CIT – U Civil Engineering Department

CE Comprehensive Course 1
PROBLEM SET 1

Instructions: Answer the following problems and show complete solutions. Answers are in red for your
reference. Submit through MS Teams.

1. The equation of a circle is𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 2𝑘𝑦 = 0. What is 9. Is a triangle with sides 3, 5, and 12 possible?
the value of k when the length of the tangent from
(5,4) to the circle is 1? A. Yes, because 3+5 is less than 12.
B. Yes, because 12+5 is greater than 3.
A. -3 C. -4 C. No, because 3+5 is less than 12.
B. -2 D. -5 D. No, because 12+5 is greater than 3.

2. A parabolic dish is the form of a paraboloid 12 m in 10. The two sides of a quadrilateral are twice the
diameter and 2 m deep. Find the distance of the shortest side, and the fourth side is 2m more than the
receiver from the vertex of the paraboloid. shortest side. If the perimeter of the quadrilateral is
29 m, what is the length of the shortest side?
A. 2.6 C. 6.25
B. 4.5 D. 4.0 A. 5.5 m C. 4.5 m
B. 5.0 m D. 4.0 m
3. Find the equation of a curve passing through (3, 2)
and having the slope 5𝑥 2 − 𝑥 at every point (x, y). 11. Sand pouring from a conveyor form into a conical pile
whose height is approximately 4/3 of its base radius.
A.
5 1
𝑦 = 𝑥3 − 𝑥2 −
77 Determine how fast the volume of the conical pile is
3 2 2
2 3 changing when the radius is 3 feet, if the radius is
B. 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 + 77 changing at a rate of 3 in/min.
3 2
5 1 77
C. 𝑦 = 𝑥3 − 𝑥2 +
3 2 2
3 A. 4𝜋 ft/min
D. 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 77
5 B. 2𝜋 ft/min
C. 5𝜋 ft/min
4. A circular pool of water is expanding at a rate of D. 3𝜋 ft/min
16𝜋 𝑖𝑛2 /𝑠𝑒𝑐. At what rate is the radius expanding
when the radius is 4 inches? (in/min) 12. Jack wants to give Anna a gift. To do so, he makes a
box with no lid from a rectangular sheet of cardboard
A. 120 C. 60 that is 18 inches by 24 inches. The box is to be made
B. 2 D. 0.033 by cutting a square of side x from each corner of the
sheet and folding up the sides. Find the value of x that
5. The radioactive isotope of a certain element decays maximizes the volume of the box.
according to the equation 𝐴 = 𝐴𝑜 𝑒 −0.18𝑡 where t is
expressed in days. Find the half-life of the material. A. 4.3 in C. 10.6 in
B. 5.2 in D. 3.4 in
A. 3.83 days C. 3.65 days
B. 4.58 days D. 12.47 days 13.
1
Find the arc length of the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 3 at the
2
6. Students decided to have a parade during a school interval [0,1].
event. When the students form ranks of 3 abreast,
two are left over. In ranks of 5, four students are left A. 1.325 C. 0.958
over. In ranks of 7, six are left over. In ranks of 11, ten B. 1.148 D. 1.239
are left over. What is the least possible number of
students in the parade? 14. The coordinate system is designed for a football field.
Each unit represents a meter. Pepe is at point (35, -
A. 1362 C. 986 20). The path of the ball from the corner kick is
4
B. 1154 D. 1028 represented by the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥. To have the best
3
chance for a shot at the goal, Pepe wants to run
7. A 50-m supporting wire is attached to a 75-m toward the ball so that his path meets the ball at right
antenna. Because of surrounding buildings, angles. Find the equation for the line which Pepe
sidewalks, and roadways, the wire must be anchored should run.
exactly 20 m from the base of the antenna. How high
from the base of the antenna is the wire attached? A.
3
𝑦 − 20 = (𝑥 − 35)
4
3
A. 45.83 m C. 40.58 m B. 𝑦 + 20 = − (𝑥 − 35)
4
3
B. 53.85 m D. 38.57 m C. 𝑦 + 20 = − (𝑥 + 35)
4
3
D. 𝑦 − 20 = − (𝑥 + 35)
8. A mountain peak A is 1040 m above sea level. From 4
the mountain peak A, the angle of elevation of
mountain peak B was 10 degrees. The pilot of an 15. The length of the base of a rectangular box without a
airplane upon flying directly over peak A took the top is to be twice the width. Find the width the gives
angle of depression of the peak to be 46°12′ and the smallest surface area if its volume is to be 1.78 𝑚3
reads his altimeter to be 2820 m above sea level.
Determine the elevation of mountain peak B. A. 1.10 m C. 1.12 m
B. 1.11 m D. 1.13 m
A. 1325.68 m C. 1254.25 m
B. 1297.45 m D. 1186.98 m
 CIT – U Civil Engineering Department
CE Comprehensive Course 1
PROBLEM SET 1

Instructions: Answer the following problems and show complete solutions. Answers are in red for your
reference. Submit through MS Teams.

16. The height h above the ground of a ball dropped from 24. A body moves along a horizontal line according to 𝑠 =
the vista of Mines View Park is given by the equation 𝑡 3 − 9𝑡 2 + 24𝑡. Find the total distance travelled in
ℎ = −4.9𝑡 2 + 192; where h is measured in meters the first 5 seconds of motion.
and t in seconds. Find the instantaneous velocity of
the falling ball at 𝑡 = 3 seconds. A. 28 C. 32
B. 20 D. 18
A. -24.9 m/s C. 24.9 m/s
B. -29.4 m/s D. 29.4 m/s 25. The number of daylight hours, D(t), at a particular
time of the year can be approximated by 𝐷(𝑡) =
17. Mines in a harbor during wartime are so placed that 𝑘 2𝜋
sin [ (𝑡 − 79)] + 12 for t days and t = 0
the ship going to a certain port within the harbor, to 2 365
corresponding to January 1. The constant k
avoid hitting them, must follow a path which is at all
determines the total variation of day length and
times equidistant from a point 9 km north of another
depends on the latitude of the locale. When is the day
port and a line whose bearing is due east. One point
length the longest, assuming it is NOT a leap year?
of this line is 3 km south of the port. Considering this
port as the origin, find the equation of the path of the
A. December 20
ship.
B. December 19
C. June 19
A. 𝑥 2 − 24𝑦 + 72 = 0
D. June 20
B. 𝑥 2 + 24𝑦 + 72 = 0
C. 𝑥 2 − 24𝑦 − 72 = 0
D. 𝑥 2 + 24𝑦 − 72 = 0

18. A baseball diamond is a square with each side 90 feet

in length. A player is running to the first base at a rate
of 30 ft/s. When he has run halfway, at what rate is
his distance from the second base changing?

A. 4√5 ft/sec
B. 5√4 ft/sec
C. 6√5 ft/sec
D. 5√6 ft/sec

19. A long rectangular sheet of metal 12 cm wide is to be

made a rain gutter by turning two sides so that they
are perpendicular to the sheet. How many
centimeters should be turned up to give the gutter
the greatest capacity?

A. 1.5 C. 2.0
B. 3.0 D. 3.5

20. A cylindrical tank radius 10 ft is being filled with

water at the rate of 314 cu. ft. per minute. How fast is
the depth of the water increasing in feet per minute?

A. 1 C. 0.25
B. 0.5 D. 1.5

21. A man is driving at a rate of 25 mph towards the foot

of an 8 m tall monument. At what rate is he
approaching the top when he is 42 m from the foot of
the monument?

A. 6.82 kph C. 24.56 kph

B. 21.42 kph D. 31.50 kph

22. What is the slope of the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 − 4 at (0,

-4)?

A. 6 C. -6
B. 4 D. -4

23. The radius of a sphere is r when the time is t seconds.

Find the radius when the rate of change of the surface
area and the rate of change of the radius of equal.
𝜋 𝜋
A. C.
8 16
𝜋
B. D. 𝜋/2
4