Republic of the Philippines

Professional Regulation Commission

Board of Geodetic Engineering
Manila

MATHEMATICS
Date: October 10,2016
Time: 11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Note: Read each question carefully and choose the best

answer. Use pencil no.2 in shading your answers. Fully
shade boxes in the answer sheet like this ▌. Shade one (1)
box for every number.

1. A unit of surveying equipment cost P 45,000 with an

estimated life of 5 years. Its salvage value is P
2,500. Find its depreciation rate by straight-line
method.
a. 17.75%
b. 19.88%
c. 18.89%
d. 15.56%

2. A W-825 Pentax total station costing P 250,000 has an

estimated life of 15 years with a book value of P
30,000 at the end of the period. Compute the
depreciation charge using declining balance method.
a. 9,235.93
b. 10,562.13
c. 12,356.25
d. 15,235.50

3. A machine is purchased for P1,000,000.00 and it is

anticipated that it will be exhausted at the end of 20
years. If the sinking-fund rate is 4%, what must be the
annual return from the machine to realize a return of
7% on the investment?
a. 126,568.15
 b. 103,582.00
c. 125,628.25
d. 125,268.50

4. A surveying company purchased a GNSS surveying

equipment for P 6 million and the installation charge
amounted to 4% of the purchased price. If the equipment
will be depreciated over a period of 10 years with a
salvage value of 8%, determine the depreciation cost
during the 5th year using SYD.
a. 756,153.25
b. 856.125.50
c. 946,215.50
d. 626,269.10

5. Determine the break-even point in terms of number of

units produced per month using the following data: (the
costs are in pesos per unit)
Selling price per unit ________________ 600 pesos
Total monthly overhead expenses _______ 428,000
pesos
Labor cost ____________________________ 115 pesos
Other variable cost ___________________ 2.32 pesos
a. 887
b. 560
c. 467
d. 498

6. Two forces of 20 and 30 units act at right angle. What

is the magnitude of the resultant force?
a. 36
b. 42
c. 40
d. 44

7. In how many equal parts can a wire 50 inches long be

cut such that the product of its parts is a maximum?
a. 12
b. 11
c. 15
 d. 19

8. What is the integral of sin x / tan x dx?

a. cos x + C
b. sin x + C
c. sin x + cos x + C
d. sec x + C

9. Water is running into a hemispherical bowl having a

radius of 10cm at a constant rate of 3 cubic
centimeters per minute. When the water is x cm. deep,
the water level is rising at the rate of 0.0149cm/min.
What is the value of x?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5

10. Water is flowing into a conical cistern at the

rate of 8 cubic meters per minute. If the height of the
inverted cone is 12 m and the radius of its circular
opening is 6 m. How fast is the water level rising when
the water is 4 m deep?
a. 0.64 m/min
b. 0.56 m/min
c. 0.75 m/min
d. 0.45 m/min

11. Determine the differential equation of the family of

lines passing through the origin.
a. xdy – ydx = 0
b. xdx – ydy = 0
c. xdy + ydx = 0
d. xdx + ydy = 0

12. Obtain the differential equation of all straight

lines with algebraic sum of the intercepts fixed as k.
a. (1+y′)(xy′-y) = ky
b. (1-y′)(xy′+y) = ky
c. (1-y′)(xy′-y) = ky
 d. (1+y′)(xy′+y) = ky

13. Obtain the differential equation of all parabolas

with axis parallel to the x-axis.
a. 3(y″)² - y′y‴ = 0
b. 3(y″)² + y′y‴ = 0
c. 2(y″)² - y′y‴ = 0
d. 2(y″)² + y′y‴ = 0

14. Solve the equation (r+sinθ-cosθ)dr +

r(sinθ+cosθ)dθ = 0.
a. r² + r(sinθ+cosθ) = c
b. r² + 2r(sinθ-cosθ) = c
c. r - 2r(sinθ-cosθ) = c
d. r³ + 2r(sinθ+cosθ) = c

15. What is the perimeter of the curve r=4(1-sinθ)?

a. 32.47
b. 30.12
c. 25.13
d. 28.54

16. A mine cable weighing 60 N/m is unwound from a

cylindrical drum. If the lower end of the cable is
initially 15 m below the drum, how much work is done by
gravity as an additional 100 m are unwound?
a. 360,000 N-m
b. 390,000 N-m
c. 380,000 N-m
d. 410,000 N-m

17. A van is 5 km due north of a bus at 2:00 p.m. If

the van is traveling northward at the rate of 60 kph
and the bus is traveling westward at the rate of 75
kph, how fast will the two be separating at 5:00 p.m.?
a. 85.36 kph
b. 96.04 kph
c. 98.65 kph
d. 102.54 kph
18. A rectangular field is to be fenced into four
equal parts. What is the size of the largest field that
can be fenced this way with a fencing length of 1500
feet if the division is to be parallel to one side?
a. 65,200
b. 62,500
c. 64,500
d. 63,500

19. What is the least amount of tin sheet, in sq.

inches, that can be made into a closed cylindrical can
having a volume of 108 cu. inches?
a. 125 sq. m.
b. 137 sq. m.
c. 150 sq. m.
d. 120 sq. m.

20. The legendary ship, Titanic that sunk in 1912 was

estimated to be at the sea bottom at a deep of 18
cables. How deep it is in feet?
a. 12,000
b. 12,343
c. 12,633
d. 12,960

21. Two engineering students are solving a problem

leading to a quadratic equation. One student made a
mistake in the coefficient of the first-degree term,
got roots of 2 and -3. The other student made a mistake
in the coefficient of the constant term got roots of -1
and 4. What is the correct equation?
a. x²-6x-3=0
b. x²+6x+3=0
c. x²+3x+6=0
d. x²-3x-6=0

22. Factor the expression 3x³-3x²-18x

a. 3x(x-3)(x+2)
b. 3x(x+3)(x+2)
c. 3x(x+3)(x-2)
 d. 3x(x-3)(x-2)

23. If f(x)=2x²+2x+4, what is f(2)?

a. 4x+2
b. 16
c. x²+x+2
d. 8

24. One pipe can fill a tank in 5 hours and another

pipe can fill the same tank in 4 hours. A drainpipe can
empty the full content of the tank in 20 hours. With
all the three pipes open, how long will it take to fill
the tank?
a. 2 hours
b. 2.5 hours
c. 1.92 hours
d. 1.8 hours

25. A father is three times as old as his son. Four

years ago, he was four times as old as his son was at
that time. How old is his son?
a. 36 years
b. 24 years
c. 32 years
d. 12 years

26. Two thousand (2000) kg of steel containing 8%

nickel is to be made by mixing a steel containing 14%
nickel with another steel containing 6% nickel. How
much of the steel containing 14% nickel is needed?
a. 1500kg
b. 800kg
c. 750kg
d. 500kg

27. On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000 m³

of earth, the larger shovel working for 40 hours and
the smaller for 35 hours. Another job, they removed
40,000 m³ with the larger shovel working 70 hours and
 the smaller working 90 hours. How much earth can the
larger shovel move in one hour?
a. 173.91
b. 347.83
c. 368.12
d. 162.22

28. What time between the hours of 12:00 noon and

1:00pm would the hour-hand and the minute-hand of a
continuously driven clock be in straight line?
a. 12:33pm
b. 12:30pm
c. 12:37pm
d. 12:287pm

29. Twice the middle digit of a three-digit number is

the sum of the other two. If the number is divided by
the sum of its digit, the answer is 56 and the
remainder is 12. If the digits are reversed, the number
becomes smaller by 594. Find the number.
a. 258
b. 567
c. 852
d. 741

30. If 1/3 and -3/2 are the roots of a quadratic

equation, then the equation is
a. 6x²+7x-3=0
b. 6x²-7x+3=0
c. 6x²-7x-3=0
d. 6x²-7x+3=0

31. What is the fourth term of the expansion of

(x+x²)¹ºº?
a. 1650x¹º³
b. 161700x¹º³
c. 167100x¹º³
d. 167100x¹º³
32. A man fires a target 420 m away and hears the
bullet strike 2 seconds after he pulled the trigger. An
observer 525 m away from the target and 455 m from the
man heard the bullet strike the target one second after
he heard the report of the rifle. Find the velocity of
the bullet.
a. 525m/s
b. 360m/s
c. 350m/s
d. 336m/s

33. It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440-

yard track. How long does it take Jordan to run around
the track if they meet in 32 seconds after they start
together in a race around the track in opposite
directions?
a. 58.76 seconds
b. 68.57 seconds
c. 65.87 seconds
d. 86.57 seconds

34. Two ferry boats ply back and forth across a river
with constant but different speeds, turning at the
riverbanks without loss of time. They leave the
opposite shores at the same instant, meet for the first
time 900 meters from one shore, and meet for the second
time 500 meters from the opposite shore. What is the
width of the river?
a. 1500m
b. 1700m
c. 2000m
d. 2200m

35. A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and

upstream at the rate of 2mph. How far downstream should
he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
a. 2 mi.
b. 3.5 mi.
c. 3 mi.
d. 2.5 mi.
36. In a certain department store, the monthly salary
of a saleslady is partly constant and varies as the
value of her sales for the month. When the value of her
sales for the month is P10,000.00. her salary for that
month is P900.00. When her sales goes up to P12,000.00,
her monthly salary goes up to P1,000.00. What must be
the value of her sales for the month so that her salary
for that month will be P2,000.00.
a. P25,000.00
b. P28,000.00
c. P32,000.00
d. P36,000.00

37. A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 of them

had eaten at restaurant P and that 52 of them had eaten
at restaurant Q. Which of the following could not be
the number of persons in the surveyed group who had
eaten at both P and Q?
a. 20
b. 22
c. 24
d. 26

38. In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on

brand preference, 120 were found to prefer brand x
only, 200 prefer bran y only, 150 prefer brand z only,
370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer
brand y or z but not x and 370 prefer either brand z or
x but not y. How many persons have no brand preference,
satisfied with any of the three brands?
a. 280
b. 230
c. 180
d. 130

39. How many different ways can 5 boys and girls form
a circle with boys and girls alternate?
a. 28,800
b. 2,880
 c. 5,600
d. 14,400

40. Roll two dice once. What is the probability that

the sum is 7?
a. 1/6
b. 1/8
c. 1/4
d. 1/7

41. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards.

Find the probability of drawing a king or a red card?
a. 0.5835
b. 0.5385
c. 0.3585
d. 0.8535

42. A certain angle has a supplement 5 times its

complement. What is the angle?
a. 67.5°
b. 58.5°
c. 30°
d. 27°

43. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle,

the distance to the vertices are 10m, 18m and 10m,
respectively. What is the length of one side of a
triangle?
a. 17.75m
b. 18.50m
c. 19.95m
d. 20.50m

44. The distance between the centers of the three

circles which are mutually tangent to each other
externally are 10, 12 and 14 units. The area of the
largest circle is
a. 72л
b. 23л
c. 64л
 d. 16л

45. The area of a circle circumscribing about an

equilateral triangle is 254.47 sq.m. What is the area
of the triangle in sq.m.?
a. 100.25
b. 102.25
c. 104.25
d. 105.25

46. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two

partially overlapping identical circles. Each of the
circles has a radius of 9m and each circle passes
through the center of the other. Find the area of the
swimming pool.
a. 380 m²
b. 390 m²
c. 400 m²
d. 410 m²

47. A mixture compound of equal parts of two liquids,

one white and the other black, was placed in a
hemispherical bowl. The total depth of the two liquids
is 6 inches. After standing for a short time, the
mixture separated, the white liquid setting below the
black. If the thickness of the segment of the black
liquid is 2 inches, find the radius of the bowl in
inches.
a. 7.33
b. 7.53
c. 7.73
d. 7.93

48. A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have

provisions for 66 days. If the garrison loses 20 men
each day, for how many days can the provision hold out?
a. 60
b. 72
c. 76
d. 82
49. An observer found the angle of elevation of the
top of the tree to be 27°. After moving 10m closer (on
the same vertical and horizontal plane as the tree),
the angle of elevation becomes 54°. Find the height of
the tree.
a. 8.65 meters
b. 7.53 meters
c. 7.02 meters
d. 8.09 meters

50. A man improvises a temporary shield from the sun

using a triangular piece of wood with dimensions of
1.4m, 1.5m and 1.3m. With the longer side lying
horizontally on the ground, he props up the other
corner of the triangle with a vertical pole 0.9m long.
What would be the area of the shadow on the ground when
the sun is vertically overhead?
a. 0.5m²
b. 0.75m²
c. 0.84m²
d. 0.95m²

51. At a certain point on the ground, the tower at the

top of 20-m high building subtends an angle of 45°. At
another point on the ground 25m closer the building,
the tower subtends an angle of 45°. Find the height of
the tower.
a. 124.75m
b. 87.45m
c. 154.32m
d. 101.85m

52. The sum of the interior angles of a dodecagon is:

a. 1440°
b. 2160°
c. 1800°
d. 3240°
53. Three circles of radii 110, 140 and 220 are
tangent to one another. What is the area of the
triangle formed by joining the centers of the circle?
a. 39,904
b. 25,476
c. 32,804
d. 47,124

54. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10cm is filled with

water to such a depth that the water surface area is
equal to 75л sq.cm. The volume of water is
a. 625/3 cm³
b. 625л/3 cm³
c. 625л/2 cm³
d. 625л cm³

55. If sec²A is 5/2, the quantity 1-sin²A is

equivalent to
a. 2.5
b. 1.5
c. 0.4
d. 0.6

56. Simplify the equation sin²θ(1+cot²θ)

a. 1
b. sin²θ
c. sin²θsec²θ
d. sec²θ

57. Solve the angle A in the spherical triangle ABC,

given a=106°25´, c=42°16´ and B=114°53´.
a. 45°54´
b. 80°42´
c. 97°09´
d. 72°43´

58. A ship on a certain day is at latitude 20°N and

longitude 140°E. After sailing for 150 hours at a
uniform speed along a great circle route, it reaches a
point at latitude 10°S and longitude 170°E. If the
 radius of the earth is 3959 miles, find the speed in
miles per hour.
a. 17.4
b. 15.4
c. 16.4
d. 19.4

59. Determine the coordinates of the point which is

three-fifths of the way from the point (2,-5) to the
point (-3,5).
a. (-1,1)
b. (-2,-1)
c. (-1,-2)
d. (1,-1)

60. Find the distance from the point P(4,-4,3) to the

plane 2x-2y+5z+8=0.
a. 4.67
b. 7.64
c. 6.74
d. 6.79

61. A line passes thru (1,-3) and (-4,2). Write the

equation of the line in slope-intercept form.
a. y-4=x
b. y=-x-2
c. y=x-4
d. y-2=x

62. A line passes through point (2,2). Find the

equation of the line if the length of the line segment
intercepted by the coordinates axes is the square root
of 5.
a. 2x+y-2=0
b. 2x-y-2=0
c. 2x-y+2=0
d. 2x+y+2=0

63. How far from the y-axis is the center of the curve
2x²+2y²+10x-6y-55=0?
 a. -2.5
b. -3.0
c. -2.75
d. -3.25

64. Find the location of the focus of the parabola

y²+4x-4y-8=0.
a. (2.5,-2)
b. (3,1)
c. (2,2)
d. (-2.5,-2)

65. Point P(x,y) moves with a distance from point

(0,1) one-half of its distance from line y=4. The
equation of its locus is
a. 2x²-4y²=5
b. 4x²+3y²=12
c. 2x²+5y³=3
d. x²+2y²=4

66. What is the length of the latus rectum of

4x²+9y²+8x-32=0?
a. 2.5
b. 2.7
c. 2.3
d. 2.9

67. Find dy/dt if y=x²+3x+1 and x=t²+2.

a. 4t³+14t²
b. t³+4t
c. 4t³+14t
d. 4t³+t

68. An airplane is flying horizontally at an altitude

of 9000m. An observer on the ground noticed that when
the angle of elevation of the plane is 60°, the angle
decreases at the rate of 0.15 radians/second. What is
the velocity of the plane?
a. 600m/s
b. 900m/s
 c. 1400m/s
d. 1800m/s

69. Water flows into a tank having the form of a

frustum of a right circular cone. The tank is 4m tall
with upper radius of 1.5m and the lower radius of 1m.
When the water in the tank is 1.2m deep, the surface
rises at the rate of 0.012m/s. Calculate the discharge
of water flowing into the tank in m³/s.
a. 0.02
b. 0.05
c. 0.08
d. 0.12

70. The cost of fuel in running a locomotive is

proportional to the square of the speed and is $25 per
hour for a speed of 25 miles per hour. Other costs
amount to $100 per hour, regardless of the speed. What
is the speed which will make the cost per mile a
minimum?
a. 40
b. 55
c. 50
d. 45

71. Find the integral of cot(x) dx?

a. ln│sinx│+C
b. ln│tanx│+C
c. ln│secx│+C
d. -ln│sinx│+C

72. Find the solution set of │2x-3│≥│x+3│.

a. 0 ≤ x ≤ 6
b. -3/2 ≤ x ≤ 3/2
c. (-∞,-3/2] U [3/2,+∞)
d. (-∞,0] U [6,+∞)

73. Given the sample data below:

45 34 54 36 52 48 49 50
Compute the sample standard deviation.
a. 7.31
 b. 6.84
c. 46
d. 8

74. Which of the following is equivalent to 1500 m².

a. 1.5 hectares
b. 2 acres
c. 0.37 acre
d. 16415.86 ft²

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2 2
75. Evaluate: ∭𝜋3 𝑥 2 ln(𝑦) 𝑐𝑠𝑐𝜃 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝜃.
1 0
6
a. 0.971
b. 0.977
c. 0.791
d. 0.917

76. A policeman is pursuing a snatcher who is ahead by

72 of his own leaps. The snatcher takes 6 leaps while
the cop takes 5 leaps, but 4 leaps of the snatcher are
as long as 3 leaps of the cop. How many leaps will the
cop make before he catches the snatcher?
a. 450
b. 640
c. 460
d. 540

77. Two sides of a triangle are 10 and 25 cm,

respectively. The perimeter maybe
a. 49
b. 69
c. 39
d. 50

78. A goat is tethered to the corner of a 4m by 5m

shed by a 6m rope. What area of ground can the goat
cover?
a. 88.75 sq.m
b. 55.87 sq.m
c. 87.55 sq.m
 d. 87.85 sq.m

79. Evaluate the determinant

1 2 3
−2 −1 −2
3 1 4
a. 4
b. 2
c. 5
d. 0

80. Calculate the measure of angle between the

planes 2x - y + z - 1 = 0 and x + z + 3 = 0.
a. 10°
b. 20°
c. 30°
d. 60°
Prepared by:

BRODDETT B. ABATAYO, GE, REA