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1. A woman went shopping for some canned goods a. 126 in-lb

which were on sale. She bought three times as many b. 109 in-lb
cans of peaches and two times as many cans of tuna c. 150 in-lb
as cans of peaches. It she purchased a total of 24 d. 200 in-lb
cans, how many cans did he buy?
Ans: A
a. 5
b. 8
c. 4
6. A right circular tank of depth 12 feet and radius of 4
d. 12
feet is half full of oil weighing 60 pound per cubic
Ans: C foot. Find the work done in pumping the oil to a
height 6 feet above the tank.

a. 136 ft-tons
2. A man makes a business trip from his house to b. 159 ft-tons
Batangas in 2 hours. One hour later, he returns home c. 180 ft-tons
in traffic at a rate of 20kph less that his going rate. If d. 250 ft-tons
he is gone a total of 6 hours. How fast did he travel
going back home? Ans: A

a. 50
b. 60
7. Hooke’s law states that within the limits of elasticity
c. 40
the displacement produced in a body is proportional
d. 30
to the force applied. That is F=kx, where k is called
Ans: C 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

3. A trapezoid has its 2 bases in meters in ratio of 4:5 a. 30 in-lb

with a latitude of 20 meters if the trapezoid has an b. 32 in-lb
area of 360 𝑚2 find the two bases. c. 35 in-lb
d. 55 in-lb
a. 20 and 16
b. 8 and 10 Ans. A
c. 40 and 32
d. 12 and 50

Ans: A 8. What is the value of square root -7 x square root of -

10?

a. √70
4. Which of the following is the nth term of the set of b. -√70
number 8,4,0, -4? c. i
d. √70i
a. 12-4n
b. 10-5n Ans B
c. 5-3n
d. 7-5n

Ans: A 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?
5. A spring whose normal length is 10 inches has a a. x + 7y =23
modulus of 12 pounds per inch. How much work is b. 2x – 3y = 12
done in stretching this spring from length of 12 c. 4x + 4y =15
inches to a total length of 15 inches? d. 2x – y =13
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Ans. A Ans: A

10. Find the area of the triangle which the line 4x – 6y 15. Two cities 270 km apart lie on the same meridian.
+12 = 0 forms with the coordinate axes Find their difference in latitude if the arth’s radius is
3960 km.
a. 3
b. 5 a. 3/55 rad
c. 10 b. 2/44 rad
d. 7 c. 1/12 rad
d. 5/27 rad
Ans: A
Ans: A

11. A particles position (in inches) along the axis after 1

seconds of travel is given by the equation x = 24t2 - 16. Find the maximum area of a rectangle circumscribed
3t3 + 10. What is the particle’s average velocity, in about a fixed rectangle of length 6 cm and width of 4
in/sec during the first 3 seconds cm.

a. 63 a. 50
b. 45 b. 24
c. 70 c. 48
d. 47 d. 100

Ans: B Ans: A

12. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x3- 17. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is
3x2+2x+1 the axis, and vertical lines x = 0 and x=2 10.2426. Compute the area of the triangle in square
units.
a. 4
b. 2 a. 4
c. 10 b. 2
d. 3 c. 4.5
d. 5.2
Ans: B
Ans: C

13. Find the rate of change of the area of a square with

respect to its side when x=5 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
a. 63 then reshaped to enclose a square. Find the area of
b. 45 the square in cm2.
c. 10
d. 47 a. 156.25
b. 125.72
Ans: C c. 453.72
d. 187.45

Ans: A
14. A spherical snow ball melting in such a way that its
surface area decreases at rate of 1 cm3/min. How fast
is its radius shrinking when it is 3 com?
19. Find the area of the region bounded by the parabola
a. -1/2 π x = y2 and the line y=x-2
b. -1/48π
c. -1/20σ a. 8/2
d. -1/12σ b. 3/2
c. 7/2
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d. 11/1 a. A 3x + 2y =14
b. 2x +5y = 10
Ans: A c. 5x -3y =10
d. 2x -10y =15

Ans: A
20. Five horses are in a race. A woman picks two of the
horses in random, and bets one of them. Find the
probability “p” that a person picked the winner
25. Find the particular solution of the differential dx/dt =
a. 1/10 x -1; x (0) =1
b. 2/5
c. 3/10 a. X(t) = 1
d. 7/10 b. X(t) = 2
c. X(t) = 3
Ans: A d. X(t) = 0

Ans: A
21. The probability that a hit the target is 1/3 and the
probability that b hits target is 1/5 they both fire at
the target. Find the probability that one of them hits 26. Fin the volume of the solid of revolution formed by
the target. rotating the region bounded by the parabola y= x2
and the line y=0 and x = 2 about the x – axis
a. 2/5
b. 3/5 a. 2π/5
c. 3/7 b. π/5
d. 9/10 c. 32π/5
d. π/5
Ans: A
Ans: A

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

27. Find the slope of the curve defined by the equation
a. 32i yx2 - 4 = 0 at point (4,4)
b. 52i
c. i a. -2
d. Undefined b. 5
c. -5
Ans: A d. 2

Ans: A
23. What is the maximum area of the rectangle whose
base is on the x-axis and whose upper two vertices
line on the parabola y = 12 – x2 28. A function y has the set of positive integers N as
domain and for each n contained in N, y(n) =12 +
a. 32 cos (n x π) + sin [(2n-1) π/2]. What are the values of
b. 16 y corresponding to any odd positive integer?
c. 54
d. 20 a. 12
b. 1
Ans: A c. 50
d. 3

Ans: A
24. Find the equation of a line through point A (4,1)
perpendicular to the line 2x -3y +4 = 0
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29. Find the volume obtained if the region bounded by y Ans: D

= x2 and y -2x = 0 is rotated about the x-axis

a. 64π/15
b. 24π/5 34. if the columns (or rows) of determinant are identical,
c. 34π/15 the value of the determinant is
d. π/15
a. negative
Ans: A b. positive
c. zero
d. undefined

30. Which of the following are the solutions to the Ans: C

following y”’ – 3y” + 3y’ –y = 0

I. ex
II. X(ex) 35. what is I (raised to power 96)
III. e-x
a. m = -1/2, 2/3
a. I only b. m= -1,2,3
b. III only c. m = -3,1/3
c. I and II only d. m = -1/3, ½
d. II only
Ans: D
Ans: C

36. The probability that a married man watches a certain

31. Find all integers n such that (2n-6) is greater than 1 television show is 0.4 and the probability that a
but less than 14 married woman watches the shoe is 0.5. The
probability that a man watches the show given that
a. 4,5,6,7,8,9 his wife does is 0.70. Find the probability that at
b. 3,4,5,6,7,8 least 1 person of married couple will watch the shoe
c. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
d. 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 a. 0.35
b. 0.65
Ans: A c. 0.75
d. 0.55

Ans: D
32. Write the equation of the line with x intercept a =
4/5 and y – intercept b =1/2

a. 5x + 8y =4 37. A coin is biased so that a head is twice as likely to

b. 5x – 8y = 4 occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed 3 times, what is
c. 3x + 8y = 4 the probability of getting 2 tails and 1 head?
d. X + 2y =7
a. 2/9
Ans: A b. 3/7
c. 2/5
d. 1/5

33. Find all the values of m for which; y = e (to power Ans: A
mx) is a solution of 6y” – y’ – y =0 on (-infinity, +
infinity)

a. m = -1/2, 2/3 38. The probability that a doctor correctly diagnosis a

b. m = -1,2,3 particular illness is 0.70. Given that the doctor
c. m= -3, -1/3 makes and incorrect and incorrect diagnosis, the
d. m= -1/3, ½ probability that the doctor makes an incorrect
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diagnosis and the patient sues? Ans: A

a. 0.27
b. 0.17
c. 0.32 43. The dimensions of a rectangle are continuously
d. 0.70 changing. The width increases at the rate of 3 in/2
while the length decreases at the rate of 2 in/s. At
Ans: A one instant the rectangle is a 20-in square. How fast
is this area changing 3 seconds later?

a. -16
39. In the curve y = 3 cos (1/2) x, what is the amplitude b. -32
and period? c. 16
d. 32
a. 3, 3π/2
b. 3,4π Ans: A
c. 3, 2π
d. 3, π/2

Ans: B 44. A through filled with water is 2m long and has a

cross section in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid
30 cm wide at the bottom, 60 cm wide at the top,
and height of 50 cm. If the through leaks water at the
40. A Man invested Php 50,00. Part of it he put in an oil rate of 2000 cm3 / min, how fast is the water level
stock from which he hoped to receive a 20% return falling when the water is 20 cm deep?
per year. The rest he invested in a bank stock which
was paying 6% per year. If he received Php 400 a. -5/21
more the first year from the bank stock than from the b. -3/23
oil stock, how much did the invest in the oil stock? c. -15/32
d. -2/3
a. 10,000
b. 5,000 Ans: A
c. 2,000
d. 30,000

Ans: A 45. The height (in feet) at any time t (in seconds) of a
projectile thrown vertically is: h(t) = -16t2 + 256t.
What is the velocity when it reached the ground?

41. In the non-generate conic 3x2 + 6xy + 5y2 – x +y = 0 a. 16s

b. 18s
a. Parabola c. 12s
b. Ellipse d. 10s
c. Hyperbola
d. Circle Ans: A

Ans: B

46. The height (in feet) at any time t (in seconds) of

projectile thrown vertically is: h(t) = -16t2 + 256t.
42. A baseball diamond is a square with sides of length What is the velocity when it reached the ground?
90ft. A batter hits the ball and runs to first base with
a speed of 21 ft/s. At what rate is his distance from a. -256
the second base changing when he is halfway to first b. 312
base? c. 352
d. 0
a. 10.28 ft/s
b. 7.56 ft/s Ans: A
c. 8.92 ft/s
d. 12. 28 ft/s
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47. The charge in coulombs that passes through a wire A. (1, 3)

after 1 seconds is given by the function Q9t) = t3 - B. (2, 1)
2t2 + 5t +2 determine the average current during the C. (1, 2)
first two seconds D. (1, 4)

a. 5A Ans. C
b. 3A
c. 2A
d. 10A 52. What is the polar equation of the circle with the
center at pole containing the given point (1,1),
Ans: A rectangular coordinates?

A. r = 1
B. r = ½
48. Water is being pumped into the conical tank at the
rate of 100 ft3/min. the height of the tank is 20ft and C. r= √2
its radius is 5ft. how fast the water level rising when D. r =2
the water height is 10 ft?
Ans. C
a. 16/π
b. 12/π
c. 2π 53. An elevator carries two passengers from the first to
d. 10π the second floor, where an additional passenger
enters Two people get out at the third floor and the
Ans: A remaining person rides to the fourth floor Find the
work in ft-lb required to lift the passengers if each
passenger weighs 150 ft-lb and the floors are 12 ft
apart.
49. Change the equation y=x from rectangular to polar
coordinates A. 12800
B. 20800
a. π/4 C. 10800
b. π/3 D. 20800
c. π
d. π/2 Ans. C
Ans. A
54. An agent has 8 master keys to open several homes.
Only 1 master key will open any house. If 40% of
50. A runner and his trainer are standing together on a that the agent can get into a specific home if the
circular track of radius 100 meters. When the trainer agent selects 3 master keys at random before leaving
gives a signal, the runner starts to run around the the office?
track at a speed of 10 m/s. how fast is the distance
between the runner and the trainer increasing when A. 1/8
the runner has run ¼ of the way around the track? B. 1/4
C. 5/8
a. 5√2 D. ¼
b. 3√2
Ans. C
c. 2√2
d. 7√2
55. Evaluate the following:
Ans: A [(cos 15 deg + I sin 15)3]

A. (1/3 + √2i)
51. Find the point on the graph y = x2 + 1 that is closest B. √2/2 + √2 / 2i
to the point (3, 1). C. √2 + √2 + √2 i
D. √2 + i
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Ans. B population, what is the probability that he or she will

have either type A or type AB blood?

56. A box contains 2 white socks and 2 blue socks. Two A. 0.45
socks are drawn at random. Find the probability p B. 0.35
they are a match (same color). C. 0.15
D 0.10
A. 1/3
B. 1/8 Ans. A
C. 1/4
D. ½
61. Find the limit of [(-1 to the nth power) (2 to the –nth
Ans. C power)] as n approaches infinity

A. 0
57. A long rectangular sheet of metal, 12 inches wide, is B. 1
to be made into a gutter by turning up 2 sides so that C. infinity
they are perpendicular to the sheet. How many D. undefined
inches should be turned up to give the gutter its
greatest capacity? Ans. A

A. 3
B. 1/8 62. In the curve y = tan 3x, what is its period?
C. 1/4
D. ½ A. π/3
B. 1
Ans. A C. infinity
D. undefined

58. Revolve the area bounded by a pentagon with Ans. A

vertices (1,0), (2,2), (0,4), (-2,2), (-1,0) about the
axis and find volume generated.
63. What number will be greater its square by the
A. 104 π / 3 minimum amount?
B. 124 π / 3
C. 114 π A. π/3
D. 135 π B 1/3
C. infinity
Ans. A D. undefined

Ans. B
59. 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 64. Find the centroid along the y –axis of the solid
kph. How many kms did the second car travel before formed by revolving about the y – axis the first
overtaking the first car? quadrant area bounded by the parabola (y squared) =
4ax and the lines y = 0 and x =a
A. 350 km
B. 254 km A. 5a/6
C. 312 km B. 3a/5
D. 300 km C. 2a/7
D. 3a/5
Ans. A
Ans. A

60. The proportions of blood phenotypes A, B, AB and

O in the population of all Caucasians in the US are 65. Find the equation of the bisector of the pair of acute
reported as 0.41, 0.10, 0.04 and 0.45, respectively. If angles formed by the lines 4x+2y = 9 and 2x–y = 8
the Caucasian is chosen randomly from the
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A. 8x – 25 = 0 x3 + 8xy – 2y2 – 12x + 6y – 9 = 0

B. 4x – 13 = 0
C. 7x – 17 = 0 A. (0,3)
D. 4x – 15 = 0 B. (1,5)
C. (2,5)
Ans. A D. (0,1)

Ans. A
66. A kite is flying 100 feet above the ground, moving
in a strictly horizontal direction at a rate of 10 ft/s.
How fast is the angle between the string and the 71. Find how far an airplane will move in landing, if in t
horizontal changing when there is 300 ft of string seconds after touching the ground its speed in feet
out? per second is given by the equation V = 180 -18t.

A. -1/90 A. 900 ft
B. -1/70 B. 800 ft
C. -3/20 C. 200 ft
D. -5/70 D. 150 ft

Ans. A Ans. A

67. Find the rectangular coordinates of [ 3 (square root 72. Evaluate the expression log 3+ log 2+ 4log7
of 2), 45 deg]
a. 9.58
A. (3,3) b. 4.79
B. (2,2) c. 3.43
C. (1,1) d. 4.16
D. All of these
Ans. D
Ans. A

73. The sum of an infinite geometric progression is 3

68. Find the area bounded by the parabola y = 5 + 2x – and the common ratio is 1/3. What is the first term?
x2 and the chord joining (-2, -3) and (3,2)
a. 3
A. 20.833 b. 2
B. 30.345 c. 1
C. 17.432 d. 6
D. 12.475
Ans. A
Ans. A

74. The value of a machine after t years is V(t) = 100t2 –

69. What is the polar equation of the circle with the 3000t + 20,000 in pesos. At what rate does the
given radius a = 3/2 and with center in polar machine depreciate after 5 years?
coordinates (3/2, π)?
A. -2000
A. (0,3) B -3000
B. (1,5) C. 1500
C. (2,5) D. 2350
D. (0,1)
Ans. A
Ans. A

75. The rate at which a tablet of Vitamin C begins to

70. Find the pole of the polar line 2x – y = 0 with dissolve depends on the surface area of the tablet.
respect to the conic whose equation is One brand of tablet is 2 cm long and is in the shape
of cylinder with the hemispheres of diameter 0.5 cm
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attached to both ends. A second brand of tablet is to D. 1/7

be manufactured in the shape of right circular
cylinder of altitude 0.5cm. Find the volume of the Ans. A
tablet in cubic cm.

A. π/8 80. In the ellipse x2 + 3y2 + 2x – 6y = 0, find the length

B. π/2 of the diameter which has a slope of 1.
C. π/3
D. π/ 16 A. 2 √2
B. 3 √3
Ans. A C. 3 √7
D. 5 √3
76. Find the rate of change of the volume of the sphere
with respect to its radius is 5. Ans. A

A. 100 π
B. 200 π 81. A stock certificate of a mining company guarantees
C. 150 π a dividend of P120 at the end of each year for 12
D. 250 π years and a final additional payment at the end of 10
years of P1200. If the money is 12% effective, what
Ans. A is the certificate worth now?

A. 951.39
77. The dimension of a rectangle is continuously B. 857.54
changing. The width increases at the rate of 3 in/s C. 1095.54
while the length decreases are the rate of 2 in/s. At D. 789.45
one instant, the rectangle is a 20 in square. How fast
Ans A
is its area changing 3 seconds later?

A. -16
B. -24 82. Find the value of x for the given function csc 2x is
C. -32 continuous.
D. -45
A. 1/3 πx
Ans. A B. 1/3 πx
C. 1/4 πx
D. 1/7 πx
78. A tank is in the form of a frustum of a tight circular
cone is filled with oil weighing 50 pounds per cubic Ans A
foot. If the height of the tank is 10 feet, base radius
is 6 ft and the top radius is 4 ft, find the work
required in ft-tons to pump oil to a height 10 feet 83. Find the radius of curvature for the curve y = sinx at
above the tank. the point (π/2, 1)

A. -312 ft-tons A. 1
B. -342 ft-tons B. 2
C. -325 ft-tons C. 3
D. -435 ft-tons D. 4

Ans. A Ans. A

79. Find the limit of {[x3 – 2x +5] / [2x3 -7]} as 84. Find the equation of the set of all points equally
approaches infinity distant from y –axis and (4,0)

A. 1/2 A. y2 – 8x +16 = 0
B. 1/3 B. x2 – 8x +16 = 0
C. 1/4 C. y2 – 10x +2 = 0
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D. x2 – 5y – 10 = 0 from the floor stand in order to get the best view of

the painting. (The best view occurs when the angle
Ans. A of vision from the bottom to the top of the painting
is maximize)?

85. Find the equation of all points equally which are A. 2

twice as far from (4,4) and (1,1). B. 3
C. 5
A. x2 + y2= 8 D 1.7
B. 2 x2 + 3 y2 = 10
C. x2 + y2 = 100 Ans. A
D. xy = 4

Ans. A 90. A man at point A on the shores of a circular take of

radius 1 mile wants to reach point B on the shore
diametrically opposite A. If he can row a boat 3
86. Find the maximum area of a rectangle inscribed in a mi/hr and jog 6 mi/hr, at what angle Ѳ with the
semi-circle of radius 5 inches if its base lies along diameter should he row in order to reach B in the
the diameter of the semi-circle? shortest possible time?

A. 25 A. 45.12
B. 5 B. 35.12
C. 100 C. 73.23
D. 35 D. 23.45

Ans. A Ans. A

87. Find the dimensions of the right circular cylinder of 91. How much money should a man invest in a bank
maximum volume that can be inscribed in a right account paying 8 percent annual interest
circular cone whose radius is 3 inches and whose compounded continuously if he wants to use the
height is 10 inches? money to buy 20,000 equipment in 4yrs.?

A. 40π / 3 A. 14,552.98
B. 32π / 3 B. 15,346.76
C. 15π / 3 C. 12,457.45
D. 17π / 3 D. 11,237.45

Ans. A Ans. A

88. A television camera is located 5000 ft from the base 92. According to Newton’s Law of cooling the
of a rocket launching pad. The camera is designed to temperature of n object changes at a rate
follow vertical path of the rocket. If the rocket’s proportional to the difference in temperature
speed is 500 ft/s when it has risen 2000 ft, how fast between the object and the outside medium. If an
is the camera’s angle of elevation changing at this object whose temperature is 70F is placed in a
instant? medium whose temperature is 20⁰ and 40⁰ after 3
minutes, what will its temperature be after 6
A. 4.94 deg/s minutes?
B. 5.48 deg/s
C. 1.25 deg/s A. 28 deg
D. 2.35 deg/s B. 38 deg
C. 26 deg
Ans. A D. 20 deg

Ans A
89. A painting of height 3 ft hangs on a wall with the
bottom of the painting 6 ft above the floor. How far
from the wall should Lindsay, whose eyes are 5 ft
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93. A public health report states that t weeks after the A. 128
outbreak of a new strain of flu, the number of people B. 231
in thousands, who will contract the disease is C. 350
Q(t)=10/1+100e^-1.5t. At what rate did people D. 274
contract the disease after two weeks?
Ans. A
A. 2089
B. 3125
C. 2312 98. A factory operator bought a diesel generator set ₱
D. 2908 10,000 and agreed to pay the dealer uniform sum at
the end of each year for 5 yrs at 8% compounded
Ans. A semi-annually, that the final payment will cancel the
debt for principal and interest. What is the annual
payment?
94. Find the volume obtained if the region bounded by
y=x2 and y=2x is rotated about the x-axis A. 12yrs (2504.50 – correct answer)
B. 10yrs
A. 64rad/15 C. 15yrs
B. 32rad/15 D. 17yrs
C. 16rad/15
D. 12rad/15 Ans. A

Ans. A
99. An electric motor has a cash price of ₱ 8000. It can
also be bought on installment basis with down
95. A police car is 20 ft away from a long straight wall. payment of ₱ 2000 and with periodic equal
Its beacon, rotating 1 revolution per second, shines a payments at the end of every 6 months for 5 yrs. if
beam of light on the wall. How fast is the beam interest is fixed at 8% compounded semi-annually,
moving when it is closest to the police car? how much is each periodic payment?

A. 40rad ft/s A. 122.56

B. 20rad ft/s B. 439.56
C. 30rad ft/s C. 739.75
D. 15rad ft/s D. 874.32

Ans. A Ans. C

96. A rectangle is to be inscribed in the ellipse 100. A ski resort installs two new ski lift at a cost of
x2/200+y2/50=1. ₱ 1, 800, 000. The resort expects annual gross
revenue to increase ₱ 500, 000 while it incurs an
A. 200 annual expense of ₱ 50, 000 for lift operations and
B. 100 maintenance. What is the payback period?
C. 300
D. 150 A. 4 years
B. 3 years
Ans. A C. 2 years
D. 7 years

97. An open box is to be constructed from a 12x12 inch Ans. A

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?