MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Asphalt cement(SG=y) 12%
Find the specific gravity of filler and asphalt cement if the theoretical
A. Mathematics
1. ECON – By the conditions of a will, the sum of Php 55,000.00 is left to a girl to
be held in a trust fund by her guardian until it amounts to Php 100,000.00.
When will the girl receive the money if the fund is invested at 12%
compounded continuously at the first half of the time in the bank, and
compounded monthly at the last half of the time in the bank?
2. ALGEB – How many minutes is it until six o’clock if fifty minutes ago it was
four times as many minutes past three o’clock?
3. SOLGEOM – A man have a large number of iron balls, all exactly two inches in
diameter. He wishes to pack as many of these as possible into a rectangular
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box 24 16 inches long, 22 5 inches wide, and 14 inches deep. What is the
greatest number of balls that he could pack into the box?
4. SOLGEOM – The crescent is formed by the two circles, and C is the center of
the larger circle. The width of the crescent between B and D is 10 inches, and
between E and F is 6.5 inches. What are the diameters of the two circles, in
millimetres?
5. ALGEB – The combined ages of Jack and Ace are 44 years, and Jack is twice as
old as Ace was when Jack was half as old as Ace will be when Ace is three
times as old as Jack was when Jack was three times as old as Ace. How old is
Jack?
6. DIFEQ – Solve the initial value problem: 𝑦 ′′′ + 4𝑦 ′′ + 9𝑦 ′ + 10𝑦 = −24𝑒 𝑥 ,
y(0)=0, y’(0)=-4,y’’(0)=10
7. DIFEQ – Solve the differential equation: y’’ +4y’ +4y=sin(2t), y(0)=0, y’(0)=1
8. DIFEQ – Find a value of x that is a regular singular point of the differential
equation 7x2y’’ +15xy’ + (x-2)y = 0
9. DIFCLC – A baseball diamond is a square whose sides are 90ft long. Suppose
that a player running from second to third base has a speed of 35 ft/s at the
instant when he is 100ft from first base. At what rate is the player’s distance
from home plate changing at that instant?
10. SOLGEOM – An open inverted cone with a radius of 3m and a height of 7m is
full of water. Determine the water remained in the cone after a ball was put
and fit inside the cone that will displace the maximum amount of water.
Express your answer in gallons.
1 maximum distance between the tangent points is 250 m calculate the
11. INTCLC – Compute the area bounded by the curves 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 2)3 , 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 ,
𝑦 = √𝑥 + 2
B. Surveying and Transportation Engineering
12. A circular curve with a radius of 400m is connected by 80m spiral transition
curves to tangents with a deflection angle of 0.450rad. If the stationing of TS
is 105+40, determine the stationing of MC and ST.
13. A vertical summit parabolic curve has tangent grades of +3.77% and -1.41%. If
the length of the curve is 400m, compute the radius of the vertical curve.
14. A sheet asphalt mixture is to be made using the following percentages by
weight of total mix
Sand(SG=2.65) 76%
Filler(SG=x) 12%
maximum density of the mixture is 2500kg/m3, knowing that the filler
is 1.79 times heavier than asphalt cement.
15. A crash cushion is to be placed along the elevated SLEX to safely
decelerate a 3000kg car travelling at 80kph. Laboratory studies have
indicated that a dynamic force of 35kN is required to crash one barrel
from its original diameter of 0.7m to 0.33m. Determine the number of
barrels used as crush cushion that will stop the car.
16. The following tacheometric observations were made on two points P and
Q from station A.
Staff at Vertical angle Staff reading
Upper Middle Lower
P – 5°12′ 1.388 0.978 0.610
Q + 27°35′ 1.604 1.286 0.997
The height of the tacheometer at A above the ground was 1.55 m.
Determine the elevations of P and Q if the elevation of A is 75.500 m.
The stadia constant k and c are respectively 100 and 0.00 m.
17. If sensitivity of a bubble tube is 34″ per 2 mm division what would be the
error in staff reading on a vertically held staff at a distance of 200 m when
the bubble is out of centre by 4 divisions?
18. Three angles of a plane triangle were measured and the following values
were obtained:
θ1 = 52°33′; θ2 = 64°45′; θ3 = 62°39′.
Determine the least squares estimates of the angles.
19. In a geodetic survey, the mean angles of a triangle ABC having equal
weights, are as below:
A = 62°24′18.4″
 B = 64°56′09.9″
 C = 52°39′34.4″.
Side AB has length of 34606.394 m. Estimate the corrected values of
the three angles. Take the radius of the earth to be 6383.393 km.
20. Two straights AB and BC are to be connected by a right-hand circular
curve. The bearings of AB and BC are 75° and 135°, respectively. The
curve is to pass through a point P at a distance of 120 m from B, and the
angle ABP is 40°. Determine the radius of the curve.
21. Two parallel railway tracks, centre lines being 70 m apart, are to be
connected by a reverse curve, each section having the same radius. If the
maximum allowable radius of the reverse curve that can be used.
22. A 10,000 lb load is placed on two tires of a locked-wheel trailer. At a
speed of 30 mi/h, a force of 5000 lb is required to move the device.
Determine the skid number.
23. Determine the extra widening required for a pavement width of 10m (3
lanes, at 3.333m/lane) on a horizontal curve of radius 300m, if the longest
wheel base of the vehicle expected on the road is 6.5m. Design speed is
85kph.
24. Off-ramp traffic must stop at a single tollbooth at the entrance of a
certain highway. The arrival rate at the tollbooth is 75 vehicles per hour, if
the service rate is 86 vehicles per hour, determine the number of vehicles
waiting to be served.