ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CHE COURSE INTEGRATION 1
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

NAME: ______________________________________ DATE: ___________________

Select the best answer among the choices.

1. Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the yard in 4, 6, and 7 hours, respectively. What fraction of the yard
can they mow in 1 hour if they work together?
a) 43/84
b) 45/84
c) 49/84
d) 47/84
2. From the top of a 100-ft tall building, a man observes a car moving toward the building. If the
angle of depression of the car changes from 22o to 46o during the period of observation, how far
does the car travel?
a) 141 ft
b) 151 ft
c) 161 ft
d) 171 ft
3. A cone and a cylinder have the same height and the same volume. Find the ratio of the radius of
the cone to the radius of the cylinder
a) 1/3
b) 0.5774
c) 1.732
d) 3
4. Determine the farthest distance from the point (3,7) to the circle x2+y2+4x-6y-12=0.
a) 6.40
b) 1.40
c) 11.40
d) 6.40
5. What is (1+i) raised to the power 10?
a) 32i
b) 52i
c) I
d) Undefined
6. Evaluate the integral of (cos 3A)8 dA from 0 to pi/6.
a) 35/384
b) 35pi/768
c) 35/1152
d) 105𝜋/768
7. The time required for the examinees to solve the same problem differs by two minutes. Together,
they can solve 32 problems in one hour. How long will it take for the faster problems solver to
solve a problem?
a) 5 minutes
b) 3 minutes
c) 7 minutes
d) 8 minutes
8. A pole tilts towards the sun in an angle of 75 0 with the ground and casts a shadow of 8m. The
angle of depression from the top of the post to the tip of the shadow is 30 0. Find how long the
pole is.
a) 5.66m
 b) 11.31m
c) 16.97m
d) 22.63m
9. What is the area in sq.m of the zone of a spherical segment having a volume of 1470.265cu.m if
the diameter of the sphere is 30m?
a) 465.5sq.m
b) 565.5sq.m
c) 665.5sq.m
d) 656.5sq.m
10. An ellipse has an equation equal to 9x2-144x+16y2+96y+495 =0. Compute the length of the latus
rectum.
a) 5
b) 6
c) 3
d) 4
11. Divide the number 60 into two parts so that the product of one part and the square of the other is
maximum. Find the smallest part.
a) 15
b) 20
c) 25
d) 10
1 2 1−𝑥 2
12. Evaluate: ∫0 ∫0 ∫0 𝑑𝑧𝑑𝑦𝑑𝑥
a) 4/3
b) 5/3
c) 2/3
d) 4/5
13. A job could be done by eleven workers in 20 days. Five workers stared the job. They were
reinforced with “x” more workers at the beginning of the 9th day. Find “x” in order to finish the job
for a total of 26 days.
a) 5
b) 7
c) 6
d) 8
14. Three poles on a level ground. Their bases form an equilateral triangle with sides 8m long. If the
heights of the poles are 4,6 and 10 meters, find the dimensions of the triangle formed by their
tops.
a) 2√10 , 2√5 and 15m
b) 2√17 , 4√5 and 10m
c) 2√13 , 5√5 and 20m
d) 2√12 , 4√5 and 30m
15. A spherical wedge has a volume of 20 cubic units. If the angle of the wedge is 20 degrees, find
the radius of the sphere.
a) 4.41
b) 9.27
c) 3.86
d) None of these
16. Find the perpendicular distance from the point (5,6) to the line -2x+3y+4=0.
a) 3.328
b) 8.875
c) 6.656
d) 1.109
17. What positive number added to its reciprocal gives the minimum sum?
a) 1/2
b) 2
c) 3
d) None of these
18. Find the area bounded by the parabolas y=6x-x^2 and y=x^2 -2x.
a) 44/3 sq. units
b) 64/3 sq. units
c) 74/3 sq. units
d) 54/3 sq. units
19. How many liters of water must be added to 35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid solution to reduce
its strength to 75%?
a) 6.23 liters
b) 6.33 liters
c) 6.43 liters
d) 6.53 liters
20. If arctan 2x + arctan 3x = 45 degrees, what is the value of x?
a) 1/6
b) 1/5
c) 1/3
d) 3/2
21. Find the area of a pentagon which is circumscribing a circle having an area of 420.60 sq.cm.
a) 486.35
b) 434.20
c) 450.64
d) 460.24
22. A triangle has its sides having equation equal to x+2y-5=0, 2x-y-10=0, and 2x+y+2=0. Find the
equation of the circle inscribed in the triangle.
a) x2+y2-4x+2y=0
b) 3x2+3y2-3x-2y=0
c) 4x2+4y2-x-4y=0
d) 2x2+2y2-2x+3y=0
23. A school sponsored trip will cost each student 15 pesos if not more than 150 student make the
trip, however the cost per student will be reduced by 5 centavos for each student in excess of 15.
How many students should make the trip in order for the school to receive the largest group
income?
a) 225
b) 250
c) 200
d) 195
24. Find the integral of dx/(1+sinx).
a) tanx +secx+C
b) tanx –secx+C
c) 2(1-sinx)^1/2 +C
d) None of these
25. The sum of the digits of a number of three digits is 11, the ten’s digit being thrice the unit’s digit. If
99 is subtracted from the number, the digits will be reversed. Find the number.
a) 263
b) 326
c) 623
d) 362
26. Find the value of (secA + tanA)/(secA – tanA) if csc A = 2.
a) 4
 b) 3
c) 2
d) 1
27. The sides of a triangle are 12, 17, and 25 units. If each side is tripled, what will be the area of the
triangle?
a) 90
b) 270
c) 810
d) 1060
28. What type of conic section has an equation of Ax2-Cy2+Dx+Ey+F=0
a) circle
b) parabola
c) ellipse
d) hyperbola
29. Find the limit of [(-1 to the nth power) (2 to the –nth power)] as n approaches infinity
a) 0
b) 1
c) infinity
d) undefined
30. Find the moment of inertia of the area bounded by the curve x2=4y, the line y=1, and the y-axis
on the first quadrant with respect to x-axis.
a) 8/15
b) 16/15
c) 4/7
d) 8/7
31. Jarlie sold a drafting pen for P612 at a loss of 25% on her buying price. Find the corresponding
loss or gain in percent if she had sold it for P635?
a) 22.18%
b) 23.12%
c) 23.87%
d) 24.16%
32. If tan θ= x2, which of the following is correct?
1
a) csc θ = √1+x4
1
b) sin θ = √1+x4
1
c) cos θ = √1+x4
1
d) cot θ = √1+x4
33. The length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is 4/5 of the length of its minor axis. If the distance
between their vertices is 20, compute the distance between the vertices.
a) 66.67
b) 33.33
c) 45.66
d) 23.33
34. What is the equation of the normal to the curve x2+y2=25 at (4,3)?
a) 5x + 3y =0
b) 3x – 4y =0
c) 3x + 4y =0
d) 5x – 3y =0
35. Determine the area of the region bounded by the parabola y=9-x^2 and the line x+y=7.
a) 4
b) 9/2
c) 5
 d) 11/2
36. Locate the point of inflection of the curve y=f(x)=x2ex.
a) −2 ± √3
b) 2 ± √2
c) −2 ± √2
d) 2 ± √3
37. A quadrilateral having vertices at (1,1), (4,5), (0,8), and (-3,4). What is the area?
a) 20
b) 22.5
c) 25
d) 27.5
38. Determine the area of the triangle bounded by the straight lines: x+2y-7=0, 3x-4y-1=0, and 2x-
y+6=0.
a) 10
b) 20
c) 15
d) 25
39. Determine x so that, x, 2x+7, 10x-7 will be a geometric progression.
a) 7 and -7/6
b) 6 and -7/6
c) 5 and 7/6
d) 4 and 7/6
40. Find the last term and the sum of the geometric progression: 64, -96, 14,… to 5 terms.
a) 322, 728
b) 324, -728
c) 324, 728
d) -322, -728
41. The cable of a suspension bridge hangs in the form of a parabola. The distance between two
towers is 800 ft. and the points of support of the cable on the towers are 170 ft. above the
roadway and the lowest point on the cable is 10 ft. above the roadway. Find the vertical distance
to the cable from a point in the roadway 100 ft. from the foot of the tower.
a) 80ft
b) 90ft
c) 100ft
d) None of these
42. A boatman is at A which is 4.5km from the nearest point B on a straight shore BC. He wishes to
reach in minimum time a point C situated on the shore 9km from B. How far from C should he
land if he can row at the rate of 6 kph and can walk at the rate of 7.5kph?
a) 4.15km
b) 3.0 km
c) 3.25 km
d) None of these
43. Find the volume obtained if the region bounded by y = x2 and y = 2x is rotated about the x-axis.
a) 64pi/15 cu. units
b) 54pi/7 cu. units
c) 45pi/4 cu. units
d) 36pi/23 cu. units
44. Water is flowing into a conical cistern at the rate of 8 m3/min. if the height of the inverted cone is
12 m and the radius of its circular opening is 6 m, how fast is the water level rising when the
water is 4m deep?
a) 0.64m/min
b) 0.56m/min
c) 0.75m/min
 d) None of these
45. The line segment joining the points (-3,5) and (9,2) is trisected. The points of trisection are
a) (0,2) and (1,4)
b) (1,4) and (5,3)
c) (4,2) and (3,8)
d) (0,0) and (5,5)
46. The radius of a circle is 30o and the length of a chord is 44 in. Find the angle subtended at the
center.
a) 36o1’39”
b) 94o20’2”
c) 80o30’46”
d) None of these
47. If the roots of an equation are zero, then they are classified as _______.
a) extraneous roots
b) trivial roots
c) conditional solutions
d) All of the above
48. The number 0.123123123…… is __________.
a) irrational
b) surd
c) rational
d) transcendental
49. Find the value of x in the equation csc x+ cotx=3.
a) 4/5
b) 0.6435
c) 0
d) None of the above
50. The price “p” of beans, in dollars per basket, and the daily supply “x”, in thousands of baskets,
are related by the equation px + 6x + 7p = 5950. If the supply is decreasing at the rate of 2000
baskets per day, what is the rate of change of daily basket price of beans when 100000 baskets
are available?
a) 2.35
b) 3.15
c) 1.05
d) 4.95
51. The equation of a gas line is 2x+y=2. A factory located at the point (6,7) will connect with the gas
line perpendicularly. Find the length of the pipe required if the units are miles.
a) 7.603
b) 8.934
c) 5.324
d) 7.289
52. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the plane area bounded by the parabola y=4-x^2 and the
x-axis.
a) (0,1)
b) (0,1.6)
c) (0,2)
d) (1,0)
53. Evaluate the indefinite integral sin2ycos3y dy.
a) 1/3 sin3y -1/5 sin5y +C
b) 1/2 sin2y -1/4 sin4y +C
c) 1/4 sin3y -1/5 sin5y +C
d) None of these
54. Given a triangle XYZ, the tangent of angle X is 22/7, and the altitude from X divides YZ into
segments of length 3 and 17. What is the area of the triangle XYZ?
a) 220
b) 520
c) 110
d) None of these
55. Three spheres of radii 1,2, and 3 inches, respectively are melted and formed into new sphere.
Find the radius of this new sphere.
a) 3.3
b) 4.3
c) 5.3
d) 6.3
56. In a triangle ABC, find the side c if angle C=100o, side b=20 and side a=15.
a) 27
b) 26
c) 28
d) 29
57. How soon after three o’ clock will the hands of a clock be together?
a) 3:16:22
b) 3:15:00
c) 16:22
d) 15:00
58. A man standing 9m above the ground observes the angles of elevation and depression of the top
and bottom of a monument as 20020’ and 40040’, respectively. Find the height of the monument.
a) 14.88m
b) 17.88m
c) 21.88m
d) 12.88m
59. How many diagonals can be drawn from an Enneacontagon.
a) 1395
b) 3915
c) 5139
d) 9315
60. The moon’s orbit is an ellipse with the earth at one focus. The length of the major axis is 478000
miles and the eccentricity e=0.055. Find the least distance from the earth to the moon.
a) 239,000
b) 225,855
c) 210,755
d) 190,255
61. A closed cylindrical tank has a capacity of 576.56m3 . Find the minimum surface area of the tank.
a) 383.10m^2
b) 338.10m^2
c) 833.10m^2
d) 333.10m^2
62. Find the area enclosed by the curve r2=32cos2𝜃.
a) 64 sq. units
b) 32 sq. units
c) 48 sq. units
d) None of these
63. What is the 6th term of the expansion of (4x +6y2)8?
a) 28469184x3y10
b) 28469184x3y10
c) 27869184x3y10
 d) 27469184x3y10
64. Simplify 4sin3𝛉 - 3sin𝛉.
a) -sin(2𝛉)
b) -sin(3𝛉)
c) -sin(4𝛉)
d) -sin(5𝛉)
65. An angle whose endpoints are located on a circle’s circumference and vertex located at the
circle’s center.
a) central angle
b) exterior angle
c) complementary angle
d) supplementary angle
66. A balloon leaving the ground 18m from the observer rises 3m/s. How fast is the angle of elevation
of the line of sight increasing after 8 sec?
a) 0.12 rad/s
b) 0.08 rad/s
c) 0.03 rad/s
d) 0.06 rad/s
67. What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3,5) and is parallel to the line 4x – 2y + 2 =
0?
a) 4x – 2y + 22 = 0
b) 2x + y + 10 = 0
c) 4x + 2y – 11 = 0
d) 2x – y + 11 = 0
68. The volume of the regular pyramid whose base is a regular hexagon is 156cu.m. If the altitude of
the pyramid is 5m, find the sides of the bases.
a) 4 m
b) 8 m
c) 6 m
d) 3 m
69. If the points (-2,3),(x,y) and (-3,6) lie on a straight line, then the equation of the line is ______.
a) 3x+y+3=0
b) x+3y-3=0
c) x+2y-1=0
d) 2x+y+1=0
70. Six years ago Irine was five times as old as Reibelle. In five years Irine will be three times as old
as Reibelle. How old is Irine now?
a) 16
b) 15
c) 18
d) 17
71. The graph of y=x^5 –x will cross the x-axis
a) twice
b) thrice
c) 4 times
d) 5 times
72. Find the equation of the parabola whose axis is vertical and passes through (-1,0), (5,0) and
(1,8).
a) x2-4x+y-1=0
b) x2-4x+y+1=0
c) x2-4x+y+5=0
d) x2-4x+y-5=0
73. Each angle of a regular dodecagon is equal to ____ degrees.
 a) 135
b) 150
c) 125
d) 105
74. Find the perpendicular height of an equilateral triangle with sides 8 in.
a) 6.94 in
b) 10.34 in
c) 12.04 in
d) None of these
75. When you divide 2x4+ax3-x2+bx+1 by x-2, the remainder is 13. When you divide is by x+3, the
remainder is 223. Find a.
a) 4
b) 2
c) -1
d) -3
76. If B^2 -4AC=0, then the equation of the conic is,
a) Ellipse
b) Parabola
c) Circle
d) Hyperbola
77. Find y’ if y=ln(sec x +tan x).
a) sec x
b) tan x
c) sec x tan x
d) none of these
78. Find the volume (in cubic units) generated by rotating a circle x^2 +y^2 +6x +4y+12=0 about the
y-axis.
a) 39.48
b) 47.23
c) 59.22
d) 62.11
3x 4  2 x  1
y
79. Determine the equation of the tangent line to 4  x2 at x  1 .
a) 2x  3 y  7  0
b) 3x  9 y 10  0
c) 10x  3 y 10  0
d) 5x  6 y 12  0
80. A man 1.8m tall is walking at the rate of 1.2m/s away from a lamp 6.7 m high. At what rate is the
tip of the shadow receding from the lamp post?
a) 2.16m/s
b) 1.64m/s
c) 1.83m/s
d) 1.78m/s