CIVIL ENGINEER BOARD EXAM NOV 2017 PROBLEMS-Chua (updated) “Sa Panahon ngayon, hindi na uso ang tanga’-Lily Cruz (#Wildflower) L MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 1. (Algebra) Dr. Irving Weiman, who is always in a hurry, walks up an upgoing escalator at the rate of one step per second. “Twenty steps bring him to the top. ‘The Next day, he goes up at two steps per second, reaching thetop in 32 steps. How many steps are there in the escalator? 2. (Trigonometry) Ina room 40 feet long, 20 feet wide and 20 feet high, A Bug sits on an end wall at a point one foot from the other end floor, midway between the sidewalls. Itdecides to go on a journey to a point on the other end wall which is one foot from the ceiling midway between the sidewalls. Having no wings, the bug must make his trip by sticking to the surfaces of the room. What is the shortest route thatthe bug can take? 3. (Plane Geometry) A new kindof atom smasher isto be composed of two tangents and a circular arc, which is concave towards the point of intersection of the two tangents. Each tangent and the arc of the circle is 1 mile long. What is the radius of the circle? 4. (Algebra) Politician stated thavif you elect me to the office, “promise to cut your taxes for each of my first three years in office by 10% each year, for the total reductions of 30 %. * Evaluate the accuracy of the politician's statement.5. (Algebra) The dimension of the football field is 110 meters by 50 meters. 6. (Algebra) 7. (Algebra) 8. (Algebra) 9, (Algebra) Assume the mower moves at 1km/hr. and has a cutting width of 0.5 meters. Estimate how long would it take one person to mow a football field using an ordinary home lawn mower. Apump can fill up a container in 1Ghrs. Together with another pump, they can fill up the container in 6 hours. What is the rate of the second pump? Given that w varies directly as the product of x andyand inversely as the square of z, and that w=4 when x=2,y=6 and 2=3. Find the value of w when x=1,y=4 and z=2. Aplane flies 465 miles with the wind and 345 miles against the ‘wind in the samé length of time. Ifthe speed of the wind ts 20mph, find the speed of the plane in still air, Cebu Pacific airplane with airspeed of 600kph travels in a direction of N 30 Degrees W, If the speed of the wind is 80kph on a direction of N 40 Degrees E, What is the ground speed of the plane?10. (Algebra) Boyle's law states that if the temperature stays the same, the pressure P of a gas is inversely proportional to the volume V. Ifa cylinder ina steam engine has a pressure of 960 kilopascals when the volume is 1.4 cubic meters, Find the pressure when the volume increases to 2.5 cubic meters. HINT: P=k/V 11. (Algebra) An Earthquake is usually measured by the magnitude M on the richter scale. ‘The intensity | of an earthquake and the magnitude M are related by the formula: M=log (1/1) where I, is the intensity of an arbitrary chosen earthquake. The earthquake that hit Kobe, Japan measured 5.7 on the Richter scale. The earthquake that hit baguio, Philippines measured 7.8. How many times stronger is the earthquake that hit Baguio? 12. (Trigonometry) What is 630 degrees in centesimal system? 13, (Trigonometry) Two angles have a ratio of 3 is to 2. When adjacent, forms 40 degrees. What are the two angles?