Evaluation Exam 1

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1. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑥 = −1/𝑛, solve for x.
A. 10𝑛−1 B. 10−1/𝑛 C. 10𝑛 D. 𝑛10
(𝑥−4)
2. Determine the limit of 2 as x approaches 4.
(𝑥 −𝑥−12)
A. 0 B. 1/4 C. 1/7 D. 1/8
3. Sand falling from a chute forms a conical pile whose altitude is always equal to 4/3 the radius of the base.
How fast is the volume increasing when the radius of the base is 3 ft and is increasing at the rate of 3
in/min?
A. 4 π ft3/min B. 7 π ft3/min C. 9 π ft3/min D. 3 π ft3/min
4. A Ford Raptor drives east from point A at 30 kph. Another car, Landcruiser, starting from B at the same
time, drives S 30’ W towards A at 60 kph. B is 30 km away from A. How fast in kph is the distance
between two cars changing after 30 minutes?
A. 30 kph B. 60 kph C. 45 kph D. 36 kph
5. Water flows into a conical vessel 15 m deep and 7.50 m diameter across the top. When the water is 4 m
deep, the water is rising at a rate of 2 m/s. How fast is the water flowing into conical vessel?
A. 5.82 m3/s B. 6.28 m3/s C. 5.28 m3/s D. 6.82 m3/s
6. A Ferris wheel with a radius of 10 m has its center 12 m above the ground. When a passenger is 17 m
above the ground, he is moving at a vertical rate of 1.81 m/s. Find the angular velocity of the Ferris wheel.
A. 2.00 rpm B. 2.75 rpm C. 1.50 rpm D. 2.50 rpm
2 𝑦 2 2
7. Evaluate: ∫0 ∫0 (𝑥 + 3𝑦 )𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦
A. 14.67 B. 12.09 C. 17.89 D. 13.33
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8. What is the area bounded by the curve y = 6x and x = 6y?
A. 15 sq. units B. 18 sq. units C. 12 sq. units D. 6 sq. units
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9. Determine the area in the first quadrant closed by the parabola (x-5) = 6(6-y).
A. 73.5 sq. units B. 47.06 sq. units C. 77.0 sq. units D. 75.0 sq. units
10. Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving about the x-axis the area bounded by the curve y = 4/x
and y = (x - 3)2.
A. 2π/25 cu. units B. 2π/27 cu. units C. 27π/2 cu. units D. 27π/5 cu. units
11. Find the volume formed when the area bounded by the curves x = 8y and 2x – y = 0 is revolved about
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the y-axis.
A. 4289.32 cu. B. 4298.32 cu. C. 4389.32 cu. D. 4398.32 cu.
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12. The world population at the beginning of 1970 was 3.6 billion. The weight of the earth is 6.586 x 10 21
tons. If the population continuous to increase exponentially, with a growth constant k = 0.02 and with time
measured years, in what year will the weight of all people equal to the weight of earth, if we assume that
the average person weighs 120 pounds? (Note: 1 ton = 2000 pounds)
A. 2015 B. 2870 C. 3647 D. 3523
13. A thermometer reading 75 °F is taken out where the temperature is 20 °F. The thermometer reading is 30
°F 4 minutes later. Find the time in minutes taken for the reading to drop from 75 °F to within half degree
of the air temperature.
A. 22.72 B. 11.03 C. 43.17 D. 16.08
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14. Find the positive value of x so that 𝑥, (𝑥 − 5), 2𝑥 will be in harmonic progression.
A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5
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15. When compounded bi-monthly, P150,000 becomes P223,183 after 5 years. What is the nominal rate of
interest?
A. 2.28% B. 7.96% C. 5.89% D. 6.65%
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16. Solve for x in the equation x = 1 + 1
1+ 1
1+
1+...
A. 1.390 B. 1.483 C. 1.521 D. 1.618
3𝑥+5 𝐴 𝐵
17. Find the value of B in the partial fraction (2𝑥−1)(4𝑥+3) = + 4𝑥+3
2𝑥−1
A. -11/10 B. 13/10 C. 11/10 D. -13/10
18. Mr. Ramos owns pigs in his barn. He had purchased feed that will last for 75 days for his livestock. The
pigs were then infested with a disease. If the man has 4,950 pigs initially and 25 pigs die each day, for
how long will the feed last?
A. 85 days B. 100 days C. 125 days D. 297 days
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19. The 3 term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9 term is 6. Find the 11 term.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
20. A gardener can mow a lawn in 3 hours. After 2 hours, it rained and he discontinued the work. In the
afternoon, a girl completed the rest of the work in 1 hour and 15 minutes. How long would it take the
girl to mow the lawn alone?
A. 3 hours B. 3.50 hours C. 3.75 hours D. 4 hours
21. Two airplanes left airports which are 960 km apart and flew toward each other. One plane flew 32 kph
faster than the other. If they passed each other at the end of an hour and 12 minutes, what was the rate of
the faster plane?
A. 352 kph B. 384 kph C. 448 kph D. 416 kph
22. Determine the obtuse angle between the hour and the minute hands at 2:51 P.M.
A. 208.50° B. 220.50° C. 139.50° D. 151.50°
23. A Ford has engines in three sizes. Of the Ford cars sold, 50% have the smallest engine, 40% have the
same medium engines, and 10% have the largest. Of the cars with the smallest engine, 15% fail an
emissions test within two years of purchase. The failure figure for medium size engines is 10% and the
failure figure for the largest engines is 5%. What is the probability that this Ford will fail the emissions
test within two years?
A. 0.20 B. 0.12 C. 0.18 D. 0.22
24. In a deck of 52 cards, find the probability of getting an ace or a king if one card is picked at random.
A. 2/13 B. 4/13 C. 3/13 D. 5/13
25. A box contains 3 green, 4 red, and 5 white balls. If 2 balls are picked at random without replacement,
what is the probability that both are the same color?
A. 31/66 B. 23/66 C. 29/66 D. 19/66
26. The expression 3 + 4i is a complex number. Compute its absolute value.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
27. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then:
A. A + B = 90° B. A + 2B = 30° C. A + B = 180° D. A + 3B = 90°
28. Two stations A and b were setup to determine the height of a mountain. The angles of elevation of the
top of the mountain measured from stations A and B were 26.5° and 31.25°, respectively. Station A is
75 m above station B. Station B is 450 m closer to the mountain. If the elevation of station A is 563.54
m, what is the elevation of the top of the mountain in meters?
A. 2166.93 B. 2214.65 C. 2114.78 D. 2365.45
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29. From the third floor of a tall building, the angle of depression of an object on the ground is 35°58’,
while from the sixth-floor window, 9.75 m above the first point of observation, the angle of depression
of the same object is 58°35’. Find the distance of the object from the building.
A. 13.58 m B. 7.28 m C. 20.14 m D. 10.69 m
30. From a building across, the angle of depression of the base of the front edifice is 23.5° and the angle of
elevation of its top is 52.78°. The height observation is 14 m. What is the angle of elevation of the top of
the edifice from the foot of the building?
A. 65.35° B. 78.96° C. 60.27° D. 54.75°
31. Two flies at the same time from the same point in different directions. One flew at 0.7 m/s and the other
flew at 0.5 m/s. If the angle between their paths is 85°, find their distance after 2.5 seconds.
A. 2.06 m B. 2.34 m C. 1.81 m D. 3.24 m
32. Two legs of a triangle are 300 and 150 m each, respectively. The angle opposite the 150 m side is 26°.
What is the third side?
A. 197.49 m B. 218.61 m C. 341.78 m D. 282.15 m
33. A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C = 90° and sides a = 50°, and c = 80°, find the angle of side “b”
in degrees.
A. 81.38° B. 74.32° C. 68.42° D. 56.42°
34. The area of spherical triangle ABC whose parts are A = 93°40’, B = 64°12’, C = 116°51’ and the radius
of the sphere is 100 m is:
A. 15613 sq. m B. 16531 sq. m C. 11365 sq. m D. 13615 sq. m
35. A spherical ball 2 m in diameter sinks in water to a depth of 1.6 m. Find the total surface area of the ball
not touching the water if the tank is half-full. Thickness of the tank is 5 cm.
A. 2.51 sq. m B. 8.18 sq. m C. 12.57 sq. m D. 4.87 sq. m
36. How many bricks are contained in a chimney in the shape of a frustum of a cone whose height is 18.30
m, whose outer diameters are 1.20 m and 2.40 m, respectively, and whose inner diameters are 1.0 m and
2.20 m respectively. There are 530 bricks to a cubic meter of chimney.
A. 25595 pcs. B. 25596 pcs. C. 5180 pcs. D. 5179 pcs.
37. A solid pyramid whose altitude is 1.5 m and with a square base of 1.5 m weighs 2000 kg. At what distance
from its base must it be cut by a plane parallel to its base so that two solids of equal weight will be formed?
A. 0.50m B. 0.53m C. 0.57m. D. 0.75m
38. Two equal spheres overlap such that the surface of one sphere passes the centroid of the other sphere. If
the radius of each sphere is 2 m, find the volume common to both spheres.
A. 16.76cu.m B. 5.24cu.m C. 33.51cu.m D. 10.47cu.m
39. What is the maximum possible volume of a cube, in cubic inches, that could be inscribed inside a sphere
with a radius of 3 inches?
A. 12√3 cu.in B. 24√3 cu.in C. 3√3 cu.in D. 12√3 cu.in
40. A 4 cm cube is cut into 1 cm cubes. What is the percentage increase in the surface area after cutting?
A. 250% B. 200% C. 400% D. 100%
41. A solid metal cylinder of 10 cm height and 14 cm diameter is melted and re-cast into two cones in the
proportion of 3 : 4 (volume), keeping the height 10 cm. What would be the percentage change in the flat
surface area before and after?
A. 100% B. 100% (increase) C. 50% (decrease) D. 50% (increase)
(decrease)
42. A rectangular lot 80 m x 40 m long is divided into two areas by an arc whose center is at the mid-point
of the shorter side. If the radius of the arc is 30 m, what is the ratio of the area of the smaller part to the
area of the bigger part?
A. 0.53 B. 0.52 C. 0.50 D. 0.51
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43. There are two regular polygons with number of sides equal to (n – 1) and (n + 2). Their exterior angles
differ by 6°. Find the value of n.
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
44. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distances to the vertices are 10 m, 18 m and 10 m,
respectively. What is the length of one side of a triangle?
A. 11.20m B. 19.95m C. 10.27m D. 17.78m
45. A man bought a lot worth P1,000,000.00 if paid in cash. On the installment basis, he paid a down
payment of P200,000.00; P300,000.00 at the end of one year, P400,000.00 at the end of three years and
a final payment at the end of five years. What was the final payment if interest was 20%?
A. P792.576 B. 792.427 C. 792.910 D. 782.614
46. A man bought an equipment costing P60,000.00 payable in 12 quarterly payments, each installment
payable at the beginning of each period. The rate of interest 24% compounded quarterly. What is the
amount of each payment?
A. P6,889.72 B. P6,375.91 C. P6,584.36 D. P6,751.52
47. If P10,000.00 is deposited each year for 9 years, how much annuity can a person get annually from the
bank every year for 8 years starting 1 year after 9th deposit is made. Cost of money is 14%
A. P34,189.00 B. P34,987.00 C. P34,675.00 D. P34,225.00
48. An electronic balance costs P90,000.00 and has an estimated salvage value of P8,000.00 at the end of its
10 years life time. What would be the book value after three years, using the straight-line method in
solving for the depreciation?
A. P65,400.00 B. P65,700.00 C. P66,000.00 D. P62,000.00
49. A broadcasting corporation purchased an equipment for P53,000.00 and paid P1,500.00 for freight and
delivery charges to the job site. The equipment has a normal life of 10 years with a trade-in value of
P5,000.00 against the purchase of a new equipment at the end of the life. Determine the annual
depreciation cost by sinking fund method. Assume interest at 6.5% compounded annually.
A. P4,779.00 B. P6,557.00 C. P3,668.00 D. 5,662.00
50. Fill in the blanks. Engr. Jerome __ Fabrero, Engr. Karyl Briant __ Flores
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