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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following 17. Determine the abscissa of the centroid of the area bounded by the
questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each item by shading the box lines x = 6, 5x – y = 0, 3x + 5y – 28 = 0, and the x-axis.
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. A. 1.67 B. 1.83
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only. C. 2.67 D. 2.83
3 2
18. Determine the partial derivative of the function f(x,y) = 3x – 4x y +
1. Evaluate the limit of sin2xcot 4x as x approaches zero. 2
3xy + 7x – 8y with respect to x.
2 2 2 2
A. 1/2 B. 1/4 A. 9x – 8xy’ + 3y y’ + 7 – 8y’ B. 9x – 8xy + 3y + 7

2 2 2 2
C. 0 D. C. 9x – 8xy + 4x y’ + 3y y’ + 7 D. 4x + 6xy – 8
2. How many three-digit numbers each less than 500, can be formed 19. Find the number of ways in which 6 engineers can be assigned to 4
from the digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 if repetitions are not permitted. projects of a construction company if no engineer is assigned to more
A. 24 B. 49 than one project.
C. 36 D. 50 A. 60 B. 120
C. 240 D. 360
3. A curve has an equation of y  ex . Determine the area bounded by
the curve from x = 0 to x = 1 and the coordinate axes. 20. Find the area bounded by the curve r 2  16cos 
A. 3.718 sq. units B. 2.718 sq. units A. 27 sq. units B. 30 sq units
C. 1.718 sq. units D. 0.718 sq. units C. 36 sq. units D. 32 sq. units
4. What is the differential equation of the family of lines passing through 21. Determine the length of the latus rectum of the curve
the fixed point (h, k)? 25x2  9y2 – 300x – 144y  1,251  0 .
A. (x – h)dx – (y – k)dy = 0 B. (x – h)dx + (y – k)dy = 0
A. 3.2 units B. 3.4 units
C. (y – k)dx + (x – h)dy = 0 D. (y – k)dx – (x – h)dy = 0
C. 3.6 units D. 3.0 units
x4 22. Determine dy/dx of the implicit function (x  y)^2  x^2  y^2
5. Evaluate the limit as x approaches positive infinity.
x4
A. x/y B. y/x
A. 0 B. 1
C. −x/y D. −y/x
C. 2 D. infinity 23. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the
6. From the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, how many three-digit numbers word “ENGINEERING”?
greater than 330 can be formed if each digit can used only once? A. 227200 B. 227700
A. 75 B. 90
C. 277200 D. 277700
C. 105 D. 120
24. Determine the ordinate of the point on the curve y  2x^(3/2) at which
7. An employee is earning ₱12,000.00 a month and he can only afford to
purchase a car which will require a down payment of ₱10,000.00 and the tangent is perpendicular to the line 2x  3y  6  0 .
monthly amortization of not more than 30% of his monthly salary. A. 1/2 B. 1/3
What would be the maximum cash value of a car he can purchase if C. 1/4 D. 1/5
the seller will agree to a down payment of ₱10,000.00 and the 25. There are 5 foreigners in the counter (American, Iraqi, Chinese,
balance payable in four years at 18% compounded monthly. The first Korean, and African). What if an American doesn’t want to sit with the
payment will be due at the end of the first month. Iraqi, how many ways can you line these people?
A. ₱132,553.19 B. ₱223,143.90 A. 48 B. 72
C. ₱134,187.70 D. ₱567,892.00 C. 120 D. 144
8. If the latus rectum of an ellipse is equal to half of its minor axis, find
the eccentricity. 26. Consider the curve 9y2  4x3 . Determine the length of the part of the
A. 1/2 B. 3 curve from x  0 to x  3 .
A. 4.67 B. 5.33
C. 3 2 D. 1/4
3 3 C. 6.48 D. 7.84
9. What is the derivative of f(x) = (x + 1) – x with respect to x? 27. For an ordinary annuity earning at an annual rate of “r” percent,
A. 3x + 3 B. 6x – 3 compounded continuously, the compound amount factor at the end of
C. 3x – 3 D. 6x + 3 6 years is 8.039283337. What is the value of “r”?
 3x  2  A. 9 B. 10
10. Find dy/dx of the function y  ln  
 5x  C. 11 D. 12
28. The half-life of the radioactive element plutonium-239 is 25,000 years.
x 2
A. B.  If 16 grams of plutonium-239 are initially present, how many grams
x 1 3x  2x 2
are present after 75,000 years?
C. x2  1 D. 2x  1 A. 4 grams B. 2 grams
11. A chess team consists of 6 members including the captain. If the C. 0.5 gram D. 0.25 gram
captain assigns himself in board 1, in how many ways can the team
x3
members be arranged if there are 6 boards? 29. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y 2  at point (1,
A. 15 B. 24 2x
1).
C. 120 D. 720
A. x  2y  1 B. x  2y  3
12. Determine the area bounded by the curves y  6x2  0 and
C. 2x  y  3 D. 2x  y  1
y  x2  7  0 . 30. A point moves along the curve y  x^3  3x  5 so that x  t / 2  3
A. 9.33 B. 11.04 where x and y are in meters and t is in seconds. At what rate is y
C. 16.67 D. 24.08 changing when t = 4 seconds?
13. Determine the maximum future amount of a 10-year uniform annuity X A. 4.5 m/s B. 5.4 m/s
if it will be withdrawn after 20 years and money is worth 20% effective. C. 5.625 m/s D. 6.552 m/s
A. 160.73X B. 186.69X 31. How many circular arrangements can be made out of 8 objects if 5
C. 25.96X D. 995.19X objects are taken at a time?
2 2
14. The equation of an ellipse is 9x +16y – 144 = 0. Find the ratio of the A. 1344 B. 1580
lengths of minor axis to major axis. C. 1844 D. 5870
A. 0.75 B. 0.33 2x  3
C. 0.51 D. 0.62 32. Find the area bounded by the curve y  , the axes, and the
x2  4
15. Find the second derivative of y  x2  x2 minimum ordinate.
A. 0.6819 B. 0.9186
A. 6x 4 B. 6x 4
C. 1.3025 D. 2.0513
C. 2x 3 D. 6x3 33. A culture of bacteria is known to grow at the rate proportional to the
16. A group of musicians is composed of 3 drummers, 4 guitarists, and 5 amount of bacteria itself. At the end of 2 hours, there were 1 million
pianists. In how many ways can a trio be formed consisting of 1 strands of bacteria and after 10 hours, the bacteria had doubled. How
drummer, 1 guitarist, and 1 pianist? many bacteria were there at the beginning?
A. 36 B. 60 A. 0.751 million B. 0.632 million
C. 75 D. 150 C. 0.841 million D. 0.564 million

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34. The sides of an equilateral triangle are increasing at the rate of 5 48. The polar equation of a curve is expressed as r  2 / (1  sin ) .
cm/hr. At what rate is the area increasing when the side is 10 cm? Determine the length of the latus rectum.
2
A. 6 77 cm /hr B. 33 3 cm2/hr A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
C. 25 3 cm2/hr D. 17 5 cm2/hr
49. Determine the curvature for the curve y  sinx at point P(/2, 1)
35. A man gives a dinner party for six guests. In how many ways can he
select from his ten friends? A. −1 B. 1
A. 105 B. 120 C. −2 D. 2
C. 210 D. 240 ln x  1
50. A curve has an equation: y  . Determine the relative
36. Find the area of the inner loop of r  2  4cos  . x
A. 1.087 sq. units B. 2.174 sq. units maximum ordinate of the curve.
C. 35.525 sq. units D. 37.699 sq. units A. e2 B. 1/ e2
37. From the following data of series of equal payments for equal interval C. 1/ 2 D. 1/ 3
of time: 51. The height H in feet at any time t in seconds of a projectile thrown
Periodic Payment = ₱30,000
Payment Interval = 6 months vertically is H t   16t 2  256t . When is the maximum height
Term = 10 years reached by the projectile?
Interest Rate = 12% compounded semi-annually A. 8 sec B. 6 sec
Compute the difference between the present values of an annuity due C. 5 sec D. 3 sec
and an ordinary annuity. 52. If a stick is broken in two at random, what is the average ratio of the
A. ₱25,623.10 B. ₱40,652.32 smaller length to the larger?
C. ₱30,541.62 D. ₱20,645.86 A. 0.386 B. 0.614
38. Find a unit vector that is perpendicular to both A = 3i + j + 2k and B = C. 0.333 D. 0.667
2i – 3j + k. 53. Compute the interest for a principal of ₱200,000 for a period of 8
A. 0.535i + 0.076j – 0.841k B. 0.841i + 0.076j + 0.076k years if it was made at 16% compounded continuously.
C. 0.535i + 0.535j – 0.076k D. 0.535i + 0.535j + 0.535k A. ₱492,348.62 B. ₱519,327.95
3
39. Water is running out of a conical funnel at the rate of 1 cm /s. If the C. ₱364,941.60 D. ₱298,498.62
radius of the base of the funnel is 4 cm and the altitude is 8 cm, find 54. Determine the eccentricity of an ellipse whose major axis is 10 and
the rate at which the water level is dropping when it is 2 cm from the latus rectum is 32/5.
top. A. 0.40 B. 0.60
A. 0.318 cm/s B. 0.035 cm/s
C. 0.75 D. 0.85
C. 0.071 cm/s D. 0.637 cm/s 55. It is estimated that between the hours of 12:00PM and 7:00PM the
40. The committee on a chess tournament divides the 24 participants into speed of a highway traffic flowing past the intersection of EDSA and
two groups. In each group, a participant is required to play against the
other participants in his group only once. If there are 69 more games Ortigas Avenue is approximately S  t3  9t2  15t  45 , in kph,
in the first group than in the second, how many participants are there where t is the number of hours past noon. At what time between
in each group? 12:00PM and 7:00PM is the traffic moving slowest?
A. 10 and 5 B. 15 and 9 A. 1:00PM B. 3:00PM
C. 16 and 8 D. 12 and 11 C. 5:00PM D. 6:00PM
41. A curve has an equation y  cos x  0 . How far is the centroid of the 56. If a chord is selected at random on a fixed circle, what is the
probability that its length exceeds the radius of the circle? (Hint:
area bounded by the curve from x = 0 to x = /2 measured from the x-
Assume that the midpoint of the chord is evenly distributed over the
axis?
circle.)
A. /7 B. /5 A. 1/4 B. 3/4
C. /4 D. /8 C. 1/3 D. 2/3
42. An individual makes five annual deposits of ₱2000 in a savings
account that pays interest at a rate of 4% per year. One year after 57. Find the area bounded by the parabolas y  6x  x2 and y  x2  2x .
making the last deposit, the interest rate changes to 6% per year. Five The parabolas intersect at points (0, 0) and (4, 8).
years after the last deposit, the accumulated money is withdrawn from A. 44/3 B. 64/3
the account. How much is withdrawn? C. 74/3 D. 54/3
A. ₱14,223 B. ₱14,840 58. The first cost of a machine is ₱1.8 million with a salvage value of
C. ₱15,500 D. ₱15,080 ₱300,000 at the end of its economic life of 5 years. Determine the
43. Determine the constant of integration for the separable differential total depreciation after 3 years using the Constant Rate of
equation xdx  6y5dy  0 , where it is known that x  0 when y  2 . Depreciation method.
A. ₱614,301.75 B. ₱388,000.80
A. 12 B. 16
C. ₱1,185,698.25 D. ₱1,411,999.20
C. 24 D. 64
59. What is the differential equation of the family of parabolas having their
44. If the determinant of the given matrix is zero, determine the sum of
vertices at the origin and their foci on the x-axis?
the roots of k. 2xdy  ydx  0 xdy  ydx  0
A. B.
k 3 2 5 C. 2ydx  xdy  0 D. dy  xdx  0
4 k  1 5 60. Determine the coordinates of one of the foci of the hyperbola
2 1 k3 9x2  4y2  90x  189  0 .
A. 1 B. −1 A. (1.39, 0) B. (−1.39, 0)
C. 20 D. −20 C. (0, 1.39) D. (0, −1.39)
45. The demand x for milk (quarts), selling for P (₱ per quart) at a 61. A circular cylinder is inscribed in a right circular cone of radius 6 m.
supermarket is determined by the equation Px  1200P  6000  0 . If Determine the maximum volume of the inscribed cylinder when the
the price is increasing at the rate of 3 centavos per quart per week, at altitude of the cone is 12 m?
3 3
what rate is the demand changing (quarts per week) when the price is A. 452.43 m B. 201.06 m
₱1.25 per quart? C. 531.21 m
3
D. 264.12 m
3

A. 115.9 B. −115.2 62. In a common carnival game, a player tosses a penny from a distance
C. −112.4 D. 112.4 of about 5 feet onto the surface of a table ruled in 1-inch squares. If
46. From a group of professionals consisting of 5 Engineers and 4 the penny (3/4 inch in diameter) falls entirely inside a square, the
Architects, find the number of committees that can be formed player gets his penny back. Otherwise, he loses his penny. If the
consisting of 5 professionals, 3 of which must be Engineers and 2 penny lands on the table, determine the player’s chance of winning.
Architects? A. 1/4 B. 1/8
A. 48 B. 60 C. 1/16 D. 1/32
C. 72 D. 84 63. What equal payments at the end of 2 years and 4 years will equitably
47. A certain company makes it a policy that for any new piece of replace the following obligations:
equipment the annual depreciation cost should not exceed 10% of the - ₱3000 due at the end of 3 years
original cost at any time with no salvage or scrap value. Determine - ₱2000 due at the end of 7 years with interest of 6% compounded
the length of service life necessary if the depreciation method used is quarterly
sinking fund at 8% interest. Assuming settlement rate is 3.8% compounded monthly.
A. 7 yrs B. 8 yrs A. ₱1009.28 B. ₱2801.57
C. 10 yrs D. 18 yrs C. ₱1028.75 D. ₱9008.12

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64. The length of the latus rectum of a hyperbola is equal to 18 and the 80. Which of the following vector is orthogonal to the vector
distance between the foci is 12. Determine the equation of the curve if A  4i  2j  3k ?
the conjugate axis is parallel to the x-axis. A. 3i – 2j + k B. i + 3j + 4k
A. 3y2  x2  27 B. y2  2x2  27 C. −5i + j – 2k D. 2i + 5j + 6k
81. The following set of 9 numbers are as follows: 190, 110, 200, 180,
C. 3x2  y2  27 D. 2x2  3y2  27
130, 150, 180, 100, 230

0 0 3x 
2 y
65. Evaluate 2
 9y2 dxdy What is the mode of the distribution?
A. 150 B. 160
A. 25 B. 30 C. 170 D. 180
C. 35 D. 40 82. Find the perimeter of the curve r  4(1  sin ) .
66. Find the largest area of a parabola that can be inscribed in a right
A. 16 units B. 4 units
circular cone with a base radius of 4 m and an altitude of 11 m.
2 2 C. 8 units D. 32 units
A. 54.50 m B. 50.45 m
2 2 83. The nicotine contents for a random sample of 6 cigarettes of a certain
C. 45.50 m D. 40.55 m brand are found to be 2.3, 2.7, 2.5, 2.9, 3.1, and 1.9 milligrams. Find
67. Suppose a student is selected at random from 100 students where 30 the median.
are taking ME, 20 are taking EE and 10 are taking ME and EE. Find A. 2.5 B. 2.6
the probability that the student is taking ME or EE.
C. 2.7 D. 2.9
A. 1/10 B. 1/30
C. 1/5 D. 2/5 84. A curve has an equation y  2 x which intersects the line x  y .
68. If the area bounded by the curve y  sec x , the coordinate axes, and Which of the following gives the volume generated by revolving the
area about the x-axis?
the line x   4 is revolved about the x-axis, determine the volume
A. 14/3 B. 21/3
generated.
C. 31/3 D. 32/3
A. /2 B. 
85. A system of concurrent forces having the following magnitudes and
C. 3/2 D. 2 passing through the origin and the indicated points: F 1 = 145 kN (−1,
69. Mr. Makki borrowed ₱300,000 from a lending institution which will be 5, 3); F2 = 80 kN (5, −4, −6); F3 = 32 kN (4, 1, 3). Which of the
paid after 10 years at an interest rate of 12% compounded annually. If following most nearly gives the x-component of the resultant of the set
money is worth 8% per annum, how much should he deposit to a of forces?
bank monthly in order to discharge his debt 10 years hence? A. 37.65 kN B. 46.18 kN
A. ₱3639.66 B. ₱1639.19 C. 80.77 kN D. 92.36 kN
C. ₱5172.84 D. ₱2798.95 86. The number of working days lost due to accidents in a factory in the
70. Divide 120 into two parts so that the product of one and the square of 12-month period is listed as follows: {6, 4, 2, 1, 3, 6, 1, 3, 5, 9, 2, 9}.
the other is maximum. Find the bigger number. nd
Determine the 2 quartile value.
A. 20 B. 80 A. 1 B. 2.5
C. 40 D. 70 C. 3.5 D. 6
71. A box contains 5 defective and 195 non-defective cell phones. A 87. Find the volume generated by revolving about the y-axis the area
quality control engineer selects 2 cell phones at random without
replacement. What is the probability that exactly one cell phone is bounded by the parabolas y  x2  4 and y  2x2 .
defective? A. 8 B. 12
A. 0.049 B. 0.072 C. 16 D. 24
C. 0.095 D. 0.014 88. If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine
72. Find the angle between the planes A  3i  j  k and B  i  2j  2k the probability that out of 4 bolts chosen at random, less than 2 bolts
will be defective
A. 72°27’ B. 45°17’
A. 0.8192 B. 0.7284
C. 84°55’ D. 95°05’
C. 0.4096 D. 0.3642
73. A bag contains 8 black, 5 red, 4 green and 9 yellow rubber bands.
89. The planning department of Common Office Supplies has been asked
Three rubber bands are picked at random without replacement.
to determine whether the company should introduce a new computer
Determine the probability that two are black rubber bands and the one
desk next year. The department estimates that ₱6000 of new
is either green or yellow rubber band.
manufacturing equipment will need to be purchased and that the cost
A. 63/650 B. 49/325
of constructing each desk will be ₱200. The department also
C. 9/50 D. 7/50 estimates that the revenue from each desk will be ₱450. Determine
74. It costs ₱50,000 at the end of each year to maintain a section of the “x” number of desks to be sold to break even.
Kalayaan Avenue. If money is worth 10%, how much would it pay A. 30 B. 24
immediately to reduce the annual cost to ₱10,000?
C. 16 D. 9
A. ₱200,000 B. ₱300,000
90. Convert the rectangular equation y  3x to polar form.
C. ₱400,000 D. ₱100,000
75. A box with 100 bolts contains 26 iron bolts, 34 copper bolts, and 40 A.  B. /2
steel bolts. Two bolts are drawn in succession without replacement. C. /3 D. /4
Find the probability that one is an iron bolt and the other is either a 91. The mean weight of 500 male students at a certain college is 151 lb
copper bolt or a steel bolt. and the standard deviation is 15 lb. Assuming that the weights are
A. 0.4848 B. 0.4533 normally distributed, find how many students weigh more than 185.
C. 0.4412 D. 0.3887 A. 16 B. 12
6 C. 5 D. 2
76. The equation r  is a/an 2 1
3  4cos  92. Integrate: ex 2xdx
A. Circle B. Parabola x2 1
e e2x  C
C. Ellipse D. Hyperbola A. C B.
77. According to statistics, 30% of smokers want to quit smoking. In a ln2
random sample of 12 smokers, determine the probability that the 2
C. ex 1  C D. 2xex  C
number of those who want to quit smoking is at most 3.
93. An unknown amount invested at an unknown interest rate
A. 0.4925 B. 0.7486
compounded semi-annually triples after 9 years. How many years will
C. 0.2397 D. 0.4075 it take for the same unknown amount to double?
78. A building has a salvage value of ₱1,000,000 at the end of its useful
A. 7.349 years B. 5.678 years
life of 50 years. The straight line depreciation is ₱2,000,000 each
year. Find the first cost of the building. C. 6.293 years D. 8.765 years
A. ₱100 million B. ₱101 million 94. A curve has an equation of y  ex .Determine the volume generated
C. ₱102 million D. ₱110 million by the area bounded by the curve from x = 0 to x = 1 and the
x2 y2 coordinate axes if revolved about the line x = 1.
79. An curve has an equation of   1 . Determine the total length A. 2.513 cu. units B. 4.513 cu. units
16 25
of the curve. C. 5.513 cu. units D. 7.513 cu. units
95. A system of concurrent forces has the following magnitudes and
A. 9.88 B. 16.78
passes through the origin and the indicated points: F 1 = 320 kN (5, −2,
C. 28.36 D. 37.33
7); F2 = 200 kN (−3, 0, −4); F3 = 440 kN (2, 1, −6). Determine the
magnitude of the resultant.
A. 198.60 kN B. 274.93 kN
C. 318.67 kN D. 375.51 kN

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96. Light bulbs having a mean life of 2400 hours and a standard deviation
of 62 hours are used for a consignment of 4000 bulbs. Determine the
percentage of bulbs with a life between 2300 hours and 2500 hours.
A. 39.28% B. 44.66%
C. 71.90% D. 89.32%
2
97. Evaluate

0
x sin(2x)dx

A. /2 B. /3
C. /4 D. /5
98. A telephone company has the capacity to produce 500,000 units per
year. The number of units produced this year is 350,000 and the
number of units sold is 350,000. The company has a total income of
₱350,000,000. The company has a fixed cost of ₱100,000,000 per
year and a variable cost of ₱200 per unit. If the production is
increased to 80% of its full capacity, find the company’s profit or loss.
A. ₱200,000,000 B. ₱220,000,000
C. ₱240,000,000 D. ₱260,000,000
99. At a certain time, a thermometer reading 70 °F is taken outdoors
where the temperature is 15 °F. Five minutes later, the thermometer
reading is 45 °F. After another five minutes, the thermometer is taken
back indoors where the temperature is fixed at 70 °F. What is the
thermometer reading ten minutes after it was brought back indoors?
A. 42.93°F B. 58.50°F
C. 60.43°F D. 64.37°F
100. In a conic section, if the eccentricity, e is less than 1, then the locus is
______.
A. circle B. parabola
C. ellipse D. hyperbola

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