MATH PROBLEMS ANSWER KEY 1. How many diagonals are there in a 24 sided polygon?

= 3 2

24 21 = 252 2

2. Express 2345 in Roman Numerals 2000 = 300 = 40 = 5 = 2345 =

3. How many possible ways can you form 4 equally sized committees from 12 people? You are going to have four equally sized committees from 12 people. That means you are going to pick 3 people for each committee. COMBINATION ang pagpili ng people dahil if you pick Person A,B,and C for Committee 1, it's the same if you picked Person B,A,C for Committee 1. ORDER DOES NOT MATTER. Therefore, this is a case of COMBINATION. After you pick for the first committee, you will be left with 9 people. Pick 3, then you will be left with 6 people, and so on. = 123 93 63 33 = 369,600 4. What are the odds against rolling a 9 with two dice? =

Probability of rolling a 9: (5, 4), (4, 5), (3, 6), (6, 3) = 4/36 Probability of NOT rolling a 9: 1 4/36 = 32/36

 9 =

9 32/36 = = : 9 4/36

5. What is the 3rd coefficient of the expansion (2x-3y)^5 = 1 (1) 1 = 531 2 5 31 3 31 = 720 ( ) CLUE: Tandaan niyo na lang yung r-1 sa combination nCr-1. Dun sa exponents ng x and y, pwedeng manual niyong makuha. Since coefficient ng third term ang tinatanong, alam naman natin na ang first term consists of x raised to the maximum number sa exponent. Eg. (x-1)^2, ang first term ay x squared. As you go along the terms, bumababa nang bumababa ang exponents ng x. At the same time, tumataas nang tumataas ang exponent ng y. Eg. + 1
3

= 3 + 3 2 + 3 2 + 3

Sa problem para mahanap ang coefficient ng third term, pwede mong manually malaman ang exponent ng 2x pati ng 3y. Pang ilang term na First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Therefore: = 531 2 3 3 3 = 720 ( ) 6. A small ball tied to a string travels 10 feet for the first swing, and decreases by 20% each swing. What is the total distance travelled by the ball as it comes to rest? = 1 Where P = first number in the series R = factor less than 1 = 10 1 0.80 2x raised to: 5 4 3 2 1 0 3y raised to: 0 1 2 3 4 5

*dahil 80% of the previous swing ang natitira sa next swing = 50 What if hindi niyo alam ang formula? Pwedeng i-exploit ang summation function ng calcu. Ano ba ang i-susum? Parang programming lang yan. Enter:
20

(10 0.8 )
=0

Ideally, the upper limit should be infinity. Para mabilis ang pagcompute ni calcu, use a small number like 20 and makikita mo rin kung saan ito magcoconverge.
20

(10 0.8 ) = 49.4388 50

=0

Makikita niyo na kapag tinaasan niyo ang upper limit, lalapit nang lalapit sa 50. 7. What is the probability of drawing a Royal Flush? Sa Poker naman, bibigyan ka ng 5 cards. Say you got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of hearts. Hindi iba yun sa hand na may 2, 1, 4, 5, 3 of hearts. That means, order does not matter = combination. 4 na royal flushes lang ang kayang gawin sa poker. One in each suite. Therefore the number of possibilities is 4. Ang total number of possibilities of drawing 5 cards from a full deck ay combination: 52 taken 5. = = 525 = 2598960 = 4 = 1.54 104 2,598,960

9. What is the area of a triangle with sides 3m, 4m, 5m? DONT FORGET HERONS FORMULA! = ( )

Where A, B, C are the sides of the triangle

 = So:

+ + 2

3+4+5 =6 2 6 6 3 6 4 (6 5) = 6 2 =

8. A triangle is inscribed in a circle with sides 3m, 4m, and 5m. What is the radius of the circumscribing circle?

4 Where A = area of triangle A,B,C = sides of triangle R=radius of circle = , = 6 345 6= 4 = 2.5 10. What is the distance of (3,4,5) with respect to the origin? Parang distance formula lang to: = 1 2 + 1 2 + 1 2 = 30 2+ 40 2+ 50 2 = 32 + 42 + 52 = 7.07

11. Translate (-1, pi) to cartesian coordinates Pi is 180 degrees (Gawing ito ang reference). -1 ang radius. That means ang point ay nasa positive x-axis Cartesian coordinate system.

Answer = (1,0) 12. What conic section has eccentricity of less than 1? Conic Section Ellipse Parabola Hyperbola Eccentricity LESS THAN 1 EQUAL to 1 GREATER than 1

13. A ladder 20 feet long is placed against a wall. The foot of the ladder begins to slide away from the wall at the rate of 1 ft/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the foot of the ladder is 12 feet from the wall?

20 ft

Dx/dt= -1ft/sec

Now, arbitrary ang pagset natin. Negative ang dx/dt since sa figure ay pa-left nagsaslide ang wall. Ang hinahanap ay gaano kabilis magslide pababa yung upper end. Therefore ang tanong ay dy/dt. We are expecting it to be negative dahil pababa ang motion ng top of the ladder. Para marelate ang 20 feet ladder, dx/dt at dy/dt, we are going to use the Pythagorean Theorem. 2 = 2 + 2 Differentiate natin: 2 = 2 + 2

NOW: Now ano ang dc/dt? Hindi naman nagchechange ang length ng ladder so zero ang dc/dt. Therefore, zero ang left side.

Ano ang x, y, and c? Ang tinatanong sa problem ay ang instant na x = -12. (Note, we are still using our arbitrary system. Assume origin ang corner ng wall) We can get y through Pythagorean Theorem

20 y

-12

Y = 16. Kumpleto na ang needed. So we can compute: 2 = 2 + 2 3 = 4

0 = 2 12 1 + 2 16

NOTE: Now, mas madali kung ginawa na lang natin na positive yung x para hindi na masyadong magkalituhan sa signs. Pero ginawa ko ang arbitrary system na ito (na negative yung x, etc.) para ma-remind kayo na very important ang signs sa mga ganitong problems. 15. A bacteria culture has an initial population of 100. After two hours, it doubles. How long will it take for the population to be 5 times the original population? Mas madali ito kung gamitin ang STAT function ng calculator. Use 3:STAT > 5: e^X Initially, 100 ang population. After 2 hours, nagging 200. Lets input: X (time) 0 2 Now, we are looking for the X when Y = 500. AC+ SHIFT + [1] (STAT ito) + 7:REG + x-hat (Since hinahanap natin ang x) Y(population) 100 200

Input: 500 and we will get 2.32 hours. 16. Calculate (1 -3i)^12 Calculator lang ito, now hindi kaya ng calcu ang exponents ng complex function na grater than 4 (try niyo) Gawin niyo na lang, (1-3i) raised to 3 muna. Tapos i-square niyo yung answer. Then isquare niyo yung answer 1 3 3 2 2 = 1 3 = 752,192 658,944 17. Find the determinant of the matrix: -5 -4 -9 -15 2 7 -9 11 28 Try niyong gawin sa calcu using MATRIX function if nakalimutan niyo kung paano kumuha ng determinant. Verify that the answer is 0.
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