QUESTIONS FOR 2ND YEAR

Easy Questions
1. Find the equation of the line parallel to 3x – 4y + 5 = 0 and passes through point (6,7).

Solution:
m=¾
𝑦−7 3
𝑥−6
=4
4𝑦 − 28 = 3𝑥 − 18

3𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 10 = 0

2. Find the remainder, if 4𝑥 200 + 5𝑥 95 − 4𝑥 21 + 2𝑥 − 6 is divided by x – 1.

Solution:
Using remainder theorem,
Remainder = P(1) = 4(1)200 + 5(1)95 − 4(1)21 + 2(1) − 6 = 1

3. For what value of the constant k does the equation 2x + kx = 3 have one solution?

Solution:
Solve for x to obtain: x = 3/(2 + k)
The given equation has one solution for all real values of k not equal to -2.

All real numbers except -2

4. This is the process of expressing a polynomial as the product of another polynomial or monomial
of lower degree. What is this mathematical process?

Answer:
Factoring

5. Find an equation of the circle that is tangent to both the x and y axes, with a radius of 4 and
whose center is located in the second quadrant.

Solution:

(𝑥 − ℎ)2 + (𝑦 − 𝑘)2 = 𝑟 2

Since the circle is tangent to the x axis, the distance from the center to x axis is equal to the
radius 4. In the same way the circle is tangent to the y axis and therefore the distance from
the center to the y axis is also equal to the radius. Hence the center has coordinates (-4 , 4).

(𝑥 + 4)2 + (𝑦 − 4)2 = 42

(𝑥 + 4)2 + (𝑦 − 4)2 = 16
6. If a = cos θ and b = sin θ, then 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 is equal to:

Solution:
𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)2 + (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃)2 = 1

7. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157 and 210 respectively. What is the area of the triangle?

Solution:
𝐴 = √𝑠(𝑠 − 𝑎)(𝑠 − 𝑏)(𝑠 − 𝑐)
𝑎+𝑏+𝑐 195+157+210
𝑠= 2
= 2
= 281
𝐴 = √281(281 − 195)(281 − 157)(281 − 210) = 14,586.21 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠

8. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground. How long does it take to hit the
ground?
Solution:
1
𝑆 = 𝑣𝑖 𝑡 + 2 𝑔𝑡 2
2(𝑆−𝑣𝑖 𝑡) 2(60−0)
𝑡=√ = √ = 3.5 𝑠𝑒𝑐.
𝑔 9.81

9. Find the derivative of h with respect to u: for ℎ = 𝜋 2𝑢

Solution:
𝑑ℎ
𝑑𝑢
= (𝜋 2𝑢 𝑙𝑛𝜋)(2)
𝑑ℎ
𝑑𝑢
= (2𝜋 2𝑢 𝑙𝑛𝜋)

10. A missile is fired with a speed of 100fps in a direction 30 degrees above the horizontal.
Determine the maximum height to which it rises?

Solution:
𝑣1 2 (sin 𝜃)2 1002 sin 302
H= 2𝑔
= 2(32.2)
= 38.82 ft.

Average

1. Pipe A can fill a tank in 6 hours and Pipe B can fill the same tank in 3 hours. A drain pipe can empty
the tank in 24 hours. With pipes A and B open for one and a half hour, how long will it take to fill the
tank with only Pipe A and drain pipe running?

Solution:
1 1 1 1
1.5 (6 + 3) + 𝑥 (6 − 24) = 1
x= 2 hrs.
 1 1
2. Given: 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 5. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑥 3 + 𝑥
Solution:
1 3
(𝑥 + 𝑥) = 53
1 1 2 13
𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 (𝑥) + 3𝑥 (𝑥) + 𝑥 = 125
1 1
𝑥 3 + 3 (𝑥 + 𝑥) + 𝑥 3 = 125
1
𝑥 3 + 3(5) + 𝑥 3 = 125
1
𝑥3 + = 110
𝑥3

3. Find the area of a regular hexagon if the length of the apothem is 5√3 u.

Solution:
𝑎 5√3
Tan 60 = ; 𝑥 = =5
𝑥 tan 60
𝑠 = 2𝑥 = 2(5) = 10𝑢.
𝑎𝑃 5√3(6𝑥10)
A= = = 150√3 = 259.81 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢.
2 2

4. The distance between the center of the three circles which are mutually tangent to each
other are 10, 12, and 14 units. Find the area of the largest circle.

Solution:
𝑟1 + 𝑟2 = 10
𝑟1 + 𝑟3 = 14
𝑟2 + 𝑟3 = 12

𝑟1 = 6; 𝑟2 = 4; 𝑟3 = 8
𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟3 2 = 𝜋(8)2 = 210.06 sq.u.

5. If the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is three-fourth of the length of its minor axis,
find its eccentricity.

Solution:
2𝑏2 3 3
𝑎
= 4 (2𝑏); 𝑏 = 4
𝑎
3𝑎 4 7 2
𝑐 2 = 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 = 𝑎2 − ( 4 ) = 16
𝑎
𝑐
𝑒 = 𝑎 = 0.66

𝑑𝑦
6. What is the first derivative, , of (𝑥𝑦)𝑥 = 𝑒
𝑑𝑥
Answer:
−𝑦(1+𝑙𝑛𝑥𝑦)
𝑦′ =
𝑋

7. A fighter jet drops a bomb at an elevation 1000 meters from the ground intended to hit a
tanker. If the jet is flying at a velocity of 300 kph, at what distance from the target must the
bomb be dropped to hit the target? Wind velocity and atmospheric pressure to be
disregarded.
Solution:
𝑔
𝑦 = 𝑣𝑖 𝑡 + 2 𝑡 2
 9.81 2
1000 = 0 + 2
𝑡 ; t = 14.278 s
3000,000(14.278)
𝑆= = 1189.83𝑚.
3600

8. Solve for the resultant.

Solution:
𝑅 = 400 + 300 < −60 + 300 < 240 + 200 < 150 = 476.98 𝑙𝑏 < −61.61𝑜

9. If the point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of the triangle is called incenter, what is
the point of concurrency of the altitudes of the triangle?

Answer:
Orthocenter

10. The sum of four positive integers is 32. Find the greatest possible product of these four
numbers.

Answer:
𝑥 4 = 84 = 4096

Difficult

1. The population of city A changes according to the exponential function A(t) = 2.9 (2).11𝑡 (million)
and the population of city B changes according to the exponential function B(t) = 1.7(2).17𝑡 (million),
where t = 0 corresponds to 2009.
After how many years will the sizes of the population of the two cities be equal?

Solution:
𝑙𝑛2.9 + .11𝑡 𝑙𝑛 2 = ln 1.7 + .17𝑡 𝑙𝑛 2
t = 12.84 yrs

2. An air traffic controller spots two planes at the same altitude converging on a point as they fly at
right angles to one another. One plane is 150 miles from the point and is moving at 450mph. The
other plane is 200 miles from the point and has the speed of 600 mph. How much time does the
traffic controller have to get one of the planes on a different flight path.

Answer:

20 min

3. In a circle with a diameter of 10 m. , a regular five pointed star touching its circumference is
inscribed. What is the area of the part not covered by the star?

Answer:

A = 50.48 sq. m.

1 9
4. What is the constant term in the binomial expansion of (2𝑥 2 + ) ?
𝑥

Answer:

672

5. Factor completely:

9𝑥 2 − 42𝑥 + 12𝑥𝑦 + 49 + 4𝑦 2 − 28𝑦

Answer:

(3𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 7)2

6. Express 0. ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
16459 in fraction. (Express your answer in lowest term)

Answer:

16459
99999
7. Find x:
...
𝑥
𝑥𝑥
𝑥 =7
Answer:
7
𝑥 = √7 = 1.32

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8. What is the sum of the digits of the product of ⏞
666. . .666 and ⏞
999. . .999?

Answer:
18,126

9. If the radius of the sphere is increased by 10%, by how many percent is the volume
increased?
 Answer:
33.1%

10. Mark is 24 years old. Mark is twice as old as John was when Mark was as old as John is
now. How old is John?

Answer:
18 years old

Clincher
1. If b and c are constants and
(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 𝑏) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 + 6
Then c is:

Answer:
c=5

2. A polygon having 12 sides is called

Answer:
Dodecagon

3. How many diagonals does a pentagon have?

Answer:
5 diagonals

4. Convert 1𝑜 to radians.

Answer:
0.017 rad

5. An expression of two terms is called __________.

Answer:
Binomial