Review Course in ECE

Activity #1

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Find the following:

1. The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and ¼. What is the equation?
2. The sum of two numbers is 12 and their product is 35. Find the sum of their reciprocals.
3. A man is 41 years old and his son is 9. In how many years will the father be three times as
old as his son?
4. Two racing cars A and B compete for a stretch of 20,000 m. long. It took 50 min. for A to
reach the finish line and B 65 minutes to reach the finish line. How far was B behind A when
A reached the finish line?
5. Between 3:00 and 4:00, Kathryn looked at her watch and noticed that the minute hand was
between 5 and 6. Later, Kathryn looked again and noticed that the hour hand and the
minute hand had exchanged places. What time was it in the second case?
6. Three liters of a 20% alcohol solution is mixed with one liter of an x% alcohol solution. If the
new mixture contains 22.5% alcohol, what is the value of x?
7. Simplify the expression i 2003 +i 1997 where i is an imaginary number.
8. One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 3 hours. A
drain pipe can empty the tank in 24 hours. With all the pipes open, how long will it take to fill
the tank?
9. A man travels in a motorized banca at the rate of 15kph from his barrio to the poblacion and
come back to his barrio at the rate of 12kph. If the total time of travel back and forth is 3
hours, then what is the distance from the barrio to the poblacion?
10. Two times the father's age is eight more than six times the son's age. Ten years ago, the
sum of their ages was 36 years. What is the age of the son?
11. A boy is one-third as old as his brother and eight years younger than his sister. The sum of
their ages is 38 years. How old is his sister?
12. A 100-kg salt solution initially 4% by weight. Salt in water is boiled to reduce water content
until the concentration is 5% by weight. How much water evaporated?
13. A tank is filled with an intake pipe that fills it in 2 hours and an outlet pipe that empty it in 6
hours. If both pipes are left open, how long will it take to fill in the empty tank?
x
14. If 3 x =9 y and 27 y =81z , find .
z
15. If ( x +3 ) : 10= ( 3 x−2 ) :8 , find ( 2 x−1 ) .
16. Pedro started running at a speed of 10 kph. Five minutes later, Mario started running in the
same direction and catches up with Pedro in 20 minutes. What is the speed of Mario?
17. The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than twice the numerator. If 7 is added
to both terms of the fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction.
18. In how many minutes after 8 o’clock will the hands of the clock is directly opposite each
other for the first time?
19. Suzi drove home at 60kph, but her brother Jim, who left at the same time, could drive at
only 48kph. When Suzi arrived, Jim still had 60 kilometers to go. How far did Suzi drive?
20. In a film, the actor Charles Coburn plays an elderly “uncle” character criticized for marrying
a woman when he is 3 times her age. He wittily replies” Ah, but in 20 year’s time I shall only
be twice her age”. How old is the “uncle”?