Day 3 problems

1.110. what is the discriminant of the equation 4x2= 8x-5

A. 8 B. -16 C. 16 D. -8

2.112. find the term involving y5 in the expansion (2x2+y)10

A. 8064x10y5 B. 8046x5y5 C. 8046x10y5 D. 4680x5y5

3.113. find the 5TH term of the expansion of (x2 + 1/x)10

A. 260x8 B. 5040x8 C. 210x8 D. 420x8

4.114. in the expression of (x+4y)12, the numerical coefficient of the 5th term is,
A. 60360 B. 126720 C. 506880 D. 253440

5.117. find the 6th term of the expansion of ( 1/2a – 3)16

A.-66939/256a11 B. -66339/128a11 C. -33669/256a11 D. -39396/128a11

6.120. what is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x-1)20

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

7.121. what is the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x+ y-z)8?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

8.157. Glenn can paint a house in 9 hours while Stewart can paint the same house in 16
hours. They work together for 4hours. After 4 hours, Stewart left and Glenn finished
the job alone. How many more hours did it take Glenn to finish the job?
A. 2.75hours B. 2.5hours C. 2.25hours D. 3hours

9.163. a farmer can plow the field in 8 days. After working for 3 days, his son joins
him together they plow the field in 3 more days. How many days will it require for the
son to plow the field alone?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13

10.184. a boat man rows to a place 4.8miles with the stream and back in 14 hours, but
finds that he can row 14miles with the stream in the same time as 3 miles against the
stream. Find the rate of the stream
A. 1.5mph B. 1mph C. 0.8mph D. 0.6mph

11.185. a man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and upstream at the rate of 2mph.
How far downstream should he go if he is to return 7/4 hours after leaving?
A. 2.5miles B. 3.3miles C. 3.1miles D. 2.7miles

13.191. how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock extend in
opposite directions for the first time?
A. 42.4min B. 42.8min C. 43.2min D. 43.6min

14.193. what time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together for the
first time?
A. 3:02:30 B. 3:17:37 C. 3:14:32 D. 3:16:36

16.213. if the first term of an arithmetic progression is 25 and the fourth term is
13, what is the 3rd term?
A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20

17.220. a besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provision for 66days. If the
garrison losses 20 men each day, for how many days can the provision hold out?
A. 72 B. 74 C. 76 D. 78

18.223. if the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find the common difference if the
last term is 30.
A. 2 B. 5 C. 3 D. 2/3
19.226. when all odd numbers from 1 to 101 are added, the result is
A. 2500 B. 2601 C. 2501 D. 3500

20.229. the third term of the harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find
the 11th?
A.4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

21.231. find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 3, 2, 3/2…

A. 3/5 B. 3/8 C. 4/5 D. 4/9

22.233. the fourth term of a G.P is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find the 8th term
A. 17649 B. 17496 C. 16749 D. 17964

23.235. if one third of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump,
what fractional part of the total air is removed in 6 strokes?
A. 0.7122 B. 0.9122 C. 0.6122 D. 0.8122

24.238. the sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric progression 2, 4, 8… is

A. 1023 B. 2046 C. 225 D. 1596

25.245. determine the sum of the infinite series

S= 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 +…+ (1/3)n
A. 4/5 B. 3/4 C. 2/3 D. ½

26.247. a rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50feet and is observed to
rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls. How far will the ball travel before coming to
rest if the ball continues to fall in this manner?
A. 200ft B. 225ft C. 250ft D. 275ft

27.255. find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999 starting from the
decimal point
A. 8 B. 1 C. 7 D. 5

28.262. how many 4 letter words beginning and ending with a vowel without repeated can
be formed from the word “personnel”?
A. 40 B. 480 C. 20 D. 312

29.263. five different mathematics books, 4 diff electronics books and 2 diff
communications books are to be placed in a shelf with the books of the same subject
together. Find the number of ways in which the books can be placed
A. 292 B. 5760 C. 34560 D. 12870

30.264. the number of ways can 3 nurses and 4 engineers be seated on a bench with the
nurses seated together is
A. 144 B. 258 C. 720 D. 450

31.265. if 15 people won prizes in the state lottery (assuming there are no ties), how
many ways can these 15 people win first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes?
A. 4845 B. 116260 C. 360360 D. 3003

32.266. how many 4 digit numbers can be formed without repeating any digit from the
following digits: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6?
A. 120 B. 130 C. 140 D. 150

33.267. how many permutations are there if the letters PNRCSE are taken six at a time?
A. 1440 B. 480 C. 720 D.360

34.268. in how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged in a bookshelf?

A. 720 B. 120 C. 360 D. 180

35.269. what is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?
A. 36 B.60 C. 52 D. 42
36.270. a PSME unit has 10ME’s, 8 PME’s, 6 CPM’s. if a committee of 3 members, one
from each group is to be formed, how many such committees can be formed?
A. 2024 B. 12144 C. 480 D. 360

37.271. in how many ways can a PSME Chapter with 15 directors choose a President, a
Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Auditor, if no member can hold more
than one position?
A. 360360 B. 32760 C. 3003 D. 3603600

38.272. 4 diff colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signal. How many
signals can be made if a signal consists of the display of one or more flags?
A. 64 B. 66 C. 68 D. 62

39.273. in how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated alternately in a row of 8
seats?
A. 1152 B. 2304 C. 576 D. 2204

40.274. there are four balls of four diff colors. 2 balls are taken at a time and
arranged in a definite order. For example, if a white and a red balls are taken, one
definite arrangement is white first, red second, and another arrangement is red first,
white second. How many such arrangements are possible?
A. 24 B. 6 C. 12 D. 36

41.275. how many diff ways can 5 boys and 5 girls form a circle with boys and girls
alternate?
A. 28800 B. 2880 C. 5600 D. 14400

42.276. there are 4 balls of diff colors. 2 balls at a time are taken and arranged any
way. How many such combinations are possible?
A. 36 B. 3 C. 6 D. 12

43.277. how many 6 number combinations can be generated from the numbers from 1 to 42
inclusive, without repetition and with no regards to the order of the numbers?
A. 850,668 B. 5,245,786 C. 188,848,296 D. 31,474,716

44.278. find the total number of combinations of three letters J, R, T taken 1, 2,3 at
a time.
A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

45.279. in how many ways can you invite one or more of your five friends in a party?
A. 15 B. 31 C. 36 D. 25

46.280. in how many ways can a committee of three consisting of two chemical engineers
and one mechanical engineer can be formed form 4 ChE and 3 ME?
A. 18 B. 64 C. 32 D. none of these

47.281. in math examination, a student may select 7 problems form a set of 10

problems. In how many ways can he make his choice?
A. 120 B. 530 C. 720 D. 320

48.282. how many committees can be formed by choosing 4 men from an organization of a
membership of 15 men?
A. 1390 B. 1240 C. 1435 D. 1365

49.283. a semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many ways can the
company choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the position?
A. 680 B. 540 C. 480 D. 840

50.284. there are 13 teams in a tournament. Each team is to play with each other only
once. What is the minimum number of days can they all play without any team playing
more than one game in any day?
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
52.286. there are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first and second prize.
What is the probability of a man drawing a prize if he owns 5 tickets?
A. 50% B. 25% C. 20% D. 40%

53.287. roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum of two numbers is
11?
A. 1/36 B. 1/9 C. 1/18 D. 1/20

54.288. roll two dice once. What is the probability that the sum is 7?
A. 1/6 B. 1/8 C. 1/4 D. 1/7

55.289. in a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a total of 10 or 12 is

A. 1/6 B. 1/9 C. 1/12 D. 1/18

56.290. determine the probability of drawing either a king or a diamond in a single

draw from a pack of 52 playing cards?
A. 2/13 B. 3/13 C. 4/13 D. 1/13

57.291. a card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of
drawing a king or red card?
A. 0.5835 B. 0.5385 C. 0.3585 D. 0.8535

58.292. a coin tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3 tails up?
A. 1/8 B. 1/16 C. 1/4 D. 7/8

59.293. the probability of getting a least 2 heads when a coin is tossed four times
is,
A. 11/16 B. 13/16 C. 1/4 D. 3/8

60.294. a fair coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting either 3
heads or 3 tails?
A. 1/8 B. 3/8 C. ¼ D. ½

61.295. the probability of getting a credit in an examination is 1/3. If 3 students

are selected at random, what is the probability that at least one of them got a
credit?
A. 19/27 B. 8/27 C. 2/3 D. 1/3

62.296. there are 3 questions in a test. For each question 1 point is awarded for a
correct answer and none for a wrong answer. If the probability that Janine correctly
answer a question in the test is 2/3, determine the probability that she gets zero in
the test
A. 8/27 B. 4/9 C. 1/30 D. 1/27

63.297. in the ECE Board examinations, the probability that an examinee will pass each
subject is 0.8. what is the probability that an examinee will pass at least two
subjects out of three board subjects?
A. 70.9% B. 80.9% C. 85.9% D. 89.6%

64.298. in a multiple choice test, each question is to be answered by selecting 1 out

of 5 choices, of which only 1 is right. If there are 10 questions in a test, what is
the probability of getting 6 right of pure guesswork?
A. 10% B. 6% C. 0.44% D. 0.55%

65.299. from a box containing 6 red balls, 8 white balls and 10blue balls, one ball is
drawn at random. Determine the probability that it is red or white.
A. 1/3 B. 7/12 C. 5/12 D. ¼

66.300. from a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn one
at a time. Find the probability that both balls are white. Assume that the first ball
is returned before the second ball is drawn.
A. 25/81 B. 16/81 C. 5/18 D. 40/81

67.301. a bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession
without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are black?
A. 5/16 B. 5/28 C. 5/32 D. 5/14

68.302. an urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of
getting 1 black and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws from the urn?
A. 0.24 B. 0.27 C. 0.53 D. 0.04

69.303. from a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are drawn one
at a time. Find the probability that one ball is white and one ball is black. Assume
that the first ball is returned before the second ball is drawn
A. 16/81 B. 25/81 C. 20/18 D. 40/81

70.304. a group of 3 people enter a theatre after the lights had dimmed. They are
shown to the correct group of 3 seats by the usher. Each person holds a number stub.
What is the probability that each is in the correct seat according to the numbers on
seat and stub?
A. 1/6 B. 1/4 C. 1/2 D. 1/8

71.305. from 20 tickets marked with the first 20 numerals, one is drawn at random.
What is the chance that it will be a multiple of 3 or 7?
A. 1/2 B. 8/15 C. 3/10 D. 2/5

72.307. assuming that the earth is a sphere whose radius is 6400km. find the distance
along a 3O arc at the equator of the earth’s surface
A. 335.1km B. 533.1km C. 353.1km D. 353.01km

73.308. the angle subtended by an arc is 24O . if the radius of the circle is 45 cm,
find the length of arc
A. 16.85cm B. 17.85cm C. 18.85cm D. 19.85cm

74.312. each angle of a regular dodecagon is equal to

A. 135 B. 150 C. 125 D. 105

75.313. how many sides have a polygon if the sum of the interior angles is 1080?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

77.317. how many diagonals are there in a polygon of 20 sides?

A. 200 B. 170 C. 100 D. 158

78.323. the sides of a triangle are 8cm, 10cm, and 14cm. Determine the radius of the
inscribed circle
A. 2.25cm B. 2.35cm C. 2.45cm D. 2.55cm

79.324. what is the radius of the circle circumscribing an isosceles right triangle
having an area of 162cm2
A. 12.73 B. 13.52 C. 14.18 D. 15.55

80.332. the area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 39.19 cm2 and the radius of
the circumscribed circle is 7.14cm. if the two sides of the inscribed triangle are 8cm
and 10cm, find the third side
A. 11cm B. 12cm C. 13cm D. 14cm

81.334. the angle of a sector is 30O and the radius is 15cm. What is the area of the
sector in cm2
A. 59.8 B. 89.5 C. 58.9 D. 85.9

82.337. the arc of a sector is 9units and its radius is 3 units. What is the area of
the sector in square units
A. 12.5 B. 13.5 C. 14.5 D. 15.5
83.343. a rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its area
A. 360 B. 280 C. 320 D. 400

84.345. find the area of a quadrilateral having sides AB= 10cm, BC= 5cm, CD= 14.14cm
and DA= 15cm, if the sum of the opposite angles is equal to 225O
A. 96 B. 100 C. 94 D. 98

85.356. A circular piece of cardboard with a diameter of 1m will be made into a

conical hat 40cm high by cutting a sector off and joining the edges to form a cone.
Determine the angle subtended by the sector removed.
A. 144O B. 148O C. 152O D. 154O

86.357. what is the area in sq. m of the zone of a spherical segment having a volume
of 1470.265 cu. m if the diameter of the sphere is 30m?
A. 465.5m2 B. 565.5m2 C. 665.5m2 D. 656.5m2

87.358. a sphere having a diameter of 30cm is cut into 2 segments. The altitude of the
first segment is 6cm. what is the ratio of the area of the second segment to that of
the first?
A. 4:1 B. 3:1 C. 2:1 D. 3:2

88.360. each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what % is the volume of the cube
increased?
A. 1.21% B. 2.8% C. 3.03% D. 3.5%

89.365. find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector having a diameter of
72cm and a central angle of 210O
A. 12367.2cm2 B. 13232.6cm2 C. 13503.4cm2 D. 14682.5cm2

90.371. the volume of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid is 135cu. m. the
lower base is an equilateral triangle with an edge of 9m. the upper base is 8m above
the lower base. What is the upper base edge in meters?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

91.373. in a portion of an electrical railway cutting, the areas of cross section

taken every 50m are 2556, 2619, 2700, 2610 and 2484 sq. m. Find its volume
A. 522600m3 B. 520500m3 C. 540600m3 D. 534200m3

92.374. determine the volume of a right truncated triangular prism with the following
definitions. Let the corners of the triangular base be defined by A, B and C. the
length of AB= 10ft, BC= 9ft, CA= 12ft. the sides A,B and C are perpendicular to the
triangular base and have the height of 8.6ft, 7.1ft and 5.5 ft.
A. 413ft3 B. 311ft3 C. 313ft3 D. 391ft3

94.452. find the distance between A(4,-3) and B(-2,5)

A. 11 B. 9 C. 10 D. 8

95.457. determine the coordinates of the point which is three-fifths of the way from
the point (2,-5) to the point (-3,5)
A. (-1,1) B. (-2,-1) C. (-1,-2) D. (1,-1)

96.458. the segment from (-1,4) to (2,-2) is extended three times its own length. The
terminal point is
A. (11,-24) B. ( -11,-20) C. (11,-18) D. (11,-20)

97.461. find the inclination of the line passing through (-5,3) and (10,7)
A. 14.73 B. 14.93 C. 14.83 D. 14.63

98.463. find the angle between the lines 3x+2y=6 and x+y=6
A. 12O20’ B. 11O19’ C. 14O25’ D. 13O06’
99.467. the distance from the point (2,1) to the line 4x-3y+5=0 is
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

100.470. find the distance between the given lines 4x-3y= 12 and 4x-3y= -8
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

101.476. given 3 vertices of a triangle whose coordinates are A(1,1), B(3,-3) and (5,-
3). Find the area of the triangle.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

102.502. what are the coordinates of the center of the curve x2+y2-2x-4y-31=0?
A. (-1,-1) B. (-2,-2) C. (1,2) D. (2,1)

103.503. a circle whose equation is x2+y2+ 4x+6y-23=0 has its center at:
A. (2,3) B. (3,2) C. (-3,2) D. (-2,-3)

104.504. what is the radius of a circle with the ff equation: x2-6x+y2-4y-12=0

A. 3.46 B. 7 C. 5 D. 6

105.512. determine the equation of the circle whose radius is 5, center on the line
x=2 and tangent to the line 3x-4y+11=0
A. (x-2)2+ (y-2)2=5 B. (x-2)2+ (y+2)2=25 C. (x-2)2+ (y+2)2=5 D. (x-2)2+ (y-2)2=25

106.516. the focus of the parabola y2= 16x is at

A. (4,0) B.(0,4) C. (3,0) D. (0,3)

107.517. where is the vertex of the parabola x2= 4(y-2)

A. (2,0) B. (0,2) C. (3,0) D. (0,3)

108.518. find the equation of the directrix of the parabola y2= 16x
A. x=2 B. x=-2 C. x=4 D. x= -4

109.519. given the equation of a parabola 3x+ 2y2 -4y + 7= 0. Locate its vertex
A(5/3,1) B. (5/3, -1) C. (-5/3, -1) D. (-5/3, 1)

110.521. what is the length of the latus rectum of the curve x2= 20y?
A. √20 B. 20 C. 5 D. √5

111.522. find the location of the focus of the parabola y2+ 4x-4y-8=0
A.(2.5,-2) B. (3,1) C. (2,2) D. (-2.5,-2)

112.523. find the equation of the axis of symmetry of the function y= 2x2-7x+5?
A. 7x+4=0 B. 4x+7=0 C. 4x-7=0 D. x-2=0

113.524. a parabola has its focus at (7,-4) and directrix y=2. Find its equation.
A. x2+12y-14x+61= 0 B. x2-14y+12x+61= 0 C. x2-12x+14y+61= 0 D. NOTA

114.525. a parabola has its axis parallel to the x-axis, vertex at (-1,7) and one end
of the latus rectum at (-15/4, 3/2). Find its equation
A. y2-11y+11x-60=0 B. y2-11y+14x-60=0 C. y2-14y+11x+60=0 D.NOTA

115.526. compute the focal length and the length of latus rectum of the parabola
y2+ 8x- 6y+25=0
A.2,8 B. 4, 16 C. 16, 64 D. 1, 4

116.527. given the parabola (y-2)2 = -8(x-1). What is the equation of its directrix?
A.x= -3 B. x= 3 C. y= -3 D. y= 3

117.529. what is the area enclosed by the curve 9x2+ 25y2-225=0

A. 47.1 B. 50.2 C. 63.8 D. 72.3
119.531. the lengths of the major and minor axes of an ellipse are 10m and 8m. Find
the distance between the foci.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

120.532. the equation 25x2+ 16y2 -150x + 128y + 81=0 has its center at
A.(3, -4) B. (3,4) C. (4,-3) D. (3,5)

126.538. the earth’s orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one of the foci. If the
farthest distance of the sun from the earth is 105.5 million km and the nearest
distance of the sun from the earth is 78.25 million km, find the eccentricity of the
ellipse.
A. 0.15 B. 0.25 C. 0.35 D. 0.45

128.540. what is the length of the latus rectum of 4x2+ 9y2+8x -32=0?
A. 2.5 B. 2.7 C. 2.3 D. 2.9

129.542. find the eccentricity of the curve 9x2- 4y2-36x+8y= 4

A. 1.8 B. 1.92 C. 1.86 D. 1.76

131.544. the semi-transverse axis of the hyperbola x2/9- y2/4 =1 is

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

135.548. find the distance between P1(6,-2,-3) and P2(5,1,-4)

A. 11 B. √11 C. 12 D. √12

138.555. given the polar equation r= 5sinϴ. Determine the rectangular coordinates
(x,y) of a point in the curve when ϴ is 30O
A. (2.17, 1.25) B. (3.08,1.5) C. (2.51, 4.12) D. (6,3)

139.594. find the radius of curvature of a parabola y2-4x= 0 at point (4,4)

A. 22.36 units B. 25.78units C. 20.33units D. 15.42units

141.654. find the area of the region bounded by y2= 8x and y=2x
A. 1.22 sq units B. 1.33 C. 1.44 D. 1.55

142.655. what is the area bounded by the curve x2= -9y and the line y+1=0
A. 3 sq units B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

143.656. what is the area bounded by the curve y2= x and the line x-4=0?
A. 30/3 B. 31/3 C. 32/3 D. 29/3

144.658. find the area bounded by the parabolas y= 6x- x2 and y= x2-2x. Note: the
parabolas intersect at points (0,0) and (4,8)
A. 44/3 sq. units B. 64/3 C. 74/3 D. 54/3

145.661. what is the area bounded by the curve y2=4x and x2= 4y
A. 5.33 B. 6.67 C. 7.33 D. 8.67

146.662. find the area enclosed by the curve x2+ 8y + 16=0, the x-axis and the y-axis
and the line x-4=0
A. 7.67 B. 8.67 C. 9.67 D. 10.67

147.664. find the area in the first quadrant bounded by the parabola y2=4x, x=1 & x=3
A. 9.555 B. 9.955 C. 5.955 D. 5.595

148.665. find the area bounded by the parabolas x2-2y=0 and x2+2y-8=0
A. 11.7 B. 4.7 C. 9.7 D. 10.7

161.685. solve the differential equation: x(y-1)dx + (x+1)dy= 0. If y=2 when x=1,
determine y when x=2
A. 1.8 B. 1.48 C. 1.55 D. 1.63
164.695. solve (x+y)dy= (x-y)dx
A. x2+y2= C B. x2+2xy+y2=C C. x2-2xy-y2=C D. x2-2xy+y2

165.711. simplify the expression i1997+i1999, where i is an imaginary number

A. 0 B. -i C. 1 +i D. 1- i

166.712.simplify: i29 + i21 + i

A. 3i B. 1-i C. 1+i D.2i

167.713. write in the form a+bi the expression i3217- i427+ i18
A. 2i+1 B. –i+ 1 C. 2i- 1 D. 1+i

168.714. the expression 3+ 4i is a complex number. Compute its absolute value

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

169.715. write the polar form of the vector 3+j4

A. 6/53.1O B. 10/53.1O C. 5/53.1O D. 8/53.1O

170.738. evaluate the determinant

1 6 0
4 2 7
0 5 3
A. 110 B. -101 C. 101 D. -110

173.768. a 16g mass is moving at 30cm/s while a 4g mass is moving in an opposite

direction at 50cm/s. They collide head on and stick together. Their velocity after
collision is
A. 0.14m/s B. 0.21 C. 0.07 D. 0.28

174.769. a 60ton rail car moving at 1mile/hr is instantaneously coupled to a

stationary 40ton rail car. What is the speed of the coupled cars?
A. 0.88mph B. 1 C. 0.6 D. 0.4

175.770. a 10g block slides with a velocity of 20cm/s on a smooth level surface and
makes a collision with a 30g block moving in the opposite direction with a velocity of
10cm/s. if the collision is perfectly elastic, what is the velocity of the 30g block
after the collision?
A. 15cm/s B. 10 C. 25 D. 5

176.771. a 60ton rail car moving at 1mile/hr is coupled to a second stationary rail
car. If the velocity of the two cars after coupling is 1ft/s (in the original
direction of the motion) and the coupling is completed in 0.5 second, what is the
average impulsive force on the 60 ton rail car?

A. 50lbf B. 3500 C. 1200 D. 60

177.772. what momentum does a 40 lbm projectile posses if the projectile is moving at
420mph?
A. 24640 lbf-s B. 16860 C. 765 D. 523.6

178.777. a force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an angle of 28 with respect to the
horizontal. The block is pushed 2 feet horizontally. What is the work done by this
force?
A. 320J B. 480 C. 540 D. 215

179.778. what average force is necessary to stop a .45 caliber bullet of mass of 15g
and speed of 300m/s as it penetrates a block to a distance of 5cm?
A. 12.5kN B. 13 C. 13.5 D. 12

180.788. a 10 lbm object is acted upon by a 4.4 lbf. What is the acceleration in ft/s2
does the object posses?
A. 12.4 B. 10 C. 14.2 D. 13
181.789. a 50kN truck traveling with a speed of 50kph hits a lamp post and is brought
to rest in 0.1s. What is the average force of the truck?
A. -408kN B. -508 C. -608 D. -708

183.791. two steel balls of masses 500kg and 50kg, are placed with their centers 0.5m
apart. The two balls attract with a force of
A. 6.67x10-10N B. 6.67x10-7N C. 6.67x10-6N D. 6.67x10-3

185.793. determine the submerged depth of a cube of steel 0.3m on each side floating
in mercury. The specific gravities of steel and mercury are 7.8 and 13.6
A. 0.155m B. 0.165 C. 0.134 D. 0.172

186.794. a block of wood floats in water with 5cm projecting above the water surface.
When placed in glycerine of specific gravity 1.35, the block projects 7.5cm above the
liquid. Determine its specific gravity
A. 0.514 B. 0.704 C. 0.836 D. 0.658

187.795. a solid cube material is 0.75cm on each side, if it floats in oil of density
800kg/m3 with one-third of the block out of the oil. What is the density of the
material of the cube?
A. 533kg/m3 B. 523 C. 513 D. 543

189.801. 3 forces, 20N, 30N and 40N are in equilibrium. Find the largest angle they
make with each other.
A. 104.48 B. 105.58 C. 106.69 D. 107.96

190.803. what is the magnitude of the resultant force of the two forces 200N at 20O
and 400N at 144O
A. 332.5N B. 323.5 C. 313.5 D. 233.5

191.806. a 100kg weight rest on a 30O incline plane. Neglecting friction, how much
pull must one exert to bring the weight up the plane?
A. 88.67kg B. 100 C. 70.71 D. 50

192.808. a 200kg crate impends to slide down a ramp inclined at an angle of 19.29 with
the horizontal. What is the frictional resistance?
A. 612.38N B. 628.38 C. 648.16 D. 654.12

193.814. a 40kg block is resting on an inclined plane making an angle of 20 from the
horizontal. If the coefficient of friction is 0.6, determine the force parallel to the
incline that must be applied to cause impending motion down the plane.
A. 82 B. 77 C. 87 D. 72

194.815. a 250lb block is initially at rest on a flat surface that is inclined at 30O.
if the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3, and the coefficient of static friction
is 0.4, find the force required to start the block moving up the plane.
A. 190lb B. 212 C. 125 D. 75

195.817. assume the three force vectors intersect at a single point

F1= 4i + 2j+5k
F2= -2i + 7j -3k
F3= 2i – j +6k
What is the magnitude of the resultant force vector,R?
A. 14 B. 12 C. 13 D. 15

197.840. a train starting at initial velocity of 30kph travels a distance of 21km in

18minutes. Determine the acceleration of the train at this instant.
A. 0.0043m/s2 B. 0.0206 C. 0.0865 D. 0.3820
199.848. a ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground and a student gazing out
of the window sees it moving upward pass him at 5m/s. the window is 10m above the
ground. How high does the ball go above the ground?
A. 15.25m B. 14.87 C. 9.97 D. 11.3

200.850. a baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with
an initial velocity of 100m/s at an angle 30 above the horizontal. How far from the
throwing point will the ball attain its original level?
A. 890m B. 883 C. 880 D. 875

201.854. a projectile leaves a velocity of 50m/s at an angle of 30 with the

horizontal. Find the maximum height that it could reach.
A. 31.86m B. 31.28 C. 30.63 D. 30.12

204.861. the flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete stop in 8 seconds

from a speed of 60rev/min. compute the number of turns the flywheel will still make if
its deceleration is uniform
A. 5 turns B. 3 C. 4 D. 6

205.862. what is the speed of a synchronous earth’s satellite situated 4.5x107 m from
the earth?
A. 11070.0kph B. 12000.0 C. 11777.4 D. 12070.2

206.863. a rotating wheel has a radius of 2 ft and 6 inches. A point on the rim of the
wheel moves 30 feet in 2 sec. find the angular velocity of the wheel.
A. 2rad/s B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

207.864. a turbine started from rest to 180rpm in 6min at a constant acceleration.

Find the number of revolutions that it makes within the elapsed time.
A. 500 B. 540 C. 550 D. 630

208.865. a flywheel is 15cm in diameter accelerates uniformly from rest to 500rpm in

20s. What is the angular acceleration?
A. 2.62 rad/s2 B. 3.45 C. 3.95 D. 4.42

209.866. a boy tied a 80g stone to a string which he rotated to form a circular motion
with a diameter of 1000mm. Compute for the pull exerted on the string by the stone if
it got loose leaving at a velocity of 25m/s
A. 120N B. 100 C. 150 D. 135

210.867. a man keeps a 1kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a circle by holding
onto a 1.5m long string attached to its wing tip. The string is always in the plane of
the circular path. If the plane flies at 10m/s, find the tension in the string
A. 28N B. 15 C. 67 D. 18

211.868. an automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal, unbanked track of radius R.

The coefficient of friction between the tires and track is 0.3. if the car’s velocity
is 15m/s, what is the smallest radius it may travel without skidding?
A. 68.4m B. 69.4 C. 71.6 D. 76.5

217.875. what force is necessary to accelerate a 30,000 pounds railway electric car at
the rate of 1.25ft/s2, if the force required to overcome frictional resistance is 400
pounds?
A. 1565pounds B. 1585 C. 1595 D. 1575

219.877. a car moving at 70km/hr has a mass of 1700kg. what force is necessary to
decelerate it at a rate 40cm/s2?
A. 4250N B. 0.68 C. 680 D. 42.5

220.878. an elevator weighing 2000lb attains an upward velocity of 16fps in 4 seconds

with uniform acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting cables?
A. 2150lb B. 2495 C. 1950 D. 2250
222.880. a pick-up truck is traveling forward at 25m/s. the bed is loaded with boxes
whose coefficient of friction with the bed is 0.4. what is the shortest time that the
truck can be brought to a stop such that the boxes do not shift?
A. 2.35s B. 4.75 C. 5.45 D. 6.37

224.883. a steel tie rod on bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 5000 lbs. find
the diameter of the rod assuming a factor of safety of 5 and ultimate stress of
64,000psi
A. 0.75in. B. 0.71 C. 0.84 D. 0.79

225.885. if the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is 42,000 psi, what force is
necessary to punch a 0.75 inch diameter hole in a 0.625 inch thick plate
A. 63,000lbs B. 68,080 C. 61,850 D. 66,800

226.886. what force is required to punch a 1/2 inch hole on a 3/8 thick plate if the
ultimate shearing strength of the plate is 42,000 psi?
A. 24940lbs B. 24620 C. 24960 D. 24740

227.887. a single bolt is used to lap joint two steel bars together. Tensile force on
the bar is 20,000N. determine the diameter of the bolt required if the allowable
shearing stress is 70MPa?
A. 17mm B. 18 C. 19 D. 20

228.890. a cylindrical water tank is 8m in diameter and 12m high. If the tank is to be
completely filled, determine the minimum thickness of the tank plating if the stress
is limited to 40MPa
A. 11.77 B. 13.18 C. 10.25 D. 12.6

229.893. a cylindrical tank with 10inches inside diameter contains oxygen gas at
2,500psi. calculate the required thickness in mm under a stress of 28,000psi.
A. 11.44mm B. 11.34 C. 10.6 D. 10.3

231.895. what is the modulus of elasticity if the stress is 44,000 psi and unit of
strain of 0.00105?
A. 41.905x106 B. 42.300x106 C. 41.202x106 D. 43.101x106

235.901. a 3m long aluminium bar is subjected to a tensile stress of 172 MPa. Find the
elongation if E= 69,116MPa?
A. 0.746m B. 0.007 C. 6.27 D. 7.46

236.904. a copper rolled wire 10m long and 1.5mm diameter when supporting a weight of
350N elongates 18.6mm. compute the value of the young’s modulus of this wire
A. 200GPa B. 180.32 C. 148.9 D. 106.48

240.911. P4,000 is borrowed for 75days at 16% per annum simple interest. How much will
be due at the end of 75days?
A. P4133.33 B. P4333.33 C. P4166.67 D. P4150

244.915. if you borrowed money from your friend with simple interest of 12, find the
present worth of 50,000, which is due at the end of 7months.
A. 46200 B. 44893 C. 46730 D. 45789

248.919. a bank charges 12% simple interest on a 300 loan. How much will be repaid if
the loan is paid back in one lump sum after three years.
A. 408 B. 415 C. 551 D. 450

249.920. a man borrowed 100,000 at the interest rate of 12% per annum, compounded
quarterly. What is the effective rate?
A. 3% B. 13.2% C. 12% D. 12.55%
250.921. what is the corresponding effective rate of 18% compounded semi-quarterly?
A. 19.25% B. 19.48 C. 18.46 D. 18.95

251.922. mandarin bank advertises 9.5% account that yields 9.84% annually. Find how
often the interest is compounded.
A. daily B. monthly C. bi-monthly D. quarterly

252.926. the amount of 12,800 in 4 years at 5% compounded quarterly is

A. 14785.34 B. 15614.59 C. 16311.26 D. 15847.33

255.935. a company invests 10,000 today to be repaid in 5 years in one lump sum at 12%
compounded annually. How much profit in present day pesos is realized?
A. 7632 B. 7236 C. 7326 D. 7362