52. Round off 149.691 to the nearest integer.
persons prefer brand z only, 370 prefer either a. 149
brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but b. 149.7
not x, and 370 prefer either brand z or x but not y, c. 149.69
d. 150 b. 8
53. The sum of two numbers is 21, and one number c. 16
twice the other. Find the numbers. d. 14
a. 9 & 12 60. The arithmetic means of 6 numbers is 17. If two
b. 7 & 14 numbers are added to the progression, the new set
c. 8 & 13 of the numbers will have an arithmetic mean of 19.
d. 65 & 70 What are the two numbers if their difference is 4?
54. The probability for the ECE board examinees a. 18, 22
from a certain school to pass the Mathematics b. 23, 27
subject is 3/7 and that for the Communication c. 10, 14
subject is 5/7. If none of the examinees failed in d. 31, 35
both subjects, how many examinees from the 61. The sum of Kim's and Kevin's ages is 18. In 3
school took the examination? years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What are
a. 30 their ages now?
b. 27 a. 5, 13
c. 29 b. 7, 11
d. 28 c. 6, 12
55. Solve for x that satisfies the equation 6x2 - 7x - d. 4, 14
5 = 0. 62. The intensity of sound varies directly as the
a. 3/5 or ¾ strength of the source and inversely as the square
b. 3/2 or 3/8 of the distance from the source. Write the
c. 5/3 or -1/2 equation to the describe relation.
d. 7/5 or -7/15 a. I = 1/d2 + k
56. Three transformers are rated 5 KVA, 10 KVA b. I=k/d2
and 25 KVA, respectively. The total cost of the c. I = kd2
three transformers is P15, 000.00. If the cost of d. I = d2/k
each transformer is proportional to its KVA rating 63. Determine the sum of the infinite series 1/3 +
multiplied by the factor 1, 0.8 and 0.6 respectively, 1/9 + 1/27 +. . .
find the cost of the 10 KVA transformer. a. 1
a. P4,286 b. ¾
b. P4,075 c. ½
c. P4,101 d. 2/3
d. P4,393 64. For a particular experiment, you need 5 liters of
57. Solve the simultaneous equations: 2x2 - 3y2 = 6 10% solution. You find 7% and 12% solutions on
3x2 + 2y2 = 35. the shelf. How much of the 7% solution you mix
a. x-3 or 3; y2 or -1 with the appropriate amount of the 12% solution
b. x3 or -3; y2 or -2 to get 5 liters of 10% solution?
c. x3 or -3; y-2 or 1 a. 2.5
d. x3 or -3; y-2 or 3 b. 2
58. The sum of the progression 5, 8, 11, 14, . . . Is c. 1.5
1025. How many terms are there? d. 3
a. 25 65. Find the sum of the roots of 5x2 - 10x + 2 = 0
b. 24 a. -2
c. 28 b. ½
d. 29 c. -1/2
59. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x d. 2
= 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the value of x when 66. Maria is 36 years old. Maria was twice as old as
y = 16 and z = 4. Anna was when Maria was as old as Anna is now.
a. 4 Jow old is Anna now?
a. 26 volume of the resulting mixtures? Assuming that
b. 31 the two fluids mix completely.
c. 29 a. 0.63 cu cm/g
d. 24 b. 0.88 cu. cm/g
67. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric c. 0.82 cu cm/g
progression if the sum is 2 and the first term is 1/2. d. 1.20 cu cm/g
a. 2/3 73. One number is 5 less than another. If the sum is
b. 1/6 135, what are the numbers?
c. ¾ a. 65, 70
d. ¼ b. 60, 65
68. A tank is fitted with two pipes. The first pipe c. 75, 80
can fill the tank in 10 hours. But after it has been d. 70, 75
open for 3 hours, the second pipe is opened and 74. The denominator of a certain fraction is three
the tank is filled up in 4 hours more. How long more than twice the numerator. If 7 is added to
would it take the second pipe alone to fill tha tank? both terms of the fraction, the resulting fraction is
a. 12.67 hr 3/5. Find the original fraction.
b. 10.55 hr a. 8/5
c. 14.89 hr b. 13/5
d. 13.33 hr c. 5/13
69. How many kg of cream containing 25% butter d. 3/5
fat should be added to 50 kg of milk containing one 75. An inexperienced statistical clerk submitted the
percent butter fat to produce milk containing 2% following statistics to his manager on the average
butter fat? rate of production of transistorized radios in an
a. 4.17 assenbly line: "1.5 workers produced 3 radios in 2
b. 2.174 hour." How many workers are employed in the
c. 5.221 assembly line working 40 hours per week if weekly
d. 3.318 production is 480 radios?
70. The electrical resistance offered by an electric a. 12
wire varies directly as the length and inversely as b. 10
the square of the diameter of the wire. Compare c. 13
the electrical resistance offered by two pieces of d. 14
wire of the same material, one being 100 m long 76. Find the mean proportion of 4 and 36.
and 8 mm in diameter, and the other 50 m long a. 12
and 3 mm in diameter. b. 8
a. R1 = 0.28 R2 c. 16
b. R1 = 0.84 R2 d. 9
c. R1 = 0.57 R2 77. An automobile is travelling at a velocity of 10
d. R1 = 0.95 R2 mph. If the automobile mileage meter already
71. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom reads 20 miles, find the mileage meter reading
layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the after 3 hours.
third layer, and so on until there are 10 bricks in a. 60 miles
the last layer. How many bricks are there all b. 30 miles
together? c. 50 miles
a. 458 d. 40 miles
b. 639 78. Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25, . . .
c. 724 a. 6/7
d. 538 b. 7/8
72. A 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of c. 5/6
alcohol (p = 790 kg/cu.m.). What is the specific d. 8/9
79. A man is 41 years old and his son is 9. In how direction and catches up with Pedro in 20 minutes.
many years will the father be three times as old as What is the speed of Mario?
his son? a. 12.5 kph
a. 7 b. 17.5 kph
b. 8 c. 20.5 kph
c. 6 d. 15.0 kph
d. 5 85. The equation whose roots are the reciprocal of
80. A tank is fitted with an intake pipe that will fill it the solutions of 2x2 - 3x - 5 = 0.
in 4 hours, and an outlet pipe that will empty it in 9 a. 3x2 - 5x - 2=0
hours. If both pipes are left open, how long will it b. 5x2 - 2x - 3=0
take to fill the empty tank? c. 5x2 + 3x - 2=0
a. 7.2 hr d. 2x2 + 5x - 3=0
b. 6.8 hr 86. In certain Board Examination, 119 examinees
c. 6.2 hr too the Shop Machinery subjected, 104 examinees
d. 7.4 hr took thye Power Plant Machinery subject and 115
81. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent examinees took the Industrial Plant Machinery
to 1785/9999 starting from the decimal point. subject. Seventy-eight (78) conditioned examinees
a. 1 took only Shop Machinery and Power Machinery
b. 5 subjects. Seventy-one (71) conditioned examinees
c. 7 took only the POwer Plant Machinery and
d. 8 Industrial Plant Machinery subjects. Eighty-five (85)
82. A mechanical engineer who was awarded a conditioned examinees took only Industrial Plant
P450,000.00 contract to install the machineries of Machinery and Shop Machinery subjects. Fifty-four
an oil mill failed to finish the work on time. As took all the three subjects. How many examinees
provided for in the contract, he has to pay a daily took the Certified Plant Mechanic board
penalty equivalent to one-fourth of one percent of examination?
the contract price for the first ten days of the a. 153
delay, one-half percent per day for the next ten b. 165
days and one percent per day for every day c. 158
thereafter. If the total penalty paid was d. 176
P60,750.00, how many days was the completion of 87. If a train passes as many telegraph poles in one
the contract delayed? minute as it goes miles per hour, how far apart are
a. 30 days the poles?
b. 26 days a. 78 ft.
c. 24 days b. 98 ft.
d. 28 days c. 68 ft.
83. A man started driving his car at a certain time d. 88 ft.
froma certain place. On arrival at his destination at 88. A man 38 years old has a son of ten years old.
the precise appointed time, he said, "If I had In how many years will the father be three times as
averaged 6 miles per hour faster, I would have old as his son?
been 5 minutes early. But if I had averaged 5 mph a. 2
slower, I would have been 6 minutes late." Find b. 3
how far he had driven. c. 4
a. 20 miles d. 5
b. 10 miles 89. In Algebra, the operation of root extraction is
c. 25 miles called as _____.
d. 15 miles a. revolution
84. Pedro started running at a speed of 10kph. Five b. resolution
minutes later, Mario started running in the same c. involution
d. evolution 97. An equipment installation job in the completion
90. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan stage can be completed in 50 days of 8 hours day
and 20% faster than Pilar and together they can work, with 50 men working. With the contract
paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take expiring in 40 days, the mechanical engineer
Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to work contractor decided to add 15 men on the job,
alone? overtime not being permitted. If the liquidated
a. 15 damages is P5,000 per day of delay, and they are
b. 13 paid P150 per day, will the engineer be able to
c. 10 complete the job on time? Would he save money
d. 11 with the addition of workers?
91. There are 9 arithmetic means between 11 and a. No, P20,500 losses
51. The sum of the progression is: b. Yes, P44,750 savings
a. 374 c. Yes, P24,500 savings
b. 341 d. No, P15,750 losses
c. 320 98. An airplane flying with the wind, took 2 hours
d. 337 to travel 1000 km and 2.5 hours in flying back.
92. The number 1.123123123. . . Is What was the wind velocity in kph?
a. surd a. 40
b. transcendental b. 70
c. rational c. 60
d. irrational d. 50
93. Which of the following numbers should be 99. If a = b, then b = a. This illustrates which axiom
changed to make all the numbers from an in Algebra?
arithmetic progression when properly arranged? a. Transitive Axiom
a. 27/14 b. Reflexive Axiom
b. 45/28 c. Symmetric Axiom
c. 20/14 d. Replacement Axiom
d. 3/28 100. The ten's digit of a certain two digit number
94. How many significant digits do 10.097 have? exceeds the unit's digit by four and is one less than
a. 4 twice the unit's digit. Find the number.
b. 5 a. 59
c. 2 b. 95
d. 3 c. 65
95. Find the sum of the infinite geometric d. 85
progression 6, -2, 2/3, . . . 101. One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another
a. 9/2 pipe can fill the same in tank in 3 hours. A drain
b. 7/2 pipe can empty the tank in 24 hours. With all three
c. 3/2 pipes open, how lomg will it take to fill in the tank?
d. 11/2 a. 2.18 hrs
96. The time required for two examinees to solve b. 2.23 hrs
the same problem differ by two minutes. Together c. 2.81 hrs
they can solve 32 problems in one hour. How long d. 2.32 hrs
will it take for the slower problem solver to solve 102. An equipment installation job in the
the problem? completion stage can be completed in 40 days of 8
a. 3 minutes hours day work with 40 men working. With the
b. 5 minutes contract expiring in 30 days, the mechanical
c. 2 minutes engineer contractor decided to add 10 men on the
d. 4 minutes job, overtime not being permitted. If the liquidated
damages is P2,000 per day of delay, and the men
are paid P80 per day, will the engineer be able to d. 180o
complete the job on time? 109. A clock has dial face 304.80 mm in radius. The
a. No, there would be no savings minute hand is 228.60 mm long while the hour
b. No, P16,000 would be lost hand is 152.40 mm long. The plane of rotation of
c. Yes, there would just be break even the minute hand is 50.80 mm above the plane of
d. Yes, P16,000 would be saved rotation of the hour hand. Find the distance
103. It takes Butch twice as it takes Dan to do a between the tips of the hands of the clock at 5:40
certain piece of work. Working together they can AM.
do the work in 6 days. How long would it take Dan a. 228 mm
to do it alone? b. 239 mm
a. 12 days c. 243 mm
b. 9 days d. 233 mm
c. 10 days 110. A certain manufactured part can be defective
d. 11 days because it has one or more out of the three
104. Robert is 15 years older than his brother Stan. possible defects: insufficient tensile strength, a
However, "y" years ago, Robert was twice as old as burr, or a diameter outside of tolerance limit. In a
Stan. If Stan is now "b" years old b.y, find the value lot of 500 pieces: 19 have a tensile strength
of (b-y). defects, 17 have a burr, 11 have an unacceptable
a. 18 diameter, 12 have tensile strength and burr
b. 17 defects, 7 have tensile strength and diameter
c. 15 defects, 5 have burr and diameter defects and 2
d. 16 have all three defects. Determine: How many of
105. Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the lawn in 4, 6 the pieces have no defects? How many pieces have
and 7 hours, respectively. What fraction of the yard only burr defects? How many pieces have exactly 2
can they mow in 1 hour if they work together? defects?
a. 47/84 hr a. 475, 2, 18
b. 84/47 hr b. 490, 4, 10
c. 34/60 hr c. 465, 3, 7
d. 45/84 hr d. 480, 4, 6
106. The volume of hemisphere varies directly as 111. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as
the cube of its radius. The volume of a sphere with Ana waswhen Mary was as old as Ana is now. How
2.54 cm radius is 20.75 cm3. What is the volume of old is Ana?
a sphere with 3.25 cm radius of the same kind? a. 18
a. 4056 cm3 b. 16
b. 45.98 cm3 c. 20
c. 43.47 cm3 d. 19
d. 39.20 cm3 112. The electrical resistance of wire made of a
107. Add the following and express in meters: 3 m certain material varies as its length and inversely as
+ 2 cm + 70 mm. the square of the diameter. If the wire 200 meters
a. 3.14 m long and 1.25 mm in diameter has a resistance of
b. 2.90 m 60 ohms, find the length of the wire of the same
c. 3.12 m material, whose resistance and diameter are 5
d. 3.09 m ohms and 0.65 mm, respectively.
108. From the time 6:15 PM to the time 7:45 PM of a. 3.96 m
the same day, the minute hand of a standard clock b. 4.51 m
describe an arc of: c. 4.28 m
a. 90o d. 5.72 m
b. 60o 113. A man leaving his office on one afternoon
c. 540o noticed the clock at past two o'clock. Between two
three hours, he returned to his office noticing the 118. A man left his home at past 3:00 o'clock P.M
hands of the clock interchanged. At what time did as indicated in his wall clock. Between 2 and 3
he leave the office and the time that he returned to hours after, he returned home and noticed the
the office? hands of the lock interchanged. At what time the
a. 2:27.08, 5:11.19 P.M. man leave his home?
b. 2:26.01, 5:10.01 P.M a. 3:24.73 P.M
c. 2:26.01, 5:10.01 P.M. b. 3:18.52 P.M
d. 2:26.01, 5:12.17 P.M. c. 3:31.47 P.M
114. A medium unshaded lamp hangs 8 m directly d. 3:28.65 P.M
above the table. To what distance should it be 119. Given: f(x) = ( x+ 3) (x - 4) +4. When f(x) is
lowered to increase the illumination to 4.45 times divided by (x - k), the remainder is k. Find k.
the former value? Illumination intensity varies a. 2
inversely to the square of the distance. b. 6
a. 4.75 m c. 4
b. 4.55 m d. 8
c. 3.79 m 120. A & B working together can finish painting the
d. 3.95 m house in six days. A working alone, can finish it in
115. Roberto is 25 years younger than his father. five days less than B. How long will it take each of
However, his father will be twice his age in 10 them to finish the work alone?
years. Find their ages now. a. 15 days for A 20 days for B
a. 15 and 40 b. 10 days for A 25 days for B
b. 10 and 35 c. 15 days for A 20 days for B
c. None of the choices d. 10 days for A 15 days for B
d. 20 and 45 121. A statistical clerk submitted the following
116. A storage battery discharges at a rate which is reports: "The average rate of production of radios
proportional to the charge. If the charge is reduced is 1.5 units for every 1.5 hours of work by 1.5
by 50% of its original value at the end of 2 days, workers." How many radios were produced in one
how long will it take to reduce the charge to 25% of month by 30 men working 200 hours during the
its original charge? month?
a. 6 a. 4000
b. 4 b. 3500
c. 3 c. 4500
d. 5 d. 5000
117. Prior to the last IBP elections, a survey was 122. A piece of paper is 0.05 in thick. Each time the
conducted in a certain barangay in Metro Manila to paper is folded into half, the thickness is doubled. If
find out which of three political parties they like the paper was folded 12 times, how thick in feet
best. The results indicated that 320 like KBL, 250 the folded paper will be?
like LABAN and 180 liked INDEPENDENTS. But of a. 15.2
these, 160 like both KBL and LABAN, 100 liked both b. 16.25
LABAN and INDEPENDENTS and 70 like both KBL c. 17.06
and INDEPENDENTS. Only 30 said they like all the d. 18.5
three parties and none admitted that they did not 123. A job could be done by eleven workers in 15
like any party. How many voters are there in the days. Five workers started the job. They were
barangay? reinforced with four more workers at the beginning
a. 474 of the 6th day. Find the total number of days it
b. 525 took them to finish the job.
c. 450 a. 22.36 days
d. 540 b. 20.56 days
c. 23.22 days
d. 21.42 days the tailwind and 2.5 hours from B to A with the
124. Six times the middle digit of a three-digit headwind, what is the velocity?
number is the sum of the other two. If the number a. 700 kph
is divided by the sum of its digits, the answer is 51 b. 675 kph
and the remainder is 11. If the digits are reversed c. 450 kph
the number becomes smaller by 198, find the d. 750 kph
number. 131. How many numbers between 10 and 200 are
a. 825 exactly divisible by 7? Find their sum.
b. 775 a. 2835
c. 725 b. 2840
d. 875 c. 283
125. Given that "w" varies directly as the product d. 2830
of x and y and inversely as the square of z and that e. 27 numbers; sum
w = 4 when x = 2, y = 6 and z = 3. Find tha value of f. 28 numbers; sum
"w" when x = 1, y = 4 and z = 2. g. 26 numbers; sum
a. 5 h. 26 numbers; sum
b. 4 132. A gasoline tank of a car contains 50 liters of
c. 3 gasoline and alcohol, the alcohol comprising 25%.
d. 2 How much of the mixture must be drawn off and
126. A man driving his car at a certain speed from replaced by alcohol so that the tank will contain a
his house will reach his office in 6 hours. If he mixture of which 50% is alcohol?
increased his speed 15 mph, he would reach his a. 10.67 liters
office 1 hour earlier. Find the distance from his b. 20.33 liters
office to his house. c. 16.67 liters
a. 350 miles d. 16.33 liters
b. 450 miles 133. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more
c. 520 miles log than the layer above and the top contains just
d. 250 miles one log. If there are 105 logs in the pile, how many
127. Determine x, so that x, 2x + 7, 10x - 7 will be a layers are there?
geometric progression. a. 16
a. 7, -15/6 b. 14
b. 7, -7/5 c. 10
c. 7, -5/6 d. 12
d. 7, -7/6 134. Two thousand (2000) kg of steel containing 8%
128. Solve for the values of x and y in 4x + 2y = 5 nickel is to be made by mixing a steel containing
and 13x - 3y = 2. 14% nickel with anothercontaining 6% nickel. How
a. (1, 3) much of each is needed?
b. (3/2, 1/2) a. 800 kg, 1200 kg
c. (1, 2) b. 500 kg, 1500 kg
d. ( 1/2, 3/2 ) c. 600 kg, 1500 kg
129. Determine the k so that the equation 4x2 + kx d. 400 kg, 1600 kg
+ 1 = 0 will have just one real root. 135. A boat man rows to a place 4.8 miles with the
a. 5 stream and black in 14 hours, but that he can row
b. 6 14 miles with the stream in the same time as 3
c. 4 miles against the stream. Find the rate of the
d. 3 stream.
130. An airplane travels from points A and B with a. 1 mile per hour
the distance of 1500 km and a wind along its flight b. 0.6 mile per hour
line. If it takes the airplane 2 hours from A to B with c. 0.8 mile per hour
d. 1.5 mile per hour d. 90
136. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft in the first 142. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 25 liters of
second, 48.3 ft in the 2nd second, 80.5 ft in the 3rd 35% salt solution are poured into a drum originally
second. How far did the body fall during the 10th containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is
second. the percent concentration of salt in the mixture?
a. 250.1 ft a. 0.1955
b. 305.9 ft b. 0.2572
c. 529.45 ft c. 0.2215
d. 417.3 ft d. 0.2705
137. Solve for x : 10x2 + 10 x2 + 1 = 0. 143. A & B can do the job in 42 days, B & C for the
a. -0.331, 0.788 same job in 31 days, C & A also for the same job in
b. -0.311, -0.887 20 days. If A & C work together, how many days
c. -0.113, -0.788 can they do the same job?
d. -0.113, -0.887 a. 19
138. An airplane travels from points A and B with a b. 17
distance of 1500 km and a wind along its flight line. c. 21
If it takes the airplane 2 hours from A and B with d. 15
the tailwind and 2.5 hours from B to A with the 144. A pipe can fill a tank in 14 hours. A second
headwind, What is the velocity? pipe can fill the tank in 16 hours. If both pipes are
a. 700 kph left open, determine the time required to fill the
b. 675 kph tank?
c. 750 kph a. 7.92 hr
d. 450 kph b. 8.47 hr
139. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 c. 7.47 hr
kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger starts the d. 6.53 hr
same course at 10 kph. How long will it take the 145. A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph
second jogger to catch the first? and upstream at the rate of 2mph. How far
a. 22 min downstream should he go if he is to return in 7/4
b. 18 min hours after leaving?
c. 21 min a. 2.5 miles
d. 20 min b. 3.3 miles
140. A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of c. 2.7 mlies
50 ft. and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the d. 3.1 miles
distance it falls. How far will the ball travel before 146. Solve for the value of x. 2x - y + z = 6 x - 3y - 2z
coming to rest if the ball continues to fall in this = 13 2x - 3y - 3z = 16
manner? a. 3
a. 300 b. 1
b. 200 c. 2
c. 350 d. 4
d. 250 147. Find the value of w in the following equations:
141. The resistance of the wire varies directly with 3x - 2y + w = 11 x + 5y - 2w = -9 2x + y - 3w = -6.
its length and inversely with its area. If a certain a. 4
piece of wire 10 m long and 0.10 cm in diameter b. 2
has a resistance of 100 ohms, what will its c. 3
resistance be if it is uniformly stretched so that its d. -2
length becomes 12 m? 148. A boat travels downstream 2/3 of the time as
a. 144 it goes going upstream. If the velocity of the river's
b. 80 current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat
c. 120 in still water.
a. 70 kph d. 15.28 cm
b. 60 kph
c. 30 kph 6. The exact radian measure of 180o is
d. 40 kph a. π
149. A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 of .
them had eaten at restaurant P and that 52 of .
them had eaten at restaurant Q. Which of the d.
following could not be the number of persons in
the surveyed group who had eaten at both P and 7. Solve for x by logarithm, log x2 - log (2x/5 = 7.58.
Q? a. 189675888
a. 23 b. 136783520
b. 22 c. 15207576
c. 24 d. 13678352
d. 25
Basic Engineering Correlation (Trigo Reviewer) . If a ta x + a ta / = / , the alue of x is
______.
1. What will be the length of the two other sides of a. ½
a right triangle if the opposite side of a 60 degrees b. 1/5
angle is 4V cm _____" c. 1/3
a. 8cm, 4 cm d. ¼
b. 4 cm, 3 cm
c. 2 cm, 1cm 9. A road is tangent to a circular lake. Along the
d. 4cm, 5 cm road and 12 miles from the point of tangency,
another road opens towards the lake. From the
2. The expression sin16° sin14° + cos16° cos14° is intersection of the two roads to the periphery of
equivalent to the lake, the length of the new road is 11 miles. If
a. Cos 8° the new road will be prolonged across the lake,
b. Sin 30° find the length of the bridge to be constructed.
c. Sin 8° a. 2.09 miles
d. Cos 2° b. 6.65 miles
c. 1.20 miles
3. If tan a = 1/2 — and tan = -3/5, then the value of d. 8.89 miles
tan(a +,8) is
a. 5/9 10. A strip of 640 sq. m is sold from a tirangular
b. 7/9 field whose sides are 96, 72 and 80 meters. The
c. 9/7 strip is of uniform width "h" and has one of its sides
d. 11/7 parallel to the longest side of the field. Find the
width of the strip.
4. What is the value of sin [3 if cos p = 3/5? a. 7.059 m
a. sec 0 = 0.8 b. 5.89 m
b. sine=0.25 c. 5.78 m
c. cot 0=0.5 d. 6.679 m
d. tan@=2.5
5. A central angle of 45 degrees subtends an arc of 11. The expression sin25x sin5x is equivalent to
12 cm. What is the radius of the circle? a. 2sin10xcos5x
a. 12.58 cm b. Sin20x
b. 15.82 cm c. 2sin10xsin5x
c. 12.82 cm d. 2sin15xsin10x
a. -(8/17)1/2
12. The area of the sector determined by an angle b. -(2/17)1/2
of 60° in a circle of radius 5 cm is c. -(1/17)1/2
a. 49.09 cm2 d. -(5/17)1/2
b. 2812.5 cm2
c. 312.5 cm2 19. Ship "A" started sailing N 40o 32' E at the rate of
d. 13.09 cm2 3 mph. After 2 hours, ship "B" started from the
same port soing S 45o 18' E at the rate of 4 mph.
13. Three times the sine of a certain angle is twice After how many hours wil the second ship be
of the square of the cosine of the same angle. Find exactly south of ship "A"?
the angle. a. 4.37 hours
a. 60o b. 2.37 hours
b. 45o c. 5.37 hours
c. 10o d. 3.37 hours
d. 30o
20. Two speedboats simultaneously sailed out from
14. If sin A = 2.5x and cos A = 5.5x, find the value of port A on a 10 km radius circle lake towards point B
A in degrees. directly opposite of port A. The first boat took the
a. 24.44 shortest route and reached the destination in 1
b. 32.47 hour. The boat has to pass by port C before
c. 52.37 proceeding to port B. At what speed will it run in
d. 42.47 order to arrive at port B at the same time with the
first boat?
15. One leg of a right triangle is 20 cm and the a. 78.89 kph
hypotenuse is 10 cm longer than the other leg. Find b. 67.89 kph
the length of the hypotenuse. c. 34.57 kph
a. 10 cm d. 27.32 kph
b. 15 cm
c. 20 cm
d. 25 cm
21. The reference angle of 0 = 210° is
16. Which of the following is an even function? a. 15°
a. f(x)=3sin x b. 45°
b. f (x)=4 tan x c. 60°
c. f (x)=5 COSx d. 30°
d. f (x)=4 cot x
22. If A is in the III quadrant and cos A = -15/17,
17. The sides of a triangle lot are 130m, 180m, and find the value of cos (1/2)A.
190m. This lot is to be divided by a line bisecting a. -(2/17)1/2
the longest side and drawn from the opposite b. -(8/17)1/2
vertex. Find the length of the line (1) and the area c. -(5/17)1/2
of each lot (A). d. -(1/17)1/2
a. 1125 m, A6520 sq.m
b. 1128 m, A2879 sq.m 23. The angle that is supplementary to 45o 15' 25"
c. 1110 m, A1000 sq. m is
d. 1125 m, A5620 sq. m a. 45.257o
b. 44.743o
18. If A is in the III quadrant and cos A = -15/17, c. 134.74o
find the value of cos (1/2)A. d. 44o 45'
c. 180o
24. If 77o + 0.40x = arc tan (cot 0.25x), find x. d. 145o
a. 30o
b. 10o 32. Solve for G if csc (11G - 16o) = sec (5G + 26o).
c. 20o a. 5 degrees
d. 40o b. 6 degrees
c. 4 degrees
25. If A + B + C = 180o and tan A + tan B + tan C = d. 7 degrees
5.67, find the value of tan A tan B tan C.
a. 1.89 33. A ladder 5 m long leans against the wall of an
b. 5.67 apartment house forming an angle of 50 degrees,
c. 1.78 32 minutes with the ground. How high od the wall
d. 6.75 does it reach?
a. 3.12 m
26. The angle of elevation of the top point D of a b. 2.00 m
tower A is 23o30'. From another point B the angle c. 12.66 m
of elevation of the top of the tower is 55o30'. The d. 3.86 m
points A and B are 217.45 m. apart and on the
same horizontal plane as the foot (point C) of the 34. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of
tower. The horizontal angle subtended by A and B radius 24. Find the perimeter of the dodecagon.
at the foot of the tower is 90o. Find the height of a. 151.24
the tower CD. b. 153.25
a. 69.59 m c. 143.63
b. 90.59 m d. 149.08
c. 59.90 m
d. 50.90 m 35. The measure of 2.25 revolutions
counterclockwise is
28. The simplified form of sin4 0 —cos4 0 is a. 810 degrees
a. 0 b. 835 degrees
b. 1 c. 810 degrees
c. 2sin2 0-1 d. 805 degrees
d. 1+2cos2
36. Determine the amplitude and the phase shift
29. The simplified form of cos(A— B)—cos(A + B) is for the function f(t)= 2 sin (3x + 4)
a. Cos2B a. 2 and 4/3
b. math012-1t- b. 2 and -4/3
c. Cos2A c. 2 and ¾
d. 2sinAsinB d. 2 and -3/4
30. If cot 2A cot 68o = 1, then tan A is equal to 37. Solve angle A of an oblique triangle with
_______. vertices ABC, if a = 25, b = 16 and C = 94 degrees
a. 0.194 and 6 minutes.
b. 0.491 a. 49 degrees and 37 minutes
c. 0.491 b. 55 degrees and 32 minutes
d. 0.419 c. 53 degrees and 40 minutes
d. 54 degrees and 30 minutes
. The exa t deg ee easu e of . is
a. 45o . The te i al side of the a gle θ = o in
14. Find the weight of a snowball 1 ft. in diameter if 21. The bounding cylindrical surface of a cylinder is
the wet compact snow of which the ball is made called
weighs 25 lbs/ cu. ft. a. base edge
a. 1.047 lb b. lateral surface
b. 2.36 lb c. lateral edge
c. 13.09 lb d. edge
d. 4.19 lb
22. It is the perpendicular distance between the
15. The area for a trapezoid is represented by two bases of a frustum of a cone.
a. (dic12)/2 a. lateral face
b. (a+b)h/2 b. altitude
c. bh c. lateral edge
d. (a+b÷c)/3 d. element
16. An Egyptians pyramid of the Giza has a square 23. Points on the same
base of edge 6miles. If its altitude is 15miles., a. intersection
determine the b. congruent
a. 540 cu.mi c. coplanar
b. 90 cu.mi d. collinear
c. 180 cu.mi
d. 270 cu.mi 24. What is the area, in inches2, of a parabola with
a base if 15 cm and height of 20 cm.
17. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is a. 200
540o. Find the number of sides. b. 87
a. 8 c. 78.74
b. 5 d. 31
c. 6
d. 11 25. If a lateral area of a right circular cylinder is 88
cm3 and its volume is 220 cm3, find its radius.
18. Prisms are named according to their? a. 2 cm
a. bases b. 5 cm
b. vertices c. 4 cm
c. sides d. 3 cm
d. diagonal
26. A cone has a base area of 30in? and a lateral
19. The approximate surface area of an ellipse is area which is 4.5 times bigger than the base area.
a. 211r The surface area of the cone in in' is
b. 11(ab)2 a. 135
c. Fir2 b. 105
d. FI(ab) c. 75
d. 165
20. It is desired that the volume of the sphere be
tripled. By how many times will the raduis be 27. How many elements are needed in solving a
increased? truncated cylinder?
a. 33 a. 1
b. 31/2 b. 4
c. 2 34. A quarter circle has a radius of 8 units. What is
d. 3 its area?
a. 18n sq. units
28. It is a rectangle whose length is equal to its b. 16n sq. units
width c. 32n sq. units
a. square d. 64n sq. units
b. rectangle
c. parallelepiped 35. A prism whose lateral edges are perpendicular
d. cube to its bases; its lateral faces are rectangles
a. right
29. a solid bounded by a conical surface (lateral b. truncated
surface) whose directrix is a closed curve, and a c. frustum
plane (base) which cuts all the elements. d. prismatoid
a. pyramid
b. cylinder 36. A window glass is 5 ft by 7 ft. What is its area?
c. cone a. 17.5 ft
d. prism b. 35ft
c. 8.75 ft
30. The lateral area of a cylinder with a d. 11.67 ft
circumference of 50 cm and a height of 4 cm is
a. 228.2 units 37. A regular hexagon pyramid has a slant height of
b. 288.2 units 4 cm and the length of each side of the base is 6
c. 238.2 units cm. Find the lateral area.
d. 282.8 units a. 72 cm
b. 82 cm2
31. What is the distance, in cm, between two c. 62 cm2
vertices of a cube that are farthest from each other d. 52 cm2
if an edge measures 8 cm?
a. 16.93 38. A central angle of 45o subtends an arc 12 cm.
b. 12.32 What is the ratio of the circle?
c. 14.33 a. 15.28 cm
d. 13.86 b. 12.58 cm
c. 12.82 cm
32. If the radius of the circle is decreased by 20%, d. 15.82 cm
by how much is the area decreased?
a. 0.26 39. A portion of the prism included between the
b. 0.46 base and a plane not parallel to the base cutting all
c. 0.56 the edges.
d. 0.36 a. truncated cylinder
b. frustum of a cone
33. Find the volume a right circular cone to be c. truncated prism
obtained from a sector of radius 26 cm and whose d. frustum of a pyramid
central angle measure 138.5°?
a. 900rt 40. It is a polyhedron having for bases two
b. 800n polygons in parallel planes and for lateral faces
c. 600n triangles or trapezoids
d. 700 n a. truncated
b. prismatoid
c. parallelepiped
d. frustum b. 38 m
c. 22 m
41. It is a part of a circle bounded by a chord and d. 34 m
an arc.
a. sector 47. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of
b. section raduis 24. Find the perimeter of the dodecagon.
c. slab a. 151.24 units
d. segment b. 143.63 units
c. 149.08 units
41. One of the diagonals of a rhombus is 25 units d. 153.25 units
and its area is 75 units2. Determine the length of
the side. 48. Every section of a cone made by a plane
a. 15.47 units passing through its vertex & containing two points
b. 12.85 units of base is a
c. 18.25 units a. triangle
d. 12.58 units b. square
c. circle
42. It is a solid bounded by a closed surface every d. pyramid
point of which is equidistant from a fixed point
called the center. 49. Water flows in a pipe 1/4 ft in diameter and 24
a. cone ft in length. What is the volume of the water in the
b. vertex pipe?
c. sphere a. 8n/3 ft3
d. circle b. 3n/8 ft3
c. II/8 ft3
43. The area of a circle is 89.42 in2. What is the d. 2 n/8 ft3
length of the side of a regular hexagon inscribed in
a circle? 50. Determine the volume of a right truncated
a. 6.335 in triangular prism. The base has sides loft, 9ft and
b. 5.533 in. 12ft. The sides perpendicular to the base have the
c. 7.335 in. height of 8.6 ft, 7.1 ft, and 5.5 ft., respectively
d. 5.335 in. a. 391 ft3
b. 311 ft3
44. It is a solid which is bounded by planes c. 413 ft3
a. lateral face d. 313 ft3
b. polyhedron
c. lateral area 51. A certain angle has a supplement 4 times its
d. plane complement. What is the angle
a. 60°
45. These are the intersections of the edges in a b. 30°
polyhedron c. 45°
a. Vertices d. 90°
b. edges
c. lateral face 52. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of
d. lateral edge radius 24. Find the perimeter of the dodecagon.
a. 151.24 units
46. The area of the rhombus is 132 m2. If its shorter b. 149.08 units
diagonal is 12 m, find the longer diagonal. c. 153.25 units
a. 20 m d. 143.63 units
59. The volume of a water in a spherical tank
53. The lateral area of the right circular water tank having a diameter of 4 m is 5.236 m3. Determine
is 92 cm2 and its volume is 342 m3. Determine its the depth of the water in the tank.
radius. a. 1.0 m
a. 6.05 cm b. 1.4 m
b. 7.28 cm c. 1.2 m
c. 5.56 cm d. 1.8 m
d. 7.43 cm
60. It is a polyhedron of which two faces are equal
54. The mean proportional between bases is polygons in parallel planes and the other faces are
a. bB parallelograms.
b. sort(bB) a. frustum
c. 13.sort(b) b. prismatiod
d. •s i t B c. prism
d. tetrahedron
55. A metal washer 1-inch in diameter is pierced by
a 1/2-inch hole. What is the volume of the washer 61. A section of a sphere when a plane passing
if it is 1/8-inch thick? through the center and diameter. Creating the
a. 0.028-inch largest section called
b. 0.082-inch a. great circle
c. 0.047-inch b. short circle
d. 0.074-inch c. medium circle
d. big circle
56. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude of
one triangle is 3 units more than its base while the 62. The ratio of the volume of the two spheres is
altitude of the other is 3 units less than its base. 27:343 and the sum of their radii is 10. Find the
Find the altitudes if the areas of the triangles differ radius of the smaller sphere.
by 21 units2. a. 5
a. 4 and 10 b. 3
b. 5 and 11 c. 4
c. 3 and 9 d. 6
d. 6 and 12
63. Find the increase in volume of a spherical
57. A right circular cone has a base radius of 10 m. balloon when its radius is increased from 2 to 3
and an altitude of 20 m. Determine its volume. inches.
a. 666n a. 74.59 in3
b. 2000n b. 79.59 in3
c. 1000n c. 74.12 in3
d. 500n d. 75.99 in3
58. In plane geometry, two circular arcs that 64. Which formula cannot be used to compute the
together make up a full circle are called? area for a circle
a. coterminal arcs a. if(ab); where a=b
b. congruent arcs b. Eld2/4
c. conjugate arcs c. lid2
d. half arcs d. n r2
70. The side of a right triangle are 8, 15 and 17 76. A rectangular octagon is inscribed in a circle of
units. If each side is doubled, how many units2 will radius 10. Find the area of the octagon.
the area of the new rectangle? a. 288.2 units
a. 420 b. 282.8 units
b. 320 c. 228.2 units
c. 240 d. 238.2 units
d. 300
77. A piece of wire is shaped to enclose a square
71. What is the volume of a frustum of a cone whose area is 169 cm2. It is then reshaped to
whose upper base is 15 cm in diameter and lower enclose a rectangle whose length is 15 cm. The
base is 10 cm in diameter with an altitude of 25 cm area of the rectangle is?
a. 3108.87 cm3 a. 175 cm2
b. 3180.87 cm3 b. 170 cm2
c. 3081.87 cm3 c. 156 cm2
d. 165 cm2 84. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed about
a circle of raduis 10 cm, determine the side of the
78. The apothem of a polygon is the ______ of its triangle?
inscribed circle. a. 34.64 cm
a. circumference b. 36.44 cm
b. diameter c. 32.10 cm
c. length d. 64.12 cm
d. radius
85. If a regular polygon has 27 diagonal, then it is
79. The lateral faces are equal isosceles trapezoids. a?
a. frustum of a cone a. hexagon
b. cone b. heptagon
c. frustum of pyramid c. nonagon
d. pyramid d. pentagon
80. The tangent and a secant are drawn to a circle 86. The volume of a sphere is 36 π m3. The
from the same external point. If the tangent is 6 surface area of this sphere in m2 is?
inches and the external segment of the secant is 3 a.
inches, then the length of the secant is ______ .
inches. .
a. 14 d. π
b. 15
c. 12 87. Polygons are classified according to the number
d. 13 of?
a. diagonals
81. Find the increase in volume of a spherical b. sides
balloon when its raduis is increased from 2 to 3 c. angles
inches. d. vertices
a. 75.99 in3
b. 74.59 in3 88. One side of a regular octagon is 2. Find the area
c. 74.12 in of the region inside the octagon.
d. 79.59 in a. 31
b. 21.4
82. The angle of a sector is 30o and the raduis 15 c. 19.3
cm. What is the area of the sector in cm2 d. 13.9
a. 58.9
b. 89.5 Basic Engineering Correlation (Analytic Geometry
c. 85.9 Reviewer)
d. 59.8
1. The graph of the polar equation: r = 2cos0 is a
83. A rectangle ABCD, which measures 18 cm by 24 a. Rose
cm, is folded once perpendicular to diagonal AC so b. Limacon with a loop
that the opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find c. Circle
the length of the fold. d. Cardioid
a. 21.5 cm
b. 20.5 cm 2. Classify the conic represented by the equation x2
c. 22.5 cm + 4xy + 5 y2 - x + 2y + 1 = 0
d. 23.5 cm a. circle
b. ellipse
c. hyperbola a. x— y +7 =0
d. parabola b. x —y-7 = 0
c. —x+y-7=0
3. The graph of the polar equation: r = I l is d. x+y+7=0
a. a circle
b. a parabola 10. The line joining the points (3, -1) and (-3, 2) has
c. an ellipse equation
d. a hyperbola a. x+2y+1= 0
b. x+2y—l= 0
4. What is the slope of the line 4x-5y +6 = 0? c. x+y-2=0
a. -5/4 d. x-2y—I=0
b. 5/4
c. 4/5 11. The set of all points in a plane such that the
d. -4/5 sum of the distances of a point from some fixed
points on the plane is a constant is a/an
5. The point of intersection of the lines x — 2y+4 0 a. parabola
and —3x + y —2 =0 is b. ellipse
a. (0,2) c. hyperbola
b. (-2,0) d. circle
c. (0,-2)
d. (2,0) 12. The distance from the point (5, 2) to the line 8x
- 6y +2 = 0 is
6. The conic given by the equation? +4xy+5y2 -x+ a. 3
2y+1 =0 is b. 4
a. parabola c. 1
b. circle d. 2
c. ellipse
d. hyperbola 13. If (3,-5) is the midpoint of (-1,-3) and (x, y), then
the values of x and y are
7. Find the slope of a line having a parametric a. x=1, y=-4
equation of y = 4t + 6 and x = t + 1. b. x=7, y= -7
a. 2 c. x=2, y= -1
b. 1 d. x= 7, y= -1
c. 4
d. 3 14. The distance between the given lines 3x + 2y —
2 =0 and 3x +2y-6 =0 is
8. Find the equation of a straight line with a slope a. 1.39
of 3 and a y-intercept of 1. b. 1.12
a. x + 3y + 1 c. 0.28
b. 0 d. 0.55
c. x - 3y - 1
d. 3x - y + 1 15. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the
e. 3x + y - 1 earth moves around the sun is approximately
f. 0 186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the
g. 0 ellipse is 1/60. Determine the apogee of the earth.
h. 0 a. 94,550,000 miles
b. 93,000,000 miles
9. An equation of the line with x and y intercepts 7 c. 91,450,000 milse
and -7, respectively, is d. 94,335,100 miles
b. 60°
16. A line 4x + 2y -2 = 0 is coincident with the line c. 45°
a. 0 d. 35°
b. 0
c. 4x + 4y + 2 23. The equation of a line that intercepts the x-axis
d. 4x + 3y + 3 at x = 4 and the y-axis at y = -6 is,
e. 8x + 4y - 2 a. 3x + 2y
f. 0 b. 12
g. 0 c. 2x - 3y
h. 8x + 4y - 4 d. 12
e. 2x - 3y
17. The length of the semi-transverse axis of the f. 3x - 2y
graph of --- 9 — 4 =1 is g. 12
a. 2 h. 12
b. 3
c. 5 24. Find the distance between the lines 3x + y - 12
d. 4 = 0 and 3x + y - 4 = 0
a. letter d) 8/the squareroot of 10
18. The equation of the line through (1, 2) and
perpendicular to 6x - y +5 =0 is 25. Find the polar coordinate of the point (-3,A/3 )
a. 6x-y-11=0 a. (J18, 60°)
b. 6x-y+5=0 b. (412, 30°)
c. x+6y-13=0 c. (012, 150°)
d. x+6y-8=0 d. (A118, 330°)
19. If the distance between the points (h, 2) and (0, 26. To simplify the equation x2 + 4y2 + 6x +16y +
4) is 2 then the value of h is 21= 0 by translation of axes, the origin must be
a. 3,J2 moved to
b. 0 a. (-3, -2)
c. 2,5 b. (2, 3)
d. 2 c. (3, 8)
d. (-3, -8)
20. The length of the latus rectum for the ellipse
16x2 + 25y2 = 400 is equal to1 27. Given the equation of the parabola x2 = 4y –
a. 5 20 . Locate its vertex.
b. 4 a. (4, 20)
c. 6.4 b. (0, 5)
d. 12.5 c. (0, 4)
d. (0, 20)
21. The graph of the polar equation: r = 2 + 2cos9 is
a 28. Find the equation of a straight line with a slope
a. limacon of 1/2 and y-intercept 3.
b. Circle a. x - 2y -3 = 0
c. cardioid b. 3x-y+2 =0
d. lemniscates c. x-2y+ 6 =
d. 2x-y+3 =0
22. Find the angle formed by the lines 2x + y — 8 =
0 and x + 3y + 4 = 0
a. 30°
29. Determine the coordinates of the point which is b. 12
two-fifths of the way from the point (1,-5) to the c. 10
point (6,10) d. 9
a. (3, 1)
b. (4, 5) 36. 14. A line through (-5, 2) and (1, -4) is
c. (2, -2) perpendicular to the line through (x, -7) and (8, 7).
d. (3, 5) Find x.
a. -4
30. Find the area of the circle whose equation is x2 b. -19/3
+ y2 = 6x - 8y. c. -6
a. 25 & d. -5
b. 20 &
c. 30 & 37. Find the eccentricity of the curve 9x2 - 4y2 - 36x
d. 15 & + 8y = 4
a. 1.92
31. How far from the y-axis is the center of the b. 1.86
curve 2x2 +2y2 + 10x - 6y - 55 = 0? c. 1.8
a. -3.25 d. 1.76
b. -3.0
c. -2.5 38. If the points (0,0), (2, 0), and (1, k) are vertices
d. -2.75 of an equilateral triangle then a value of k is
a. I
32. Which of the following lines is parallel to the b. 5
line 6x — 4y = 7? c. 0
a. 6x + 4y = 6 d. 2
b. 4x — 6y = 9
c. 3x - 2y = 15 39. Find the inclination of the line passing through
d. 3x + 2y = 12 (-5, 3) and (10, 7).
a. 14.63
33. The slope of the line passing through (-2,2) and b. 14.73
(3,12). c. 14.83
a. -2 d. 14.93
b. ½
c. 2 40. What is the equation of the line that passes
d. 10 thru (4, 0) and is parallel to the line x - y - 2 = 0
a. x - y
34. A line 4x + 2y -2 = 0 is coincident with the line b. 0
a. 0 c. x + y + 4
b. 4x + 3y + 3 d. 0
c. 0 e. x - y - 4
d. 8x + 4y - 2 f. 0
e. 8x + 4y - 4 g. 0
f. 0 h. x - y + 4
g. 0
h. 4x + 4y + 2 41. What are the coordinates of the center of the
curve x2 + y2 - 2x - 4y - 31 = 0
35. The parabolic antenna has an eqaution of y2 + a. (2, 1)
8x = 0. Determine the length of the latus rectum. b. (-1, -1)
a. 8 c. (1, 2)
d. (3, 5) c. 4
d. 8/3
42. If a line through (-5, 2) and (1, -4) is parallel to
the line through (x, -7) and (8, 7) then x = 49. Find the distance between the points A (4, 7)
a. -5 and B (-1, -5).
b. -6 a. 10
c. 22 b. 5
d. -4 c. 13
d. 12
43. Find the distance between the given lines 4x -
3y = 23 and 4x - 3y = -7 50. The equation 25x2 + 16y2 - 150x + 128y + 81 =
a. 3 0 has its center at
b. 4 a. (3, -4)
c. 6 b. (3, 5)
d. 5 c. (3, 4)
d. (4, -3)
44. The equation of the directrix of the parabola y2
= 20x is 51. Find the equation of the line where x-intercept
a. x = -5 is 2 and y-intercept is -2.
b. x = 5 a. x - y - 2
c. x = 4 b. 0
d. x = -4 c. 2x + 2y +2
d. -2
45. The center of a circle is at (1, 1) and one point e. 0
on its circumference is (-1, -3). Find the other end f. -2x +2y
of the diameter through ( -1, -3). g. 0
a. (3, 6) h. x - y - 1
b. (2, 4)
c. (1, 3) 52. Find the inclination of the line passing through
d. (3, 5) (-2,4) and (2,7)
a. 53.13
46. Two vertices of a triangle are (2, 4) and (-2, 3) b. 90
and the area is 2 square units, the locus of the third c. 36.87
vertex is d. 70
a. x + 4y = 12
b. 4x - y =14 53. A horizontal line has a slope of
c. 4x + 4y = 14 a. zero
d. x - 4y =-10 b. infinity
c. negative
47. The focus of parabola y2 = 16x is at: d. possitive
a. (0, 3)
b. (3, 0) 54. To simplify the equation x2 + 4y2 + 6x +16y+
c. (0, 4) 21= 0 by translation of axes, the origin must be
d. (4, 0) moved to
a. (-3, -2)
48. The diameter of a circle described by 9x2 + 9y2 b. (-3, -8)
= 16 is c. (3, 8)
a. 4/3 d. (2, 3)
b. 16/9
55. Find the eccentricity of the curve 9x2 –16y2 –
144 = 0 62. Given three vertices of a triangle whose
a. 0.66 vertices are A(1, 1), B(3, -3) and (5, -3). Find the
b. 1.67 area of the triangle.
c. 0.88 a. 6 sq. units
d. 1.25 b. 5 sq. units
c. 4 sq. units
56. Find the eccentricity of the curve 9x2 —16y2 — d. 3 sq. units
144= 0
a. 1.67 63. A line with slope equal to — 2 has an inclination
b. 0.66 of
c. 1.25 a. 116.57°
d. 0.88 b. —116.57°
c. 63.43°
57. In the equation y = x2 + x + 1, where is the d. —63.43°
curve facing?
a. Downward 64. What is the distance between the centers of
b. Facing left the circle x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y - 3 = 0 and x2 + y2 - 8x -
c. Facing right 6y + 7 = 0?
d. Upward a. 7.07
b. 7.77
58. Find the acute angle of rotation such that the c. 8.07
transformed equation of 6x2 +31y + 4y2 + x y = 0 d. 7.87
will have no x' y' term.
a. 16.85° 65. The area of hexagon ABCDEF formed by joining
b. 28.15° the points A(1, 4), B(0, -3), C(2, 3), D(-1, 2), E(-2, -1)
c. 53.13° and F(3, 0) is _________ square units.
d. 53.13° a. 15
b. 24
59. The equation of the line through (1, 2) and c. 22
perpendicular to 6x + y — 4 = 0 is d. 20
a. x+6y-4 =0
b. x+2y-4 =0 66. Determine B such that 3x + 2y -7 = 0 is
c. 6x+y+ 4 =0 perpendicular to 2x - By + 2 = 0.
d. x- 6y+ 11 = a. 4
b. 2
60. The equation of the line with a slope 47 and y- c. 5
intercept -2 is d. 3
a. —4 5x—y+2=0
b. x+y-2 =0 67. Find the distance between the A (4, -3) and B (-
c. 5x-4y-20=0 2, 5).
d. 4x-5y-20=0 a. 10
b. 8
61. The polar equation r = 1 when transformed into c. 11
a rectangular equation is cos° —4sin d. 9
a. x2 — 4y2 =I
b. 4x2 — y2 =1 68. The equation of a line that intercepts the x-axis
c. 4x — y = 4 at x = 5 and the y-axis at y = -4 is
d. x —4y = I a. 88x- l0y = 40
b. 5x + 4y = 20 a. (x - 3)2 + (y + 5)2
c. 10x - 8y = 20 b. (x - 5)2 + (y - 3)2
d. 4x + 5y = 20 c. 16
d. 16
69. Find the value of k for which the equation x2 + e. (x
y2 + 4x - 2y - k = 0 represents a point circle. f. 3)2 + (y - 5)2
a. 6 g. 16
b. 5 h. 16
c. -6 i. x2 + y2
d. -5
76. The line passing through the focus and is
70. What is the length of the latus rectum of the perpendicular to the directrix of the parabola.
curve x2 = 20y a. axis of the parabola
a. 5 b. latus rectum
b. 20 c. directrix
.√ d. tangent line
d. √
77. What is the equation of the line joining the
71. Find the acute angle of rotation such that the points (3, -2) and (-7, 6)?
transformed equation of 6x2 + 3xy+ 4y2 +x-y =0 will a. 2x + 3y = 0
have no x' y' term. b. 4x + 5y - 0
a. 16.85° c. 5x + 4y = 7
b. 28.15° d. 4x - Sy 22= 0
c. 36.86°
d. 53.13° 78. The angle formed by the lines y = -2x +8 and y
=1x- -4 is
72. Find the coordinates of the point P(2, 4) with a. 45°
respect to the translated axis with origin at (1,3). b. 35°
a. (1, 1) c. 60°
b. (-1, 1) d. 30°
c. (1, -1)
d. (-1, -1) 79. In general quadratic equation, if the
discriminant is zero, the curve is a figure that
73. Determine the equation of the circle whose represents a/an _______.
radius is 5, center on the line x = 2 and tangent to a. circle
the line 3x - 4y + 11 = 0. b. hyperbola
a. (x - 2)2 + (y - 2)2=25 c. ellipse
b. (x - 2)2 + (y - 2)2=5 d. parabola
c. (x - 2)2 + (y + 2)2=25
d. (x - 2)2 + (y + 2)2=5 80. The directrix of a parabola is the line y = 5 and
its focus is at the point (4, -3). What is the length of
74. The equation x2 + y1- 8x – 2y + 1 = 0 describes the latus rectum?
a. A. a circle of radius 4 centered at (4, 1) a. 18
b. a circle of radius 4 centered at (-4,-1) b. 12
c. an ellipse centered at (-4, -1) c. 14
d. an ellipse centered at (4, 1) d. 16
75. Find the equation of a circle whose center is at 81. A line, which is perpendicular to the x-axis, has
(3, -5) and whose raduis is 4. a slope to
a. infinity c. circle
b. 1 d. parabola
c. -1
d. 0 88. A parabola having a span of 30m and a height
of 20m has an area of
82. A line passes thru (1, -3) and (-4, 2). Write the a. 540
equation of the line in slope-intercept form. b. 360
a. y - 4 - x c. 400
b. y - 2 - x d. 180
c. y- x - 2
d. y - x -4 89. An equation of the line that is parallel to 3x-6y
= —land passes through the point (2, 2) is
83. The line segment connecting (x, 6) and (9, y) is a. 2x—y+2=0
bisected by the point (7, 3). Find the values of x and b. x-2y-2=0
y. c. x-2y+2 =0
a. 14, 6 d. x+2y+2= 0
b. 5, 0
c. 33, 12 90. If the product of the slope of any two straight
d. 14, 3 line is negative 1, one of these lines are said to be
a. Skew
b. Non-intersecting
84. Determine the coordinates of the point which is c. Parallel
three-fifths of the way from the point (2, -5) to the d. Perpendicular
point (-3, 5).
a. (1, -1) 91. Find the slope of the line defined by y - x = 5.
b. (-1, 1) a. -1/2
c. (-1, -2) b. ¼
d. (-2, -1) c. 1
d. 5 + x
85. Which of the following points lie on the fourth Basic Engineering Correlation (Calculus Reviewer)
quadrant?
a. (5, 57r/4)
b. (-4, 27r13) 1. The depth of water in cylindrical tank 4 m in
c. (-4, -7rJ3) diameter is increasing at the rate of 0.7 m/min.
d. (5, -77r16) Find the rate at which the water flows into the
tank.
86. The midpoint of the line segment between a. 6.4
P1(x1, y1) and p2(-2, 4) is P(2, -1). Find the b. 2.5
coordinates of P1. c. 1.5
a. (-6, 6) d. 8.8
b. (6, -6)
c. (5, -6) 2. The volume of the sphere is increasing at the
d. (6, 6) rate of 6 cm3 / hr. At what is its surface area
increasing (in cn2/hr) when the radius is 50cm?
87. A locus of a point which moves so that it is a. 0.3
always equidistat from a fixed point (focus ) to a b. 0.24
fixed line (directix) is a _______. c. 0.4
a. hyperbola d. 0.5
b. ellipse
3. Find the height of aright circular cylinder of d. 40 kph
maximum volume, which can be inscribed in a
sphere of radius 10 cm.
a. 12.81 cm. 10. A box is to be constructed from a piece of zinc
b. 11.55 cm. 20 sq. in. by cutting equal squarea from each
c. 15.11 cm. corner and turning up the zinc to form the side.
d. 14.12 cm. What is the volume of the largest box that can be
so constructed?
4. find the area in the first quadrant bounded by a. 592.59 cu. in.
the parabola y2 = 4x, x = 1 and x = 3 b. 622.49 cu. In
a. 9.955 c. 579.50 cu. In
b. 5.955 d. 599.95 cu. in.
c. 5.595
d. 9.555 11. Find the coordinates of the vertex of the
parabola y = x2 - 4x + 1 by making use of the fact
5. Find the maximum point of y = x + 1/x that at the vertex, the slope of the tangent is zero.
a. (1,2) a. (-2, -3)
b. (2,3) b. (3, -2)
c. (-1, -2) c. (-1, -3)
d. (2, 5/2) d. (2, -3)
6. ___________ is the concept of finding the 12. Given the function f(x) = x3 - 6x +2. Fnd the first
derivative of composite functions. derivative at x = 2
a. Logarithmic differentiation a. 3x2 - 5
b. Implicit differentiation b. 8
c. Trigonometric differentiation c. 6
d. Chain Rule d. 7
7. Find the area bounded by the curve defined by 13. If the first derivative of the function is constant,
the equation x2 = 8y and its latus rectum. then the function is__________.
a. 22/3 a. Linear
b. 32/3 b. Logarithmic
c. 16/3 c. Sinusoid
d. 11/3 d. Exponential
21. Find the partial derivative with recpect to x of 28. Evaluate the limit lnx/x as x approaches positive
the funcyion xy2 - 5y + 6 infinity.
a. 2xy a. 0
b. xy - 5y b. -1
c. y2 - 5 c. 1
d. y2 d. infinity
29. Determine the diameter of a closed a closed cm. What is the maximum possible area for the
cylindrical tank having a volume of 11.3 cu. m. to triangle?
obtain minimum surface area. a. 14.03 sq.cm.
a. 1.22 b. 15.59 sq. cm.
b. 2.68 c. 17.15 sq. cm.
c. 1.64 d. 18.71 sq. cm.
d. 2.44
36. The cost of a product is a function of the
30. Divide the number 120 into two parts such that quantity x of the product: C(x) = x2 - 400x + 50. Find
the product of one and the square of the other is the quantity for which the cost is minimum.
maximum. a. 2000
a. 30 and 90 b. 3000
b. 60 and 60 c. 5000
c. 40 and 80 d. 0
d. 50 and 70
37. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y
31. Evaluate: Lim (2 - x)tan = x3 - 2x + 1 at x = 1.
a. b e a. 1/3
b. e π b. 1
.∞ c. 1/4
d. 0 d. 1/2
32. Water is running into a hemispherical bowl 38. Water is running out in a conical funnel at the
having a radius of 10 cm. at a constant rate of 3 cu. rate of 1 cu. In. per second. If the radius of the base
cm/ min. When the water is x cm. deep, the water of the funnel is 4 inches and the altitude in 8
level is rising at the rate of 0.0149 cm./min. What is inches, find the rate at which the water level is
the value of x? dropping when it is 2 inches from top.
a. 2 a. in./sec
b. 4 b. in./sec
c. 3 c. - / πin./sec.
d. 5 d. in./sec
33. Find the area bounded by the line x - 2y + 10 = 39. What is the area between y = 0, y = 3x2, x = 0
0, the x-axis, the y-axis and x = 10 and x = 2?
a. 50 a. 24
b. 75 b. 6
c. 100 c. 8
d. 25 d. 12
34. Find the area bounded by the y - axis and x = 4 40. If y = (t2 + 2)2 and t = x1/2, datermine
= y2/3 a. x5/2 + x1/2
a. 12.8 b. 2(x + 2)
b. 25.6 c. 3/2
c. 56.8 d. letter b
d. 30.6
41. Find the area between the curve y = cosh x and
35. A triangle has variable sides x, y, z subject to the x-axis from x = 0 and x = 1
the constaint such that the perimeter is fixed to 18 Select one:
a. 1.667 sq. units
b. 1.333 sq. units 48. Differentiate y = log10(x2 + 1)2
c. 1.125 sq.units a. 4x(x2 + 1)
d. 1.175 sq. units b. log e(x)(x2 + 1)
c. None of the choices
42. Find the second derivative of y by implicit None of the choices
differentiation from the equation 4x2 + 8y2 = 36. d. 2x(x2 + 1)
a. -
9/4y3 49. Given a cone of diameter x and altitude of h.
What percent is the volume of the largest cylinder
b. -16/9y3 which can be inscribed in the cone to the volume of
c. 32xy the cone?
d. 64x2 a. 2.12
b. 2.25
43. Find the area in sq. units bounded by the c. 2.86
parabolas x2 - 2y = 0 and x2 + 2y - 8 = 0 d. 2.51
a. 9.7
b. 4.7 50. Find the minimum distance from the point (4,2)
c. 10.7 to the parabola y2 = 8x
d. 11.7 a. √
b. √
44. What is the second derivative of a function y = .√
5x3 + 2x + 1? d. √
a. 30x
b. 18 51. Find the area enclosed y the curve x2 + 8y + 16
c. 30 = 0, the x - axis, the y-axis and the line x - 4 = 0
d. 25x a. 8.67 sq. units
b. 9.67sq. units
45. Evaluate the limit of lim(x2 + 3x - 4) as x c. 10.67 sq. units
approaches 3. d. 7.67 sq. units
a. 54
b. 14 52. Find the equation of the normal to x2 + y2 = 1 at
c. 18 the point (2,1).
d. 72 a. 2x +3y = 3
b. y = 2x
46. The rate of change of function y with respect to c. x + y = 1
x equals 2-y and y = 8 when x = 0. Find y when x = d. x = 2y
ln2
a. -2 53. A poster is to contain 300 cm. sq. of printed
b. -5 matter with margins of 10 cm. at the top and
c. 2 bottom and 5 cm at each side. Find the overall
d. 5 dimensions if the total area of the poster is
minimum.
47. If y = 4 cos x + sin 2x, what is the slope of the a. 22.24, 44.5
curve when x = 2 radians? b. 27.76, 47.8
a. -4.94 c. 25.55, 46.7
b. -2.21 d. 20.45, 35.6
c. 2.21
d. -3.25 54. Find the equation of the normal to i>x2 + y2 = 5
at the point (2, 1)
a. x = 2y a. 1
b. x + y = 1 b. 2/3
c. 2x +3y = 3 c. 2
d. y = 2x d. ½
55. Find the equation of the curve at every point of 61. Find the area bounded by the parabola, x2 = 4y,
which the tangent line has a slope of 2x. and y = 4.
a. y = -x2 + C a. 33.21
b. y = x2 + C b. 21.33
c. x = -y2 + C c. 13.23
d. 1x = y2 + C d. 31.32
56. The radius of spheres is r inches at time t 62. The area bounded by the curve y = 2x1/2, the
seconds. Find the radius when the rates of increase line y = 6 and the y-axis is to be revolved at y = 6.
of the surface area and the radius are numerically Determine the centroid of the volume generated.
equal. a. 1.24
a. i b. 0.56
. / i c. 1.8
. 2 in d. 1.0
d. / π in
63. Find the volume generated if the area between
57. Given a cone of diameter x and altitude of h. y = cosh x and x - axis from x = 0 to x = 1 is is
What percent is the volume of the largest cylinder revolved about the x - axis.
which can be inscribed in the cone to the volume of a. 3.43 cu. Units
the cone? b. 4.42 cu. Units
a. 0.56 c. 3.83 cu. Units
b. 0.44 d. 2.83 cu. Units
c. 0.65
d. 0.46 64. What is the area bounded by the curve y = x3,
the x-axis and the line x = -2 and x = 1?
58. The area enclosed by the ellipse (image) is a. 5.24
revolved about the line x = 3. What is the volume b. 2.45
generated? c. 5.42
a. 365.1 d. 4.25
b. 360.1
c. 370.3 65. Find the approximate increase by the use of
d. 355.3 differentials, in the volume of the sphere if the
radius increases from 2 to 2.05 in one second.
59. If y = 2x + sin 2x, find x if y' = 0 a. 2.12
a. π/2 b. 2.51
. π/ c. 2.86
. π/ d. 2.25
d. π/
66. The integral of cos x wuth respect to x is
60. A Norman window is in the shape of a rectangle a. csc x + C
surmountedby a semi-circle. What is the ratio of b. sec x + C
the width of the rectangle to the total height so c. -sin x + C
that it will yield a window admitting the most light d. sin x + C
for a given perimeter?
67. Evaluate: Lim c. The graph is not a periodic function.
a. infinity d. The following shows an odd function.
b. 1
c. 0 5. If A = eπ/ i and B = CiS π\4 then A + B
d. 2 is_____"
a. 39.68∠125.62o
68. The distance of a body travels is a function of b. 40∠75o
time t and is defined by: x(t) = 18t + 9t2.What is its c. 53.26+ 32.11i
velocity at t=3? d. 32.26+23.11i
a. 18
b. 54 6. Which of the following power series is a solution
c. 36 to the differential equation y" + y' = 0 ?
d. 72
Basic Engineering Correlation (Advance
Mathematics and Differential Equation Reviewer) a.
1. Solve the equation y"+6y+9y=0subject to the
conditions y(0) =-4 andy (0) = 5. b.
a. y = (11x-4) e-3x
b. y = (-7x-4) e-3x
c. y = (-7x-4) e3x
d. y = (-11x-4) e3x
c.
2. Solve the homogenous equation (x2+y2)
dx+2xydy=0
a. x2(x2+3y2) = c d.
b. x(x2+2y2)=c
c. x2(x2+2y2)=c 7. The differential equation dv = (y2 - 3vy)dy is said
d. x(x2<+3y2) =c to be
a. linear in y
3. The exp ession e uivalent to ∫ +I z dz is b. non linear in V
equivalent to c. linear in V
a. -4+6i d. non linear in x
b. -z+Zi
c. -3+3i 8. The laplace transform of t is
d. 4+4i a. 1/s-1
b. 1/s
4. What can be concluded about the function that c. 2/s2
the graph below depicts? d. 1/s2
11. Find the differential equation whose general 17. The expression (3+2i)6 is equivalent to
solution is y = C1x + C2 ex. a. -2035- 828i
a. (x + 1)y" - xy' + y = 0 b. -352+ 936i
b. (x - 1)y" + xy' + y = 0 c. 729+ 64i
c. (x + 1)y" + xy' +y = 0 d. 2187-128i
d. (x - 1)y" - xy' + y = 0
18. What is the order of the differential equation (4
12. A cylindrical tank is 12ft. In diameter and 8=9 ft + y")1/3 = e2x
high. Water flows into the tank at the rate of /10 a. three
cuft/sec. It has a hole radius 1/2 inch at the bottom. b. one-third
The time the tank will be full if initially it is empty is c. one
a. 76 min d. two
b. 65 min
c. 56 min 19. The indicial equation of ODE 2xy"+(l+ x)y'-2y=o
d. 50 min is
a. 2r2 - r =0
13. The indicial equation of the Bessel's equation x2 b. r2 -2 +l=O
y" + xy' + (x2 - 9) y =0 is c. r2-2r =0
a. r2 - 9 = 0 d. r2-r =0
b. r2 + 3 = 0
c. r2 + r - 9 = 0 20. The population of a certain municipality
d. r2 + r - 3 = 0 increases at a rate to the square root of the
population. If the present population is 90,000, how
14. The solution to the equation x2y'+xy'+x2y=0 if long will it take for the population to reach
x=0.5 is approximately equal to 160,000?
a. 0.7652 a. 210 years
b. 0.5118 b. 150 years
c. 0.9385 c. 200 years
d. 0.5 d. 180 years
15. The different equation y" + 3y' - 4y =2x is 21. Find the equation of the curve at every point at
a. first order linear different equation which the tangent line has a slope of 2x.
b. second order non homogenous linear different a. y = x2 + C
equation b. y = -x2 + C
c. x = -y2 + C
d. x = y2 + C . The exp essio ∫ i os z dz is e ui ale t to
a. 13.098
22. The order of the different equation b. 23,097i
c. 13.097i
d. 11.55i
a. x-x3+x5 - +...
b.
b. 1+x2+x4+...
c. 1- x2+x4+...
d. x+x3+x5+...
c.
26. The order of the differential equation is
d.
35. A new water pump has a capacity of 60 cu 39. Determine the Fourier coefficient a() of the
m/day. If its capacity goes down by 15% every year, function f (x) = 3x2 + 4, —1 < x <1.
in how many years will the capacity go down to 20 a. ao = 5
cu m/day? b. ao = 1
a. 4.72 yrs. c. a = 0
b. 7.32 yrs. d. as=10
c. 8.6 yrs
d. 3.72 yrs. 40. The differential equation (x2 +4xy+y2)dx-xydy=0
is
36. Which of the following is the solution to the a. variable separable
Bessel's equation x2 y" + xy' + (x2 - y2) y=0 b. linear differential equation
c. exact
d. homogenous
can be classified
b. as
a. exact
b. variable separable
c. linear but not homogenous
c. d. linear and homogenous
differential equation
a. u(x,y)=f(y)e2x-4x
b. u(x,y)=f(x)e-2y+4y
c. u(x,y)=f(x)e-2y+2y-1
d. u(x,y)=f(y)e-2x-2x-1
b. y = C (sec2 x - tan y) 77. Find the radius of the convergence of the series
c. y = C (sec x - tan x)
d. y = C (sec x + tan x)
5. Which of the following does a catalyst change? 11. 2.00 g of a substance dissolved in 250 g of
a. the activation energy of a reaction water produces a boiling point elevation of
b. the equilibrium constant of areaction 0.065oC. What is the molecular weight of the
c. the concentration of product at equilibrium substance?
d. the heat of reaction of a reaction a. 63
b. 92
6. What is an isomer? c. 16
a. a substance containing a hydroxyl ion d. 8
b. a single atom
c. different arrangement of the same atoms 12. A current of 0.075 A passes through a solution
d. a basic building block for large chemical chains of silver nitrate for 10 munites. How much silver is
deposited?
7. The reaction shown occurs in a gaseous phase. a. 0.040g
Once equilibrium has been achieved in a particular b. 0.035 g
reaction vessel, additional HI gas is injected directly c. 0.030 g
into the reaction vessel. Compared to the initial d. 0.050 g
conditions, which of the following statemnets is
correct after the new equilibrium has been 13. How many grams of copper will be deposited at
achieved? an electrode if a current of 1.5 A is supplied for 2
a. The amount of H2 will have decreased. hours to a CuSO4?
b. The partial pressure of H2 will have decreased. a. 7.1 g
c. The amount of I2 will have increased. b. 3.6 g
d. The partila pressure of HI will have decreased. c. 48 g
d. 2.4 g b. Concentration have no effect on the direction
of the reaction
14. What is the order of reaction with respect to c. Concentration remain constant once equilibrium
reactant E and the overall order of the reaction is reached.
described by the following rate law? d. Both reactants and products are always present.
a. second order with respect to E; second order
overall 20. Which of the following reactions are not
b. first order with respect to E; second order balanced?
overall a. IV only
c. second order with respect to E; fourth order b. I only
overall c. II and III
d. first order with respect to E; fourth order overall d. I and III
15. What is the term for a quantity of a susbstance 21. 2.00 g of a substance dissolved in 250 g of
to which a chemical formula can be assigned and water produces a boiling point elevation of
whose mass is equal to its formula weight? 0.065oC. What is the molecular weight of the
a. a mole substance?
b. an equivalent a. 92
c. a molecule b. 16
d. a one-normal solution c. 8
d. 63
16. The pH of a 0.001 M HCI solution is
a. 5 22. Oxygen reacts stoichimetrically with methane
b. 3 to form 14 g of carbon monoxide. How many moles
c. 7 of methane are consumed?
d. 1 a. 1 mol
b. 0.5 mol
17. The half-life of radioactive carbon is c. 2 mol
approximately 5700 years. If a sample is found to d. 1.5 mol
have 7000 atoms after 6000 years, how many
atoms were presents initially? 23. Which o fthe following chemical formulas is
a. 13800 atoms incorrect?
b. 14500 atoms a. Na2CO3
c. 14300 atoms b. KOH
d. 14100 atoms c. Ca(OH)2
d. CaCI
18. Given the following reversible chemical
reaction, assume all reactants and products are 24. What are the chemical formulas for the
ideal gases. following compounds: aluminum nitrate,
a. The amount of ammonia (NH3) would halve. magnesium hydroxide, calcium oxide, and cupric
b. There would be no change in the amount of carbonate?
ammonia (NH3) present. a. AINO3,Mg(OH),Ca2O3,CuCO3
c. More ammonia (NH3) would be generated. b. AI(NO3)3,Mg(OH)2,CaO,CuCO3
d. The amount of ammonia (NH3) would double. c. AL2NO3,Mg(HO),CaO2,CuCO3
d. AINO3Mg(HO)2,CaO,Cu(CO3)2
19. Which of the following statements concerning
reversible reactions is false? 25. Nitroglycerin is made by combining glycerol,
a. Temperature affects the direction of the nitric acid, and sulfuric acid. What are the
reaction.
minimum coefficients needed to balance the b. Bases have a pH between 7 and 14.
equation of this reactions? c. Bases have a sour taste.
a. 4,2,1,1,3,1 d. Acids turn blue litmus paper red.
b. 1,3,1,1,3,1
c. 1,3,3,1,3,2 31. As the pressure of a gas increases, the solubility
d. 2,6,2,2,6,2 of that gas in a liquid
a. always increases.
26. Which of the following occurs when table salt b. is not changed.
(NaCI) is added to continuously heated boiling c. always decreases.
water? d. cannot be determined.
a. The water boils even more agitatedly.
b. The temperature of the water decreases but 32. What is a distinguishing characteristic of the
boiling continues uninterrupted. halogens?
c. The water continues to boil. a. They are phosphorescent.
d. The water momentarily stops boiling. b. Next to the noble gases, they are the most
chemicallyinactive group.
27. The final temperature of the hydrogen and c. They readily accept an electron from another
chlorine described in Prob. 8 is 30oC. What is the atom to form compounds.
final pressure in the reaction vessel? d. They have a high electrical conductivity.
a. 80 kPa
b. 320 kPa 33. Enthalpy of formation is most closely defined as
c. 240 kPa the
d. 160 kPa a. potential energy of a substance.
b. energy absorbed during creation of 1 grammole
28. A wastewater treatment plant uses chlorine gas of a compound from pure elements.
as a reactant. A tank is filled with 800 m3 of 20oC c. energy absorbed or released during a chemical
water, and chlorine is added at a dosage of 125 g reaction.
per cubic meter of water. (Assume all of the d. sum of the enthalpy of reactions.
chlorine dissolves and none initially reacts
chemically.) If the atmospheric pressure is 1.0 atm, 34. Assuming all of the energy goes into the
what is the theoretical partial pressure of the reaction, what electrical power is required to
chlorine gas at the tank surface immediately after produce oxygen gas at a rate of 50 mg/s?
the gas is added?
a. 2.3 x 10-4 atm
b. 0.11 atm
c. 3.1 x 10-5 atm
d. 0.039 atm
48. The solubility constant of stronyium sulfate, 54. When a deliquescent substance is exposed to
SrSO4, is 2.8 x 10-7. How many grams of SrSO4 must air, it
be dissolved in water to produce 1 L saturated a. oxidizes.
solution? b. becomes moist
a. 0.1 g c. crystallizes.
b. 2 g d. loses water of hydration.
c. 0.00005 g
d. 0.0005 g 55. Which of the following elements does not exists
as a diatomic molecule under normal (ambient)
49. Which of the following elements has the largest conditions?
first ionazation energy? a. chlorine
a. CI (chlorine) b. oxygen
b. Ar (argon) c. iodine
c. H (hydrogen) d. sulfur
d. Kr (krypton)
56. A given sample of radioactive material has 80%
50. How many milliters of 1 M NaOH solution will of the original substance remaining after 10 years.
25 mL of 2 H2SO4neutralize? How much will remain after 90 additional years?
a. 50 mL a. 0.001
b. 100 mL b. 0.017
c. 75 mL c. 0.11
d. 25 mL d. 0.13
51. What is the molarity of a solution obtained by 57. The decay of U-238 to Pb-206 can be used to
dis-solving 25 g of NaCI in enough water to produce estimate the age of inorganic matter. The half-life
4 L of solution? of U-238 is 4.5 x 109 years. In a particular rock
a. 6.25 sample, the ratio of the numbers of Pb-206 to U-
b. 0.365 238 atoms is 0.66. Assume all of the Pb-206
c. 0.428 present is due to the decay of U-238. What is the
d. 0.107 age of the rock?
a. 3.3x 109 yr
52. What is the half-life of a substance that decays b. 1.4 x 109 yr
to 25% of its original amount in six days? c. 7.0 x 109 yr
d. 9.3 x 109yr c. 16.7 mg/s
d. 9.34 mg/s
58. How much energy is needed to convert ozone
to oxygen? 63. What mass of lead nitrate, Pb(NO3)2, must be
a. 43 kcal/mol dis-solved in 1 L of water to produce a solution that
b. 0 kcal/ mol contains 20 mg of lead ions? Assume 100%
c. 68 kcal/mol ionazation.
d. 140 kcal/mol a. 43 mg
b. 52 mg
59. The group of metals that includes lithium, c. 32 mg
sodium,potassium, rubidium, and cesium forms a d. 26 mg
closely related family known as the
a. rare earth group. 64. A compound in gas form Has a mass of 0.377 g
b. halogens. and occupies 191.6 mL at standard conditions (0oC
c. alkali metals. and 760 mm Hg). What is the formula of the
d. alkaline earth metals. compound?
a. C3H8
60. Hydrogen and chlorine gas combine in a 35 m3 b. CH4
reaction vessel to produce hydrogen chloride. The c. C5H12
masses of hydrogen and chlorine are 4.5 kg and d. C2H6
160 kg, respectively. How much hydrogen chloride
gas is produced? 65. A gas mixture of N2(g) and CO2(g) contained in
a. 41 kg a volume of 10.0 L has a total pressure of 0.750
b. 21 kg atm at a temperature of 273K. The mixture is
c. 82 kg known to contain 3.00 g N2(g). What is the partial
d. 160 kg pressure of CO2(g) in the mixture?
a. 0.120 atm
61. How many liters of 2M solution (i.e., a molarity b. 0.630 atm
of 2) can be produced from 184 g of enthyl alcohol c. 0.510 atm
(CH3CH2OH)? d. 0.240 atm
a. 1.5 L
b. 5.0 L 66. Rank the following gas according to increasing
c. 2.0 L effusion rates relative to O2 (reference).
d. 2.5 L a. F2< CO24
b. F<2< CH<4< CO<2
62. If the current, I, is 100 A, at what rate is oxygen c. CH42<CO2
produced? d. CO22<2
Select one:
a. 3.25 rad/s (counterclockwise) Select one:
b. 2.25 rad/s (clockwise) a. 3.23 m
c. 12.5 rad/s (clockwise) b. 10.1 m
d. 5.50 rad/s (clockwise) c. 4.78 m
d. 7.78 m
17. Why does a spinning ice skater's angular
velocity increase as she brings her arms in toward 21. A weekend plumber, unable to loosen a pipe
her body? fitting, slips a piece of scrap pipe (a "cheater") over
Select one: his wench handle. He then applies his full mass of
a. Her angular momentum is constant 100 kg to the end of the cheater by standing on it.
b. Her radius of gyration is reduced. The distance from the center of the fitting on the
c. Her mass moment of inertia is reduced. point where the weight acts is 0.80 m and the
d. all of the above wrench handle and cheater make an angle of 19°
with the horizontal. Find the magnitude and
18. A flywheel rotates at 7200 rev/min when the direction of the torque he applies about the center
power is suddenly cut off. The flywheel decelerates of the pipefitting.
at a constant rate of 2.1 rad/s2 and comes to rest 6 Select one:
min later. How many revolutions does the flywheel a. 740 N
make before coming to rest? b. 120 N
Select one: c. 360 N
a. 390 000 rev d. 520 N
b. 18 000 rev
c. 22 000 rev 22. A 1530 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The
d. 72 000 rev coefficient of friction between all tires and the road
is 0.80. How fast can the car and trailer travel
19. Two 2 kg block are linked as shown. Assuming around an unbanked curve of radius 200 m without
that the surfaces are frictionless, what is the either the car or trailer skidding?
velocity of block B if block A is moving at a speed of Select one:
3 m/s? a. 143 km/h
b. 75.2 km/h
c. 40.0 km/h
d. 108.1 km/h
Select one:
Select one:
a. 2.6
a. 292 N at -5.9o ; 103 N.m
b. 1.6
b. 333 N at 42.9o ; 53 N.m
c. 1.2
c. 114 N at 15.3o ; 50 N.m
d. 1.1
d. 307 N at 10.4o ; 110 N.m
24. If the sum of the forces on a particle is not
27. In the figure, a very small toy race car of mass
equal to zero,the particle is
m is released from rest on the loop-the-loop track.
Select one:
If it is released at a height 2R above the floor, how
a. moving with a constant velocity opposite to the
high is it above the floor when it leaves the track,
direction of the resulatnt force.
neglecting friction?
b. accelerating in a direction opposite to the
Select one:
resultant force.
a. 1.33 R
c. accelerating in the same direction as the
b. 2.00 R
resultant force.
c. 1.67 R
d. moving with constant velocity in the direction of
d. 1.50 R
the resultant force.
28. Find the acceleration of block A after the blocks
25. What is the -coordinate of the centroid of the
are released.
perimeter line?
Select one:
a. 2.5 m/s
b. 0 m/s
Select one:
c. 1.4 m/s
a. 1.66 cm
d. 5.6 m/s
b. 1.56 cm
c. 1.75 cm
29. Where can a couple be moved on a rigid body
d. 1.80 cm
to have an equivalent effect?
Select one:
26. An angle bracket is subjected to the forces and
a. along the perpendicular bisector joining the two
couple shown. Determine the equivalent force-
original forces
couple system at point A
b. along the line of action
c. anywhere on the rigid body
d. in a parallel plane
Select one:
a. -280 N (down)
b. 120 N (down)
Select one: c. 180 N (down)
a. 0.43 m ; 1.29 m d. -250 N (down)
b. 2.71 m ; 1.49 m
c. 3.33 m ; 2.67 m 36. A cable passes over a stationary sheave and
d. 0.64 m ; 2.83 m supports a 60 kg bucket, as shown. The coefficient
of friction between the cable abd the sheave is
32. For a force to do work it must be ____ the 0.10. The cable has a uniform mass per unit length
displacement of 0.4 kg/m. The cable is in the shape of a catenary
Select one: due to its own weight. The tension o fthe cable at
a. shorter than the pulley is given by T = wy, where w is the weight
b. equal in magnitude to per unit lenght and the constant y (for this
c. paralllel or antiparallel to configuration) is known to be 151 m. How much
d. perpendicular to more mass can be added to the4 bucket before the
cable slips over the pulley?
33. For which of the following situation is the net
force acting on a particle necessarily equal to zero?
Select one:
a. The particle has constant loinear momentum.
b. The particle has constant angular momentum.
c. The particle has constant kinetic energy.
d. The particle is traveling at constant velocity
around a circle.
Select one:
a. 2.1 x 104 cm4
b. 1.5 x 105 cm4
c. 2.5 x 105 cm4 Select one:
d. 8.0 x 104 cm4 a. 3.0 cm ; 4.0 cm
b. 2.4 cm ; 3.4 cm
38. Assume that the centroidal moment of inertia c. 3.0 cm ; 3.6 cm
of area A2 with respect to the composite centroidal d. 3.0 cm ; 3.8 cm
-axis is 73.94 cm4. The moment of inertia of area
A2 with respect to the composite centroidal 41. Determine the force in member FH for the pi-
horizontal axis is 32.47 cm4. What is the moment connected truss shown.
of inertia o fthe composite area with respect to its
centroidal -axis?
Select one:
a. 4130 N (tension)
b. 0
c. 2320 N (compression)
Select one: d. 3840 N (tension)
a. 560 cm4
b. 460 cm4 42. What is the period of a pendulum that passes
c. 480 cm4 the center point 20 times a minute.
d. 350cm4 Select one:
a. 0.2 s
39. Find the tension, T, that must be applied to b. 3 s
pulley A to lift the 1200 N weight. c. 6 s
d. 0.3 s Select one:
a. 36o
43. A 2kg block rests on 34o incline. If the b. 78o
coefficient of static friction is 0.2, how much c. 21o
additional force, F, must be applied to keep the d. 8o
block from sliding down the incline?
47. A 47.2-kg child is standing on the outer edge of
a merry-go-round that has moment of inertia 543
kg · m2 and radius 2.40 m. The entire system is
initially rotating at 0.180 rev/s. Find the angular
velocity if the child moves to a final position 1.10 m
Select one:
from the center of the merry-go-round.
a. 14 N
Select one:
b. 9.1 N
a. 4.123 rev/s
c. 7.7 N
b. 0.132 rev/s
d. 8.8 N
c. 0.244 rev/s
d. 1.324 rev/s
44. A uniform rod (AB) of length L and weight W is
pinned at point C. An initial impulse starts the rod
48. A hollow cylinder has a mass of 2 kg, a height of
accelerating with an initial angular acceleration (in
1 m, an outer diameter of 1 m, and an inner
rad/s2) of g/L. What is the initial reaction at point
diameter of 0.8 m. What is the cylinders mass
C?
moment of inertia about an axis perpendicular to
the cylinders longitudinal axis and located at the
cylinders end?
Select one:
a. w/3 Select one:
b. w/4 a. 0.79 kg m2
c. 4w/7 b. 0.87 kg m2
d. 4w/7 c. 1.49 kg m2
d. 0.41 kg m2
45. What is the radius of gyration about a
horizontal axis passing through the centroid? 49. Rigid link AB is 12 m long. It rotates
Select one: counterclockwise about point A at 12 rev/min. A
a. 1.7 cm thin disk with radius 1.75 m is pinned at its center
b. 0.86 cm to the link at point B. The disk rotates
c. 3.7 cm counterclockwise at 60 rev/min with respect to
d. 2.3 cm point B. What is the maximum tangetial velocity
seen by any point on the disk?
46. A 153 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The
coefiicient of friction between all tires and the road
is 0.80. The car and trailer are traveling at 100
km/h around a banked curve of radius 200 m. What
is the necessary banking angle such that tire
friction will not be necessary to prevent skidding?
53. A 2 kg mass swings in a vertical plane at the end
of a 2 m cord. When = 30o, the magnitude of the
tangential velo9city of the mass is 1 m/s. What is
the tension in the cord at this position?
Select one:
a. 45 m/s
b. 28 m/s
c. 33 m/s
d. 6 m/s
Select one:
50. A car is pulling a trailer at 100 km/h. A 5 kg cat a. 19.6 N
riding on the roof of the car jumps from the car to b. 29.4 N
the trailer. What is the change in the cat's c. 18.0 N
momentum? d. 24.5 N
Select one:
a. -25 N s (loss) 54. What total torque is apllied to the pulley?
b. 0 N s
c. 1300 N s(gain)
d. 25 N s (gain)
Select one:
a. O
b. 230 N m
c. 300 N m
Select one:
d. 280 N m
a. 2.5 N m
b. 0.16 N m
55. A fisherman cuts his boats engine as it is
c. 15 N m
entering a harbor. The boat comes to a dead stop
d. 0.08 N m
with its front end touching the dock. The
fisherman's mass is 80 kg. He moves 5 m from his
52. Refer to a particle for which the position is
seat in the back to the front of the boat in 5 s,
defined by s(t) = 2 sin tj [tin radians]. What is the
expecting to be able to reach the dock. if the empty
magnitude of the particles velocity at t = 4 rad?
boat has a mass of 300 kg, how far will the
Select one:
fisherman have to jump to reach the dock?
a. 3.30
Select one:
b. 4.12
a. 1.3 m
c. 2.75
b. 0.0 m
d. 2.61
c. 5.0 m
d. 1.9 m
Select one:
Select one: a. 50 000 N (compression)
a. 4.2 m b. 50 000 N (tension)
b. 4.9 m c. 52 700 N (compression)
c. 3.6 m d. 16 700 N (tension)
d. 4.0 m
62. A projectile is fired from a cannon with an
59. Three concurrent forces act as shown. initial velocity of 1000 m/s and at an angle of 30o
from the horizontal. What distance from the
cannon will the projectile strike the ground if the
point of impact is 1500 m below the point of
release?
66. Three forces act on a hook. Determine the
magnitude of the resultant of the forces. Neglect
hook bending.
Select one:
a. 90 800 m Select one:
b. 78200 m a. 1250 N
c. 67300 m b. 989 N
d. 8200 m c. 1510 N
d. 1140 N
63. Quantity of inertia possessed by an object or
the proportion between force and acceleration 67. The support force exerted on an object in
Select one: contact with another stable object
a. Mass Select one:
b. Moment of inertia a. Normal force
c. Velocity b. Weight
d. Momentum c. Tension
d. Gravity
64. A varying force acts on a 40 kg weight as shown
in the following force versus time diagram. What is 68. Refer to a particle whose curvilinear motions is
the object's velocity at t = 4 s if the object start represented by the equation s = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3.
from What is particles initial velocity?
Select one:
a. 25 m/s
b. 20 m/s
c. 32 m/s
d. 30 m/s
Select one:
a. 0.30 m/s 69. What is the tension in cable AB?
b. 0.075 m/s
c. 0.15 m/s
d. 0 m/s
73. During the time a compact disc (CD) accelerates 77. In an isolated system it does not change with
from rest to a constant rotational speed of 477 time when there are no forces acting on the system
rev/min, it rotates through an angular Select one:
displacement of 0.250 rev. What is the angular a. displacement
acceleration of the CD b. force
Select one: c. momentum
d. position
center. The coefficient of friction between the
78. The coeffecicient of friction between the block and disk is 0.2. the disk begins to rotate with
brqake pad and drum is 0.3. Assuming that the a uniform angular acceleration. What is the
beam supporting the cable drum is more than minimum angular velocity of the plate that will
adequate for the loads involved, what load,W, can cause the block to slip?
be held stat5ionary?(Insert question #12) Select one:
Select one: a. 4.43 rad /s
a. 100 N b. 1.98 rad/s
b. 180 N c. 3.92 rad /s
c. 33 N d. 1.40 rad/s
d. 90 N
83. A rigid body is subjecyed to three cfoncurrent,
79. The elevator in a 12--story building has a mass coplanar forces. What is the minimum number of
of 1000 kg. Its maximum velocity and maximum independent equations that are necessary to
acceleartion ar 2 m/s and 1 m/s2, respectively. A establish the equilibrium conditions?
paasenger with a mass of 75 kg stands on a Select one:
bathroom scale in the elevator as the elevator a. 3
ascends at its maximum acceleration. what is the b. 2
scale reading just as the elevator reaches its c. 1
maximum velocity? d. 0
Select one:
a. 886 N 84. Two meshing spur gears are arranged such that
b. 150 N neither gear is turning and both are in equilibrium.
c. 75 N Gear 1 has a radius of 4 cm. Gear 1's shaft carries a
d. 811 N torsional moment of 65 N m from an external
motor. Gear 2 has a radius of 6 cm. Assuming a
80. The braced frame shown is constructed with 100% transmission efficiency, what torque is
pin-connected members and supports. All applied transmitted by the shaft of gear 2?
forces are horizontal. What is the force in the Select one:
diagonal member AB?(Insert question #10) a. 97.5 N m
Select one: b. 65 N m
a. 160 N c. 107 N m
b. 250 N d. 101 N m
c. 0
d. 200 N 85. Determine the force in member AG for the pin-
conneted truss shown.
81. An automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal,
unblanked circular track of radius r. The coefficient
of friction between the tires and the track is 0.3. If
the car's velocity is 10 m/s, what is the smallest
radius it may travel without skidding?
Select one:
a. 10 m
b. 50 m Select one:
c. 34 m a. 37 500 N (tension)
d. 68 m b. 31 500 N (compression)
c. 25 000 N (compression)
82. A 10 kg block is resting on a horizontal circular d. 50 000 N (tension)
disk (e.g., turntable) at a radius of 0.5 m form the
86. What are the -and y-coordiantes of the centroid b. 2.17 m/s2
of the area? c. 3.42 m/s2
d. 2.60 m/s2
Select one:
a. -4.8 m/s2
b. 4.8 m/s2
Select one: c. -3.2 m/s2
a. 108 cm d. 3.2 m/s2
b. 32.4 cm
c. 54.0 cm 103. Find the velocity of block A 2.5 s after the
d. 36.0 cm blocks are released.
Select one:
a. 720 N to 1360 N
b. 560 N to 1360 N
c. 720 N to 1510 N
d. 670 N to 1440 N
Select one:
a. -417 N (down)
b. + 83 N (down)
c. +333 N (up)
d. -83 N (down)
Select one:
a. -6500 N m (counterclockwise)
b. 12 000 N m (clockwise) Select one:
c. 3500 N m (clockwise) a. 2.1 kg
d. -9000 N m (counterclockwise) b. 5.0 kg
c. 3.7 kg
117. What is the magnitude of the forces that d. 3.3 kg
constitute the moment?
121. The center of gravity of a roller coaster car is
0.5 m above the rails. The rails are 1 m part. What
is the maximum speed that the car can travel
around an unbanked curve of radius 15 m without
the inner wheel losing contact with the top of the
Select one: rail?
a. 8.3 N Select one:
b. 6.3 N a. 8.58 m/s
c. 4.2 N b. 17.2 m/s
d. 2.1 N c. 24.2 m/s
d. 12.1 m/s
118. A 28 mm diameter circuit area is reduced by a
21 mm diameter circular area that is cut out. Both 122. Two particles are fixed to an x axis : particle 1
circles are tangent to the y-axis. What is the of charge -2.00 x 10-7 C at x=6.00 cm and particle 2
moment of inertia about the y-axis of the of charge +2.00 x 10-7 C at x=21.0 cm. Midway
remaining (shaded) area? between the particles, what is their net electric
field in unit vector notation?
Select one: Select one:
a. 103 000 mm4 a. -3.20 X 10 N/C i ̂
b. 330 000 mm4 b. - . x N/C i ̂
c. 1340 000 mm4 .- . x N/C i ̂
d. 20 600 mm4 d. - . x N/C i ̂
119. What is the coefficient of friction between the 123. Find the force in member DE.
plane and the block?
Select one:
a. 0.15
b. 0.78
c. 0.22
d. 0.85
120. Two blocks are connected over a pulley. The Select one:
mass of block A is 10 kg and the coefficient of a. 8800 N (tension)
kinetic friction between A and the incline is 0.20. b. 10 000 N (compresiion)
c. 0 b. mg
d. 6300 N (tension) c. –mx2
d. None of the choices
124. A force is defined by the vector A = 3.5 i - 1.5 j
+ 2.0k. i,j, and k are unit vectors in the -,y-, and z- 128. A car with a mass of 1530 kg tows a trailer
direction, respectively. What is the angle that the (mass of 200 kg) at 100 km/h. What is the total
force makes with the positive y-axis? momentum of the car-trailer combination?
Select one:
a. 46 000 N s
b. 22 N s
c. 37 N s
d. 48 000 N s
Select one:
a. 69.6o
b. 20.4o
c. 110o
d. 66.4o
Select one:
a. I and III
b. I and IV
c. I only
d. II and III
d. 890 N m
138. If the frame is pinned so that it rotates around 142. A disk-shaped bofy with a 4 cm radius has a
point B, what counteracting moment must be 320 N force acting through the center at an
applied at point A to put the frame in equilibrium? unknown angle , and two 40 N loads acting as a
couple, as shown. All of these forces are removed
and replaced by a single 320 N force at point B,
parallel to the original 320 N force. What is the
angle ?
Select one:
a. 1150 N m
Select one:
b. 1240 N m
a. 0o
c. 650 N m
b. 7.6o
c. 15o banking angle is necessary such that friction will
d. 29o not be required to resist the centrifugal force?
Select one:
143. A block with a mass of 150 kg is pulled over a a. 46o
horizontal surface by a cable guided by a pulley as b. 2.8o
shown. The coefficients of friction are 0.58 c. 4.5o
between the surface and the block, and 0.90 d. 1.4o
between the cable and the pulley. What force,F,
must be applied to the cable for the block to 147. Resolve the 300 N force into two components,
move? one along line p and the other along line Q. (F, P
and Q are coplanar.)
Select one:
a. Fp = 126 N ; FQ /= 272 N
b. Fp = 226 N ; FQ = 135 N
c. Fp = 186 N ; FQ /= 232 N
d. Fp = 226 N ; FQ /=212 N
Select one:
a. 1250 N
c.
b. 4000 N
c. R1 /
d. 1000 N; R2 / d.
e. R1 /
f. R1 / 158. A bent beam is acted upon by a moment and
g. 3750 N; R2 / several concentrated forces, as shown. Find the
h. 1250 N missing force F and distance that will maintain
equilibrium on the member shown.
155. QUEST029::Two blocks are connected over a
45o from the horizontal. What is the velocity of
point P at that instant?
Select one:
a. 10.0 m/s15.0 m/s16.2 m/s
b. 18.5 m/s