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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by
marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheets provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only.

1. Which of the following pairs of expressions are equal?

a. Arctan (-1) & 3π/4 c. cos (Arcsec 4) & 1/4
b. sin (Arcsin 5/3) & 5π/3 d. Arcsin (cos 9π/7) & 5π/7

2. Two friends living 30 mi. apart leave their homes at the same time on bicycles and travel toward each other. If
one person averages 2 mi./hr more than the other, they meet in 1½ hour, what is each % average rate of cycling?
a. 6 mi./hr, 8mi./hr c. 5 mi./hr, 7 mi./hr
b. 9 mi./hr, 11 mi./hr d. 14 mi./hr, 12 mi./hr

3. The graph of the function 4x2–y2+56x+2y+195=0 is:

a. pair of intersecting line c. hyperbola
b. point d. a line & a parabola

4. The arc of a bridge is in the shape of a semi ellipse having a horizontal span of 60m & a height of 20m at its
center. How high is the arch 10m to the right or left of the center?
a. a. 21m c. 26m
b. b. 17m d. 19m

5. If f(x) = -2x2 + 8x - 4, which of the following is true?

a. The maximum value of f(x) is - 4.
b. The graph of f opens upward.
c. The graph of f has no x-intercept
d. f is not a one to one function.

6. If f(x) = 5 - 2x, then f-1(- 3) =

a. 8/39 b. -3 c. 3 d. 32

7. A wheel rotates with a constant angular acceleration of 4 rad per second square. How many revolutions does it
make in 5 seconds if it starts from rest?
a. 11 c. 8
b. 15 d. 13

8. What is the period of a 2-meter long pendulum?

a. 1.28 c. 1.88
b. 1.52 d. 2.84

9. A 10 lb block rest on a frictionless horizontal surface. It is pulled by a 30 lbf making an angle of 20 º with the
horizontal. Find the speed of the block after it moves 3 meters.(ft/s)

a. 1.69 c. 1.52
b. 1.72 d. 1.31

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10. A man slides a 50 kg block at constant velocity across a horizontal surface by pulling on a rope attached to it. The
angle between the rope and the horizontal surface is 33 degrees. Given that the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the block and the surface is 0.63, determine the tension in the rope.
a. 268 c. 261
b. 288 d. 250

11. A 2 ft diameter cylindrical vessel is designed to carry a gas at a pressure of 15000 psi. Determine the minimum
wall thickness of the vessel if the stress is limited to 10 ksi.

a. 5.0 c. 9.0
b. 18 d. 6.0
12. It is the point at which there is an appreciable elongation of material without any corresponding increase in load.
a. proportional limit c. ultimate strength
b. yield point d. necking

13. Which of the following is a fourth order differential equation?

a. y(3) – 5xy’ = ex + 1
 d 2t   dt 
b. s 2  2   st    s
 ds   ds 
c. tx  ty  (sin t ) y  t 2  t  1
5 10
 d 4b   db 
d. 5  4   7   b b  P
7 5

 dp   dp 

14. Is Y(x) = 2e-x + xe-x a solution of y” + 2y’ + y = 0?

a. True
b. False
c. Cannot be determined
d. Undefined
15. A function is said to be continuous at x = xo if
a. The limit is infinity
b. The function at x is not defined
c. The limit exists
d. It has a zero denominator

For 16 & 17
One ship A is sailing due south at 16 mi/hr and a second ship B, 32 meters South of A, is sailing due east at 12 mi/hr.
16. At what rate are they approaching or separating at the end of 1 hr?
a. 12 mph
b. 15 mph
c. 7.5 mph
d. 6 mph
17. When do they cease to approach each other and how far are they at that time?
a. 20 miles
b. 19 miles
c. 18 miles
d. 25 miles

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18. Find the first derivative of x  y 1  y 2 .

1
a.
y (1  2 y 2 )

𝑋
b.
𝑦(1−2𝑦2)

2x
c.
y (1  2 y 2 )

x2
d.
y (1  2 y 2 )

19. A 110,000 chemical plant had an estimated life of 6 years and a projected scrap value of 10,000. After 3 years of
operation, an explosion made it a total loss. How much money would have to be raised to put up a new plant
costing 150,000, if the depreciation have been maintained during its 3 years of operation.

a. 90,000
b. 105,000
c. 100,000
d. 125,000

20. Given the data

Depreciation 1000

Operation & maintenance 500

Taxes & Insurance 200

Total revenue 2000

Amount Invested 1600

Find the rate of return.

a. 20% b. 15% c. 19% d. 10%

21. The number of cars that pass a point on a high speed highway during a 1 hour interval follows a Poison
Distribution. It has been proven that P (x=0) = 0.285. What is the probability that during a randomly chosen one-
hour interval, fewer than 7 cars pass the point?
a. 3.36x10-4 c. 0.9997
b. 0.072 d. 0.1353

22. The breaking strength in pounds of five species of a certain type of rope were found to be: 660, 520, 480, 520,
550 breaking strength is known to be normally distributed. Which of the following values are within the 95%
confidence interval about the mean? Use tabular value of 2.571.
a. 681 c. 456
b. 654 d. 480

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23. Which of the following is/are true?

I. A normal random variable may have a mean equal to zero and variance equal to
II. The probability that a normal random variable will take a value from a to b, where a & b are real
numbers, is equal to the area under the curve bounded by the lines x=a & x=b.
a. I only c. Neither I nor II
b. II only d. Both I & II

24. [3sin23x-3(1-cos3x)cos3x]/sin23x is identical to

a. 3/(1+cos3x) b. 3/(1-cos3x) c. 3 cos3x/ sin23x d. (3- 9cos3x)/ 3sin23x

25. The exact value of sin (3π/8) is

a. [(2+(2)½)/2] ½ b. [1+(2)½] ½ c. [2+(2)½] ½/2 d. [2-(2)½] ½/2

26. One pipe can fill a tank in 45 min. & another pipe can fill it in 30 min. If these two pipes are open & a 3rd pipe is
draining water from the tank, it takes 27 min. to fill the tank. How long will it take the 3rd pipe alone to empty a
full tank?
a. 28 min. c. 75 min.
b. 36 min. d. 54 min.

27. The orbit of the planet Mercury around the sun is elliptical in shape with the sun at one focus, a semi major axis
of length 36 million miles, and an eccentricity of 0.206. Find the greatest possible distance between Mercury &
sun.
a. 28,584 million mi. c. 28 mi.
b. 43 mi. d. 43,416,000 mi.

28. The graph of the function x2-4xy+4y2=0 is:

a. circle c. empty set
b. 2 parallel lines d. a straight line

29. The graph of the function x2-4xy+4y2+1 is:

a. 2 intersecting lines c. empty set
b. circle d. point

30. What is the free fall acceleration of a body 200 km above the Earth’s Surface?
a. 9.83 c. 9.22
b. 10.43 d. 9.52

31. A string with a linear mass density of 0.250 kg per meter produces an observed wave speed of 12.0 m/s.
Determine the tension applied on the string.
a. 25 c. 36
b. 30 d. 48

32. Car A is travelling north on a straight two lane road at a constant velocity of 88 km per hr. Car B at constant
velocity of 104 km per hr approaches car A. What is the velocity of car A with respect to Car B?
a. 104 c. 16
b. 192 d. 96

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33. A 100 lb of vertical force is applied to the end of a 24 in- lever, which is attached to a shaft. Determine the
smallest force that should be applied at the end of the lever which will create the same moment about the shaft.
The lever is inclined at an angle of 60 degrees from the horizontal.
a. 60 c. 50
b. 40 d. 30

34. An 8 ft rigid beam is supported at its end by two steel tie rods. The diameter of the right end rod and left end rod
are 0.3 in and 0.5 in, respectively. A distributed load W with a length of 4 feet is placed at the left side of the
beam. If the allowable stress for the steel is 16.2 ksi, determine the intensity of the distributed load if the beam is
to remain in a horizontal position.
a. 2.52 c. 1.08
b. 1.33 d. 4.32

35. It is the maximum safe stress that a material can carry

a. working stress c. allowable stress
b. ultimate strength d. normal stress

36. Which of these equations is linear?

a. y’ = 5
b. y’ = x(siny) + ex
c. y’ = y2 +x
d. xy’+ y = y

37. What is the integrating factor of y’ + y = sin x?

a. ecosx
b. e4x
c. ex
d. esinx

38. A certain radioactive material is known to decay at a rate proportional to the amount present. If initially there is
50 mg of the material present and after 2 hours it is observed that the material has lost 10% of its original mass,
find the mass after 4 hours.
a. 51.25 mg
b. 25 mg
c. 100.3 mg
d. 40.5 mg

39. A tank initially holds 100 gal of brine solution containing 1 pound of salt. At t = 0, another brine solution
containing 1 pound of salt per gallon is poured into the tank at the rate of 3 gpm while the well stirred misture
leaves the tank at the same rate. Find the time at which the mixture in the tank contains 2 pounds of salt.
a. 1.06 min
b. 0.338 min
c. 0.25 min
d. 0.782 min

40. If Ф (x) = keax, which of the following is a particular solution?

a. y = Anxn + An-1xn-1 + … + A1x + Ao
b. y = Ae  x
c. y = A sin βx + B cos βx
d. y = e-x

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41. The cable of a certain suspension bridge is attached to supporting pillars 250 ft apart. If it hangs in the form of a
parabola with the lowest point 5o ft below the point of suspension, find the angle between the cable with the
pillar.
a. 38o40’
b. 51o20’
c. 48o50’
d. 16o40’

42. This is used to obtain the point of inflection.

a. first derivative test only
b. second derivative test only
c. third derivative test only
d. second and third derivative tests

43. A man was offered a land bank certificate with a face value of 100,000 which is bearing an interest of 6% payable
semi-annually and due in 6 years. If he wants to earn 8% semi-annually, how much must he pay for the
certificate?
a. 102,150.02
b. 90,614.93
c. 95,142.45
d. 78,856.05

44. It is the locus of the centers of curvature of the given curve.

a. circle of curvature
b. centroid
c. evolute
d. consolute

45. If ln(3x - 2) = 1, then x =

a. 2/3 b. (2 + e)/3 c. 3/2 d. e/3

For 46 & 47.

A factory engaged in the fabrication of an automobile part with a production capacity of 700,000 per year is only
operating at 62% of capacity due to the unavailability of the necessary foreign currency to finance the importation of the
raw materials. The annual income is 430,000, annual fixed costs are 190,000 and variable costs are 0.348 per unit.

46. What is the current profit?

a. 90,000
b. 80,560
c. 100,450
d. 88,968

47. What is the break-even point?

a. 300,000 units
b. 200,000 units
c. 250,000 units
d. 400,000 units

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48. Which of the following is an illustration(s) of the A Posteriori approach to measuring the probability of an event?
I. The security guard of the Robinsons Mall records whether or not a person entering the Mall carries a
firearm from his record of 10,000 persons without entered the Mall last year, 5 carried a firearm. He then
concluded that the probability that a person entering the mall carries a firearm is 0.0005.
II. In the experiment of rolling two dice, the probability that the number of dots on the upturned faces is
same is 1/6 if the dice are fair.
a. I only c. Both I & II
b. II only d. Neither I nor II

49. Which among the following is (are) not an assumption of one way analysis of variance?
a. The t- populations from which the gles came are normally distributed
b. The t samples have equal variances.
c. The t populations have a common variance.
d. The t samples are randomly & independently taken.

50. Find the roots of: x7+x6-7x5-7x4+8x3+8x2+16x+16=0

a. {-i, i, 0, 1, 2} c. {-i, i, 1, 2}
b. {-i, i, -2, -2, -1, 2, 2} d. {-3, -1, 0, 2, 3}

51. Find the roots of the F(x)=e-4x-4e-3x-5e-2x+36e-x-36

a. ½ , 1/3 c. ln ½ , ln(1/3)
b. -3, 2, 2, 3 d. -3, -2, 1/3, 2

52. As a train is traveling due north on a certain track, the engineer observes a column of smoke in a direction
N2020’E. After traveling 475 ft., he observes the same smoke in a direction S7140’E. How far was the smoke from
the track?
a. 156.77 ft. c. 33.10 ft.
b. 121.32 ft. d. 451.17 ft.

53. Point T is at the top of the mountain. From a point P on the ground, the angle of elevation of T is 16.3°. From a
point Q on the same horizontal line with P and the foot of the mountain, the angle of elevation of T is 28.7º. What
is the height of the mountain if the distance between P & Q is 125 m2?

a. 79 m c. 59 m
b. 36 m d. 84 m

54. From the top of a building 60 feet high the angle of elevation of the top of a vertical pole 14°. At the button of the
building, the angle of elevation of the top of the pole is 28° find the highest of the pole
a. 113 ft c. 45 ft
b. 85 ft d. 102 ft

55. The cost of the production of a commodity is $12 less per unit at point A than it is at point B, and the distance
between A & B is 100 km. Assuming the route of delivery of the commodity is along a straight line, and that the
delivery cost is 20 cents per unit per kilometer, find the curve at any point of which the commodity can be
supplied from either A or B at the same total cost.
a. 16x2-9y2+4xy=10,000 c. 9y2-16x2=14,000
b. 16x2-9y2=14,400 d. 9y2-16x2=-14,400

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56. Find the shortest distance from the point (1,2) to a point on the circumference of the circle defined by the
equation x2+y2+10x+6y+30=0
a. 3.49 c. 7.64
b. 5.81 d. 8.01

57. The mass moment of inertia of a thin spherical shell about its diameter is
a. 1/6 mr2
b. 1/3 mr2
c. 1/2 mr2
d. 2/3 mr2

58. A collar, which may slide on a vertical rod is subjected three forces. Force A is 1200 N vertically upward,
Force B is 800 N at an angle of 60 degrees from the vertical and a force F which is vertically downward
to the right. Find the direction of F if its magnitude is 2400 N and the resultant is horizontal.
a. 41.61 degrees
b. 43.52 degrees
c. 40.13 degrees
d. 45.52 degrees

59. A circle has a diameter of 20 cm. determine the moment of inertia of the circular area relative to the axis
perpendicular to the area though the center of the circle in cm4.
a. 14,280
b. 15,708
c. 17,279
d. 19,007

For numbers 60 and 61:

A body at a temperature of 50of is placed outdoor where the temperature is 100of. if after 5 minutes, the temperature of
the body is 60of,

60. Find the time it will take the body to reach a temperature of 75of.
a. 20.5 min b. 15.4 min c. 10.75 min d. 6 min

61. Find the temperature of the body after 20 minutes.

a. 95.4oF b. 105oF c. 79.5of d. 70.26of

62. If logx(3) = 1/4, then x =

a. 81 b. 1/81 c. 3 d. 9

63. If f(x) = -x2 + 1, then f(x + 1) = ?

a. -x2 + 1
b. -x2 - 2x
c. -x2
d. -x2 -2x – 2
64. If f(x) = x - 4, then (fof)(3) =
a. 1 b. -1 c. -5 d. 5

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65. Determine the intensity level of sound wave with an intensity of 1.0 x 10-10 W/ m2.
a. 10 c.20
b. 200 d.100

66. Capacitance is defined as

a. the ratio of charge to the potential difference
b. the ratio of current to electromotive force
c. the ratio of potential difference to the charge
d. the ratio of electromotive force to current

67. A 50 g mass hangs at the end of a spring. When a 20 g mass is added at the end of the spring, it stretches 7 cm
more. Determine the spring constant.
a. 2.32 c. 2.94
b. 2.86 d. 2.53

68. A motorist is travelling at the speed of 88 ft/s on a curved section of the highway with a radius of 2500 ft. The
motorist suddenly applies the brakes, causing the car to slow down at constant rate. After 8 seconds the speed
had been reduced to 66 ft/s. Determine the acceleration of the car immediately after the brakes had been
applied.
a. 3.5 c. 4.1
b. 5.8 d. 2.8

69. It states that the condition of equilibrium or motion of a rigid body will remain unchanged if a force acting on a
given point of the rigid body is replaced by another force of the same magnitude and same direction but acting at
different point provided that the two forces have the same line of action.
a. Principle of Translation
b. Varignon’s Theorem
c. Principle of Transmissiblity
d. Sliding Vector Theorem

70. A 100 lb force acts on a 300 lb block placed on a plane inclined at an angle of 30 degrees. The coefficients of static
and kinetic friction between the plane are 0.25 and 0.20, respectively. Determine the friction force.
a. 50 c. 65
b. 56 d. 52

71. A torsional assembly is connected by means of a flange coupling with four bolts. The bolt has a cross-sectional
area of 150 mm2 . The bolts are located 75 mm from the center of the shaft. Given that the maximum shearing
stress in the bolts is limited to 60 MPa, determine the maximum torque that can be applied for the torsional
assembly.
a. 4500 c. 5400
b. 2700 d. 3000

72. It is the slope of the straight line portion of the stress-strain diagram.
a. Modulus of rigidity
b. Modulus of elasticity
c. Allowable stress
d. Poisson ratio

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73. Two steel springs are arranged in series to support a load P. The upper spring has 12 turns of 25 mm-diameter
wire with a mean radius of 100 mm. The lower spring consists of 10 turns of 20 mm-diameter wire with a mean
radius of 75 mm. If the maximum shear stress should not exceed 200 x 10 6 Pa, determine the maximum force P
that can be applied.
a. 5775 c. 5640
b. 7219 d. 3927

For 74 & 75
A steel ball weighing 2 pounds is dropped from a height of 3000 ft with no velocity. As it falls, the ball encounters air
resistance numerically equal to v/8 (in pounds), where v denotes the velocity of the ball.

74. Find the limiting velocity for the ball.

a. 16 ft/s
b. 10.59 ft/s
c. 32.2 ft/s
d. 5.5 ft/s
75. The time required for the ball to hit the ground
a. 1.21 min
b. 65 sec
c. 2 min
d. 188 sec

76. Solve y” – y’ – 2y = 4x2

a. y = c1e-x + c2e-2x – 2x2 + 2x - 3
b. y = c1e-2x + c2e-2x + 2x2 + 2x + 3
c. y = c1ex + c2e-2x – 2x2 + 2x – 3
d. y = c1e-x + c2e2x + 2x2 - 2x – 3

77. In No. 76, if y(0) = 1 and y’(0) = 4, what are the constants c1 and c2?
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 3
c. 2 and 2
d. 4 and 0

78. Find the Laplace of the function, where f(x) = -1 (at x  4 ) and f(x) = 1 at x greater than 4.

2𝑒 −4𝑠 1
a. −𝑠
𝑠

e4 s 1
b. 
s s

e s 1
c. 
s 2s

2e s 1
d. 
s 2s

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 5s 
79. Find the Inverse Laplace of the s-domain function  2
.
 ( s  1) 
2

a. 5 sinx
b. 2.5 x (sinx)
c. 5 cos x
d. 5 sin x cos x

80. Find the dimensions of the right circular cylinder cone of minimum volume which can be circumscribed about a
sphere of radius 8”.
a. 8 x 18
b. 8 2 x 32
c. 9 x 20
d. 9.5 x 30

81. If the velocity and acceleration have the same sign, then the speed is
a. decreasing
b. increasing
c. not changing
d. infinite

82. Find the  Arc sin xdx .

a. x(arccosx)+ 1  x 2 + c
b. x+ 1  x 2 + c
c. xex+ 1  x 2 + c
d. x(arcsinx)+ 1  x 2 + c

83. Find the  sin 2 x(cos x)2 dx .

a. x/8 – 1/16 sin 2x + c
b. x/8 + 1/16 sin 2x + c
c. x/8 – 1/32 sin 4x + c
d. x/8 + 1/32 sin 4x + c

84. Which of the following is most profitable?

a. 12% compounded semi-annually
b. 12% compounded daily
c. 12% compounded annually
d. 12% compounded bi-monthly

85. If you borrow money from your friend with a simple interest of 12%, find the present worth of 20,000, which is
due at the end of 9 months.
a. 19,245.5
b. 20,455.5
c. 16,789.4
d. 18,348.6

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86. Determine the capitalized cost of a research laboratory which requires 50M on original construction, 1 M at the
end of every year for the first 6 years and then 1.5 M each year thereafter for the operating expenses and 5 M
every 5 years for replacement of equipment with interest at 20% per annum.
a. 60.5 M
b. 57.3 M
c. 80.2 M
d. 40.6 M

87. A manufacturing firm process produces 5 % defective items. Experience shows that 20% of the defective items
produced are missed by an inspector. What is the probability that if you buy 1 of these items it will be defective
one?
a. 0.01 c. 0.41
b. 0.35 d. 0.76

88. 30 Chemical Engineers, 25 Civil Engineers, 10 Mechanical Engineers, 21 Electrical Engineers, 32 Industrial
Engineers, 25 Computer Engineers, & 17 Agricultural Engineers have recently graduated from a certain university.
A firm checked this lists from the registrar & their respective departments & selected an engineer at random.
What is the probability that they will get a Chemical Engineer or Mechanical Engineer?
a. 0.45 c. 0.25
b. 0.74 d. 0.65

89. A strip leaves a part and sails for 4 hours on a course of 78° at 18 knots. Then the ship changes it’s course to 168º
and sails for 6 hours at 16 knots (nautical miles/hour). After 10 hours; what is the distance of the ship from the
port?
a. 85 mi c. 135 mi
b. 96 mi d. 120 mi

90. A painter & his son can paint a room together in 8 hours. If the father works alone for 3 hours & then is joined by
his son, the two together can complete the job in 6 hours more. How long will it take back person alone to paint
the room?
a. father-12, hr son-24 hr c. father-9 hr, son-19 hr
b. father-5 hr, son-20 hr d. father-10 hr, son-15 hr

91. An airplane travels a distance of 1980 mi in 6 hr with the wind, but it takes 7 hr 20 min to make the return trip.
Find the rate of the airplane in still air (& the rate of the wind).
a. 269 mi/hr c. 220 mi/hr
b. 158 mi/hr d. 300 mi/hr

92. Which of the following is a root of the equation 4sin3x – 3sinx=0?

a. 2π/3 c. 3π/4
b. π/2 d. π/6

93. Find the area bounded by the curves x2+8y+16=0, x-4=1, the x-axis and the y-axis.
a. 10.33 sq.units c. 9.67 sq.units
b. 10.67 sq.units d. 8 sq.units

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94. Find the area (in sq.units) bounded by the parabolas x2-2y=0 and x2+2y-8=0
a. 10.7 c. 9.7
b. 11.7 d. 4.7

95. “Observed from an internal reference frame, the net force on a particle is proportional to the time rate of change
of its linear momentum”. This is known as Newton’s ___________ of motion.

a.. Zeroth Law

b. First Law
c. Second Law
d. Third Law

96. What is the speed of sound waves in water given that the bulk modulus for water is 2.2 x 109 N/ m2. (km/s)
a. 1.48 c. 5.12
b. 4.21 d. 3.60

97. An object with a height of 6 cm is placed in front of a concave mirror whose focal length is 36 cm. Determine the
height of the image formed.
a. 18 cm c. 9 cm
b. 7 cm d. 12 cm

98. A 75 lb force is directed 25 ºW of S. Another force of magnitude 50 lb acts N 36ºW. Determine the magnitude of
the resultant force and its direction.
a. 124.45 lb, W65.75ºN c. 124.45 lb, W 60.06º N
b. 67 lb, S 24.25º W d. 67 lb, W 24.25ºS

99. These are structures designed to support load that are usually stationary and fully constrained.
a. Frames c. Trusses
b. Beams d. Machines

100. This force is a measure of the pulling or pushing action perpendicular to the section where the force is applied.
a. shear force c. torque
b. axial force d. bending moment

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