72 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Time element: 4 hours a ne Problem 141: ECE Board April 1995, ECE Board April 1999 Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as ‘Ann is now. How old is Ann now? A 16 B. 18 c. 12 D. 15 Problem 142: EE Board April 1997 ‘The sum of Kim's and Kevin's ages is 18. In 3 years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin, What are their ages now? A 4,14 B. 5,13 C. 7,11 D. 6,12 Problem 143: GE Board February 1994 Robert is 15 years older than his brother Stan. However “y’ years ago, Robert was twice as old as Stan. If Stan is now *b” years old and b>y, find the value of (b — y). A 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18 Problem 144: JJ is three times as old as Jan-Jan. Three years ago, JJ was four times as old as Jan-Jan. The sum of their ages is 20 24 28 36 com>Age, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 73 Problem 145: A girl is one-third as old as her brother and 8 years younger than her sister. The ‘sum of their ages is 38 years. How old is the girl? A 4 BS C6 D7 Problem 146: Paula is now 18 years old and his colleague Monica is 14 years old. How many years ago was Paula twice as old as Monica? A 5 Bar c 8 D. 10 = Problem 147: A father tells his son, “I was your age now when you were born.” If the father is now 38 years old, how old was his son 2 years ago? z 15 7 19 21 gom> Problem 148: Six years ago, Nilda was five times as old as Riza. In five years, Nilda will be three times as old as Riza. What is the present age of Riza? Aa ie B. 16 16 D. 14 Problem 149: At present, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the sum of the children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of the parents’ ages was 4 times the sum of the children’s ages. Fifteen years hence, the sum of the parents’ ages will be equal to the sum of the children’s ages. How many children are there? DOp> oane74 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 150: Debbie is now twice as old as Jerry. Four years ago, Debbie was three times as old as Jerry then. How old is Debbie? A 14 B. 16 eet) D. 24 Problem 151: ME Board April 1998 ‘A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump. out water from the same tank in 20 hours. How long will it take both pumps to pump out the water in the tank? A. Thours B. 6 hours C. 71/2 hours = D. 6 1/2hours Problem 152: CE Board November 1993 A400-mm @ pipe can fill the tank alone in 5 hours and another 600-mm @ pipe can fill the tank alone in 4 hours. A drain pipe 300-mm @ can empty the tank in 20 hours. With all the three pipes open, how long will it take to fill the tank? 2.00 hours 2.50 hours 2.25 hours 2.75 hours sop> Problem 153: A tank is filled with an intake pipe in 2 hours and emptied by an outlet pipe in 4 hours. If both pipes are opened, how long will it take to fill the empty tank? A. 3hours B. 4hours C. Shours D. 6hours Problem 154: A tank can be filled in 9 hours by one pipe, 12 hours by a second pipe and can be drained when full by a third pipe in 15 hours. How long will it take to fill an empty tank with all pipes in operation? A. Thours and 12 minutes B. 7 hours and 32 minutes C. hours and 42 minutes D. 7 hours and 50 minutesAge, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 75 Problem 155: ME Board April 1995 If A can do the work in *x’ days and B in *y’ days, how long will they finish the Job working together? a xtY xy x+y B. = c xy x+y Dy Problem 156: ECE Board November 1995 Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% faster than Pilar, and together they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to work alone? Problem 157: Glenn can paint a house in 9 hours while Stewart can paint the same house in 16 hours. They work together for 4 hours. After 4 hours, Stewart left and Glenn finished the job alone. How many more days did it take Glenn to finish the job? A. 2.75 hours B. 2.50 hours C. 2.25 hours D. 3.00 hours Problem 158: CE Board November 1993 It takes Butch twice as long as it takes Dan to do a certain piece of work. ‘Working together they can do the work in 6 days. How long would it take Dan to do it alone? A. Sdays B. 10days ‘ C. 11 days D. 12days76 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 159: ME Board April 1995 ‘A and B working together can finish painting a house in 6 days. A working alone can finish it in 5 days less than B. How long will it take each of them to finish the work alone? A. 8,13 B. 10,15 c. 6,11 D. 7,12 Problem 160: EE Board April 1996 A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, 8 and C in 31 days and C and A in 20 days. In how many days can all of them do the work together? A 19 B. 17 G21 D. 15 Problem 261: It takes Myline twice as long as Jeana to do a certain piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 6 hours. How long would it take Jeana to do it alone? A. 9 hours B. 18 hours Cc. 12hours D. 14 hours Problem 162: ECE Board April 1999 Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the lawn in 4, 6 and 7 hours respectively. What fraction of the yard can they mow in 1 hour if they work together? A. 47184 B. 45/84 Cc. 84/47 D. 39/60 Problem 163: ‘A farmer can plow the field in 8 days. After working for 3 days, his son joins him and together they plow the field in 3 more days. How many days will it require for the son to plow the field alone? A. 10 B11 G42 D. 13Age, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 77 Problem 164: ECE Board November 1991 Crew No. 1 can finish installation of an antenna tower in 200 man-hour while Crew No. 2 can finish the same job in 300 man-hour. How long will it take both crews to finish the same job, working together? A. 100 man-hour B. 120 man-hour C. 440 man-hour D. 160 man-hour Problem 165: ME Board October 1994 On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000 cubic meters of earth, the larger shovel working 40 hours and the smaller for 35 hours. On another job, they removed 40,000 cubic meters with the larger shovel working 70 hours and the smaller working 90 hours, How much earth can each remove in 1 hour working alone? A. 169.2, 287.3 B. 178.3, 294.1 C. 173.9, 347.8 D. 200.1,312.4 Problem 166: EE Board October 1997 Ten liters of 25 % salt solution and 15 liters of 35 % salt solution are poured into ‘a drum originally containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the per cent concentration of salt in the mixture? 19.55 % 22.15% 27.05 % 25.72% com> Problem 167: ME Board October 1992 A Chemist of a distillery experimented on two alcohol solutions of different strength, 35% alcohol and 50% alcohol, respectively. How many cubic meters of each strength must he use in order to produce a mixture of 60 cubic meters that contain 40% aloaho!? 20 m? of solution with 35% alcohol, 40 m? of solution with 60% alcohol 50 m? of solution with 35% alcohol, 20 m: of solution with 50% alcohol 20 m? of colution with 36% alcohol, 50 m° of solution with 50% alcohol 40 m* of solution with 35% alcohol, 20 m° of Solution with 50% alcohol 99D> Problem 168: ‘A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70% pure and the second being 60% pure. How many ounces of the 60% pure gold must be used to make 100 ounces of an alloy which will be 66% gold? A 40 B. 3578 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas c. 45 D. 38 Problem 169: ME Board October 1994 ‘Two thousand (2000) kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be made by mixing a steel containing 14% nickel with another containing 6% nickel. How much of each is needed? 1500 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 500 k g of steel with 6% nickel 750 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 1250 k g of steel with 6% nickel 500 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 1500 k g of steel with 6% nickel 1250 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 750 k g of steel with 6% nickel pom> Problem 170: How much water must be evaporated from 10 kg solution which has 4% salt to make a solution of 10% salt? A. 4kg B. 5kg C. 6kg D. 7kg Problem 171: EE Board October 1994 fa two digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y for its ten's digit, represent the number. AL t0x+y B. 10y+x Cc. yx D. xy Problem 172: EE Board October 1994 One number is § less than the other. If their sum is 135, what are the numbers? 85, 50 80, 55 70, 65 75, 60 pomp Problem 173: ECE Board March 1996 Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Determine the number. p9m> eox0Age, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 79 Problem 174: ECE Board March 1996 The sum of two numbers is 21 and one number is twice the other. Find the numbers. 6,15 7A4 8,13 9,12 com> Problem 175: EE Board April 1993 If eight is added to the product of nine and the numerical number, the sum is seventy-one. Find the unknown number. AS B 6 67 D. 8 Problem 176: Find the fraction such that if 2 is subtracted from its terms its becomes 1/4, but if 4 is added to its terms it becomes 1/2. A. 3/5 B. 5/12 c. 6/4 D. 613 Problem 177: GE Board February 1992 The product of + and 2 of a number is 500. What isthe number? 50 75 100 125 gop> Problem 178: If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If 1 is subtracted from the denominator of the same fraction, it becomes 2/3. Find the original fraction. A. 36/55 B. 36/55 Cc. 37 D. 32/4180 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 179: ECE Board November 1997 ‘The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction. A. 85 B. 13/5 Cc. 6/13 D. 34 Problem 180: Find the product of two numbers such that twice the first added to the second ‘equals 19 and three times the first is 21 more than the second. 24 32 18 20 pom Problem 181: The tens’ digit of a number is 3 less than the units’ digit. If the number is divided by the sum of the digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. What is the original number? A 36 B. 47 C. 58 D. 69 Problem 182: The second of the four numbers is three less than the first, the third is four more than the first and the fourth is two more than the third. Find the fourth number if their sum is 35, A 10 B11 Ceaiz D. 13 Problem 183: EE Board April 1997 A Jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger starts the same course at 10 kph. How long will it take the second jogger to catch the first? A. 20min B21 min C. 22min D. 18minAge, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 81 Problem 184: EE Board April 1997 A boat man rows to a place 4.8 miles with the stream and back in 14 hours, but finds that he can row 14 miles with the stream in the same time as 3 miles against the stream. Find the rate of the stream. 1.5 miles per hour 4 mile per hour 0.8 mile per hour 0.6 mile per hour com> Problem 185: ECE Board November 1998 ‘Aman rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and upstream at the rate of 2 mph.” How far downstream should he go if he is to retum in 7/4 hours after leaving? A 25 B. 3.3 miles C. 3.4 miles D. 27 miles les Problem 186: CE Board November 1994 ‘An airplane flying with the wind, took 2 hours to travel 1000 km and 2.5 hours in flying back. What was the wind velocity in kph? A 50 B. 60 76 D. 40 Problem 187: CE Board May 1998 A boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as it goes going upstream. If the velocity of the river's current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat in still water. A. 40 kph B. 50 kph C. 30 kph D. 60 kph Problem 188: Two planes leave Manila for a southern city, a distance of 900 km. Plane A travels at a ground speed of 90 kph faster than the plane B. Plane A arrives in their destination 2 hours and 15 minutes ahead of Plane B. What is the ground speed of plane A? : ‘A. 205 kph B. 315kph C. 240 kph D. 287 kph82 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 189: EE Board April 1997 A train, an hour after starting, meets with an accident which detains it an hour, after which it proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and arrives three hour after time; but had the accident happened 50 miles farther on the line, it would have arrived one and one-half hour sooner. Find the length of the journey. A. 910/9 miles B. 800/9 miles C. 920/9 miles D. 850/9 miles Problem 190: On a certain trip, Edgar drive 231 km in exactly the same time as Erwin drive 308 km. If Erwin's rate exceeded that of Edgar by 13 kph, determine the rate of Erwin. 39 kph 44 kph 48 kph 2 kph cvom> ANSWER KEY 154.D 167.D 155.C 168A 156.C 169, RATING 187. 170. 158.A 174. Q) 43-50 Topnotcher 159.B 172. 160.A 173. LJ 33-42 Passer 161.4 174, 162.A 175. [J es-32 Conditional 163.C 176. 164.8 QQ 0-24 Failed 165.C 178. 166.A 178. If FAILED, repeat the test. B B A D 1. C ) B A c B A B BAge, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 83 SOLUTIONS TO TEST 4 aba Past_| Present > Mary |x 24 eevee ‘Ann | _12 x ed x+y=18 y=18-x w@O Y¥+3)=2K+3) wr® Present | Future Substitute y in equation (2): Kevin |x x43 (18-x)+3=2x+6 Kim y [y+ Past__| Present Robert | bt 15-y | b+ 15 Stan | b-y é Past | Present ela cde Jan-jan | x-3 |x (9) = 27 years old Sum of ages = 9 + 27 = 36 years 145. Be Substitute (1) and (2) in (3): x + (Bx) + (x +8) = 38 X= 6 years old Past_| Present Paula _| 18-x 18 Monica | 14-x | 1484 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas ga een Past | Present Ae veat OH Father |_x 38 ‘Two years ago, the son was Son 0 x (19-2) = 17 years old FEE s+ 5)-50-6)=x+9-«-6) 3x +15-5x+30=x+5-x+6 ~2x+45=11 Past | Present | Future x= 17 years old [Wilda | S5@-6) 2 3(e+5) BEN 2x- 10=4x-5n) Ree | x6 z ae 2x10 = 4x-20n 2x = 20n-10 x= 10n-5 a 2x +30=x+ 15n x= 15n-30 wr @ Past_| Present | Future ee Parents | 2x-10 | 2x | 2x+30 n=6 children Children |_x-5n x__| x+I5n 2x- 3-4) = x= (x-4) 2x- 3x4 12=x-x4+4 Past | Present am na = Sit ae Debbie | 3(x-4) 2x 2x = 16 years old Jen | x4 | x ‘Thus, Debbie is now 16 years old. FEB et: x= time needed to complete the work test 34 + .826 hours = 7 hours & 0.826(60) min hours and 50 minutesAge, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 85 ies {n= number of days needed to complete the work be number of hours, Pedro can paint the house number of hours, Juan can paint the house C = number of hours, Pilar can paint the house 1 ‘Substitute (2) and (3) in (1): 1 1 1 = + ose 1) +0003) -t A= 10 hours. KLE Note: (rate)(time) = 1(complete job) AeA Nat) a1 9 16, 9 0.6944 +0.111x =1 x = 2.75 hours FEES cet, =1ime for Butch to finish a certain job working alone y = time for Dan to finish a certain job working alone 1.1.1 we x y 6 x=2y wr @ ‘Substitute (2) in (1): een 2 y 6 1421 aay 6 y=9 days86 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas a Yi Fs stream current 4.8 miles 48.48 The two figures below have the same VtVe Vj-Ve time, 4.8(V,+Vo)+4.8(+ Vo) _ 44 (V4 + Va V4 ~ Va ABV;—4.8V2+4.8V)+4.8V2 _ 44 St; Vi? = VyVp + VV — Vp 9.6V, =14V,? ~14V,2 2 @O 14 miles 14 3 W+Ve Vi-Ve 14) — 14V2 = 3V; + 3V2 =), -% 1M = 17V2 #V; = 1.545V2 w® Substitute (2) in (1) J milesAge, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 93 9.6(1.545V,) = 14(1.545V>)? — 14,2 14,832V> = 19.4187 Vp = 0.76 mph Note: time = “stance velocity Ea Let: Vi = velocity of airplane a2 Ve = velocity of wind { 2a ee V+ Vp = 7002 - 500 wr @ —e Vi-V_ = 1202 = 400 =e Direction of the wind —» Subtract (2) form (1) wes (i +V) (iV) eee 4-25 me —< —VN-, 'S,=1000 =| velocity of the boat in still water istance traveled upstream see Hee. istance traveled downstream Direction of stream current w-on-e+o[5 = camels, Si v-8= 2ve | V=40 kph S:=S2 Direction of stream current94 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas BEEN Let: v; = ground speed of plane A Vz = ground speed of plane B + 90)(t- 2.25) = 2.28V + 90t- 202.5 25V ‘90t + 202.5 = 0 But 2.26v- 20 {220}. 202.5=0 Multiply both sides by V: 2.25V - 81000 + 202.5V 2.25V" + 202.5V— 81000 Divide all by 2.25: ‘V =~ 150 kph (absurd) ime needed to travel and reach destination without any delay elocity of the train General equation: Time consumed by the train traveling, before the accident + Time during which the train was detained + Time needed to continue the course and reach the destination = Time needed to travel and reach the destination without any delay + Time of delay Condition 1: Ifthe accident happened 1 hour after, substitute values to the general equation: MAB Point where the = accident happened 5 S we ate =v 5 : s ees Substitute t= 5 I is Bageyss ee aes 3\v) 3Age, Work, Mixture, Digit, Motion Problems 95 Ve 3 wr @ Condition 2: Ifthe accident happened 50 miles farther, substitute values to the general equation: Point where the accident happened SO4V 4, S-GO#V) 1,3 Vv 3y 2 5 Set s-s0-y-S+4]v 50+, 5 v3 5250 5 v =—S-=—-=V=S+— SOLVER a3 +3 ww @ Substitute (1) in (2): $5 250 5(S Bee oes (e es 3 (3) 10 3 Let _V=rated of Erwin V-13= rate of i rate of Edgar a heb 231 _ 308 S= 231 km V-130 OV 231V = 308 V-4004 V=52 kph