1 The earth’s orbit is an ellipse with the 0.

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sun at one of the foci. If the farthest
distance of the sun from the earth is
105.50 million km and the nearest
distance of the sun from the earth is
78.25 million km, find the eccentricity of
the ellipse.

Solution:

2 Suppose z = (2 – i)² + [(7 – 4i)/(2 + i)] – 8, – 3 – 7i

express z in the form of x + iy such that x
and y are real numbers.

Solution:

3 Find the standard equation of the circle (x – 4)² + (y – 1)² = 20

having as a diameter the segment joining
(2, −3) and (6, 5).
 Solution:

4 Find the limit of (sinx)/x as x →∞. 0

Solution:

5 In a quadrangular field ABCD, AB runs 214 m²

N62°10’E 11.4 m, BC runs N22°20’W 19.8
m and CD runs S40°40’W 15.3 m. DA runs
S32°10’E but cannot be measured. Find
the area of the field.
 Solution:

6 Let y = x sin x. Find y’’’. –xcosx – 3sinx

Solution:

7 Which of the following lines is parallel to 15x – 10y – 9 = 0

the line 3x – 2y + 6 = 0?
 Solution:

8 The solution of the differential equation none of the choices

dy/dx = (x² + xy + y²)/x² is:

Solution:
9 A coin is tossed and a die is rolled. What 1/12
is the probability that the coin shows the
head and the die shows 3?

Solution:

10 Find the volume of the solid obtained by π

revolving about the y axis the region in
the first quadrant bounded above by the
parabola y = 2 − x² and below by the
parabola y = x².

Solution:

11 Find the center and radius of the circle C(-1, 5), r = sqrt 20
that passes through P(1, 1) and is
 tangent to the line y = 2x − 3 at the point
Q(3, 3).

Solution:

12 Three circles with radii 3, 5 and 9 cm are 48 cm²

externally tangent. What is the area of
the triangle formed by joining their
centers?
 Solution:

13 Find the area of the region bounded by 64/3

the parabolas y = 6x − x² and y = x² − 2x.

Solution:

14 In a discrete probability distribution, the 1

sum of all probabilities is always _____.
 Explanation:

15 In how many ways can a party of 7 6 ways

persons arrange themselves around a
circular table?

Solution:

16 The freshman class is participating in a P 1,600

fundraiser. Their goal is to raise P 5,000.
After the first two days of the fundraiser,
they have raised 32% of their goal. How
many pesos did they raise in the first two
days?

Solution:
17 What is 19% of 26? 4.94

Solution:

18 In order to get at least once a head with 4

probability ≥0.9, what is the number of
times a coin needs to be tossed?

Solution:

19 Find the real value of x and y if (x – iy)(3 + x = 3, y = - 3

5i) is the conjugate of – 6 – 24i.

Solution:

20 The solution of the differential equation y = (1 – x)/(1 + x)

(x² + 1)dy/dx + (y² + 1) = 0 is:
 Solution:

21 Mrs. Johnston’s class broke into teams of 1/6 pound

three students each to play a game. The
winning team received a 1/2 pound jar of
jellybeans. How many pounds of
jellybeans will each team member get if
the 1/2 pound jar is shared equally
among the three teammates?

Solution:

22 What is the differential equation of the 2xyy` + x2 = y2

family of circles touching the y-axis at the
origin?
 Solution:

23 If z = 2 – 3i, then find z². – 5 – 12i

Solution:

24 Find the area of the surface of revolution 32π/3

generated by revolving about the y-axis
the arc of y² + 4x = 2 ln y from y = 1 to y =
3.
 Solution:

25 Simplify i⁵⁹. –i

Solution:

26 What is the length of the line with a slope 10

of 4/3 from a point (6, 4) to the y-axis?

Solution:
27 Evaluate the integral of dx/(sqrt of 9 - x²) π/2
with limits from 0 to 3.

Solution:

28 If the diameter of a sphere is doubled, multiplied by 8.

the volume is _______.

Solution:

29 Evaluate the integral of x²lnx dx. (x³/3)lnx - x³/9 + C

Solution:

30 Find the Laplace transform of cosh at. s/(s² - a²)

 Solution:

31 An ellipse with an eccentricity of 0.65 and 3.5 units

has one of its foci 2 units from the center.
The length of the latus rectum is nearest
to _____.

Solution:

32 Find the value of (1 + i)⁵, where i is an –4(1+ i)

imaginary number.

Solution:

33 A colony of bacteria is growing 6.95

exponentially. At time t = 0 it has 10
bacteria in it, and at time t = 4 it has 2000.
At what time will it have 100,000
 bacteria?

Solution:

34 A cylindrical container with circular base h = r = 4/(cube root of π)

is to hold 64 in³. Find its dimensions (in
inches) so that the amount (surface area)
of metal required is a minimum when the
container is an open can.

Solution:
35 Find the limit of sin(πcos²x)/x² as x → 0. π

Solution:

36 Evaluate the inverse Laplace transform 4 + (5/6)t³ – (1/2)e⁴ᵗ

of [4/s + 5/s⁴ – 1/(2s + 8)]

Solution:

37 The integrating factor of the differential log x

equation (xlogx)dy/dx + y = 2logx is:
 Solution:

38 A boy is flying a kite at a height of 150 ft. 16 ft/s

If the kite moves horizontally away from
the boy at 20 ft/sec, how fast is the string
being paid out when the kite is 250 ft
from him?

Solution:

39 Write the z-transform for a finite X(z) = - 2 - z¯¹ + z¯² + 2z¯³ + 3z¯⁴ +
sequence: x = {- 2, - 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} 4z¯⁵ + 5z¯⁶
40 A confidence interval is defined as: A lower and upper confidence limit
associated with a specific level of
Explanation: confidence

41 A tank contains 8 liters of water in which 98.7 g

is dissolved 32 g of chemical. A solution
containing 2 g/liter of the chemical flow
into the tank at a rate of 4 liter/min and
the well-stirred mixture flows out at a
rate of 2 liter/min. Determine the amount
of chemical in the tank after 20 minutes.

Solution:

42 Evaluate the integral of (lnx)/x dx. (1/2)(ln x)² + C

 Solution:

43 The section of a certain solid cut by any 144/35

plane perpendicular to the x axis is a
square with the ends of a diagonal lying
on the parabolas y² = 4x and x² = 4y. Find
its volume.

44 Rosa kept track of how many hours she 17-47/60

spent reading during the month of
August. The first week she read for 4-1/2
hours, the second week for 3-3/4 hours,
the third week for 8-1/5 hours, and the
fourth week for 1-1/3 hours. How many
hours altogether did she spend reading
in the month of August?

Solution:

45 On a piece of machinery, the centers of (6 + π) ft

two pulleys are 3 feet apart, and the
radius of each pulley is 6 inches. How
long a belt (in feet) is needed to wrap
around both pulleys?
 Solution:

46 How far from the y-axis is the center of 2.5 units

the curve 2x² + 2y² + 10x – 6y – 55 = 0?

Solution:

47 A pilot is sighting a location on the 3/2π deg/s

ground directly ahead. If the plane is
flying 2 miles above the ground at 240
mi/h, how fast must the sighting
instrument be turning when the angle
between the path of the plane and the
line of sight is 30°?
 Solution:

48 What is the fourth term of the expansion 161700 x¹⁰³

of (x + x²)¹⁰⁰?

Solution:

49 Which of the following is a second-order y`y`` + y = sin x

differential equation?

Explanation:

50 Determine the Laplace transform of (scosθ – ωsinθ)/(s² + ω²)

cos(ωt + θ).
 Solution:

51 A solid has a base in the form of an 60π

ellipse with major axis 10 and minor axis
8. Find its volume if every section
perpendicular to the major axis is an
isosceles triangle with altitude 6.

Solution:

52 The number of arbitrary constants in the 0

particular solution of a differential
equation of third order is:
 Explanation:

53 Suppose f(z) = (2z + 1)/(3z – 2), z ≠ 2/3. z

Find f{f(z)}.

Solution:

54 A given rectangular area is to be fenced The length of the field is twice its
off in a field that lies along a straight width.
river. If no fencing is needed along the
river, what is the relation between the
length and width of the field if the least
amount of fencing will be required?
 Solution:

55 If the point (3, k) lies on the line with 3

slope m = −2 passing through the point
(2, 5), find k.

Solution:

56 A given function f(t) can be represented All of the choices

by a Fourier series if it:

57 What is the equation of the line joining 4x + 5y = 2

the points (3,-2) and (-7, 6)?
 Solution:

58 Find the inverse Laplace transform of (2s 2cos3t – 6sin3t

– 18)/(s² + 9)

Solution:

59 A guy wire 78 ft long runs from the top of 201 lb

a telephone pole 56 ft high to the ground
and pulls on the pole with a force of 290
lb. What is the horizontal pull on top of
the pole?

Solution:

60 The solution of differential equation xdy straight line passing through the
– ydx = Q represents: origin
61 Find the arc length L of the curve y = 335/27
x^(3/2) from x = 0 to x = 5.

Solution:

62 Given z₁ = 3 – 4i and z₂ = - 4 + 3i. Find |z₁ x 7

z₂|.

Solution:

63 Six married couples are standing in a 1/11

room. If 2 people are chosen at random,
find the probability that they are
married.

Solution:

64 Find the remainder if we divide 4y³ + 18y² 11

+ 8y – 4 by (2y + 3).
 Solution:

65 If the average value of a periodic function Half-wave

over one period is zero and it consists of
only odd harmonics then it must be
possessing _________ symmetry.

66 If A and B are two events such that P (A) = 0.5

0.4 , P (A + B) = 0.7 and P (AB) = 0.2, then P
(B) =

Solution:

67 Find the equation of the hyperbola with 5x² – 4y² + 20x + 16y – 16 = 0
vertices at (-4,2) and (0,2) and foci at (-
5,2) and (1,2).
 Solution:

68 Given: f(x) = (x + 3)(x – 4) + 4. When f(x) is 4

divided by (x – k), the remainder is k. Find
k.

Solution:

69 Two trains leave the same city at the 6

same time, one going east and the other
going west. If one train is traveling at 65
mph and the other at 72 mph, how many
 hours will it take for them to be 822 miles
apart?

Solution:

70 Describe the locus represented by |z + 2i| Ellipse

+ |z – 2i| = 6.

71 Oil from a leaking oil tanker radiates 1200π

outward in the form of a circular film on
the surface of the water. If the radius of
the circle increases at the rate of 3
meters per minute, how fast (m²/min) is
the area of the circle increasing when the
radius is 200 meters?

Solution:

72 Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon 1/3

at the rate of 2 ft³/min. How fast (in ft²/s)
is the surface area shrinking when the
radius is 12 ft?
 Solution:

73 A calibration study needs to be 15,504

conducted to see if 20 scales are giving
the same weights. How many ways may
be selected to perform a preliminary
study?

Solution:

74 Differentiate y = (3 – 2x)/(3 + 2x). – 12/(3 + 2x)²

Solution:

75 Find the area enclosed by the curve y² = 4/3

x² − x⁴.
 Solution:

76 Find the order of the differential 2

equation 2x³ d²y/dx² - 3 dy/dx + y = 0.

Solution:

77 Two angles are complementary. The 72°

measure of one angle is four times the
measure of the other. Find the measure
of the larger angle.

Solution:

78 Harold used a 3% iodine solution and a 5

20% iodine solution to make a 95-ounce
solution that was 19% iodine. How many
ounces of the 3% iodine solution did he
 use?

Solution:

79 Evaluate the integral of xlnx dx. (1/4)x²(2lnx – 1) + C

Solution:

80 The temperature in Hillsville was 20° 68°

Celsius. What is the equivalent of this
temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

Solution:
81 Describe the locus represented by |z – i| = Circle
2.

82 What refers to a locus of a moving point Hyperbola

in a plane so that the difference of its
distances from two fixed points (foci) is
constant?

83 Find the area of the triangle which the 3

line 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 forms with the
coordinate axis.

Solution:

84 Find the area S of the surface of 24(2sqrt2 – 1)π

revolution generated by revolving about
the x axis the arc of the parabola y² = 12x
from x = 0 to x = 3.
 Solution:

85 8 nails and 12 nuts are present in a box. 7/10

Among them, half of the nails and half of
the nuts are rusted. If an item is chosen
at random, what is the probability that it
is rusted or is a nail?

Solution:

86 A ladder 20 ft long leans against a house. 3/2 ft/s

If the foot of the ladder is moving away
from the house at the rate of 2 ft/sec, find
how fast the top of the ladder is moving
downward when the foot of the ladder is
12 ft from the house.
 Solution:

87 Given a right cone of radius 9 cm and 834π cm³

height of 40 cm. A solid is formed by
cutting the top off of the cone with a slice
parallel to the base and then cutting a
cylindrical hole into the resulting solid. If
the cylindrical hole has a 3-cm radius and
a 21-cm height. Find the volume of the
hollow solid.

Solution:

88 Find L¯¹ {(k²)/[s(s² + k²)]. 1 – coskt

 Solution:

89 There are 3 bags which are known to 7/15

contain 2 white and 3 black balls; 4 white
and 1 black balls and 3 white and 7 black
balls respectively. A ball is drawn at
random from one of the bags and found
to be a black ball. Then the probability
that it was drawn from the bag
containing the most black balls is:

Solution:

90 The curve for which the slope of the Hyperbola

tangent at any point is equal to the ratio
 of the abscissa to the ordinate of the
point is a/an:

91 It is known that 60% of a class is female, 85 %

50% is majoring in chemical or electrical
engineering, and 25% is female and
majoring in chemical or electrical
engineering. What percentage of class is
female or majoring in chemical or
electrical engineering?

Solution:

92 Let cos z = 2. Find cos 2z. 7

Solution:

93 Find all values of z for which e^3z = 1. 2kπi/3

Solution:
94 What is the polar form of the complex (5)(cos 53.13° + i sin 53.13°)
number z = 3 + 4i?

Solution:

95 Find how many square centimeters of 900π cm²

paper are needed to create a label on a
cylindrical can 45 cm tall with a circular
base having diameter of 20 cm.

Solution:

96 A body at temperature 40°C is kept in a 14 min

surrounding of constant temperature
20°C. It is observed that its temperature
falls to 35°C in 10 minutes. Find how
much more time will it take for the body
to attain a temperature of 30°C.
 Solution:

97 A river flows due south at 125 ft/min. A 491 ft/min, S75°20’E

motorboat, moving at 475 ft/min in still
water, is headed due east across the
river. Find the direction in which the boat
moves and its speed.

Solution:

98 In how many ways can a teacher choose 63

one or more students from six eligible
students?
 Solution:

99 Given: x + xy + y = 2. Find y’’. 2(1 + y)/(1 + x)²

Solution:

100 Find the dimensions of the right circular h = 32 in, r = 8/sqrt 2 in

cone of minimum volume V that can be
circumscribed about a sphere of radius 8
inches.
Solution: