Practice Problems Engi Math University of Mindanao
Practice Problems Engi Math University of Mindanao
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of the triangle c. 2
a. Metacenter d. 8
b. Orthocenter 10. The standard deviation of 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 is:
c. Centroid a. 2.4
d. Incenter b. 2.6
𝑑𝑦 2 c. 2.8
2. Solve the differential equation + 𝑦 = (−𝑥 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥)𝑦 2
𝑑𝑥 𝑥
1 d. 2.2
a. = 𝑥(𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝑥 + 𝑐) 11. The differential equations of the family passing through
𝑦
1 the origin.
b. = 𝑥 2 (𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑐)
𝑦
1 a. 𝑥𝑑𝑦 − 𝑦𝑑𝑥 = 0
c. = 𝑥(𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 + 𝑐) b. 𝑦𝑑𝑥 + 𝑥𝑑𝑦 = 0
𝑦
1 c. 𝑦𝑑𝑥 − 𝑥𝑑𝑦 = 0
d. = (𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 + 𝑐)
𝑦
d. 𝑥𝑑𝑥 + 𝑦𝑑𝑦 = 0
3. The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If two
12. Find 𝑦 ′ if 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥
numbers namely 250 and 850 are removed, what is the
a. -2
arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers?
b. 2
a. 50
c. -1
b. 38.62
d. 1
c. 42.31
13. How many arrangements of the letters in the word
d. 57.12
“VOLTAGE” begin with a vowel and end with a
4. The general solution of the DE 𝑥𝑑𝑦 = 𝑦𝑑𝑥 is a family
consonant
of
a. 1490
a. Lines passing through the origin
b. 1450
b. Parallel lines
c. 1440
c. Parabolas
d. 1460
d. Circles
14. What is the acute between the lines y = 3x + 2 and y =
5. Solve (𝑥 + 𝑦)𝑑𝑦 = (𝑥 − 𝑦)𝑑𝑥
4x + 9
a. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥𝑦 − 𝑦 2 = 𝐶 a. 28.3 𝑑𝑒𝑔
b. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = 𝐶 b. 18.6 𝑑𝑒𝑔
c. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝐶 c. 4.4 𝑑𝑒𝑔
d. 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = 𝐶 d. 5.2 𝑑𝑒𝑔
6. Find the equation of the hyperbola with center at (4, - 15. Find the integrating factor of (𝑦 2 − 𝑥)𝑑𝑥 + 2𝑦𝑑𝑦 = 0
1), transverse axis parallel to the y-axis, distance 2
9 a. 𝑒 𝑥
between foci 10, latus rectum b. 𝑒 𝑥
2
(𝑦+1)2 (𝑥+4)2
a. − =1 c. 𝑒 −𝑥
16 9
(𝑦−1)2 (𝑥−4)2 d. 𝑥 2
b. − =1 16. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into
16 9
(𝑦+1)2 (𝑥−4)2 2 segments having the same vertex. If the smaller
c. − =1
16 9
(𝑦+1)2 (𝑥−4)2
altitude is 6 m, find the ratio of the volume of the small
d. − =1 cone to the big cone.
9 16
7. Evaluate the integral of 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 a. 0.296
a. 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑥 + 𝑥 + 𝐶 b. 0.186
𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑥 c. 0.386
b. +𝑥+𝐶
2 d. 0.486
c. 2 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑥−𝑥+𝐶 17. What is the inverse-transform of the z-transform
d. 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 − 𝑥 + 𝐶 function 𝐹(𝑧) =
𝑧
8. A ladder 3.9 m long is placed in a vertical plane which 𝑧−5
probability of obtaining three heads and one tail? 48. From past experience, it is known that 90% of one-year
a. ¾ old children can distinguish their mother’s voice from
b. ¼ the voice of a similar sounding female. A random
c. 3/8 sample of 20 one-year olds is given this voice
d. ½ recognition test. Find the probability that all 20 children
40. Police arrived at the scene of a murder at 12 AM. They recognized their mother’s voice.
immediately take and record the body’s temperature, a. 0.522
which is 90 F, and thoroughly inspect the area. By the b. 1
time they finish the inspection, it is 1:30 AM. They take c. 0.122
again the temperature of the body, which has dropped d. 0.001
to 87 F, and have sent it to the morgue. The 49. The polar coordinates of a point P are (2,200 deg). The
temperature at the crime scene has remained steady rectangular coordinates of P are:
at 82 F. At what time did the crime occur. a. (1.88, -0.68)
a. 8:40 PM b. (-0.34, -0.94)
b. 9:10 PM c. (-0.68, -1.88)
c. 9:40 PM d. (-0.47, -0.17)
d. 8:10 PM 50. Find mn if 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑚 = 𝑥, 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑛 = 0
41. In triangle ABC angle A and B measures 60 degrees a. 𝑥 − 𝑦
and 45 degrees, respectively. The bisector of angle A b. 2(𝑥−𝑦)
intersects BC at T and AT = 24. Find the area of the c. 2(𝑥+𝑦)
triangle. d. 𝑥 + 𝑦
a. 351.2 51. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm, and 14 cm.
b. 327.5 Determine the radius of the circumscribing circle.
c. 340.7 a. 7.74 cm
d. 312.4 b. 7.14 cm
42. Find the general solution of the DE (2𝑦 − 𝑥 2 )𝑑𝑥 + c. 7.54 cm
(𝑦 + 2𝑥)𝑑𝑥 = 0 d. 7.34 cm
𝑥3 𝑦2 2 1 9
a. 2𝑥𝑦 + + =𝐶 52. Find the constant term of ( + )
3 2 𝑥2 𝑥
𝑥3 𝑦2 a. 664
b. 2𝑥𝑦 − + =𝐶
3 2
𝑥3 𝑦2
b. 672
c. 2𝑥𝑦 − − =𝐶 c. 682
3 2
𝑥3 𝑦2 d. 648
d. 2𝑥𝑦 − − =𝐶
3 2 53. What is the volume of a frustrum of a cone whose upper
43. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower base is 15 cm in diameter and lower base 10 cm in
to be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and diameter with an altitude of 25 square cm.
finds its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is a. 3108.87
the height of the tower. b. 3018.87
a. 76.31 m c. 3081.87
b. 73.61 m d. 3180.87
c. 73.16 m 54. What is the area in square meters of the zone of a
d. 73.31 m spherical segment having a volume of 1470.265 cubic
44. A sequence of numbers were the succeeding term is centimeters if the diameter of the sphere is 30 meters.
greater than the preceding term is called a. 465.5 square meters
a. Divergent series b. 656.5 square meters
b. Dissonant resonance c. 665.5 square meters
c. Isometric series d. 565.5 square meters
d. Convergent series e.
45. The earth’s orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one of the 55. Describe the locus represented by |𝑧 − 𝑖| = 2
foci, if the farthest distance of the sun from the earth is a. Ellipse
105.50 million km and the nearest distance of the sun
b. Hyperbola d. (7/5, 1)
c. Line 64. “The result that any polynomial with real or complex
d. Circle coefficient has a root in the complex plane.” What is
56. Pegasus is tethered by a 20-foot silver rope to the base this theorem called?
of a cylindrical tower whose radius is 8 feet. The rope a. Fundamental theorem of geometry
is attached to the tower at ground level and to Pegasus b. Fundamental theorem of number theorem
at a height of 4 feet. Pegasus has pulled the rope taut, c. Fundamental theorem of algebra
the end of the rope is 4 feet from the nearest point on d. Fundamental theorem of arithmetic
the tower. Find the length of the rope that is touching 65. What is the are bounded by the curve 𝑥 2 = −9𝑦, and
the tower. the line 𝑦 + 1 = 0
a. 10.32 a. 5 sq. units
b. 11.32 b. 6 sq. units
c. 12.43 c. 3 sq. units
d. 10.87 d. 4 sq. units
1 1
57. If 2𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 7𝑥 − 6𝑦, then : is 66. What are the coordinates of the point of inflection on
𝑥 𝑦
the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 15𝑥 2 + 33𝑥 + 100
a. 2:1
a. -5, 15
b. 3:1
b. 5, -15
c. 1:2
c. -5, -15
d. 1:3
d. 5, 15
58. A die is rolled and a coin is tossed. What is the
67. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of curves
probability that a 3 will be rolled and a tail tossed?
𝑥 2 − 𝑦2 = 𝐶 2
a. 1/12
a. 𝑥𝑦 = 𝐶
b. ½
c. 1/6 b. 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 𝐶
d. 1/8 c. 𝑥𝑦 3 = 𝐶
59. Any angle greater than a straight angle but less than d. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝐶 2
two straight angles is known ___ angle. 68. Water is flowing into a conical cistern at the rate of 8
a. Reflex cu. meters per minute. If the height of the inverted cone
b. Complement is 12 m and the radius of its circular opening is 6 meter.
c. Supplement How fast is the water level rising when the water is 4
d. Complex meters deep.
60. The bacteria in a certain culture increase continuously a. 0.45 meters/min
at a rate proportional to the number present. After six b. 0.64 meters/min
hours, the population tripled. In how many hours will c. 0.75 meters/min
the original number quadruple? d. 0.56 meters/min
𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ+𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑛 θ
a. 8.6 hours 69. Find the value of
𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ
b. 5.4 hours a. 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ
c. 6.8 hours b. 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛 θ
d. 7.6 hours c. 2 𝑐𝑜𝑡 θ
61. It represents the distance of a point from the y-axis d. 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ
a. Coordinate 70. Find the sum of the interior angles of the vertices of a
b. Abscissa five-pointed star inscribed in a circle.
c. Ordinate a. 160 deg
d. Polar Distance b. 180 deg
62. From a stationary point directly in front of the center of c. 150 deg
a bull’s eye. Kim aims two arrows at the bull’s eye. The d. 170 deg
first arrow nicks one point on the edge of the bull’s eye; 71. How many cubic feet is equivalent to 100 gallons of
the second strikes the center of the bull’s eye. Kim water?
shows the second arrow traveled 20 meters since she a. 133.7
knows how far she is from the target. If the bull’s eye is b. 1.337
4-meters wide, how far did the first arrow travel? You c. 13.34
may assume that the arrows traveled in a straight-line d. 74.80
paths and that the bull’s eye is circular. Round answer 8+5𝑖
72. Calculate
to the nearest tenth. 1−2𝑖
2 21
a. 24 m a. − − 𝑖
5 5
b. 19.9 m b. − +
2 21
𝑖
c. 22 m 5 5
2 21
d. 20.1 m c. + 𝑖
5 5
63. Find the centroid of the triangle formed by joining the 21 2
d. − + 𝑖
5 5
points A (3,2), B(-1,4), and C(5, -3) 𝑎
−1( )
a. (6/5, 1) 73. ℒ 𝑠(𝑠+𝑎)
b. (7/3, 1) a. 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑡
c. (6/5, 7/3) b. 𝑒 𝑎𝑡
c. 1 − 𝑒 𝑎𝑡 b. 11
d. 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑡 c. 10
74. Find the slope of the tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − d. 9
2𝑥 + 1, @𝑥 = 1 84. A force of 750 pounds compresses a spring 3 inches
a. ½ from its natural length of 15 inches. Find the word done
b. 1/3 in compressing the spring from 0 to 3 inches.
c. 1 a. 1045 in-lbs
d. ¼ b. 1245 in-lbs
75. A cat has a litter of seven kittens. If the probability is c. 1329 in-lbs
0.52 that a kitten will be female, what is the probability d. 1125 in-lbs
1
that exactly two of the seven will be male? 85. What is the inverse Laplace transform of (𝑠2
+𝑠)
a. 0.234
a. 1 + 𝑒 𝑡
b. 0.156
b. 1 + 𝑒 𝑡
c. 0.184
c. 1 − 𝑒 𝑡
d. 0.210
d. 1 − 𝑒 −𝑡
76. Solve the differential equation 𝑑𝑦 − 𝑥𝑑𝑥 = 0, if the
86. The area if a regular pentagon and a regular hexagon
curve passes through (1,0)
are equal to 12 square centimeters. What is the
a. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑦 − 1 = 0
difference between their perimeters.
b. 2𝑦 + 𝑥 2 − 1 = 0
a. 0.20
c. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 − 2 = 0
b. 0.02
d. 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 − 3 = 0 c. 0.03
77. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157, and 210 d. 0.30
respectively. What is the area of the triangle. 87. What theorem enables you to find the powers of a
a. 14,586 sq. units complex number expressed in polar form and to derive
b. 11,260 sq. units certain identities using complex numbers in polar form?
c. 10,250 sq. units a. Hayes’ Theorem
d. 73,250 sq. units b. Argand’s Theorem
78. The area of a circle circumscribing about an equilateral c. Recursion Theorem
triangle is 254.47 square meters. What is the area of d. De Moivre’s Theorem
the triangle in square meters. 88. A hot pie that was cooked at a constant temperature of
a. 104.25 325 degrees F is taken directly from an oven and
b. 102.25 placed outdoors in the shade to cool on a day when the
c. 100.25 air temperature in the shade is 85 degrees F. After 5
d. 105.25 minutes in the shadem the temperature of the pie had
79. The differential equation given is correctly described by been reduced to 250 degrees F. Determine the
which of the following choices? A 𝑑2 𝑦/𝑑𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥𝑦𝑑𝑦/ temperature of the pie after 20 minutes.
𝑑𝑥 = 𝑓(𝑥) a. 210 F
a. Nonlinear, second order, nonhomogenous b. 139 F
b. Nonlinear, second order, homogenous c. 130 F
c. Linear, second order, nonhomogenous d. 150 F
d. Linear, second order, homogenous 89. How many 5 poker hands are there in a standard deck
80. Determine the differential equation of the family of lines of cards?
passing through (h,k) a. 2,429,956
a. (𝑥 + ℎ)𝑑𝑥 − (𝑦 − 𝑘)𝑑𝑦 = 0 b. 2,959,960
𝑑𝑦
b. (𝑦 − ℎ) + (𝑦 − 𝑘) = c. 2,595,960
𝑑𝑥
c. (𝑦 − 𝑘)𝑑𝑥 − 𝑥(𝑥 − ℎ)𝑑𝑦 = 0 d. 2,942,955
d. (𝑥 − ℎ)𝑑𝑥 − (𝑦 − 𝑘)𝑑𝑦 = 0 90. Find all values of z for which 𝑒 3𝑧 = 1
𝑘π𝑖
81. How many terms are there in the arithmetic sequence a.
3
13, 16, 19,… 70, 73 1 1
b. (π𝑖) + (𝑘π𝑖)
a. 20 8 2
b. 21 c. 𝑘π𝑖
2𝑘π𝑖
c. 23 d.
3
d. 22 91. A circular piece of cardboard with a diameter of 1 meter
82. Find the area bounded by the parabolas 𝑦 = 6𝑥 − will be made into a conical hat 40 cm high by cutting a
𝑥 2 and 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 . Note: the parabolas intersect at points sector off the and joining the edges to form a cone.
(0,0) and (4,8). Determine the angle subtended by the sector removed.
a. 74/3 square units a. 144 deg
b. 64/3 square units b. 152 deg
c. 44/3 square units c. 154 deg
d. 54/3 square units d. 148 deg
83. If each interior angle of a regular polygon has a 6
92. Evaluate ∫5 𝑥(𝑥 − 5)1 2 𝑑𝑥
measure of 144 degrees, how many sides does it have
a. 0.456
a. 8
b. 0.556
c. 0.756
d. 0.656
93. A fence is limited to 20 feet length. What is the
maximum rectangular area that can be fenced in using
two perpendicular corner sides of an existing wall?
a. 100
b. 190
c. 120
d. 140
94. A box contains 5 green balls and 4 red balls. The
probability of selecting 2 green balls and 1 red ball with
a random sample of 3 balls without replacement:
a. 0.476
b. 0.376
c. 0.367
d. 0.467
95. Melissa is four times as old as Jim, pat is 5 years older
than Melissa. If Jim is y years old, how old is Pat?
a. 4𝑥5𝑦
b. 4𝑦 + 5
c. 5𝑦 + 4
d. 𝑦 + 5
96. What is the equation of a parabola with a vertex at (4,
8) and a directrix at y = 5
a. (𝑥 − 8)2 = 12(𝑥 − 4)
b. (𝑥 − 8)2 = 12(𝑦 − 4)
c. (𝑥 − 4)2 = 12(𝑦 − 8)
d. (𝑥 − 4)2 = 6(𝑦 − 8)
97. A mixture containing 6% boric acid is to be mixed with
2 quarts of a mixture which is 15% boric acid in order
to obtain a solution which is 12% boric acid. How much
of the 6% solution must be used
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 1
98. A balloon is rising vertically over a point A on the
ground at the rate of 15 feet per second. A point B is
on the ground level with and 30 feet from A. When the
balloon is 40 feet from A, at what rate is its distance B
changing?
a. 13 ft/s
b. 12 ft/s
c. 10 ft/s
d. 11 ft/s
99. What refers to a locus of a point which moves so that
the sum of the distances from two fixed points (foci) is
constant and is equal to the length of the major axis
a. Hyperbola
b. Parabola
c. Circle
d. Ellipse
100. Compute the remainder if we divide 2𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 18𝑥 +
7 by 𝑥 − 2
a. 7
b. -8
c. -9
d. 6