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MATHEMATICS SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark
only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of
your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means exponentiation.
Ex. x^2 means x2; (x+y)^(x-z) means
(x+y) raised to the (x-z). Pi=3.1416
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. The kilowatt that can be transmitted safely by a shaft varies directly as the
number of revolutions it makes per minute and the cube of its diameter. If a
shaft 3 centimeters in diameter making 200 revolutions per minute can safely
transmit 60-kilowatt, what kilowatt can be safely transmitted by a 2-centimeter
shaft making 300 revolutions per minute?
A. 22.25 C. 26.67
B. 33.75* D. 33.33
2. A lot has the form of a right triangle with perpendicular sides 90m and 120m
long. Find the length and width of the largest rectangular building that can be
erected facing the hypotenuse of the triangle.
A. 60m, 45m C. 80m, 60m
B. 90m, 40m D. 75m, 36m*
3. The bases of a trapezoid are 18 cm and 32 cm long. Determine the length of the
line segment which is parallel to the bases and divides the given trapezoids
into two similar trapezoids.
A. 24.28 C.25.65*
B. 28.74 D.22.37
4. A circle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle whose lateral side is 19 cm and
the base is 26 cm. Determine the distance between the two points of tangency.
A. 4.75 C. 3.58
B. 2.42 D. 5.63*
5. Find the largest prime factor of 111,111
A. 11 C. 37*
B. 19 D. 51
6. How many numbers between 100,000 and 1,000,000 can be produced using only 3, 5
and 7 as digits?
A. 748 C. 765
B. 729* D. 657
7. A segment intersects another segment and cut it into 2 segments 2 meters and 3
meters long. If the first segment is 6 meters, find the diameter of a convex
quadrilateral having these chords as the diagonals if the angle of the
diagonals is 83 degrees.
A. 17.925 C. 13.645*
B. 15.425 D. nota
8. A spherical balloon is being inflated at the rate of 30 cu. Ft. per min. At the
instant the radius is 15 ft., at what rate is the surface area increasing?
A. 6 cu. ft./min C. 4 cu. ft./min*
B. 5 cu. ft./min D. 3 cu. ft./ min
9. The smallest interior angle of a particular convex P has a measure of 120°
angle and moving clockwise around the polygon, each successive angle is 5°
larger than its predecessor. How many sides does this polygon has?
A. 16* C. 14
B. 10 D. 13
10. Find the equation of the line with y-intercept equal to 7 and m= 0?
A. y=7 C. y – 7 = 0*
B. x + 7 = 0 D. x = 7
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11. A card is drawn from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. Find the probability ρ
that the card is a face card or heart.
A. 1/18 C. 3/18
B. 3/52 D. 11/26*
12. Find the area between the curve y = 2x 4 – x2, the axis, and its two minimum
coordinates.
A. 8/115 C. 7/120*
B. 9/130 D. 6/107
13. If 3^(8x + 1) = 9, then find log2 x
A. + 3 C. – 2
B. -3* D. +2
14. The maximum possible number of positive roots that the equation x^4 + 2x^3 –
3x^2 + bx – 5 = 0 can have if b represents a positive real number is
A. 1 C. 2
B. 3* D. 4
15. If the area bounded by x 2 - y 2 = 3, y=2, and y = 0 is revolved about x=0,
find the moment of inertia of the solid generated with respect to the axis of
revolution.
A. 216pi/6 C. 164pi/3*
B. 202pi/5 D. 193pi/4
16. Find the derivative of cosh 3 4x.
A. -12 cosh 2 4x sinh 4x C. 3 cosh 2 4x sinh 4x
B. 4cosh 2 4x sinh 4x D. 12cosh 2 4x sinh 4x*
17. Solve for x: x = logba · logcd · logdc
A. logba* C. logac
B. logbc D. logda
18. In a 30-60-90 right triangle the bisector of the 60 degrees angle divides its
opposite in the ratio
A. 1:2* C. 1:3
B. 2:3 D. 3:4
19. If 10sin^2(x) + 11 sin(x) – 8 = 0, then what is (are) the value(s) of log2
[sin(x)]
A. -2 C. -1*
B. 0 D. -3
20. A circle has a 20 cm diameter. Determine the moment of inertia of the
circular area relative to the axis perpendicular to the area through the
center of the circle, in cm4.
A. 14,280 C. 17,279
B. 15,708* D. 19,007
21. Compute the sum of all the coefficients in the expansion of (x + 2y – z)^3
A. 6 C. 4
B. 8* D. 7
22. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 feet in the 1st second, 48.3 ft in the 2nd
second, 80.5 ft in the 3rd second, and so on. How far did the body fall during
the 10th second?
A. 273.7 ft C. 338.1 ft
B. 241.5 ft D. 305.9 ft*
23. Find the area of the sector to be cut off from a circular cardboard 20 cm in
diameter so that joining the ends of the remaining area will give a right
circular cone of maximum volume.
A. 57.649 cm2 C. 57.271 cm2*
B. 29.933 cm 2 D. 35.681 cm2

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24. The sides of the cyclic quadrilateral measures 2, 3, 4 and 5 units

respectively. (2 and 4 are opposite). Find the product of the diagonals.
A. 20 C. 22
B. 23* D. 25
25. Determine the inverse Laplace Transform of: (s + a) / [ ( s + a)2 + ω2]
A. exp(- at ) sinωt C. texp (-at ) cosωt
B. t sinωt D. exp (- at )cosωt*
26. A fencing material has a limited length of 60 ft. What is the largest
triangular area that can be fenced in?
A. 190.53 sq ft C. 173.21 sq ft*
B. 181.87 sq ft D. 164.54 sq ft
27. A point moves along a parabola y = x2 such that its abscissa is increasing at
a rate of 3 ft/sec. Find the rate of change of its ordinate at x = 2.
A. 3 ft/sec C. 15 ft/sec
B. 12 ft/sec* D. 9 ft/sec
28. A can do a job in 4 days, B can do a job in 6 days and C can do the job in 8
days. How long will it takes to do the job if A and B work for 1 day then B
and C finish the job?
A. 1 C. 4
B. 2* D. 3
29. A father and his son can dig a well if the father works 6 hours and his son
works for 12 hours or they can do the job if the father works 9 hours and the
son works 8 hours. How long will it take for the son to dig the well alone?
A. 60 C. 20*
B. 40 D. 30
30. In a right triangle the bisector of the right triangle divides the hypotenuse
in the ratio 1:2. In what ratio is the hypotenuse divided by the altitude
dropped from the vertex of the right angle?
A. 4:1* C. 2:1
B. 3:2 D. 4:3
31. At noon a pan of very hot water (188 F) is put into a room whose air
temperature is constant at 60°F. The difference of the temperature of the
water and the constant room air temperature is halved in every 15 minutes. At
what time is the difference between the temperature of the water and the
temperature of the room air less than or equal to 1?
A. before 12:30 C. bet. 12:30 to 1:00
B. bet. 1:00 to 1:45 D. 1:45 beyond*

32. Determine the sum of the internal angles of a hexagon

A. 540 degrees C. 720 degrees*
B. 810 degrees D. 630 degrees

33. The interior angle of a regular polygon exceeds its exterior angle by 150
degrees.
A. 12 C. 15
B. 18 D. 24*

34. One side of a parallelogram is 10m and its diagonals are 16 m and 24 m,
respectively. Its area is
A. 135.386 sq. m C. 123.485 sq. m
B. 158.745 sq. m* D. 136.728 sq. m

35. Determine the limiting value of the following expression as n approaches

infinity: x = nsin(180/n) where the angle is in degrees.
A. infinity C. π*
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B. e D. indeterminate

36. The distance between two points is measured with a steel tape was recorded as
916.58 t. Later, the tape was checked and found to be only 99.9 ft. long.
What is the true distance between the two points?
A. 935.66 ft B. 966.15 ft
B. 962.33 ft D. 915.66 ft*
37. The radius of a right circular cylinder is 12 and the height is 5. A positive
number may be added on the radius or the height to give the same increase in
the volume. What is the number?
A. 4.8* C. 3.8
B. 4.7 D. 3.6
38. Find the area bounded by the curve y2 – 3x + 2y – 8 = 0 and the y-axis.
A. 18 C. 21
B. 12* D. 15
39. A line was measured with a steel tape when the temperature was 30 degrees
Celsius. The measure length of the line was found to be 1,256.271 feet. The
tape was afterwards tested when the temperature was 10 degrees Celsius and it
was found to be 100.042 feet long. What was the true length of the line if
the coefficient of coefficient of expression of tape was 0.000011 per degree
Celsius?
A. 1,275.075 feet C. 1,375.575 feet
B. 1,257.075 feet* D. 1,249.385 feet
40. Foghorn C sounds every 34 sec, Foghorn D every 38 sec.. They sound together
at noon. How many seconds later will they next sound together?
A. 1,444 C. 646*
B. 1,938 D. 969
41. A basketball coach has a total of 10 players. In how many ways can he field a
team of 5 players if the captain is always included?
A. 42 C. 126*
B. 70 D. 25
42. Determine the inverse Laplace transform of: I(s) = 100 / [s2 (s2 + 102)]
A. i(t) = t – cos 10t C. i(t) = t – 0.1sin10t
B. i(t) = t2 – 0.1sin10t* D. i(t) = t2 – cos10t

43. The probability of getting at least two heads when a pair of coin is tossed
four times is:
A. 11/16* C. 13/16
B. 1/4 D. 247/256
44. The sum of the ages of a married couple and their four children is 40 years
over the century mark. Ten years ago, the sum of the ages of the couple, the
eldest child and the second child is 5 decades and 5 years less than the sum
of all (the 6 of them). The father’s age is ten times the age of the youngest
while the mother’s age is 8 times that of the youngest. The difference
between the age of the second child and the sum of the ages of the three and
the last child is zero, while the difference between the first child and sum
of the ages of the second and the last child is zero. Find the age of the
mother.
A. 40 C. 42
B. 35* D. 45

46. Compute the sum of all the coefficients in the expansion of (x + 2y – z)^3
A. less than 2 C. above 10
B. from 2 to 5 D. from 5 to 10*

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45. A small line truck hauls poles from substation stockyard to pole sites along
a proposed distribution line. The truck can handle only one pole at a time.
The first pole site is 150 meters from the substation and the poles are to be
50 meters apart. Determine the total distance traveled by the line truck back
and forth, after returning from delivering the 30th pole.
A. 52.5 km* C. 37.5 km
B. 30.5 km D. 40.5 km
47. Determine the area of the quadrilateral having (8, - 2), (5, 6), (4, 1), (-7,
4), consecutive vertices.
A. 25 C. 33
B. 15 D. 22*
48. If the lengths 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are to be used to form a triangle. What is
the probability that a triangle is formed?
A. 3/10* C. 19/120
B. 7/25 D. 5/24
49. A projectile has an initial upward speed of 1,000 feet per second which is
steadily decreased by gravity at the rate of 32.2 feet per second, so that
the upward speed at a subsequent time t is dy/dt = 1000 – 32.2 ft/sec. If the
initial position of the projectile is 200 ft above ground, what is the
maximum height that the projectile will attain?
A. 18,874 ft C. 22,648 ft
B. 15,728 ft* D. 13,107 ft
50. What time between 7 and 8 o’clock will the minute and hour hands of the clock
form 60° for the first time?
A. 7:27.3* C. 7:28.6
B. 7:26.4 D. 7:29.0
51. The following are the vertices of a triangle, (1 2), (9,3), (4,11). Find the
equation of one of the medians.
A. 10x – 11y = 12 C. 7x + 13y = -102
B. 9x + 3y = 26 D. 17x + 2y = 90*
52. Determine the value of B when 3x + 3y – 7 = 0 is perpendicular to the line 2x
+ By – C = 0.
A. – 2* C. - 4
B. - 3 D. – 5
53. The wholesale price of a designer shirt is $25. A retail store has determined
that if they sell the shirt for $40, consumers will purchase 55 shirts per
month. The manager of the men’s department knows that for each dollar
decrease in price, 5 more shirts will be sold each month. What selling price
will yield the greatest monthly profit for the store?
A. $42 C. $38*
B. $30 D. $45
54. Find the equation of the line withy-intercept equal to 7 and m=0?
A. y = -7 C. y – 7 =0*
B. x + 7 = 0 D. x = 7
55. The attitude of a certain right circular cone is the same as the radius of
the base and is measured as5inches with a possible error of 0.2 inches. Find
approximately the percentage error in the calculated values of the volume.
A. 1.01 C. 1.57
B. 0.98 D. 1.34
56. A wire 60 inches long is to be used to construct a circle and an equilateral
triangle. How much is the maximum sum of area possible?
A. 173.205 C. 196.45
B. 286.53* D. 107.94

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57. Given the three vertices of a parallelogram (1,2), (0,0), and (4,0). Find the
possible location /coordinate of the fourth vertex.
A. (-3, 3) C. (4, -3)
B. (5, -4) D. (4, 5)
58. Find the value of A in the equation:
(x^2+4x+10)/(x^3+2x^2-5x) = A/x + B(2x+2)/(x^2+2x+5) + C/(x^2+2x+5)
A. 1 C. 0
B. 2* D. 3
59. A coin is biased so that the head is twice as likely to occur as tail. If the
coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability of getting 2 tails and 1
head?
A. 2/9* C. 20/27
B. 4/9 D. 2/3
60. During a board meeting, each member shakes hands with all other
members. If there were a total of 91 handshakes, how many members were in the
meeting?
A. 15 C. 9
B. 12 D. 14*
61. If the 18th and 52th term of an arithmetic progression are 3 and 139
respectively, what is the 25th term?
A. 27 C. 35
B. 31* D. 39
62. The equation r = a is the polar equation of a
A. line C. circle*
B. hyperbola D. ellipse
63. What is the value of x in trigonometric substitution with an integrand
involving (x2-a2)?
A. asecӨ C. asinӨ
B. atanӨ D. acosӨ
64. A body falls from rest in a liquid whose density is one-half of that
of the body. If the liquid offers resistance proportional to the velocity,
and the velocity approaches a limiting value of 32 fps, find the distance
fallen in the first second.
A. 9.56 ft. C. 6.82 ft.
B. 3.24 ft. D. 7.98 ft.
65. A Roman Statue is three times as old as a Florentine Statue. One
hundred years from now, the Roman Statue will be twice as old. How old is the
Roman Statue?
A. 75 years old C. 125 years old
B. 100 years old D. 300 years old*
66. Find the solution of 2xydx + (x2 + 1)dy = 0
A. xy2 + 2y = C C. 2xy + y2 = C
B. 3xy – 5y =C D. x2 + y = C
67. At the minimum point, the slope of the tangent line is ______.
A.infinite C. positive
B.negative D. zero*
68. A point moves along a parabola y = x2 such that its abscissa is
increasing at a rate of 3 ft/sec. find the rate of change of its ordinate at x
= 2.
A. 3 ft/sec C. 15 ft/sec
B. 12 ft/sec* D. 9 ft/sec
69. Find the limit of (x2 - 1)/(x - 1) as x approaches 1.
A. 1 C. undefined
B. no limit D. 2*
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70. Find the equation of the circle passing thru points (0, 4) and (3, 7)
and having its center on the line 2x – y + 4 = 0.
A. (x - 7)2 + (y - 3)2 = 8 C. (x - 4)2 + (y - 5)2 = 6
B. (x - 2)2 + (y – 3)2 = 7 D. (x - 1)2 + (y - 6)2 = 5*
71. Find the equation of the median of (0, 0), (6, 0) and (4, 4).
A. 2x + y = 6 C. 5x – 2y = 12
B. 4x – y + 12 = 0 D. x + 2y = 6*
72. A man bought 20 chickens for P2,000. The cocks cost P300 each, the hens
P150 each and the chicks at P50 each. How many cocks did he buy?
A. 4 C. 2*
B. 3 D. 5
73. A Starbucks manager wishes to reduce the price on her fresh ground
coffee by mixing two grades. If she has 50 pounds of coffee which sells for $
10 per pound, how much coffee worth $6 per pound must she mix with it so that
she can sell the final mixture for $ 8.50 per pound?
A. 30 pounds of $6 coffee* C. 20 pound of $6 coffee
B. 15 pound of $6 coffee D. 10 pounds of $6 coffee
74. Find the equation of the circle of curvature of 2xy + x + y = 4 at the
point (1, 1).
A. (x - 2)2 + (y - 3)2 = 8 C. (x – 3/2)2 + (y – 5/2)2 = 9/2
B. (x – 3/2)2 + (y – 3/2)2 = 9/2 D. (x – 5/2)2 + (y – 5/2)2 = 9/2
75. A fisherman who hooks a fish noticed that the fancy counter attached to the
reel indicates that the line is fading at a rate of 2 m/s. if the tip of the
rod is 2m above the surface of the water, the fish is at a depth of 1m and
the line is 6m, find the rate of the fish as it moves away.
A. 2/√3 m/s C. 1/√3 m/s
B. 4/√3 m/s* D. 3/√3 m/s
76. To find the general solution of xdy – ydx = 0, the method to be used is
A. variable separable* C. homogenous equation
B. exact differential D. linear differential equation
77. A billboard 60 ft high is mounted on a 20 ft building. How far should a man
stand from the building so he can have the best view of the billboard?
A. 40 ft C. 35 ft
B. 50 ft D. 25 ft
78. A series which includes an infinite summation of sine and cosine waves having
frequency that are integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.
A. Taylor’s series C. Maclaurin’s series
B. Fourier series* D. Series function
79. The derivative of arccot u with respect to x is:
A.(-du/dx)/√(1-u^2) C. -du/dx)/(1-u^2)
B. -du/dx)/u√(1-u^2) D. -du/dx)/√(u^2-1)

80. The following are the vertices of a triangle, (5,4),(2,-3),(-2,1). Find the
area of the triangle.
A. 20 * C. 22
B. 26 D. 28
81. Find the rectangular coordinates of the spherical coordinate (2,π/4,π/2).
A. (2,2,1) C. (2,0,2)
B. (2,2,0) D. (2,3,1)
82. Find the derivative of cosh3 4x.
A. -12cosh2 4x sinh 4x C.3cosh2 4x sinh 4x
B. 4cosh2 4x sinh 4x D.12cosh2 4x sinh4x*

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83. Perform the indicated operation √9 x cube root(-343).

A.-21* C. 21j
B.-21j D. 21

84. A bag contains 4 red balls, 3 green ball and 5 blue balls. The probability of
not getting a red ball in the first draw is
A. 1/3 C. 1
B. 2/3* D. 2

85. A lot has the form of a right triangle with perpendicular sides 90m and 120m
long. Find the length and width of the largest rectangular building that can
be erected facing the hypotenuse of the triangle.
A.60m, 45m C.80m, 60m
B.90m, 40m D.75m, 36m

86. If the college basketball coach had 3 sons in the 12-player team, in how many
ways can he select the first five players if at least two of his sons were
included?
A. 250 C. 288*
B. 272 D. 236

87. Find the equation of the circle of curvature of 2xy + x + y = 4 at point

(1,1).
A. (x-2)^2 + (y-3)^2 =8 C. (x-3/2)^2 + (y-5/2)^2 = 9/2
B. (x-3/2)^2 + (y-3/2)^2 = 9/2 D. (x-5/2)^2 + (y-5/2)^2 = 9/2

88. With the throw of three dice, what is the probability of getting 9 or an 11?
A. 50/216 C. 56/216
B. 54/216 D. 52/216*

89. Find the limit of z[sqrt(z +2i) – sqrt(z-2i)] as z approaches infinity.

A. 0 C. indeterminate
B. 1 D. infinity

90. Two vehicles A and B, start at point P and travelled east at rates of 10 kph
and 30 kph, respectively. An observer at Q, 1 km north of P, is able to observe
both vehicles. What is the maximum angle of sight between observer’s view of A
and B?
A. 30 degrees C. 45 degrees
B. 59 degrees D. 60 degrees

91. A closed rectangular box is 6cm by 8cm by 10cm is painted 0.1cm thick. Find
the cc of the paint used up.
A. 4.1 C. 18.8
B. 37.6 D. 9.4

92. Find the area enclosed by the curve y^2 = x^2 – x^4
A. 3/8 sq. units C. 4/5 sq. units
B. 2/3 sq. units D. 4/3 sq. units

93. The cost of renting a ballroom for a school dance is different at each of the
three establishments. The Ambassador charges $100 plus $3 per person. The
Belmont charges $150 plus $2 per person, while the Coliseum charges $250 plus
$1 per person. Under what condition would the Belmont be the best place to
hold the dance?
A. less than 30 C. bet. 30-50
B. bet. 50-80 D. bet. 50-100

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94. Simplify: (√(-16)) (√(-25)).

A. 20i C. 20
B. -20* D. -20i

95. Find the length and width of the largest rectangular building that can be
erected facing the perpendicular sides 90 m and 120 m of the triangle.
A. 60m, 45m C. 80m, 60m
B. 90m, 40m D. 75m, 36m

96. At the minimum point, the slope of the tangent line is ________.
A. infinite C. positive
B. negative D. zero*

97. Find the ordinate of the centroid of a plane area bounded by the parabola y =
4 -x^2 and the x- axis.
A.0.247 C. 2.80
B.3.552 D. 1.60*

98. At the inflectional point, the value of second derivative of the function is
________.
A. infinite C. positive
B. negative D. zero*

99. The semi-major axis of an ellipse is 5 and its semi-minor axis is 4. The
distance from the center to the directrix is
A. 7.658 C. 6.047
B. 8.333* D. 5.574

100. What is the equation of the line normal to y = x^3 -2x^2 +5 at (5,1) when
x=2?
A. x/4 + y= 9/4* C. x/2 - y= 3/2
B. 2x - 7y= 3 D. x – y= 4

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