MULTIPLE CHOICE

QUESTION in

Guidebook in Mathematics

by

Francis Jay B. Jumawa and Adrian S. Paala

1. Find the harmonic mean between the 6. A ship propelled to move at 25 mi/
numbers 3/8 and 4. hr in still water, travels 4.2 miles
upstream in the same time that it can
a. 35/34 travel 5.8 miles downstream. Find
b. 24/35 the speed of the stream.
c. 42/35
d. 35/24 a. 4
b. 6
2. The terms of a sum may be grouped c. 8
in any manner without affecting the d. 10
result. this is law known as: 7. Joses rate of doing work three times
as fast as Bong. On given day Jose
a. Commutative Law and Bong work together for 4 hours
b. Distributive Law then Bong was called away and Jose
c. Associative Law finishes the rest of the job in 2 hours.
d. Reflexive Law How long would it take Bong to do
the complete job alone?
3. A number is divided into two parts
such that when the greater part is a. 18 hrs.
divided by the smaller part, the b. 22 hrs.
quotient is 3, and the remainder is 5. c. 16 hrs.
Find the smaller number if the sum d. 31 hrs.
of the two numbers is 37.
8. The length of a rectangle is 3 times
a. 8 its width. If the width of the
b. 29 rectangle is 5 inches, what is the
c. 22 rectangle's area, in square inches?
d. 16
a. 15
4. Mary was four times as old as Lea b. 20
ten years ago. If she is now twice as c. 30
old as Lea, how old is Mary. d. 75

a. 25 9. For all x >2, (2x2 + 2x - 12) / (x - 2)

b. 40 simplifies to
c. 30
d. 15 a. 2(x + 3)
b. 2(x - 2)
5. The sum of three succeeding odd c. x+3
integers is 75. The largest integer is d. 2(x + 3)(x - 2)

a. 25 10. If the hypotenuse of a right triangle

b. 29 is 10 inches long and one of its legs
c. 27 is 5 inches long, how long is the
d. 31 other leg?
 a. 5 a. a > 0 and b 4
b. 5 b. a < 0 and b -4
c. a < 0 and b -4
c. 5 d. a < 0 and b -4
d. 7.5
16. In a shipment of televisions, 1/50 of
11. In the standard (x,y) coordinate the televisions are defective. What is
plane, the graph of (x + 3)2 + (y + 5)2 the ratio of defective to non defective
= 16 is a circle. What is the televisions?
circumference of the circle,
expressed in coordinate units? a. 1/50
b. 1/49
a. 4 c. 49/1
b. 5 d. 50/1
c. 3
d. 8 17. Which of the following is divisible
(with no remainder) by 4?
12. How many solutions are there to the
equation x2 - 7 = 0? a. 214133
b. 510056
a. 1 c. 322569
b. 2 d. 952217
c. 4
d. 7 18. A particle travels 1 x 106 meters per
second in a straight line for 5 x 10-6
13. A circle with center (4,-5) is tangent seconds. How many meters has it
to the y-axis in the standard (x,y) traveled?
coordinate plane. What is the radius
of this circle? a. 4
b. 5
a. 4 c. 6
b. 5 d. 7
c. 16
d. 25 19. The length of sides AB and AC in
the triangle below are equal. What is
14. Angle A is an acute angle and sin(A) the measure of angle A if angle
= 11/14. What is the value of C is 70?
cos(A)?
a. 70
a. 3 / 14 b. 55
b. 53 / 14 c. 40
c. (3/14) d. 110
d. 5/14
20. ABC is an equilateral triangle. AH is
15. What are the values of a and b, if perpendicular to BC and has a length
any, where - a|b + 4| > 0?
 of 23 inches. What is the area, in c. 60
square inches, of triangle ABC. d. 30

a. 33 25. If you drove at average speed of 66

b. 23 miles per hour, what distance, in
c. 43 miles, did you drive in 99 minutes?
d. 83
a. 65.34
21. Find the value of k in the quadratic b. 108.9
equation (2k + 2) x2 + (4 4k) x + k c. 150
2 = 0 so that the roots are d. 90.45
reciprocal of each other.
26. If x and y are any real numbers such
a. 4 that 0 < x < 2 < y , which of these
b. 2 must be true?
c. -4
d. -2 a. x < (xy)/2 < y
b. 0 < xy < 2x
22. Solve for x if 8y = 3x - 11 c. x < xy < 2
d. 0 < xy < 2
a. 8/3) y + 11
b. (8/3) y - 11 27. In the right triangle ABC below,
c. (8y - 11)/3 what is the cosine of angle A if the
d. (8y + 11)/3 opposite side is 3 and the adjacent
side is 4.
23. When graphed in the (x, y)
coordinate plane, at what point do a. 5/3
the lines 2x + 3y = 5 and x = -2 b. 5/4
intersect? c. 3/5
d. 4/5
a. (-2, 0)
b. (-2, 5) 28. In a triangle ABC with segment BD,
c. (0, 5) B is on AD, BAC and ACB
d. (-2, 3) measure 26 and 131 respectively.
What is the measure of CBD?
24. The area of a trapezoid is 0.5h(b1 +
b2), where h is the altitude, and b1 a. 26
and b2 are the lengths of the parallel b. 157
bases. If a trapezoid has an alitude of c. 23
15 inches, an area of 105 square d. 154
inches, and one of the bases 22
inches, what is the perimeter, in 29. The total surface area of all six
inches, of the trapezoid? sides of the rectangular box
below is equal to 128 square
a. 8 inches. What is x in inches?
b. 45
 a. 6 b. 5
b. 4 c. 6
c. 2 d. 8
d. 8
35. There are n students in a school. If
30. ABC is a right triangle. ABDE is a r% among the students are 12 years
square of area 200 square inches and or younger, which of the following
BCGF is a square of 100 square expressions represents the number of
inches. What is the length, in inches, students who are older than 12?
of AC?
a. n(1 - r)
a. 103 b. 100(1 - r)n
b. 102 c. n(1 - r) / 100
c. 101 d. n(100 - r) / 100
d. 10
36. The measures of angles A, B and C
31. What is the slope of the line: 4x = - of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5.
3y + 8 What is the measure, in degrees, of
the largest angle?
a. 4
b. -3/4 a. 75
c. -4/3 b. 15
d. 3 c. 12
d. 90
32. Which of the following is equal to
45 37. If x + 4y = 5 and 5x + 6y = 7, then
3x + 5y = ?
a. 53
b. 95 a. 12
c. 35 b. 6
d. 3 c. 4
d. 2
33. What is the smallest value of x that
satisfies the equation: x(x + 4) = -3 38. For all real numbers x, the minimum
value of 1 + 2cos(4x) is
a. 1
b. -1 a. 0
c. 3 b. -1
d. -3 c. -2
34. A group of 7 friends are having d. -4
lunch together. Each person eats at
least 3/4 of a pizza. What is the 39. What is the largest possible product
smallest number of whole pizzas for 2 odd integers whose sum is
needed for lunch? equal to 32?

a. 7 a. 64
 b. 255 d. 2
c. 256
d. 1024 45. Which integer is nearest to 2100 /
7
40. If (a + b)2 = 25 and (a - b) 2 = 45,
then a2 + b2 = ? a. 17
b. 18
a. 35 c. 19
b. 70 d. 16
c. 140
d. 280 46. The two legs of a right triangle
measure 6 and 8 inches respectively.
41. If a = 3, then 2 / (1/7 + 1/a) = ? What is the area of the circle that
contains all 3 vertices of the triangle?
a. 21 / 10
b. 21 / 5 a. 24Pi
c. 21 / 15 b. 25Pi
d. 21 / 3 c. 35Pi
d. 34Pi
42. A company makes a profit equal to
25% of its sales. The profit is shared 47. X and Y are acute angles such that
equally among the 4 owners of the tany = cotx. What is the sum, in
company. If the company generates degrees, of the measures of the
sales of $5,000,000, how much angles X and Y?
money does each one of the owners
get? a. 90
b. 45
a. 312,500 c. 60
b. 500,000 d. 30
c. 1,250,000
d. 12,500,000 48. What is the value of the adjacent side
if the opposite side is 1 inch and the
43. If the expression x3 + 2hx - 2 is equal 2 other angles of the right triangle is
to 6 when x = -2, what is the value of 30 and 60
h?
a. 1/3
a. -2 b. 2
b. -4 c. 3
c. 4 d. 6/3
d. 6
49. Which of the lines below is not
44. If -3/(a - 3) = 3/(a + 2), then a = ? parallel to the line 6x - 2y = 10?

a. 1/2 a. 3x - y = 7
b. 1/4 b. -6x + 2y = 20
c. 1 c. 3x + y = 7
 d. 6x - 2y = 5 55. The diagonal of a square has a
measure of 12 inches. What is the
50. For what value of k the equation perimeter, in inches, of this square.
below has no value of x: 2x + 3 = x -
2kx 5 a. 62
b. 72
a. 1 c. 242
b. -1 d. 48
c. 0.5
d. -0.5 56. In the right triangle ABC, C is a right
angle and the measure of angle B is
51. Find the value of x which will satisfy 60. If BC is 20 inches long, then
the equation / =1 how long is AC?

a. -1, -4 a. 203
b. 1, 4 b. 20
c. 4 c. 3
d. 0 d. 20/3

52. Find the geometric mean between 57. If x = 2.0001, which of the following
the terms -4 and -9 expressions has the largest value?

a. 6 a. 2 / (x + 2)
b. 7 b. 2 / (x - 2)
c. -6 c. (x + 2) / 2
d. 36 d. 2/x

53. What is the average value of 7/8 and 58. In the rectangle ABCD, the
3/4? measure of the length AD is 3
times the measure of the width
a. 5/4 AB. What is the slope of the line
b. 5/8 segment BD?
c. 5/16
d. 13/16 a. 3
b. 1/3
54. A solution is made of water and pure c. -1/3
acid. If 75% of the solution is water, d. -3
how many litters of pure acid are in
20 liters of this solution? 59. What is the product of the two real
solutions of the equation: 2x = 3 - x2
a. 10
b. 5 a. 2
c. 25 b. -2
d. 15 c. 6
d. -3
60. The ratio of the circumference of any 65. If 3logx logy = 0, express y in
circle to the diameter of the circle is: terms of x.

a. An integer a. y = x3
b. An irrational number b. y = x2
c. A rational number c. y=x
d. A whole number d. y = 3x

61. Find the sum and product of roots of 66. In a certain A.P. the first, fourth and
the equation x3 + 2x2 23x 60 = 0. eight terms are themselves form a
geometric progression. What is the
a. -2, 60 common ratio of the G.P.?
b. 2, 17
c. 17, -60 a. 4/3
d. 2, -60 b. 5/4
c. 4/5
62. The ratio of three numbers is 2:5:7. d. 3/4
If 7 is subtracted from the second
number, the resulting numbers form 67. Three men A, B, and C can do a
an arithmetic progression. Determine piece of work in t hours working
the smallest of the three numbers. together. Working alone, A can do
the work in 6 hours more, B in 1
a. 28 hour more, and C in twice the time if
b. 15 all working together. How long
c. 21 would it take to finish the work if all
d. 70 working together?

63. Determine the sum of the first 4 a. 20 mins.

terms of the sequence whose general b. 30 mins.
term is given by 3n 2. c. 40 mins.
d. 50 mins.
a. 121
b. 89 68. Solve the z if the equation is 4 x 10-5
c. 98 =z
d. 112
a. 40,000
64. Find the sum of all positive integers b. 200
between 84 and 719 which are c. 0.0004
exactly divisible by 5. d. 0.00004

a. 23,750 69. Two balls are drawn one at a time

b. 45,680 from a basket containing 4 black
c. 50,800 balls and 5 white balls. If the first
d. 38,460 ball is returned before the second
ball is drawn, find the probability
that both balls are black.
 74. What is the sum of the geometric
a. 0.198 progression if there are 4 geometric
b. 0.898 means between 3 and 729?
c. 0.167
d. 0.264 a. 1212
b. 1092
70. There are 15 balls in a box: 8 balls c. 1908
are green, 4 are blue and 3 are white. d. 1209
Then 1 green and 1 blue balls are
taken from the box and put away. 75. A boy on his bicycle to arrive at a
What is the probability that a blue certain time to a market that is 30 km
ball is selected at random from the from his school. After riding 10 km,
box? he rested for half an hour, and as a
result he was obliged to ride the rest
a. 3/13 of the trip 2 km/hr faster. What was
b. 4/15 his original speed?
c. 3/15
d. 4/13 a. 7 km/hr
b. 9 km/hr
71. Which of the following is equivalent c. 10 km/hr
to (x)(x)(x)(x3), for all x? d. 8 km/hr

a. 6x 76. Find the equation whose roots are

b. x6 two times the roots of the equation x3
c. 4x6 6x2 + 11x 6 = 0.
d. 4x4
a. x3 12x2 + 44x 48 = 0
72. A number between 1 and 10000 is b. x3 12x2 44x 48 = 0
randomly selected. What is the c. x3 + 12x2 + 44x 48 = 0
probability that it will be divisible by d. x3 12x2 + 44x + 48 = 0.
4 and 5?
77. How many 4-digits even numbers
a. 0.03 can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2,
b. 0.04 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 if each digit is
c. 0.05 to be used only once in each
d. 0.06 number?

73. What time after 2 oclock will the a. 5,000

hands of the clock extend in opposite b. 3,256
directions for the first time? c. 2,520
d. 5,986
a. 2:43.64
b. 2:43.46 78. Rukia has nickels, dimes, and
c. 2:34.64 quarters amounting to $1.85. If he
d. 2:34.46 has twice as many dimes as quarters,
and the number of nickels is two less
 than twice the number of dimes, how d. 40
many quarters does he have?
83. A bag contains 4 white balls and 3
a. 3 black balls. Another bag contains 3
b. 8 white balls and black balls. If one
c. 6 ball is drawn from each bag,
d. 10 determine the probability that the
balls drawn will be 1 white and 1
79. A club has 25 members, 4 of whom black.
are ECEs. In how many ways can a
committee of 3 be formed so as to a. 27/58
include at least one ECE? b. 39/56
c. 29/56
a. 543 d. 5/14
b. 126
c. 970 84. If the sides of a right triangle are in
d. 314 A.P., then what is the ratio of its
sides?
80. If (x -3) is a factor of the polynomial
x4 4x3 7x2 + kx + 24, what is the a. 3:4:5
value of k? b. 1:2:3
c. 4:5:6
a. 11 d. 2:3:4
b. 17
c. 22 85. If x: y: z = 4: -3: 2 and 2x + 4y 3z
d. 34 = 20, find x, y, z.

81. A guy has 8 flowers of different a. 4, -5, 2

variety. In how many ways can he b. -8, 6, -4
select 2 or more flowers to form a c. 5, -6, 8
bouquet? d. 2, -7, 4

a. 128 86. How many numbers between 3000

b. 247 and 5000 can be formed from the
c. 110 digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 if repetition is
d. 540 not allowed?

82. At a conference, after everyone had a. 96

shaken hands with everyone else, it b. 128
was found that 45 handshakes were c. 240
exchanged. How many were at the d. 144
conference?
87. Find the mean proportional between
a. 10
b. 30 a. 3
c. 20 b.
 c. 6 finish the same job in 4 days, and A
d. 2 and C in 2.5 days. In how days can
all of them do the job working
together?
88. How many liters of a 25% acid
solution must be added to 80 liters of a. 1.06 days
a 40% acid solution to have a b. 2.4 days
solution that is 30% acid? c. 3.2 days
d. 2.03 days
a. 160L
b. 190L 93. If Chicago is 10% taller than Ishida
c. 150L and Ishida is 10% taller than Chad,
d. 120L then Ichigo is taller than Chad by
how many percent?
89. A yacht can travel 10 miles
downstream in the same amount of a. 31%
time as it goes 6 miles upstream. If b. 41%
the velocity of the river current is c. 21%
3MPH, find the speed of the yacht in d. 11%
still water.
94. After the price of petroleum oil went
a. 12 MPH up by 10%, a buyer reduced his oil
b. 16MPH consumption by the same percent.
c. 15MPH By what percent would his
d. 18MPH petroleum bill changed?

90. Determine the 5th term of the a. 1%

sequence whose sum of n terms is b. 11%
given by 2n+3 5. c. 10%
d. 0.1%
a. 258
b. 218 95. Find the mean, median and mode
c. 128 respectively of the following
d. 15 numbers: 13, 13, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9,
11, 8, 11, 5, and 15.
91. Find the sum of the first five terms of
the geometric progression if the third a. 10, 10, 10
term is 144 and the sixth term is 486. b. 10, 11, 10
c. 10, 11, 11
a. 844 d. 11, 11, 11
b. 972
c. 746 96. There are 4 white balls and 6 red
d. 548 balls in a sack. If the balls are taken
out successively (the first ball is not
92. A and B working together can finish replaced), what is the probability that
a job in 5 days, B and c together can
 the balls drawn are of different 100. z varies directly as x and inversely
colors. as y2. If x = 1 and y = 2, then z = 2.
Find z when x = 3 and y = 4.
a. 23/90
b. 8/15 a. 1.5
c. 24/103 b. 0.5
d. 7/15 c. 2.5
d. 3.5
97. Solve for x in the following
equation: x + 3x + 5x + 7x + + 101. When two dice are thrown, what is
49x = 625 the probability that the sum of the
two faces shown is 6?
a. 2
b. 1 a. 1/36
c. 1/2 b. 1/6
d. 1/3 c. 1/9
d. 5/36
98. An organization consists of n
engineers and n nurses. If two of the 102. An ECE class of 40 students took
engineers are replaced by two other examinations in Electronics and
nurses, then 51% of the group Communications. If 30 passed in
members will be nurses. Find the Electronics, 36 passed in
value of n Communication and 2 failed in both
subjects, how many students passed
a. 70 in both subjects?
b. 110
c. 50 a. 28
d. 100 b. 30
c. 26
99. In a certain family, the sum of the d. 32
parents ages is twice the sum of
their childrens ages. Five years ago, 103. The excess of the sum of the fourth
the sum of the parents ages was four and fifth parts over the difference of
times the sum of the childrens ages the half and third parts of a number
during that time. In fifteen years, the is 119. Find the number.
sum of the parents ages will be
equal to the sum of their childrens a. 240
ages. How many children are there in b. 320
the family? c. 420
d. 230
a. 5
b. 7 104. What is the area, in square feet, of
c. 6 the triangle whose sides have lengths
d. 8 equal to 10, 6 and 8 feet?

a. 24
 b. 48 what is the area, in square inches, of
c. 30 triangle ABC?
d. 40
a. 31.25
105. Solve for x if the equation is 3102 + b. 80
9*3100 + 3103/3 = x c. 320
d. 1,600
a. 3101
b. 3102 109. Round (202)2 to the nearest
c. 3103 hundred.
d. 3104
a. 48,000
106. Of the 80 students in class, 25 are b. 40,800
studying German, 15 French and 13 c. 42,000
Spanish. 3 are studying German and d. 44,000
French; 4 are studying French and
Spanish; 2 are studying German and 110. If w workers, working at equal
Spanish; and none is studying all 3 rates, can produce x toys in n days,
languages at the same time. How how many days it takes c workers,
many students are not studying any working at same equal rates, to
of the three languages? produce y toys?

a. 18 a. y*w*c/(w*n)
b. 53 b. y*w/(w*n*c)
c. 62 c. y*w*n / x
d. 36 d. y*w*n / (x*c)

107. There were 2 small circles C1 and 111. A number of the form 213ab,
C2 inside a large circle AB. AB is a where a and b are digits, has a
diameter of the large circle. The reminder less than 10 when divided
centers C1 and C2 of the smaller by 100. The sum of all the digits in
circles are on AB. The two small the above number is equal to 13.
circles are congruent and tangent to Find the digit b.
each other and to the larger circle.
The circumference of circle C1 is a. 5
8Pi. What is the area of the large b. 7
circle? c. 6
d. 8
a. 64Pi
b. 32Pi 112. Find a negative value of x that
c. 156Pi satisfies the equation: [(x+1)2 - (2x +
d. 128Pi 1)]1/2 + 2|x| - 6 = 0

108. DE is parallel to CB and (length of a. -4

AE / length of EB) is 4. If the area of b. -3
triangle AED is 20 square inches, c. -2
 d. -1 b. 325
c. 420
113. If thrice the smaller number exceeds d. 250
the larger by 12. Find the larger
number if the two numbers are 117. Line L passes through the points (-
consecutive odd integers. 2, 0) and (0, a). Line LL passes
through the points (4, 0) and (6, 2).
a. 7 What value of a makes the two lines
b. 9 parallel?
c. 10
d. 8 a. 1/2
b. -2
114. Determine how much water should c. 2
be evaporated from 50kg of 30% salt d. -1/2
solution to produce a 60% salt
solution. All percentages are by 118. Solve for x if the equation is 104(54
weight. - 24) / 21 = x

a. 25 kg a. 209,000
b. 35 kg b. 289,000
c. 15 kg c. 290,000
d. 20 kg d. 208,000

115. A runs around a circular track in 60 119. Two dice are tossed. What is the
seconds, and in 50 seconds. Five probability that the sum of the two
seconds after A starts, B starts from dice is greater than 3?
the same point in the same direction.
When will they be together for the a. 3/4
first time, assuming they run around b. 5/6
the track continuously? c. 11/12
d. 1/4
a. 3.5 mins
b. 6.5 mins 120. If L is a line through the points
c. 5.5 mins (2,5) and (4,6), what is the value of k
d. 7.5 mins so that the point of coordinates (7,k)
is on the line L?
116. An antelope is now 50 of her leaps
ahead of a cheetah which is pursuing a. 5
her. How many more leaps will the b. 6
antelope take before it is overtaken if c. 15/2
she takes 5 leaps while the cheetah d. 11/2
takes 4 leaps, but 2 of the cheetahs
leaps are equivalent to 3 of the 121. Find a negative value of k so that
antelopes leaps? the graph of y = x2 - 2x + 7 and the
graph of y = kx + 5 are tangent?
a. 350
 a. - 42 126. The lines with equations x + 3y = 2
b. - 2 - 22 and -2x + ky = 5 are perpendicular
c. -2 for k = ?
d. - 2
a. 1/3
122. The circle of equation (x - 3)2 + (y b. 2/3
- 2)2 = 1 has center O. Point M(4,2) c. 2/4
is on the circle. N is another point on d. 1/4
the circle so that angle MON has a
size of 30. Find the coordinates of 127. If f(x) = (x - 1)2 and g(x) = x,
point N. then (g o f)(x) = ?

a. (3 + 3/2 , 5/2) a. |x - 1|
b. (5/2 , 3 + 3/2) b. x-1
c. (3 - 3/2 , 3/2) c. 1-x
d. (3/2 , 3 - 3/2) d. |1 - x|

123. Vectors u and v are given by u = (2 128. The domain of f(x) = (4 - x2) /
, 0) and v = (-3 , 1). What is the (x2 - 1) is given by the interval
length of vector w given by w = -u -
2v? a. (-2 , 2) U (-1 , 2)
b. (-2 , -1) U (1 , 2)
a. 6 c. (-2 , 2) U (-1 , 1)
b. 26 d. (-2 , -1) U (1 , 2)
c. 25
d. 2 129. The area of the circle x2 + y2 - 8y -
48 = 0 is
124. What is the smallest distance
between the point(-2,-2) and a point a. 96Pi
on the circumference of the circle b. 64Pi
given by (x - 1)2 + (y - 2) 2 = 4? c. 48Pi
d. 20Pi
a. 3
b. 4 130. An investor has P100,000, part of
c. 5 which he invested at 12% interest
d. 6 and the rest at 18%. He received a
total annual interest of P15,300. How
125. What is the equation of the much did he invest at 18% interest
horizontal asymptote of function: rate?
f(x) = 2/(x + 2) - (x + 3)/(x + 4)?
a. 65,000
a. -4 b. 60,000
b. -2 c. 55,000
c. -1 d. 75,000
d. 1
131. For what value of k will the two 136. If n is a positive integer such that n!
equations 2x + 4 = 4(x - 2) and -x + / (n - 2)! = 342, find n.
k = 2x - 1 have the same solution?
a. 19
a. 6 b. 17
b. 2 c. 18
c. 17 d. 16
d. 20
137. What is the sum of the reciprocals
132. An object travels at fifteen feet per of the solutions to the equation: x2 -
minute. How many feet does it travel (3/5)x = -11/3
in 24 minutes and 40 seconds?
a. 5/3
a. 360 b. 9/55
b. 370 c. -11/3
c. 365 d. 94/65
d. 375
138. A number is given as 987562153ab
133. Solve for x if the equation is 4 / where a and b are digits. Which
(20 - 12) = x values of a and b, such that a + b =
11 and a < b, would result in
a. 1/2 987562153ab being divisible by 4?
b. 4 / 8
c. 5 - 3 a. a=3,b=8
d. 5 + 3 b. a=7,b=8
c. a=5,b=6
134. DE is parallel to CB and (length of d. a=3,b=4
AE / length of EB) is 4. If the area of
triangle AED is 20 square inches, 139. AC is parallel to DE. AE, FG and
what is the area, in square inches, of CD intersect at the point B. FG is
triangle ABC? perpendicular to AC and DE. The
length of DE is 5 inches, the length
a. 31.25 of BG is 8 inches and the length of
b. 80 AC is 6 inches. What is the area, in
c. 320 square inches, of triangle ABC?
d. 1,600
a. 28.8
135. If a and b are both even numbers, b. 20
which of the following could be and c. 24
odd integer? d. 22

a. a2 + b2 140. Points A, B and C are defined by

b. (a + 1)2 + (b + 1)2 their coordinates in a standard
c. (a + 1)*(b + 1) - 1 rectangular system of axes. What
d. (a + 1) / (b + 1) positive value of b makes triangle
 ABC a right triangle with AC its 144. A certain two-digit numbers is 1
hypotenuse? less than five times the sum of its
digits. If 9 were added to the
a. 6 number, its digits would be reversed.
b. 6 Find the number.
c. 1 + 6
d. 1 + 23 a. 34
b. 36
141. A vendor goes to market to buy c. 43
fruits for resale at his store. He d. 63
spends half his money for mangoes,
and one-third of what remains for 145. If one root of 9x^2 6x + k = 0
bananas. He spends 150 for other exceed the other by 2, find the value
fruits and still has 200 left from the of k.
amount he originally had. How much
money did he have at the start? a. 8
b. 6
a. 1050 c. -8
b. 5100 d. -6
c. 1500
d. 1250 146. Solve: .
142. Seven carpenters and 5 masons earn a. 3
a total of 2,300 per day. At the same b. 18
rate of pay 3 carpenters and 8 c. 9
masons earn 2,040. What are the d. 27
wages per day of the carpenter and a
mason? 147. A speed boat going across a lake 8
km wide proceeds 2 km at a certain
a. 200 & 180 speed and then completes the trip at
b. 300& 210 a speed km/hr faster. By doing
c. 210& 170 this, the speed arrives 10 minutes
d. 270 &150 earlier than if the original speed had
been maintained. Find the original
143. A man and a boy can do 15 days a speed of the speed boat.
piece of work which would be done
by 7 men and 9 boys in 2 days. How a. 5 km/hr
long would it take one man do it b. 4 km/hr
alone? c. 7 km/hr
d. 6km/hr
a. 20 days
b. 30 days 148. An audience of 540 people is
c. 15 days seated in rows having the same
d. 40 days number of persons in each row. If 3
more persons seat in each row, it
would require 2 rows less to seat the
 audience. How many persons were in
each row originally? 153. Find the sum of the first 100
positive integers that is exactly
a. 17 divisible by 7.
b. 30
c. 27 a. 35,350
d. 31 b. 25,053
c. 53,350
149. Find the third proportional to 4 and d. 25,536
12.
154. Find the 50th term of a geometric
a. 48 progression if the 20th term is 1200
b. 20 and the 30th term is also 1200.
c. 36
d. 16 a. 1200
b. 2400
150. How many terms of the c. 1400
progression 4, 7, 10, 13, must be d. 4100
taken so that the sum will be 69.
155. A woman started a chain letter by
a. 6 writing to four friends and requesting
b. 9 each to copy the letter and send it to
c. 8 four other friends. If the chain was
d. 12 unbroken until the 5th set of letters
was mailed, how much was spent for
151. Determine x so that 2x + 1, x2 + x postage at P8.00 per letter?
+ 1, 3x2 3x + 3 are consecutive
terms of an arithmetic progression. a. 16,219
b. 10,912
a. 3 c. 21,835
b. 2 d. 13,291
c. 5
d. 4 156. A soccer ball is dropped from
height of 6 meters. On each rebound
152. An equipment costs P50,000.00 it rises 2/3 of the height from which
and depreciates 20% of the original it last fell. What distance has it
costs during the first year, 16% traveled at the instant it strikes the
during the second year, 12% during ground for the 7th time?
the third year, and so on, for 5 years.
What is the value at the end of 5 a. 27.89 m
years? b. 19.86 m
c. 20.87 m
a. 15,000 d. 24.27 m
b. 25,000
c. 30,000
d. 20,000
157. The arithmetic mean of two 162. In how many ways can 10 different
numbers is 4, and their harmonic magazines be divide among A, B,
mean is 15/4. Find the numbers. and C so that A gets 5 magazines, B
3 magazines and C 2 magazines?
a. 3&5
b. 1&7 a. 2,520
c. 2&6 b. 2,250
d. 0&8 c. 2,050
d. 2,052
158. Find the real values of x and y
satisfying the given equation: (2x + 163. What is the probability of drawing 6
3y) + i(3x 5y) = 8 i7. white balls from a jar containing 9
white, 4 red, and 3 blue balls?
a. x = 1, y = -2
b. x = -2, y = -1 a. 0.01
c. x = 2, y = 1 b. 0.02
d. x = 1, y = 2 c. 0.10
d. 0.03
159. From the equation 12x3 8x2 + kx
+ 18 = 0, find the value of k if one 164. Ten books consisting of 5
root is the negative of the other. mathematics books, 3 physics books,
and 2 chemistry books are placed in
a. -17 a bookcase at random. What is the
b. -12 probability that the same books are
c. -27 all together?
d. -36
a. 1/420
160. In how many ways can a group of b. 3/520
6 people be seated on a row of 6 c. 2/241
seats if a certain 2 refuse to sit next d. 5/2463
to each other? 165. In a racing contest, there are 240
vehicles which will have provisions
a. 240 ways that will last for 15 hours. Assuming
b. 480 ways constant hourly consumption for
c. 180 ways each vehicle, how long will the fuels
d. 320 ways provisions last if 8 vehicles withdraw
from the race every hour after the
161. How many different 8-digit first?
numbers can be formed from the
digits 2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7? a. 63
b. 18
a. 320 c. 20
b. 560 d. 25
c. 520
d. 480 166. A clerk submitted the following
reports. The average rate of
 production of radios is 1.5 units for
every 1.5 hrs. work by 1.5 workers. a. 14.57
How many radios were produce in b. 16.36
one month by 30 men working 200 c. 18.65
hrs during the month? d. 14.61

a. 4000 171. What is the maximum value of 3

b. 3800 2 cos ?
c. 5000
d. 4200 a. 2
b. 3
167. A piece of rod of length 52 cm. is c. 4
cut into two unequal parts. Each part d. 5
is then bent to form a square. It is
found that the total area of the two 172. Solve the trigonometric equation:
squares is 97cm2. Find the difference 2cosx + 1 = 0
between the sides of each square.
a. Pi / 3 + 2n*Pi , 5Pi / 3 +
a. 3 2n*Pi
b. 5 b. -1/2
c. 4 c. 2Pi / 3 + 2n*Pi , 4Pi / 3 +
d. 6 2n*Pi
d. Pi / 2 + n*Pi
168. Solve the trigonometric equation:
3sec2x 4 = 0 173. If log x + log5 = log (x + 5), what
is the value of x?
a. Pi / 3 + 2n*Pi , 5Pi / 3 +
2n*Pi a. 0
b. Pi / 6 + 2n*Pi , 11 Pi / 6 + b. 1.25
2n*Pi c. 1.5
c. Pi / 3 + n*Pi , 5Pi / 3 + n*Pi d. 2
d. Pi / 6 + n*Pi , 11 Pi / 6 +
n*Pi
174. If the angles of the triangle are 2x,
169. In what quadrant will the angle x + 15, and 2x + 15, find the smallest
terminate, if sin is positive and sec of the angle in mills.
is negative?
a. 500 mils
a. I b. 600 mils
b. III c. 800 mils
c. II d. 900 mils
d. IV
175. If (log10x)2 = 3 log10x2. Which of
the following choices can be a value
170. If sec (2x 3) = , of x?
determine the value x in degrees.
 a. 10-3 between the tips of the minute and
b. 102 hour hand at 5:40 a.m.
c. x10
d. 10x a. 7.48 in
b. 6.48 in
176. Find the value of x in the equation c. 9.17 in
d. 10.16 in
= 5.
181. Two towers are 60 m apart from
a. 0 each other. From the top of the
b. 45
shorter tower, the angle of elevation
c. 30
of the top of the taller tower is 40.
d. 60
How high is the taller tower if the
height of the smaller tower is 40m?
177. If ax = by and bp = aq , then
a. 90m
a. px = qy b. 100m
b. xy = pq
c. 80 m
c. xp = yq
d. 70 m
d. qx = py
182. Considering the earth to be a
178. Solve the trigonometric equation:
sphere of radius 6400 km, find the
(3cosx + 7) (-2sinx 1) = 0
radius of the 60th parallel of latitude.
a. 7Pi / 6 + 2n*Pi , 11Pi / 6 +
a. 3,200 km
2n*Pi
b. 1,300 km
b. Pi / 3 + 2n*Pi , 2Pi / 3 +
c. 2,300 km
2n*Pi
d. 3,100 km
c. 7Pi / 6 + n*Pi , 11Pi / 6 +
n*Pi
183. Solve the trigonometric
d. -7 / 3 , -1 / 2
equation: (6tan2x 2) (2tan2x 6) =
0
179. If the bearing of point A from B is S
40 W, then the bearing of B from A
a. Pi / 6 + n*Pi , 5Pi / 6 +
is:
2n*Pi , Pi / 3 + n*Pi , 2Pi / 3
+ n*Pi
a. N40 E
b. Pi / 6 , 5Pi / 6
b. S40 W
c. sqrt(3) , sqrt(3)
c. N50 W
d. Pi / 3 + n*Pi , 2Pi / 3 + n*Pi
d. N50 E
184. From a point on a level ground, the
180. A clock has a dial face of 12 in.
angles of elevation of the top and
radius. The minute hand is 9 inches
bottom of the ABS-CBN tower
while the hour hand is 6 inches. The
situated on the top of the hill are
plane of rotation of the hour hand is
measured as 48 and 40,
2 inches above the plane of rotation
respectively. Find the height of the
of the minute hand. Find the distance
 hill if the height of the tower is 116 188. If cos = / 2, find 1 tan2..
feet.
a. -1
a. 348.56 m b. -1/2
b. 368.36 m c. 2/3
c. 258.96 m d. 2
d. 358.49 m
189. Solve the trigonometric equation -
185. A ladder, with its foot in the street, 2sec2x + 4 = -2secx in the interval
makes an angle of 30 with the [0, 2Pi].
street when its top rests on a
building on one side of the street a. Pi / 3 , 5Pi / 3 , Pi
and makes an angle of 40with the b. Pi
street when its top rests on a c. -1 , 2
building on the other side of the d. Pi / 6 , 5Pi / 6 , Pi
street. If the ladder is 50 ft. long,
how wide is the street? 190. Solve the trigonometric equation
2sinx cos(-x) = 2sin(-x)sin(x) in the
a. 96.2 ft. interval [0, 2Pi].
b. 81.6 ft.
c. 78.5 ft. a. 0 , Pi , 3Pi / 4 , 7Pi / 4
d. 64.3 ft. b. 3Pi / 4 , 7Pi / 4
c. 0 , Pi / 2
186. A wall is 15 ft high and 10 ft from d. Pi / 6 , 4Pi / 3
a building. Find the length of the
shortest ladder which will just 191. From a helicopter flying at 30,000
touch the top of the wall and reach feet, the angles of depression of
a window 20.5 ft above. two cities are 28 and 55. How far
apart are the two cities?
a. 42.54 m
b. 35.54 m a. 35,415.56 ft
c. 54.45 m b. 23,587.67 ft
d. 47.45 m c. 53,452.67 ft
d. 43,254.76 ft
187. A poll tilts toward the sun at an
angle 10 from the vertical casts a 192. Two angles are adjacent and form
shadow 9 meters long. If the angle of an angle of 120. If the larger angle
elevation from the tip of the shadow is 20 less than three times the
to the top of the pole is 43, how tall smaller angle, find the larger angle.
is the pole?
a. 75
a. 10.2 b. 30
b. 7.54 c. 85
c. 10.45 d. 65
d. 8.25
193. A pine tree broken over by the
wind forms a right triangle with the 197. Solve the trigonometric equation
ground. If the broken part makes sin2x = -sin(-x) in the interval [0,
an angle of 50 with the ground 2Pi].
and the top of the tree is now 20 ft
from its base, how tall was the pine a. 0 , 2Pi
tree? b. 0 , Pi / 3 , Pi , 5Pi / 3
c. 0 , Pi
a. 55 ft d. Pi / 3 , Pi
b. 65 ft
c. 45 ft 198. If the sides of the triangle are
d. 35 ft 2x+3, x2+3x+3, and x2+2x, find the
greatest angle.
194. A ball, 5 ft in diameter, rolls up an
incline of 1820. What is the a. 100 deg.
height of the center of the ball b. 130 deg.
above the base of the incline when c. 120 deg.
the ball has rolled up 5 ft up the d. 110 deg.
incline?
199. ABDE is a square section and
a. 3 ft BDC is an equilateral triangle with
b. 5 ft C outside the square. Compute the
c. 4 ft value of angle ACE.
d. 6 ft
a. 30 deg.
195. If coversed Sin = 0.134, find the b. 60 deg.
value of versed Sin . c. 50 deg.
d. 20 deg.
a. 0.8
b. 0.3 200. The angle of elevation of the top of
c. 0.5 a tower from a point A is 2330.
d. 0.2 From another point B, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower is
196. A vertical pole consists of two 5530. The point A and B are
parts, each one half of the whole 217.45 m apart and on the same
pole. At a point in the horizontal horizontal plane as the foot of the
plane which passes through the tower. The horizontal angle
foot of the pole and 36 m from it, subtended by A and B at the foot
the upper half of the pole subtend of the tower is 90 degrees. Find the
an angle whose tangent is 1/3. How height of the tower.
high is the pole?
a. 90.6 m
a. 72 b. 86.7 m
b. 25 c. 89.5 m
c. 46 d. 55.9 m
d. 66
201. The y coordinates of all the points is the central angle, in degrees, of the
of intersection of the parabola y2 = x sector?
+ 2 and the circle x2 + y2 = 4 are
given by a. 216
b. 180
a. 2 , -2 c. 90
b. 0 , 3 , - 3 d. 36
c. 1 , 2 , -1
d. 1 , -2 , 1 206. If sin(x) = -1/3 and Pi x 3Pi/2,
then cot(2x) = ?
202. What is the smallest positive zero
of function f(x) = 1/2 - sin(3x + a. 42
Pi/3)? b. 22
c. 2
a. Pi/3 d. 7/(42)
b. Pi/6
c. Pi/18 207. If in a triangle ABC, sin(A) = 1/5,
d. Pi/36 cos(B) = 2/7, then cos(C) = ?

203. A cylinder of radius 5 cm is a. (45 - 224)/35

inserted within a cylinder of radius b. (45 + 224)/35
10 cm. The two cylinders have the c. (724 + 10)/35
same height of 20 cm. What is the d. 0.85
volume of the region between the
two cylinders? 208. What value of x makes the three
terms x, x/(x + 1) and 3x/[(x + 1)(x +
a. 500Pi 2)] those of a geometric sequence?
b. 1000Pi
c. 1500Pi a. 1
d. 2000Pi b. 1/2
c. 1/4
204. A data set has a standard deviation d. -1/2
equal to 1. If each data value in the
data set is multiplied by 4, then the 209. The sum of the sides of a triangle
value of the standard deviation of the is equal to 100 cm. If the angles of
new data set is equal to the triangle are in the continued
proportions of 1:2:4. Compute the
a. 3 shortest side of the triangle.
b. 1
c. 2 a. 17.545
d. 4 b. 19.806
c. 18.525
205. A cone made of cardboard has a d. 14.507
vertical height of 8 cm and a radius
of 6 cm. If this cone is cut along the 210. The sides of the triangular field
slanted height to make a sector, what which contains an area of 2400 sq.
 cm. are in continued proportion of
3:5:7. Find the smallest side of the a. x - 2y=30
triangle. b. x + y=180
c. x + 2y=30
a. 45.74 d. x + y=90
b. 63.62
c. 95.43 216. Evaluate cot-1 [2cos (sin-10.5)].
d. 57.67
a. 20
211. In triangle ABC, angle A=80 deg. b. 45
And point D is inside the triangle. If c. 30
BD and CD are bisectors of angle B d. 60
and C, solve for the angle BDC.
217. An airplane can fly at airspeed of
a. 100 deg. 300 mph. if there is a wind blowing
b. 130 deg. towards the east at 50 mph, what
c. 120 deg. should be the planes compass
d. 140 deg. heading in order for its course to be
30 degrees. What will be the planes
212. Simplify the equation Sin2x groundspeed if it flies at this course?
(1+cot2x).
a. 21.7, 321.86 mph
a. 0 b. 31.6, 351.68 mph
b. cos2x c. 51.7, 121.86 mph
c. 1 d. 12.7, 331.86 mph
d. sec2xsin2x
218. From the given parts of a spherical
213. Assuming the earth to be a sphere triangle ABC, compute for angle A.
of radius 3960 mi, find the distance (a=120, b=7315, c=6245)
of point 36 N latitude from the
equator. a. 12745
b. 11526
a. 2844 mi c. 18515
b. 2488 mi. d. 13756
c. 2484 mi.
d. 4288 mi. 219. The diagonals of a parallelogram
are 18 cm and 30 cm respectively.
214. If sinxcosx+sin2x=1, what are the One side of a parallelogram is 12 cm.
values of x in degrees? Find the area of the parallelogram.
a. 214
a. 32.2, 69.3 b. 216
b. -32.2, 69.3 c. 361
c. 20.9, 69.1 d. 108
d. 20.9, -69.1
220. A quadrilateral has sides equal to
215. If sin3x = cos6y then: 12 cm, 20 cm, 8 cm, and 17 cm
 respectively. If the sum of the two 225. As x increases from Pi/4 to 3Pi/4,
opposite angles is 225, find the area |sin(2x)|
of the parallelogram.
a. always increases
a. 168.18 b. always decreases
b. 78.31 c. increases then decreases
c. 70.73 d. decreases then increases
d. 186.71
226. If ax3 + bx2 + cx + d is divided by
221. The sides of the cyclic x - 2, then the reminder is equal to
quadrilateral are a=3 cm, b=3 cm,
c=4 cm and d=4 cm. Find the radius a. a-b+c-d
of the circle that can be inscribed in b. 8a + 4b + 2c + d
it. c. -8a + 4b -2c + d
d. a+b+c+d
a. 2.71 cm
b. 3.1 cm 227. A committee of 6 teachers is to be
c. 1.51 cm formed from 5 male teachers and 8
d. 1.71 cm female teachers. If the committee is
selected at random, what is the
222. How many diagonals can be drawn probability that it has an equal
from a 12 sided polygon? number of male and female teachers?

a. 66 a. 140/429
b. 48 b. 150/429
c. 54 c. 160/429
d. 36 d. 170/429

223. Find the area of a regular polygon 228. The range of the function f(x) = -|x
whose side is 25m and apothem is - 2| - 3 is
17.2m.
a. y2
a. 1075 b. y -3
b. 925 c. y -3
c. 1175 d. y -2
d. 1275
229. What is the period of the function
224. Find the area of a pentagon which f(x) = 3sin2(2x + Pi/4)?
is circumscribing a circle having an
area of 420.60 sq. cm. a. 3Pi
b. 2Pi
a. 386.57 c. Pi/2
b. 450.54 d. Pi/3
c. 486.29
d. 260.24 230. It is known that 3 out of 10
television sets are defective. If 2
 television sets are selected at random c. a horizontal line
from the 10, what is the probability d. a hyperbola
that 1 of them is defective?
235. If (2 - i)*(a - bi) = 2 + 9i, where i is
a. 1/15 the imaginary unit and a and b are
b. 1/10 real numbers, then a equals
c. 1/2
d. 1/3 a. 2
b. 1
231. In a triangle ABC, angle B has a c. 0
size of 50o, angle A has a size of 32o d. -1
and the length of side BC is 150
units. The length of side AB is 236. Lines L1 and L2 are perpendicular
that intersect at the point (2, 3). If L1
a. 232 passes through the point (0, 2), then
b. 280 line L2 must pass through the point
c. 260
d. 270 a. (0 , 3)
b. (1 , 1)
232. For the remainder of the division c. (3 , 1)
of x3 - 2x2 + 3kx + 18 by x - 6 to be d. (5 , 0)
equal to zero, k must be equal to
237. In a plane there are 6 points such
a. 1 that no three points are collinear.
b. 5 How many triangles do these points
c. -9 determine?
d. -10
a. 8
233. It takes pump (A) 4 hours to empty b. 10
a swimming pool. It takes pump (B) c. 18
6 hours to empty the same swimming d. 12
pool. If the two pumps are started
together, at what time will the two 238. In a circle with a diameter of 10
pumps have emptied 50% of the meters, a regular five pointed star
water in the swimming pool? touching its circumference is
inscribed. What is the area of the part
a. 1 hour 12 minutes not covered by the star?
b. 1 hour 20 minutes
c. 2 hours 30 minutes a. 60.42
d. 3 hours b. 40.58
c. 40.68
234. The graph of r = 10 cos() , where d. 50.47
r and are the polar coordinates, is
239. Find the area of a hexagon with a
a. a circle square having an area of 72 sq. cm.
b. an ellipse
 inscribed in a circle which is between the points of tangency of the
inscribed in a hexagon. 3 circles is 16.13 cm2, compute the
radius of each circle.
a. 124.71 sq. cm.
b. 150.26 sq. cm. a. 10 cm
c. 150.35 sq. cm. b. 13 cm
d. 130.77 sq. cm. c. 9 cm
d. 15cm
240. The tangent and a secant are to a
circle from the same external point. 244. A semi circle of radius 14 cm is
If the tangent is 6 inches and the bent to form a rectangle whose
external segment of the secant is 3 length is 1 cm more than its width.
inches, compute the length of the Find the area of the rectangle.
secant.
a. 323.75 cm2
a. 10 b. 322.32 cm2
b. 13 c. 233.57 cm2
c. 12 d. 233.75 cm2
d. 14
245. A swimming pool is constructed in
241. Two circles with radii 8 and 3 m the shape of two partially
are tangent to each other externally. overlapping circles, each of radius 9
What is the distance between the m. If the center each circle lies on
points of tangency of one of their the circumference of the other, find
common external tangencies? the perimeter of the swimming pool.

a. 7.8 m a. 85.7 m
b. 9.8 m b. 75.4 m
c. 10.7 m c. 56.5 m
d. 6.7 m d. 96.8 m

242. The diameters of the two circles 246. The length of the side of a rhombus
that are tangent internally are 18 and is 5 cm. If the shorter diagonal is of
8, respectively. What is the length of length 6 cm. What is the area of the
the tangent segment from the center rhombus?
of the larger circle to the smaller
circle? a. 24 cm2
b. 14 cm2
a. 2 c. 18 cm2
b. 4 d. 25 cm2
c. 3
d. 5 247. Two squares each of 12 cm sides
overlap each other such that the
243. Three identical circles are tangent overlapping region is a regular
to each other externally. If the area polygon. Determine the area of the
of the curvilinear triangle enclosed overlapping region thus formed.
 a. 110.9 cm2 a. 2 cm
b. 119.3 cm2 b. 2.5 cm
c. 121.5 cm2 c. 1.5 cm
d. 117.4 cm2 d. 3.2 cm

248. The side of a regular pentagon is 252. A regular triangular pyramid has
25 cm. If the radius of its inscribed an altitude of 9 m and a volume of
circle is 15 cm, find the area of the 187.06 cu.m. What is the base edge
pentagon. in meters?

a. 937.5 cm2 a. 10
b. 784.6 cm2 b. 11
c. 825.75 cm2 c. 12
d. 857.65 cm2 d. 13

249. The capacities of two 253. Two cylinders of equal radius 3m

hemispherical tanks are in the ratio have their axes at right angles. Find
64:125. If 4.8 kg of paint is required the volume of the common part.
to paint the outer surface of the
smaller tank, then how many a. 122 cu.cm.
kilograms of paint would be needed b. 144 cu.cm.
to paint the outer surface of the c. 154 cu.cm.
larger tank? d. 134 cu.cm.

a. 8.5 kg 254. A solid has a circular base of

b. 6.7 kg radius 20 cm. find the volume of the
c. 7.5 kg solid if every plane section
d. 9.4 kg perpendicular to a certain diameter is
an equilateral triangle.
250. A wooden cone of altitude 10 cm is
to be cut into two parts of equal a. 18,475.21 cm3
weight. How far from the vertex b. 20,475.31 cm3
should the cut parallel to the base be c. 12,775.21 cm3
made? d. 21,475.21 cm3

a. 6.65 cm 255. If the edge of a cube is increased

b. 3.83 cm by 30%, by how much is the surface
c. 7.94 cm increased?
d. 8.83 cm
a. 30%
251. A sphere of radius 5 cm and a right b. 21%
circular cone of base radius 5 cm and c. 69%
a height 10 cm stand on a plane. Find d. 33%
the position of a plane that cuts the
two solids in equal circular sections.
256. If the edge of a cube decreases by 261. Find the volume of a spherical
x%, its volume decrease by 48.8%. cone in a sphere of radius 17 cm if
Find the value of x. the radius of its zone is 8 cm.

a. 10% a. 2120.35
b. 20% b. 1426.34
c. 16% c. 1210.56
d. 25% d. 2316.75

257. Find the acute angles between the 262. A spherical wooden ball 15 cm in
two planes 2x y + z = 8 and x + y + diameter sinks to depth 12 cm in a
2z 11 = 0. certain liquid. Calculate the area
exposed above the liquid in cm2.
a. 30
b. 60 a. 45 pi.
c. 45 b. 20 pi.
d. 40 c. 15 pi.
d. 10 pi.
258. Find the volume of the solid
bounded by the plane x + y + z = 1 263. Given a solid right circular cone
and the coordinate planes. having a height of 8 cm. has a
volume equal to 4 times the volume
a. 1/3 of the smaller cone that could be cut
b. 1/4 from the same cone having the same
c. 1/5 axis. Compute the height of the
d. 1/6 smaller cone.

259. Compute the volume of a regular a. 5.04 cm

icosahedron with sides equal to 6 b. 3.25 cm
cm. c. 4.45 cm
d. 2.32 cm
a. 470.88 cm3
b. 520.78 cm3 264. The diameter of a sphere and the
c. 340.89 cm3 base of a cone are equal. What
d. 250.56 cm3 percentage of that diameter must the
cones height be so that both volumes
260. Compute the volume (in cm3) of a are equal.
sphere inscribe in an octahedron
having sides equal to 18 cm. a. 100%
b. 200%
a. 1622.33 c. 50%
b. 1875.45 d. 400%
c. 1663.22
d. 1892.63 265. The volume a regular pyramid
whose base is a regular hexagon is
 156 m3. If the altitude of the pyramid whose base are 105, 126, 134,
is 5 m., find the sides of the base. 146 and 158 on the sphere of
radius 12 m.
a. 4m
b. 8m a. 324.21
c. 6m b. 343.56
d. 3m c. 222.34
d. 433.67
266. The base of a cylinder is a hexagon
inscribed in a circle. If the difference 270. If the surface areas of two spheres
in the circumference of the circle and are 24 cm2 and 96 cm2 respectively.
the perimeter of the hexagon is 4 Find the ratio of their volume.
cm., find the volume of the prism if
it has an altitude of 20 cm. a. 1/4
b. 5
a. 10,367 cm3 c. 1/8
b. 12,239 cm3 d. 3/5
c. 10,123 cm3
d. 11,231 cm3 271. Considering the earth as a sphere
of radius 6400 km, find the radius of
267. The volume of a truncated prism the 60th parallel of latitude.
with an equilateral triangle as its
horizontal base is equal to 3600 cm3. a. 3200 km
The vertical edges at each corner are b. 1300 km
4, 6, and 8 cm., respectively. Find c. 2300 km
one side of the base. d. 3100 km

a. 22.37 272. A conical vessel has a height of 24

b. 25.43 cm. and a base diameter of 12 cm. It
c. 37.22 holds water to a depth of 18 cm
d. 17.89 above its vertex. Find the volume of
its content.
268. Aluminum and lead have specific
gravities of 2.5 and 16.48 a. 381.7 cm2
respectively. If a cubical aluminum b. 281.6 cm2
has edge of 0.30 m., find the edge of c. 451.2 cm2
a cubical block of lead having the d. 367.4 cm2
same weight as the aluminum.
273. A sphere is dropped in a can
a. 10 cm partially filled with water. What is
b. 14 cm the rise in height of the water if they
c. 13 cm have equal diameters?
d. 16 cm
a. 0.75d
269. Find the area of a pentagonal b. 0.67d
spherical pyramid the angles of c. 1.33d
 d. 1.5d segment joining the points (2, 6) and
(-4, 3).
274. A wooden cone is to be cut into
two parts of equal volume by a plane a. 2x - 4y + 5 = 0
parallel to its base. Find the ratio of b. 2x + 4y + 5 = 0
the heights of the two parts. c. 4x + 2y 5 = 0
d. 5x 2y + 4 = 0

a. 2.35 279. The vertices of the base of an

b. 3.85 isosceles triangle are (-1, -2) and (1,
c. 1.26 4). If the third vertex lies on the line
d. 1.86 4x + 3y = 12, find the area of the
triangle.
275. The ratio of the area of regular
polygon circumscribed in a circle to a. 8
the area of inscribed regular polygon b. 10
of the same number of sides is 4:3. c. 9
Find the number of sides. d. 11

a. 4 280. The coordinates of the two vertices

b. 6 of a triangle are (6, -1) and (-3, 7).
c. 8 Find the coordinates of the third
d. 10 vertex so that the centroid of the
triangle will be at the origin.
276. A rectangle ABCD which
measures 18 by 24 cm is folded a. (-3, -6)
once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, b. (-5, -5)
so that the opposite vertices A and C c. (4, -6)
coincide. Find the length of the fold. d. (6, -4)

a. 18.5 cm 281. Compute the angle between the

b. 22.5 cm line 2y-9x-18=0 and the x-axis.
c. 21.5 cm
d. 19.5 cm a. 64.54
b. 45
277. If the straight lines ax + by +c = 0 c. 77.47
and bx + cy + a = 0 are parallel, then d. 87.65
which of the following is correct?
282. Find the value of k if the y-
2
a. b = 4ac intercept of the line 3x-4y-8k=0 is
b. b2 = ac equal to 2.
c. b2 + ac = 0
d. a2 =bc a. 1
b. 2
278. Find the equation of the c. -1
perpendicular bisector of the d. 3
 c. m1 = m2
283. Find the area of the polygon whose d. m1 x m2 =0
vertices are (2, -6), (4, 0), (2, 4), (-3,
2), (-3, 3). 288. The abscissa of a point is 3. If its
distance from a point (8, 7) is 13,
a. 32.5 find its ordinate.
b. 23.5
c. 47.5 a. -5 or 19
d. 35.5 b. 3 or 5
c. 5 or 19
284. In the triangle ABC having vertices d. -3 or 7
at A(-2, 5), B(6, 1) and C(-2, -3),
find the length of the median from 289. If the points (-3, -5), (p, q) and (3,
vertex B to side AC. 4) lie on a straight line, then which
of the following is correct?
a. 5
b. 7 a. 2p 3q =1
c. 6 b. p + q = -3
d. 8 c. 3p 2q =1
d. 2p q =3
285. A line has an equation of 3x-ky-
8=0. Find the value of k if this line 290. Find the equation of the line
makes an angle of 45 with the line parallel to 7x + 2y 4 = 0 and
2x+5y-17=0. passing through (-3, -5).

a. 5 a. 7x + 2y + 31 = 0
b. 7 b. 2x 4y -7 = 0
c. 8 c. 3x 4y + 7 = 0
d. 6 d. 2x 7y + 31 = 0

286. The points (1, 3) and (5, 5) are two 291. Find the area of a triangle whose
opposite vertices of a rectangle. The vertices are (1, 1), (3,-3), and (5,-3).
other two vertices lie on the line 2x-
y+k=0. Find the value of k. a. 4
b. 7
a. -2 c. 10
b. 2 d. 12
c. -3
d. 4 292. Determine the x intercept of the
line passing through (4, 1) and (1, 4).
287. Let m1 and m2 be the respective
slopes of two perpendicular lines. a. 3
Then b. 5
c. 4
a. m1 + m2 = -1 d. 6
b. m1 x m2 = -1
293. Find the slope of the line having a
parametric equations of x=2+t and 298. Determine the area bounded by the
y=5-3t. curve x2 + y2 6y = 0

a. 1 a. 27.28 sq. units

b. 1/3 b. 72.28 sq. units
c. -3 c. 28.27 sq. units
d. -1 d. 18.27 sq. units

294. The midpoint of the line segment 299. How far is the center of the circle
joining a moving point to (6, 0) is on x2 + y2 10x 24y + 25 = 0 from
the line y=x. Find the equation of its the line y = 2?
locus.
a. 10
a. xy+6=0 b. 14
b. x 2y + 6 = 0 c. 12
c. 2x y -3 = 0 d. 16
d. 2x + 3y 5 = 0
300. Find the equation of the circle
295. The base of an isosceles triangle is tangent to the y-axis and the center is
the line from (4,-3) to (-4, 5). Find at (5, 3).
the locus of the third vertex.
a. (x+5)2 + (y-3)2 = 25
a. xy+1=0 b. (x-5)2 + (y+3)2 = 25
b. x+y+1=0 c. (x-5)2 + (y-3)2 = 25
c. xy2=0 d. (x-5)2 + (y-3)2 = 50
d. x+y3=0
301. Find the equation of the circle
296. What is the new equation of the circumscribing a triangle whose
line 5x + 4y + 3 = 0 if the origin is vertices are (0, 0), (0, 5) and (3, 3).
translated to the point (1, 2)?
a. x2 + y2 x - 5y = 0
a. 4x + 3y + 16 = 0 b. x2 + y2 - 2x y = 0
b. 5x + 4y + 16 = 0 c. x2 + y2 -5x -5y + 8 = 0
c. 5x 4y 16 = 0 d. x2 + y2 x - 5y + 6 = 0
d. 6x + 6y 16 = 0
302. A parabola having its axis along
297. One end of the diameter of the the x-axis passes through (-3, 6).
circle (x 4)2 + y2 = 25 is the point Compute the length of the latus
(1, 4). Find the coordinates of the rectum if the vertex is at the origin.
other end of this diameter.
a. 4
a. (7, -4) b. 8
b. (3, 4) c. 6
c. (-4, 7) d. 12
d. (-7, 4)
303. A hut has a parabolic cross-section
whose height is 30m. and whose
base is 60m. wide. If the ceiling 40
m. is to be placed inside the hut, how
high will it be above the base?
308. Find the eccentricity of a hyperbola
having distance between foci equal
to 18 and the distance between
directrices equal to 2.

a. 16.67 m a. 2
b. 15.48 m b. 3
c. 14.47 m c. 2.8
d. 19.25 m d. 3.7

304. Find the coordinates of the focus of 309. Find the length of the tangent from
the parabola x2=4y-8. point (7, 8) to the circle x2 + y2 9 =
0
a. (0, -3)
b. (0, 3) a. 10.2
c. (2, 0) b. 14.7
d. (0, -2) c. 11.3
d. 13.6
305. An ellipse has an eccentricity of
1/3. Compute the distance between 310. What is the equation of the
directrices if the distance between equation of the directrix of the
foci is 4. parabola y2 = 16x?

a. 18 a. x=4
b. 36 b. y=4
c. 32 c. x = -4
d. 38 d. y = -4

306. An ellipse has a length of semi- 311. Find the radius of the circle 2x2 +
major axis of 300 m. compute the 2y2 3x + 4y 1 = 0
second eccentricity of the eclipse.
a. /4
a. 1.223
b. 1.222 b. /4
c. 1.333 c. /4
d. 1.233 d. /4
307. Compute the circumference of an
ellipse whose diameters are 14 and 312. Find an equation for the hyperbola
10 meters. with foci at (1, 3) and (9, 3), and
eccentricity 2.
a. 28.33 m
b. 38.22 m a. x2 3y2 30x + 6y + 54 = 0
c. 18.75 m b. 3x2 y2 30x + 6y + 54 = 0
d. 23.14 m c. x2 y2 30 x + 6y + 54 = 0
 d. 3x2 y2 6x + 30y = 54 = 0 318. An arc in the form of a parabola is
60 m across the bottom. The highest
313. Find the equation of the locus of a point is 16 m above the horizontal
point which moves so that its base. What is the length of the beam
distance from (1, -7) is always 5. placed horizontally across the arc 3
m below the top.
a. x2 + y2 2x + 14y + 25 = 0
b. x2 + y2 2x 14y + 25 = 0 a. 19.36
c. x2 + y2 + 2x + 14y + 25 = 0 b. 24.86
d. x2 + y2 2x + 14y + 25 = 0 c. 25.98
d. 27.34

314. The difference of the distances of a 319. A curve has an equation of x2 = cy

moving point from (1, 0) and (-1, 0) + d. the length of latus rectum is 4
is 1. Find the equation of its locus. and the vertex is at (0, 2). Compute
the value of C and d.
a. 4x2 - 12y2 = 3
b. 3x2 - 4y2 = 12 a. 4, -8
c. 12x2 - 4y2 = 3 b. 6, -2
d. 4x2 - 9y2 = 3 c. 2, -5
d. 3, -7
315. A circle has its center on the line
2y=3x and tangent to the x-axis at (4, 320. What conic section is 2x2 - 8xy +
0). Find the radius. 4x = 12?

a. 6 a. Parabola
b. 7 b. Ellipse
c. 5 c. Hyperbola
d. 8 d. Circle

316. Find the shortest distance from (3, 321. What conic section is described by
8) to the curve x2+y2+4x-6y=12. the equation r = 6 / (4 3cos)?

a. 1.21 a. Circle
b. 2.07 b. Ellipse
c. 4.09 c. Hyperbola
d. 3.73 d. Parabola

317. The focus of the parabola y2=4x is 322. An ellipse has its center at (0, 0)
at: with its axis horizontal. The distance
between the vertices is 8 and its
a. (4, 0) eccentricity is 0.5. Compute the
b. (1, 0) length of the longest focal radius
c. (0, 4) from point (2, 3) on the curve.
d. (0, 1)
a. 3
 b. 5 d. 0
c. 4
d. 6 328. A snowball is being made so that
its volume is increasing at the rate of
323. Determine the equation of the 8 ft3/min. Find the rate at which the
common tangents to the circles radius is increasing when the
x2+y2+2x+4y-3=0 and x2+y2-8x- snowball is 4 ft in diameter.
6y+7=0.
a. 0.159 ft/min
a. x+y1=0 b. 0.015 ft/min
b. 2x + y 1 = 0 c. 0.259 ft/min
c. xy1=0 d. 0.325 ft/min
d. x -2x + 1 = 0
329. A stone is dropped into a still
324. An arc in the form of a parabolic pond. Concentric circular ripples
curve is 40 m across the bottom. A spread out, and the radius of the
flat horizontal beam 26 m long is disturbed region increases at the rate
placed 12 m above the base. Find the of 16 cm/s. At what rate does the
height of the arc. area of the disturbed increase when
its radius is 4 cm?
a. 20.78 m
b. 18.67 m a. 304.12 cm2/s
c. 25.68 m b. 503.33 cm2/s
d. 15.87 m c. 402.12 cm2/s
d. 413.13 cm2/s
325. Evaluate: Lim (tan33x) / x3 as x
approaches 0. 330. Find the limit (x+2)/(x-3) as x
approaches 3.
a. 0
b. 31 a. 0
c. 27 b. infinity
d. Infinity c. indeterminate
d. 3
326. Evaluate the integral xcosxdx.
331. A man 1.8 m. tall is walking at the
a. xsinx + cosx + C rate of 1.2 m/s away from a lamp
b. x2sinx + C post 6.7 m high. At what rate is the
c. xcosx + sinx + C tip of his shadow receding from the
d. 2xsinx + cosx + C lamp post?

327. Find the limit: sin2x/sin3x as x a. 2.16 m/s

approaches to 0. b. 1.64 m/s
c. 1.83 m/s
a. 1/3 d. 1.78 m/s
b. 3/4
c. 2/3
332. A man on a wharf is pulling a rope b. 524 ft2
tied to a raft at a rate of 0.6 m/s. If c. 345 ft2
the hands of the man pulling the rope d. 725 ft2
are 3.66 m above the water, how fast
is the raft approaching the wharf 337. Find the equation of the tangent
when there are 6.1 m of rope out? line to the curve x3 + y3 = 9 at the
given point (1, 2).
a. -1.75 m/s
b. -0.25 m/s a. x + 4y = 9
c. -0.75 m/s b. 2x + 4y = 5
d. -0.54 m/s c. 4x y = 9
d. 4x 2y = 10
333. Evaluate the limit: tanx / x as x
approaches 0. 338. Find the area of the largest
rectangle whose base is on the x axis
a. 0 and whose upper two vertices lie on
b. undefined the curve y = 12 x2.
c. 1
d. infinity a. 24
b. 32
334. A man is riding his car at the rate c. 16
of 30 km/hr toward the foot of a pole d. 36
10 m high. At what rate is he
approaching the top when he is 40 m 339. Find the radius of the largest right
from the foot of the pole? circular cylinder inscribed in a
sphere of radius 5.
a. -5.60 m/s
b. -6.78 m/s a. 4.08 units
c. -8.08 m/s b. 1.25 units
d. -4.86 m/s c. 5.14 units
d. 8.12 units
335. Find the point on the curve y = x3
at which the tangent line is 340. A rectangular box open at the top
perpendicular to the line 3x + 9y = 4. is to be constructed from a 12x12-
inch piece of cardboard by cutting
a. (1, 1) away equal squares from the four
b. (1, -1) corners and folding up the sides.
c. (-1, 2) Determine the size of the cutout that
d. (-2, -1) maximizes the volume of the box.

336. A boy wishes to use 100 feet of a. 6 inches

fencing to enclose a rectangular b. 1.5 inches
garden. Determine the maximum c. 2 inches
possible area of his garden. d. 3 inches

a. 625 ft2 341. Find dy / dx if y = 5^(2x + 1).

 the circulation increase 6 months
a. (5^(2x + 1))ln25 after the magazine is introduced?
b. (5^(2x + 1))ln(2x + 1)
c. (5^(2x + 1))ln5 a. 1200 copies/month
d. (5^(2x + 1)ln15 b. 2202 copies/month
c. 2000 copies/month
d. 2200 copies/month
342. An athlete at point A on the shore
of a circular lake of radius 1 km 346. What is the order and degree of the
wants to reach point B on the shore differential equation y + xy +
diametrically opposite A. If he can 2y(y)2 +xy = 0.
row a boat 3 km/hr and jog 6 km/hr,
at what angle with the diameter a. first order, second degree
should he row in order to reach B in b. second order, third degree
the shortest possible time? c. third order, first degree
d. third order, second degree
a. 30
b. 50 347. A curve is defined by the condition
c. 45 that at each of its points (x, y), its
d. 60 slope is equal to twice the sum of the
coordinates of the point. Express the
343. Find the area of the region above condition by means of a differential
the x axis bounded by the curve y = - equation.
x2 + 4x 3.
a. dy / dx = 2x + 2y
a. 1.333 square units b. dy / dx = 2x + 2ydy
b. 3.243 square units c. dy = 2xdx + 2y
c. 2.122 square units d. x + y = 2y
d. 1.544 square units
348. Find the first derivative of
344. Find the volume of the solid of ln(cosx).
revolution formed by rotating the
region bounded by the parabola y = a. cscx
x2 and the lines y = 0 and x = 2 about b. tanx
the x axis. c. secx
d. cotx
a. 25.01 cu. units
b. 15.50 cu. units 349. Find the number of equal parts into
c. 20.11 cu. units which a given number N must be
d. 30.14 cu. units divided as that their product will be a
maximum.
345. A publisher estimates that in t
months after he introduces a new a. N/2e
magazine, the circulation will be C(t) b. N/e
= 150t2 + 400t + 7000 copies. If this c. 2N/e2
prediction is correct, how fast will d. 2N/e
 354. Find the point of inflection of the
350. An object moves along the x axis curve x3 3x2 x + 7.
so that its x-coordinate obeys the law
x = 3t2 + 8t + 1. Find the time when a. 2, 3
its velocity and acceleration are the b. 2, 6
same. c. 1, 5
d. 1, 4
a. 2/3
b. 3/5 355. Find two numbers whose sum is 36
c. 3/4 if the product of one by the square of
d. 4/5 the other is a maximum.

351. Assuming that the earth is a perfect a. 12, 23

sphere, with radius 4000 miles. The b. 25, 11
volume of ice at the north and south c. 16, 20
poles is estimated to be 8,000,000 d. 12, 24
cubic miles. If this ice were melted
and if the resulting water were 356. Find the minimum distance from
distributed uniformly over the globe, the curve y = 2 square root of 2x to
approximately what should be the the
depth of the added water at any point
on the earth? a. 3.56
b. 4.66
a. 120 ft. c. 5.66
b. 320 ft. d. 2.66
c. 210 ft.
d. 230 ft. 357. Divide 60 into 3 parts so that the
product of the three parts will be the
352. Find the equation of the curve maximum. Find the product.
passing through the point (3, 2) and
having slope 2x2 5 at any point (x, a. 6,000
y). b. 8,000
c. 4,000
a. 2x3 15x 3y + 2 = 0 d. 12,000
b. 3x3 5x 2y 1 = 0
c. 2x3 + 5x 3y 21 = 0 358. A particle moves along a path
d. 5x3 3x 3y + 1 = 0 whose parametric equations are x =
t3 and y = 2t2. What is the
353. Find the centroid of the region acceleration of that particle when t =
bounded by y = x2, y = 0, and x = 1. 5 seconds?

a. (1/4, 2/3) a. 30.26 m/s2

b. (2/3, 5/4) b. 18.56 m/s2
c. (3/4, 3/10) c. 21.62 m/s2
d. (3/5, 5/10) d. 23.37 m/s2
359. Find the area bounded by the curve
5y2 = 16x and the curve y2 = 8x 24. 364. Find the area of the region
bounded by y2=8x and y=2x.
a. 36
b. 25 a. 3/4
c. 16 b. 5/4
d. 14 c. 4/3
d. 5/6
360. Find the area in the first quadrant
bounded by the parabola y2=4x and 365. Two posts, one 8 ft. high and the
the line x=3 and x=1 other 12 ft. high, stand 15 ft. apart
from each other. They are to be
a. 5.595 stayed by wires attached to a single
b. 4.254 stake at ground level, the wires
c. 6.567 running to the tops of the posts. How
d. 7.667 far from the shorter post should the
stake be placed to use the least
361. Find the area enclosed by the curve amount of wire?
x2+8y+16=0, the line x=4 and the
coordinate axes. a. 6 ft.
b. 5 ft.
a. 8.97 c. 9 ft.
b. 10.67 d. 8 ft.
c. 9.10
d. 12.72 366. At the maximum point, the second
derivative of the curve is
362. Find the volume of the solid
formed by rotating the curve 4x2 + a. 0
9y2 = 36 about the line 4x + 3y 20 b. Negative
=0 c. Undefined
d. Positive
a. 356.79
b. 138.54 367. Determine the curvature of the
c. 473.74 curve y2=16x at the point (4, 8).
d. 228.56
a. -0.0442
363. Determine the moment of inertia of b. -0.1043
a rectangle 100cm by 300cm with c. -0.0544
respect to a line through its center of d. -0.0254
gravity and parallel to the shorter
side. 368. Determine the value of the integral
of sin53xdx from 0 to pi over 6.
a. 225x106 cm4
b. 125x106 cm4 a. 0.457
c. 325x106 cm4 b. 1.053
d. 235x106 cm4 c. 0.0178
 d. 0.178
372. The height of a projectile thrown
369. A body moves such that its
acceleration as a function of time is
a=2+12t, where a is in m/s2. If its
velocity after 1 s is 11 m/s. find the
distance traveled after 5 seconds.
a. 256 m
b. 340 m
c. 290 m
d. 420 m
373. The density of the rod is the rate of
370. A runner and his coach are
standing together on a circular track
of radius 100 meters. When the
coach gives a signal, the runner starts
to run around the track at a speed of
10 m/s. How fast is the distance
between the runners has run of the
way around the track?
vertically at any given time is define
by the equation h(t) = -16t2 + 256t.
What is the maximum height reach
by the projectile?
a. 1567 ft
b. 1920 ft
c. 1247 ft
d. 1024 ft
change of its mass with respect to its
given length. A certain rod has
length of 9 feet and a total mass of
24 slugs. If the mass of a section of
the rod of length x from its left end is
proportional to the square root of this
length, calculate the density of the
rod 4 ft from its left end.

a. 5.04 m/s a. 1 slug/ft

b. 6.78 m/s b. 2 slugs/ft
c. 5.67 m/s c. 3 slugs/ft
d. 7.07 m/s d. 4 slugs/ft

371. A telephone company has to run a 374. It costs 0.05 x2 + 6x + 100 dollars
line from a point A on one side of a to produce x pounds of soap.
river to another point B that is on the Because of quantity discounts, each
other side, 30 km down from the pound sells for 12 0.15x dollars.
point opposite A. the river is Calculate the marginal profit when
uniformly 10 km wide. The company 10 pounds of soap is produced.
can run the line along the shoreline
to a point C then run the line under a. $9
the river to b. the cost of laying the b. $2
line along the shore is P5000 per km, c. $ 12
and the cost of laying it under water d. $7
is P12, 000 per km. Where the point
C should be located to minimize the 375. Find the area of the region
cost? bounded by y = x2 5x + 6, the axis,
and the vertical lines x = 0 and x = 4.
a. 5.167 km
b. 6.435 km a. 5/7
c. 4.583 km b. 19/4
d. 3.567 km c. 17/3
 d. 9/2 isosceles trapezoid 30 cm wide of 50
cm. If the through leaks water at the
376. A police car is 20 ft away from a rate of 2000 cm3/min, how fast is the
long straight wall. Its beacon, water level decreasing when the
rotating 1 revolution per second, water is 20 cm deep.
shines a beam of light on the wall.
How fast is the beam moving when it a. 13/25
is nearest to the police car? b. 1/46
c. 5/21
a. 10pi d. 11/14
b. 20pi
c. 30pi 381. Determine the area of the region
d. 40pi bounded by the curve y = x3 4x2 +
3x and the axis, from x = 0 to x =3.
377. Find area of the largest rectangle
that can be inscribed in an equilateral a. 28/13
triangle of side 20. b. 13/58
c. 29/11
a. d. 37/12
b.
382. Find the volume of a solid formed
c. by rotating the area bounded by y =
d. x2, y = 8 x2 and the y axis about the
x axis.
378. A hole of 2 radius is drilled
a. 268.1
through the axis of a sphere of radius
b. 287.5
3. Compute the volume of the
c. 372.9
remaining part.
d. 332.4
a. 46.83
383. The price p of beans, in dollars per
b. 59.23
basket, and the daily supply x, in
c. 91.23
thousands of basket, are related by
d. 62.73
the equation px + 6x + 7p = 5950. If
the supply is decreasing at the rate of
379. Find the maximum area of a
2000 baskets per day, what is the rate
rectangle circumscribed about a
of change of daily basket price of
fixed rectangle of length 8 and width
beans when 100,000 baskets are
4
available?
a. 67
a. 2.35
b. 38
b. 1.05
c. 72
c. 3.15
d. 81
d. 4.95
380. A trough filled with liquid is 2 m
long and has a cross section of an
384. A flying kite is 100 m above the
ground, moving in a horizontal a. (f / g)(x) is also continuous
direction at a rate of 10 m/s. How everywhere.
fast is the angle between the string b. (f / g)(x) is also continuous
and the horizontal changing when everywhere except at the
there is 300 m of string out? zeros of g(x).
c. (f / g)(x) is also continuous
a. 1/90 rad/sec everywhere except at the
b. 1/30 rad/sec zeros of f(x).
c. 1/65 rad/sec d. more information is needed
d. 1/72 rad/sec to answer this question

385. If functions f and g have domains 389. If functions f(x) and g(x) are
Df and Dg respectively, then the continuous everywhere and f(1) = 2,
domain of f / g is given by f(3) = -4, f(4) = 8, g(0) = 4, g(3) = -6
and g(7) = 0 then lim (f + g)(x) as x
a. the union of Df and Dg approaches 3 is equal to
b. the intersection of Df and Dg
c. the intersection of Df and a. -9
Dg without the zeros of b. -10
function g c. -11
d. None of the above d. -12

386. Let the closed interval [a, b] be the 390. If f(x) and g(x) are such that lim
domain of function f. The domain of f(x) as x --> a = + infinity and lim
f(x - 3) is given by g(x) as x --> a = 0, then

a. the open interval (a , b) a. lim [ f(x) . g(x) ] as x --> a is

b. the closed interval [a , b] always equal to 0
c. the closed interval [a - 3 , b - b. lim [ f(x) . g(x) ] as x --> a is
3] never equal to 0
d. the closed interval [a + 3 , b c. lim [ f(x) . g(x) ] as x --> a
+ 3] may be +infinity or -infinity
d. None of the above
387. Let the interval (a , +infinity) be
the range of function f. The range of 391. A critical number c of a function f
f(x) - 4 is given by is a number in the domain of f such
that
a. the interval (a - 4 ,
+infinity) a. f '(c) = 0
b. the interval (a + 4, +infinity) b. f '(c) is undefined
c. the interval (a, +infinity) c. (A) or (B) above
d. None of the above d. None of the above

388. If functions f(x) and g(x) are 392. The values of parameter a for
continuous everywhere then which function f defined by f(x) = x3
 + ax2 + 3x has two distinct critical a. f '(x) = g '(x) + k
numbers are in the interval b. f '(x) = g '(x)
c. Both (A) and (B)
a. (-infinity , + infinity) d. None of the above
b. (-infinity , -3] U [3 ,
+infinity) 397. If f(x) = g(u) and u = u(x) then
c. (0 , + infinty)
d. None of the above a. f '(x) = g '(u)
b. f '(x) = g '(u) . u '(x)
393. If f(x) has one critical point at x = c. f '(x) = u '(x)
c, then d. None of the above

a. function f(x - a) has one 398. lim [ex -1] / x as x approaches 0 is

critical point at x = c + a equal to
b. function - f(x) has a critical
point at x = - c a. 1
c. f(k x) has a critical point at x b. 0
=c/k c. is of the form 0 / 0 and
d. (A) and (C) only cannot be calculated.
d. None of the above
394. The values of parameter a for
which function f defined by f(x) = 399. If f(x) is a differentiable function
3x3 + ax2 + 3 has two distinct critical such that f '(0) = 2, f '(2) = -3 and f
numbers are in the interval '(5) = 7 then the limit lim [f(x) - f(4)]
/ (x - 4) as x approaches 4 is equal to
a. (-infinity , + infinity)
b. (-infinity , -3] U [3 , a. 2
+infinity) b. -3
c. (0 , + infinty) c. 7
d. None of the above d. 4

395. If f(x) = x3 -3x2 + x and g is the 400. If f(x) and g(x) are differentiable
inverse of f, then g '(3) is equal to functions such that f '(x) = 3x and
g'(x) = 2x2 then the limit lim [(f(x) +
a. 10 g(x)) - (f(1) + g(1))] / (x - 1) as x
b. 1 / 10 approaches 1 is equal to
c. 1
d. None of the above a. 5
b. 10
396. If functions f and g are such that c. 20
f(x) = g(x) + k where k is a constant, d. 15
then