POST-TEST

Read each item carefully. Shade the circle that corresponds to your answer on the Answer sheet.

1. Find the sum of all the distinct real roots of x satisfying the equation.

(x 2 + x−2)3 +(2 x 2 + x−1)3

=27
(x2 −1)3

A. 4.5 B. 1.5 C. -2.5 D. -3.5 2

2. Find the value of x : log 2¿ ¿+1) + x = log 4 144

a. X=2 b. x=4 c. x=-3 d.x=-1

3. Find the value of x that satisfies the equation: 4x + 5x= 6x. Answer in three decimal places.
a. 1.966 b. 2.488 c. 2.781 d. 3.005

4. Xander puts P4,800.00 in the bank which pays him compound interest at a fixed rate annually. He
is told that the amount would grow P6,000.00 in 4 years. At this rate, how much money will
Xander have in the bank in 12 years?
a. P9,375.00 b. P9,335 c. P9, 376 d. P9, 336

5. What amount should you invest now if you want to receive payments of P3,000 at the end of
each year for 10 years with the receipt of the first payment 3 years from now? Assuming that the
money 5% compounded annually.
a. P21,000 b. 21,011.52 c. 20,000 d. 20, 011. 52

For numbers 6-8: In a survey conducted in December 2010 in different medical laboratories, the mean
total cholesterol level of a Filipino adults is 210. Suppose that a new drug is developed to lower the total
cholesterol of a person. A study was conducted to test the effectiveness of the drug in lowering
cholesterol. Twenty-five Filipino patients participated in the study and was asked to try the medicine in
one month. At the end of 1 month, their mean total cholesterol was recorded and it was in 201.2 with a
sample standard deviation of 28.3.

6. What statistical tests will be used to test if there is a significant difference with the data gathered
in the study?
a. Z-test of one-sample c. T-test of dependent samples
b. T-test of independent samples d. T-test of one sample

7. Using 5% level of significance, what would be its critical value

a. -1.717 b. -1.714 c. -1.711 d. -1.708

8. Which of the following would be the appropriate decision if a hypotheses testing was conducted?
a. Accept the null hypothesis c. Reject the null hypothesis
b. We failed to reject the null hypothesis d. We cannot arrive in any decision.

For 9-10. A teacher wanted to test whether the total score in the student’s optional assignment in
Probability and Statistics affect the Final Grade of the students in the same subject. The teacher
randomly selects 10 students and record in a table below:

Total scores in optional

125 85 130 90 50 65 80 150 16 120
Assignments (x)
Final grade in
Probability and 90 89 90 91 82 85 89 93 70 89
Statistics (y)
9. What is the computed correlation?
a. 0.8641 b. 0.8642 c. 0.8639 d. 0.8640

10. If 55 optional assignment items were done by the student, what can be the student’s final grade
in statistics and probability?
a. 83.71 b. 81.71 c. 82.71 d. none of the above

11. If the circle x2 + y2 + ax + by + c = 0 passes through three points (-1, -8), (2, 1), (6, -1), what is the
value of a + b + c?
a. 17 b. 7 c. -2 d. -1

( y+ 1 )2 (x−4)2
12. Determine the coordinates of the foci of the hyperbola - = 1.
25 144
a. (6, -14) and (6, 16) c. (4, 12) and (4, -14)
b. (4, -12) and (4, 14) d. (6, -12) and (6, 18)

13. The two parabolas 2x2 – x – y – 2 = 0 and x2 + x – y + 1 = 0 intersect at two points. Determine the
distance between these two points.
2 x 2−x− y−2=0
{ x 2+ x− y+ 1
a. 4√ 10 b. 3√ 10 c. 2√ 10 d. √ 10

π
14. How many times do the graph of y=2cos 3 x− ( 2 )
at [ 0 ,2 π ] crosses the x-axis?

a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 4

15. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the earth moves around the sun is approximately
1
186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the ellipse is . Determine (in miles) the apogee of
60
the earth.
a. 94 550 000 b. 98 550 000 c. 93 000 000 d. 96 550 000

16. Evaluate lim

√3 x−1 .
x →1 √ x−1

a. 0 b. 2/3 c. 1/3 d. 1

17. Which of the following derivatives is correct?

I. f ( x )=3 ab2 x 3 +a3 b2 x : f ' ( x )=9 a b2 x 2 +a3 b2
3 3 2 3 3 2 3
x3 + a3 h' ( x ) = ( a x ) ( 3 x )−( x +a ) ( 3 x a )
II. h ( x )= : 2
a3 x 3 ( a3 x 3 )
a. none b. I and II c. II only 4. I only

1 2
18. What is the general antiderivative of the function f ( x )= − +3 ?
x2 x
1
a. ln x 2−2 lnx+C c. −2 lnx+3 x+ C
x
−1
b. −2lnx+3 x +C d. ln x 2−2 lnx+3+C
x
19. The base b of a triangle is increasing at the rate of 2cm/s and the height h of the triangle is
decreasing at the rate of 1cm/s. How fast is the area of the triangle increasing when the base and
the height of the triangle are 7cm and 4cm respectively?
a. 18cm2/s b. 10cm2/s c. 9cm2/s d. 5cm2/s

20. What is the constant of integration if f ' ( x )=4−2 x , given that f ( 1 ) =10?
a. c = 7 b. c = 4 c. c = 0 d. cannot be determined