ME 418 (CORRELATION)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES
11. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32
a. 320 c. 180
PART 1 b. 2 d. 90
12. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In three
years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What their
ALGEBRA
ages now?
1. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric series if the a. 4,14 c. 7,11
sum is 2 and the first term is ½ b. 5,13 d. 6,12
a. 1/3 c. ¾ 13. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock
b. ½ d. ¼ be together for the first time?
2. Factor the expression 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 8 as completely a. 3:16.36 c. 3:12.30
as possible b. 3:14.32 d. 3:17.37
a. (𝑥 + 8)(𝑥 − 2) 14. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two-
b. (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 2) digit positive number is 27. If the digits are
c. (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 2) reversed in order and the resulting number
d. (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 2) subtracted from the original number, the difference
3. Find the value in the equation 24𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 1 = 0 is also 27. What is the original number?
1 a. 63 c. 48
a. ( , 1)
6 b. 54 d. 73
1 1
b. ( , ) 15. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14.
6 5
c. (1/2, 1/5) Determine the number.
d. (1/8, −1/3) a. 6 c. 8
4. Find the value of k of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 4 = b. 7 d. 9
0, so that the roots are equal. 16. Jojo brought a second-hand Betamax VCR and
a. ±4 c. ±12 the sold it to Rudy at a profit of 40%. Rudy then
b. ±8 d. ±2 sold VCR to Noel at a profit of 20%. If Noel paid
5. If the roots of the equation are 1 and 2. 2,856 pesos more than it cost to Jojo, how much
What is the quadratic equation? did Jojo paid for the unit
a. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2 = 0 a. 4,000 c. 4,200
b. 4,100 d. 4,300
b. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 2 = 0
17. Ten liters 25% salt solution and 15liters of 35% salt
c. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 2 = 0
solution are poured into a drum originally
d. 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 2 = 0
containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is
6. In the expansion of (𝑥 + 4𝑦)12 , the numerical
the percent concentration in the mixture?
coefficient of the 5th term is:
a. 19.55% c. 27.05%
a. 63,360 c. 506,880
b. 22.15% d. 25.72%
b. 126,720 d. 253,440
18. The boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as
7. The polynomial 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 8 is divided by
it does going upstream if the velocity of the river
𝑥 − 5, then the remainder is:
current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat
a. 175 c. 218
in still water
b. 140 d. 200
a. 40kph c. 50kph
8. Find the remainder if divide 4𝑦 3 + 18𝑦 2 + 8𝑦 − 4
b. 30kph d. 60kph
by (2𝑦 + 3).
a. 10 c. 15
19. A batch of concrete consisted of 200lbs fine
b. 11 d. 13
aggregates, 350lbs coarse aggregate, 94lbs
9. Find the rational number equivalent to repeating
cement, and 5 gallons of water. The specific
decimal 2.35242424…….
gravity of sand and gravel maybe taken as 2.65
a. 23273/9900 c. 23289/9900
and that of the cement as 3.10. how much weight
b. 23261/990 d. 23264/9900
of cement is required to produced one cubic yard?
10. Find the 1987th in the decimal equivalent to
a. 765lbs c. 675lbs
1785/9999 starting from decimal
b. 657lbs d. 567lbs
a. 8 c. 7
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20. Dalisay Corporation’s gross margin is 45% of 30. A bookstore purchased a best-selling book ₱
sales. Operating expenses such as sales and 200.00 per copy. At what price should this book be
administration are 15%of sales. Dalisay is in 40% sold so that, giving a 20% discount, the profit is
tax bracket. What percent of sales in their profit 30%.
after taxes? a. ₱ 347 c. ₱ 325
a. 18% c. 24% b. ₱ 280 d. ₱ 350
b. 5% d. 0% 31. In a certain community of 1,200 people, 60% are
21. A club od 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke literate of the males, 50% are literate, and of the
Marlboro, and 20 likes smoke Philip Moris. How females 70% are literate. What is the female
many like both? population?
a. 13 c. 11 a. 850 c. 550
b. 10 d. 12 b. 500 d. 600
22. A and B working together can finish painting a 32. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 feet in the 1st
home is 6 days. A working alone, can finish it in second, 48.3 in the 2nd second, 80.5 in the 3rd
five days less than B. How long will it take each of second, and so on. How far did the body fall during
them to finish the work alone? the 10th second?
a. 10, 15 c. 20, 15 a. 248.7 ft c. 241.5 ft
b. 15, 20 d. 5, 10 b. 308.1 ft d. 305.9 ft
23. Given ‘’w’’ varies directly as the product of x and y 33. In a commercial survey involving 1,000 persons on
and inversely as the square of z, and that w=4, brand preferences, 120 were found to prefer brand
when x=2, y=6 and z=3. Find the value of ‘’w’’ x only, 200 prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z
when x=1, y=4 and z=2. only, 370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450
a. 2 c. 4 prefer brand y or z but not x, and 420 prefer either
b. 3 d. 5 brand z or x but not y. How many persons have no
24. A merchant has three items on sale, namely a brand preference, satisfied with any of the 3
radio for ₱50, a clock for ₱30 and a flashlight or ₱ brands.
1.00. At end of the day, he has sold a total of 100 a. 230 c. 180
of the three items and has taken exactly ₱ 1000 b. 280 d. 130
on the total 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
b. 5 d. 7 230-kilovolt line rated at 1,500 amperes transmit
26. What is the sum of the coefficients of the over 100 km?
expansion 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
b. ½ d. ¼
28. Determine the sum of the positive valued solution
to the simultaneous equation: xy=15, yz=35,
xz=21.
a. 15 c. 17
b. 13 d. 19
29. The areas of two squares differ by 7 square feet
and their perimeters differ by 4 ft. Determine the
sum of their areas.
a. 25𝑓𝑡 2 c. 28𝑓𝑡 2
2
b. 27 𝑓𝑡 d. 22𝑓𝑡 2

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