QUADRATIC EQUATION PARTIAL FRACTION

SITUATION:

Sum of roots, x1 + x2 = -b/a 17. Find the value of A

Product of roots, x1x2 = c/a a. 6 b. -5 c. -6 d. 5
18. Find the value of B
1. Solve for the x in the equation 2x2 -7x -15 = 0
a. 6 b. -5 c. -6 d. 5
a. -5 and -3/2 c. 5 and 3/2
b. 5 and -3/2 d. -5 and -3/2
SITUATION:
2. Solve for x in the equation x2 - 6x +34 = 0
a. 3±5i c. 2±5i
b. 5±3i d. 5±2i
3. Solve for x in the equation x4/3 -14x2/3 -48 = 0 19. Find the value of A
a. -4.18i c. -8.14i a. 7/24 b. 199/104 c. 393/104 d. -92/13
b. -4.81i d. -8.41i 20. Find the value of B
4. Find the sum of the roots of the equation 6x2+4x+7 = 0 a. 7/24 b. 199/104 c. 393/104 d. -92/13
a. 3/2 c. 2/3 21. Find the value of C
b. -2/3 d. -3/2 a. 7/24 b. 199/104 c. 393/104 d. -92/13
5. Find the product of the roots of the equation 22. Find the value of D
15x2+2x-8=0 a. 7/24 b. 199/104 c. 393/104 d. -8/39
a. -8/15 c. 8/15 23. Find the value of E
b. -15/8 d. 15/8 a. 7/24 b. 199/104 c. 393/104 d. -92/13

BINOMIAL THEOREM ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRIC AND HARMONIC

rth term of (a+b)n th
r term = nCr-1 x n-r+1
y r-1 PROGRESSION
nth term of A.P an = a1+(n-1)d or
6. Find the 4th term in the expansion of (x+y)5 an = am + (n-m)d
a. 5x2y3 c. 5x3y2 Sum of n terms S = n/2 (a1+a2) or
b. 10x2y3 d. 10x3y2 of A.P. S = n/2 (2a1+(n-1)d)
7. Find the 6 term in the expansion of (2x-3y)8
th

a. -90720x3y5 nth term of G.P. an = a1rn-1 or an = amrn-m

b. -108864x3y5 common ratio, r=a2/a1 = a5/a4
8. Find the middle term in the expansion of (x+3y)6
a. 1215x3y3 c. 135x3y3 24. Find the 19th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 15,
3 3
b. 1458x y d. 540x3y3 26, …
9. Find the term involving x9 in (x2+2/x)12 a. 180 b. 191 c. 202 d. 213
a. 32168x9 c. 6987x9
b. 25344x 9
d. 512x9 25. Find the 25th term of the arithmetic progression 29, 16,
10. Find the term in (x-y+z)11 that involves x3y5 3, …
a. 9240x3y5z2 c. -9240x3y5z3 a. -283 b. -296 c. -309 d. -322
3 5 3
b. 9240x y z d.-9240x3y5z2
26.Find the sum of the first 90 terms of the arithmetic
SUM OF COEFFICIENTS AND EXPONENTS progression -5, 3, 11,…
Sum of Coefficients f(1) – f(0) a. 29493 b.30184 c. 30883 d. 31590
Sum of Exponents n(n+1)(h+k)/2
27. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 7 and the
11. Find the sum of coefficients in the expansion of 17th term is 89. Find the 50th term
(2x-3y)35 a. 258 1/8 b. 285 1/8 c. 258 3/8 d. 285 3/8
a. -1 b. 1 c. -2 d. 2
12. Find the sum of coefficient in the expansion (3x+1)4 28. There are 20 arithmetic means between -38 and 3.
a. 256 b. 254 c. 255 d. 257 Find the common difference.
a. 1 5/21 b. 1 20/21 c. 2 3/19 d. 2 18/19
13. Find the sum of coefficient in the expansion of (x+y-z)8
a. 3 b. 2 c. 0 d. 1 29. Determine x so that 2x+1, 10x-15, 2x2+9 will be an
14. Find the sum of exponents in the expansion of (x+y)3 arithmetic progression.
a. 6 b. 10 c. 8 d. 12 a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
15. Find the sum of exponents in the expansion (2x3-y5)7
a. 210 b. 224 c. 56 d. 180 30. Find the16th term of the geometric progression 2, 6,
16. Find the sum of exponents in the expansion of 18, …
(x2+2/x)12 a. 28697814 b. 258280326 c. 86093442 d. 9565938
a. 56 b. 96 c. 78 d. 84

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31. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the geometric MIXTURE PROBLEM
progression 7,28, 112, …
a.38272 b. 152951 c. 152915 d. 38227 10. a 150 mL 30% gold is added to 50 mL 40% gold. What
will be the concentration of the resulting mixture?
a.25% b.27.5 c.30 d.32.5
32. The first term of a geometric progression is 375 and
the fourth term is 192. Find the common ratio. 11. 2000 kg of steel containing 8%nickel is to be made by
a. 0.6 b. 0.70 c. 0.80 d. 0.90 mixing a steel containing 14%nickel with another
containing 4 % nickel. How much of the steel containing
14% nickel is needed?
33.Find the sum of the geometric progression 2x, 4x+14,
a.1500kg b.800 c.750 d.500
20x-14, … up to the 10th term
a. 566579 b. 312228 c. 617774 d. 413336 12. A 40 gram alloy containing 35%gold is to be melted
with a 20 gram alloy containing 50% gold. How much
34. Find the 20th term of the harmonic progression ½, 1/5, percentage of gold is the resulting alloy?
1/8, … a.40% b.30 c.45 d.35
a. 1/50 b. 1/53 c. 1/56 d. 1/59
13.How much water must be evaporated from 12 liters of
3kg/L salt solution until the concentration becomes
35. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 3.60kg/L?
9th term is 6. Find the 11th term a.1L b.2 c.3 d.4
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
Work Problem
AGE PROBLEM
14. A can do piece of work alone in 30 days, B in 20 days,
1.A Mother is 3 times as old as her daughter. Four years and C in 60 days. If they work together, how many days
ago, she was four times as old as her daughter was at that would it take them to finish the work?
time. How old is her daughter? a.15 days b.8 c.10 d.12
a.36 b.24 c.32 d.12
15. John, Paul and George can finish a job in 12, 16 and
2.Michael is 5 yrs older than Jordan. In 5 yrs, the product 19 hours, respectively. John and Paul worked together for
of their ages will be 1.5 times the product of their present 4 hours . Paul got tired so George worked in place of him
ages. How old is Jordan now? until the job is finished. How long did john work?
a.25 b.20 d.15 d.30 a.7.06 hrs b.6.86 c.6.62 d.7.45

3.Two years ago, the ratio of the ages of a boy and a girl 16.Delia can finish a job in 8 hours. Daisy can do it in 5
was 3 is to 4. In 8 yrs their ages will be in the ratio 4 is to 5. hours. If Delia worked for 3 hours and then Daisy was
Find the sum of their ages now. asked to help her finish it, How long will Daisy have to work
a.74 b.70 c.72 d.80 with Delia to finish the job?
a.2/5hours b.25/14 c.28 d.1.923
4.Twenty-two yrs ago, Klay was twice as old as Roy and
eight times as old as Mike. That same year, the sum of 17. A job can be done by eleven workers in 15 days. Five
their ages was 26. How old is Roy now? workers started the job. They were reinforced with four
th
a.38 b.30 c.28 d.24 more workers at the beginning of the 6 day. Find the total
number of days it took them to finish the job.
5.Mary is 24 yrs old. Mary is twice as old as Ana was when a.22.36 b.21.42 c.23.22 d.20.56
Mary was as old as Ana is now. How old is Ana?
a.16 b.18 c.19 d.20 Motion Problem

CLOCK PROBLEM 18. A motorboat can travel 4 km upstream in the same time
it can travel 9 km downstream. If the velocity of the current
6.At what time after 12:00 nonn will the hour hand and the is 8 Kph. Find the velocity of the boat is still water.
minute hand of a clock first form an angle of 120 deg? a.16kph b.18.5 c.20.8 d.24.6
a.21.818 b.12:21.181 c.21.18 d.12:21.818
19. A man walks from his house to the office if he leaves at
7. At what time between4:00 PM and 5:00 PM will the 8:00am and walks at the rate of 2kph, we will have arrived
hands of the clock be coincident? 3 minutes earlier, but if he leaves at 8:30AM and walks at 3
a.4:21.82 b.4:22.27 c.4:23.64 d.4:21.64 kph, he will have arrived 6 minutes late. What time should
he arrived at the office?
8.In how many minutes after 10’oclock will the hands of the a. 9:06AM b.9:12 AM c.8:54 d.8:43
clock be perpendicular for the second time?
a.39.18 min b.38.18 c.37.18 d.36.18 20. Two cars run toward each other. Their speeds are 30
kph and 40kph. At the moment when they are 105 km
9.It is now between 3 and 4 o’clock and in 20 minutes the apart, a bee flies at 50 kph from a bumper of the slower car
minute hand will be as much as the hour hand as it is now to the bumper of the other and shuttles back and fourth
behind it. What time is now? until two vehicles collide, Find the total distance traveled by
a.3:06.36 b.3:07.36 c.3:09.36 d.3:08.36 the bee
a.75 b.85 c.90 d.100

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