ME 418 (CORRELATION)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES
10. Find the 1987th in the decimal equivalent to
1785/9999 starting from decimal
QUIZ 3 a. 8 c. 7
b. 1 d. 5
11. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32
ALGEBRA
a. 320 c. 180
1. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric series if the b. 2 d. 90
sum is 2 and the first term is ½ 12. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In three
a. 1/3 c. ¾ years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What their
b. ½ d. ¼ ages now?
2. Factor the expression 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 8 as completely as a. 4,14 c. 7,11
possible b. 5,13 d. 6,12
a. (𝑥 + 8)(𝑥 − 2) 13. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock
b. (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 2) be together for the first time?
c. (𝒙 + 𝟒)(𝒙 + 𝟐) a. 3:16.36 c. 3:12.30
d. (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 2) b. 3:14.32 d. 3:17.37
3. Find the value in the equation 24𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 1 = 0 14. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two-
1 digit positive number is 27. If the digits are reversed
a. ( , 1)
6 in order and the resulting number subtracted from
1 1
b. ( , ) the original number, the difference is also 27. What
6 5
c. (1/2, 1/5) is the original number?
d. (𝟏/𝟖, −𝟏/𝟑) a. 63 c. 48
4. Find the value of k of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 4 = 0, b. 54 d. 73
so that the roots are equal. 15. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14.
a. ±𝟒 c. ±12 Determine the number.
b. ±8 d. ±2 a. 6 c. 8
5. If the roots of the equation are 1 and 2. What b. 7 d. 9
is the quadratic equation? 16. Jojo brought a second-hand Betamax VCR and the
a. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 sold it to Rudy at a profit of 40%. Rudy then sold
VCR to Noel at a profit of 20%. If Noel paid 2,856
b. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 2 = 0
pesos more than it cost to Jojo, how much did Jojo
c. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 2 = 0
paid for the unit
d. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 2 = 0
a. 4,000 c. 4,200
6. In the expansion of (𝑥 + 4𝑦)12 , the numerical
b. 4,100 d. 4,300
coefficient of the 5th term is:
17. Ten liters 25% salt solution and 15liters of 35% salt
a. 63,360 c. 506,880
solution are poured into a drum originally containing
b. 126,720 d. 253,440
30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the percent
7. The polynomial 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 8 is divided by 𝑥 −
concentration in the mixture?
5, then the remainder is:
a. 19.55% c. 27.05%
a. 175 c. 218
b. 22.15% d. 25.72%
b. 140 d. 200
18. The boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as it
8. Find the remainder if divide 4𝑦 3 + 18𝑦 2 + 8𝑦 − 4 by
does going upstream if the velocity of the river
(2𝑦 + 3).
current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat in
a. 10 c. 15
still water
b. 11 d. 13
a. 40kph c. 50kph
9. Find the rational number equivalent to repeating
b. 30kph d. 60kph
decimal 2.35242424…….
a. 23273/9900 c. 23289/9900
b. 23261/990 d. 23264/9900

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19. A batch of concrete consisted of 200lbs fine b. ½ d. ¼
aggregates, 350lbs coarse aggregate, 94lbs 28. Determine the sum of the positive valued solution to
cement, and 5 gallons of water. The specific gravity the simultaneous equation: xy=15, yz=35, xz=21.
of sand and gravel maybe taken as 2.65 and that of a. 15 c. 17
the cement as 3.10. how much weight of cement is b. 13 d. 19
required to produced one cubic yard? 29. The areas of two squares differ by 7 square feet and
a. 765lbs c. 675lbs their perimeters differ by 4 ft. Determine the sum of
b. 657lbs d. 567lbs their areas.
20. Dalisay Corporation’s gross margin is 45% of sales. a. 𝟐𝟓𝒇𝒕𝟐 c. 28𝑓𝑡 2
2
Operating expenses such as sales and b. 27 𝑓𝑡 d. 22𝑓𝑡 2
administration are 15%of sales. Dalisay is in 40% 30. A bookstore purchased a best-selling book ₱ 200.00
tax bracket. What percent of sales in their profit after per copy. At what price should this book be sold so
taxes? that, giving a 20% discount, the profit is 30%.
a. 18% c. 24% a. ₱ 347 c. ₱ 325
b. 5% d. 0% b. ₱ 280 d. ₱ 350
21. A club od 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke Marlboro, 31. In a certain community of 1,200 people, 60% are
and 20 likes smoke Philip Moris. How many like literate of the males, 50% are literate, and of the
both? females 70% are literate. What is the female
a. 13 c. 11 population?
b. 10 d. 12 a. 850 c. 550
22. A and B working together can finish painting a home b. 500 d. 600
is 6 days. A working alone, can finish it in five days 32. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 feet in the 1 st
less than B. How long will it take each of them to second, 48.3 in the 2nd second, 80.5 in the 3rd
finish the work alone? second, and so on. How far did the body fall during
a. 10, 15 c. 20, 15 the 10th second?
b. 15, 20 d. 5, 10 a. 248.7 ft c. 241.5 ft
23. Given ‘’w’’ varies directly as the product of x and y b. 308.1 ft d. 305.9 ft
and inversely as the square of z, and that w=4, when 33. In a commercial survey involving 1,000 persons on
x=2, y=6 and z=3. Find the value of ‘’w’’ when x=1, brand preferences, 120 were found to prefer brand
y=4 and z=2. x only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z
a. 2 c. 4 only, 370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450
b. 3 d. 5 prefer brand y or z but not x, and 420 prefer either
24. A merchant has three items on sale, namely a radio brand z or x but not y. How many persons have no
for ₱50, a clock for ₱30 and a flashlight or ₱ 1.00. At brand preference, satisfied with any of the 3 brands.
end of the day, he has sold a total of 100 of the three a. 230 c. 180
items and has taken exactly ₱ 1000 on the total b. 280 d. 130
sales. How many radios did he sale? 34. The electric power which a transmission line can
a. 16 c. 18 transmit is proportional to the product of its design
b. 20 d. 24 voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the
25. The third term harmonic progression is 15 and the transmission distance. A 115-kilovolt line rated at
9th term is 6. Find the 11th term? 1000 amperes can transmit 150 Megawatts over
a. 4 c. 6 150 km. How much power, in Megawatts, can a 230-
b. 5 d. 7 kilovolt line rated at 1,500 amperes transmit over
26. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion 100 km?
of (2𝑥 − 1)20 . a. 785 c. 675
a. 0 c. 2 b. 485 d. 595
b. 1 d. 3 35. 3The number x, 2x+7, 10x-7 from a Geometric
27. Find the ratio of the infinite geometric series if the Progression. Find the value of x
sum is 2 and the first term is ½. a. -5 & -3/7 c. 7 & -7/6
a. 1/3 c. ¾ b. 7 & 7/6 d. 8 & 3/7

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36. Solve for x: 10𝑥 2 + 10 + 1 = 0 b. 36, 30 d. 36, 6
a. -0.113, -0.887 c. -0.331, -0.788 47. Three A, B, C get into a bus that has six vacant seats
b. -0.113, -0.788 d. -0.311, -0.88 on each side. In how many ways can they be seated
37. Solve for x: √20 − 𝑥 = 𝑥 if A insists on sitting on the right side?
a. 4, -5 c. -4, 5 a. 660 c. 530
b. -4, -5 d. no solution b. 720 d. 410
38. Find the sum of the sequences 25, 30, 35…. 48. A group of 6 speakers consists of 2 politicians and 4
a.
2
(𝑛2 + 9𝑛)
9
c. (𝑛2 + 5𝑛) lawyers who are not politicians. In arrangements for
5 2
𝟓 9
a speaking order at a meeting, the politicians will
b. (𝒏𝟐 + 𝟗𝒏) d. (𝑛2 − 5𝑛) speak in succession and the lawyers in succession.
𝟐 2
39. If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find the In how many ways can be the order be arranged?
common difference if the last term is 30. a. 69 c. 96
a. 2 c. 3 b. 138 d. 192
b. 5 d. 2/3 49. In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated
9 4 alternately in a row of eight chairs?
40. Given the 2 x 2 matrix [ ], find its determinant.
7 8 a. 576 c. 1728
a. 31 c. -20 b. 1152 d. 288
b. 44 d. 20 50. In how many ways can a PSME chapter with 15
41. What is the number of permutations of the letters in Directors, choose a President, a Vice-President, a
the word BANANA? Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Auditor, if no
a. 36 c. 52 member can hold more than one position?
b. 60 d. 42 a. 15 c. 36,060
42. In how many ways can 3 MARINES and 4 ARMIES b. 3,003 d. 360,360
be seated on a bench if the ARMIES must be seated 51. A PSME unit has 10 ME’s, 8 PME’’s and 6 CPM’s. if
together? a committee of 3 members one from each group is
a. 640 c. 576 to formed, how many such committees can be
b. 720 d. 144 formed?
43. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to a. 260 c. 480
make coded signal. How many signals can be made b. 380 d. 360
if a signal consists of the display of one or more 52. There are 5 main roads between the cities A and B,
flags. and four between Band C. in how many ways can a
a. 64 c. 68 person drive from A and C and return, going through
b. 66 d. 62 B on both trips without driving on the same road
44. How many four digits numbers can be formed by the twice?
use of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 if one digit is used a. 260 c. 120
only once in one number? b. 240 d. 160
a. 240 c. 280 53. The lotto uses numbers 1-42. A winning number
b. 320 d. 360 consists of six different numbers in any order. What
45. There are four balls of four different colors. Two balls are your chances of winning it?
are taken at a time and arranged in a definite order. a. 5,245,786 c. 10,127,420
For example, if a white and a red ball are taken, one b. 8,437,224 d. 2,546,725
definite arrangement is white first, red second and 54. How many ways can you invite one or more of five
another arrangement is red first, white second. How friends to a party?
many such arrangement are possible? a. 25 c. 15
a. 24 c. 12 b. 31 d. 62
b. 6 d. 36 55. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls at
46. A factory building has six entrance doors. In how a time are taken and arranged in any way. How
many ways can a person enter and leave; many such combinations are possible?
i. By any door a. 36 c. 6
ii. By a different door b. 3 d. 12
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56. A semi-conductor company will hire 7 men and 4 65. In an alloy containing 30% silver is mixed with a 55%
women. In how many ways can the company silver alloy to get 800 pounds of 40% alloy, how
choose from 9 men and 6 women? much of the 30% silver alloy must be used?
a. 680 c. 480 a. 450 pounds c. 460 pounds
b. 540 d. 840 b. 420 pounds d. 480 pounds
57. In how many ways can a committee of three 66. Lita has ten bills in her wallet. She has a total of ₱
consisting of two chemical engineers and one 40.00. if she has one more ₱5 bill than ₱10 bills and
mechanical engineer can be formed from four two more ₱1 bills than ₱5 bills, how many ₱10 bills
chemical engineers and three mechanical does she have?
engineers? a. 4 c. 2
a. 18 c. 32 b. 3 d. 5
b. 64 d. none of these 67. In how many ways 7 scientist be assigned to one
58. In mathematics examination, a student may select 7 triple and two double hotel rooms?
problems from set of 10 problems. In how many a. 210 c. 300
ways can he make his choice? b. 200 d. 230
a. 120 c. 720 68. A woman went shopping for some canned goods
b. 530 d. 320 which were on sale. She brought three times as
59. How many line segment can be formed with 6 many cans of tomato sauce as cans of peaches and
distinct points, no three of which are collinear? two times as many cans of tuna as cans of peaches.
a. 10 c. 20 If she purchased a total of 24 cans, how many cans
b. 15 d. 25 did he buy?
60. How many triangles are determined by the vertices a. 4 c. 2
of a regular hexagon? b. 3 d. 5
a. 10 c. 20 69. A man invested ₱50,000. Part of it he put in an oil
b. 15 d. 25 stock from which he hoped to receive a 20% return
61. How many committees can be formed by choosing per year. The rest he invested in a bank stock which
4 men from an organization of a membership of 15 was paying 6% per year. If he received ₱400 more
men? the first year from the bank stock than from the oil
a. 1390 c. 1435 stock, how much did he invest in the oil stock?
b. 1240 d. 1365 a. 10,000.00 c. 15,000.00
62. On a certain examination, the student must answer b. 20,000.00 d. 13,000.00
8 out of the 12 questions including exactly 5 of the 70. Find the value of B in the equation
first 6. In how many ways can he write the
𝑥+10 𝐴 𝐵
examination? = +
𝑥2 −4 𝑋−2 𝑋+2
a. 100 c. 792
b. 495 d. 120 a. -1 c. -2
63. How many different sums of money can be made b. 3 d. 5
from penny, a nickel, a dime and a quarter?
a. 24 c. 15
b. 12 d. 20
64. Tony went to a drugstore. He brought a bottle of
aspirin and bottle of Tylenol. The aspirin cost ₱1.25
more than Tylenol. He also brought cologne which
cost twice as much as the total of the other two
combined. How much did the Tylenol cost if his total
bill (without tax) was ₱ 24.75?
a. ₱4.50 c. ₱6.25
b. ₱3.50 d. ₱5.75

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