REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Sunday, August 27, 2006 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 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 shest provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED, Use pencil No. 2 only, MULTIPLE CHOICE: 4. Aweight of 60 pounds rest on the end of an 8-foot lever and is 3 feet from the fulcrum. What weight ‘must be placed on the other end of the lever to balance the 60-pound weight? A40 B. 100 ©ss D.60 2. Amen's store bought 500 shirts, some at Php 125 each, the rest at Php 200 each. If the total cost of the shirts was Php 77,500, how many shirts were purchased at Php 125 each? ‘A. 350 B, 400 C. 250 (8)300 2, Two legs of a right triangle ‘are each 70 cm. if one leg grows at the rate of § cmimin and the other shrinks at the rate of 5 cmipin. How fast is the hypotenuse of the triangle changing 2 minutes later? Ad ©) c.2 0.5 4, The apothem of a polygon is the ofits inscribed circle oni B. circumference —_C. diameter D. length feng ay ae 5.Find SF of y=in (8) when x= 4. ix & B.2 3 D4 6. Find the maximum area of the rectangle whose base is on the x-axis and whose upper two vertices lie on the parabola y = 12 — (x squared). AB B24 ©sz D.15 7 Find the eccentricity of a hyperbola whose transverse and conjugate axes are equal in length A2 2 c.3 b. V3 : 8. A hot alr balloon is rising vertically at a rate of 0.7 m/s. A sandbag is released from the ballbon when itis at a height of 42 m, At what speed in m/s wilt! sandbag hit the jround? @ja7 B. 28.8 6.276 D. 26.4 8, Find the equation of the line tangent to the graph at the given point (+ y) cubed = x+y +6, (3, -1) A. 3x-y=6 B.2x-y=1 C.xty=3 Oxty=2 10. Find the points of the curve y = 4x (x squared) where the curvature is maximum, @e 4) B. (2,3) ©. (4,-1) D. (1, 2) 41, The orbit of the Halley's comet around the sun is an ellipse with the sun as a focus and eccentricity 6 = 0.967. The position where the comet is closest to the sun to the position where it is farthest from the sun is approximately 3.365 x 10 raised to 9 miles. Approximately how closed the comet gets to the sun in million miles. A268 B48 c.13, ®se 12. Find the maximum point of the curve (x squared)y = (x cubed) ~ 4. A. (2,3) ®e2-3) ©. (3,2) 0. (-3,-2)REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Sunday, August 27, 2006 8.00 a.m. ~ 12:00 nin, MATHEMATICS 13. Abigail will not reveal her age but says she is 3 years younger than her sister Kate. Ninety years ago Kate was twice as old_ How old is Kate now? A983 96 C94 D.95 Compute its average velocity in midhr from 1:00 to 4:09. Az B3 ca Os 18. Two planes leave New York at 10 A.M., one heading for Europe at 600 kph and one heading in the ‘opposite direction at 150 kph, At what time will they be 960 kms apart? A 11:30AM, B12: 15 P.M, C. 12: 00 NN Oram, 14. A bicycle travels along a straight road. At t o'clock, it is (t squared) miles from the end of the road, 16. If 4 holes are to be spaced regularly on a circle with radius r = 20 in., find the distance between the centers of the successive holes. B28 (@283 c.29 0.30 ‘17. A plane takes 5 hours to fly westward from point A to point 8 and 4 - 7 hours to return from point B hott to point A. if the wind velocity is 50 kph fromitest on the trips. What is the distance from point A to point 8 ‘A. 1850 kms B. 1950 kms ©. 2000 kms (©2250 kms 18, Two variable resistances are connected in parallel the resistance of the first is increasing at a rate of 0.12 Qis while the resistance of the second is decreasing at a rate of 0.08 Qs, Find the rate of change of the total resistance when the first is 4 ohms and the second is 2 ohms. 0.022 B.—0.028 C.-0.034 D. - 0.043, 19. A contractor wishes to build 9 houses, each different in design. In how many ways can be place these houses on a street if 6 lots are on one side "the street and 3 Its are on th’ opposite side? ‘A. 2160 B. 4320 (©)382,880 D. 60,480 20. Through how many radians does the minute hand of a clock turn in 24 minutes? A027 B.0.41 C.0.6T Ojoan i 24. An object is pulled by two perpendicular forces of 24 Ibs and 10 tbs. What is the angie formed between the resultant and the 24 Ib force? A. 15 deg (@)23 deg C. 25 deg D. no solution 22. Jenny went to the drugstore. She bought a bottle of aspirin end a bottle of Tylenol. The aspirin cost P 1.25 more than the Tylenol. She also bought cologne which cost twice as much as the total of the other two combined, How much is the Tylenol cost if her total (without tax) was P 24.757 @pss BPA C.P575 D.P625 23. In SABC, sin (A+B) = 3 What is the value of sin C? 2 2 3 ‘4 7 32 3 p. 4 ao 3 @5 8 24, Two cards are drawn in succession from a deck without replacement, What is the probability that both cards are red? ' A. 26/102 @esro2 ©. 23/102 D, 24102 25..A conical cistern is 10 feet across the top and 12 feet deep. if water is poured into the cistem at the fate of 1 cubic foot per second, how fast is the surface rising when the water is 8 feet deep? A264 B. 28.3 ©208 D. 26.2REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Board Examination Sunday, August 27, 2008. 8:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 nin, MATHEMATICS 26. A collection of coins has a value of 64 cents. There are two more nickels than dimes and three times as many pennies as dimes, How many dimes are there? A2 @®3 C4 D5 27. A motorboat weighs 32000 Ib and its motor provides a thrust of 5000 Ib. Assume that the water av resistance is 100 pounds for each foo! per second of the speed v of the boat. Then 1000 at 5000 - 100 v. If the boat starts from rest, what is the riaximum velocity that it can attain? A. 20 fs B. 26 ft’s C. 40 fits Osos 28. A light hangs 15 feet directly above a straight walk on which a man 6 feet tall is walking, How fast is the end of the man’s shadow traveling when he is walking away from the light at a rate of 3 miles per hour? AS Ba ©s D6 28, When the ellipse is rotated about its shorter axis, the ellipsoid is A. spheroid ©)oviate C. prolate D. paraboloid 30. A ladder 20 feet is placed against a wall building. The foot of the ladder begins to slide away from the wail at the rate of 2 ft/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the top of the ladder is 12 feet from the foot of the building? @-93 B.-7/3 c.-53 0.413, 31. A block weighing W = 500 Ibs rests on a ramp inclined 29 degrees with the horizontal, What minimum force must be applied to keep the block from sliding down the ramp? Neglect friction, A, 420 Ibs 242 Ibs C. 400 Ibs, D. 437 Ibs 32. Find the Laplace transform of f(t) A. elfs? +3) B. ells 3) C. ells +3) ®eaxs-3 33. Find the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by the parabola y” = 8x and its latus rectum (x= 2) about the latus rectum 34, Which of the following is the opposite to pi/3? A. Tpv6 B. 6pi/S. - Opus D. 11pil9 35. The power consumed in an electrical resistor is given by P = EVR (in watts). If E = 200 volts and R= 8 ohms, by how much does the power change if Eis decreased by 5 volts and R is decreased by 0.2 ohm? A, 250 watts B, 800 watts © 125 watts D. 100 watts 36. Find the area outside the circle r= 2 and inside the cardiod r = 2 (1 + 0089). @r+s Bm+4 Com42 D. r+ 16 37. A triangular pole whose edges are 5, , and 8 m long is placed vertically in water with its longest edge uppermost, horizontal, and 3 m below the water level. Calculate the force on a side of the plate. A, 235.2 kN 4704 kN C, 949.8 KN D. 1,881.6 kN 38. Find the area of an isosceles triangle with a base of 19.2 in and base angles of 23°10! each A. 19,7 in? B. 78.9 in? C. 36.3 in® (8) 39.4 ini 39, Evaluate the following limit: limit of (x — 2) / (x squared ~ 4) as x approaches 2. @w B.W2 co D. infinityREGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-Boerd Examination Sunday, August 27, 2008 8:00am, -12.00n.n MATHEMATICS 40, Two women paint a barn. Barbara can paint it alone in 5 days, Sara in 8 days.. They start to paint it together, but after 2 days Sara gets bored and Barbara finishes alone, How long does it take her to finish? 2 3 1 ATS B.1— C)1= DA1t 3 4 ON 3 41. Tony inherited Php 2,000,000 which he invested in stocks and bonds. The stocks returned 6 percent and the bonds 8 percent. If the retum on the bonds was Php 8,000 less than the return on the stocks, how much did he invest in the stock? A.Php 1.250.000 (B)Php 1,200,000 C. Php 1,500,000 __D. Php 1,400,000 42. Three circles with radii 3.0, 5.0 and 9.0 cm are externally tangent. What is the area of the triangle formed by joining their centers? Aa. (B46 om? 6.46 om? 3. 86.om* 43, What is the numerical coefficient of the term containing xy’ in the expansion of x + 2y}"? A 10 8.20 @s0 0.80 44, The water in a hemispherical bow! 42 om across the lop, is 9 em deep. How much more water is needed to fill the bow! fo the brim? ‘ A4671T cucm. 8.4176 cucm., ©)4,7167 cucm. D. 4,761 cum, 46. If the volume of a sphere is 28877 cu cm, thgn its surface area is equal to A. 1407rsq.cm. B. 1427 sq.em. ©)1447 so.cm. D. 14671 sq.cm. 48. An airplane with a velocity of 160 1H fies at an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal passes an observer 800 feet from the point of take off. Find the rate of change of the angle of elevation when the angle is 60 degrees just after the plane passes the observer? @au BO2 c.03 D.04 47. What is the largest possible volume a right ojrcular cylinder can have if itis inscribed in a sphere of radius 5? 208i @ x8 o, 2508 p, 4858! 33 3v3 33 3v3 48, Ahole of radius 2 is drilled through the axis of @ sphere of radius 3. Compute the volume of the remaining solid A. 20 piv3/3 B22 piv5/3 ©. 26 pi O20 pivs/s 49. Find the Laplace transform of fit) = fe 3 $12 aK, 52 oo 52 A Sui (sray 8, SYm(ssay? ©Zva(e+4)? vin(s+a)® nie 50. A right circular eylindrical tank of radius 2m and height 8 m is full of water. Find the work done in pumping the water to the top of the tank, Assume the water weighs 9800 Nim° A.3.68 MJ ©3904 C. 4.62 MJ D. 5.28 MJ “END 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,