a. 100 c.

102
Name: ________________________________________________ Date : _________________________________ b. 104 d. 106
Section: _________________________ Score : ________________________________ 7. At what time between 5 & 6 oclock will the hands of a watch be at right
angle?
Quiz No. 1 Algebra and Trigonometry a. 5 : 10 10/11 c. 5 : 10 9/11
b. 5 : 9 10/11 d. 5 : 9 8/11
General Instructions: 8. A hospital needs to dilute a 50% boric acid solution to a 10% solution. If it
Read the instructions carefully needs 25 liters of the 10% solution, how much water should it use?
For problem solving, show complete solution to gain the maximum a. 18 L c. 20 L
points for each problem. b. 22 L d. 24 L
Calculators are allowed. 9. The cash drawer of the market contains $227 in bills. There are six more $5
Direct your questions to your proctor, not to your seatmates. bills than %10 bills. The number of $1 bills is two more than 24 times the
Any act of cheating is strictly prohibited and will automatically receive a number of $10 bills. How many $1 bills are there?
failing grade for this exam. a. 120 c. 121
b. 122 d. 123
MULTIPLE CHOICE 10. Two numbers differ by 40, and their arithmetic mean exceeds their positive
geometric mean by 2. Find the smaller number.
1. Find the values of the constant k in the equation 2x2 kx + 3k = 0 if the a. 81 c. 121
difference of the roots is 5/2. b. 91 d. 111
a. 25, 1 c. 25, -1 11. If a clock strikes the appropriate number of times in each hour, how many
b. -25, 1 d. -25, -1 times it will strike in one week?
2. In the expansion of (3x2 + 4y 2z)7, solve for the term involving x6yz3. a. 156 c. 165
a. 120,960 c. -120,960 b. 1920 d. 1092
b. 6,480 d. -6,480 12. Find the number which is 7/4 times the excess over 3.
3. In three more years, Miguel's grandfather will be six times as old as Miguel a. 6 c. 7
was last year. When Miguel's present age is added to his grandfather's b. 8 d. 9
present age, the total is 68. How old is Miguels grandfather now? 13. A flock of birds perched on set of poles. If two birds perched per pole, there is
a. 57 b. 59 an excess of two poles, while if a bird perched per pole there is an excess of 2
c. 61 d. 63 birds. How many poles are there?
4. A 555-mile, 5-hour plane trip was flown at two speeds. For the first part of a. 6 c. 7
the trip, the average speed was 105 mph. Then the tailwind picked up, and b. 8 d. 9
the remainder of the trip was flown at an average speed of 115 mph. For how 14. What is the number of integers that satisfy the inequality x2 + 48 < 16x?
long did the plane fly at the last part of the trip? a.5 c. 6
a. 2 hours c. 3 hours b. 7 d. 8
b. 4 hours d. 1 hour 15. If sin A = 3.5x and cos A = 2.5x, solve for the value of x.
5. Working together, Bill and Tom painted a fence in 8 hours. Last year, Tom a 0.2325 c. 0.2425
painted the fence by himself. The year before, Bill painted it by himself, but b. 0.2345 d. 0.2435
took 12 hours less than Tom took. How long did Tom take when he was 16. How far can the Peak of Teneriffe be seen at sea if its height is 2 mi? Take
painting alone? account of the curvature of the Earth and assume its radius to 3976 miles.
a. 10 hour c. 20 hours a. 126 miles c. 162 miles
b. 12 hours d. 24 hours b. 136 miles d. 163 miles
6. When the time in the clock is 7:20 oclock, then the angle between the hands 17. Two points A and B, 180 ft apart, lie on the same side of a tower on a hill and
of the clock is:__________. in a horizontal line passing directly under the tower. The angles of elevation
of the top and bottom of the tower viewed from B are 42 and 34,
 respectively, and at A the angle of elevation of the bottom is 10. Find the a. 7,051 c. 9,051
height of the tower. b. 8,051 d. 10,051
b. 13.4 ft c. 14.4 ft 28. What is the inverse of f(x) = (2x + 3)/(5x -1)?
c. 15.4 ft d. 16.4 ft a. (x + 2)/(5x - 3) c. (x + 3)/(5x - 2)
18. If sin = 3/5, find the value of (cos csc )/cot for which in QII. b. (3x + 5)/(x - 2) d. (x + 3)/(2x - 5)
a. -37/20 c. 37/20
29. A quadrilateral ABCD has its sides AB perpendicular to side BC at B and its
b. -13/20 d. 13/20
side AD perpendicular to side CD at D. If angle BAD equals 60 degrees, AB =
19. Find all solutions of sin2 A 5cos A + 1 = 0 in the interval (0, 360).
10 m and AD = 12 m, find the distance from A to C.
a. 68.14 and 291.86 c. 61.84 and 291.86
a. 11.96 m c. 13.76 m
b. 68.14 and 298.16 d. 64.18 and 261.89
b. 12.86 m d. 14.66 m
20. Find the period and amplitude of the given trigonometric function: 5cos
30. If cos 2A = sqrt(m), find cos 8A.
(x/2) + 12sin (x/2)
a. 8m^2 + 8m + 1 c. 8m^2 8m + 1
a. 2, 13 c. 3, 17
b. 8m^2 + 8m 1 d. 8m^2 8m 1
b. 4, 13 d. , 17
21. It is desired to measure the distance AB between two points on opposite
sides of the lake. A point C, easily accessible to A and B, is chosen. It is found
that AC = 8461 ft and BC = 10,250 ft. At A, the angle BAC is found to be 2633.
Find the distance AB.
a. 17,100 ft c. 18,100 ft
b. 19,100 ft d. 16,100 ft
22. From a second floor window of a building, the angle of depression of an
object on the ground is 3558, while from the fifth floor window, 9.75 m
above the first point of observation, the angle of of depression is 5835. How
far is the object from the building?
a. 9.70 m c. 11.70 m
b. 10.70 m d. 12.70 m
23. Find the initial course of flight from Manila (1436 N, 12105 E) to Tokyo
(3540 N, 13946 E).
a. 3506 c. 3056
b. 3605 d. 3065
24. Given a spherical triangle ABC with a = 6827, b = 8732 and C = 9753. Find
c.
a. 96.41 c. 94.61
b. 95.14 d. 93.65
25. If a place is 12 degrees south of the equator, find its distance in nautical miles
from the North pole.
a. 5130 c. 7110
b. 6120 d. 8100
26. Use Napiers rule to find a formula for find angle B of right spherical triangle
when angle A and side c are given.
a. tan B = cos c tan A c. cot B = cos c tan A
b. cot B = sin c tan A d. tan B = sin c cot A
27. How many miles away is Manila (1436 N, 12105 E) from San Francisco
(3748 N, 12224 W)?