INTEGRATION 1 (ME33)

Assignment No.1 (ALGEBRA, ADVANCED ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY)

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Evaluate the following:

1. Find the value of x: √20 − 𝑥 = 𝑥?

A. 4, -5 B . -4, -5 C. -4, 5 D. No solution

2. The equation whose roots are twice the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 3 = 0 𝑖𝑠:
A. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 6 = 0 B. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
C. 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 8 = 0 D. 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 6 = 0

3. Given: log 𝑎 𝑥 = 5𝑦 + log 𝑎 𝑦. Find the value of x.

A. x = 𝑎 5𝑦 B. x = 5𝑎 𝑦 C. x = 5ay D. x = 𝒚𝒂𝟓𝒚

4. Solve the value of x: 𝑥 −3 − 9𝑥 2 + 8 = 0

A. 1/8 B. 8 C. -1 D. 1
5. Find the equation of whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5 = 0
A. 5𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 2 = 0 B. 5𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 10 = 0
C. 𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 D. 5𝑥 2 − 15𝑥 + 2 = 0

6. Simplify the given fraction

3𝑥−1 𝑥+3 1
− 𝑥 2 +3𝑥+2 − 𝑥+2
𝑥 2 −1
1 1 1 𝟏
A. 2𝑥−3 B. 𝑥+1 C. 𝑥+1 D. 𝒙−𝟏

7. If one root of 9𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0 exceeds the other by 2, Find the value of k

A. 6 B. -8 C. 8 D. -6

8. Which of the following statement is not correct?

A. 𝑥 0 = 1 B. 𝟎𝟎 = 𝟏 C. 𝑒 0 = 1 D. ln 1 = 0

9. Solve for x: √𝑥 + √𝑥 − √1 − 𝑥 = 1

A. 13/25 B. 16/25 C. 17/25 D. 22/25

𝑥
10. Which of the following is equal to log 10 𝑥 𝑥
 A. 𝒙𝒙 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟏𝟎 𝒙 B. 𝑥 2 log10 (log 10 𝑥)
C. 𝑥 2 log10 𝑥 D. xlog10 (𝑥 log 10 𝑥)

11. The number 0.005328 has how many significant digits?

A. 8 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7

12. Two reviewees attempt to solve a problem that reduces to a quadratic equation. One of the
reviewees made a mistake in the constant term and gave an answer of 8 and 2 for the roots.
The other reviewee made a mistake in the coefficient of the first degree term and gave an
answer of -9 and -1 for the roots. If you are to check their solutions, what would be the correct
quadratic equation?

A. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 9 = 0 B. 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 10 = 0
C. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 D. 𝑥 2 − 15𝑥 + 20 = 0

13. Solve the simultaneous equations: 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑦 2 = 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 = 35

A. x = 3 or -3 and y = 2 or -2 B. x = 3 or -3 and y = -2 or 1

C. x = 3 or -3 and y = -2 or -1 D. x = 3 or -3 and y = 1 or -1

𝑥+10 𝐴 𝐵
14. Find A and B such that
𝑥2 −4
= 𝑥−2 + 𝑥+2

A. A = -3; B = 2 B. A = 3; B = -2 C. A = -3; B = -2 D. A = 3; B = 2
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15. What is the middle term of the expansion of (√𝑥 − ) ?
√𝑥
A. -20 B. 1 C. -1 D. 12

16. What is the coefficient of (𝑥 + 𝑦)10 containing the term 𝑥 7 𝑦 3 ?

A. 120 B. 80 C. 140 D. 240

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17. Find the constant term in the expansion of (2𝑥 2 + )
𝑥
A. 648 B. 682 C. 672 D. 664

18. The sum of the digits of three-digit number is 17. The tens digit of the number is one-third of
the hundreds digit and the hundreds digit is two-thirds of the units digit. Find the number.
A. 962 B. 629 C. 269 D. 926

19. What is the factor of the equation x⁴ - y⁴

A. (x² + y²) (x + y) (x - y) B. (x² - y²) (x + y) (x - y)

C. (x + y) (x - y) (x² - y) D. (x² - y²) (x+2y) (x-y)

20. Tom is now twice old as Jerry. Four years ago, he was three times as old as Jerry was then. How
old is Tom now?

A. 18 B. 16 C. 8 D. 14

21. At what time after 12 o’clock will the hour hand and minute hand of the clock first form 120
degrees?
 A. 12:20.56 B. 12:29.32 C. 12:21.81 D.12:30.45

22. Three cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes. How many minutes will it take for 100 cats to kill 100
rats?

A. 3 B. 100 C. 33.33 D. 300

23. Workers A, B, and C can mow the lawn in 4, 6 and 7 hours, respectively. What fraction of the
yard can they mow in 1 hour if they work together?
A. 47/84 B. 84/47 C. 54/47 D. 40/47

24. An engineer mixed 40 millimeters of 35% hydrochloric acid solution with 20 millimeters of 50%
hydrochloric acid solution. What is the percentage of the new hydrochloric acid solution?
A. 40% B. 39% C. 38% D. 41%

25. A painting job can be done by 72 men and in 100 days. There were 80 men at the start of the
project but after 40 days, 30 of them had to be transferred to another project. If the contract
time is only 80 days, how many men should be hired 20 days after 30 men had been transferred
to complete the job on time?

A. 150 men B. 50 men C. 100 men D. 120 men

26. Today, the father is 41 years old. In 7 years, he will be 4 times as old as his son. How old is the
son now?

A. 5 B.6 C. 4 D.7

27. Which of the following is equal to 100 grads?

A. 1.5 pi radians B. 1500 mils C. 1/2 revolutions D. 90 deg
 cos 𝑥
28. Simplify sin 𝑥+1 + tan 𝑥

A. 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝒙 B. tan 𝑥 C. csc 𝑥 D. sin 𝑥

29. Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.7° , side a = 132 units and side b = 224 units. Solve for the
side c.
A. 95 units B. 110 units C. 125.4 units D. 90 units

30. A boat which can travel at the rate of 4 mph in still water and pointed directly across a stream
having a current of 3 mph. What will be the actual speed of the boat?
A. 2 B. 5 C. 10 D. 3

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31. The measure of 1 2 revolutions counter-clockwise is.
A. 540 deg. B. 90 deg C. 520 deg. D. -90 deg

32. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He takes sight at the top of the tower
from A and B, which are 50 ft apart at the same elevation on a direct line with the tower. The
vertical angle at point A is 30° and at point B is 40°. What is the height of the tower?
A. 85.60 ft B. 110.29 ft C. 143.97 ft D. 92.54 ft

33. Which is identically equal to (sec A + tan A)?

𝟏 2
A. 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨−𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨 B. 1− tan 𝐴 C. csc A - 1 D. csc A + 1
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34. Arc tan [2 cos (𝑎𝑟𝑐 sin )] is equal to:
2
A. π/3 B. π/16 C. π/4 D. π/2

35. How many degrees is 4800 mils?

A. 270 deg B. 180 deg C. 90 deg D. 215 deg

36. A pole cast a shadow 15 m. long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61 deg. If the pole has
lean 15 deg from the vertical directly towards the sun, what is the length of the pole?
A. 54.23 m B. 36.84 m C. 48.64 m D. 64.84 m

37. What is equivalent expression for sin 2𝑥?

1 1 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙
A. 2 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 B. −2 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 C. 2 sin 𝑥 cos (2 𝑥) D. 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝒙

38. Solve for x in the equation: arctan (x + 1) + arctan (x - 1) = arctan (12).

A. 1.50 B. 1.20 C. 1.34 D. 1.25

39. What is the 4th term of the expansion (𝑥 + 𝑦)12 ?

A. 220 x⁹y³ B. 200 x⁹y³ C. 120 x⁹y³ D. 240 x⁴y³

40. What is the characteristic of log (0.05)?

A. -1 B. -3 C. -2 D. -5