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MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS, SCIENCES FINAL COACHING EXAM 01 – MESL PROBS

INSTRUCTION: Solve the following very probable problems. DO NOT
WRITE ANYTHING ON THE QUESTIONAIRES!

1. What is the integral of the following equation?

 1 
 15x  8x + +7  dx 6. Determine the (x,y) coordinates of the center of the circle
4 3

 x  defined by the following equation. x2 – 8x + y2 – 10y + 25 = 0.

A. (3, 2) C. (4, 5 )
A. 3x5 – 2x4 + ln x + 7 x +C
B. (3, 4) D. (5, 4 )
B. 60x4 – 24x3 – 1/x2 +7x + C

C. 60x3 – 24x2 – 1/x2 +C

D. (15/4) x5 – (8/3)x4 – 1/x2 + 7x + C

2. What is the general solution for the following differential 7. What is the partial derivative with respect to x of the following
equation? function z = exy ?
 d2 y   dy  A. exy C. exy /y
2  2   4   + 4y = 0 xy
 dx   dx  B. e /x D. yexy

A. C1 cos x + C2 sin x C. e-x (C1 cos x + C2 sin x )

B. C1 ex + C2 e-x D. ex (C1 cos x + C2 sin x )

3 2 7 
 
8. What is the determinant of the following matrix 3 7 1 ?
 1 5 2
A. – 113 C. 12
B. –7 D. 73

 sin 5x 
9. What is the value of the following limit? Lim  
x 0
 x 
A. 0 C. 1
3. What is the distance between points P ( 1, - 3, 5 ) and Q (-3,4,- B. 0.087 D. 5
2) ?
A. 10 C. 8
B. 14 D. 114

4. If the rectangular coordinates of a point are ( -3, - 5.2), what are

the polar coordinates (r, ) of the point? 10. What is most nearly angle between V1 and V2 ?
A. ( - 6, -120) C. ( 6, 120) V1 = 3i + 2j + k
B. ( 6, - 120) D. (6, - 150) V2 = 2i + 4j + 6k
V3 = 2i + 3j + 2k

A. 35.5 C. 45.6

B. 44.4 D. 88.5

5. What are the three roots of the equation ( x – 1 )3 = 0 ?

A. ( 1, 1, 1 ) C. ( -1, 1, 1 )
B. ( - 1, -1, -1 ) D. ( 1, 1, 0 )
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11. What is cross product of V2 and V3 ? 14. What is the most nearly the length of the longest side of the
triangle defined by the following lines?
V1 = 3i + 2j + k
y = 2x – 2 ; y = – 2x + 3 and y = 12x – 7
V2 = 2i + 4j + 6k A. 1.20 C. 1.73
V3 = 2i + 3j + 2k B. 2.58 D. 1.68

A. – 10i + 8j – 2k C. – 2i + 8j – 10 k

B. 26i + 16j + 14k D. 4i + 12j + 12 k

12. An ellipse whose center at (0, 0) passing through ( x, 15). Find

its shortest distance from the origin to the given point if the
major axis on the x-axis is 60 and minor axis in the y-axis is
equivalent to 40.
A. 22.9 C. 25.0
B. 24.9 D. 27.0

15. An ancient square pyramid is 60m tall and 200 m on each side at
the base. The density of the building stone is 1300 kg/m3 . If the
pyramid is solid throughout, what is the pyramid’s approximate
mass?
A. 0.80 Mg C. 1.0 Gg
B. 2.4 Mg D. 1.0 Tg

13. Solve the system of simultaneous equations for x,y, and z.

x–y+z=0
x–y–z=–3
–x–y+z=5
A. ( -5/2, - 4, -3/2) C. ( 0, -1, 4 )
B. (5/2, 4, 3/2) D. ( -5/2, -1, 3/2)

16. Use the logarithmic identities to evaluate the numerical value for
the following expression. log3 3/2 + log3 12 – log3 2
A. 0.95 C. 2.00
B. 1.33 D. 2.20
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21. On average, a piece of machinery jams three times a week.

Assuming a Poisson distribution for the frequency of jams, the
probability that the machine will jam exactly five times in a given
17. In the following progression, what is the value of the term a?
week is most nearly:
125, 50, a, 8, 3.2
A. 0.0033 C. 0.33
A. 16 C. 25
B. 0.10 D. 0.40
B. 20 D. 30

22. The least squares method is used to plot a straight line through
the data points (1,6) , (2,7), (3,11), and (5,13). The slope of the
line is most nearly:
A. 0.867 C. 1.86
18. A cloth bag contains six cards numbered 1 through 6. Two cards B. 1.73 D. 2.03
are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that the
sum of the numbers on the two drawn card is 7?
A. 1/12 C. 1/5
B. 7/36 D. 7/18

19. Four dice are thrown. The probability of rolling at least one six 23. An asset is purchased for $ 100,000. The useful life is estimated
most nearly : at 7 years. The salvage value is estimated as $ 15,000. If the
A. 0.50 C. 0.63 asset is subsequently sold after 3 years, most nearly what will be
B. 0.52 D. 0.67 its remaining book value if straight-line depreciation is used?
A. $ 12,100 C. $ 57,100
B. $ 36,400 D. $ 63,600

24. What is most nearly the annual effective interest rate of money
invested at 5% per annum and compounded quarterly?
A. 1.3% C. 5.1 %
B. 5.0 % D. 20%
20. What is the sample standard deviation for the data set ( 4, 6, 9,
9,) ?
A. 2.1 C. 4.2
B. 2.4 D. 6.0

25. A machine has an initial cost of $ 7600 and an annual

maintenance cost of $ 380. The life of the machine is 12 years,
and the salvage value is $ 2000. Assuming an effective annual
interest rate of 6%, the equivalent uniform annual cost for the
machine is most nearly equal to:
A. $ 12,000 C. $ 16,000
B. $ 36,400 D. $ 18,000
 i  0.06
Note: (A/P,6%,12) =  -n 
 12
 0.1193
1 - (1+i)  1  1.06
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 i  0.06 A. 5300 chairs/year C. 6400 chairs/year
(A/F,6%,12)=   12
 0.0593 B. 5600 chairs/year D. 6900 chairs/year
 (1+i) - 1 1.06  1
n

31. A machine has an initial cost of $ 18,000 and operating costs of $

2500 each year. The salvage value decreases by $ 3000 each
year. The machine is now three years old. Assuming an effective
annual interest rate of 12% , the cost of owning and operating
the machine for one more year is most nearly :
A. $ 5500 C. $ 6600
B. $ 6100 D. $ 7100

26. A tractor manufacturer signs a long term contract with a farm

consortium to provide a new tractor every 5 years. The cost of
each tractor is $ 24,000. What is the most nearly capitalized cost
of the contract if interest is 6% over the life of the contract?
A. $ 950 C. $ 80,000
B. $ 5700 D. $ 95,000

 i  0.06
Note: (A/P,6%,5) =  -n 
  0.2374
 1 - (1+i)  1  1.065

32. A block is pushed up a plane inclined at 25 to the horizontal. If

the block has a mass of 5 kg and the coefficient of friction
between the plane and the block is 0.25, Most nearly, how much
force is required to accelerate the block up the plane at the rate
of 5 m/s2?
27. A bank advertises an interest rate of 4.6% per annum with A. 13 N C. 180 N
continuous compounding. What is most nearly the effective B. 57 N D. 240 N
annual interest rate?
A. 4.62% C. 4.89%
B. 4.71% D. 4.94%

33. A 2 kg clay ball moving at a rate of 40 m/s collides with a 5 kg

ball of clay moving in the same direction at a rate of 10 m/s.
28. A lump sum of money is to be invested now at 8% interest, so What is the final velocity of both balls if they stick together after
that $ 800 can be withdrawn at the end of each year for 8 years. colliding?
The minimum amount that must be invested is most nearly : A. 11.8 m/s C. 15.3 m/s
A. $ 4400 C. $ 5100 B. 12.4 m/s D. 18.6 m/s
B. $ 4600 D. $ 5900

Note: (P/A,8%,8) = 1 - (1+i)   1  1.08  5.7466

-n 8

 i  0.08

29. A machine has an initial cost of $ 14,000, a life of 15 years, and a 34. A 1000 kg car enters an unbanked curve at 1 km radius with a
salvage value of $ 1200. The straight line method depreciation velocity of 80 km/hr. What is the minimum coefficient of friction
value of this machine is most nearly: between the road and the car that will allow the car to travel
A. $ 780 C. $ 830 through the turn without breaking?
B. $ 800 D. $ 850 A. 0.05 C. 0.35
B. 0.25 D. 0.65

30. A factory that manufacture chairs costs $ 180,000 per year to

operate, including rent, depreciation charges on equipment, and
salaries. Each chair costs $ 31 to make and sells for $ 59. What is
the factory’s break even sales volume?
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39. A waterfall has a total drop of 15 m and a flow rate 2 m 3/s. Most
nearly what theoretical power is available?
A. 294 kW C. 439 kW
B. 375 kW D. 750 kW

35. A force of 315 N is carried by a wire 60 m long with a diameter of

1.75 mm. The wire’s modulus of elasticity is 200 GN/m 2. Neglect
the mass of the wire. What is most nearly the unit elongation?
A. 4.32 x 10-3 m/m C. 6.55 x 10-4 m/m
B. 5.41 x 10-4 m/m D. 7.89 X 10-4 m/m

40. To what height will 20C ethyl alcohol (surface tension 0.0227
N/m, contact angle 0, specific heat 0.68, kcal/kgC, density 0.79
g/cm3 ) rise is a 0.25 mm internal diameter glass capillary tube ?
The density of the alcohol is 790 kg/m3.
A. 0.012 m C. 0.12 m
B. 0.047 m D. 0.47 m

36. Fluid flows at 5 m/s in a 5 cm diameter pipe section. The section

is connected to a 10 cm diameter section. At most nearly what
velocity does the fluid flow in the 10 cm section?
A. 1 .00 m/s C. 2.50 cm/s
B. 1.25 m/s D. 10.0 cm/s

41. Given the following properties of saturated steam at 9 Mpa and

303.4C, what is most nearly the specific volume at 85% quality?
Vf = 1.4178 cm3/g, Vg = 20.48 cm3/g
A. 0.00126 m3/kg C. 0.01620 m3/kg
B. 0.00428 m3/kg D. 0.01762 m3/kg

37. A venturi meter installed horizontally is used to measure to flow

of water in a pipe. The area ratio, A 2/A1 , of the meter is 0.50,
and the velocity through the throat of the meter is 3 m/s. What is
the most nearly the pressure differential across the venture
meter?
A. 1.5 kPa C. 3.5 kPa
B. 2.3 kPa D. 6.8 kPa

42. A turbine with an isentropic efficiency of 85% receives steam

with a pressure of 1.4 Mpa and an enthalpy of 3900 kJ/kg. At the
output, the pressure is 0.10 Mpa and the enthalpy of 3900 kJ/kg.
At the output, the pressure is 0.10 Mpa and the enthalpy is 2680
kJ/kg. What is the most nearly the turbine’s work output?
A. 1040 kJ/kg C. 1510 kJ/kg
B. 1220 kJ/kg D. 1700 kJ/kg

38. The 8 cm x 12 cm rectangular flume is filled to the three-quarters

of its height. What is most nearly the hydraulic radius of the
flow?
A. 1.5 cm C. 3.0 cm
B. 2.5 cm D. 5.0 cm
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43. A Carnot engine operates on steam between 65C and 425C. 48. An individual contributes Php200 per month to a 401 (k)
What is most nearly the ideal efficiency? retirement account. The account earns interest at a nominal
A. 19% C. 52% annual interest rate of 8%, with interest being credited
B. 48% D. 81% monthly. What is the value of the account after 35 years?
A. Php368,000 C. Php447,000
B. Php447,000 D. Php459,000

44. A 2.8 m3 of a perfect gas at 310C is compressed in an isobaric

process to 1.4 m3. What is most nearly the temperature ?
A. 19C C. 110C
B. 54C D. 150C

49. A graduating high school student decided to take a year off

and work to save money for college. The student plans to
invest all money earned in a saving account earning 6%
interest, compounded quarterly. The student hopes to have
45. An oxygen tank has a total volume capacity of 1 m3. The gas
Php5000 by the time school starts in 12 months. How much
constant for oxygen is R = 259.8 J/kg.K. If the tank and
money will the student have to save each month?
oxygen are at 30C and the absolute pressure in the tank is
A. Php396 / mo C. Php407 / mo
100 kPa, what is most nearly the mass of oxygen inside the
B. Php405 / mo D. Php411 / mo
tank?
A. 1.1 kg C. 12 kg
B. 1.3 kg D. 13 kg

46. A 550 g of air at 200 kPa and 375 kPa and 375C are cooled
at constant volume to 160C. The resulting pressure is most
nearly:
A. 30 kPa C. 130 kPa
B. 85 kPa D. 185 kPa
50. A gold mine is projected to produce Php20,000 during its first
year of operation, Php19,000 the second year, Php18,000 the
third year, and so on. If the mines is expected to produce for
a total of 10 years, and the effective annual interest rate is
6%, what is the present worth?
A. Php118,000 C. Php150,000
B. Php125,000 D. Php177,000

1 - (1+i)-n  1  1.0610
Note: (P/A,6%,10) =    7.36
 i  0.06
1 - (1+i)-n n
Note: (P/G,6%,10) = 
47. Approximately how many years will it take to double an i2 i(1+i)n
investment at a 6% effective annual rate? 1  1.0610 10
   29.6023
A. 10 yr C. 15 yr 0.062 0.06(1.06)10
B. 12 yr D. 17 yr
Note: (F/P,6%,n) = (1+i)n = (1.06)n

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