JOHN WESTLY S.

SABUERO || ME 66 – EF 2
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS

1. A woman went shopping for some canned goods which were on sale. She bought three times as many cans of peaches and two
times as many cans of tuna as cans of peaches. It she purchased a total of 24 cans, how many cans did he buy?
a. 5 SOLUTION:
b. 8
c. 4 24 ÷ 3 = 8
d. 12 1
Ans: C 8 + � (8)� = 12 12 ÷ 3 = 4 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
2

2. A man makes a business trip from his house to batangas in 2 hours. One hour later, he returns home in traffic at a rate of 20kph
less that his going rate. If he is gone a total of 6 hours. How fast did he travel going back home?
a. 50 SOLUTION: 𝑆𝑆 𝑇𝑇 = 𝑆𝑆 𝑇𝑇
𝑔𝑔 𝑔𝑔 ℎ ℎ
b. 60
c. 40 𝑆𝑆𝑔𝑔 (2ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟) = �𝑆𝑆𝑔𝑔 − 20𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ�(6 ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 − 2 ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟)
d. 30 𝑆𝑆𝑔𝑔 (2ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟) = �𝑆𝑆𝑔𝑔 − 20𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ� (4 ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟)
Ans: C 𝑆𝑆 (2ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟) = (4 ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟)𝑆𝑆 − (20𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ(4ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟)) 𝑆𝑆 = 40 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ
𝑔𝑔 𝑔𝑔 𝑔𝑔

3. A trapezoid has its 2 bases in meters in ratio of 4:5 with an latitude of 20 meters if the trapezoid has an area of 360 𝑚𝑚 2 find the
two bases.
a. 20 and 16 SOLUTION:
b. 8 and 10 𝑎𝑎+𝑏𝑏 4𝑏𝑏
𝐴𝐴 = � � ∗ ℎ 𝐴𝐴 = 360𝑚𝑚2 ℎ = 20𝑚𝑚 𝑎𝑎: 𝑏𝑏 = 4: 5 ; 5𝑎𝑎: 4𝑏𝑏 ; 𝑎𝑎 =
c. 40 and 32 2 5
d. 12 and 50 4𝑏𝑏
+ 𝑏𝑏 1800𝑚𝑚 4𝑏𝑏 4(20)
Ans: A 360𝑚𝑚2 = � 5 � ∗ 20𝑚𝑚 ; 𝑏𝑏 = = 20𝑚𝑚 ; 𝑎𝑎 = = = 16𝑚𝑚
2 90 5 5
4. Which of the following is the nth term of the set of number 8, 4, 0, -4?
a. 12-4n SOLUTION:
b. 10-5n
c. 5-3n 12 − 4(1) = 8 12 − 4(2) = 4
d. 7-5n
Ans: A 12 − 4(3) = 0 12 − 4(4) = −4
12-4(n) when n=1,2,3,4, …
5. A spring whose normal length is 10 inches has a modulus of 12 pounds per inch. How much work is done in stretching this spring
from length of 12 inches to a total length of 15 inches?
a. 126 in-lb SOLUTION:
b. 109 in-lb 𝐹𝐹(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑘𝑘∆𝑥𝑥 = 12(12 − 10) 𝐹𝐹(𝑥𝑥) = 24 𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑏
c. 150 in-lb
d. 200 in-lb 𝐹𝐹(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑘𝑘∆𝑥𝑥 = 12(15 − 10) 𝐹𝐹(𝑥𝑥) = 60 𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑏
Ans: A (𝐹𝐹1 +𝐹𝐹2 ) 24+60
𝐹𝐹𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 = = 42 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 𝑊𝑊 = 42𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 ∗ 3 𝑊𝑊 = 128 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 ≅ 126 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
2 2
6. A right circular tank of depth 12 feet and radius of 4 feet is half full of oil weighing 60 pound per cubic foot. Find the work done
in pumping the oil to a height 6 feet above the tank.
a. 136 ft-tons SOLUTION:
b. 159 ft-tons 6 6
𝑊𝑊 = 𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣 ∗ 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 ∗ 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑊𝑊 = ∫0 𝜋𝜋 (4)2 (60)(18 −)𝑑𝑑𝑦𝑦 = 16(60)𝜋𝜋 ∫0 (18 − 𝑦𝑦)𝑑𝑑𝑦𝑦
c. 180 ft-tons
d. 250 ft-tons 6
Ans: A 𝑦𝑦 2
= 16(60)𝜋𝜋 ��18 − �� = 16(60)(18)(5)𝜋𝜋 ; 𝑊𝑊 = 86400 𝜋𝜋 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 − 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 ≅ 136 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 − 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡
2 0
7. Hooke’s law states that within the limits of elasticity the displacement produced in a body is proportional to the force applied.
That is F=kx, where k is called modulus. Thus., if the modulus of a spring is 20 pounds per inch, the work required to stretch or
compress the spring a distance of 6 inches is
a. 30 in-lb SOLUTION:
b. 32 in-lb 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
c. 35 in-lb 𝐹𝐹(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ; 20
𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
d. 55 in-lb 𝐹𝐹(𝑥𝑥) = 20𝑥𝑥
Ans. A. 𝑏𝑏 6
𝑊𝑊 = ∫𝑎𝑎 𝐹𝐹(𝑥𝑥)𝑑𝑑𝑥𝑥 𝑊𝑊 = ∫0 20(𝑥𝑥)𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑊𝑊 = 360 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 − 𝑖𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 30𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 − 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓
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8. What is the value of square root -7 x square root of -10?
a. Square root of 70 SOLUTION:
b. Negative square root of 70 √−7 ∗ √−10 = √−7 �√−10�
c. Imaginary
−��√7��√10�� = −�(7)(10)
d. Square root of 70 times
Ans B
= −√70
9. The points A(1,0) , B(9,2) and C(3,6) are vertices of triangle which of the following is an equation of one of medians?
a. X + 7y =23 SOLUTION:
b. 2x – 3y = 12
@𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝑋𝑋
c. 4x + 4y =15
d. 2x – y =13
3+1 6+0 3−2 1
𝑥𝑥 = = 2 𝑦𝑦 = = 3 ; 𝑥𝑥(2,3) 𝑚𝑚 = = −
Ans. A 2 2 2−9 7
1 1 2
𝑦𝑦 − 𝑦𝑦0 = 𝑚𝑚(𝑥𝑥 − 𝑥𝑥0 ) 𝑦𝑦 − 3 = − (𝑥𝑥 − 2) �𝑦𝑦 = − 𝑥𝑥 + + 3� 7
7 7 7
7𝑦𝑦 = −𝑥𝑥 + 23
𝑥𝑥 + 7𝑦𝑦 = 23
10. Find the area of the triangle which the line 4x – 6y +12 = 0 forms with the coordinate axes
a. 3 SOLUTION:
𝑥𝑥 − 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝: 4𝑥𝑥 − 6(0) + 12 = 0 𝑥𝑥 = |−3| = 3
b. 5
12
c. 10 𝑦𝑦 − 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑡𝑡: 4(0) − 6𝑦𝑦 + 12 = 0 𝑦𝑦 = =2
d. 7 6
Ans: A
1 1
𝐴𝐴 = 𝑏𝑏ℎ = (3)(2)
∆ 𝐴𝐴 = 3 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢
∆
2 2
11. A particles position (in inches) along the axis after 1 seconds of travel is given by the equation x = 24t2 - 3t3 + 10. What is the
particle’s average velocity, in in/sec during the first 3 seconds.
a. 63 SOLUTION:
b. 45
c. 70 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡) = 24𝑡𝑡 2 − 3𝑡𝑡 3 + 10
d. 47 @t=0 s, x = 10 in @t=3 s, x=24(3)^2 - 3(3)^2 + 10 x= 145 in
Ans: B ∆𝑥𝑥 145−10
∆𝑉𝑉 = = = 45 in/s
∆𝑡𝑡 3−0
12. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x3 -3x2 +2x +1 the axis, and vertical lines x = 0 and x=2.
a. 4 SOLUTION:
b. 2
2
c. 10
𝐴𝐴 = � 𝑥𝑥 3 − 3𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 + 1 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 = {3𝑥𝑥 2 − 6𝑥𝑥 + 2]2 − (1)}
d. 3
0
Ans: B 𝐴𝐴 = 2 square units
13. Find the rate of change of the area of a square with respect to its side when x=5.
a. 63 SOLUTION:
b. 45
A(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 2
c. 10
d. 47
𝐴𝐴′ (𝑥𝑥) = 2𝑥𝑥 = 2(5) = 10 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑠𝑠
Ans: C
14. A spherical snow ball melting in such a way that its surface area decreases at rate of 1 cm^3/min. How fast is its radius shrinking
when it is 3 cm?
a. - 1/24 Pie SOLUTION:
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑟
𝐴𝐴 = 4𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2 = 4𝜋𝜋(2𝑟𝑟) � �
b. - 1/48pie 𝑑𝑑𝑡𝑡 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
c. - 1/20pie
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 1
d. - 1/12pie −1 = 4𝜋𝜋(2)(3𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐) � � = −
Ans: A 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 24𝜋𝜋
15. Two cities 270 km apart lie on the same meridian. Find their difference in latitude if the earth’s radius is 3960 km.
a. 3/55 rad SOLUTION:
b. 2/44 rad
c. 1/12 rad 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 270𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 3
d. 5/27 rad 𝜃𝜃 = = = 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟
𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 3960 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 44
Ans: A
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16. Find the maximum area of a rectangle circumscribed about a fixed rectangle of length 6 cm and width of 4 cm.
a. 50 SOLUTION:
b. 24 (𝐿𝐿 + 𝑊𝑊)2 (6 + 4)2
c. 48 𝐴𝐴 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 = =
2 2
d. 100
Ans: A 𝐴𝐴 = 50 𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚2
𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚

17. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 10.2426. Compute the area of the triangle in square units.
a. 4 SOLUTION: 1
𝐴𝐴 = 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 ; �𝑎𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑎2 = √2𝑎𝑎 (ℎ𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦)
b. 2 2
c. 4.5 𝑎𝑎 + 𝑎𝑎 + √2𝑎𝑎 = 10.2426 𝑎𝑎�2 + √2� = 10.2426 𝑎𝑎 = 3m = b =h
d. 5.2 1
𝐴𝐴 = (3)(3) = 4.5 𝑚𝑚2
Ans: C 2

18. A piece of wire is shaped in enclose a rectangle with a length of 15 cm and whose area is 150 sq. cm. It is then reshaped to
enclose a square. Find the area of the square in cm2.
a. 156.25 SOLUTION:
𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 150
b. 125.72 𝑊𝑊𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖ℎ =
𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑡𝑡ℎ
=
15
= 10 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
c. 453.72 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 15 + 15 + 10 + 10 = 50 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
d. 187.45 50
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 = = 12.5 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝐴𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 = (12.5)2 = 156.25 𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚 2
Ans: A 4

19. What is (1+i) raised to the power 10?

a. 32i SOLUTION:
b. 52i
c. I
d. Undefined
Ans: A

20. Find all integers n such that (2n-6) is greater than 1 but less than 14
a. 4,5,6,7,8,9 SOLUTION:
b. 3,4,5,6,7,8
1 < 2𝑛𝑛 − 6 < 14
c. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
d. 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
2(4) − 6 = 2 2(5) − 6 = 4 2(6) − 6 = 6
Ans: A
2(7) − 6 = 8 2(8) − 6 = 10 2(9) − 6 = 12 N= 4, 5,6,7,8,9
21. Write the equation of the line with x intercept a = 4/5 and y – intercept b =1/2
a. 5x + 8y =4 SOLUTION:
b. 5x – 8y = 4 1
𝑦𝑦2 − 𝑦𝑦1 −0 5 5 4
c. 3x + 8y = 4
𝑚𝑚 = =2 = − ; 𝑦𝑦 − 0 = − �𝑥𝑥 − �
d. X + 2y =7 𝑥𝑥2 − 𝑥𝑥1 4 8 8 5
0−
Ans: A 5
5 1
�𝑦𝑦 = − 𝑥𝑥 + � (8) 8𝑦𝑦 = −5𝑥𝑥 + 4 ; 5𝑥𝑥 + 8𝑦𝑦 = 4
8 2

22. A baseball diamond is a square …………………..batter hits the ball and runs to first base at the rate ………………….how fast is his
distance from the second base changing when he runs 50 fr?
a. 80/ Sqrt(97) SOLUTION:
b. 40/sqrt/(97)
c. 20/3
d. 15/7
Ans: A
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23. Two cars headed to a town. One is 50 km ahead of the other on the same road. The one in front is traveling 60 kph while the second
car traveling 70 kph. How many kms did the second car travel before overtaking the first car?

a. 350 km SOLUTION:
b. 254 km
c. 312 km
𝑑𝑑
𝑣𝑣 = ; 𝑑𝑑 = 𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣 1𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠: 60𝑡𝑡 = 𝑑𝑑; 2𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛: 70𝑡𝑡 = 𝑑𝑑 + 50
d. 300 km 𝑡𝑡
ans. a 70𝑡𝑡 = 60𝑡𝑡 + 50
10𝑡𝑡 = 50 ; 𝑡𝑡 = 5
Type equation here.
𝑑𝑑 = 60(𝑡𝑡) = 60(5) = 300
𝑑𝑑 + 50 = 300 + 50 ; 𝑑𝑑2𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 = 350 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘
24. A long rectangular sheet of metal, 12 inches wide, is to be made into a gutter by turning up 2 sides so that they are perpendicular to
the sheet. How many inches should be turned up to give the gutter its greatest capacity?

a. 3 SOLUTION:
b. 1/8
c. 1/4 𝑣𝑣 = 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ 𝑣𝑣(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑐𝑐(12 − 2𝑥𝑥) = 12𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 − 2𝑐𝑐𝑥𝑥 2
d. 1/2 𝑣𝑣 ′ (𝑥𝑥) = 12 𝑐𝑐 − 4𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 0 = 4𝑐𝑐(3 − 𝑥𝑥); 𝑥𝑥 = 3 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
ans. a
𝑣𝑣 ′′ (𝑥𝑥) = −4𝑐𝑐
𝑣𝑣 ′′′ (3) = −4𝑐𝑐 < 0 ; max @ 𝑥𝑥 = 3

25. An open box is to be constructed from a 12x12 inch piece of cardboard by cutting away squares of equal size from the four corners
and folding up the sides. Determine the size of the cut out that maximizes the volume of the box?

A. 128 SOLUTION:
B. 231
C. 350 𝑣𝑣 = 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ 𝑣𝑣(𝑥𝑥) = (12 − 2𝑥𝑥)2
D. 274
Ans. A 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣:
𝑣𝑣 ′ (𝑥𝑥) = 0

𝑣𝑣 ′ (𝑥𝑥) = (12 − 2𝑥𝑥)2 (1) + 𝑥𝑥(2)(12 − 2𝑥𝑥)(2)

𝑣𝑣 ′ (𝑥𝑥) = (12 − 2𝑥𝑥)(12 − 6𝑥𝑥) = 0

12 12
𝑥𝑥 = , (max 𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑒𝑒)
2 6
2
𝑣𝑣(2) = �12 − 2(2)� (2)
𝑣𝑣(2) = 128 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢