rt Tt nn Ore REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:00 am, ~ 42:00 nn MATHEMATICS 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. 2 only. MULTIPLE CHOICE: 1. Joe and his dad are bricklayers. Joe can lay bricks for a wail in 5 days, With bis father’s help, he can build itin 2 days, How long would it take his father to bulld it alone? q 1 " As dis @e-F hs ©.2-4 hs 0.2- 2 tre If an alloy containing 30 percent silver is mixed with a 55 percent silver alloy to get 800 pounds of 40 percent alloy, how much of 55 percent alloy must be used? A, 360 B, 340 C. 350 @®s20 3. From a point A on level ground, the angles of elevation of the top D and bottom 8 of a flagpole situated on the fop of a hill are measured 47 deg 54 min and 38 deg 45 min, Find the height of the hill i the height of the flagpole is 115.5 ft A. 336.8 ft B. 426.4 ft ©3493 D. 468.5 ft : 4. Find the rate of change of the volume of a sphere with respect to its radius when its radius is 8. A.50 pi 100 pi C. 180 pt D. 200 pi Find the perimeter of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius 150 em. @a8em B. 840 cm C. 1018 cm D. 740 om 6. The base of an isosceles triangle is 8 ft long. If the altitude is 6 ft long and is increasing in 3 in/min, at What rate in radmin are the base angles changing? 1 1 1 “ie Ox ° 8 7. A class contains 10 men and 20 women, of which half the men and haif the women have brown eyes. Find the probabil that a person chosen at random is a man er has brovn eyes. A 6 B12 ©28 D. 13 8, What rotation between 0 and 2 pi radians have the same effect as the rotation with the measure -5pir A.2pirad @pi rad C.4 pirad D. 3 pirad ©. A developer of a new subdivision offers @ prospective home buyer a choice of 4 designs, 3 different heating systems, a garage or carport, and a patio-or screened porch. How many different plans are available to this Buyer? AN2 B24 c.38 O28 10. Find the area bounded by the curve y squared = 2x and 1 1 A16- 18 Chee 0.15 z ® 3 11. A point P(x, y) moves with a distance fromi (0, 2) Is 1/4 of its distance from the line y = 8. Find the equation of its locus of point, ‘A. x squared + y squared = 16 4 (x squared) + 4 ty squared) ~ 12y = 0 B. 2 (x squared) ~ 6 (y squared) = 8 Ore (Qc squared) + 15 (y squared) ~ 48y = 0 12, Find the area bounded by the curve x squared y = x squared ~ 4, x-axis and the ordinates x = 2 and xe Aas @: 6. 0.28—e ea REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:00 a.m, — 12:00 n.n, MATHEMATICS. 13. Find the volume generated by revolving about the x axis the area bounded by the curves y = 2x + 1, y=0,x= 1 andx= A 15 pi B45 pil4 © pil D. 3t pila 14, Ifthe area bounded by the curves y = x + 1, x= 1, x= 2, and y = 0 are revolved about the axis y = 0, find the moment of inertia of the solid formed with respect to the axis of revolution. A. 204 pil B. 195 pit0 ©aripito D. 190 pit 415. Find the curvature of the curve y = 2— (x cubed) at P(1, 4) A018 B.0.17 6.048 @o-19 16. Find the center of the curvature for the curve y = (@ to the power x) at P(0, 4). A.(2,-2) @c2.3) C.(2,-3) D239 17, Give the polar coordinates of the center of the circle r = ~ 7 sin theta. ‘s.(712, 900g) B.(7,90deg) \C~712, 90 deg) _D.(-7, 90 deg) 18. Find the dimensions of the right circular cone of minimum volume which can be circumscribed about @ sphere of radius 8 inches. 32 in. 8 sq. tt. of2in CG. 32in, 8 sq. rt oF Sin 16 in, 8sq. rt of2 in D. 18in, Bq. it of Sin 49, Find the point to which origin must be translated in order that the transformed equation ny 2x4 40 shall have no first-degree tom, a4) Bas) O«2 B44.) 20. A wholesaler sells running shoes at $20 per pair if fess than 50 pairs are ordered. If 60 or more pairs are ordered (up 10 600), the price per pair is reduced by 2 cents times the number order. What size order will produce the maximum amount of money for wholesale? ‘A.600 B 406 c. 460 @s00 21. The arch of an underpass Is a semi-ellipse 60 ft wide and 20 ft high. Find the clearance at the edge of a tae the edges 20 from the mide ASR RoR Ouse b.18eR 22. A single card is drawn from an ordinary deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card is a king. A. 2152 B. 413 @uis 0.2125 23. Ifa multiple-choice test consists of 5 questions each with 4 possible answers of which only 1 is correct, ‘in how many ways can a student check off one answer to each question and get all the answers wrong? A. 1024 B.A76 Ops 3.512 24, Find the center of mass of the lamina that is bounded by the given curve and has density function. x+y= ty=0, x= 0, p =y squared. A, (14, 3/4) B. (13, 1) ©18. 35) D. (1/6, 1/2) 28. Let (1~cos theta) = 1, Find the curvature at theta = pi2, p35 8.2.83 6.0.47 D212 26. In using the formule R é find the maximum error if © = 20 with a possible error of 0.1 and E = 120 with a possible error of 0.05. A. 0.0054 B. 0.0275 ©o.0s25 D. 0.0875 27. Consider an animat population P() with constant death rate 8= 0.01 and with birth rate (> proportional to P. Suppose that P(0) = 200 and P'(0) = 2. When js P = 1000? A. 100 In(8/5) B, 80 In(9/5) G)100 inca) D. 80 In(6/5)REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:00 am. ~ 12:00 nn MATHEMATICS 28, Let (%) = 1/x. Determine the average rate of change of f from x = 1 to x = 2, AAD B-2 0.2 O-12 29. The probability that a vehicle entering Metro Manila has out of town license plate is 0.12; the probability that itis an AUV is 0.28; and the probability that itis an AUV with an out of town license plate is 0.09. What is the probability that an AUV entering Metro Manila has out of town license plate? ASI 8.3/4 C414 ©9128 30. Find the point of inflection for the curve y = 3 (x to the 4” power) ~ 8 (x cubed) + 6 (x squared), A (112, 11724) B. (14, 112) CC. (115, 178) On) 31. Find the equation of the line passing through the point of intersection of the given lines 3x —y = 5 and x-+ 2y = 5, and having a slope of 2. A. 6x—3y=8 B.20x-‘10y=9 ©. 10x-5y=4 O)14«-7y= 20 32, The distance that a car travels between the time the driver makes the decision to hit the brakes and the time the car actually stops is called the braking distance. If a car is traveling v mph, the braking distance 4 (in feet) is approximated by d =v + (v squared/20) Find the braking distance when vis 55 mph. A, 306.54 ft B. 408.05 ft 206.25 ft D. 106.85 ft 33. A right circular cylinder with height 50 cm decreases at rate 4 pi cm/sec meanwhile, the radius of the base is 20 cm and inereasing at 2 pi em/sec. What rate is the volume changing in cubic cm/sec? A400 B 1,000 ©. 1,600 D. 4,200 Ans- 2400 {pi squared) chase A» 40D 34, The probability that Ed hits a targot is 1/4. He fires 6 times. Find the probability that he hits the target at least once. A.0.780 B.0.740 ©2820 D.0.800 36. A flat square plate with 3-t sides and nogligible thickness is submerged horizontally in a guid. Find the force and pressure on a surface ofthe plate ifthe quid is water and the plate is at a depth of 5 tt A, 3650.4 Ib (©2808 Ib C. 3880.4 ib 1D. 2880 Ib 36. Find all points {x, f(x] on the graph of f for which f(x) does not exist: (x) = x + 4 (x raised to the power - 1). A@.-8) none C.64,1),0,=2) D.(2,4) 37. The mean duration of television commercials on a given network is 75 seconds, with a standard deviation of 20 seconds. Assume that duration time are approximately normally distributed. What is the approximate probability that a commercial will last less than 35 seconds ? ‘A. 0.055 @)0.025 C.0.045, D. 0.035 38. An open field is bounded by a lake with a straight shoreline. A rectangular enclosure is to be constructed using 500 ft of fencing along three sides and the lake as a natural boundary on the fourth side. What is the maximum area? A. 35,150 sq. ft 31.250 sq. ft C. 32,125 sq. ft. ‘1D. 30,525 sq. ft. 39. Find the limit of (sin n)/in as n approaches infinity. ‘incetemnate Bn tim 6 D4 40. A swimming pool is 40 feet long, 20 feet wide, 8 feet deop at the deep end, and 3 feet deep at the shallow end; the bottom is rectangular. If the pod! is filed by pumping water into it at the rate of 40 cubic feet per minute, how fast is the water level rising when itis 3 feet deep at the deep end? o infin B.2infmin ©. 3 infin 0.4 inimin ~ 2i and 41. The position vectors of points A, B and C of triangle ABC are given by z; = 1 + 2i, z2 = Zs = 1 —6i respectively. Find the lengths of the sides. A.5,6,8 B.6,6,8 ©5.5.8 D.5,6,6Manila REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 nn MATHEMATICS ‘42, Suppose f and g are function such that f(2) Find the value of (2f— 3g)" at x = 2. AB B.9 © 43 A motorboat starts from rest {intial velocity v(0) = vo = 0). Its motor provides a constant acceleration of 4 fi(sec squared), but water resistance causes a deceleration of (v squared/400) fY(sec squared). Find the limiting velocity as t approaches infinity (that is, the maximum possible speed of the boat), O40 flisec B. 38 fsec 6.36 fusec D. 34 flsec 1,£Q) = 4, 7) 2, (2) = = 3, 912) = 2, a2) D-8 44, A box contains 6 blue socks and 4 white socks. Find the number of ways two socks can be drawn from the box where they are to be the same color @2 B24 C.45 0.90 48. Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon at the rate of 0.02 cum./sec, How fast is the surface area shrinking when the radius is 4m? A.~0.03sq.m/sec B.-0.02sq.m/soo C.-0.048q,mJ/sec (G)-0.01 sq. m/sec 46. Find the equation of the normat to. Ax 6y=26 B.x+7] cubed — 2x squared) + 4 at (2, 4) 30 + 4y= 18 D.x+ 15y=62 47. Find the length of the chord of a cicle of radius 20 om subtended by a central angle of 150 degrees. A. 49 em B.42.cm ©p90m D. 36 cm 48. A pair of fair dice is thrown. Find the probability that the sum is 10 or greater if 5 appears on at least one die AAI B43 Qe 0.28 49. A family has six children. Find the probability P that there are fewer boys than girls. Assume that the probgbilty of any particular child being a boy is 1/2 O82 B. 5/32 C, 15/16 D.213 50. A mine cable weighing 60 Nim is unwound from a oylindrical drum. if the lower end of the cable is initially 115 m below the drum, how much work is done by gravity as an additional 100 m are unwound? A340 kN-m B, 430 kN ©320 kN-m D, 920 kN-m ENDO ‘SUBMIT THIS TEST QUESTION SET TOGETHER WITH THE ANSWER SHEET TO YOUR WATCHERS. BRINGING THE TEST QUESTION SET OUT OF THE ROOM WILL BE A GROUND FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.