Practice Problem
Practice Problem
1. Evaluate lim .
x 3x 4
x1 2
9. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x2 – 21. How many three – digit numbers greater than
5x + 6, the x – axis and the vertical lines x = 0 300 can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5 if no repetitions are allowed?
and x =4.
10. Compute the volume of the solid obtained by 22. How many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be
rotating the region bounded by y = x2, y = 8 – x2, seated alternatively in the row of eight chairs?
and the y axis about the x axis.
23. One bag contains 4 white balls and two black
11. Find the area and moment of inertia about the balls. A second bag contains 3 white balls and5
black balls. If one ball is drawn from each bag,
y-axis of the region in the xy plane bounded by
y = sinx, 0 ≤ x ≤ pi and the x axis, assuming unit what is the probability that 1 is white and the
other is black? 36. A concrete pavement on a street would cost
P10000 and would last for 5 years with
24. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability of negligible repairs at the end of each 5 years.
getting a sum of 3 if it is known that the sum of P1000 would be spent to remove the old
the spots on the dice was less than 6. surface before P10000 is spent again to lay a
new surface. Find the capitalized cost of the
10 4 pavement at 5%.
25. What are the eigenvalues of ?
18 12 37. How many significant figures are in the
measurement 102.400 meters?
1 3 5
26. What is the adjoint of 2 1 0 ? 38. Determine the speed of sound in air at 20oC
4 7 3 assuming the mean molecular mass of air to be
28.9x10-3kg/mol and the ratio of specific heats
to be γ = 1.4.
27. What is the Maclaurin series of sinhx?
39. The direction of the centripetal acceleration of
28. Let f ( x ) x and a = 16. Find the Taylor an object in uniform circular motion is
polynomial of degree 2 for f(x) at a.
40. When a source of sound moves away from you
at a constant speed, the frequency of the sound
29. Find the value of (1+i)7
41. When a tire pressure gauge is pressed against a
30. Which of the following is the same as the tire valve, the air in the tire pushes against a
infinite series of x + x3 + x5 + x7 +…? plunger attached to a spring. Suppose the
spring constant of the spring is k = 320 N/m and
the bar indicator of the gauge extends 2.0 cm
31. A business condition in which a product or
when the gauge is pressed against the tire
service is supplied by a number of vendors and
valve. What force does the air in the tire apply
there is no restriction against additional to the spring?
vendors entering the market.
42. Determine the length of a simple pendulum
32. It is a series of equal payments occurring at that will swing back and forth in simple
equal intervals of time where the first payment harmonic motion with a period of 1.00 s.
is made after several periods, after the
43. How many electrons are there in one coulomb
beginning of the payment.
of negative charge?
33. What is the effective rate of interest of 10% 44. It states that every object in a state of uniform
compounded continuously? motion tends to remain in that state of motion
unless an external force is applied to it.
34. An asset is purchased for P9,000 its estimated
economic life is 10 years after which it will be 45. A tennis ball is hit into the air and moves along
an arc. Neglecting air resistance, where along
sold for P1,000. Find the depreciation in the 1st
the arc is the speed of the ball a minimum?
3 years using straight line method.
46. Assume that you are driving down a straight
35. How long will it take the money to triple itself if road at a steady speed. A small ball tied on the
invested at 10% compounded semi-annually? end of a string is hanging from the rear view
mirror. Which way will the ball swing when you
suddenly apply the brakes?
47. Two cars are accelerating on the road. It is
observed that the distance between the cars is
increasing. What does this imply about their
accelerations?
a. It implies that the leading car has the greater
acceleration
b. It implies that the trailing car has the smaller
acceleration
c. It implies that both car are accelerating at the
same rate
d. It implies nothing about their acceleration
1.