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Subject Code: REFCOM3

Mathematics and Surveying

PROBLEM 1: 9. Considering the effects of curvature and What time after 7 o’clock will the hands of the
Cleaner A can clean the whole gym twice that refraction, what is the angle of elevation of C clock be together for the first time?
of cleaner B. The two cleaners work together from A? a. 7:33.23 b. 7:43.16
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for 5 hours but due to injury, cleaner B stops a. 7 41’ b. 10 35’ c. 7:40.36 d. 7:38.18
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and cleaner A finishes the job in 3 hours more. c. 8 15’ d. 12 03’
How long would it take cleaner B to clean the PROBLEM 21:
gym alone? 10. If A is at elev. 673.2 m, what is the A pulley that is rotating at 36 rev/s is
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a. 21 b. 24 elevation of point C? decelerated at 12 rad/s until it stops. How
c. 28 d. 12 a. 963.45 m b. 936.09 m many complete revolutions does it make
c. 978.26 m d. 897.33 m within this period?
SITUATION 1: a. 333 b. 335
Gab wrapped 250 candies. When Jeremiah SITUATION 3: c. 339 d. 337
helped him, they added 900 more candies. A roadway has a base of 7 m and side slopes of
Isaiah worked for a total of 50 minutes and 2:1. The height of fill at the center is 2.5 m. PROBLEM 22:
Jeremiah for 30 minutes, and together, they Assume that the slope of the original ground It is the maximum number of vehicles which
were able to wrap 1,500 candies. surface is 8%. have a reasonable expectation of passing over
2. On the average, how many candies can 11. Compute for the area of fill. a given section of a lane or a roadway in one
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Jeremiah wrap per minute? a. 28.247 m b. 30.952 m direction or in both directions during one hour
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a. 5 b. 7 c. 32.658 m d. 34.124 m under prevailing road and traffic conditions.
c. 27 d. 25 a. traffic density b. traffic flow
12. Compute for the distance of the right slope c. road capacity d. traffic volume
3. How many candies can Gab wrap per stake from the centerline.
minute? a. 10.12 m b. 11.12 m PROBLEM 23:
a. 5 b. 7 c. 12.12 m d. 13.12 m The standard sign shape used only for
c. 25 d. 27 pedestrian and school crossing sign:
13. Compute for the distance of the left slope a. pentagon b. triangle
PROBLEM 4: stake from the centerline. c. octagon d. rectangle
10 workers can excavate 20 cubic meters of a a. 6.328 m b. 7.328 m
drainage in 3 hours. It will take 15 hours to c. 8.328 m d. 9.328 m PROBLEM 24:
excavate and backfill 30 cubic meters. How The standard sign shape for regulatory signs:
long will it take 4 men to backfill 15 cubic PROBLEM 14: a. circle b. rectangle
meters? A ball was thrown from a level ground at 300 c. octagon d. triangle
a. 3.75 b. 5 m/s, 30° from the horizontal. How long will it
c. 1.88 d. 3.25 take to hit back the ground? PROBLEM 25:
a. 28.58 sec b. 29.58 sec Standard background color for stop sign:
PROBLEM 5: c. 30.58 sec d. 31.58 sec a. yellow b. black
In triangle ABC, two sides are 60m and 80m c. white d. red
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long. The area of the triangle is 2175m . Find PROBLEM 15:
the third side. The following notes is tabulated as shown, PROBLEM 26:
a. 72.10 m b. 68.90 m determine the elevation of BM9. Standard background color for roadwork signs:
c. 81.13 m d. 77.09 m STA B.S F.S ELEV a. yellow b. black
BM8 4.51 702.87 c. white d. red
PROBLEM 6: 1 3.28 3.81
A frustum of a regular pyramid has an upper 2 5.13 2.29 PROBLEM 27:
base of 8m x 80m and a lower base of 10m x The sum of the first “n” terms of a series is
3 4.17 3.23 (n+2)
100m and an altitude of 5 m. Find the volume 3 – 6. Compute for the fifth term of the
4 3.06 4.16
of the pyramid. series.
3 3 BM9 6.12
a. 3,778.66 m b. 4,545.92 m a. 2,181 b. 3,456
3 3 a. 702.33 m b. 723.48 m c. 1,458 d. 1,895
c. 4,066.67 m d. 5,218.16 m
c. 703.41 m d. 742.63 m
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A cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into An amount of ₱50,000 is deposited every end
Find the correction for the horizontal distance
two segments having the same vertex. If the of the year. How many years is required so that
of 20,000 m, 10 km above sea level.
smaller is 6 m, find the ratio of the small cone the sum of these deposits will be equal to
a. 31.2 m b. 3.2 m
to the big cone. ₱1,000,000 if the rate of interest is 6%
c. 15.8 m d. 20.5 m
a. 0.269 b. 0.311 compounded continuously?
c. 0.249 d. 0.296 a. 13.42 b. 14.86
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th th c. 15.50 d. 16.32
The 10 term and the 4 term of a geometric
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progression are 39,366 and 54 respectively.
Using a 50 m tape that is 0.02 m too long, the PROBLEM 29:
17. Find the common ratio.
measured distance from A to B is 160.42 m. If logx12 = 2.262, find logx3.
a. – 1 b. – 2
What is the correct distance from A to B? a. 0.5 b. 1
c. 2 d. 3
a. 160.472 m b. 160.484 m c. 1.5 d. 2.0
c. 7.504 m d. 160.457 m st
18. Find the 1 term.
PROBLEM 30:
a. 2 b. 3 The distance from (x, 4, 5) to (-3, 7, 1) is 13.
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Point A is in between point B and C. Points B c. 4 d. 6 Find the volume of x.
and C are 1000 m and 2000 m away from A th a. 6 b. 7
respectively. From point A, the angle of 19. Find the 7 term. c. 8 d. 9
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elevation of point B is 18 30’. The difference in a.1,280 b. 1,458
elevations of B and C is 44.4 m. c. 1,862 d. 9,800 PROBLEM 31:
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A 50 kN car is moving round a circular curve. If employees on any one of the remaining 6 The axis of the cone makes an angle of 60 with
impact factor is 0.3 compute the centripetal chairs? the horizontal. If the length of the axis is 30 cm
force in kN. a. 1,220 b. 1,440 and its base radius is 20 cm, compute the
a. 15 b. 16 c. 1,552 d. 1,324 volume of the cone.
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c. 17 d. 18 a. 12,566.37 cm b. 10,882.45 cm
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PROBLEM 42: c. 11,917.03 cm d. 9,091.77 cm
SITUATION 5: The time taken by a terminal fee collector to
Robert can finish the job in 3 hours while collect terminal fees from passengers entering PROBLEM 52:
Tommy can do it in 5 hours. NAIA is an exponential distribution with a A quadrilateral has sides equal to 12 m, 20 m, 8
32. If they started to do the job together, then mean of 23 seconds. What is the probability m, and 16.97 m respectively. If the sum of two
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after an hour, Robert took a rest leaving that a random passenger will be processed in opposite angles is 225 , find the area of the
Tommy alone to finish the Job, find the total 25 seconds or more (that is will take more than quadrilateral.
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time Tommy worked until finish. 25 seconds). a. 168 m b. 185 m
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a. 4 hrs b. 3.33 hrs a. 0.337 b. 0.426 c. 171 m d. 241 m
c. 1.25 hrs d. 3 hrs c. 0.652 d. 0.784
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33. If Robert started the job and after an hour, SITUATION 7: A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of
Tommy joined him, how much longer do they A closed traverse has the following data: two overlapping identical circles having a
need to work together? Course Bearing Distance (m) radius of 9m and each circle passes through
a. 4 hrs b. 3.33 hrs 1–2
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N 9.27 E 58.7 m center of each other.
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c. 1.25 hrs d. 3 hrs O a. 99.5 m b. 102.88 m
2–3 S 88.43 E 27.3 m 3 3
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c.100.50 m d. 81.35 m
34. If Robert started the job and after an hour, 3–4 N 86.78 E ----
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Tommy replaced him, how long does Tommy 4–5 S 5.3 E 35.0 m SITUATION 9:
have to work to finish the job? 5-1
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S 72.07 W ---- A set of spherical lead balls has a diameter of
a. 4 hrs b. 3.33 hrs 0.25m.
c. 1.25 hrs d. 3 hrs 54. What is the volume of each of the balls?
43. Find the length of the course 3 – 4.
a. 0.0082 b. 0.0052
a. 29.67 m b. 36.98 m
PROBLEM 35: c. 0.0062 d. 0.0820
c. 38.42 m d. 35.2 m
A tank is filled with an intake pipe in 2 hours
and emptied by an outlet pipe in 4 hours. If 55. How many of these balls would be melted
44. Compute the length of the course 5 – 1.
both pipes are opened, how long will it take to in order to make a washer in a form of a
a. 90.30 m b. 78.96 m
fill the empty tank? cylinder with a height of 1m and a diameter of
c. 81.14 m d. 63.62 m
a. 3 hours b. 4 hours 0.5m?
c. 5 hours d. 6 hours a. 24 b. 26
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c. 23 d. 29
X, Y and Z can finish a job in 20 days. X and Y
PROBLEM 36: can do it in 25 days, Y and Z in 30 days.
Eight men can excavate 15 cubic m of drainage 56. How much wastage will be the by-product
45. How many days can Y do the work alone?
open canal in 7 hours. Three men can backfill of the process in the previous number?
a. 42.86 days b. 100 days
10 cubic m in 4 hours. How long will it take 10 a. 0.0021 b. 0.001
c. 60 days d. 37.5 days
men to excavate and backfill 20 cubic m in the c. 0.0001 d. 0
same project?
46. How many days can X and Z do the job
a. 9.51 hours b. 8.82 hours 57. How much will the cylinder weigh if the
together?
c. 9.87 hours d. 10.6 hours lead balls have a specific gravity of 7.4?
a. 60 days b. 37.5 days
a. 1452.9 kg b. 1213.8 kg
c. 42.86 days d. 100 days
PROBLEM 37: c. 1628.4 kg d. 1147.2 kg
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Find the gradient of the curve y = 2t + 3t – t +
47. How many days can X do the job alone?
4 at the point (1, 8). PROBLEM 58:
a. 42.86 days b. 100 days 2
a. 15 b. 17 What is the area in cm of the circle
c. 60 days d. 37.5 days
c. 18 d. 16 circumscribed about an equilateral triangle
with sides 10 cm long each?
48. How many days can Z do the job alone? 2 2
SITUATION 6: a. 134.7 cm b. 104.7 cm
2 2
Given the equation of an ellipse 8x + 6y - 32x a. 60 days b. 37.5 days 2 2
c. 124.7 cm d. 114.7 cm
+ 48y + 90 = 0: c. 42.86 days d. 100 days
38. Find the center of the curve. SITUATION 10:
a. (2, - 4) b. (4, - 3) PROBLEM 49:
A spherical sector has a central angle of 30°
Given the condition:
c. (3, 2) d. (-3, 4) and a diameter of sphere 30 cm.
Equation A: - 1 < a < 4
59. Find its volume.
Equation B: 6 ≤ b≤ 8 3 3
39. Compute for the distance between foci. a. 1,024 cm b. 1,112 cm
If A is shifted 4 units to the right and when B is 3 3
a. 2.52 b. 3.12 c. 1,178 cm d. 2,341 cm
shifted 2 units to the right, how many common
c. 4.0 d. 5.0
points are there?
60. Find the area of the spherical lane.
a. 1 b. 2 2 2
40. Compute for the length of minor axis. a. 222 cm b. 297 cm
c. 3 d. none 2 2
a.2 b. 4.36 c. 210 cm d. 235 cm
c. 3.15 d. 5.23
PROBLEM 50:
PROBLEM 61:
The average of 11 numbers is 10. If one
PROBLEM 41: What is the area of rhombus whose diagonals
number is removed, the new average is 9.3.
In how many ways can 1 CEO, 2 managers, and measure 12 ft and 24 ft?
What is the number removed?
6 employees be seated along one side of the a. 260 ft b. 144 ft
a. 10 b. 11
table, if the CEO must occupy the middle chair, c. 286 ft d. 260 ft
c. 12 d. 17
the managers next to him, and the 6
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Two equilateral triangles, each with 12 cm are reversed in order, the resulting number
sides, overlap each other to form a 6-point PROBLEM 71: subtracted from the original number is also 27.
“Star of David.” Determine the overlapping Three groups measured the distance from A to What is the original number?
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area in cm . B with different trials as shown: a. 72 b. 63
a. 41.57 b. 28.87 Group Ave. Distance (m) No. of Trials c. 32 d. 31
c. 34.64 d. 49.88 1 348.09 5
2 347.66 2 PROBLEM 78:
PROBLEM 62: 3 345.25 4 How many liters of water must be added to 70
Two equilateral triangles, each with 12 cm Find the most probable distance from A to B. liters of a 30% solution to produce a solution
sides, overlap each other to form a 6-point a. 346.98 m b. 347.16 m that is 20% salt?
“Star of David.” Determine the overlapping c. 346.34 m d. 347.12 m a. 45 b. 25
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area in cm . c. 55 d. 35
a. 41.57 b. 28.87 PROBLEM 72:
c. 34.64 d. 49.88 Four groups measured the distance from A to B PROBLEM 79:
with the following probable errors. John, Jane, and Joe can mow the lawn in 4, 5, 7
SITUATION 11: Ave. Distance Probable hours, respectively. What fraction of the yard
From the given closed traverse: (m) Error can they mow in an hour if they work
Line Bearing Distance Group A 531.94 0.45 together?
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AB N 38 47’ W 15 m Group B 534.81 0.65 a. b.
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BC S 21 34’ W 37 m Group C 533.43 0.15 3 83
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CD N 68 15’ E --- 10 140
Group D 533.02 0.24
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DA N 32 30’ E --- Find the most probable distance from A to B. PROBLEM 80:
a. 533.48 m b. 533.02 m Mark bought some cans of paint. He used 18
63. Find the distance of line CD. c. 532.68 m d. 533.27 m cans to paint the barn and had 28 left. How
a. 9.48 m b. 21.53 m
many cans did he bought?
c. 17.45 m d. 12.31 m PROBLEM 73: a. 18 + c = 28 b. c – 16 = 46
A debt of ₱100,701.30 is to be paid by 10-end c. c – 18 = 26 d. c + 18 = 46
64. Find the distance of line DA. of the year payments. The first payment begins
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a. 9.48 m b. 21.53 m at the end of the 10 year. Find the yearly PROBLEM 81:
c. 17.45 m d. 12.31 m payment if rate of interest is 8% compounded 2
If y is proportional to x and w , and if y = 36
yearly. when x = 2 and w = 3, find x = 3 and w = 4.
PROBLEM 65: a. ₱28,614 b. ₱30,000 a. 96 b. 78
A chocolate is in a form of a regular triangular c. ₱32,150 d. ₱41,501 c. 84 d. 98
prism. It has a side of 25mm and a length of 10
cm. What is the volume of the chocolate? PROBLEM 74: PROBLEM 82:
a. 0.231 𝑐𝑚3 b. 0.111 𝑐𝑚3 Given the scenario below, how many green A man is 27 years old and his son is 5. In how
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c. 0.271 𝑐𝑚 d. 0.191 𝑐𝑚3 squares should be placed at the right side to many years will the father be three times as
balance it? old as his son?
PROBLEM 66: a. 6 b. 5 a. 5 b. 3
A caramel candy is in a form of a triangular c. 4 d. 3 c. 25 d. 9
pyramid with a base dimension of 15mm and a
height of 27 mm. What is the volume (in 𝑚𝑚3 ) PROBLEM 75: SITUATION 13:
of the candy? Joey found out that the mass of a jar full of The sum of the ages of Mara, Clara, and Ara is
a. 772.52 b. 876.85 honey weighs 1 kg. He used half of the honey, 60, and Mara is 60% younger than Ara. Eight
c. 662.92 d. 745.82 and found out that the jar half-full of honey years ago, the sum of the ages of Mara and
weighs 600 g. Determine the weight of the jar Clara divided by the age of Ara gives a quotient
SITUATION 12: if it is empty. of 1 and remainder of 2.
An engineer wants to make an annual deposit a. 200 kg b. 400 kg 83. How old is Mara?
in of ₱2,500 in x years from now at the rate of c. 400 g d. 200 g a. 20 b. 25
2.5% compounded annually. If the uniform
c. 30 d. 15
series compound amount factor is 25.5446; PROBLEM 76:
67. Find the value of x in years. A group of students rented a bus for their field
84. How old is Clara?
a. 15 years b. 20 years trip for ₱6,000. Ten of the students had to
a. 30 b. 15
c. 17 years d. 24 years withdraw from the trip, and as a result, the
c. 20 d. 25
share of each of the other students was
68. Find the total deposit after x years. increased by ₱20. How many students were in
85. How old is Ara?
a. ₱34,546.2 b. ₱39,444.1
a. 20 b. 15
c. ₱63,632.5 d. ₱51,361.5
c. 30 d. 25
69. Find the accumulated amount after 8 years. PROBLEM 86:
a. ₱21,840.29 b. ₱21,740.29 What is the middle term in the expansion of (x
c. ₱31,840.29 d. ₱41,640.29 2 8
+ )?
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PROBLEM 70: a. 60x b. 192
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A steel tape with a coefficient of linear c. 160 d. 12x
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expansion of 0.0000116 m/ C is known to be
o the original fieldtrip? PROBLEM 87:
50 m long at 25 C. It was used to measure a
a. 40 b. 60 6
distance which was found to be 673.78 m at a Simplify: √729𝑥12 𝑦 6 .
o c. 50 d. 70 2
field temperature of 36 C. Find the correct a. 3xy b. 3xy
2 2 42
distance. c. 3x y d. 3x y
PROBLEM 77:
a. 673.852 m b. 673.866 m The difference of the square of the digits of a
c. 673.837 m d. 673.892 m SITUATION 14:
two place positive number is 27. If the digits
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The 7 term of a geometric progression is 56 A structure costs ₱12,000 new. It is estimated
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and the 12 term is 1,792; to have a life of 5 years with a salvage value at
88. Find the ratio. the end of life ₱1,000. Determine the book
a. – 1 b. – 4 value at the end of 5 years of life using Sum-of-
c. – 2 d. – 3 the-years digit method.
a. ₱2,500 b. ₱1,000
89. The _____ term is 117440512. c. ₱1,500 d. ₱2,000
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a. 25 b. 27
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c. 26 d. 28 PROBLEM 98:
A man wants to make 14% nominal interest
PROBLEM 90: compounded semi-annually on a bond
What is the sum of numerical coefficients of investment. How much should the man be
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the expansion of (a + b) ? willing to pay now for a 12%, ₱10,000 bond
a. 64 b. 32 that will mature in 10 years and pay interest
c. 56 d. 48 semi-annually
a. ₱5,980 b. ₱9,805
PROBLEM 91: c. ₱5,089 d. ₱8,950
A professor expects to receive ₱30,000 in 10
years. How much is that money worth now PROBLEM 99:
considering interest at 6% compounded A company sets aside ₱200,000 at the end of
quarterly? each year for plant expansion. If the fund
a. ₱16,537.87 b. ₱11,137.82 drawn 8% compounded annually, how long will
c. ₱12.537.88 d. ₱18,574.81 it take before ₱2,500,000 can be saved?
a. 9 b. 12
PROBLEM 92: c. 7 d. 10
Determine the ordinary simple interest on
₱10,000 for 10 months and 9 days if the rate PROBLEM 100:
interest is 12%? A lathe for a furniture shop costs ₱60,000 if
a. 2,050 b. 980 paid in cash. On the installment plan, a
c. 1,030 d. 2,000 purchaser should pay ₱20,000 down payment
and 10 quarterly installments, the first due at
PROBLEM 93: the end of the first year after purchase. If
An entrepreneur borrows ₱6,400 from a loan money is worth 15% compounded quarterly,
association. In repaying this debt, he has to pay what will be the quarterly installment?
₱400 at the end of every 3 months on the a. ₱5,439.18 b. ₱4,319.20
principal and a simple interest of 16% on the c. ₱3,518.35 d. ₱5,615.40
principal outstanding at that time. Determine
the total amount he has paid after paying his --
debt.
a. ₱6,856 b. ₱8,576
c. ₱9,890 d. ₱7,850 “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful
to teach us what is true and to make us realize
PROBLEM 94: what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when
How many years are required for ₱1,000 to we are wrong and teaches us to do what is
increase to ₱2,000 if invested at 9% per year right.”
compounded daily? (Timothy 3:16 NLT)
a. 8.5 years b. 7.7 years
c. 4.8 years d. 6.3 years

SITUATION 15:
On the day Joshua was born, his father
deposited a trust company a sufficient amount
of money so that the boy could receive annual
allowance of ₱10,000 each for his college
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tuition fees, starting on his 18 birthday.
Interest at the rate of 12% per annum was to
be paid on all amounts on deposit. There was
also a provision that the grandson could elect
to withdraw no annual payments and receive a
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single lump amount on his 25 birthday.
Joshua chose this option.
95. How much did Joshua received as a single
payment?
a. ₱76,300 b. ₱89,250
c. ₱70,078 d. ₱81,000

96. How much did the father deposit?

a. ₱6,300 b. ₱4,520
c. ₱4,890 d. ₱5,250

PROBLEM 97: